2012 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class Owner's Manual

You
willsee one ofthe followin gdisplay
mess ages inthe multif unction display:
R Tele
phoneRead y or
the name ofthe
net work provider: themobile phonehas
foun danet work andisready torec eive.
R Tele
phoneNo Serv ice :
no net work is
available, orthe mobile phoneis searc hing
for anet work .
Accepting acall If
someo necall syou whe nyou are inthe Tel
menu,
adisplay message appearsinthe
multifunct iondisplay ,for example: X
Press the6 button onthe steerin g
wheel toaccept anincomin gcall.
If you arenot inthe Tel menu,
youcan still
accept acall.
Rejecting orending acall X
Press the~ button onthe steeri ng
whe el.
If you arenot inthe Tel menu,
youcan still
reject orend acall .
Di alin ganumbe rfrom thephone book If
you rmobile phone isable toreceive calls,
you can search forand dialanumber fromthe
phone bookinCOMAND atany time.
X Press the= or; button onthe
steerin gwheel toselect the Tel menu.
X Press the9, :ora button tocall
up the phone book.
X Press the9 or: button toselect the
desired name.
To start scrolling rapidly,press andhold the
9 or: button forlonger thanone second.
Afterashort time,therapidscroll
spee dsup.
Ra pid scroll ingstops whenyourelease the
button orreach theend ofthe list.
X Ifonl yone telephone numberisstored
for aname: pressthe6 ora button
to start dialing.
or
X Ifther eis more thanone number fora
par ticular name:pressthe6 ora
button todisplay thenumbers.
X Press the9 or: button toselect the
number youwant todial.
X Press the6 ora button tostart
dialing.
or
X Ifyou donot want tomak eacall: press
the ~ or% button .
Redialing The
on-board comput ersaves thelast names
or numbers dialedinthe redial memory.
X Press the= or; button onthe
steerin gwheel toselect the Tel menu.
X Press the6 button toswitch tothe
redial memory.
X Press the9 or: button toselect the
desired nameornumber.
X Press the6 ora button tostart
dialing.
or
X Ifyou donot want tomak eacall: press
the ~ or% button . Menus
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Assis
tance men u
Int rod uction In
the Dri
veAssist. men
uyou can:
R sho wthedist ancedisp lay
R act ivat e/deac tivat ePRE -SAF E®
Br ake
R act ivat e/deac tivat eAT TENTI ON ASSIST
R act ivat e/deac tivat eBli nd Spot Assis tor
Activ eBli nd Spo tAssi st
R acti vate/d eactiv ate Lane Kee ping Assi stor
Activ eLa ne Kee ping Assi st
Sho wing the distanc edis play Thi
sfu nctio nisonly available with
DISTRONIC PLUS.
X Press the= or; button onthe
steering wheeltoselect the DriveAssist
menu.
X Press the9 or: button toselect Distance
Display .
X Press a.
The DISTRONIC PLUSdistance display
(Y page 173)appea rsinthe multifunction
displa y.
Activating/deac tivatingPRE-SAFE ®
Bra ke PRE-SA
FE®
Brake isonly available invehicles
with DISTRONIC PLUS.
X Press the= or; button onthe
steering wheeltoselect the DriveAssist
menu.
X Press 9or: toselect PRE-SAFE
Brake . X
Press a.
The current selection isdispla yed.
X To activate/deactivate: pressa
agai n.
When PRE-SA FE®
Brake (Ypage 65)is
activated, themultifunction displayshows
the Ä symbol aslong asthe HOLD
function isnot activated (Ypage 179).
Vehicles withActive Parking Assist:if
PARKTRONIC isactivated andyouaredriving
at aspeed under22mph (35km/h), thej
Act iveParking Assistsymbol willbedispla yed
instead ofthe Ä symbol.
Activating/deac tivatingATTENTION
ASSIST X
Press the= or; button onthe
steering wheeltoselect the DriveAssist
menu.
X Press the9 or: button toselect Attention
Asst. .
X Press a.
The current selection isdispla yed.
X To activate/deactivate: pressa
agai n.
When ATTENTION ASSIST(Ypage 194)is
activated, theÀ symbol appearsinthe
multifunction displaywhen theignition ison.
Activating/deac tivatingBlindSpot
Assis t You
canusethe Blind Spot Asst. function
to activate ordeactivate BlindSpotAssist
(Y page 198)orAct ive Blind SpotAssist
(Y page 202).
X Press =or; onthe steering wheel
to select the DriveAssist menu.
X Press 9or: toselect Blind Spot
Asst. .
X Press a.
The current selection isdispla yed.
X To activate/deactivate: pressa
agai n. 232
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Acti
vating/d eactivating Lan eKeepi ng
Assis t You
canusethe Lan
e Kee
p. Ass
t. fun
ction
to act ivat e/deac tivat eLan eKee pingAs sis t
(Y page 200)or Active Lan eKee pingAs sis t
(Y page 205).
X Pre ssthe= or; buttonon the
st eer ing whee lto sele ctthe Dri
veAssist men
u.
X Pre ssthe9 or: buttont oselect Lane
Keep. Asst. .
X Press a.
The current selection isdisplay ed.
X Press thea button toconf irm.
X Press the: or9 button toset Off ,
Standard or Adaptive .
X Press thea button tosave thesetting.
If Lane Keeping AssistorAct iveLane keeping
Assist isactivated, themultifunct iondisplay
shows theà symbol whentheignition is
switched on. Service
menu In
the Serv. menu
youcan:
R call updisplay messages (Ypage 238)
R restart thetire pressure losswarning
system (Canada only)(Ypage 357)
R check thetire pressure electronically
(Y page 359)
R call upthe service duedate (Ypage 317) Settings
menu
Introdu ction The Sett. menu
canbeused for:
R changing theinstr ument cluster settings
R changing thelight settings
R changing thevehicle settings
R changing theconv enienc esett ings
R restor ingthe factor ysett ings
Instrum entcluster Selecting
theunit ofmeasur ementfor
distance
The Display
UnitSpeed-/Odome ter: funct
ionallows youtochoose whether
cert aindisplay sappear inkilometers ormiles.
The selected unitofmeasurement for
distance appliesto:
R the digital speedometer inthe Trip menu
R the odometer andthetrip odometer
R the trip computer
R the current consumpt ionand therange
R the navigation instruction inthe Navi menu
R DIS TRONIC PLUS
R ASS YST PLUS service intervaldisplay
X Press the= or; button onthe
steerin gwheel toselect the Settings
menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Instr.
cluster submenu.
X Press thea button toconf irm. Menus
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X
Press the: or9 button toselect the Display
UnitSpeed-/Od ometer funct
ion.
You willsee theselected setting: km or
miles .
X Press thea button tosave thesetting.
Selecting theperm anent display function
The Permanent
Display: funct
ionallows
you tochoose whether themultifunc tion
display alwaysshows theoutside
temperat ureorthe speed inkm/ h(USA) or
mph (Canada).
X Press the= or; button onthe
steerin gwheel toselect the Settings
menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Instr.
cluster submenu.
X Press thea button toconf irm.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Permanent
display funct
ion.
You willsee theselected setting Outside
Temperatu
re or Speedomet
er[km/h]: .
X Press thea button tosave thesetting.
Lights Switching
thedayt imerunning lampson/
off
This funct ionisnot availabl ein Canada.
If you have activat edthe Daytime Running
Lights: funct
ionand thelight switch isin the
c orà position, thedaytime running
lamps areswitched onautomatically during
the day when theengine isrunnin g.
In the dark, thefollowing alsolight up:
R the low-beam headlamps
R the parking lamps
R the taillamps
R the license platelamp
R the side marker lamps X
Press the= or; button onthe
steerin gwheel toselect the Sett. menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Lights submenu.
X Press thea button toconf irm.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Daytime
RunningLights: funct
ion.
You willsee theselected setting: Enabled
or Disabled .
X Press thea button tosave thesetting.
Switching AdaptiveHighbeam Assiston/
off
X Press the= or; button onthe
steerin gwheel toselect the Sett. menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Lights submenu.
X Press thea button toconf irm.
X Press :or9 toselect the Adaptive
HighbeamAssist: funct
ion.
You willsee theselected setting: Enabled
or Disabled .
X Press thea button tosave thesetting.
Setting thebright nessofthe ambient
lighting
X Press the= or; button onthe
steerin gwheel toselect the Settings
menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Lights submenu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect Ambient
light .
You willsee theselected setting.
X Press thea button toconf irm.
X Press the: or9 button toadjust the
brightn esstoany level from Off to Level
5 (bright).
X Press thea or% button tosave the
sett ing. 234
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Setting
theambient lightingcolor
X Press the= or; button onthe
steering wheeltoselect the Settings
menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Light submenu.
X Press thea button toconf irm.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Ambient
lightcolor funct
ion.
X Press thea button toconf irm.
X Press the: or9 button toset the
color to SOLAR , NEUTRAL or POLAR .
X Press thea or% button tosave the
settin g.
Activating/deactivating surround
lighting andexterior lightingdelayed
switch-off
If you have activated the Lighting: funct
ion
and thelight switch isin the c orÃ
position, thefollowing functionsareactive
when itis dark:
R Surr ound lighting: theexterior lighting
remains litfor 40seconds afterunlocking
with thekey. Ifyou start theengine, the
surround lightingisswitched offand the
automatic headlampmode isactivated
(Y page 110).
R Exterior lightingdelayed switch-off: the
exterior lightingremains litfor 60seconds
after theengine hasbeen switched off.If
you close allthe doors, theexterior lighting
goes offafter 15seconds.
If you activate the Lighting: funct
ion,the
following lightupdepending onthe vehicle's
equipment:
R the parking lamps
R the daytime runninglamps
R the side marker lamps
R the surround lightinginthe exterior mirrors
X Press the= or; button onthe
steering wheeltoselect the Sett. menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Lights submenu. X
Press thea button toconf irm.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Locator
Lighting: funct
ion.
You willsee theselected setting: Enabled
or Disabled .
X Press thea button tosave thesettin g.
Deactivat ingdelay edswitch-of fofthe
exterior lightingtemporarily:
X Before leaving thevehicle, turnthe
SmartK eytoposition 0in the ignition lock.
X Turn theSmartK eytoposition 2in the
ignition lockandback toposition 0.
The exterior lightingdelayedswitch-off is
deactivated.
Delayed switch-off ofthe exterior lightingis
reactivated thenext time youstart the
engine.
Activating/deactivating theinterior
lighting delayed switch-off
If you activate the Interior
Lighting Delay funct
ion,theinterior lighting remains
on for 20seconds afteryouremove the
SmartK eyfrom theignition lock.
X Press the= or; button onthe
steering wheeltoselect the Settings
menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Lights submenu.
X Press thea button toconfirm .
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Interior
LightingDelay: funct
ion.
You willsee theselected setting: Enabled
or Disabled .
X Press thea button tosave thesettin g.
Vehicle Activating/deactivating
theautom atic
door locking feature
If you select the Automatic
DoorLock: funct
ion,thevehicle iscent rally locked above
a speed ofaround 9mph(15 km/ h). Menus
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i
For
furth erinfor mationonthe automa tic
locki ngfea ture ,see (Ypage 79).
X Pres sthe = or; button onthe
stee ring wheelto sel ect the Sett
ings menu
.
X Pres sthe : or9 button tosel ect the Vehi
cle su
bme nu.
X Pres sthe a button toconfir m.
X Pres sthe : or9 button tosel ect the Auto
maticDoor Lock functi
on.
You willsee theselected setting : Enab
led or Disa
bled .
X Pres sthe a button tosav ethe setting .
Ac tivati ng/deac tivati ngthe acoustic
lo cki ng veri ficatio nsig nal
If yo uswi tch onthe Acou
stic Lock feed
back functi
on,anaco ustic signal sou nds
whe nyou lock thevehicle.
X Press the= or; button onthe
steerin gwheel toselect the Settings
menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Vehicle submenu.
X Press thea button toconf irm.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Acoustic
Lockfeedback: funct
ion.
You willsee theselected setting: On or
Off .
X Press thea button tosave thesetting.
Activating/deactivat ingthe radarsensor
system
The following systemsareswitched offwhen
the radar sensor system isdeactivated:
R DIS TRONIC PLUS(Ypage 169)
R BAS PLUS (Ypage 62)
R PRE-S AFE®
Brake (Ypage 65)
R Blind SpotAssist (Ypage 198)
R Act ive Blind SpotAssist (Ypage 202) i
USA
only: Thisdevice hasbeen approved
by the FCC asa"Vehicular RadarSyst em".
The rada rsensor isint ended foruse inan automot
iveradar system only.Removal,
tamperin g,or altering ofthe device willvoid
any warrant ies,and isnot permit tedbythe
FCC. Donot tamper with,alter, oruse in
any non-approved way.
An yunauthoriz edmodificat iontothis
device couldvoidtheuser's authorit yto
operate theequipment. i
Canada
only:
This device complies withRSS-210of
Indust ryCanada. Operation issubject to
the following twoconditions :
1. This device maynotcause harmful
int erferen ce,and
2. this device mustaccept anyinterferen ce
received, includinginterferen cethat may
cause undesired operation.
An yunauthoriz edmodificat iontothis
device couldvoidtheuser's authorit yto
operate theequipment.
X Press the= or; button onthe
steer ingwheel toselect the Setting
s menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Vehicle submenu.
X Press thea button tocon firm.
X Press the9 or: button toselect Radar
Sensor (SeeOper. Manual) : .
You willsee theselect edsett ing: Enabled
or Disable
d .
X Press thea button tosave thesetting.
Convenienc e Activating/d
eactivatingthe EASY-
ENTR Y/EXIT feature
You canusethe Easy Entry/E
xit: func
tion
to activat eor deactivat ethe EASY ENTRY/
EXIT feature (Ypage 102). G
WARN
ING You
must make surenoone canbecome
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wheel
whentheeasy-e ntry/e xitfeat ure is
act ivat ed.
To stop steerin gwheel movemen t,mov e
st eerin gwheel adjustment lever orpres sone
of themem oryposit ionbutt ons.
Do not leave childrenunat tended inthe
vehic le,orwith access toan unloc kedvehic le.
Childre ncould open thedriver's doorand
uninten tionally activate theeasy-entry/ex it
feature, whichcouldresult inan accident
and/or serious personal injury.
X Press the= or; button onthe
steering wheeltoselect the Sett. menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Convenience submenu.
X Press thea button toconf irm.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Easy
Entry/Exit funct
ion.
You willsee theselected setting: Enabled
or Disabled .
X Press thea button tosave thesetting.
Switching thebelt adjustm enton/off
For further informat iononbelt adjustmen t
(Y page 52).
X Press the= or; button onthe
steering wheeltoselect the Settings
menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Convenience submenu.
X Press thea button toconf irm.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Belt
Adjustment funct
ion.
You willsee theselected setting: Enabled
or Disabled .
X Press thea button tosave thesetting.
Switching theFold inmirr orswhen
locking function on/off
If you switch onthe Fold Mirrors in when
Locking funct
ion,theexter iormirrors foldin
when youlock thevehicle. Ifyou unlock the
vehicle andthen open thedriver's orfront - passenger
door,theexter iormirrors foldout
again.
If you have switched thefunct iononand you
fold theexter iormirrors inusing thebutton
on the door (Ypage 103), theywillnotfold
out automatically. Theexter iormirrors can
then onlybefolded outusing thebutton on
the door.
X Press the= or; button onthe
steering wheeltoselect the Sett. menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Convenience submenu.
X Press thea button toconf irm.
X Press the: or9 toselect the Fold
Mirrors
inwhen Locking: funct
ion.
You willsee theselected setting: Enabled
or Disabled .
X Press thea button tosave thesetting.
Resetting tofactory settings For
safety reasons, the Daytime
Running Lights: funct
ioninthe Lights submenu
is
only reset when thevehicle isstation ary.
X Press the= or; button onthe
steering wheeltoselect the Settings
menu.
X Press the: or9 button toselect the Factory
Setting submenu.
X Press thea button toconf irm.
The Reset
AllSettings? message
appears.
X Press the: or9 button toselect No or Yes .
X Press thea button toconf irmthe
selection.
If you select Yes ,
the multifunct iondisplay
shows aconf irmation message. Menus
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Disp
laymessa ges Gen
eral not es G
WAR
NING Al
lcat ego riesof mes sagescontain imp ortant info rm ation whic hsho uld betake nn ote ofand,
where amalfunct ionisindicated, addressed assoon aspossible atan authorized Mercedes-B enz
Center.
Failure torepair thecondit ionnoted maycause damage notcovered bythe Mercedes-B enz
Limited Warranty, orresult inproperty damageorpersonal injury.
Display messages appearinthe multifunct iondisplay .
Display messages withgraphic displaysmay beshown insimplified forminthe Operator's
Manual andmay differ fromthemessages showninthe multifunct iondisplay .
Please respond inaccordanc ewith thedisplay messages andfollow theadditional notesin
this Operator's Manual.
Certain displaymessages areaccompanied byan audib lewarning toneor acont inuous tone.
When youstop andpark thevehicle, pleaseobserve thenoteson the HOLD function
(Y page 179)andparking (Ypage 155). Hiding
display messages
You canhide some display messages withalow priority.
X Press thea or% button onthe steering wheeltohide thedisplay message.
The display message iscleared.
Display messages withahigh priority areshown inred.
You cann othide display messages ofthe highest priority. Themultifunct iondisplay shows
these messages continuously untilthecauses forthe messages havebeen remedied. Message
memory
The on-board computer savescertaindisplay messages. Youcancallupthe display messages
in the message memory.
X Press the= or; button onthe steering wheeltoselect the Serv. menu.
If there aredisplay messages, themultifunct iondisplay shows,forexample, 2
Messages .
X Press the9 or: button toselect theentr y,e.g. 2
Messages .
X Confirm witha.
X Press the9 or: button toscroll through thedisplay messages.
When theignition isswitched off,alldisplay messages aredeleted apartfromsome high-
priority displaymessages. Oncethecauses ofthe high-priority displaymessages havebeen
rect ified, thecorrespon dingdisplay messages arealso deleted. 238
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