2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN LIM

Activating/deactivatin gATTENTION ASSIST
Multimedia sy stem:
,Vehicle.k Assistance.ATTENTI
ON ASSIST
Selection options
#Select Standard, SensitiveorOff.
Traf ficS ign Assist
Function of Traf ficS ign Assist
Traf ficS ign Assist detects traf fics igns wi thmul‐
tifunction camera 1and assi stsy ou bydisplay‐
ing de tected speed limits and overtakin grestric‐
tions in thei nstrument clus ter.If th es ystem
de tects that youa redrivingo ntoas ectio nof
ro ad in thew rong direction, it trigger sawarning. The camera also de
tects traf fics igns wi tha
re striction indicated byan additional sign (e.g. in
we tconditions).
Wa rning when them aximum permissible
speed is exceeded
The sy stem can warnyouify ou unintentionally
exc eed them aximum permissible speed. Todo
th is, youc an specify in them ultimedia sy stem
by howm ucht he maximum permissible speed
can be exceeded befor eawarning is issued. You
can specify whe ther thew arning is tobe jus ta
visual warning or an acoustic one as well.
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Driving and pa rking

Displayinthe Instrument Display
1Perm issible speed
2Perm issible speed when ther eisar estriction
3Additional sign wit hrestriction
% The illustration sh owstheI nstrument Display
in theW idescreen Cockpit
Sinc eTraffic Sign Assis talso uses thed ata
st ored in then avigation sy stem, it can update
th ed ispla yint hefollowing situations without
de tecting traf fics igns:
RWhe nthe vehicle changes roads, e.g .high‐
wa ye xit or slip road.
RWhen avillag eorc ityb oundar yispassed
whic hiss tore dint he digital map.
Traf ficS ign Assist is notavailable in all coun‐
tries. If it is una vailable, display 1is shown in
th es peedome ter.
Sy stem limitations
The sy stem ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
in thef ollowing situations:
RIfth er eisp oor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cient illumination of ther oad, if ther ea re
highl yvariable shade conditionsorinr ain,
sno w,fogors pray .
RIfth er eisg lare, e.g. from oncoming traf fic,
dire ct sunlight or reflections from other vehi‐
cles.
RIf th ew indshield in thea reaoft he multifunc‐
tion camer aisdirty,orift he camer aisfog‐
ge du p, damaged or co vered.
RIfth et raffic signsa rehar dtod etect, e.g .due
to dir tors now, or because they arec overed
or because of insuf ficient lighting.
RIf th ei nformation in then avigation sy stem's
digital map is incor rect or out-of-da te.
RIfth es igns ar eambiguous, e.g. traf fics igns
on construction sites or in adjacent lanes.
Setting Traf ficS ign Assist
Multimedia sy stem:
,Vehicle.k Assistance.Traffic
Sign Assist
Speed Limit Pilo tfor Distanc ePilot
DISTRONIC
Speed limi tatio niss etautomatically if
DISTRONIC is activated.
#Select Speed Limit Pilot.
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#Activat eord eacti vate thef unction.
Displa ysinthei nstrument clus ter
De tected traf fics igns ar edispl ay ed in thei nstru‐
ment clus ter.
#Select Instr. Cluster Display .
#Activat eord eacti vate thef unction.
Ac tivatin gordeactivatin gthe warning when
as peed limit is exceeded
The pointatw hichaw arning is given onc ea
speed is exceeded (warning thre shold) can be
se ta ccording toindividual preferences.
#Select Speed Limit Warning.
#SelectVisual&Audible ,Visual orNone.
Setting aspeed
#Select Warning Threshold.
#Setthe desired speed.
% Ifth eS peed Limit Pilo thas been activated,
th ed etected traf fics ignisa utomatical lydis‐
pla yedint he instrument clus ter.
Blind Spo tAssis tand Activ eB lind Spot
Assi st
Function of Blind Spo tAssis tand Active
Blind Spo tAssis t
Blind Spo tAssist uses tw olateral, rear-facing
ra dar sensor stomonitor thea reaupto1 30ft
(40 m) behind your vehicle and 10ft(3 m)
directly next to yourvehicle.
If av ehicle is de tected at speeds ab ovea ppr ox‐
imatel y5mph (8 km/h) and this vehicle subse‐
qu ent lyenter sthe monitoring rang ed irec tly next
to yo urvehicle, thew arning lam pinthe outside
mir rorlights up red.
If av ehicle is de tected clos etoyourvehicle in
th el ateral monitoring rang ea nd yous wit ch on
th et urns ignal indicator in thec orresponding
direction, an acoustic warning signal sounds
once. The redw arning lam pinthe outside mir ror
fl ashes.Ift he turnsignal indicator remains on,
all other de tected vehicles ar eindicated onl yby
th ef lashingoft heredw arning lamp.
If yo uo vertak eav ehicle quickl y,no warning is
given.
& WARNING Risk of accident despite Blind
Spo tAssist
Blind Spo tAssist does no treact tovehicles
approaching and overtakin gyou at agreatly
di fferent speed.
As aresult, Blind Spo tAssis tcanno twarn
driver sinthis situa tion.
#Alw aysp aycareful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation and maintai nasafed is‐
ta nce at thes ide of thev ehicle.
Blind Spo tAssis tand ActiveB lind Spo tAssist
ar eo nly aids. The ymayfailto detect some vehi‐
cles and ar enosubstitut efor attentiv edriving.
Alw ayse nsur ethat ther eiss ufficient dist anceto
th es ide foro ther road user sand obs tacles.
Sy stem limitations
The de tection capability of Blind Spo tAssist can
be restricted in thef ollowing situations:
RIfth es ensor saredirty or obscured.
RWhen ther eisp oor visibility ,e.g. due tofog,
heavy rain, sno worspray .
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System limitations
Either acourse-cor recting brak eappli cation
appropria teto thed riving situation ,ornonea t
all, ma yoccur in thef ollowing situations:
RTher earevehicles or obs tacles, e.g. crash
barr iers, on bo thsides of your vehicle.
RAv ehicle approaches tooc losel yont he side.
RYouh avea dop tedas porty driving stylew ith
high cornering speeds.
RYo uc lear ly brak eora ccelera te.
RAd riving safe ty system inter venes, such as
ESP®or ActiveB rake Assi st.
RESP®is deacti vated.
RTire pressur eloss or adefectiv etireh as
been de tected.
RWhe ndriving wi thatrailer ,the electrical con‐
nection tothet railer hitc hhas been cor rectly
es tablished. Ac
tivating/deactivatin gBlind Spo tAssis tor
Ac tiv eB lind Spo tAssis t
Multimedia sy stem:
,Vehicle.k Assistance.Blind
Spot Assist
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
Ac tiv eL aneK eeping Assist
Function of Activ eL aneK eeping Assist
ActiveL aneK eeping Assis tmonitor sthe area in
front of your vehicle bymeans of multifunction
camera 1.Itserve stop rotect youa gains tunin‐
te ntional lyleavingy our lane. Youw ill be warned
by means of avibration in thes teering wheel
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Head-up Display
Function of theH ead-up Display
The Head-up Displa yproject sinformation from
th en avigation sy stem and thed rive ra ssis tance
sy stem abo vethed ashboar dintot he driver's
fi eld of vision.
St andar ddispla ycontent
1Na vigation message s
2Current speed
3De tected instructions and traf fics igns
4Setspeed in thed rive ra ssis tance sy stem
(e.g. cruise control) Sy
stem limitations
The visibility is influenced bythef ollowing condi‐
tions:
RSeat position
RThe positioning of thed ispla yimage
RLight conditions
RWe troads
RObject sonthe displa ycover
RPo larization in sunglasses
% If parts of thed ispla yfade in thee vent of
ex treme sunlight, switc hthe Head-up Dis‐
pla yo ffand on again.
Switching theH ead-u pDispla yon/off
#Press button 1.
Instrument Displa yand on-boar dcomputer 205

CommandFunction
Text message to To
create amessage. All address book names ar eavailable.
Reply To
reply toam essage
Forward text message To
forw ardam essage
Vehicl ecom mandsYouc an use thev ehicle commands todirectly
cal lupt he cor responding menus fort he vehicle
settings.
Command Function
Ambien tlight To
displa yambient light settings
Display and styles To
sho wdispla ysettings
Assistance settings To
displa yassis tance settings
Scent To
displa yfragrancin gsettings
Energy flow To
displa yenergy flow settings
Ionization To
displa yionization settings
Climate control To
displa yclimat econtrol settings
Voice Cont rolS ystem 21
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Navigation
Operating then avigation
Multimedia sy stem:,Navigation
#Alternatively: press theß button.
The map appear sand sho wscurrent vehicle
position 1. %
Ifac limat econtro lsetting is changed, acli‐
mat ebar appear sbrief ly.
Entering adestination
#Select ¬Destination .
#Select one of theo ptions.REn terEnter Destination :
-Searchfunction fora ddresses or
points of interest
REnter points of interest
REnter pr evious destination
REn terc ontacts
REnter geo-coordinates
#Alternatively wit hthe Voice Cont rolS ystem:
press theó button.
The Voice Cont rolS ystems tarts.
#Sa yan avigatio ncommand, e.g ."navigat eto
address (pointofi nterestorcontact)" or
"refuel nearby".
Calculating aroute
The destination is entered.
#The rearenor outes: selectStart Route
Guidance .
#IfAlternative Route is activated, select an
alternativ eroute.
#Ther eisa lreadyaroute: select Start New
Route Guidance orSet as NextI ntermediate
Destination.
#Alternatively wit hthe Voice Cont rolS ystem:
press theó button.
#Sayan avigation command, e.g. "s tart route
guidance".
Selecting rout es ettings
#Select ÀRoute.
#Toselect arout etype: select ÌRoute
Settings .
#Selectarout etype ,e.g. EcoR oute.
#Dynamic Traffic Route orQuer yBefore
ChangingD ynamic Route :activate Oor
deactivate ª.
#Toselect routeo ptions: select Avoid
Options.
Multimedi asyst em 233

Batterydisconnection periods
The AS SYST PLUS service inter vald isplay
can onl ycalculat ethe serviced uedate when
th eb attery is connected.
#Notedown thes ervice due dat edispla yedi n
th ei nstrument displa ybefor edisconnecting
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Engin ecom partment
Activ eh ood( pedestrian pr otection)
Operation of thea ctiv ehood (pedestrian pro‐
te ction)
In cer tain accident situations ,the risk of injury
to pedestrians can be reduced bythea ctuation
of thea ctiv ehood. The rear area of thee ngine
hood is raised byappr oximatel y85m m.
Fo rthe driv etotheworkshop, rese tthe trig‐
ge reda ctiv ehood yourself.Ift he activehood
has been triggered, pedestrian pr otection may
be limited.
Aq ualified specialis tworks hop mus tre-ins tate
th ef ull functionality of thea ctiv ehood. The activ
ehood is no tavailable in all countries.
Re setting thea ctiv ehood
&
WARNING Risk of burn sfromh otcom‐
ponent parts in thee ngine compartment
Cer tain component parts in thee ngine com‐
partmen tcan be very hot, e.g. thee ngine,
th ec ooler and parts of thee xhaust system.
#Le tthe engine cool down and only
to uc ht he component parts described
as follo ws .
#With your handf lat, push down activ ehood
1 inthea reaa round theh inges on bo th
sides (ar rows).
The engine hood mus tengag einp osition.
#Ifth ea ctiv ehood can be raised slightly at
th er ear in thea reaoft he hinges, repeat the
st ep until it engages cor rectl yinp osition.
Opening/closing the engine hood
&
WARNING Risk of accident if thee ngine
hood is unlatched while driving
An unloc kede ngin ehood ma yopen up when
th ev ehicle is in motion and bloc kyour vie w.
#Neveru nlatc hthe engine hood while
driving.
#Befor eevery trip, ensur ethat the
engine hood is latched.
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