2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN ESP

andacourse-cor recting brak eappli cation guides
yo ub acki ntoy our lane.
Yo ua rewa rned byvibration pulses in thes teer‐
ing wheel in thef ollowing circums tances:
RAc tiveL aneK eeping Assis tdetects lane
markings.
RAf ront wheel passeso verthe lane markings.
Yo uw illalso beguided bac kintoy our lane by
means of acourse-cor recting brak eappli cation
if th ef ollowing condition sareme t:
RActiveL aneK eeping Assis tdetects lane
markings.
RAf ront wheel drives over as olid lane mark‐
ing.
Whe ther aw arning is issued and when this
occur salso depends on thes elected sensitivity
setting (s tanda rdor adaptive).
If yo uf ail toadap tyour driving style, Ac tiveL ane
Ke eping Assis tcan neither reduce ther isk of an
accident nor override thel aw sofp hysics. It can‐
no ttak ei ntoa ccount road, weather or traf fic
conditions .Activ eLaneK eeping Assis tisonlya n
aid. Youa re re sponsible fort he dis tance tothe ve
hicle in front, forv ehicle speed, forb raking in
good time and fors taying in lane.
Ve hicles with Lane Tracking pac kage:If th e
lane markings ar esolid lines and youdon ot
re act tothew arning ,alane-cor recting brake
application can bring thev ehicle bac kintot he
original lane.
Ve hicles with DrivingA ssistancepacka ge or
Driving Assistance Plus pa ckage: Ifyo udon ot
re act tothew arning
,alan
e-cor recting brake
application can bring thev ehicle bac kintot he
original lane. In thec ase of abroke nl ane mark‐
ing being de tected, abrake application will only
be mad eifavehicle has been de tected in the
adjacent lane .Oncoming vehicles, overtaking
ve hicles and vehicles in adjacent lanes can be
de tected.
The brak eappli cation is available in thes peed
ra ng eb etwe en 40 mph(60 km/h) and 120m ph
(200 km/h).If al ane-cor recting brak eappli cation occurs ,dis‐
play 1appear sinthe multifunction displa y.
Sy stem limitations
No lane-cor recting brak eappli cation occurs in
th ef ollowing situations:
RYouc lear lyand activel ysteer,b rake or accel‐
erate.
RYo uh ave switched on thet urns ignal indica‐
to r.
RAd riving safe ty system inter venes, such as
ESP®,A ctiv eBrake Assi stor ActiveB lind
Spo tAssist.
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Driving and parking

RYouh avea dop tedas porty driving stylew ith
high cornering speeds or high ratesofa ccel‐
eration.
RESP®is deactivated.
RWhen driving wit hatrailer, thee lectrical con‐
nection tothet railer has been cor rectly
es tablished.
RIfal oss of tir epressur eorad efectivetire
has been de tected and displ ayed.
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, highly variable
shade conditions, or due torain, sno w,fogo r
heavy spr ay.
RTher eisg lare, e.g. from oncoming traf fic, the
sun or reflections.
RIf th er eisd irtont he windshield in thev icin‐
ity of them ultifunction camer aorthe camera
is mis tedu p, damaged or obscured.
RNo or se veral, unclear lane markings are
presentf or one lane, e.g. near roadwor ks.
RThe lane markings ar eworn, dar korcovered.
RThe dis tance tothev ehicle in front is too
small and thel ane marking sthus canno tbe
de tected.
RThe lane markings chang equickl y,e.g. lanes
branc hoff,c ross one ano ther or mer ge.
RThe car riag ew ay isvery nar row and winding.
Ve hicles with DrivingA ssistancepacka 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
sen

sors inther 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 detected, no lane-cor‐
re cting brak eappli cation occurs .
Ac tivatin gActive Lan eKeeping Assist
&
WARNING Risk of accident despite
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,e speciall yifActiveLaneK eeping
Assis twarns youorm akesalane-cor‐
re cting brak eappli cation.
&
WARNING Risk of accident despite inter‐
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.
#Alw aysm akes uret hat ther eiss uffi‐
cient dist ancetot he side foro ther traf‐
fi coro bstacles.
&
WARNING Risk of accident despite Lane
Ke eping Assist
Lane Keeping Assis tcann otalw aysc learly
de tect lane markings.
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In suchcases, Lane Keeping Assis tcan:
Rgiv eanu nnecessar ywarning
Rnotg iveaw arning
#Alwaysp ayparticular attention tothe
traf fics ituation and keep within the
lane, especiall yifActiveLaneK eeping
Assis talerts you.
Re quirement
The driving speed is at leas t40m ph (60 km/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:
RYo uh ave switched on thet urns ignal indica‐
to r.
RAd riving safe ty system inter venes, such as
ABS, BASorE SP®.
In thea daptiv esetting, ther ew ill also be no
wa rning vibration in thef ollowing situations:
RThe vehicle is accelerated or braked consid‐
erably.
RYo us teer actively ,e.g. swer vetoavo id an
obs tacle or chang elane quickl y.
RYouc utthec orner on ashar pbend.
Setting thes ensitivityofA ctive Lan eKeep‐
ing Assist
Multimedia sy stem:
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Driving and parking

Whenglide mode is activ e(→page146),
*OLGLQJ 0RGHis displa yedi nstead of thec ur‐
re nt fue lconsump tion.
Ar ecuperation displa yisalsoavailable for
cer tain engines. If ther eiso nlyas mall
amount of fuel lef tinthe fuel tank ,the dis‐
pla yshows avehicle being refueled ins tead
of ther ange.
REC Od ispl ay (→pag e141)
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RDigital speedomet er
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hicles with an Instrument Displa yin
th eW idescreen Cockpit: thed igital speed‐
ome tero nly appear sinthe&ODVVLF and6SRUW
designs.Example: standar ddisplay
1Trip dis tance
2To tald ista nce recorder
Example: trip compute r
1Totald ista nce recorder
2Driving time
3Av erag espeed
4Averag efuel consum ption
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Notesono perating saf ety
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tio ne quipme nt integ ratedint hevehicle
when driving, youw ill be dis tracted from the
traf fics ituation. Thisc ould also cause yout o
lose control of thev ehicle.
#Onl yoperat 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 dist raction from oper‐
ating mobil ecommunication equipment
while thev ehicle is in motion
If yo uo perat ecommun icatio nequipme nt
integrated inthev 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.
Fory 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:
RObser vethel egal requ irements fort he coun‐
tr yinw hichyou ar edriving.
RWhile driving, only oper atem obile communi‐
cationse quipment 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,
injuri ngyourself and others.
RDo no tuse thev oice control sy stem in an
emer gency as your voice can chang eand
yo ur telephonec all can be unnecessarily
dela yed.
RFa miliarize yourself wit hthe voice control
sy stem function sbefor estartin gt he journe y.
Operation
Operating them ultifunction steering wheel
The Voice Cont rolS ystemiso perational appr ox‐
imatel ythirty seconds af tert he ignition is
switched on.
18 Switches thes ound off/on (ends the
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem)
2ó Starts theV oice Control Sy stem
36 Makes/accepts acall
4~ Rejects/end sacall( en ds theV oice
Control Sy stem)
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Voice Cont rolS ystem

Numbe rentry functions
RThe numbe rsallo weda re]HUR toQLQH .
RTelephonen umberscan be entered as single
digits.
Information on thel anguag esetting
Yo uc an chang ethe languag eoftheVoice Con‐
trol Sy stem via thes ysteml anguag esettings. If
th es etsystem languag eisnotsuppor tedbyt he
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem, En glish will be selecte d.
The Voice Cont rolS ystemisa vailable in En glish,
Fr ench, Portuguese and Spanish.
Using theV oice Control Sy stem ef fectively
Fe atures of audibleh elp functions
Your eceiv einformatio nand help for:
ROptima loperation: sayt he +HOS YRLFH FRQ
WURO V\VWHP voice command.
RCur rent application: onthem ultifunction
st eering wheel, press theó rocker switch
up and sa ythe +HOS voice command.
RContinued dialog: sayt he +HOS voice com‐
mand during avoice dialog.
RAs pecific sy stem: sayt he voice commands
fo rt he desired sy stem, e.g. +HOS WHOHSKRQH.
Notesonh owtoimpr ovespeec hquality
If The Voice Control Sy stem does no tunder‐
st and you:
Ronl yoperat eThe Voice Cont rolS ystemf rom
th ed rive r's seat.
Rsayt he voice command scohe rently and
clear ly,b ut do no texaggerat ethe words.
Ravo id loud noises, e.g. theb lowe r,th at cause
inter fere nce whil emaking avoice command
entr y.
Rsayt he voice tagw itht he same intonation
when creating voice tags.
If an addre ss book entr yvoice tag is no trec‐
ognized:
Ronl ycreates ensible address book entries in
th es ystem/mobile phone, e.g. enter sur‐
name and firs tn am eint he cor rect field.
Rdo no tuse an yabbr eviations, unnecessary
spaces or special characters.
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Essentia lvoice commands
Overvie wofswitchvoice commands
Swit chvoice command scan be used toopen
cer tain applications .The voice command selec‐
tion can be used rega rdless of thea pplication
th at is cur rentl ya ctive.
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Voice Cont rolS ystem

Voice command Function
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create amessage. All address book names ar eavailable.
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reply toam essage
)RUZDUG WH[W PHVVDJH To
forw ardam essage
Overvie wofvehicle voice commandsYouc an use thev ehicle voice command sto
directly call up thec orresponding menus fort he
ve hicle settings.
Vo ice command Function
$PELHQ WOLJKW PHQX To
displa yambient light settings
$PELHQ WOLJKW EOXH To
displa ythe blue ambient light
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sho wdispla ysettings
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displa yassis tance settings
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displa yfragrance settings
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displa yenergy flow settings
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displa yionization settings
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Your advantages at aglance:
Rcon veniently receive softwar eupdate svia
th em obile phone network
Rthel ong-te rmqualitya ndavailabilityo f
Mercedes-Ben zmbrace®is guaranteed
Rkeep your multimedia system and communi‐
cation module up-to-date
Fu rther information about softwar eupdates can
be found at http:/ /me.mercedes-benz.com
Pe rformin gasoftwar eupdat e
Re quirements
RAn Interne tconnection is requiredfor
updates whichareobtaine donline.
Multimedia system:
,6\VWHP.6RIWZDUH 8SGDWH
Au tomatically
Re quirements
RYour vehicle has abuilt-in communication
module.
#Ac tivate $XWRPDWLF 2QOLQH 8SGDWH O.
Up dates ar eperform ed.
The cur rent status of theu pdates is dis‐
pla yed.
Manually
#Deactivate $XWRPDWLF 2QOLQ H8SGDWHª.
#Select an updat efromt he lis tand star tt he
update.
Sear ching forn ew Up dates
Re quirements
RYour vehicle does no thaveab uilt-in commu‐
nicatio nmodule.
RAn Inte rnet-enabled mobil ephone is connec‐
te dtot he multimedia sy stem (→pag e275).
#Select 6HDUFK IRU 1HZ 8SGDWHV.
The lis tofavailable updates is refreshed.
#Select an updat eand star tt he update.
The selected updat eisdownloaded via the
connected mobil ephone.
Ac tivatin gthe so ftwa reupdate
#Restar tt he sy stem. Important sy
stem upda tes
Impor tant sy stem updates ma ybenecessar yfor
th es ecurity of your multimedia sy stem's data.
Please ins tallth ese updates, or else thes ecurity
of your multimedia sy stem cannot be ensured.
% If automatic softwar eupdates ar eactivated,
th es ystemu pdates will be downloaded auto‐
maticall y(
→page247).
As soo nasanu pdateisa vailable ford ow nload,
ac orresponding messag eappears onthem ulti‐
media sy stem displa y.
Yo uh ave thef ollowing selection options:
R'RZQORDG
The updat ewill be downloaded in theb ack‐
ground.
R'HWDLOV
Information about thep ending sy stem
updat eisdisplayed.
R/DWHU
The updat ecan be downloaded manually at a
later time (
→pag e247).
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