2017 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS COUPE ESP

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ns igna lindica torr emain son, all other de tec‐
te dv ehicles ar eindicated onl ybytheflashin gof
th er ed warning lamp.
If yo uo vertak eav ehicle quickl y,no warning is
given. &
WARNING Risk of accident despi teBlind
Spo tAssist
Blind Spo tAssistdoes 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 di stanc eto
th es ide foro ther road user sand obs tacles. Sy
stem limitations
The sy stem ma ybelimited in thef ollowing situa‐
tions:
R thes ensor saredirty or co vered
R poor visibility ,e.g. due tofog, heavy rain,
sno wors pray
R narrowv ehicles, e.g. bicycles, ar ewithin the
monitoring range
Wa rnings ma ybeissued in er rorw hen driving
close tocrash ba rrier sors imilar solid lane bor‐
ders. Warnings ma ybeinterrupte dw hen driving
alongside long vehicles, e.g. lor ries, forap ro‐
longed time.
Blind Spo tAssis tisn otoperationa lwhen reve rse
ge ar is engaged.
Fu nction of brak eapplication (Activ eBlind
Spo tAssist)
If Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssistdetects arisk of aside
impact in them onitoring range, acourse-cor‐
re cting brak eappli cation is car ried out. This is
designed tohelp youa void ac ollision. The course-cor
recting brak eappli cation is availa‐
ble in thes peed rang eb etwe en appr oximately
30 km/h and 200 km/h. &
WARNING Risk of accident despi te
brak eapplication of ActiveB lind Spot
Assi st
Ac ourse-co rrecting brak eapplication cann ot
alw aysp reve nt ac ollision. #
Alw ayss teer,b rake or accelera teyour‐
self ,especiall yifActiveBlind Spot
Assi stwa rnsy ou or makes acourse-
co rrecting brak eapplication. #
Alw aysm aintain asafed ista nce at the
sides. &
WARNING Risk of accident despi te
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssist
Ac tiveB lind Spo tAssistdoes no treact tothe
fo llowing:
R Over taking vehicles closely on thes ide,
placing them in theb lind spo tarea. 226
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Vehicles approaching and overtakin gyou
at av eryd iffe re nt speed.
As aresult, ActiveB lind Spo tAssistma ynei‐
th er giv ewarning snor inter vene in su chsit‐
uations. #
Alw aysp aycareful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation and maintai nasafed is‐
ta nce at thes ide of thev ehicle. Ac
tiveB lind Spo tAssistis onl yana id. It ma yfail
to detect some vehicles and is no tasubstitute
fo ra ttentiv edriving. Alw ayse nsur ethat ther eis
suf ficient di stanc etot he side foro ther road
user sand obs tacles. If
ac ourse-co rrecting brak eapplication occurs,
th er ed warning lam pflashes in theo utside mir‐
ro ra nd aw arning tone sounds. In addition, adis‐
pl ay 1 indicatin gthe danger of aside collision
appear sinthe multifunction displa y.
In rare cases, thes ystemm aymak eani nappro‐
priat ebrake application. This brak eapplication
ma ybei nterrupte data nytime if yous teer
slightl yinthe opposit edirection or accelera te.
Sy stem limitations
Either acourse-cor recting brak eappli cation
appropria teto thed riving situation ,ornoneat
all, ma yoccur in thef ollowing situations:
R Vehicles or obs tacles, e.g. crash ba rriers, are
located on bo thsides of your vehicle.
R Avehicle approaches tooc losely on thes ide.
R Youh avea dop tedas porty driving stylew ith
high cornering speeds.
R Youb rake or accelerat esignificantl y.
R Adriving sa fety sy stem inter venes, e.g .ESP ®
or ActiveB rake Assi st.
R ESP ®
is deacti vated. R
Aloss of tyr epressur eorad efectivetyreis
de tected.
Ac tivatin gordeactivatin gBlind Spo tAssist
or Activ eB lind Spo tAssist
Multimedia sy stem:
, Vehicle .
k Assistance .
Blind
Spot Assist #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction. Driving and parking
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Sy
stem limitations
No lane-cor recting brak eappli cation occu rsin
th ef ollowing situations:
R Youc lear lyand activel ysteer,b rake or accel‐
erate.
R Youh ave switched on thet urns ignal indica‐
to r.
R Adriving sa fety sy stem inter venes, su chas
ESP ®
,A ctiv eBrake Assi stor ActiveB lind
Spo tAssist.
R Youh ave adop tedas porty driving stylew ith
high cornering speeds or high ratesofa ccel‐
eration.
R ESP ®
is deactivated.
R Ifal oss of tyr epressur eorad efectivetyre
has been de tected and displ ayed.
The sy stem ma ybeimpaired or ma ynotfunction
in thef ollowing situations:
R Ifth er eisp oor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cient illumination of ther oad, highl yvariable
shade conditions, or due torain, sno w,fogor
heavy spr ay. R
Ther eisg lare, e.g. from oncoming traf fic, the
sun or reflections.
R Ifth er eisd irtont he windscreen in thev icin‐
ity of them ultifunction camer aorthe camera
is mis tedu p, damaged or obscured.
R Noor se veral, unclear lane markings are
presen tfor one lane, e.g. near roadwor ks.
R The lane markings ar eworn, dar korcovered.
R The dis tance tothev ehicle in front is too
small and thel ane marking sthus canno tbe
de tected.
R The lane markings chang equickl y,e.g. lanes
branc hoff,c ross one ano ther or mer ge.
R The car riag ew ay isvery nar row and winding.
Ve hicles with Drivin gAssistanc epacka ge or
Driving Assistance Plus pa ckage: ActiveL ane
Ke eping Assis tuses radar sensor stomonitor
se verala reas around thev ehicle. If ther adar
senso rsinther ear bumper ar edirty or co vered
wit hs now, thes ystemm aybe impaired or may
no tfunction .Ifano bstacle in thel ane in which
yo ua redrivin ghas been de tected, no lane-cor‐
re cting brak eappli cation occu rs. Ac
tivatin gActive Lan eKeeping Assist &
WARNING Risk of accident despi te
Ac tiveL aneK eeping Assis twarning
Al ane-cor recting brak eappli cation cannot
al wa ys bring thev ehicle bac kintot he origi‐
nal lane. #
Alw ayss teer,b rake or accelera teyour‐
self ,especiall yifActiveLaneK eeping
Assis twarns youorm akesalane-cor‐
re cting brak eappli cation. &
WARNING Risk of accident despi teinter‐
ve ntio nofA ctiveLaneK eeping Assist
Ac tiveL aneK eeping Assis tdoes no tdetect
traf ficc onditions or road users. In very rare
cases, thes ystem ma ymakeani nappropri‐
at eb rake application, e.g. af teri ntentional ly
driving overas olidl ane marking.
The brak eapplication can be inter rupte dat
an yt ime if yous teer slightl yinthe opposite
direction. Driving and parking
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Alw aysm akes uret hat ther eiss uffi‐
cient di stanc etot he side foro ther traf‐
fi coro bstacles. &
WARNING Risk of accident despi teLane
Ke eping Assist
Lane Keeping Assis tcann otalw aysc learly
de tect lane markings.
In su chcases, Lane Keeping Assis tcan:
R giveanu nnecessar ywarning
R notg iveaw arning #
Alw aysp ayparticular attention tothe
traf fics ituation and keep within the
lane, especiall yifActiveLaneK eeping
Assis talerts you. Re
quirements:
The driving speed is at leas t60k m/h. #
Press button 2.
If indicator lamp 1lights up, Lane Keeping
Assis tisactivated. When lane marking sare
de tected, thel ines in thea ssis tance graphic
ar es hown in white.
Sensitivity of Activ eL aneK eeping Assist
Wi th th estandar dora daptiv esetting ,you can
influence when thew arning vibration of Lane
Ke eping Assis ttakes place. In bo
th thestandar dand adaptiv esettings, no
wa rning vibration occur sinthefollowing situa‐
tions:
R Youh ave switched on thet urns ignal indica‐
to r.
R Adriving sa fety sy stem inter venes, su chas
ABS, BASorE SP®
.
In thea daptiv esetting, ther ew ill also be no
wa rning vibration in thef ollowing situations:
R The vehicle is accelerated or braked consid‐
erably.
R Yous teer actively ,e.g. swer vetoavo id an
obs tacle or chang elane quickl y.
R Youc utthec orner on ashar pbend.
Setting thes ensitivit yofActive Lan eKeep‐
ing Assist
Multimedia sy stem:
, Vehicle .
k Assistance .
Act.
Lane Keep. Assist #
Select asetting. 230
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yshows avehicle being refuelled ins tead
of ther ange.
R ECOd ispl ay ( →pag e154)
R trip computer From startandFrom reset
R digital speedome ter
% The digital speedome tero nly appear sinthe
Classic andSport styles. Example:
standar ddisplay
1 Trip dis tance
2 Totald ista nce recorder
Ve hicles without a48Von-boardelectrical
sy stem (EQ Boos ttechnology): Example: trip computer
1
Totald ista nce recorder
2 Driving time
3 Averag espeed
4 Averag efuel consum ption Re
setting values in theT ripm enu of theo n-
boar dcompu ter On-boar
dcomputer:
, Trip
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐
vie wf ortheI nstrument Displa y. Yo
uc an rese tthe values of thef ollowing func‐
tions:
R Trip dis tance
R Trip computer "F roms tart"a nd "F romr eset"
R ECOd isplay #
Toselect thef unction tobe rese t:swipe
upwards or down wardsont he left-hand
To uc hC ontrol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Select Yes. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol.
If yo up ress and hold thel eft-hand Touc hC on‐
trol, thef unction will be rese timmediately. Instrument Displa
yand on-boar dcomputer 235

Note
sono perating saf ety &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tio ne quipment integ ratedint hevehicle
when driving, youw ill be distracted from the
traf fics ituation. Thi scould also cause youto
lose control of thev ehicle. #
Onlyoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits. #
Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y. &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from oper‐
ating mobil ecommunication equipment
while thev ehicle is in motion
If yo uo perat ecommun icationequipment
integrated in thev ehicle when driving, you
will be distracted from thet raffic situation. This could also cause
youtol ose control of
th ev ehicle.
Onl yoperat ethis equipment when thev ehi‐
cle is stationar y. Fo
ry our owns afet y, alwa ys obser vethef ollow‐
ing points when operating mobile communica‐
tions equipment and especiall yyour voice con‐
trol sy stem:
R Obser vethel egal requ irements fort he coun‐
tr yinw hichyou ar edriving.
R While driving, on ly operatem obile communi‐
cation sequipment and your voice control
sy stem when thet raffic condition spermit it.
Yo um ayotherwise be distracted from the
traf ficc onditions and cause an accident,
inju ring yourself and others.
R Do no tuse thev oice control sy stem in an
emer gency as your voice can chang eand
yo ur telephon ecall can be unnecessarily
dela yed.
R Familiarise yourself wit hthe voice control
sy stem function sbefor estartin gt he journe y. Operation
Multifunction
steering wheel operation over‐
vi ew LINGU
ATRO NIC is operational appr oximately
th irty seconds af tert he ignition is switched on. LINGU
ATRO NIC 241

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Application-specific voice commands are
onl yavailable fort he activ eapplication. 1
Global voice commands
2 Application-specific voice commands
On thed ispla ynexttot he activ eapplication,
ex amples of global voice command sand thec or‐
re sponding application-specific voice commands
ar ed ispla yedonana utocue. This makes ent ry
easier and supports interactiv eoperation. The
lis tc an be scrolled or it can be operated by
speec horthe controller/touchpad. Nu
mbe rentry functions R
The numbe rsallo weda rezero tonine .
R Telephon enumber scan be entered as single
digits. Information on
thel anguag esetting Yo
uc an chang ethe languag eofLINGUATRO NIC
via thes ysteml anguag esettings. If thes etsys‐
te ml anguag eisnotsuppor tedbyL INGUA‐
TRONIC, English willbes elected.
LINGU ATRO NIC is available in thef ollowing lan‐
guages:
R German
R English
R French
R Italian
R Dutch
R Polish
R Portuguese
R Russian
R Swedish R
Spanish
R Czech
R Turkish Using LINGU
ATRO NIC ef fectively Fe
atures of audibl ehelp functions Yo
ur eceiv einformatio nand help for:
R Optima loperation: sayt he Help voice con-
trol system voice command.
R Cur rent application: onthem ultifunction
st eering wheel, press theó rocker switch
up and sa ythe Help voice command.
R Continued dialogue: sayt he Help voice
command during avoice dialogue.
R Aspecific sy stem: sayt he voice commands
fo rt he desired sy stem, e.g. Help telephone. Note
sonh owtoimpr ovespeec hquality If LING
UATRONI Cdoesn otunde rstan dyou:
R onlyoperat eLINGU ATRO NIC from thed riv‐
er's seat. LINGU
ATRO NIC 243

Vo
ice command Function
Text message to To
crea team essage. All address book names ar eavailable.
Reply To
reply toam essage
Forward text message To
forw ardam essage Overvie
wofvehicle voice commands Yo
uc an use thev ehicle voice command sto
directly call up thec orresponding menus fort he
ve hicle settings. Vo
ice command Function
Ambien tlight menu To
displa yambient light settings
Ambien tlight blue To
displa ythe blue ambient light
Display and styles menu To
sho wdispla ysettings
Assistance menu To
displa yassis tance settings
Scent menu To
displa yfragrance settings
Energy flow To
displa yenergy flow settings
Ionization menu To
displa yionisation settings 252
LINGU ATRO NIC