2016 MERCEDES-BENZ METRIS ESP

General notes
RObserve the legally prescribed maximum
speed for vehicle/trailer combinations in the
relevant country, state or Canadianprovince.
Before setting off, check the vehicle docu-
ments of the you rtraile rtof ind out the per-
missible maximu mspeed.
This reduces the risk of accidents.
RInstall only an approved traile rcoupling on
you rvehicle .Only use aballc oupling that is
approved for you rvehicle and Sprinter trailer
tow hitch. More information on the availabil-
ity, mounting and installation of the trailer
electrics is available at any qualified specialist
workshop.
RThe traile rcoupling is one of the most impor-
tant vehicle parts with regard to road safety.
Observe the notes on operation, care and
maintenance of the traile rtow hitch (see the
manufacturer's operating instructions).
RThe bumpers of you rvehicle are not suitable
for installing detachable traile rcouplings.
RDo not attach rented traile rtow hitches or
other detachable traile rtow hitches to the
bumper.
RMinimize the risk of damage to the bal lcou-
pling. If you do not require the bal lcoupling,
remove it from the bal lcoupling recess.
You wil lfind weight information under "Techni-
cal Data" (
Ypage 305).
The heigh tofthe bal lneck changes according to
the loadont he vehicle.Ifthis is case, use a
traile rwith aheight-adjustabl etraile rdrawbar.
Driving tips
The maximu mpermissibl espeed for vehicle/
traile rcombinatio ndepends on the type of
trailer. Before setting off, check the vehicle
documents of the you rtraile rtof ind out the
permissibl emaximu mspeed.O bserve the
legally prescribed maximu mspeed for vehicle/
traile rcombinations in the relevant country,
state or Canadianp rovince.
When towing atrailer, you rvehicle's handling
characteristics wil lbedifferent in comparison to
when driving withou tatraile rand it wil lcon-
sume more fuel.
On long and steep downhill gradients, select a
lower gear.
iThis also appliesifc ruise control is activa-
ted. This enables you to utilize the engine's braking
effect and you do not need to brake so heavily to
keep the correct speed.w
hich protects the
brake system and prevents the brakes from
overheating and wearing too quickly. If you need to brake additionally, to not depress the brake
pedalc onstantly, but periodically.
Observe the notes on ESP
®traile rstabilization
(Ypage 65).
Driving tips
If the traile rbegins to swing from side to side:
XDo not accelerate.
XDo not counter-steer.
XBrake if necessary.
iYou can reduce the risk of the traile rswing-
ing and rocking by retrofitting anti-roll bars or traile rstability programs. More information is
available from you rauthorized Sprinter
Dealer.
RMaintain agreater distance than you would
when driving withou ttowing atrailer.
RAvoid sudden braking. Apply the brakes gen-
tly at first to allow the traile rbrake to overrun.
Then, increase the brake force quickly.
RThe figures for the gradient climbing capabil-
ities from astandstill refer to sea level.W hen
driving in mountainou sareas, note that the
powe routpu toft he engine, and with it its
gradient climbing capability, decrease with
increasing altitude.
164Towing atrailer
Driving and parking

Settings menu
Introduction
Settings menu start screen
The vehicle must be stationary. Use the buttons
in the instrumentc luster.
XTo display:pressÈto select the Settingsmenu.
The Settings
menu is only displayed when the
vehicle is stationary. You can think of the order
of the submenus and functions as acircle. Press
3 on the instrumentc luster to scroll through
the menu, startin gwith its start screen and
select its submenus or functions successively.
If you scroll forward using 3,the settingf rom
the previous submenu or function is adopted.
If you press Èinas ubmenu, the submenu or
function is exited without adopting the setting.
The display then shows the start screen of the
Settings
menu.
Depending on the vehicle’s equipment, you have the following options in the Settings
menu:
RSetting the language for the display messages
and displays(Ypage 173)
RDeactivating and activating ESP®
(Ypage 173)
RSetting the sensitivity of the rain sensor
(Ypage 174)
RActivating and deactivating ATTENTION
ASSIST (Ypage 174)
RSelectingthe permanent display in the header
of the display (Ypage 174)
RSetting the unit for distance, consumption
and speed displays(Ypage 174)
RSetting the time and date (Ypage 175).
XTo reset settings to the factory settings:
turn the key to position 1in the ignition lock
and press and hold 3in the Settings
menu
for at least five seconds.
For safety reasons, not all functions are reset.
Setting the display language
The vehicle must be stationary. Use the buttons
in the instrumentc luster.
XPressÈto select the Settingsmenu.
XPress3to select the Languagesubmenu.
The display shows the current language selec- tion.
XPress forg to set the language for all dis-
play messages.
XPress 3to confirm.
The next submenu is shown in the display.
Deactivating/activating ESP®
This menu is only available on vehicles without
the å button on the center console.
Please observe the important safety notes
under "ESP
®(Electronic Stability Program)"
(Ypage 64).
GWARNING
If you deactivate ESP
®,E SP®no longer sta-
bilizes the vehicle. There is an increased risk
of skidding and an accident.
Only deactivate ESP
®in the situations descri-
bed in the following.
It may be best to deactivate ESP
®in the follow-
ing situations:
Rwhen using snow chains
Rin deep snow
Ron sand or gravel
Further information can be found under "ESP®
(Electronic Stability Program)" (Ypage 64).
The vehicle must be stationary and the engine
must be running. Use the buttons in the instru-
ment cluster.
XPress Èto select the Settingsmenu.
XPress3to select the ESPsubmenu.
The display shows the current status.
If the display shows the Oper.
OnlyPoss.WithEngineOnmessage, confirm the mes-
sage with 3and start the engine. The display
then shows the ESP
submenu and the ESP®
status.
If theESP
Inoperativemessage is shown in
the display,E SP is not available due to amal-
function and is deactivated. If you confirm the
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message with3,the display shows the next
submenu.
XPress forg to activate or deactivate ESP.
XPress 3to confirm.
The next submenu is shown in the display.
If the å warning lamp in the instrument
cluster lights up when the vehicleisr eadyto
drive, ESP
®is deactivated.
Observe the informatio nonwarning lamps
(
Ypage 221) and display messages
(Ypage 193).
Setting the sensitivity of the rain sensor
The vehiclem ust be stationary .Use the buttons
in the instrument cluster.
XPress Èto select the Settingsmenu.
XPress3to select the Rain Sensorsub-
menu.
The display shows the current sensitivity set-
ting.
XPress forg to select the Low,Standardor
Sensitivesetting. This setting controls the
rain sensor's sensitivity to precipitation. The
windshieldw iper willthen wip emore or less
frequently at the same precipitation intensity.
XPress 3to confirm.
The next submenu is shown in the display.
You can find further informatio nunder "Wind-
shiel dwiper" (
Ypage 101).
Activating/deactivatin gATTENTION
ASSIST
The vehiclem ust be stationary .Use the buttons
in the instrument cluster.
XPress Èto select the Settingsmenu.
XPress3to select the Attention Assistsubmenu.
The display shows the current status.
If theAttention Assist Inoperative
message is shown in the display ,ATTENTION
ASSIST is not available due to amalfunction
and is deactivated. If you confirm the mes-
sage with 3,the display shows the next sub-
menu.
XPress forg to activate or deactivate
ATTENTION ASSIST.
XPress 3to confirm.
The next submenu is shown in the display. Further informatio
ncan be found under "ATTEN-
TION ASSIST" (
Ypage 149).
Selecting the permanent display func-
tion
With the Permanent Display:function, you
can switch the display in the header between
outsid etemperature and speed.
If the display shows the speed in the header, the
outsid etemperature is shown with the odome-
ters (
Ypage 171).
The additional speedometer unit in the header is
alway sinverse to the speedometer unit.
The vehiclem ust be stationary .Use the buttons
in the instrument cluster.
XUsing Èselect the Settingsmenu.
XUsing3select the Permanent Display:submenu.
The display indicates the selected setting of
Outside Temp.
orSpeedometer.
XChange the setting by pressing forg.
XPress 3to confirm.
The next submenu is shown in the display.
Selecting the unit for the distance
In the Distance Unit:submenu, you can
select whether the display shows certain infor-
mation in kilometers or miles.
The vehiclem ust be stationary .Use the buttons
in the instrument cluster.
XPress Èto select the Settingsmenu.
XPress3to select the Distance Unit:sub-
menu.
The display indicates the selected setting of
km
or Miles.
XChange the setting by pressing forg.
XPress 3to confirm.
The display shows the next submenu or the
Settings
menu again.
The selected distance units are used for the dis- plays:
RDigital speedometer
ROdometer and trip odometer
RTrip computer
RRange
RCurrent consumption
RCruise control
RService intervals
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On-board computer and displays

Trip computer"Afters tart" or "After
reset"
:Distance
;Length of journey
=Averag efuelconsumption
?Averag espeed
Using the steerin gwheel buttons
XPress =or; to select the Tripmenu.
XPress:or9 to select the FromStartorFro mResetsubmenu.
The values in the From
Startsubmenu arecal-
culate dfromt he start of ajourney whilst the
values in the FromReset
submenu ar ecalcu-
lated fromt he last time the submenu wa sreset
(
Ypage 178).
The From
Starttrip compute rfun ctio nisa uto-
maticall yreset in the following situations:
Rthe ignition hasb eens witched off for more
thanf ourh ours.
R999 hours have been exceeded.
R9,999 miles have been exceeded.
The FromReset
trip compute risautomatically
reset if the valu eexceed s9,999 hours or
99,999 miles.
Digital speedometer
:Gearshift recommendation
Automatic transmission (
Ypage 130)
;Digita lspeedom eter
Using the steerin gwheel buttons
XPress =or; to select the Tripmenu.
XSelect the digital speedomete rbyp ress-
ing : or9.
Resetting values
Resetting values (example: "From start" trip com-
puter)
Using the steerin gwheel buttons
XPress =or; to select the Tripmenu.
XPress:or9 to select the functio nyou
woul dliketor eset.
XPress ato confirm.
XPress :to select Yesand press ato
confirm.
Yo uc an reset the values of the following func-
tions:
RTri po dometer
R"From start" trip computer
R"From reset" trip computer
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On-board computera nd displays

Navigation menu
Displaying navigatio ninstructions
In the Navimenu, the displa yshows the navi-
gatio ninstructions fromt he audiosystema nd or
the navigation system. Furthe rinformation on
the audi oand/or navigation systemc an be
found in the separate operating instructions.
Using the steering whee lbuttons
XActivate the audi oand/or navigation system
(see separate operating instructions).
XPress =or; to select the Navimenu.
XPressato confirm.
Route guidanc enotactive
:Direction of travel
;Current street
Route guidanc eactive
No chang eofdirection announced
:Distanc etothe next destination
;Change-of-directio nsym bol
=Distanc etothe next change of direction
?Current street
Chang eofdirection announced with a
lan erecommendation
:Road to which the change of directio nleads
;Distanc etothe change of directio nand dis-
tanc egraphic
=Recommende dlan ea nd new lane during a
change of direction
?Possibl elan e
ALane not recommended
BChange-of-directio nsym bol
On multilane roads ,new lane recommendations
can be displaye dfor the next change of direction
if the digital mapc ontains the corresponding
data. During the change of direction, new lanes
maybea dded.
Lane not recommended A:you will not be able
to complete the next change of directio nifyou
stayint hisl an e.
Possibl elan e? :you will be able to complete
the next change of directio ninthisl an eo nly.
Recommende dlan e= :int hisl an ey ou will be
able to complete the next change of direction
and the one after that.
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On-board computera nd displays
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Operating the audio medium
Track information (example: SD memory card)
:
Audio source/medium
;Current track
Depending on the audio system, you can play
audio files from differenta udio sources, such as
am emory card (SD), aUSB storage medium or
Bluetooth
®audio equipment.
Using the steering wheel buttons
XSwitc hont he audio system and select an
audio source (see separate operatin ginstruc-
tions).
XPress =or; to select the Audiomenu.
XTo open the track list: press:or9
briefly.
XTo select next/previous track from the
track list: briefly press :or9.
XTo select atrack from the track list using
rapid scrolling: press and hold:or9
until the desired trac kisreached.
If you hold down :or9,t he system
runs through the list more quickly. Not all
audio sources support this function.
If the correspondin gtrac kinformation is stored
on the audio media, the display may show the
following:
Rtrac knumber
Rartist and/or trac kname
Rfolder name
The trac kinformation does not appear in audio
AUX mode (Aux iliary audio mode: external
audio source connected).
Telephone menu
Introduction
GWARNING
If you operate information systems and com-
munication equipment integrated in the vehi-
cle while driving, you will be distracted from
traffic conditions .You could also lose control
of the vehicle. There is arisk of an accident.
Only operate the equipment when the traffic
situation permits. If you are not sure that this
is possible, park the vehicle paying attention
to traffic conditions and operate the equip-
ment when the vehicle is stationary.
When using the phone, you must observe the
legal requirements for the country in which you
are currently driving.
XSwitc hont he audio system (see the separate
operatin ginstructions).
XSwitc hont he mobile phone (see the manu-
facturer's separate operatin ginstructions).
XEstablish aBluetooth®connection between
the mobile phone and the audio system (see
the separate operatin ginstructions).
Using the steering wheel buttons
XPress =or; to select the Telmenu.
The display shows one of the following mes-
sages:
RThe name of the network provider or Tele‐phone READY:the mobile phone has found a
network and is ready to receive.
RNo Service:t here is no network available or
the mobile phone is searchingf oran etwork.
RBluetooth ready:you have not yet estab-
lished aBluetooth®connection between the
mobile phone and the audio system.
You can obtain further information about suita-
ble mobile phones and connecting mobile
phones via Bluetooth
®:
Rat your Mercedes-Benz Commercial Van Cen-
ter
Ron the Internet at http://www.mercedes-
benz.com/connect
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On-boardcomputer and displays
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Status overview
:Blind Spot Assist switched on and activated
(Ypage 184)
;Rear window wiper switched on
(Ypage 102)
=ATTENTION ASSIST activated
(Ypage 184)
?COLLISION PREVENTION ASSIST distance
warning function activated (Ypage 184)
ALane Keeping Assist activated and ready for
use (Ypage 184)
XPress=or; to select the Assist.menu.
XPress9or: to select Status Over‐view.
XPress the abutton.
The Status Overviewonly shows the sym-
bols of the driving systems or driving safety
systems that are activated. The Blind Spot
Assist and Lane Keeping Assist symbols may
vary depending of the system status:
RIf Blind Spot Assist symbol :does not
show any radar waves between the two
vehicles, Blind Spot Assist is switched on
but not ready for use.
Further information can be found under
"Blind Spot Assist" (
Ypage 145).
RIf Lane Keeping Assist symbol Ashows
dashed lane boundary lines, Lane Keeping
Assist is switched on but not ready for use.
Further information can be found under
"Lane Keeping Assist" (
Ypage 147).
You can also have the ATTENTION ASSIST
assessment or the attention level displayed in the Status Overview
.
XTo display the attention level: press:
and 9 to switch between the status over-
view and the ATTENTION ASSIST assessment.
The ATTENTION ASSIST assessment shows
the length of the journey since the last break
as well as the attention level detected
(
Ypage 149).
Deactivating/activating ESP®
This menu is only available on vehicles without
the å button on the center console.
Please observe the important safety notes
under "ESP
®(Electronic Stability Program)"
(Ypage 64).
GWARNING
If you deactivate ESP
®,E SP®no longer sta-
bilizes the vehicle. There is an increased risk
of skidding and an accident.
Only deactivate ESP
®in the situations descri-
bed in the following.
It may be best to deactivate ESP
®in the follow-
ing situations:
Rwhen using snow chains
Rin deep snow
Ron sand or gravel
Further information can be found under "ESP®
(Electronic Stability Program)" (Ypage 64).
XStart the engine.
Using the steering wheel buttons
XPress =or; to select the Assist.menu.
XPress:or9 to select ESP.
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XPressato confirm.
The currents tatus is shown.
XTo activate/deactivate: pressaagain.
If the å warning lamp in the instrument
cluster lights up when the vehicle is ready to
drive, ESP
®is deactivated.
If the ÷ warning lamp lights up continuously,
ESP
®is not availabled ue toamalfunction.
Observe the information on warning lamps
(
Ypage 221) and display messages
(Ypage 207).
Activating/deactivating the distance
warning function
Using the steerin gwheel buttons
XPress =or; to select the Assist.menu.
XPress9or: to select DistanceWarning.
XPressato confirm.
The currents tatus is shown.
XTo activate/deactivate: press theabut-
ton again.
If the distanc ewarning function of COLLISION
PREVENTION ASSIST is activated, the display
shows the Äsymbol in the header.
At speeds up to approx 20 mph (30 km/h),
the display in vehicles with Active Parking
Assist first shows the ístatus indicator.
Only from aspeed of about 20 mph (30 km/ h)
does the display show the Äsymbol
instead of the ístatus indicator.
Further information can be found under "COL-
LISION PREVENTION ASSIST" (
Ypage 143).
Setting ATTENTION ASSIST
Using the steering wheel buttons
XPress =or; to select the Assist.menu.
XPress:or9 to select AttentionAssist.
XPressato confirm.
The currents etting is displayed.
XTo change the setting: pressaagain.
XPress :or9 to set Deactivated,
Standardor Sensitive.
XPress ato confirm the choice.
If ATTENTION ASSISTisa ctivated, theÀ
symbol is shown in the status area of the dis- play. The selection
Standard
orSensitivesets the sensitivity with which the system
determines the attention level.
Further information can be found under "ATTEN-
TION ASSIST" (
Ypage 149).
Activating/deactivating Blind Spot
Assist
Using the steering wheel buttons
XPress =or; to select the Assist.menu.
XPress:or9 to select Blind SpotAssist.
XPressato confirm.
The currents tatus is shown.
XTo activate/deactivate: press theabut-
ton again.
Further information can be found under "Blind
Spot Assist "(
Ypage 145).
Setting Lane Keeping Assist
Using the steering wheel buttons
XPress=or; to select the Assist.menu.
XPress:or9 to select LaneKeepingAssist.
XPressato confirm.
The currents electionStandardorAdaptiveis displayed.
XTo change the setting: pressaagain.
Further information can be found under "Lane
Keeping Assist "(
Ypage 147).
Service menu
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On-boardcomputer and displays