2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC ROADSTER Owner's Manual

Imp
ortant safety notes G
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If you oper ateinform ation syst ems andcom-
mun ication equipm entint egr atedin the
veh iclewhen driving,you may bedist racted
fr om thetraff icsit uati on.You could also
lose control oftheveh icle. Ther eis aris kof
an acc iden t.
On lyoper atethis equipm entwhen thetraff ic
sit uati onper mits.Ifyou arenotsur eth at
th is ispos sible ,park theveh iclepayin g
att ention totraff icco nd ition sand oper ate
th eequipm entwhen theveh icleis stati on-
ary.
You must observeth elegal require men tsfor
th eco unt ryinwhic hyou arecurren tly driv ing
when operating theon -board comput er. G
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If th eins trumen tclus terhas faile dor mal-
fun ction ed, you may notrec ogn izefunction
res trict ion sin syst ems relevantto saf ety.
The oper ating safetyof your vehiclemay be
impa ired.Ther eis aris kof an acc iden t.
Dr ive oncar eful ly.Hav eth eveh iclech ecke d
at aqualif iedspec ialist workshop immedi-
ate ly.
The on-board comput eronlysho wsmes sage s
or warn ingsfrom certain syst ems inthemult i-
fun ction disp lay.You should there foremak e
sur eyour vehicleis oper ating safely atall
ti mes .
If th eoper ating safetyof your vehicleis
impa ired,pull overas soo nas itis saf eto do
so. Con tacta qualif iedspec ialist workshop.
Fo ran ove rview, seetheins trumen tpan el
illust ration (Ypage 32). Disp
laysand oper ation Inst
rumen tclus terligh ting
The lighting intheins trumen tclus ter, in the
disp lays andtheco ntrol sin theveh icleint erior
can beadjust edusin gth ebrig htne ss control
kn ob. The
brightne ss control knob isloc ate don the
bot tom leftof theins trumen tclus ter
(Y page 32).
X Turn thebrig htne ss control knob clockwise
or count er-clo ckwise.
If you turnth eligh tswit ch(Ypage 97)to
th e0058, 0060or0058 position ,th ebrig ht-
ne ss will depe ndupon thebrig htne ss ofthe
ambi entligh t.
The lightsen sor intheins trumen tclus ter
auto maticallyco ntrol sth ebrig htne ss ofthe
mult ifunction disp lay.Indayligh t,th edis-
plays intheins trumen tclus terare notillu-
min ated. Sp
eedom eterwith segm ents
The segmen tsinthespee dometer ind icat e
whic hspee dran geisavaila ble.
R Cruis eco ntrol activat ed(Ypage 142):
The segmen tsligh tup from thest ore d
spee dto themax imum speed.
R Ac tive Distanc eAs sist DIST RONI Cact ivat ed
(Y page 144):
On eor two segmen tsintheset spee dran ge
ligh tup.
R Ac tive Distanc eAs sist DIST RONI Cdet ects a
veh iclein fron tmov ingmor eslow lythan the
st ore dspee d:
The segmen tsbet ween thespee dof the
veh iclein fron tand thest ore dspee dligh t
up. Ta
chom eter
! Do
notdriv ein theove rrevv ing range, as
th is co uld damag eth een gin e.
The redbandin thetac hom eter ind icat esthe
en gin e's overrevv ing range.
The fuel suppl yis int err upt edtopro tect the
en gin ewhen thered bandis reac hed. Out
sidetem peratur edis pla y
You should pay spec ialattention toroad con-
dit ion swhen tempe ratures arearoun dfreez ing
poin t. Disp
laysand oper ation
167On-boar dcomp uter and displa ys Z

Bea
rin mind thattheoutsid etempe raturedis-
pl ay indi cates thetempe raturemea suredand
doe snot recor dthe roadtempe rature.
The outsid etempe raturedispl ayisin the mul-
tifu nction displ ay(Y page 169 ).
A chang ein the outsid etempe ratureisshow n
in the multifunction displ ayafte ra del ay. Co
olant temperature gage G
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Ope ning thehoodwhe nthe engi neisover -
hea ted orwhe nthere isafire inthe engi ne
compa rtment couldexpo seyouto hot gases
or other serviceprod ucts. Thereisarisk of
inju ry.
Let anover heated engi necool downbef ore
ope ning thehood.Ifthere isafire inthe
engi necompa rtment, keepthehoodclos ed
and contact thefire departme nt.
! A
displ aymess ageis show nif the cool ant
tempe ratureistoo high.
If the cool anttempe ratureisover 248‡
(120 †),donot continu edri ving. The
engi newillother wise be damag ed.
The coolanttempe raturegage isin the instru -
ment cluster onthe right-ha ndside
(Y page 32).
The Hmarki nginthe cool anttempe rature
ga ug ecorre sponds toacool anttempe rature
of approxi mate ly248 ‡(120 †).
Unde rnorma lope ratingcondi tions andatthe
corre ctcool antlevel, the cool anttempe rature
ga ug emay risetothe Hmarki ng. Ope
rating theon-bo ard computer
Ove rview 0043
Multifunctio ndispl ay
0044 Right control panel
0087 Left control panel
X To acti vate theon-bo ard computer: turn
the SmartKe yto pos ition0047 inthe ignition
lock.
You cancontrol themultifunction displ ayand
the setting sin the on-bo ardcompu terusing
the buttons onthe multifunction steering
whe el.
Le ftco ntrol panel 0059
0065 R
Ca lls up the menu andmenu bar 0063
0064 Pres
sbrie fly:
R Scrol lsin lists
R Sele ctsasub menu orfuncti on
R In the Audi o Audi
omenu :sel ects the
pre vious ornext station,whe n
the preset list or stati onlist is
acti ve,oran audio track orvid eo
scene
R In the Tel Tel
(teleph one) menu :
swi tches tothe phoneboo kand
sel ects aname ortele pho ne
numb er 168
Di
splay sand operationOn-b oard computer anddispl ays

0063
0064 Press
andhold:
R In the Audio Audio
menu: selects apre-
set listorastation listinthe
desired frequency range,selects
an audio trackorvideo scene
using rapidscrolling
R In the Tel Tel
(Telephone) menu:
starts rapidscrolling ifthe phone
book isopen 0076 R
Confirms theselection ordisplay
message
R In the Tel Tel
(Telephone) menu:
switches tothe telephone book
and starts dialingthe selected
number 0038 Press
briefly:
R Back
R Switches offvoice-operated con-
trol fornavigation orthe Voice
Control System
R Hides display messages orcalls
up the last Trip Trip
menu function
used
R Exit sthe telephone book/redial
memory 0038 Press
andhold:
R Call sup the standard displayin
the Trip Trip
menu Right
control panel 0076 R
Rejects orends acall
R Exit sthe telephone book/redial
memory 0061 R
Makes oraccepts acall
R Switches tothe redial memory 0081
0082 R
Adjusts thevolume 0063 R
Mute 0059 R
Switches onvoice-operated con-
trol fornavigation orthe Voice
Control System You
canfind further information onvoice-oper-
ated controlfor navigation inthe manufactur- er's
operating instructionsinvehicles withan
Audio 20multimedia system.
Vehicles withtheCOMAND multimedia sys-
tem: youcan find further information onthe
Voice Control System inthe separate operat-
ing instruct ions. Multifunction
display 0043
Drive program (Ypage 125)
0044 Transmission position(Ypage 125)
0087 Text field
0085 Menu bar
0083 Time
0084 Outside temperature orspeed
(Y page 176)
Set thetime using themultimedia system;see
the Digital Operator's Manual.
X To display menubar0085:press the0059
or 0065 button onthe steering wheel.
If you donot press thebuttons anylonger,
menu bar0085isfaded outafter afew sec-
onds.
Text field 0087shows theselected menuor
submenu anddisplay messages.
Possible displaysinthe multifu nctiondis-
play:
R 0097Gearshift recommen dation,whenshifting
manually (Ypage 131)
R 005D Parking Guidance(Ypage 156)
R CRUISE CRUISE
Cruisecontrol(Ypage 142) Displays
andoperat ion
169On-board computerand displays Z

R
00CE Adaptive Hig hbe amAssi st
(Y page 100 )
R 00D6 ECOstart/sto pfu nctio n(Y page 121 )
R 00D9 HOLD functio n(Y page 151 ) Men
usand submen us Men
uov erv iew
Usi ngthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee ring
wh eel,op en the menu bar.
Ope rating theon-b oard comp uter
(Y page 168 ).
Dep endingonthe vehicleeq uipme nt,youcan
sel ect the followi ng menu :
R Tri p Tri
pmenu (Ypage 170 )
R Nav i Nav
imenu (navigation instruc tions)
(Y page 171 )
R Aud io Aud
iomenu (Ypage 173 )
R Tel Tel
menu (telepho ne) (Ypage 173 )
R Dri veAssist Dri
veAssistmenu (assi sta nce)
(Y page 174 )
R Ser v. Ser
v.menu (Ypage 176 )
R Set t. Set
t.menu (setting s)(Y page 176 )
R AMG AMG
menu (Merce des-AMG SLC43)
(Y page 179 ) Trip
menu
Stan dard display X
Pre ssand holdthe 0038 button onthe
stee ring wheelunti lthe Trip Tri
pmenu with trip
od ome ter0043and odome ter0044appe ars. Trip
computer "From Start" or"From
Res et" 0043
Distance
0044 Driv ingtime
0087 Aver agespe ed
0085 Aver agefu el consu mption
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing wheelto sel ect the Trip Tri
pmenu .
X Pre ssthe 0063 or0064 button tosel ect
Fro mSta rt Fro
mSta rtorFro mRes et Fro
mRes et.
The values inthe FromSta rt Fro
mSta rtsubme nuare
cal cul ate dfrom thestartof ajou rney whilst
the values inthe FromRes et Fro
mRes etsubme nuare
cal cul ate dfrom thelast time thesubme nuwas
res et(Y page 171 ).
In the followi ng cas es, the trip comp uteris
au toma tically res etFro mSta rt Fro
mSta rt:
R the igniti onhasbe en switch edoff for more
tha nfou rhou rs.
R 999 hourshave been exce eded.
R 9,9 99 mileshave been exce eded.
Whe n9,9 99 hou rsor 99, 999 mileshave been
exce eded,the trip comp uteris au toma tically
res etFro mRes et Fro
mRes et.
EC Odis play X
Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing wheelto sel ect the Trip Tri
pmenu .
X Pre ssthe 0063 or0064 button tosel ect
ECO DISPLAY ECO
DISPLAY.
If the igniti onrem ains switch edoff for longe r
tha nfou rhou rs,the ECO displ aywillbe auto-
ma tica lly res et.
For more informa tionon the ECO displ ay,see
(Y page 138 ). 17
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nus and submen usOn-bo ard computer anddisplay s

Disp
laying thera nge andcur rent fuel
consu mption X
Press the0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
in g whee lto sel ectth eTri p Tri
pmen u.
X Press 0063 or0064 tosel ectth edis play
wit happr oximat eran ge0043 and curren tfue l
co nsump tion 0044.
Ap pro ximat eran ge0043 that can becover ed
is cal cul ated acc ordin gto your curren tdri v-
in g st yle and theamo untoffue lin theta nk .
If th ere ison lyasm allamo untoffue llef tin
th efue lta nk ,a veh icle bein gref uele d00A8
appe arsinst ead ofappr oximat eran ge0043.
Rec uper ation display 0087sho wsyou if
en erg yhas beenrec uper ated from the
ki ne tic en erg yin overr un mo deand savedin
th ebat tery. Rec uper ation display 0087
depe ndson theen gin einst alled andis
th ere fore notavai lable inall veh icles .
Digit alsp eed ometer X
Press the0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
in g whee lto sel ectth eTri p Tri
pmen u.
X Press the0063 or0064 buttonto sel ectth e
digi talspe edo met er.
A gear shiftrec ommen dation 0097may also
appe arinthedis play.
Obs erveth einfo rm ation ongear shiftrec om-
men dation when shiftin g man ually
(Y page 131).
Mer cedes -AMG SLC43 :a gear shiftrec om-
men dation issho wninthest at us bar ofthe
mult ifunction display andnotin thedigi tal
spe edo met erdis play.
Res etting value s X
Press the0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
in g whee lto sel ectth eTri p Tri
pmen u.
X Press the0063 or0064 buttonto sel ectth e
fun ction that you wish tores et. X
Press 0076 toconfirm your selection .
X Press 0064 tosel ectYes Yes
andpress0076 to
co nfirm .
You canresetthevalu esofthefo llow ing fun c-
ti on s:
R Trip odo met er
R "Fr om Start "tr ip compu ter
R "Fr om Rese t"trip compu ter
R EC Odis play
If you resetthevalu esintheEC Odis play, the
valu esinthe"Fr om Start "tr ip compu terare
also reset.If you resetthevalu esinthe"Fr om
St art "tr ip compu ter, thevalu esintheEC Odis -
play arealso reset. Na
viga tion sys tem me nu
Disp laying naviga tion inst ructi ons In
theNav i Nav
imen u,themult ifunction display
sho wsnav igat ioninst ruc tion s.
Obs erveth eaddit ionalinfo rm ation onnav iga-
ti on intheDi git alOpe rator's Man ualofthe
mult imediasyst em.
X Swi tchon themult imediasyst em(seeth e
Di git alOpe rator's Man ual)
X Press the0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
in g whee lto sel ectth eNav i Nav
imen u.
Rou tegui dance notactive 0043
Direc tion oftrave l
0044 Curr entro ad Men
usandsu bm enu s
171On- boa rdcom puteran ddis pla ys Z

Route
guidanc eacti ve No
cha ngeof dire ction ann oun ced 0043
Dista ncetodes tina tion
0044 Dista ncetothe next change ofdirecti on
0087 Current road
0085 "Follow the road's cou rse"sy mbo l
Cha ngeof dire ction ann oun cedwi thout
a lan erec omme ndation 0043
Road into which the change ofdirecti on
le ad s
0044 Dista ncetocha nge ofdirecti onand visual
di stance displ ay
0087 Chang e-of -directi onsymbo l
Whe nacha nge ofdirecti onisanno unced,you
wi llsee change-o f-directi onsymbo l0087 and
di stance graphic0044. The distance indicator
sho rtens towardsthe top ofthe displ ayasyou
ap pro ach thepointofthe anno uncedcha nge
of directi on.
Cha ngeof dire ction ann oun cedwi th a
lan erec omme ndation 0043
Road into which the change ofdirecti on
le ad s
0044 Dista ncetocha nge ofdirecti onand visual
di stance displ ay
0087 Lane snot reco mmend ed 0085
Recomme ndedlane and new lane during a
cha nge ofdirecti on
0083 Chang e-of -directi onsymbo l
On mul tilane roads, new lane reco mmend a-
tions canbedispl ayed for the next change of
di recti onifthe digital map supp orts thisdata.
Duri ngthe change ofdirecti on,new lanes may
be added .
Lane notreco mmend ed0087: youwi llnot be
ab leto comp lete the next change ofdirecti on
if yo ustay inthis lane.
Re comme ndedlane and new lane during a
cha nge ofdirecti on0085: inthis lane youwi llbe
ab leto comp lete the next twochanges of
di recti onwithou tcha nging lane.
Othe rstatus indic ators ofthe navi ga-
tio nsys tem The
navigation system displ aysad ditiona l
info rma tion andthevehiclestatu s.
Pos sibledispl ays:
R New Route... New
Route... orCalc ulatingRoute... Calc
ulatingRoute...
A new routeiscal cul ate d.
R Road NotMapped Road
NotMapped
The vehiclepos ition isinsi dethe areaof the
di gital map butthe roadis not reco gnize d,
e.g. newlybu ilt stree ts,car parks orprivate
la nd.
R No Rout e No
Rout e
No routecou ldbe calcul ate dto the selected
des tina tion.
R 004B
Yo uha ve rea ched thedestina tion oran
inter mediate des tina tion. 17
2 Men
usand submen usOn-bo ard computer anddisplays

Aud
iomen u
Select ingara dio stat ion 0043
Active stati on list
0044 Stati on frequen cywit hmem oryposition
The mult ifunction disp laysho wsstati on 0044
wit hstati on frequen cyorstati on nam e.The
pre set position ison lydisp layed alongwit h
st ati on 0044 ifth is has been store d.
X Swi tchon themult imediasyst emand select
radi o(see theDi git alOper ator's Man ual).
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
ing whee lto sele cttheAud io Aud
iomen u.
X To
select apr eset listorstat ion list:
pre ssand brieflyhold the0063 or0064 but-
to nunt ilth epre set listorstati on list inthe
desi redfrequen cyran geissho wn.
X To select ast at ion: brieflypre ss0063
or 0064.
SI RIUS XM®
sat ellit eradi oact slik eano rm al
radi o.
Fo rmor einf orm ation on radi ooper ation,see
"Sat elliteradi o"intheDi git alOper ator's Man -
ual.
Op era ting anaudio player ormed ia You
canplay audio filesfrom various audio
player sor dat amed ia,depe nding onthe
equip mentins talled intheveh icle.
X Swi tchon themult imediasyst emand select
CD orMP3 mode(see theDi git alOper ator's
Man ual).
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
ing whee lto sele cttheAud io Aud
iomen u. X
To select thenext /previou strack :bri efly
pre ssthe0063 or0064 button.
X To
select atrack from thetrack list
(ra pid scrollin g):pressand hold the0063
or 0064 buttonunt ildesi redtrack 0043
appear s.
If you pressand hold the0063 or0064 but-
to n, therapi dsc rol lingspee dis inc reas ed.
Not allaudio playersor med iasupp ortthis
fun ction .
If track inform ation issav edon theaudio
player ormed ia,themult ifunction disp lay
will showthenum berand title of thetrack .
Vid eoDVD operation X
Swi tchon themult imediasyst emand select
vid eo DVD(see theDi git alOper ator's Man -
ual).
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
ing whee lto sele cttheAud io Aud
iomen u.
X To
select thenext orpreviou sscene:
bri eflypre ssthe0063 or0064 button.
X To
select ascene from thescene list
(ra pid scrollin g):pressand hold the0063
or 0064 buttonunt ildesi redscen e0043
appear s. Tel
eph one men u
Int rod uction G
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If you oper ateinform ation syst ems andcom-
mun ication equip mentint egr atedin the
veh iclewhen drivin g,you may bedist racted
fr om thetraff icsit uati on.You could also
lose control oftheveh icle. The reisaris kof
an acc iden t.
On lyoper atethis equip mentwhen thetraff ic
sit uati onper mits.Ifyou arenotsur eth at
th is ispos sible,park theveh iclepayin g Menu
sand submen us
173On -boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s
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att
ent ion totraff iccon dition sand oper ate
th eequipm entwhen theveh icle isstatio n-
ary.
When telepho ning,you must observeth elegal
requi rementsfor thecoun try in whic hyou are
cur ren tlydriv ing.
X Swit chon themobi lephon e(see theman u-
fac turer’s oper atingins truct ions).
X Swit chon themult imed iasyst em(see the
Dig ital Oper ator'sMan ual)
X Estab lish aBluet ooth®
con nectionto the
mult imed iasyst em(Ypage 221).
X Pres sth e0059 or0065 buttononthest eer-
ing wheel toselec tth eTel Tel
men u.
You willsee oneof thefoll owin gdisplay mes-
sages inthemult ifunction display:
R Pho neREADY Pho
neREADYorthenam eof thenet work
prov ider:th emobi lephon ehas foun danet -
work andisready torec eive .
R Pho neNoService Pho
neNoService:there isno net work
availabl eor themobi lephon eis sear ching
for anet work .
Accept ingacall If
som eonecalls youwhen youareintheTel Tel
men u,adisplay message appear sin themult i-
fun ction display.
You canaccept acall atany timereg ardle ssof
th emen uselec ted.
X Pres sth e0061 buttononthest eeri ngwheel
to acc ept anincomin gcall.
Rej ectin gor endi ngacall X
Pres sth e0076 buttononthest eeri ngwheel
to reject orend acall.
Select inganent ryintheph one book X
Pres sth e0059 or0065 buttononthest eer-
ing wheel toselec tth eTel Tel
men u.
X Pres sth e0063, 0064or0076 buttonto
swit chtothephon ebook .
X Aut horize acc ess tothephon ebook onthe
phon e. X
Pres s0064 or0063 toselec tth enam esone
aft ertheot her .
or X To star tra pid scrolling: pressand hold
th e0064 or0063 buttonfor longer than one
sec ond.
The nam esinthephon ebook aredisplaye d
quick lyon eaft ertheot her .
Rapid scroll ing stops when yourelease the
butt onorreac hth eend ofthelist .
X If
only onetelephone num berisstored
for anam e:pres sth e0061 or0076 button
to start dialin g.
or X If
th ere ismor eth an one num berfora
pa rticula rnam e:pres sth e0061 or0076
butt ontodisplay thenum bers.
X Pres sth e0063 or0064 buttontoselec tth e
num beryou want todial.
X Pres sth e0061 or0076 buttontostart dial-
ing .
or X To exit thetele phone book: pressth e
0076 or0038 button.
Red ialin g The
on-bo ard com pute rsave sth elast nam es
or num bers dialed intheredi almem ory.
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttononthest eer-
ing wheel toselec tth eTel Tel
men u.
X Pres sth e0061 buttontoswit chtothe
redi almem ory.
X Pres sth e0063 or0064 buttontoselec tth e
desir ednam eor num ber.
X Pres sth e0061 or0076 buttontostart dial-
ing .
or X To exit thered ialmem ory:pres sth e0076
or 0038 button. Assist
ancemenu
Intr odu ction De
pen dingon your vehicle'sequipm ent,in the
Dri veA ssist Dri
veA ssistmen u,you have thefoll owin g
opt ions: 174
Menu
sand subm enusOn-boar dcomp uter and displa ys