2019 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS WAGON warning

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tbe initia ted. An immediat elane chang eis
on lypo ssible on free wa ysec tion swit hout speed
limi ts.
If th esy stem isim pair ed,ActiveLa ne Chang e
Assi stma ybe canceled .If it is canceled ,th e
Lane Change Cancel edmessag eappe arsin the
multifu nctiondisplay and awa rning tone sou nds. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from chang ‐
ing lane toan occ upied adjacentlane
Lan eChan geAssi stcanno tal wa ys detect
cle arly ifth eadjacen tlane isfree.
The lane chang emigh tbe init iated although
th eadjacen tlane isno tfr ee. 0007
Beforech ang inglane s,mak esur eth at
th eneighbor inglane isfree and ther eis
no dang ertoother road user s. 0007
Mon itor thelane chang e. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifLane
Ch ang eAssi stune xpectedl yst ops func‐
tionin g
If th esy stem limit ations forLane Change
Assis tha ve been reac hed, ther eis no guar‐
ant eethat thesy stem will remain active.
Lane ChangeAssis tcanno tth en assis tyo u
by appl ying steer ing torq ues . 0007
Alw aysmonit orthelane chang eand
ke ep your han dson thesteer ing wheel.
Obser vethetra ffic con dition sand steer
and/or brak eif neces sary. Sy
stem limita tions
The system limit ations ofActiveSt eer ing Assis t
apply toActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st
( 0013 page19 2).
Th esy stem mayalso beimpair edorma yno t
func tion inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R The sensorsin there ar bum peraredir ty,
damag edorcovered, forins tance bya
st icke ror ice and snow.
R The exterior lighting ismalfunct ioning. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gAc tiv eLan eCha nge
As sist
Multimedia system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
k Assist ance 0007
Select LaneChange Assist. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Fu nction ofActiv eEme rgency Stop Assis t
If th edr iver con tinuall yignor esthevisual or
acous ticwarning toput their hands onthesteer‐
ing wheel, theBeginn ingEmer gencySt op mes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.Ifth e
dr iver still does notre spond, ActiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI Creduces thespeed. Thevehi‐
cle isdeceler ated instag es toast ands till.At
speeds below40 mph(6 0km/h) thehazar d
wa rning light sswitc hon aut omat ically.
When theve hicle isstatio nary,thefo llo wing
act ions arecar ried out :
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis end ed
R The vehicle isunloc ked Dr
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Af
terth eengine isrestar ted, obs tacle smus tbe
de tected again bef oreane wwa rning can be
issued.
Sy stem limita tions
The system limit ations forPa rking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cappl yfo rpass ive side impact pro‐
te ction.
The follo wing objectsar eno tde tected, forex am‐
ple:
R Pedes trians who approachth eve hicle from
th eside
R Objec tsplaced next to theve hicle
Deactiv ating/activ atingParking Assis t
PA RK TRONI C
000E NO
TERisk ofan acci dent from objects
at clo serang e Pa
rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cma yno tde tect
cer tain obje ctsat clos era ng e. 0007
Whe npa rking ormane uvering theve hi‐
cle, paypar ticular attention toany
obj ect swhic har eabo veorbelo wthe
sensor s,e.g. flowe rpo ts or draw bar s. The
vehicle orother object scould oth‐
er wise bedamag ed. If
indicat orlam p1 isno tlit, Parking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cis act ive. Ifth eindicat orlam pis lit
or theé symbol appearsin themultifunc tion
displa y,Pa rking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis no t
act ive. 0007
Press button2. 0009
Dep endingontheve hicle's equipment, the
butt onmayalso belocat edinthecent er
con sole.
0009 Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cis aut omat ically
act ivat ed when theve hicle isstar ted.
Ad jus tingthe warning tones ofParking
Assis tPA RK TRONI C
Mu ltimed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
k Assist ance
0019 Camera &Parkin g0019
Set Warnin gTones
Ad jus tingthe volum eof thewa rning tones 0007
Select Warning ToneVolume. 0007
Seta va lue.
Ad jus tingthe pitchof the warning tones 0007
Select Warning TonePitch.
Se ta va lue.
Specif yingthest ar ting pointfo rthe warning
to nes
Yo ucan spec ifywhe ther thePa rking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cwa rning tones should comm ence
wh en theve hicle isfur ther aw ay from anobs ta‐
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0007
Select WarnEarl y. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gaudi ofa deo ut
Yo ucan spec ifywhe ther thevo lume ofamedia
sour ceinthemultimedia system isto be
re duced whenParking AssistPA RK TRONI Cgiv es
an audible warning. 0007
Selec tAudio Fadeout DuringWarn ingTone s. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Re
versing camer a Fu
nction ofthere ar vie wcamer a When
youen gage reve rsege ar,th eimag efrom
re ar vie wcam era1 issho wninthemultimedia
sy stem. Dynamic guidelinesshowthepat hth e
ve hicle willtake wit hth esteer ing wheel inits
cur rent positio n.Thi shel psyouto orient your‐
self and toavoid obstacle swhe nba cking up. The
rear vie wcam erais on lyan aid. Itis no ta
subs titutefo ryo ur att entio nto thesur round ings.
The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu vering and
pa rking remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at ther e
ar eno per sons, animals orobjec tsetc., inthe
maneu vering area while ma neu vering and park‐
ing.
Depe ndingon theve hicle equipment, youcan
sele ctfrom thefo llo wing views:
R Normalvie w
R Wide-ang levie w
The area behind theve hicle isdispla yedas a
mir rorimag e,as intheinside rear vie wmir ror.
Ve hicl eswithout Activ ePa rking Assis t
The follo wing camer avie ws areav ailable inthe
multime diasystem: 206
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tio
nto this rest area. This function can beact iva‐
te dand deactiv ated inthemultimedia system.
If AT TENTION ASSISTis deactiv ated, the00D7
symbol appearsin theassis tance grap hicin the
ins trumen tdispla ywhen theengine isrunning .
AT TENTION ASSISTis activ ated aut omaticall y
when theengine isre-sta rted. The lastselect ed
sensit ivityleve lre mains stor ed.
Sy stem limita tions
AT TENTION ASSISTis activ ein the37 mph
(60 km/ h)to 124mp h(2 00 km/h) speedra ng e.
The func tional ity ofATTENTION ASSISTis
re strict ed, and warnings maybe dela yedor not
occ uratall inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifyo uha ve been driving forless than appr ox‐
imat ely30 min utes.
R Ifth ero ad con dition ispoor (unevenro ad
sur face orpotholes).
R Ifth er eis ast ro ng side wind.
R Ifyo uadop ta spor tydrivin gst yle (high cor‐
ner ing speeds orhigh ratesof acceler ation).
R Ifth eSt eer ing Assis tfunc tion ofActiveDis ‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti ve. R
Ifth etime hasbeen setincor rectly .
R Inacti vedriving situation s,ifyo uch ang e
lane sand vary your spee dfreq uen tly.
The ATTENTION ASSISTtir edness oraler tnes s
assessment isdele tedand restar tedwhen con‐
tin uing thejour neyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifyo uswit choffth eengine.
R Ifyo uunf astenyo ur seat beltandopen the
dr iver's door (e.g.chang ingdriver sor taking
a br ea k).
Se ttin gAT TENTI ONASSIST
Multimedia system:
0018 Vehicle 0019
k Assist ance
0019 ATTE NTION ASSIS T
Se tting options 0007
Select Standard, SensitiveorOff.
Sugg esting are st area 0007
Select SuggestRes tArea. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate thefunc tion 0053.
If AT TENTION ASSISTde tects fatig ue or
incr easing lack ofatt ention ,it sugg ests a
re st area inthevicin ity. 0007
Select asugg estedre st area: youar egui‐
ded totheselect edrest area. Dr
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Tr
af fic Sign Assis t Fu
nction ofTraf fic Sign Assis t Tr
af fic Sign Assistdetects traf fic sig ns with mul‐
tifunction camera1. Itassi stsyo uby displa y‐
ing detected spe edlimits andovertakin gre stric‐
tions intheins trument cluster. Since
Traf fic Sign Assistalso uses thedat a
st or ed inthena vig ation system, itcan updat e
th edispla yin thefo llo wing situat ionswithout
de tecting traf fic sig ns:
R Whe nth eve hicle chang esroads, e.g.a free‐
wa yen try or exitro ad.
R When avillag eor cityboun darywhic his
st or ed inthedigit almap ispassed.
The camer aalso detects traf fic sig ns with a
re striction indicatedbyan addit ionalsign (e.g.in
we tcond itions ).
Tr af fic Sign Assistisonl yan aid. Thedriver is
re sponsible forke eping asaf edis tance tothe
ve hicle infront, forve hicle speed andforbr aking
in good time. Themaximu mper missi blespee d
als odepe ndsonfact or ssu ch asthero ad sur‐
fa ce and traf fic condi tions.
Wa rning when thema xim um permis sible
speed isexc eeded
The system can warnyouif yo uunin tentio nally
exc eed themaximum permissible speed.Todo
th is, youcan spec ifyinthemultimedia system
by howmuc hth emaximum permissible speed
can beexc eeded beforeawa rning isissued. You can
specify whether thewa rning isto be justa
visual warning oran acous ticone aswell.
Displa yin theIns trum ent Displa y In
stru ment Displa yin theWi descr eenCockpit
1 Perm issible speed
2 Perm issible speedwhenther eis are striction
3 Addition alsign withre striction 220
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Tr
af fic Sign Assistisno tav ailable inall coun ‐
tr ies. Ifit is una vailable, display1 issho wnin
th espeedome ter.
Sy stem limita tions
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, ifth er ear e
highl yva riable shade condition sor inrain,
sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions. R
Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth etra ffic sign sar ehar dto detect, e.g. due
to dir tor sno w,orbecause they areco vered
or due toinsuf ficie ntlighti ng.
R Ifth einf ormation inthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out-of-da te.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traf fic sig ns
on cons tructi onsites orinad jacent lanes.
R Ifyo utur nshar plywhen traffic sig ns areou t‐
sid eth ecamer a'sfield ofvision.
Se tting Traf fic Sign Assis t
Mult imed iasystem:
0018 Vehicle 0019
k Assist ance
0019 Traffic SignAssist
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gaut omati cadop tion
of spe edlimits
Re quiremen ts:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va‐
te d. 0007
Select LimitAdopt ion. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
The speed limitsdetected byTraf fic Sign
Assi stareaut omat icallyadop tedby Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C.
Di spl aying detected traf fic signs inthe
med iadis pla y 0007
Select Display inCOMA ND. 0007
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
0009 When DISTRONIC orcruise control areacti‐
va ted, thespeed detected can bemanu ally
ad op tedas thespeed limit
(0013 page18 8).
Ad jus tingthe type ofwa rning 0007
Selec tVisual &Audible ,Visual orNon e.
Ad jus tingthe warning threshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic ha
wa rning isissued whenexceeded. 0007
Select Warning Threshold. 0007
Setth edesir edspeed. Dr
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Bli
nd Spo tAs sist and Activ eBli nd Spo t
As sist Fu
nction ofBlind SpotAssis tand Activ e
Bli nd Spo tAs sist wit hex itwa rning
Blin dSpo tAss istand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
use twolat eral, rear-facin gra dar sensor sto
monit orthear ea up to130ft (40 m)behind your
ve hicle and10ft(3 m) direct lyne xt to your vehi‐
cle.
If ave hicle isde tected atspe eds aboveappr ox‐
imat ely8 mp h(12 km/h) andthis vehicle subse‐
qu ent lyent ersth emonit oring rang edire ctly next
to your vehicle, thewa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorlig hts upred.
If ave hicle isde tected clos eto theside ofyour
ve hicle, there dwa rning lam pin theoutside mir‐
ro rflashes .If yo uswit chon thetur nsignal indi‐
cat orinthecor responding direction, awa rning
to ne sou nds once .If th etur nsignal indicat or
re mains switchedon,allother detected vehicles
ar eindicat edonlyby theflashin gof there d
wa rning lam p.
If yo uove rtak eave hicle quickl y, no warning is
giv en. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Blind
Spo tAssi st
Bli nd Spo tAssi stdoes notre act tovehicles
appr oaching andovertakin gyo uat agr ea tly
di ffer ent speed.
As are sult, Blind SpotAssis tcanno twa rn
dr iver sin this situat ion. 0007
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation and maintain asaf edis‐
ta nce attheside oftheve hicle. Blind
SpotAssis tand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
ar eon lyaids. Theyma yfa ilto detect some vehi‐
cles andareno subs titutefo ratt entiv edr iving.
Alw aysensur eth at ther eis suf ficie ntdist anc eto
th eside forot her road user sand obstacle s.
Exi twa rning
The exitwa rning isan addition alfunc tion of
Blin dSpo tAss istand canwarnvehicle occu‐
pants about approaching vehicles whenleaving
th eve hicle when statio nary. 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite exit
wa rning
The exitwa rning react snei ther tostatio nary
obj ect sno rto vehicles approaching youat a
gr eat lydif fere nt spe ed.
As are sult, theex itwa rning cannotwa rn
dr iver sin these situation s. 0007
Alw ayspa ypar ticular attention tothe
tr af fic situ ation whe nope ning thedoor s
and makesur eth er eis suf ficie ntcle ar‐
ance . If
th er eis ave hicle inthemonit oring rang e, this
is indic ated intheoutside mirror.If ave hicle
occupant opensthedoor ontheside withth e
wa rning, awa rning tone sou nds and thewa rning
lam pin theoutside mirrorst ar ts to flash.
This addit ionalfun ction ison lyavailable when
Blin dSpo tAs sis tis act ivat ed and uptoamax i‐
mum ofthre eminut esafte rth eignition has
been switchedoff.The exitwa rning isno long er
av ailable once thewa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorflashes thre etimes. 222
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Head-up
Display Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y Mer
cedes- AMGvehicl es:besur eto obser ve
th einf ormation intheSupplement .Ot her wise,
yo uma yno tre cogni zedangers.
The Head-upDisp lay pr ojects intoth edr iver's
fi eld ofvision:
R Information from thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iver assis tance sys‐
te ms
R Some warning mess ages Displa
yelement s 1
Navig ation messa ges
2 Current spe ed
3 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
4 Setspe edinthedr iver assis tance system
(e.g. cruise control)
When youre cei veacall, the0061 Incoming Call
messag ewill appear ontheHead-up Display.
In aud iomode, thest atio nnam eor trac kwill be
sho wntemp orarily when theaudio sourceis
being activelyoper ated. Sy
stem limita tions
The visib ilityisinf luenc edbythefo llo wing condi‐
tion s:
R Seat position
R The posit ioningof thedispla yimag e
R Light conditions
R Wetro ads
R Objectson thedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses
0009 Inextreme sunli ght, sectio nsofthedispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youcan correct this
by switc hingtheHead-up Displayof fand on
ag ain. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 24
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