2015 MERCEDES-BENZ SLK-CLASS ROADSTER automatic transmission

XSelect theAssistance Graphicfunction
using the on-board computer ( Y page 203).
You will initially see the stored speed for
about five seconds when you activate
DISTRONIC PLUS.
Deactivating DISTRONIC PLUS
GWARNING
DISTRONIC PLUS is deactivated and releases the brakes if the vehicle is slowed down to a
speed below 20 mph (30km/h) by the system,
provided that DISTRONIC PLUS does not
detect a vehicle directly in front. At this point,
the driver must apply the brakes in order to
slow down further and bring the vehicle to a
standstill.
Cruise control lever
There are several ways to deactivate
DISTRONIC PLUS:
X Briefly press the cruise control lever for-
wards :.
or X Brake, unless the vehicle is stationary
When you deactivate DISTRONIC PLUS, you
will see the
DISTRONICPLUSOffmessage in
the multifunction display for approximately
five seconds.
iThe last speed stored remains stored until
you switch off the engine.
iDISTRONIC PLUS is not deactivated if you
depress the accelerator pedal. If you accel- erate to overtake, DISTRONIC PLUS
adjusts the vehicle's speed to the last
speed stored after you have finished over-taking.
DISTRONIC PLUS is automatically deactiva-
ted if:
R you engage the electric parking brake or if
the vehicle is automatically secured with
the electric parking brake
R you are driving slower than 15 mph
(25 km/h) and there is no vehicle in front,
or if the vehicle in front is no longer detec-
ted
R ESP ®
intervenes or you deactivate ESP ®
R the transmission is in the P,R or Nposition
R you pull the cruise control lever towards
you in order to pull away and the front-
passenger door is open
R the vehicle has skidded
If DISTRONIC PLUS is deactivated, you will
hear a warning tone. You will see the
DISTRONIC PLUS Offmessage in the multi-
function display for approximately five sec- onds.
Tips for driving with DISTRONIC PLUS
General notes
The following contains descriptions of certain
road and traffic conditions in which you must
be particularly attentive. In such situations,
brake if necessary. DISTRONIC PLUS is then
deactivated.
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Rthe electrical system in the engine com-
partment, the battery or the fuses have
been tampered with.
R the battery is disconnected
There is a risk of an accident.
If you wish to exit the vehicle, always turn off
the HOLD function and secure the vehicle
against rolling away.
!If DISTRONIC PLUS or the HOLD function
is activated, the vehicle brakes automati-
cally in certain situations. To prevent dam-
age to the vehicle, deactivate DISTRONIC
PLUS and the HOLD function in the follow-
ing or other similar situations:
R when towing the vehicle
R in the car wash
Deactivating the HOLD function( Y page 181).
Activation conditions
You can activate the HOLD function if:
R the vehicle is stationary
R the engine is running or if it has been auto-
matically switched off by the ECO start/
stop function
R the driver's door is closed or your seat belt
is fastened
R the hood is closed
R the electric parking brake is released
R the selector lever is in position D,R or Non
vehicles with automatic transmission
R DISTRONIC PLUS is deactivated
Activating the HOLD function
XMake sure that the activation conditions
are met.
X Depress the brake pedal.
X Quickly depress the brake pedal further
until :
HOLDappears in the multifunction
display.
The HOLD function is activated. You can
release the brake pedal.
iIf depressing the brake pedal the first
time does not activate the HOLD function,
wait briefly and then try again.
Deactivating the HOLD function
The HOLD function is deactivated automati-
cally if: R you accelerate. On vehicles with automatic
transmission: only when the transmission
is in position Dor R.
R you shift the transmission to position Pon
vehicles with automatic transmission.
R you apply the brakes again with a certain
amount of pressure until
HOLDdisappears
from the multifunction display.
R you secure the vehicle using the electric
parking brake.
R you activate DISTRONIC PLUS.
iAfter a time, the electric parking brake
secures the vehicle and relieves the service
brake.
The electric parking brake automatically
secures the vehicle if the HOLD function is
activated and: R the driver's door is open and the driver's
seat belt is unfastened.
R the engine is switched off, unless it is auto-
matically switched off by the ECO start/
stop function.
R the hood is opened.
R a system malfunction occurs.
R the power supply is not sufficient.
If there is a malfunction in the vehicle elec-
tronics, a warning message may also appear
in the multifunction display.
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Driving an d parking
Z

Brake ImmediatelyBrake Immediately
XImmediately depress the brake firmly until
the warning message in the multifunction
display goes out.
The HOLD function is deactivated.
In vehicles with automatic transmission:
Shift to 'P'Shift to 'P'.
X Shift the transmission to position Pto pre-
vent the vehicle from rolling away.
The HOLD function is deactivated. The
warning message in the multifunction dis-
play disappears.
The horn will also sound at regular intervals if the HOLD function is activated and you:
R switch the engine off, open the driver's
door and remove your seat belt.
R open the hood.
The sounding of the horn alerts you to the fact
that the vehicle has been parked while the
HOLD function is still activated. If you attempt to lock the vehicle, the tone becomes louder.
The vehicle is not locked until the HOLD func- tion is deactivated.
iIf the engine has been switched off, it
cannot be started again until the HOLD
function has been deactivated.
PARKTRONIC
Important safety notes
PARKTRONIC is an electronic parking aid with ultrasonic sensors. It indicates visually and
audibly the distance between your vehicle
and an object.
PARKTRONIC is only an aid. It is not a replace-
ment for your attention to your immediate
surroundings. You are always responsible for
safe maneuvering, parking and exiting a park-
ing space. When maneuvering, parking or
pulling out of a parking space, make sure that there are no persons, animals or objects in
the area in which you are maneuvering.
!When parking, pay particular attention to
objects above or below the sensors, such
as flower pots or trailer drawbars.
PARKTRONIC does not detect such objects
when they are in the immediate vicinity of
the vehicle. You could damage the vehicle
or the objects.
The sensors may not detect snow and other
objects that absorb ultrasonic waves.
Ultrasonic sources such as an automatic
car wash, the compressed-air brakes on a
truck or a pneumatic drill could cause
PARKTRONIC to malfunction.
PARKTRONIC may not function correctly on
uneven terrain.
PARKTRONIC is activated automatically when you:
R switch on the ignition
R move the selector lever to position D,R or
N on vehicles with automatic transmission
R release the electric parking brake.
PARKTRONIC is deactivated at speeds above
11 mph (18 km/h). It is reactivated at lowerspeeds.
PARKTRONIC monitors the area around your
vehicle using six sensors in the front bumper and four sensors in the rear bumper.
Range of the sensors
General notes
PARKTRONIC does not take objects into con- sideration that are:
R below the detection range, e.g. people, ani-
mals or objects.
R above the detection range, e.g. overhang-
ing loads, truck overhangs or loadingramps.
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The warning displays show the distance
between the sensors and the obstacle. The
warning display for the front area is located
on the dashboard above the center air vents.
The warning display for the rear area is loca-
ted between the roll bars.
The warning display for each side of the vehi- cle is divided into five yellow and two red seg-ments. PARKTRONIC is operational if yellow
segments showing operational readiness =
light up.
The selector lever position or selected auto-
matic transmission position and the direction
in which the vehicle is rolling determine which
warning display is active when the engine is
running.
Manual transmission:
Gear lever posi- tionWarning display
Forwards gear or
NeutralFront area activated
Reverse gear or
the vehicle is rolling backwardsRear and front areas
activated
Automatic transmission:
Transmission positionWarning display
DFront area activated
R ,N or the vehicle
is rolling back- wardsRear and front areas
activated
PNo areas activated
One or more segments light up as the vehicle
approaches an obstacle, depending on the
vehicle's distance from the obstacle. From the:
R sixth segment onwards, you will hear an
intermittent warning tone for approx-
imately two seconds.
R seventh segment onwards, you will hear a
warning tone for approximately two sec-
onds. This indicates that you have now
reached the minimum distance.
Deactivating/activating PARKTRONIC
:Indicator lamp
;Deactivates/activates PARKTRONIC
If indicator lamp :is on then PARKTRONIC is
deactivated. Parking Guidance is also deacti- vated.
iPARKTRONIC is automatically activated
when you turn the SmartKey to position 2in
the ignition lock.
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Parking
Moving the vehicle into the stop position
X Stop the vehicle when the parking space
symbol shows the desired parking space in
the instrument cluster.
X Vehicles with manual transmission: shift to
reverse gear.
Vehicles with automatic transmission: shift into position R.
The multifunction display shows the
Check Vehicle Surroundings Press
'OK' to Confirmmessage.
X Press the abutton on the multifunction
steering wheel to confirm.
The multifunction display switches to Park-
ing Guidance.
Depending on your distance from the park-
ing space, the
Please Drive Backward
message will appear in the multifunction
display.
X If necessary, reverse towards the parking
space. This is indicated by an arrow point-
ing backwards.
Continue backing up until you hear a tone.
Stop – the stop position has been reached.
The arrow is white. The
PleaseSteerWheeltotheRight
orPlease Steer Wheel to the Left
message appears in the multifunction dis-
play. Backing up into the parking space
X
While the vehicle is stationary, turn the
steering wheel in the specified direction
until the arrow is white and a warning tone
sounds.
X To reverse into the parking space: main-
tain the steering wheel angle and reversecarefully.
X Stop as soon as you hear a warning tone,
The vehicle has reached the position in
which you need to countersteer. The
PleaseSteerWheeltotheRight
orPlease Steer Wheel to the Left
message appears in the multifunction dis-
play.
X To countersteer: while the vehicle is sta-
tionary, turn the steering wheel in the
specified direction until the arrow is white
and a warning tone sounds.
X To reverse into the parking space: main-
tain the steering wheel angle and reversecarefully.
X Stop as soon as you hear a warning tone, at
the latest when PARKTRONIC sounds the
continuous warning tone. The
Parking Guidance Finishedmes-
sage appears in the multifunction display
and a tone sounds. You may be asked to
steer in a different direction and then
change gear. In this case, further displays
in the multifunction display will direct you
to the final position.
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Driving and parking
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Left control panel
= ;RCalls up the menu and menu bar
9 :Press briefly:
R Scrolls in lists
R Selects a submenu or function
R In the
Audiomenu: selects a
stored station, an audio track or
a video scene
R In the
Tel(telephone) menu:
switches to the phone book and
selects a name or telephone
number
9 :Press and hold:
R In the
Audiomenu: selects the
previous/next station or selects
an audio track or a video scene
using rapid scrolling
R In the
Tel(Telephone) menu:
starts rapid scrolling if the phone
book is open
aR Confirms a selection/display
message
R In the
Tel(telephone) menu:
switches to the telephone book
and starts dialing the selected
number
R In the
Audiomenu: stops the
station search function at the
desired station
Right control panel
~R Rejects or ends a call
R Exits phone book/redial mem- ory
6RMakes or accepts a call
R Switches to the redial memory
W XRAdjusts the volume
8RMute
Back button
%Press briefly:
R Back
R Switches off the Voice Control
System (see the separate oper-
ating instructions)
R Hides display messages/calls
up the last
Tripmenu function
used
R Exits the telephone book/redial
memory
%Press and hold:
R Calls up the standard display in
the
Tripmenu
Multifunction display
Example: vehicles with automatic transmission :
Transmission position ( Ypage 151)
;Drive program ( Ypage 151)
=Text field
?Menu bar
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On-board computer and displays

ATime
BOutside temperature or speed (Y page 205)
Text field =shows the selected menu or
submenu as well as display messages.
X To display menu bar ?: press the =
or ; button on the steering wheel.
Menu bar ?disappears after a few sec-
onds of inactivity.
iYou can set the time using COMAND (see
the separate operating instructions).
Vehicles with manual transmission:
instead of transmission position :and drive
program ;, the time and the outside tem-
perature or speed are shown.
The following messages may appear in the
multifunction display: Z Gearshift recommendation for man-
ual transmission ( Ypage 151) or
when shifting manually (automatic
transmission) ( Ypage 154)
X j Y
Parking Guidance ( Ypage 185)
CRUISECruise control ( Ypage 169)
_ Adaptive Highbeam Assist (Y page 113)
è ECO start/stop function(Y page 143)
ë HOLD function ( Ypage 180)
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 195).
Depending on the equipment installed in the
vehicle, you can call up the following menus:
R
Tripmenu ( Ypage 197)
R
Navimenu (navigation instructions)
( Y page 199) R
Audiomenu (
Ypage 200)
R
Telmenu (telephone) ( Ypage 201)
R
DriveAssistmenu (assistance)
( Y page 202)
R
Servmenu ( Ypage 204)
R
Settmenu (settings) ( Ypage 204)
R
AMGmenu in AMG vehicles ( Ypage 208)
Trip menu
Standard display
X Press and hold the %button on the
steering wheel until the
Tripmenu with
trip odometer :and odometer ;is
shown.
Trip computer "From Start" or "From Reset"
Example: trip computer "From Start" :
Distance
;Driving time
=Average speed
?Average fuel consumption
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the
Tripmenu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
From StartorFrom Reset.
The values in the
From Startsubmenu are
calculated from the start of a journey whilst
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On-board computer and displays
Z

the values in theFrom Resetsubmenu are
calculated from the last time the submenu
was reset ( Ypage 198).
The
From Starttrip computer is automati-
cally reset when:
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 Resettrip computer is automati-
cally reset if the value exceeds 9,999 hours or 99,999 miles.
ECO display
Example: ECO display
X Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the
Tripmenu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
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 ( Ypage 165).
Displaying the range and current fuel
consumption
For AMG vehicles, only the approximate
range will be displayed. X
Press the =or; button on the steer-
ing wheel to select the
Tripmenu.
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
Tripmenu.
X Press the 9or: button to select
digital speedometer ;.
A gearshift recommendation :Zmay also
be displayed.
Observe the information on gearshift rec-
ommendation :for manual transmission
( Y page 151) or when shifting manually
(automatic transmission) ( Ypage 154).
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
Example: resetting the trip computer "From Start"
198Menus and submenus
On-board computer and displays