2016 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS ESTATE Owners Manual

Instrument display
overview &
WARNING Risk of accident due toan
instrument display malfunction
If th e instrument display has failed or mal‐
functioned, you may not recognise function
re strictions applying tosaf etyre leva nt sys‐
te ms.
The operating saf ety of your vehicle may be
impaired. #
Drive on carefull y.#
Have theve hicle checked immediately
at a qualified specialist workshop. If
th e operating saf ety of your vehicle is
impaired, park theve hicle safely as soon as pos‐
sible. Contact a qualified specialist workshop. Instrument display (standard) 1
Speedome ter
2 Multifunction display
3 Rev counter
4 Coolant temp erature display
5 Fuel le vel and fuel filler flap location indica‐
tor Instrument display in
the widescreen cockpit 1
Speedome ter
2 Multifunction display
3 Rev counter
4 Coolant temp erature display
5 Fuel le vel and fuel filler flap location indica‐
tor
The segments in speedome ter1 indica tethe
sy stem status forth efo llowing:
R Cruise control (→ page199)
R Limi ter (→ page 199)
R Distance Pilot DISTRONIC (→ page 202) 254
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Ve
hicles with Traf fic Sign Assist and wide‐
screen cockpit: detected instructions and traf‐
fi c signs appear in the speedome ter
( → page 239).
* NO
TEEngine dama gedue toexc essively
high engine speeds The engine will be damaged if
you drive with
th e engine in theov errevving range. #
Do not drive wi th the engine in theove r‐
re vving range. The fuel supply is inter
rupted toprotect the
engine when there d band in rev counter 3
(o ve rrev ving range) is reached.
During no rmal operating conditions, coolant
te mp erature display 4may rise to120 °C. &
WARNING Danger of bu rns when open‐
ing the bonn et
If yo u open the engine bonn etwhen the
engine has overheated or during a fire inthe
engine compartment, you could come into contact with hot
gases or other escaping
operating fluids. #
Before opening the bonn et, allow the
engine tocool down. #
Intheeve nt of a fire inthe engine com‐
partment, keep the engine bonn et
closed and call thefire service. Overview of
the but tons on thest eering
wheel 1
Button group:
% Main menu and ba ckbutton (on-board
computer)
8 Switches sound off/on
W Increases thevo lume
X Decreases thevo lume
2 Touch Control (on-board co mputer)
3 Touch Control (multimedia sy stem)
4 Button group:
% Main menu and back button (multime‐
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ó
LINGU ATRO NIC or Voice Cont rol Sys‐
tem
6 Makes/accepts a call
~ Rejects/ends a call Ope
rating the on-board co mputer &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tions equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you will be distracted from the
traf fic situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Only operate this equipment when the
traf fic situation permits. #
Ifyo u cannot be sure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad
and traf fic conditions and ope rate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y. Yo
u must obse rveth e legal requirements forthe
country in whi chyou are cur rently driving when
operating the on-board computer.
% The on-board computer displa ysappear in
th e multifunction display (→ page 257). The on-board computer is operated using
Touch
Control 2and back but ton1 onthe left-hand
side of thesteering wheel.
The following menus are available:
R Service
R Assistance
R Trip
R Navigation R
Radio
R Media
R Telephone
R Vehicles with an instrument display in
th e widescreen cockpit: Content
R HUD
R Vehicles with an instrument display in
th e widescreen cockpit: Design
The menus can be called up from the menu bar
in the multifunction displa y. #
Tocall up the menu bar: pressthe back
button on the left. 256
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#
Toscroll in the menu bar: swipetothe left
or right on the left-hand Touch Control. #
Tocall up the menu or confirm the selec‐
tion: press the left-hand Touch Control. #
Toscroll through displa ysor lists in the
menu: swipe upwards or down wards on the
left-hand Touch Control. #
Tocall up the submenu or confirm the
selection: pressthe left-hand Touch Control. #
Toexitth e submenu: pressthe back button
on the left.
If yo u are br owsing a submenu and you press
and hold the back button on the left, the menu
bar appears. Displa
ysinthe multifunction display 1
Outside temp erature
2 Drive prog ram
3 Transmission position (→ page171)
4 Time
5 Display section
% Ve
hicles with the instrument display in
th e widescreen cockpit: the position of the
displa ysdeviates from those displa yed here.
Fu rther displa ysinthe multifunction display:
Z Gearshift
recommendation (→ page 173)
ë Parking Pilot activated é
Parking Assist PARKTRONIC deacti vated
¯ Cruise cont
rol (→ page 199)
È Limi
ter (→ page 199)
ç Distance Pilot DISTRONIC (→ page 209)
(→ page 202)
a St
eering Pilot (→ page 209)
è ECO
start/ stop function
ë HOLD function (→
page212)
_ Ad
aptive Highbeam Assist Plus
(→ page 136)
ð Ma
ximum pe rmissible speed exceeded
(for cer tain countries only) Instrument Display and on-board computer
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Ad
justing the in stru ment lighting #
Turn brightness control 1up or down.
The lighting of the instrument display and in
th e controls in theve hicle interior is adjus‐
te d. Menus and submenus
Fu
nctions in the Service menu of the on-
board compu ter On-board computer:
, Service #
Toselect the function: swipe upwards or
down wards on the left-hand side of Touch
Control. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control.
Fu nctions in theService menu:
R Message memory (→ page445)
R AdBlue: Adblue ®
ra nge
R Tyre pressure:
-Restarting the tyre pressure loss warning
sy stem (→ page417)
- Che cking the tyre pressure with the tyre
pressure monitoring sy stem (→ page413)
- Restarting the tyre pressure monitoring
sy stem (→ page413)
R ASSYST PLUS: call up the service due date
(→ page 372) R
Engine oil le vel Calling up
the Assistance graphic display On-board computer:
, Assistance
% Ve
hicles with the instrument display in
th e widescreen cockpit: whenyou ha ve
th e design set toProgressive ,yo u can view
th e assis tance graphic in the left-hand por‐
tion of the instrument displa y.
The following displa ysare available from the
Assi stance graphic menu:
R Assis tance graphic
R Attention le vel (→ page 238) #
Toswitch between the displa ys:swipe
up wa rds or down wards on the left-hand side
of Touch Control. 258
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St
atus displa ysinthe Assis tance graphic:
R é: ATTENTION ASSIST deactivated
R æ: Active Brake Assi stdeactivated
R Light lane markings: Active Lane Keeping
Assist activated
R Green lane markings: Active Lane Keeping
Assist actived R
Grey radar waves next tovehicle: Blind Spot
Assist activated
R Green radar waves next tovehicle: Blind Spot
Assist actived
R Display of Dis tance Pilot DISTRONIC
(→ page 202) Calling up displa
ysintheTr ip menu On-board computer:
, Trip
% Ve
hicles with the instrument display in
th e widescreen cockpit: whenyou ha veset
th e progressive display setting, you can view
information on the journey in theContent
menu. #
Toselect a displa y:swipe upwards or down‐
wa rds on the left-hand Touch Control.
Displa ysintheTrip menu:
R Standard display
R Range and cur rent fuel consu mption
A recuperation displ ayis also available for
cer tain engines. If there is only a small amount of fuel left in
the fuel tank, the dis‐
play sho wsave hicle being refuelled ins tead
of thera nge.
R ECO displ ay (→page 168)
R Trip computer From startandFrom reset
R Digital speedom eter
% Ve
hicles with an instrument display in
th e widescreen cockpit: the digital speed‐
ome ter only appears in the Classic or Sport
display setting. Example:
standard display
1 Trip dis tance
2 Total dis tance recorder Instrument Display and on-board compu
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Example: trip computer
1 Total dis tance recorder
2 Driving time
3 Average speed
4 Average fuel consum ption Re
setting values in theTr ip menu of the on-
board compu terOn-board computer:
, Trip
% The spelling may dif fer in the main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethe menu over‐ view
forth e instrument display
(→ page 256).
Yo u can reset theva lues of thefo llowing func‐
tions:
R Trip dis tance
R Trip computer "F rom start" and "F rom reset"
R ECO display #
Toselect the function tobe rese t:swipe
upwards or down wards on the left-hand
To uch Control. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control. #
Select Yes. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control.
If yo u press and hold the left-hand side of Touch
Control, the function will be reset immediately. Calling up navigation instructions in
the on-
board compu ter On-board computer:
, Navigation Example: no
change of direction announced
1 Distance tothe next destination
2 Estimated ar riva l time
3 Distance tothe next change of direction
4 Current road 260
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Example:
change of direction announced
1 Road towhich thech ange of direction leads
2 Distance tothech ange of direction
3 Chan ge-of-direction symbol
4 Recommended lane and new lane du ring a
ch ange of direction (white)
5 Possible lane
6 Lane not recommended (da rkgrey)
Fu rther possible displa ysintheNavigation
menu:
R Direction of travel: display of direction of
tra vel and road cur rently being tr avelled on. R
New route... orCalculating route… : a new
ro ute is calculated.
R Road not mapped :th ero ad is unknown, e.g.
newly built roads.
R No route: no route could be calculated tothe
selected destination.
R Off map: the map forth e cur rent location is
not available.
R Area of destination reached :yo u ha ve
re ached the area of destination.
R O: you ha vereached the destination or an
intermediate destination. #
Toexitth e menu: pressthe back button on
th e left.
Ve hicles with the COMAND Online multime‐
dia sy stem: you can also start the navigation to
one of there cent destinations in theNavigation
menu: #
Press the left-hand Touch Control. #
Toselect the destination: swipe upwards or
down wards on the left-hand Touch Control. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control.
Ro ute guidance is star ted.
If ro ute guidance has already been activated,
a re qu est will appear asking whe ther you
wish toend the cur rent route guidance. #
Select Yes. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control.
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