2018 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS COUPE change wheel

R
The windscreen in the area of the camera is
dirty, mis ted up, damaged or co vered.
R Absence of lane markings, or se veral unclear
lane markings, or if the markings change rap‐
idl y.
R The dis tance totheve hicle in front is too
small and the lane markings thus cannot be
de tected.
R The road is nar row and winding.
R Obs tacles on the lane or projecting out into
th e lane.
The sy stem does not pr ovide assis tance in the
fo llowing conditions:
R On tight bends, junctions, tollst ations,
ro undabouts and when turning.
R When towing a trailer.
R When actively changing lane without swit ch‐
ing on the turn signal.
R When the tyre pressure is too lo w. 000A
WARNING Risk of accident if Active
St eering Assist unexpectedly stops func‐
tioning
If th e sy stem limitations of Active Steering
Assist are reached there is no guarantee that
th e sy stem will remain active or will keep the
ve hicle in lane. 0007
Alw ayske ep your hands on thesteering
wheel and obser vethe tra ffic carefull y. 0007
Alw aysst eer theve hicle paying atten‐
tion totraf fic conditions. 000A
WARNING Risk of accident if Active
St eering Assist unexpectedly inter venes
A malfunction in the de tection of lane mark‐
ings and objects can occu r.
This could cause unexpected steering inter‐
ve ntion. 0007
Steer according totraf fic conditions. Ac
tivating Active Steering Assist
Re quirements:
R ESP ®
must be activated, but not inter vening.
R Active Dis tance Assi stDISTRONIC is acti va‐
te d. 0007
If indicator lamp 1is off: press button 2.212
Driving and pa rking

Fu
nction of Active Lane Change Assi st
0009 The following function is countr y-dependent
and only available in conjunction with the
Driving Assi stance Package.
Ac tive Lane Change Assi stsupports the driver
when changing lanes byapplying steering torque
if th e driver operates a turn signal.
Assis tance when changing lanes is pr ovided if all
th efo llowing conditions are me t:
R You are driving on a mo torw ay orroad with
multiple lanes in the direction of tr avel.
R The neighbouring lane is separated bya bro‐
ke n lane ma rking.
R Novehicle is de tected in the adjacent lane.
R The driven speed is between 80 km/h and
18 0 km/h.
R Active Lane Change Assi stis switched on in
th e multimedia sy stem.
R Active Steering Assist is switched on and
active. If no
vehicle is de tected in the adjacent lane and
a lane change is permit ted, the lane change
begins. This is shown tothe driver with a green
ar row 2next tothesteering wheel symbol.
The Lane change to the left message also
appears, forex ample. If Active Lane Change
Assi sthas been activated with the turn signal
indicator but a lane change is not immediately
possible, a gr eyarrow 1appears next tothe
st eering wheel symbol, which remains green.
When the lane change assis tance starts, the turn
signal indicator is automatically activated beside
th e display in the multifunction displa y.
If th e assis tance graphic is shown when chang‐
ing lanes, the lane change display appears with an additional ar
rowpointing towa rdsth e adja‐
cent lane (0013 page214).
If a lane change is not possible, the ar row fa des
out af ter a few seconds and a new lane change
must be initiated. An immediate lane change is
on ly possible on mo torw ay sections without
speed limits.
If th e sy stem is impaired, Active Lane Change
Assi stmay be cancelled. If it is cancelled, the
Lane change cancelled message appears inthe
multifunction display and a warning tone sounds. 000A
WARNING Risk of accident from chang‐
ing lane toan occupied adjacent lane
Lane Chan geAssi stcannot al ways detect
clearly if the adjacent lane is free.
The lane change might be initiated although
th e adjacent lane is not free. 0007
Before changing lanes, make sure that
th e neighbouring lane is free and there
is no danger to otherroad users. 0007
Monitor the lane change. Driving and parking
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000A
WARNING Risk of accident if Lane
Change Assi stunexpectedly stops func‐
tioning
If th e sy stem limitations for Lane Change
Assist ha vebeen reached, there is no guar‐
antee that the sy stem will remain active.
Lane Change Assist cannot then assist you
by applying steering torques. 0007
Alw ays monitor the lane change and
ke ep your hands on thesteering wheel.
Obser vethe tra ffic conditions and steer
and/or brake if necessar y.Sy
stem limitations
The sy stem limitations of Active Steering Assist
apply toActive Lane Change Assi st
( 0013 page210).
The sy stem may also be impaired or may not
function in thefo llowing situations:
R The sensors in there ar bumper are dirty,
damaged or co vered, for ins tance by a
st icke r or ice and sno w.
R The exterior lighting is malfunctioning. Ac
tivating/deactivating Active Lane Change
Assi st
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
k Assistance 0007
Select Lane change assist. 0007
Activate 0073or deacti vate 0053 the function.
Fu nction of Active Eme rgency Stop Assist
If th e driver continually ignores the visual or
acoustic warning toput their hands on thesteer‐
ing wheel, theBeginning emergency stop mes‐
sage appears in the multifunction displa y.Ifthe
driver still does not respond, Active Dis tance
Assi stDISTRONIC reduces the speed. The vehi‐
cle is decelerated in stages toast andstill. At
speeds below 60 km/h the hazard warning
lights switch on automaticall y.
When theve hicle is stationar y,thefo llowing
actions are car ried out:
R theve hicle is secured with the electric park‐
ing brake
R Active Dis tance Assi stDISTRONIC is ended
R theve hicle is unloc ked R
if possible, an emer gency call is placed to
th e Mercedes-Benz emer gency call centre
The driver can cancel the deceleration at any
time byper form ing one of thefo llowing actions:
R steering
R braking or accelerating
R pressing a steering wheel button
R operating Touch Control
R activating or deactivating Active Dis tance
Assi stDISTRONIC Overvi
ewofActive Di stance Assist
DISTRO NIC displa ysinthe instrument clus‐
ter The assis
tance graphic and thest atus display
show thest atus of thefo llowing functions in the
instrument clus ter:
R Active Dis tance Assi stDISTRONIC
R Route-based speed adap tation
R Active Steering Assist 214
Driving and pa rking

If
th e dis tance tothe object lessens, the colour
of wa rning display 2changes:
R From appr ox.1. 0 m: yellow
R From appr ox. 0.6 m: oran ge
R From appr ox. 0.3 m:red
When Parking Assist PARKTRONIC is operational
and no object is de tected, the segments of the
wa rning display are shown in grey.
0009 Ifth e entire sy stem fails, the segments of
th ewa rning display are shown in red and the
é symbol appears inthe multifunction
display in the instrument clus ter.
If th e sy stem fails at there ar, the display of
th e segments changes as follo ws:
R The rear segments are shown in red
when reve rsing.
R The rear segments are hidden when driv‐
ing forw ards.
If Pa rking Assist PARKTRONIC is deacti vated,
th ewa rning display fades out. Guide lines
1
Yellow lane marking the course the tyres will
ta ke atthe cur rent steering wheel angle
(dynamic)
2 Yellow guide line, vehicle width (driven sur‐
fa ce) depending on the cur rent steering
wheel angle (dynamic)
3 Red guide line at a dis tance of appr oximately
0.3 m from there ar area
4 Mark at a distance of appr ox.1. 0 m
0009 When Active Parking Assist is active, lanes
1 are displa yed in green. The guide lines in
the multimedia sy stem dis‐
play show the dis tances toyour vehicle. The
dis tances apply toroad le vel.
In trailer mode, the guide lines are shown at
th e le vel of the trailer hitch.
Tr ailer view (if trailer hitch is fitted)
If yo u select trailer view and no trailer is coupled
to theve hicle, thefo llowing display appears: 1
Yellow guide line, locating aid
2 Red guide line at a dis tance of appr oximately
0.3 m tothe ball head of the trailer hitch
3 Ball head of the trailer hitch Driving and parking
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0007
After completion of the parking procedure,
safeguard theve hicle against rolling away.
When requ ired bylegal requirements or local
conditions: turn the wheels towa rdsth eke rb.
0009 You can stop theve hicle and change the
transmission position du ring the parking pro‐
cedure. The sy stem then calculates a new
ve hicle path. The parking procedure can
th en be continued. If no new vehicle path is
av ailable, the transmission position will be
ch anged again. If theve hicle has not yet
re ached the parking space, the parking pro‐
cedure will be cancelled, should a gear be
ch anged.
Exiting a pa rking space with Active Parking
Assist
Re quirements:
R The vehicle has been par ked with Active
Pa rking Assist.
Please no tethat you are responsible forth eve hi‐
cle and sur roundings during the entire parking
procedure. 0007
Start theve hicle. 0007
Press button 1.
The Active Parking Assist view appears on
th e multimedia sy stem displa y. 0007
Ifth eve hicle has been par ked at right angles
to the direction of tra vel: in area 2, select
direction of tra vel3.
0009 The vehicle path shown on the multimedia
sy stem display may dif fer from the actual
ve hicle path. 0007
Confirm direction of exit3 todrive out of
th e parking space.
0009 The turn signal indicator is switched on auto‐
matically when theex itth e parking space
procedure begins. Driving and parking
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Note
s on operating saf ety000A
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you will be distracted from the
traf fic situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle. 0007
Only operate this equipment when the
traf fic situation permits. 0007
Ifyo u cannot be sure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad
and traf fic conditions and ope rate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y. 000A
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from oper‐
ating mobile communication equipment
while theve hicle is in motion
If yo u operate mobile communication equip‐
ment when driving, you will be distracted from
the tra ffic situation. This could also
cause youto lose control of theve hicle. 0007
Only operate this equipment when the
ve hicle is stationar y. Fo
ryo ur ow n sa fety, al ways obser vethefo llow‐
ing points when operating mobile communica‐
tions equipment and especially your voice con‐
trol sy stem:
R Obser vethe legal requ irements forth e coun‐
try in which you are driving.
R While driving, on ly operate mobile communi‐
cations equipment and your voice control
sy stem when the tra ffic conditions permit it.
Yo u may otherwise be distracted from the
traf fic conditions and cause an accident,
inju ring yourself and others.
R Ifyo u use thevo ice control sy stem in an
emer gency your voice can change and your
te lephone call, e.g. an emer gency call, can
th ereby be unnecessarily dela yed.
R Familiarise yourself with thevo ice control
sy stem functions before starting the journe y. Operation
Overview of operation of LINGU
ATRO NIC on
the multifunction steering wheel LINGU
ATRO NIC is operational appr oximately
th irty seconds af terth e ignition is switched on. 268
LINGU ATRO NIC

R
Application-specific voice commands are
only available forth e active application.
Once Linguatronic is star ted an autocue is
shown. Apart from theav ailable voice com‐
mands forth e application cur rently acti ve,th is
also cites example voice commands forot her
applications which are not active. In this wa y,
yo u will be familiar more quickly with theav aila‐
ble voice commands. The list can be scrolled or
it can be operated byspeech or the controller/
to uchpad. Information on
the language setting Yo
u can change the language of LINGU ATRO NIC
via the sy stem language settings. If the set sys‐
te m language is not suppor tedby LINGUA‐
TRONIC, English will be selected.
LINGU ATRO NIC is available in thefo llowing 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 audible help functions Yo
ure cei veinformation and help forth efo llow‐
ing topics:
R Optimum operation: saythebrief instruc-
tion voice command.
R Cur rent application: onthe multifunction
st eering wheel, press the£ rocker switch
up and say theHelp voice command.
R Continued dialogue: saytheHelp voice
command during a voice dialogue. R
Specific function: sayvoice commands for
th e desired function, e.g. Help telephone. Note
s on how toimpr ovespeech quality If LINGU
ATRO NIC does not under stand you:
R onlyoperate LINGU ATRO NIC from the driv‐
er's seat.
R say thevo ice commands cohe rently and
clearly, but do not exaggerate thewo rds.
R avoid loud noises that cause inter fere nce
while making a voice command ent ry, e.g.
th e blo wer.
A vo ice tag in the address book is not recog‐
nised:
R only crea tesensible address book entries in
th e sy stem/mobile phone, e.g. enter sur‐
name and firs t name in the cor rect field.
R do not use any abbr eviations, unnecessary
spaces or special characters.
If a station list ent ryis not recognised:
R say theRead out station list voice command. 270
LINGU ATRO NIC

0007
Toswitch on: change the media source or
turn volume control 1. Ad
justing the volume On
the multifunction steering wheel On
the multimedia sy stem 0007
Turn volume control 1.
The volume of the cur rent radio or media
source is set. The volume of other audio
sources can be adjus ted separatel y.
Ad just this in thefo llowing situations:
R during a traf fic announcement
R during a navigation announcement The
volume of the navigation announce‐
ment changes in accordance with thevo l‐
ume of the cur rent media sou rce.
R during a telephone call
R when entering or exiting a parking space
while using Active Parking Assist
or 0007
Select System inthe multimedia sy stem. 0007
Select Audio. 0007
Select a volume setting. 0007
Set thevo lume. Entering
characters Using
thech aracter input function 000A
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you will be distracted from the290
Multimedia sy stem