2015 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class trip computer

Mounting wheels
Lowering the vehicle ...................... 371
Mounting a new wheel ................... 371
Preparing the vehicle .................... .368
Raising the vehicle ......................... 368
Removing a wheel .......................... 370
Securing the vehicle against roll-
ing away ........................................ 368
MP3
Operation ....................................... 233
see separate operating instructions
Multicontour seat
Adjusting (on the seat) .................. 110
Multifunction display
Function/notes ............................ .229
Permanent display ......................... 238
Multifunction steering wheel
Operating the on-board computer .. 227
Overview .......................................... 35 N
Navigation Menu (on-board computer) ............ 231
NECK-PRO head restraints
Operation ......................................... 61
Resetting triggered .......................... 61
NECK-PRO luxury head restraints
Important safety notes .................... 61
Operation ......................................... 61
Resetting when triggered ................. 62
Notes on breaking-in a new vehi-
cle ....................................................... 148 O
Occupant Classification System
(OCS) Conditions ....................................... 53
Faults ............................................... 58
Operation ......................................... 54
System self-test ............................... 56
Occupant safety
Automatic measures after an acci-
dent ................................................. 63
Children in the vehicle ..................... 64
Important safety notes .................... 45
Introduction to the restraint sys-
tem ................................................. .44Occupant Classification System
(OCS) ............................................... 53
PASSENGER AIR BAG indicator
lamps ............................................... 45
Pets in the vehicle ........................... 70
PRE-SAFE
®
(anticipatory occu-
pant protection) ...............................62
PRE-SAFE ®
PLUS (anticipatory
occupant protection PLUS) .............. 63
Restraint system warning lamp ........ 45
OCS
Conditions ....................................... 53
Faults ............................................... 58
Operation ......................................... 54
System self-test ...............................56
Odometer ...........................................2 29
Oil
see Engine oil
On-board computer
AMG menu ..................................... 242
Assistance menu ........................... 235
Audio menu ................................... 232
Convenience submenu .................. 240
Display messages .......................... 245
Displaying a service message ....... .316
DISTRONIC PLUS ........................... 186
Factory settings submenu ............. 241
Important safety notes .................. 226
Instrument cluster submenu .......... 238
Lighting submenu .......................... 238
Menu overview .............................. 229
Message memory .......................... 245
Navigation menu ............................ 231
Operation ....................................... 227
RACETIMER ................................... 242
Service menu ................................. 237
Settings menu ............................... 237
Standard display ............................ 229
Telephone menu ............................ 233
Trip menu ...................................... 229
Vehicle submenu ........................... 240
Video DVD operation ..................... 233
Operating safety
Declaration of conformity ................ 26
Important safety notes .................... 25
Operating system
see On-board computer 14
Index

Transporting the vehicle
.................. 339
Trim pieces (cleaning instruc-
tions) .................................................. 323
Trip computer (on-board com-
puter) .................................................. 230
Trip odometer
Calling up ....................................... 229
Resetting (on-board computer) ...... 231
Trunk
Emergency release .......................... 96
Important safety notes .................... 92
Locking separately ........................... 96
Opening/closing (automatically
from inside) ...................................... 95
Opening/closing (automatically
from outside) ................................... 94
Opening/closing (manually from
outside) ............................................ 93
Trunk lid
Display message ............................ 271
Opening dimensions ...................... 392
Trunk load (maximum) ...................... 392
Turn signals
Display message ............................ 255
Switching on/off ........................... 124
Two-way radio
Frequencies ................................... 384
Installation ..................................... 384
Transmission output (maximum) .... 384
Type identification plate
see Vehicle identification plate U
Unlocking Emergency unlocking ....................... 92
From inside the vehicle (central
unlocking button) ............................. 91 V
Vanity mirror (in the sun visor) ........ 295
Vehicle
Correct use ...................................... 27
Data acquisition ............................... 28
Display message ............................ 270
Equipment ....................................... 23
Individual settings .......................... 237 Limited Warranty ............................. 27
Loading .......................................... 355
Locking (in an emergency) ............... 92
Locking (SmartKey) .......................... 84
Lowering ........................................ 371
Maintenance .................................... 24
Parking for a long period ................ 172
Pulling away ................................... 152
Raising ........................................... 368
Reporting problems ........................ .27
Securing from rolling away ............ 368
Towing away .................................. 337
Transporting .................................. 339
Unlocking (in an emergency) ........... 92
Unlocking (SmartKey )...................... 84
Vehicle data ................................... 392
Vehicle data ....................................... 392
Vehicle dimensions ........................... 392
Vehicle emergency locking ................ 92
Vehicle identification number
see VIN
Vehicle identification plate .............. 386
Vehicle level
AIRMATIC ...................................... 193
Vehicle level (display message) ....... 262
Vehicle maintenance
see ASSYST PLUS
Vehicle tool kit .................................. 326
Video
Operating the DVD ......................... 233
VIN
Seat ............................................... 386
Type plate ...................................... 386 W
Warning and indicator lamps ABS ................................................ 276
Brakes ........................................... 275
Check Engine ................................. 280
Coolant .......................................... 280
Distance warning ........................... 282
ESP ®
.............................................. 277
ESP ®
OFF ....................................... 278
Fuel tank ........................................ 280
General notes ................................ 274
Overview .......................................... 34
PASSENGER AIR BAG OFF ............... 45 20
Index

Left control panel
=
; R
Calls up the menu and menu bar 9
: Press briefly:
R Scrolls in lists
R Selects a submenu or function
R Vehicles with Audio 20: in the
Audio Audio menu, selects the previ-
ous or next stored station, when
the preset list or station list is
active, or an audio track
R Vehicles with COMAND: in the
Audio Audio menu, selects the previ-
ous or next station, when the
preset list or station list is active,
or an audio track or video scene
R In the Tel Tel(telephone) menu:
switches to the phone book and
selects a name or telephone
number 9
: Press and hold:
R Vehicles with Audio 20: in the
Audio
Audio menu, selects the previ-
ous or next station, when the
preset list or station list is active,
selects an audio track using
rapid scrolling, or selects a video
scene
R Vehicles with COMAND: in the
Audio Audio menu, selects a preset list
or station list in the desired fre-
quency range or an audio track
or video scene using rapid scroll-
ing
R In the Tel Tel(Telephone) menu:
starts rapid scrolling if the phone book is open a R
Confirms the selection or display
message
R In the Tel
Tel(Telephone) menu:
switches to the telephone book
and starts dialing the selected
number % Press briefly:
R Back
R Vehicles with Audio 20:
Switches off voice-operated con-
trol for navigation (see manufac-
turer's operating instructions)
R Vehicles with COMAND:
Switches off the Voice Control
System (see the separate oper-
ating instructions)
R Hides display messages or calls
up the last Trip Tripmenu function
used
R Exits the telephone book/redial
memory % Press and hold:
R Calls up the standard display in
the Trip Trip menu Right control panel
~ R
Rejects or ends a call
R Exits the telephone book/redial
memory 6 R
Makes or accepts a call
R Switches to the redial memory W
X R
Adjusts the volume 8 R
Mute ? R
Vehicles with Audio 20:
Switches on voice-operated con-
trol for navigation (see manufac-
turer's operating instructions)
R Vehicles with COMAND:
Switches on the Voice Control
System (see the separate oper-
ating instructions) 228
Displays and operationOn-board computer and displays

Multifunction display
:
Text field
; Menu bar
= Drive program, vehicles with a DIRECT
SELECT selector lever (Y page 158) or
AMG vehicles (Y page 157)
? Transmission position, vehicles with a
DIRECT SELECT selector lever
(Y page 158) or AMG vehicles
(Y page 157)
A Permanent display: outside temperature
or speed (Y page 238)
X To display menu bar ;: press the=
or ; button on the steering wheel.
Menu bar ;disappears after a few sec-
onds.
Text field :shows the selected menu or
submenu as well as display messages.
The following messages may appear in the
multifunction display:
Z Gearshift recommendation when
shifting manually (Y page 164)
XjY Active Parking Assist (Y page 200)
CRUISE
CRUISE Cruise Control (Y
page 178)
_ Adaptive Highbeam Assist
(Ypage 126)
¤ ECO start/stop function
(Ypage 153)
ë HOLD function (Y page 191) Menus and submenus
Menu overview
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to call up the menu bar and select a
menu.
Operating the on-board computer
(Y page 227).
Depending on the equipment installed in the
vehicle, you can call up the following menus:
R Trip Trip menu (Y page 229)
R Navi
Navi menu (navigation instructions)
(Y page 231)
R Audio
Audio menu (Y page 232)
R Tel
Tel menu (telephone) (Y page 233)
R DriveAssist
DriveAssist menu (assistance)
(Y page 235)
R Serv
Serv menu (Y page 237)
R Sett
Sett menu (settings) (Y page 237)
R AMG
AMG menu in AMG vehicles (Y page 242)
The Audio
Audio, Navi
NaviandTel
Tel menus differ slightly
in vehicles with Audio 20 and in vehicles with COMAND. The examples given in this Opera-
tor's Manual apply to vehicles equipped with
COMAND. Trip menu
Standard display X
Press and hold the %button on the
steering wheel until the Trip Tripmenu with
trip odometer :and odometer ;is
shown. Menus and submenus
229On-board computer and displays Z

Trip computer "From Start" or "From
Reset" :
Distance
; Driving time
= Average speed
? Average fuel consumption
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip
Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
From Start
From Start orFrom Reset
From Reset.
The values in the From Start
From Startsubmenu are
calculated from the start of a journey whilst
the values in the From Reset
From Reset submenu are
calculated from the last time the submenu
was reset (Y page 231).
The From Start
From Start trip computer is automati-
cally reset if:
R the ignition has been switched off for more
than four hours.
R 999 hours have been exceeded.
R 9,999 miles have been exceeded.
The From Reset
From Reset trip computer is automati-
cally reset if the value exceeds 9,999 hours or
99,999 miles.
ECO display X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip
Tripmenu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
ECO DISPLAY
ECO DISPLAY. If the ignition remains switched off for longer
than four hours, the ECO display will be auto- matically reset.
For further information on the ECO display,
see (Y page 174).
Displaying the range and current fuel
consumption Fuel consumption is not displayed in AMG
vehicles.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip
Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
current fuel consumption and approximate range.
The approximate range that can be covered
depends on the fuel level and your current
driving style. If there is only a small amount of
fuel left in the fuel tank, the display shows a
vehicle being refueled Cinstead of the
range.
Digital speedometer X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip Tripmenu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
digital speedometer.
In addition, the multifunction display may
show a gearshift recommendation Z.230
Menus and submenusOn-board computer and displays

Observe the information on gearshift rec-
ommendation
Zwhen shifting manually
(Y page 164).
AMG vehicles: a gearshift recommendation
appears in the status area of the multifunc- tion display and not in the display of the
digital speedometer.
Resetting values X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Trip
Trip menu.
X Press the 9or: button to select the
function that you wish to reset.
X Press the abutton.
X Press the :button to select Yes Yesand
press the abutton to confirm.
You can reset the values of the following func-
tions:
R Trip odometer
R "From Start" trip computer
R "From Reset" trip computer
R ECO display
i If you reset the values in the ECO display,
the values in the "From start" trip computer are also reset. If you reset the values in the
"From start" trip computer, the values in
the ECO display are also reset. Navigation system menu
Displaying navigation instructions In the
Navi Navimenu, the multifunction display
shows navigation instructions.
Observe the additional information on navi-
gation in the separate Audio 20 or COMAND
operating instructions. X
Switch on Audio 20 or COMAND, see the
separate operating instructions.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Navi
Navi menu.
Route guidance not active :
Direction of travel
; Current road
Route guidance active No change of direction announced
:
Distance to the destination
; Distance to the next change of direction
= Current road
? "Follow the road's course" symbol
Change of direction announced without a lane recommendation :
Road into which the change of direction
leads
; Distance to change of direction and visual
distance display
= Change-of-direction symbol Menus and submenus
231On-board computer and displays Z

Instrument cluster
Selecting the unit of measurement for dis-
tance
The Display Unit Speed-/Odometer: Display Unit Speed-/Odometer:
function allows you to choose whether cer-
tain displays appear in kilometers or miles in the multifunction display.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Sett.
Sett. menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Instr. Cluster
Instr. Cluster submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Display Unit Speed-/Odometer Display Unit Speed-/Odometer func-
tion.
You will see the selected setting: km kmor
miles
miles.
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
The selected unit of measurement for dis-
tance applies to: R Digital speedometer in the Trip Tripmenu
R Odometer and the trip odometer
R Trip computer
R Current consumption and the range
R Navigation instructions in the Navi
Navimenu
R Cruise control
R DISTRONIC PLUS
R ASSYST PLUS service interval display
Selecting the permanent display function
You can determine whether the multifunction display permanently shows your speed or the
outside temperature.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Sett
Sett menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Inst. Cluster
Inst. Cluster submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Permanent Display
Permanent Display function.
You will see the selected setting Outside
Outside
Temperature
Temperature orAdditional Speedome‐
Additional Speedome‐ ter [km/h] ter [km/h]
/AdditionalAdditional Speedometer Speedometer
[mph]
[mph].
X Press the abutton to save the setting.
i The speed is highlighted in km/h or in
mph conversely to your speedometer.
Lights Setting the brightness of the instrument
cluster lighting and switches
The lighting in the instrument cluster, in the
displays and the controls in the vehicle inte-
rior can be adjusted with the Brightness Brightness
Display/Switches:
Display/Switches: function.
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the Sett.
Sett.menu.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Lights
Lights submenu.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to select the
Brightness Display/Switches:
Brightness Display/Switches: func-
tion.
You will see the selected setting.
X Press ato confirm.
X Press the :or9 button to adjust the
brightness to any level from Level 1
Level 1 to
Level 5 Level 5 (bright).
X Press the aor% button to save the
setting.
If the light switch is set to Ã,Tor
L, the brightness is dependent upon
the brightness of the ambient light.
i The light sensor in the instrument cluster
automatically controls the brightness of
the multifunction display.
In daylight, the displays in the instrument
cluster are not illuminated.
Switching the daytime running lamps on/ off
i This function is not available in Canada. 238
Menus and submenusOn-board computer and displays