2017 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class CABRIOLET light

:Front warning display
;Additional PARKTRONIC measurement
operational readiness indicator
=Rear warning display
Vehicles with PARKTRONIC: when
PARKTRONIC is operational (
Ypage 163), addi-
tional measurement operational readiness indi-
cator ;appears in the multimedia system. If
the PARKTRONIC warning displays are active or
light up, warning displays :and =are also
active or light up correspondingly in the multi-
media system.
"Reverse parking" function
Backing up straight into a parking space
without turning the steering wheel
:White guide line without turning the steering
wheel, vehicle width including the exterior
mirrors (static)
;Yellow guide line for the vehicle width
including the exterior mirrors, for current
steering wheel angle (dynamic)
=Yellow guide line at a distance of approx-
imately 3 ft (1.0 m) from the rear of the vehi-
cle
?Red guide line at a distance of approximately
12 in (0.30 m) fromthe rear of the vehicle
XMake sure that the rear view camera is
switched on.
The lane and the guide lines are shown.
XWith the help of white guide line :, check
whether the vehicle will fit into the parking
space.
XUsing white guide line :as a guide, carefully
back up until you reach the end position.
Red guide line ?is then at the end of the
parking space. The vehicle is almost parallel
in the parking space.
Reverse perpendicular parking with the
steering wheel at an angle
:Parking space marking
;Yellow guide line for the vehicle width
including the exterior mirrors, for current
steering wheel angle (dynamic)
XDrive past the parking space and bring the
vehicle to a standstill.
XMake sure that the rear view camera is
switched on.
The lane and the guide lines are shown.
XWhile the vehicle is at a standstill, turn the
steering wheel in the direction of the parking
space until yellow guide line ;reaches park-
ing space marking :.
XKeep the steering wheel in that position and
back up carefully.
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:Yellow guide line for the vehicle width
including the exterior mirrors, for current
steering wheel angle (dynamic)
XStop the vehicle when it is almost exactly in
front of the parking space.
The white lane should be as close to parallel
with the parking space marking as possible.
:White guide line at current steering wheel
angle
;Parking space marking
XTurn the steering wheel to the center position
while the vehicle is stationary.
:Red guide line at a distance of approximately
12 in (0.30 m) from the rear of the vehicle
;White guide line without turning the steering
wheel
=End of parking space
XBack up carefully until you have reached the
final position.
Red guide line:is then at end of parking
space =. The vehicle is almost parallel in the
parking space.
180° view
:Symbol for the 180° view function
;Own vehicle
=PARKTRONIC warning displays
You can also use the rear view camera to select
a 180° view.
When PARKTRONIC is operational (
Ypage 163),
a symbol for your own vehicle appears in the
multimedia system. If the PARKTRONIC warning
displays are active, warning displays ;light up
in the multimedia system in yellow or red
accordingly.
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Object detection
The rear view camera can detect moving and
stationary objects. If, for example, a pedestrian
or another vehicle is detected, these objects are
marked with bars. The system is only able to
detect and mark stationary objects when your
vehicle is moving. When the vehicle is station-
ary, moving objects can be detected and
marked.
To ensure that you can use the function, it must
be switched on in the multimedia system (see
the Digital Operator's Manual).
360° camera (surround view)
General notes
The 360° camera is a system consisting of four
cameras.
The system processes images from the follow-
ing cameras:
RRear view camera
RFront camera
RTwo side cameras in the exterior mirrors
The cameras cover the immediate surroundings
of the vehicle. The 360° camera assists you, for instance when parking or at exits with reduced
visibility.
You can show images from the 360° camera in
full-screen mode or in six different split-screen
views on the multimedia system. A split-screen
view also includes a top view of the vehicle. This
view is calculated from the data supplied by the
installed cameras (virtual camera).
The six split-screen views are:
RTop view and picture from the rear view cam-
era (130° viewing angle)
RTop view and image from the front camera
(130° viewing angle without displaying the
maximum steering wheel angle)
RTop view and enlarged rear view
RTop view and enlarged front view
RTop view and images from the rear-facing sidecameras (rear wheel view)
RTop view and images from the forward-facing
side cameras (front wheel view)
When the function is active and you shift the
transmission from Dor Rto N, the guide lines
are hidden in the multimedia system. When you change between transmission posi-
tions
Dand R, you see the previously selected
front or rear view.
Distances measured by PARKTRONIC will also
be optically displayed:
Rin split screen view as red or yellow brackets around the vehicle icon in the top view, or
Rat the bottom right as red or yellow brackets
around the vehicle symbol in full-screen mode
The line thickness and color of the brackets
show how far the vehicle is from an object.
Ryellow brackets with thin lines: PARKTRONIC
is active
Ryellow brackets with normal lines: an object is present in close range of the vehicle
Rred line: an object is present in the immediate
close range of the vehicle
Important safety notes
The 360°camera is only an aid and may show a
distorted view of obstacles, show them incor-
rectly or not at all. The 360°camera is not a
substitute for attentive driving.
You are always responsible for safe maneuver-
ing and parking. When maneuvering or parking,
make sure that there are no persons, animals or
objects in the area in which you are maneuver-
ing.
You are always responsible for safety, and must
always pay attention to your surroundings when
parking and maneuvering. This applies to the
areas behind, in front of and beside the vehicle.
You could otherwise endanger yourself and oth-
ers.
The 360° camera will not function or will func-
tion in a limited manner:
Rif the doors are open
Rif the exterior mirrors are folded in
Rif the trunk lid is open
Rin heavy rain, snow or fog
Rat night or in very dark places
Rif the cameras are exposed to very bright light
Rif the area is lit by fluorescent bulbs or LED
lighting (the display may flicker)
Rif the camera lenses fog up, e.g. when driving
into a heated garage in winter, causing a rapid
change in temperature
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Instrument cluster display
Displaying the assistance graphic
XCall up theassistanc egraphic sdisplay func-
tion usin gth eon-board computer
(
Ypage 198).
Detected traffic sign sappear in th einstru-
men tcluster.
Speed limit with unknown res triction
:Maximum permitte dspee d
;Maximum permitte dspee dfor vehicles for
whic hth erestriction in th eadditional sign is
relevan t
=Additional sign for unknown restriction
A maximum permitte dspee dof 80 mph
(80 km/h) and aspee dlimi tof 60 mph
(60 km/h) wit han unknown restriction apply.
The unit for th espee dlimi t(km/ hor mph )
depend son th ecountry in whic hyou are driving .
It is generally neither shown on th etraffic sign
no ron th einstrumen tcluste rbut must be taken
int oaccoun twhen observing th emaximum per -
mitte dspeed.
Night View Assist Plus
General notes
In addition to th eillumination provide dby th e
normal headlamps ,Nigh tView Assist Plus uses
infrared ligh tto illuminate th eroad .Nigh tView
Assist Plus camera ;picks up th einfrared ligh t
and displays amonochrome imag ein th emulti-
function display. The imag eshown in th edisplay
correspond sto aroad lit up by high-beam head-
lamps. This enables you to see th eroad's cours e
and any obstacles in goo dtime. When pedes-
trian recognition is active ,pedestrian srecog-
nized by th esystem are visually highlighte din
color in th eNigh tView Assist Plus display wit h
small frame corners .
In addition ,an infrared camera is integrate dint o
radiato rtrim :.The camera help sdetec t
pedestrian sand animals .Observ eth enote son
cleaning th einfrared camera (
Ypage 285).
iInfrared lightis no tvisible to th ehuma neye
and therefor edoes no tglare. Nigh tView
Assist Plus can therefor eremain switched on
eve nif there is oncomin gtraffic.
Important safety notes
Nigh tView Assist Plus is only an aid and is no t a
substitut efor attentive driving .Do no trel yon
th eNigh tView Assist Plus display. You are
responsible for th edistanc eto th evehicl ein
front, for vehicl espee dand for braking in goo d
time. Drive carefully and always adapt your driv -
ing style to suit th eprevailing road and traffic
conditions.
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The system may be impaired or may not function
if:
Rthere is poor visibility, e.g. due to snow, rain,
fog or spray
Rthe windshield is dirty, fogged up or covered,
for instance by a sticker, in the vicinity of the
camera
Rthe infrared camera in the radiator trim is
dirty, fogged up or obscured
Ron bends, hilltops or downhill gradients
Rat high outside temperatures
Night View Assist Plus cannot display objects
directly in front of or beside the vehicle.
It is possible that, in addition to people and ani-
mals, other objects are also marked or highligh-
ted .
Pedestrian and animal recognition
General notes
Pedestrian or animal recognition may be
impaired or inoperative if:
Rpedestrians or animals are partially or entirely
obscured by other objects, e.g. parked vehi-
cles
Rthe silhouette of the pedestrian or of the ani- mal in the Night View Assist Plus display is
incomplete or interrupted, e.g. by powerful
light reflections
Rpedestrians or animals do not contrast with
the surroundings
Rthe camera system no longer recognizes
pedestrians as persons due to special cloth-
ing or other objects
Rpedestrians are not in an upright position, e.g.
sitting, squatting or lying
Ranimals are not recognized by the system,
e.g. because of their size or shape
Pedestrian and animal recognition is deactiva-
ted at temperatures above 90 ‡ (32 †). The
spotlight function and automatic delayed
switch-off are then no longer active.
Pedestrian recognition
:Night View Assist Plus display
;Readiness symbol for active pedestrian rec- ognition
=Highlighting
?Pedestrian recognized
Night View Assist Plus can recognize pedes-
trians using typical characteristics, e.g. the body
contours and posture of a person standing
upright.
Pedestrian recognition is then switched on auto- matically if:
RNight View Assist Plus is activated.
Ryou are driving faster than approximately
6 mph (10 km/h).
Rit is dark.
If pedestrian recognition is active, readiness
symbol ;appears. Persons who are detected
are highlighted by framing =. If the pedestrian
recognition system has brought a pedestrian to
your attention, look through the windshield to
evaluate the situation. The actual distance to
objects and pedestrians cannot be gaged accu-
rately by looking at a screen.
Animal recognition
Animals can be recognized in the following sit-
uations:
Rdarkness
Routside built-up areas
Rbelow an ambient temperature of 90 ‡
(32 †).
Night View Assist Plus can recognize larger ani-
mals such as deer, cows or horses using typical
characteristics.
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The system does not detect:
Rsmaller animals, e.g. dogs and cats
Ranimals whose silhouette is not clearly rec-
ognizable
When detected, animals are marked with small
color frame corners. In contrast to pedestrian
recognition, there is no separate readiness sym-
bol in the multifunction display.
Activating/deactivating Night View
Assist Plus
Activation conditions
You can only activate Night View Assist Plus if all
of the following conditions are met:
Rthe ignition is switched on (Ypage 124) or the
engine has been started.
Rthe light switch is in the ÃorL posi-
tion.
Rreverse gear has not been engaged.
Activating/deactivating
XPress button :.
If Night View Assist Plus is activated, the
Night View Assist Plus display is shown in the multifunction display.
The infrared headlamps only switch on in the
dark from speeds of approximately 6 mph
(10 km/h) . This means that you do not have the
full visual range while the vehicle is stationary
and cannot check whether Night View Assist
Plus is working. The infrared headlamps are
deactivated at speeds below 3 mph (5 km/h).
The Night View image continues to be displayed
until you deactivate it by pressing button :.
Automatic activation
You can select theNightViewAssistAuto‐matic Activationoption via the Night View
Assist menu. The pedestrian and animal search function remains active even when the Night
View image is not displayed. In the dark, in unlit
surroundings and at speeds of more than
60 km/h, the Night View image is automatically
displayed in the multifunction display as soon as
pedestrians or animals are detected.
XIn the assistance menu, select automatic acti-
vation of Night View Assist Plus
(
Ypage 199).
Spotlight function
General notes
Under certain conditions, the spotlight function
uses the headlamps to flash at detected pedes- trians.
The spotlight function is only active if:
Rpedestrian recognition is active
Rthe road surface is not lit
Rthe driving speed is at least 40 mph
(60 km/h)
Rthe "Adaptive Highbeam Assist PLUS" func-
tion is activated (Ypage 110).
The spotlight function is not active or is active
only to a limited extent if:
Ryou are driving in city traffic
Rthere are pedestrians located in the area of an
oncoming vehicle or a vehicle in front
Activating the spotlight function
The pedestrian detection with spotlight function is running the background. If the prerequisites
are met, the spotlight function uses the head-
lamps to flash four short pulses at a pedestrian
detected on or near to the road.
XIn the light menu, select the spotlight function
of Night View Assist Plus (Ypage 202).
The spotlight function does not flash at animals.
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Vehicles in the monitoring range are then not
indicated.
Active Blind Spot Assist may not detect narrow
vehicles, such as motorcycles or bicycles, or
may only detect them too late.
If the lanes are narrow, vehicles driving in the
lane beyond the lane next to your vehicle may be
indicated, especially if the vehicles are not driv-
ing in the middle of their lane. This may be the
case if there are vehicles at the inner edge of
your lane.
Due to the nature of the system:
Rwarnings may be issued in error when driving
close to crash barriers or similar solid lane
borders.
Rwarnings may be interrupted when driving
alongside particularly long vehicles, e.g.
trucks, for a prolonged time.
Warning lamp
Active Blind Spot Assist is not operational at
speeds below approximately 20 mph (30 km/h).
Vehicles in the monitoring range are then not
indicated.
If a vehicle is detected within the blind spot
monitoring range at speeds above 20 mph
(30 km/h), warning lamp:on the correspond-
ing side lights up red. This warning is always
emitted when a vehicle enters the blind spot
monitoring range from behind or from the side.
When you overtake a vehicle, the warning only
occurs if the difference in speed is less than
7 mph (12 km/h).
If you select the reverse gear, Active Blind Spot
Assist is not operational.
The brightness of the warning lamps is auto-
matically adapted to the brightness of the sur-
roundings.
When Active Blind Spot Assist is activated, gray
radar waves propagating backwards appear
next to the vehicle in the assistance display in
the multifunction display. Above a speed of
20 mph (30 km/h), the color of the radar waves
in the assistance display changes to green ;.
Active Blind Spot Assist is then ready for use.
Visual and acoustic collision warning
If you switch on the turn signals to change lanes and a vehicle is detected in the side monitoring
range, you receive a visual and acoustic collision warning. You will then hear a double warning
tone and red warning lamp flashes. If the turn
signal remains on, detected vehicles are indica-
ted by the flashing of red warning lamp . There
are no further warning tones.
Course-correcting brake application
If Active Blind Spot Assist detects a risk of a lat-
eral collision in the monitoring range, a course-
correcting brake application is carried out. This
is meant to assist you in avoiding a collision.
GWARNING
A course-correcting brake application cannot always prevent a collision. There is a risk of an
accident.
Always steer, brake or accelerate yourself,
especially if Active Blind Spot Assist warns
you or makes a course-correcting brake appli-
cation. Always maintain a safe distance at the
sides.
If a course-correcting brake application occurs,
the red warning lamp flashes in the exterior mir-
ror and a dual warning tone sounds. In addition,
a display underlining the danger of a side colli-
sion appears in the multifunction display.
In very rare cases, the system may make an
inappropriate brake application. A course-cor-
recting brake application may be interrupted at
any time by countersteering slightly or acceler-
ating.
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The course-correcting brake application is avail-
able in the speed range between 20 mph
(30 km/h) and 120 mph (200 km/h).
Either no braking application, or a course-cor-
recting brake application adapted to the drivingsituation occurs if:
Rthere are vehicles or obstacles, e.g. crash
barriers, located on both sides of your vehicle.
Ra vehicle approaches you too closely at the
side.
Ryou have adopted a sporty driving style with
high cornering speeds.
Ryou clearly brake or accelerate.
Ra driving safety system intervenes, e.g. ESP®
or PRE-SAFE®Brake.
RESP®is switched off.
Ra loss of tire pressure or a defective tire is
detected.
Switching on Active Blind Spot Assist
XMake sure that Active Blind Spot Assist is
activated in the on-board computer
(
Ypage 200)
XSwitch on the ignition.
Warning lamps in the exterior mirrors light up
red for approximately 1.5 seconds. Gray radarwaves propagating backwards appear next to
the vehicle in the assistance display on the
multifunction display.
Active Lane Keeping Assist
General notes
Active Lane Keeping Assist monitors the area in
front of your vehicle by means of multifunction
camera :at the top of the windshield. Various
different areas to the front, rear and side of your
vehicle are also monitored with the aid of the
radar sensor system. Active Lane Keeping Assist detects lane markings on the road and
can warn you before you leave your lane unin-
tentionally. If you do not react to the warning, a
lane-correcting application of the brakes can
bring the vehicle back into the original lane.
This function is available in a speed range
between 40 mph and 120 mph (60 km/h and
200 km/h)
.
Important safety notes
Ifyou fail to adapt your driving style, Active Lane
Keeping Assist can neither reduce the risk of an accident nor override the lawsof physics. Active
Lane Keeping Assist cannot take account of
road and weather conditions. Itmay not recog-
nize traff icsituations. Active Lane Keeping
Assist isonly an aid. You are responsible for the
dist ance to the vehicle in front, for vehicle
speed, for braking ingood time and for staying in
your lane.
Active Lane Keeping Assist cannot continuously
keep your vehicle in its lane.
GWARNING
Active Lane Keeping Assist cannot always
clearly detect lane markings.
In such cases, Active Lane Keeping Assist
can:
Rgive an unnecessary warning and then
make a course-correcting brake application
to the vehicle
Rnot give a warning or intervene
There is a risk of an accident.
Always pay particular attention to the traffic
situation and keep within the lane, especially
if Active Lane Keeping Assist alerts you. Ter-
minate the intervention ina non-critical driv-
ing situation.
The system may be impaired or may not function
if:
Rthere ispoor visibility, e.g. due to insufficient
illumination of the road, or due to snow, rain,
fog or spray
Rthere isglare, e.g. from oncoming traffic, the
sun or reflection from other vehicles (e.g. if
the road surface is wet)
Rthe windshield is dirty, fogged up, damaged or
covered, for instance by a sticker, in the vicin-
ity of the camera
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