24-G
Hzradar sensor system (country overview)
The 24 GHz radar sensor sys temr equir esseparat eapproval fo reach coun try. Whe nyou are
dri ving in acoun tryinw hichthe ra dar sensor system is no tapproved, you must deacti vate
the syste musing the on-boar dcompu ter( Ypage 24 9).T he curren tcountry over view can be
obtain ed fromaMercedes-Benz Ser vice Centre.
Vehicles with anavigation system: the radar sensor system is deactivated automatically
near radio tele scope facilities.
The currently active systems ar eautom atically deactivated:
R DISTRONIC PLUS (Y page174)
R Blind Spo tAssist (Y page 208)
R Activ eBlind Spot Assist(Y page212)
R PRE-SAFE ®
Brake (Y page45)
Ad isplay message appears in the multifunction display to tell you that the radar sensor system
is being switched off (Y page 272).
BA SP LUS (Y page 62) is then also unavailable.
If th edeactiva tion does not occur automatically ,you must deactiva tethe radar sensor system
using the on-board computer (Y page 249).
Vehicles withou tnavi gation and vehicles for Australia: you must deactivate the radar
sensor system using the on-bo ardc omputer when you are near aradio telescop efacility
(Y page 249). Country Radio telescope
facilities Geographical latitude and
longitude Distance to be
maintained
from the facility Egypt – – –
Andorra – – –
Australia Parkes 32°59'59
"S,14 8°1 5'44" E 10 km
Narrabri 30°18'52" S,149°32'56" E 10 km
Canberra 35°23'54" S,148°58'40" E 3km
Western Australia 26°3
7'13"S,117°30'40" E 10 km
Bahrain – – –
Belgium – – –
Bosnia-Herzego-
vina – – –
Bulgaria – – –
Den
mark – – –
Germany Effelsberg 50°31'32" N, 06°53'00" E 6.5 km380
24-GHz radar sensor syste
m(countr yoverview)Technica ldata
