–
You can drive at the desired speed, e.g. 50 km/h.
– Press button B to accept the current speed as the speed limit (the value
flashes).
If you wish to change the speed limit that was set, it is changed in 5 km/h inter-
vals (e.g. the accepted speed of 47 km/h increases to 50 km/h or decreases to 45
km/h).
– Confirm the speed limit that was set by pressing button B again, or wait ap-
prox. 5 seconds until the setting is saved automatically (the value stops flash-
ing).
Change or delete speed limit
– With switch A , choose the menu point
Warning against excessive speeds.
– Remove the speed limit with button B .
– Pressing the button B again activates the change mode for the speed limit.
If you exceed the set speed limit, an acoustic warning signal will sound as a warn-
ing. At the same time the message Warning against excessive speeds appears
with the set limit value.
The set speed limit remains stored even after switching off the ignition. WARNING
Pay attention primarily to the traffic situation! As the driver you are fully re-
sponsible for road safety.
MAXI DOT display (information display) Introduction The information display provides you with information in a convenient way con-
cerning the
current operating state of your vehicle . The information system also
provides you with data (depending on the equipment installed in the vehicle) re-
lating to the radio, mobile phone, multi-functional indicator, radio navigation sys-
tem, the unit connected to the MDI input and the automatic gearbox.
Certain functions and operating conditions are always being checked on the vehi-
cle when the ignition is switched on and also while driving. Functional faults, if required repair work and other information are indicated by
red symbols
⇒ page 18 and yellow symbols ⇒
page 19.
Lighting up of certain symbols is combined with an acoustic warning signal.
Information and texts giving warnings are also shown in the display ⇒ page 20.
The following information can be shown in the display (depending on the equip-
ment installed on the vehicle): Main menu ⇒ page 17
Door, luggage compartment door and bonnet ajar
warning
⇒ page 18
Service Interval Display ⇒
page 12 Selector lever position for an automatic gearbox ⇒ page 93
Main menu Fig. 7 Information display: Control ele-
ments
– You can activate the Main Menu by pressing the rocker switch A ⇒ fig. 7 for
more than 1 second.
– You can select individual menu points by means of the rocker switch A . When
the pushbutton B is briefly pressed, the information you have selected is dis-
played.
You can select the following information (depending on the equipment installed
on the vehicle):
■ MFD ⇒ page 14
■ Audio
■ Navigation £ 17
Instruments and warning lights Using the system Safety Driving Tips General Maintenance Breakdown assistance Technical data
■
Phone ⇒ page 98
■ Vehicle status
⇒ page 18
■ Settings ⇒ page 19
The menu point Audio is only then displayed when the factory-fitted car radio is
switched on.
The menu point Navigation is only then displayed when the factory-fitted radio
navigation system is switched on. Note
● If warning messages are shown in the information display ⇒ page 18, these
messages can be confirmed with the button B on the windshield wiper lever in
order to call up the main menu.
● If you do not activate the information display at that moment, the menu shifts
to one level higher every 10 seconds.
● The operation of the factory-fitted car stereo or radio navigation system is de-
scribed in separate operating instructions to be found in the on-board literature.
Door, luggage compartment door and bonnet ajar warning The door, luggage compartment and bonnet ajar warning lights up if at least one
door, the luggage compartment or bonnet are not closed. The symbol indicates
which door is still open or whether the luggage compartment door or bonnet is
not closed
.
The symbol goes out as soon as the doors, luggage compartment door and bonnet
are completely closed.
A warning signal sounds if the car is driven at a speed of more than 6km/hour and
if the engine or the luggage compartment door is open.
Auto Check Control
Car state The Auto Check Control carries out a check of certain functions and vehicle com-
ponents. The check is performed constantly when the ignition is switched on,
both when the vehicle is stationary, as well as when driving. Some operational faults, urgent repairs, service work or other information appear
in the display of the instrument cluster. The displays are shown with a red or yel-
low light symbol depending on the priority of the message.
The red symbols indicate danger (priority 1) while the yellow symbols indicate a
warning (priortity 2). Information for the driver may also appear in addition to the
symbols ⇒
page 20.
There is at least one error message when the term Vehicle status is displayed in
the menu. After selecting this menu the first of the error messages is displayed.
Several error messages are shown on the display under the message e.g. 1/3
. This
indicates that the first of a total of three error messages is displayed. The respec-
tive messages are displayed one after the other in an interval of 5 seconds. Check
as soon as possible the displayed error messages.
As long as the operational faults are not rectified, the symbols are always indica-
ted again. After the first display, the symbols are indicated without information for
the driver.
If a fault occurs, a warning signal will also sound in addition to the symbol and
text in the display:
● Priority 1 - three warning signals
● Priority 2 - one warning signal
Red symbols A red symbol signals danger.
– Bring the vehicle to a stop.
– Switch the engine off.
– Investigate the function indicated.
– Obtain professional assistance.
Meaning of the red symbols: Engine oil pressure too low ⇒ page 23
Overheated clutches of the automatic
gearbox DSG
⇒ page 91
Three successive warning signals will sound if a red symbol appears.
18
Instruments and warning lights
Store voice recording of a contact
If automatic name recognition does not work reliably for some contacts, you will
can choose to save your own voice entry for the contact in the menu point
Phone
book - Voice Tag - Record.
You can also store your own voice entry using voice control in the menu FURTHER
OPTIONS .
Music playback via Bluetooth ®The universal telephone preinstallation GSM IIl makes it possible to play back mu-
sic via Bluetooth
®
from the devices such as MP3 player, mobile phone or note-
book.
In order to enable the music playback via Bluetooth ®
, it is necessary to connect
the terminal device with the hands-free system in the menu Phone - Bluetooth -
Media player .
The operation of the music playback from the connected device can be performed
via the hands-free system with the voice control ⇒ page 103, Basic voice com-
mands for operating the telephone control unit or directly via the connected de-
vice. Note
● The device to be connected must support the Bluetooth ®
profile A2DP, see
Owner's manual of the device to be coupled.
● This function is not available in vehicles fitted with the car radio Blues.
Inputs AUX-IN and MDI The input AUX-IN is located below the armrest of the front seats and is marked
with .
The input MDI is located in the front below the front passenger storage compart-
ment.
The inputs AUX-IN and MDI connect the external audio sources (e.
g. iPod or MP3
player) and playback music from these devices via your radio or factory-fitted car
radio or radio navigation system.
The description of the operation can be found in the relevant Owner's Manual of
your radio or your radio navigation system. Note
The loudspeakers in the vehicle are matched to a power output of the radio and
radio navigation system of 4x 20 W. 104
Communication