2012 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class park assist

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WARNING Objects
locatedabovethe heig htrange of
Active Parking Assistwillnot bedetected
when theparki ngspace ismeasu red.These
are not taken intoaccount whentheparki ng
proced ureiscalcu lated,e.g. overha nging
loa ds, tail sections orloa ding ramps ofgood s
vehicl es.Insome circumsta nces,Active
Parking Assistmaytherefore guide you into
the parki ngspace tooearly.This may leadto
a colli sion. Forthis reaso n,you shou ldavoi d
usi ng Active Parking Assistinsuch situations. G
WARNING The
front ofthe vehicl ewil lveer outinthe
dire ction ofthe oncoming trafficduringthe
parki ngopera tion.Insome cases, thevehicl e
wil lals otake youonto sections ofthe
oncoming laneduringthe parki ngproced ure.
You arerespo nsiblefor safety atall times and
must payattention toany road users
app roachi ngorpass ing.Stop thevehicl eif
necessa ryor cancel theActive Parking Assist
parki ngproced ure. G
WARNING Make
surenoperso nsoranima lsare inor
near thearea inwhi chyou areparki ng/
maneu vering. Otherwi se,they couldbe
injured .
Use Active Parking Assistforparki ngspa ces:
R that arepara llelto the direction oftravel
R that areonstraig htroad s,not bends
R that areonthe same levelas the road ,e.g.
not onthe pave ment
Parking tips:
R on narrow roads,drive pastthe parking
space asclose aspossible.
R parking spacesthatarelittered, overgrown
or partially occupied bytrailer drawba rs
might beidentified incorrectlyornot atall.
R snowfall orheavy rainmay lead toaparking
space beingmeasured inaccurately. R
pay attent iontothe PARKTRONIC
(Y page 184)warning messages duringthe
parking procedure.
R you can interven ein the steering procedure
to correct itat any time. Active Parking
Assist willthen becanceled.
R when transport ingaload which protrudes
from yourvehicle, youshould notuse
Act ive Parking Assist.
R never useActiveParking Assistwhensnow
chains oran emergency sparewheel are
mounted.
R make surethatthetire pressures are
alwa yscorrect .This has adirec tinflu ence
on the parking characteri stics ofthe
veh icle.
R the wayyo ur veh icleis po sitio ned inthe
pa rking spaceafter parking isde pende nt
on vario us factors .These include the
position andshape ofthe vehicles parked
in front andbehind itand thecondition sof
the location. Insome cases, Active Parking
Assist mayguide youtoofarinto aparking
space, ornot farenough intoit.Insome
cases, itmay alsolead youacross oronto
the curb. Ifnecessary, youshould abortthe
parking procedure withActive Parking
Assist.
R you can also engage forward gear
prematurely. Thevehicle redirects and
does notdrive asfar into theparking space.
Should thegear change occurtoosoon to
achieve asensible parkingposition, the
parking procedure willbeaborted.
! Ifunavoidabl e,you should driveover
obstacles suchascurbs slowly andnotat
a sharp angle. Otherwise, youmay damage
the wheels ortires.
Detecting aparking space Active
ParkingAssist isswi tched on
au tomatica llywhe ndriving forwards.The
system isopera tional atspee dsofup to
app roximatel y22 mph (35km/h). Whilein
opera tion,thesystem independently locates Drivi
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meas uresparkingspac eson bot hsides
of theveh icle.When driving atspeeds below
19 mph (30km/h), youwillsee theparking
symbol asastatus indicator inthe instrumen t
cluster. Bydefault, Active Parking Assistonly
displa ysparking spacesonthe front -
passenger side.Parking spacesonthe
driver's sidearedispla yedassoon asthe turn
signal onthe driver's sideisactivated. Ifyou
wish topark inaspace onthe driver's side,
the indicator onthe driver's sidemust remain
on. This must remain switched onuntil you
acknowledge theuse ofAct iveParking Assist
by pressing thea button onthe
multifunction steeringwheel.
When aparking spacehasbeen detect ed,an
arrow towards theright orthe left also
appea rs. :
Detec tedparking spaceonthe left
; Parking symbol
= Detec tedparking spaceonthe right
Act ive Parking Assistwillonly detect parking
spaces:
R that areparall elto the direction oftravel
R at least 59in(1.5 m)wide
R at least 51in(1.3 m)longer thanyour
vehicle
Ap arking spac ewill bedispl ayed toyou as
you driveby unt ilyou areappro ximately50 ft
(15 m)away from it.
Par king G
WAR
NING PA
RKTRO NICandActivePark ingAssist are
mer elypark ingaids andmay notd etec tall
obst acles. Theydonot reliev eyou ofthe
respo nsibilit yof paying attent ion. You
arealways responsible forsafet yand
must continue topay attent ion toyour
immed iatesurro undin gswhen parkingand
mane uverin g.You could otherwise endanger
yourself andothers.
X Stop the vehic lewhen thepark ingspace
symbol showsthedesired parkingspace in
the instrumen tclust er.
X Shif tthe transmission toposition R.
The Start
ParkAssist? Yes:OKNo: %
message appearsinthe multifunction
displa y.
X To cancel theprocedur e:press the
% button onthe multifunction steering
wheel orpull away .
or
X To par kusing Active ParkingAssist:
press thea button onthe multifunc tion
steerin gwheel.
The Park
Assist ActiveAccelera te and
Brake Observe Surroundings message
appearsinthe multifunc tion
display. G
WARNIN
G When
parking, youneed tomake surethatno
obstacles arelocated inthe vicinit yof the
vehicle duringtheentireoperation. Active
Parking Assistdoesnotrelieve youofthe
respons ibilityofpaying attention.Itmerely
aids youbyinter venin gactively inthe
steerin g.
To stop thevehicle ortoavoid anaccident ,
you need toapply thebrakes yourself.
X Let goofthe multifunc tionsteerin gwheel.
X Back upthe vehicle, beingready tobrake
at all times. Donot exceed aspeed of
approximately 6mph(10 km/ h)while
backin gup; Active Parkin gAssist will
other wisebecanc eled. i
In
tight parkin gspaces, youwillachieve
the best parkin gresults bybackin gup as 188
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aspossi ble.W hen doing so,also
observe thePARKTRONIC messages.
X Stop assoon asPARKTRONIC soundsthe
cont inuous warning tone,ifnot before.
Maneuvering mayberequired intight
parking spaces.
The Park
Assist ActiveSelectD Observe Surroundings message
appearsin
the multifunction display.
X Shift thetransmission toposition Dwhile
the vehicle isstationary.
Act iveParking Assistimmediately steersin
the other direction.
The Park
Assist ActiveAccelerate and
Brake Observe Surroundings message
appearsinthe multifunction
displa y. i
You
willachieve thebest parking results
by waiting forthe steering procedure to
complete beforemoving forwards.
X Drive forwards andbeready tobrake atall
times.
X Stop assoon asPARKTRONIC soundsthe
cont inuous warning tone,ifnot before.
The Park
Assist ActiveSelectR Observe Surroundings message
appearsin
the multifunction display.
X Further transmission shiftsmaybe
necessary.
As soon asthe parking procedure is
complete, the Park
Assist Finished message
appearsinthe multifunction
displa y.PARKTRONIC continues tobe
availa ble.
X Maneuver ifnecessary.
X Always observe thewarning messages
displa yedbyPARKTRONIC (Ypage 184).
Cancel ingActive Parking Assist You
cancancel Active Parking Assistatany
time. X
Stop themovement ofthe multifunction
steering wheelorsteer yourself.
Act ive Parking Assistwillbecanceled at
once. The Park
Assist Canceled message
appearsinthe multifunction
displa y.
or
X Press thePARKTRONIC buttononthe
cent erconsole (Ypage 185).
PARKTRONIC isswitched offand Active
Parking Assistisimmediately canceled.
The Park
Assist Canceled message
appea rsinthe multifunction display.
Act ive Parking Assistiscanceled
automatically if:
R parking usingActive Parking Assistisno
longer possible.
R you aredriving fasterthan6mph
(10 km/h).
R awheel spins,ESP®
interven esorfails. The
ä warning lamplights upinthe
instrumen tcluster.
Aw arning tone soun ds.The park ingspac e
symb oldisapp earsandthe Par
kAss ist Can
celed mes
sage appear sin the
mult ifunction displ ay.
When ActivePark ingAssist iscan celed, you
must steer again yourself.
Tr ailer towin g For
vehicleswit hatrailer tow hit ch,th e
min imum lengthfor park ingspac esissligh tly
inc reas ed.
If you have attach edatrailer toyour vehicle,
you should notu se Act ive Parking Assist.
Once theelectrical connection isestablished
between yourvehicle andthetrailer, Active
Parking Assistisno longer available.
PARKTRONIC isdeactivated forthe rear area. Driving
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A
Yellow laneoftires atcurr entsteerin g
wheel angle(dynamic )
B Bumpe r
C Red guide lineapprox imately10 in
(0. 25 m)away fromthe rear area
D Yellow guidelineapprox imately3f t
(1 m) away fromtherear area
E White laneofvehic lewidth withsteering
wheel straight (static)
F Vehic lecen teraxle (mark erassist ance)
The guide linesareonly shown whenthe
tr ansm ission isin posit ionR.
The distan cespecif icationsonly apply to
objec tsthat areatgroun dlevel. Addit
ional messages forvehic leswith
PARKTRO NIC
: Frontwarnin gdisplay
; Addit ional PARKTRON ICmeasurem ent
operat ionalreadines sindic ator
= Rear warnin gdisplay
Vehicles withPARKTR ONIC:when
PARKTRON ICisoperat ional(Ypage 183),
addition aloperat ionalreadines s
indic ator;also appears. Warning
displays :and =are active ifthe
cor respon dingPARKTRON ICwarnin g
displays areactive (Ypage 184).They light
up yellow assoon asthe first segmen tint he
PARKTRONIC warningdisplaylights upyell ow
and they light upred assoon asthe first
segment inthe PARKTRONIC warningdisplay
lights upred. "Reverse
parking" function X
Make surethattherear view camera is
activated andthat the"Reverse parking"
funct ionisselected. Seetheseparate
operating instructionsforCOMAND.
The lane andtheguide linesareshown.
Backing upstra ight intoapar king space
without turning thesteering wheel :
Vehicle widthincluding exteriormirrors
; White lanewith steering wheelstraight
= Yellow guidelineapproximately 3ft
(1 m) away fromtherear area
? Red guide lineapprox imately 10in
(0.2 5m) away fromtherear area
X With thehelp ofwhite lane;,chec k
whethe rthe vehicle willfitinto theparking
space.
X Using thewhite laneasaguide, carefully
back upuntil youreach theend position.
Red guide line?isthen atthe end ofthe
parking space.Thevehicle isalmost
parall elin the parking space.
Reverse perpendicular parking with the
steering wheelatan angle
X Drive pasttheparking spaceandbring the
vehicle toastandst ill. 192
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Cen tero fthe vehicle onthe red guide line
approximately 10in(0.25 m)away from
the rear area
; Center ofthe vehicle onthe yellow guide
line approximately 3ft (1 m) away from
the rear area
= Trailer drawba r
? Ball coupling
X Set theheight oftrailer drawba r= sothat
it is slightly higherthanballcoupling ?.
X Position thevehicle centrally infront of
trailer drawba r=. :
Ball coupling
; Red guide lineapproximately 10in
(0.25 m)away fromtheball coupling
= Trailer drawba rmarkerassis tant
? Trail erdrawb ar
A Sym bolforthe"Couplin gup atrailer "
fun ction X
Use theCOMA NDcontroll erto selec t
symb olA.S eethe separate operating
inst ruct ions forCOMAND .
The "Coupli ngup atrailer" function is
select ed.The distanc especific ationsnow
only apply toobjec tsthat areatthe same
level asthe ball coupling.
X Back upcarefully, makingsure thattrailer
drawbar markerassistant =point s
approximat elyinthe direct ionoftrailer
drawbar ?.
X Back upcarefully untiltrailer drawbar ?
reaches redguide line;.
X Couple upthe trailer (Ypage 210). ATTEN
TIONASSIST
Impor tantsafet ynotes ATTE
NTION ASSIS Thelps youduring long,
monot onous journeyssuch ason freeways
and interst atehighways. Itis activ ein the
range between 50mph (80km/ h)and
112 mph (180 km/h).
If ATTE NTION ASSIS Tdetec tstypical
indicat orsoffatigue orincr easing lapsesin
con centration onthe part ofthe driver, it
suggests youtake abreak. G
WARN
ING ATTE
NTION ASSIS Tis only anaid and may
detec tyour tiredness orlapses in
conc entration toolate ornot atall. Itis not a
substitute forawell-rested andatten tive
driver.
Fatigue maycause youtorecogn ize
hazardous situationstoolate, misjudge a
situation orreact more slowly. Forthis
reason, makesureyoufeel rested before you
begin driving andduring yourjourney. Make
sure thatyoutake regular breaksintime,
particularly onlong journeys. Otherwise, you
may failtorecogn izedangers intime, cause
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ATT
ENTI ONASSIST asses ses your level of
fa tig ue orlaps es inconce ntrationb yta king
th efo llowi ngcriteri ainto acc oun t:
R your person aldri vin gst yle, e.g. steer ing
ch arac teris tics
R dri vin gco nd ition s,e.g. time, drivin gtime
The function alit yof ATTENTI ON ASSIST is
res trict ed and warn ings may bedelaye dor
no toc cur atall:
R ifth ero ad cond ition ispoo r,e.g. ifth e
sur faceis une ven orifth ere arepotholes
R ifth ere isast ro ng side wind
R ifyou haveadop tedaspo rty dri vin gst yle
wit hhig hco rneri ng spe eds orhig hrat es of
acc eler ation
R ifyou predom inant lydri ve atspe eds under
50 mph (80km/h)or over 11 2mph
(18 0km /h)
R ifyou arecurren tly usin gCOMA NDor
mak ing ate leph onecal lwit hit
R ifthe timehas been setincorrect ly
R in act ive drivin gsit uation s,such aswhen
you chan gelanes orchan geyour speed
War ning anddisplaymessa gesinthe
mu ltifunct iondisp lay X
Ac tivate ATTENTION ASSIS Tusing theon-
board computer (Ypage 232).
Symbo l: appears inthe mult ifunc tion
display.
If ATT ENTION ASSIS Tis act ive, you willbe
warne dno soon erthan 20min utes afteryour
jour ney hasbegun. Youwillthenhear an
int ermit tentwarning tonetwice, andthe Att
ention Assist:Dro wsiness Det
ected mess
ageappears inthe
mult ifunction display. X
Ifnec essar y,tak eabreak .
X Pres sa or% tocon firm the
mess age.
On longjo urn eys, takeregular breaksin good
tim eto allow yourse lfto rest prop erly. Ifyou
do not takeabreak andATTENTION ASSIST
st ill det ectstypic alindi cators offat igue or
inc reasin glapses incon centratio n,you willbe
warn edagain after15 min utes attheearlies t.
ATT ENTION ASSIST isrese twhen you
con tinue your journ eyand start sasses sing
your tiredn ess again if:
R you switchoff theeng ine.
R you takeoff your seatbeltandopen the
driv er's door ,e.g .for achange ofdrivers or
to take abreak. Night
ViewAssist Plus
Import antsafety notes In
addition tothe illumination providedbythe
normal headlamps, NightViewAssist Plus
uses infrared lighttoilluminate theroad. The
Night ViewAssist Pluscamera picksupthe
infrared lightanddisplay sag ray scale image
in COMAND. Theimag edisp layed in
COMAND correspondstoaroad litup byhigh -
bea mheadlamps. Thisenables youtosee the
road's course andanyobstac lesingood time.
If pedestrian recognitionisactiv ated,
pedestrian srecogn izedbythe system are
highlighted inthe Night ViewAssist Plus
display. G
WARN
ING Night
ViewAssist Plusisonly anaid designed
to assist driving. Itis not asubstit utefor
atten tivedriving. Donot rely solely onthe
Night ViewAssist Plusdisplay. Continueto
look through thewindshield. Youare
respon sibleforsafety andmust drivein
accor dance withtrafficcon ditions .You could
otherwise putyourself andothers indanger. Driving
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The
system maybeimpaired orunavailable if:
R there ispoor visibility, e.g.due tosnow,
rain, fogorheavy spray.
R the windshield isdirty, fogged upor
covered, forinstan cebyastick er,inthe
vicinit yof the camera.
R you aredriving onbends, uphillgradients
or downhill gradients.
Light fromtheheadlamps ofoncom ing
vehicles doesnotaffect theNight ViewAssist
Plus display inthe multifunct iondisplay .This
is also thecase ifyou cannot switchonthe
high-beam headlampsduetooncomin g
traffic. G
WARNING The
Night ViewAssist Pluscannot record
object simmediately infront ofor next tothe
vehicle. Whenmaneuvering, continue tolook
through thewindshield. Makesureno
persons oranimals areinthe area inwhich
you aremaneuvering. Youcould otherwise
injure them. i
Infrared
lightisnot visible tothe human
eye and therefore doesnotglare. Night
View Assist Pluscantherefore remain
switched oneven ifthere isoncomin g
traffic. :
Night ViewAssist Pluscamera
Switching onNight ViewAssist Plus Depending
onyour vehicle's dateof
manufacture, thec orà symbol for
the "Automatic drivinglights/daytime running
lamps"position islocated onthe light
switch. You
canonly activate NightViewAssist Plus
if:
R the SmartK eyisin position 2in the ignition
lock.
R itis dark.
R the light switch isset toeither c,
à orL.
R reverse gearhasnotbeen engaged.
X Make surethatCOMAND isswitched on.
X Press button :.
The Night ViewAssist Plusdispla yappea rs
in the COMAND display. :
Night ViewAssist Plusdispla y
; Pedestrian recognized
= Framing
? Symbol foractive pedestrian recognition
You canread about howtoadjust the
brightness ofthe COMAND displayin the
COMAND operatinginstructions. 196
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The
infrared lampsswitch on
automatically fromaspeed ofabout 6mph
(10 km/ h).This means thatyoudonot have
the fullvisual rangewhilethevehicle is
stat ionary andcann otchec kwhether Night
View Assist Plusisworking.
Pedestrian recognition G
WARNING Pedestrian
recognitionmay beimpaired or
inoperative if:
R pedestrians arepartially orentirely
obscured byobject s,e.g. parked vehicles.
R the silhouette ofthe pedestrian inthe Night
View Assist Plusdisplay isincomplete or
interrupted, e.g.bypowerful light
reflections.
R pedestrians donot cont rast with the
surroundings.
R pedestrians arenot standing upright,for
example, ifthey aresitting, crouching or
lying down. i
Animals
arenot recogniz edbypedestrian
recognit ion.
Night ViewAssist Plusisable torecogniz e
pedestrians bytypical characterist ics,e.g. a
silhouette inthe shape ofap erson .
Pedestr ianrecogn itionisthen switch edon
automatic allyif:
R Night ViewAssist Plusisactivat ed.
R you aredriving fasterthan6mph
(10 km/ h).
R the surroundin gsare dark, e.g.when
driving outside built-up areaswithout
str eet lighting.
If pedestrian recognitionisactive,
symbol ?appears. Ifpedestrian sare
recogn ized,theyareframed =and thereby
highlighted. Ifthe pedestrian recognition
system hasbrought apedestrian toyour
atten tion,look through thewindshield to
evaluate thesituation .The actual distance toobject
sand pedestrians cannotbegauged
accurately bylooking atascreen.
It may bethe case thatobject sare highlighted
as well aspedestrians.
Fogg edup ordirt ywindsh ield If
the windsh ieldinfro ntofthe camer ais
fogge dup ordirt yon the inside oroutsid e,the
Night ViewAssistPlus display isaffec ted. G
WARN
ING Please
donot forg etthat your primar y
respo nsibilit yis to drive thevehic le.Ad river's
attention tothe road must alwaysbe his/he r
prima ryfocus whendriving.For yoursafety
and thesafety ofothers, stopbefore tryingto
remove windowfoggi ngorclea ning the
winds hieldin front ofthe Night ViewAssist
Plu scamera .
Bear inmind thatataspeed ofjust 30mph
(ap proxima tely50km/h), yourvehicle is
cover ingadistanc eof 44 feet
(approximately 14m)every second.
X To defr ost: chec kthe automatic air
con ditionin gsett ings (Ypage 132)and fold
do wn the cam eracove r(Y page 323) .
X To def ros tthe inside ofthe winds hield:
fol ddo wn the cam eracove r(Y page 323)
and clean the windsh ield (Y page 321) . Dri
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