2012 MERCEDES-BENZ M-Class trip computer

MB
info callbutton ........................ 302
Rem otevehi clelocking .................. 304
Roa dside Assista ncebutton .......... 301
Search &Send ............................... 303
Self-test ......................................... 299
System .......................................... 299
Vehi cleremote unlocking .............. 304
Mec hanic alkey
Function/notes ............................ ....75
Locking vehicle................................ 80
Unlocking thedrive r'sdoor .............. 80
Memory card(audio )......................... 230
Memory function ............................... 105
Mess agememory (on-bo ard
co mputer) .......................................... 238
Mess ages
see Displ aymessa ges
Mirrors
see Exterior mirrors
see Rear-view mirror
see Vani tymirror
Mobi lephone
Menu (on-boa rdcompu ter)............ 230
Modify ingthe programming
(SmartKe y)........................................... 74
MOEx tendedrun-flat system........... 338
MP3 Opera ting.......................................2 30
see sepa rateoperating instructio ns
Multifun ctiondisplay
Function/notes ............................. 224
Perma nentdispla y......................... 234
Multifun ctionstee ring wheel
Opera tingtheon-boa rdcompu ter.2 23
Overvi ew.......................................... 31N
Navigati
on
Menu (on-boa rdcompu ter)............ 228
On-boa rdcompu ter....................... 228
see sepa rateoperating instructio ns
Night ViewAssistPlus
Activating/d eactivating ................. 196
Cl eani ng....... .................................. 323
Function/notes ............................. 195
Prob lem(malfunction) ................... 198Notes
onbreaki ng-inan ew
vehicle ................................................ 138 O
Occ
upant Classi fication System
(OC S)
Fau lts............................................... 48
Opera tion............ ...... .......................4 4
Sys tem self-test ............................... 47
Occ upant safety
Chi ldre nint he vehicle ..................... 54
System overview.............................. 38
Octan enumbe r(fuel) ........................ 386
Odome ter........................................... 227
see Trip odome ter
Off-road driving
Che cklist afterdrivingoff-roa d...... 164
Che cklist beforedrivi ngoff-roa d.... 164
Gene ralinforma tion....................... 163
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 162
Trave linguphill....... .............. ..........166
Off-road system
4MATIC .......................................... 208
DSR ............................................... 208
Oil
see Engine oil
On-b oard computer
Assista ncemenu ........................... 232
Audi omenu ................................... 229
Conve nience submenu .................. 236
Displ aying aservi cemessa ge........ 317
Displ aymessa ges.......................... 238
DISTRONI CPLUS ........................... 173
Factory settings submenu ............. 237
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 222
Instrument clustersub menu .......... 233
Ligh ting submenu .......................... 234
Menu overview.............................. 226
Messa gememory .......................... 238
Navi gationmenu ............................ 228
Opera tingvideoDVD ..................... 230
Opera tion.............. .........................223
Service menu................................. 233
Settings menu............................... 233
Standard displa y............................ 227
Tel epho nemenu ............................ 230 In
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Tow
ingat rail er
Activ ePark ing Assist ..................... 189
Cl eani ngthe trail ertow hitch .........322
Cou pling up atrail er...................... 215
Decoup lingatrail er....................... 217
Driving tips.................................... 210
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 210
Install ingthe ballcoup ling............. 214
Ligh tsdis pla ym essage .................. 250
Mou nting dimensions .................... 391
Pow ersup ply................................. 219
Pul ling away with atrail er.............. 141
Rem oving theballcoup ling............ 218
Shift range ..................................... 147
Storing theballcoup ling................ 218
Trai lerloads................................... 391
Towi ngaway
With both axleson the grou nd....... 344
Tow-s tarting
Emergency enginestarting ............ 345
Importa ntsafe tynotes .................. 343
Trailer couplin g
see Towingatrail er
Trailer loadsanddrawbar
nos eweig hts ...................................... 218
Trailer towing
Active BlindSpotAssist ................. 205
Active LaneKeepingAssist ............ 208
Blind SpotAssist ............................ 200
ESP ®
................................................ 64
PARKT RONIC................................. 185
Permi ssibletrail erloa dsand
dra wba rnoseweights ..................... 218
Transmiss ion
see Automa tictransmis sion
Transporting thevehi cle .................. 345
Traveli nguphill
Brow ofhill....... ..............................166
Driving downhill ............................. 167
Maxi mum gradient-clim bing
capa bility ....................................... 166
Trim pieces(clean inginstruction s).3 24
Trip computer (on-bo ard
co mputer) .......................................... 227
Trip meter
see Trip odom eter Trip
odome ter
Ca lling up ....... ..................... ...........227
Res etting (on-boa rdcompu ter)...... 228
Trunk
see Tailga te
Turn signals
Displ aymessa ge............................ 251
Switchi ngon/off ........................... 111
TWR (TongueWeight Rating)
(defi nition) ......................................... 374
Type identification plate
see Vehi cleidentificati onplate U
Unl
ocking
Emergency unlocking ....................... 80
From insidethe vehi cle(central
unlo cking button) ............................. 79 V
Vanity
mirror(insun visor).............. 295
Vehic le
Corr ectuse ...................................... 25
Data acquisition ............................... 26
Displ aymessa ge............................ 265
Equi pment ....................................... 21
Indivi dualsett ings .......................... 233
Limi tedWarr anty ............................. 26
Load ing.......................................... 362
Locking (inanemerg ency)............... 80
Locking (SmartKe y)....... ................... 73
Lowe ring........................................ 337
Mai ntenance .................................... 22
Parki ngfor along period....... .........157
Pul ling away ................................... 141
Ra ising ........................................... 334
Rep orting problems ......................... 25
Tow ingaway .................................. 343
Transp orting.................................. 345
Unlocking (inanemerg ency)........... 80
Unlocking (SmartKey)...................... 73
Vehi cledata ................................... 390
Vehic lebattery
see Battery (vehicle)
Vehic ledata ....................................... 390
see Techni caldata In
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Menus
andsubmen us Menu
overview
The number ofmenus showndepends onthe option alequipment inthe vehicle. Function
:
Trip menu
(Ypage 227) ;
Navi menu
(navigation instruct ions) (Ypage 228) =
Audio menu
(Ypage 229) ?
Tel menu
(telephon e)(Y page 230) A
DriveAs
sist menu
(assistanc e)(Y page 232) B
Service menu
(Ypage 233)
R calls updisplay messages (Y page 238)
R tire pressure losswarning system(Canada only)(Ypage 357)
R tire pressure monitor(Y page 359)
R AS SYST PLUS serviceint erval display (Ypage 317) C
Sett. menu
(Ypage 233) 226
Menus
andsubm enusOn-board computer and displays

Trip
menu
Stan dard display X
Pre ssand holdthe % button onthe
stee ring wheelunti lthe Tri
p menu
with
od ome ter:and tripodome ter;is
sho wn.
Trip compute r"F rom start" or"From
res et" The
values inthe Fro
mSta rt su
bme nuare
cal cul ate dfro mt hestart ofajourney, while
the values inthe From
Reset submenu
are
calculated fromthelast time thesubmenu
was reset (Ypage 228).
X Press the= or; button onthe
steering wheeltoselect the Trip menu.
X Press the9 or: button toselect From
Start or From
Reset .
Trip
computer "Fromstart"(example)
: Distanc e
; Time
= Average speed
? Average fuelconsumption
The From
Start trip
computer isreset
automatically if:
R the ignition hasbeen switched offfor more
than fourhours.
R 999 hours havebeen exceeded.
R 9,999 mileshavebeen exceeded. When
9,999 hoursor99,999 mileshavebeen
exceeded, thetrip computer isautomatically
reset From
Reset .
Displaying therange andcurrent fuel
consumption X
Press the= or; button onthe
steering wheeltoselect the Trip menu.
X Press the9 or: button toselect
current fuelconsumption andapproximate
range. :
Approximate range
; Current fuelconsumption
Approximate range:iscalculated
according tocurrent drivingstyleandthe
amount offuel inthe tank .If there isonly a
small amount offuel leftinthe fuel tank ,the
displa yshows avehicle beingrefueled C
instead ofrange :.
Digi talspeedometer X
Press the= or; button onthe
steering wheeltoselect the Trip menu.
X Press 9or: toselect thedigital
speedometer. :
Digital speedometer Menus
andsubmenus
227On-board computer and displays Z

Res
ettingvalues Yo
ucan resetthe valuesof the followi ng
functi ons:
R Tri podo mete r
R Tri pcomp uter"Fro mstar t"
R Tri pcomp uter"Fro mres et"
X Pre ssthe = or; button onthe
stee ring wheel tosel ect the Trip menu
.
X Pre ssthe 9 or: button tosel ect the
functi onthat youwi sh tores et.
X Pre ssa. Re
setti ngthe trip comp uter"From start" (example)
X Pres s: tosel ect Yes and
pres sa
to confirm . Navig
ationsys tem menu
Di splay ingnavi gatio nins tructio ns In
the Navi menu
,the multifunction displa y
show snavi gationinstru ctions. Formore
inform ation,see theseparateope rating
instru ctions.
X Swi tch onCOM AND (seethe separate
ope ratinginstru ctions) .
X Pres sthe = or; button onthe
steer ingwhe elto sel ect the Navi menu
. Route
guidanc einac tive :
Directi onoftrave l
; Current road
Route guidanc eacti ve No
chan geofdirec tionanno unced :
Dista ncetothe destinati on
; Dista ncetothe next chang eof dir ectio n
= Current road
? Symb olfor "follow the road's cour se"
Chan geofdirec tionanno uncedwithout a
lane recommen dation :
Road into whichthe chang eof dir ectio n
lea ds
; Dista ncetochang eof dir ectio nand visual
di sta nce displ ay
= Sym bolfor cha nge ofdirecti on
Whe nach angeof directi onhasbee n
annou nced,youwi llsee visuald istanc e
display ;nex ttothe symbol forthe change
of direction =.Thisdecreases insize asyou
approach theannounced changeofdirection. 228
Menus
andsubmenusOn-board computer and displays

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
andsubmenus
233On-board computer and displays Z