2017 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class COUPE Owner's Manual

Exiting 360° camera display mode
The 360° camera display is stopped:
Rwhen you select transmission positionP, or
Rwhen you are driving at moderate speeds
The view which was active before the 360° cam-
era was displayed appears in the multimedia
system. You can also stop the 360° camera dis-
play split-screen view by selecting the 0038
symbol in the display and then confirming with
the COMAND controller.
ATTENTION ASSIST
General notes
ATTENTION ASSIST helps you during long,
monotonous journeys, such as on highways. It is
active in the 37 mph (60 km/h) to 124 mph
(200 km/h) speed range. If ATTENTION ASSIST
detects typical indicators of fatigue or increas-
ing lapses in concentration on the part of the
driver, it suggests taking a break.
Important safety notes
ATTENTION ASSIST is only an aid to the driver. It
might not always recognize fatigue or increasing inattentiveness in time or fail to recognize them
at all. The system is not a substitute for a well-
rested and attentive driver.
The functionality of ATTENTION ASSIST is
restricted and warnings may be delayed or not
occur at all:
Rif the length of the journey is less than approx-
imately 30 minutes
Rif the road condition is poor, e.g. if the surface
is uneven or if there are potholes
Rif there is a strong side wind
Rif you have adopted a sporty driving style with
high cornering speeds or high rates of accel-
eration
Rif you are predominantly driving at a speed
below 37 mph (60 km/h)or above 124 mph
(200 km/h)
Rif you are driving with the active Steer Assist
of DISTRONIC PLUS
Rif the time has been set incorrectly
Rin active driving situations, such as when you
change lanes or change your speed The ATTENTION ASSIST tiredness assessment
is deleted and restarted when continuing the
journey, if:
Ryou switch off the engine
Ryou take off your seat belt and open the driv-
er's door, e.g. for a change of drivers or to
take a break
Displaying the attention level
The current status information can also be
shown in the on-board computer.
XCall up the assistance graphic and select
ATTENTION ASSIST (Ypage 197).
The following information appears:
RLength of the journey since the last break.
RThe attention level determined by ATTENTION
ASSIST (Attention Level), displayed in a
bar display in five levels from high to low
RIf ATTENTION ASSIST is unable to calculate
the attention level and cannot issue a warn-
ing, the System Suspended
message
appears. The bar display then changes the
display, e.g. if you are driving at a speed below
37 mph (60 km/h) or above 124 mph
(200 km/h).
Activating ATTENTION ASSIST
XActivate ATTENTION ASSIST using the on-
board computer (Ypage 199).
The system determines the attention level of
the driver depending on the setting selected:
If Standard
is selected: the sensitivity with
which the system determines the attention level
is set to normal.
If Sensitive
is selected: the sensitivity is set
higher. The attention level detected by Attention Assist is adapted accordingly and the driver is
warned earlier.
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When ATTENTION ASSIST is deactivated, the
00D7symbol appears in the multifunction dis-
play in the assistance graphic display.
When ATTENTION ASSIST has been deactivated,
it is automatically reactivated after the engine
has been stopped. The sensitivity selected cor-
responds to the last selection activated ( Stand‐
ard/Sensitive).
Warning in the multifunction display
If fatigue or increasing lapses in concentration
are detected, a warning appears in the multi-
function display:ATTENTION
ASSIST:TakeaBreak!.
In addition to the message shown in the multi-
function display, you will then hear a warning
tone.
XIf necessary, take a break.
XConfirm the message by pressing the 0076
button on the steering wheel.
On long journeys, take regular breaks in good
time to allow yourself to rest properly. If you do
not take a break and ATTENTION ASSIST con-
tinues to detect increasing lapses in concentra-
tion, you will be warned again after 15 minutes
at the earliest. This will only happen if ATTEN-
TION ASSIST still detects typical indicators of
fatigue or increasing lapses in concentration.
If a warning is given in the multifunction display,
the multimedia system offers a service station
search. You can select a service station and
navigation to this service station will then begin.
This function can be activated and deactivated
in the multimedia system.
Traffic Sign Assist
General notes
Traffic Sign Assist displays the maximum speed
permitted to the driver in the instrument cluster.
The data and general traffic regulations stored in
the navigation system are used to determine the
current speed limit.
Traffic Sign Assist is a map-based system, and
for this reason, traffic signs put up temporarily
(e.g. near roadworks) are not detected. There is also no display for changing traffic signs.
Traffic signs with a restriction indicated by an
additional sign (e.g. in wet conditions) are also
shown. The sign indicating the end of a restriction only
appears with the restriction in the instrument
cluster when:
Rthe regulation must be observed with the
restriction, or
RTraffic Sign Assist is unable to determine
whether the restriction applies
If Traffic Sign Assist is unable to determine a
maximum permitted speed from any of the avail-
able sources, no speed limit appears in the
instrument cluster either.
Traffic Sign Assist is not available in all coun-
tries. In this case, display 0043appears in the
assistance graphic (
Ypage 197).
Important safety notes
Traffic Sign Assist is only an aid and is not always
able to correctly display speed limits. Traffic
signs always have priority over the Traffic Sign
Assist display.
The system may be either functionally impaired
or temporarily unavailable if the information in
the digital street map of the navigation system is
incorrect or out of date.
Activating Traffic Sign Assist
XActivate the Traffic Sign Assist display using
the on-board computer (Ypage 198).
If you have activated the Traffic Sign Assist dis-
play in the on-board computer, the traffic regu-
lations (speed limits and overtaking restrictions)
appear in the instrument cluster for five seconds in each case. The wrong-way warning and the
traffic sign display for speed limits and overtak-
ing restrictions remain active even when the
display has been deactivated.
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Instrument cluster display
Displaying the assistance graphic
XCall up theassistanc egraphic sdisplay func-
tion usin gth eon-board computer
(
Ypage 197).
Detected traffic sign sappear in th einstru-
men tcluster.
Speed limit with unknown res triction
0043Maximum permitte dspee d
0044Maximum permitte dspee dfor vehicles for
whic hth erestriction in th eadditional sign is
relevan t
0087Additional 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 0044picks 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 0043.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
0043Night View Assist Plus display
0044Readiness symbol for active pedestrian rec- ognition
0087Highlighting
0085Pedestrian 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 0044appears. Persons who are detected
are highlighted by framing 0087. 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 121) or the
engine has been started.
Rthe light switch is in the 0058or0058 posi-
tion.
Rreverse gear has not been engaged.
Activating/deactivating
XPress button 0043.
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 0043.
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 198).
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 107).
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 201).
The spotlight function does not flash at animals.
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Display in theassistanc egraphicXTo display th eassistanc egraphic:s elect
th eAssistanc e
Graphicmenuusin gth eon -
boar dcomputer (Ypage 197).
Pedestrian symbol 0043in th eassistanc e
graphic indicate sth estatu sof th espotligh t
function .If th esymbol is displayed no tfilled
in ,th efunction is switched on .If th esymbol is
displayed filled in ,th econdition sfo rth espot-
ligh tfunction are met .
Problemswit hNight View Assis tPlu s
ProblemPossible causes/consequences and 0050Solutions
The picturequalit yof
Night Vie wAssis tPlus
has deteriorated.The windshield is fogge dup on th einside .
XFold down camera cover (Ypage 285).
XDefrost thewindshield (Ypage 115).
The windshield is ice dup.
XDe-ice th ewindshield (Ypage 115).
The windshield wiper sare smearin gth ewindshield .
XReplaceth ewiper blade s (Ypage 109).
The windshield is smeared after th evehicl ehas been cleane din acar
wash .
XClean th ewindshield (Ypage 283).
There is windshield chip damage in th ecamera's field of vision .
XReplaceth ewindshield .
The pedestrian and ani -
mal recognition is no t
available.th einfrare dcamera in th eradiato rtrim is dirty
XUse asof tcloth and water to clean th einfrare dcamera .
Driving Assistance PLUS package
General notes
The Driving Assistance PLU Spackag econsist s
of DISTRONIC PLU S (Ypage 147), Active Blind
Spot Assis t (Ypage 180) and Active Lan eKeep-
in g Assis t (Ypage 183).
Active Blind Spot Assis t
General notes
Active Blind Spot Assistuses arada rsensor
system, pointe dtoward th erea rof th evehicle,
to monitor th eare ato th eside sof th evehicl e
whic hth edriver is unable to see . Awarnin gdis-
play in th eexterio rmirror sdraw syour attention
to vehicles detecte din th emonitore darea. If
you then switch on th ecorrespondin gtur nsig -
nal to chang elane, you will also receiv ean opti-
cal and audibl ewarning. If aris kof latera lcolli-
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sion is detected, corrective braking may help
you avoid a collision. Before a course-correcting
brake application, Active Blind Spot Assist eval-
uates the space in the direction of travel and at
the sides of the vehicle. For this, Active Blind
Spot Assist uses the forward-facing radar sen-
sors.
Active Blind Spot Assist supports you from a
speed of approximately 20 mph (30 km/h).
Important safety notes
Active Blind Spot Assist is only an aid and is not
a substitute for attentive driving.
GWARNING
Active Blind Spot Assist does not react to:
Rvehicles overtaken too closely on the side,
placing them in the blind spot area
Rvehicles which approach with a large speed
differential and overtake your vehicle
As a result, Active Blind Spot Assist may nei-
ther give warnings nor intervene in such sit-
uations. There is a risk of an accident.
Always observe the traffic conditions care-
fully, and maintain a safe lateral distance.
iUSA only: This device has been approved by
the FCC as a "Vehicular Radar System". The
radar sensor is intended for use in an auto-
motive radar system only. Removal, tamper-
ing, or altering of the device will void any war-
ranties, and is not permitted by the FCC. Do
not tamper with, alter, or use in any non-
approved way.
Any unauthorized modification to this device
could void the user's authority to operate the
equipment.
iCanada only: This device complies with
RSS-210 of Industry Canada. Operation is
subject to the following two conditions:
1. This device may not cause harmful inter-
ference, and
2. This device must accept any interference
received, including interference that may
cause undesired operation of the device.
Removal, tampering, or altering of the device
will void any warranties, and is not permitted. Do not tamper with, alter, or use in any non-
approved way. Any unauthorized modification to this device
could void the user's authority to operate the
equipment.
Radar sensors
The Active Blind Spot Assist radar sensors are
integrated into the front and rear bumpers and
behind a cover in the radiator trim. Make sure
that the bumpers and the cover in the radiator
grill are free of dirt, ice or slush. The rear sensors
must not be covered, for example by cycle racks
or overhanging cargo. Following a severe impact
or in the event of damage to the bumpers, have
the function of the radar sensors checked at a
qualified specialist workshop. Active Blind Spot
Assist may otherwise no longer work properly.
Monitoring area
GWARNING
Active Blind Spot Assist does not detect all
traffic situations and road users. There is a
risk of an accident.
Always make sure that there is sufficient dis-
tance on the side for other traffic or obstacles.
At a distance of approximately 1.6 ft (0.5 m)0044
from the vehicle, Active Blind Spot Assist mon-
itors the area up to 10 ft (3 m) next to 0087and
behind 0043your vehicle, as shown in the picture.
The detection of obstacles can be impaired in
the case of:
Rthere is dirt on the sensors or anything else
covering the sensors
Rpoor visibility, e.g. due to rain, snow or spray
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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 lamp0043on 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 0044.
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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