2019 MERCEDES-BENZ SPRINTER light

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tosee them aximum permissible
speed fory our trailer.
Yo ur vehicle will act dif fere ntly wi thatrailer rela‐
tiv etow ithout atrailer ,and will consume more
fuel. In thec ase of along and steep descent, you
mus tselect shif trange 3,2or 1in good time.
% This also applies if
thec ruise cont rolis
switched on.
Yo uw illthereb ymakeu se of thee ngine' sbraking
ef fect and will no thave tobrak easo ften tocon‐
trol thes peed. This will take some of thes train
of ft he brak esystema nd pr event theb rake sf rom
ove rheating and wearing tooq uickl y.Ifyo un eed
additional braking, depress theb rake pedal inter‐
mittently rath er than continuousl y.
Drivin gtips
If th et railer sw ays, remember thef ollowing
points:
R Do no taccelerat eunder an ycircums tances.
R Do no tcounter steer.
R If necessar y,appl ythe brakes.
% Yo
uc an pr eventthet railer from sw aying and
rock ingbyretrofitting stabilizer bar sortrailer
st abilit yprograms. Youc an obtain fur ther
information from an authorized Mercedes-
Benz Center.
R Maintain alarge rd ista nce than when driving
without atrailer.
R Avoid braking abruptl y.If possible, brak egen‐
tl yf irst of al lsot hatthet railer closes up
behind your vehicle. Then, increase theb rak‐
ing forc er apidl y.
R The values given fors tart-o ff gradeability
re fertos ea level. When driving in moun tain‐
ous areas, no tethat engine output, and there‐
fo re start-of fgradeability ,will dec rease with
inc reasin galtitude. Coupling/uncoupling
atrailer Coupling
atrailer
* NO
TEDama getothev ehicle batter ydue
to full discharge Charging
thet railer batter yusing thep ower
supply of thet railer can damag ethe vehicle
batter y. #
Do no tuse thev ehicle's po wersupply
to charge thet railer batter y. #
Shif tthe selector le vertop osition 005D. #
Appl ythe vehicle's parking brake. #
Close all thed oors. #
Position thet railer on alevel sur face behind
th ev ehicle.
% The ball head height
changes depending on
th ev ehicle's load. In this case, use atrailer
wit hah eight-adjus table trailer dr awbar. #
Couple up thet railer. #
Establish all electrical and other connections
to thet railer. #
Remo veobject sordevices whic hpreve nt the
traile rfromr olling, e.g. wheel choc ks. #
Release thet railer's parking brake.
% The
vehicle harness has acable connection
to theb rake light indicator lamp.
Obser vethem aximum permissible trailer dimen‐
sions (widt hand length).
Mos tUSs tatesa nd all Canadian pr ovinces pre‐
scribe thef ollowing points, and youa reurge ntly
re commended tocomply wi th these:
R Safetyc hains between thet ow ing vehicle and
th et railer .The chains should be routed in a
criss-cross pat tern unde rthe trailer dr awbar.
The ym ustbec onnected tothet railer tow
hitc hand no ttothe bumper or tothev ehicle
axle.
Lea vesuf ficient sla ckinthec hains. This
allo wsfore vens harp cornering.
R Aseparat ebrake system is requ ired forc er‐
ta in trailers.
R Asafet yf eatur eisrequired forb rake dt railers.
De term ine thes pecific requ irements acco rd‐
ing tother ele vant la ws.
If th et railer becomes de tach ed from thet ow‐
ing vehicle, thes afet yf eatur etrigger sthe
trailer brakes and can thus reduce thed anger.
Un coupling atrailer &
WARNING Risk of being crushed and
becoming trapped whe nuncoupling a
trailer
Whe nuncoupling atrail er wi than engaged
ine rtia-activated brake, your han dmay
become trapped between thev ehicle and the
traile rdrawbar. #
Do no tuncouple trailer swithan
engaged overrun brake. 16 2
Driving and pa rking

Do no
tuncouple atrailer with an ove rrun brak ein
as tate ofove rrun. Otherwise, ther ebound of the
ove rrunb rake can damag eyour vehicle. #
Shif tthe selector le vertop osition 005D. #
Appl ythe vehicle's parking brake. #
Close all thed oors. #
Appl ythe trailer's parking brake. #
Secur ethe trailer agains trolling away wit ha
wheel choc kors imilar object. #
Remo vethet railer cables and saf etyc hains. #
Uncouple thet railer. Information about
towing atrailer Operatin
gatrailer is subject toman ystatutory
re gulations suc hasspeedrestrictions.
Man ystatesa lso requ ireana uxiliaryseparate
functional brakin gsystem when towing aweight
th at exc eeds acertain limit .For your saf ety, it is
re commended touse aseparat efunctional brak‐
ing sy stem on an ytowe dvehicle.
Mak esuret hat your trailer combinatio nmeets
local regulations. This no tonlya pplies to your
plac eofr esidence, but also to your destination.
In fo rm atio nont his can be obtained from the
police and local authorities.
Compl ywitht he following when driving wit ha
trailer:
R Practice cornering, stopping and backing up
in at raffic-free location. In this wa y,yo uw ill
ga in driving experience and become accus‐
to med tothen ew handling characteristics.
R Befor edriving, checkt he following:
- that thet railer towh itch and ball coupling
ar es ecure
- that thes afet ys wit ch forb rake dt railer sis
functioning cor rectly
- that thes afet yc hains ar esecur eand
undamaged
- that thee lectrical connection saresecure
- that thel ights ar efunctioning cor rectly
- thew heels ford ama geand cor rect tire
pressur e(/ page 294)
R Adjus tthe outside mir rors so that youh ave a
clea rviewoft herear sectio nofthe trailer.
R Ifth et railer is equipped wit hanindividual
braking sy stem, checkb efor eeachj ourney
whe ther theb rake sa refunctioning cor rectl y. R
Ifth et railer has electronicall ycont rolled
brakes, pull away carefully wi th thevehicle/
trailer combination .Brake manually using the
brak econtroller and checkw hether the
brakes ar efunctioning cor rectl y.
R Secu rethel oad on thet railer in line wit hthe
re qu irements and rules forl oad-securing
me thods.
R When driving wit hatrailer ,chec katr egular
inter vals that thel oad is secur eand that the
light sand brakes ar efunctioning cor rectl y.
R Bea rinm indthat theh andling characteristics
ar em oreu nstable when towing atrailer than
when drivin gwithout atrailer .Avoid sudden
st eering mo vements.
R The vehicle/trailer combination is heavier,
accelerates mor eslowl y,has areduced
climbing ability and an increased braking dis‐
ta nce. It is mor esusceptible toside winds
and requ ires careful steering.
R If possible, do no tbrake suddenl y,but rath er
moderatel yatfirst so that thet railer can acti‐
va te its brakes. Then inc rease thep ressur eon
th eb rake pedal.
R Ifth ea utomatic transmission shifts between
ge arsonu phill or downhill gradients, restrict
th es hiftrange. Select shif trang e4,3,2or1.
Al owe rgear and reduced speed decrease the
ri sk of engine damage.
R When driving on adownhill gradient, shif ttoa
lo we rgear touse thee ngine' sbraking ef fect.
Av oid cons tant braking, as this could cause
th ev ehicle brakes and possibly also the
traile rbrake stoo verheat.
R Ifth ec oolant temp eratur eincreases signifi‐
cant lywhen thea ir-conditionin gsystemis
switched on, switc hthe air-conditioning sys‐
te mo ff.
Coolant heat can also be dissipated by
switching thea irflow and thet emperatur eof
th eh eater or air conditioning tothem aximum
le ve l. Open thew indo wsif necessar y.
R When overtak ing, pa yparticular attention to
th ei ncreased overtakin gdista nce of your
ve hicle/trailer combination.
Due tothel engt hofy ourvehicle/trailer com‐
bination youw illrequ ireal onger stre tchof
ro ad befor eswit ching bac ktothe original
lane. Driving and parking
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page 121)
00D9 HOLD fu
nction(/pa ge146)
00CE Ad
aptiv eHighbeam
Assist(/ page82)
00D7 AT
TENTION ASSIS Tdeactivated
003E Ad
oor is no tfully closed.
00C5 Re
ar wind owwiper swit ched on
(/ page90)
002E LO
WR ANGE activ e(/pag e120)
SOS
NOT
READY Emergency call sy
stem no tactive Ac
tiveL aneK eeping Assis tswitched
of f(/pag e158)
00D4 Ac
tiveB rake Assi stdeactivated
(/ page140) Blind Spo
tAssistswitched off
(/ page155)
Ve hicles with Traf ficS ign Assis t:de tected traf‐
fi cs igns and messages (/ page 153). Se
ttin gthe in stru men tlighting #
Turn brightness control knob 1upwards or
down wards.
The lighting on theI nstrument Displa yand
th ec ont role lements in thev ehicle interior is
set.
% In
vehicles without brightness contro lknob
1 ,the instrument lighting can be se tviathe
on-boar dcomputer (/ page173). Menus and submenus
Calling up functions on
thes ervice menu On-boar
dcomputer:
4 Service #
Selec tand con firm ther equired function.
The following function sareavailable on the
Service menu:
R Messages:m essagememo ry (/ pag e339)
R DEF:D isplays th eDEFrang ea nd le vel
( / pag e129)
R Tires:
- Che ckst he tir epressur ewitht he tire
pressur emonitoring sy stem
(/ page301 )
- Restarts thet irep ressur emonitoring sys‐
te m( /pag e302)
R ASSYST PLUS :callsupt he service due date
(/ page264)
R Engine Oil Level :measures engine oil le vel
R Long-term consumption Calling up
thea ssistant display On-boar
dcomputer:
4 Assistance #
Selec tthe desired displa yand confirm.
The following displa ysarea vailable on thea ssis‐
ta nt displ ay:
R Assi stant display
R Attention le vel(/ pag e152) #
Switc hbetwe en thed ispla ysand con firm the
selected displa y. Instrument Displa
yand on-boar dcomputer 16 9

#
Only operat 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. When using
thep hone, youm usto bse rvet he
legal requirements fort he countr yinwhichyou
ar ec urrently driving.
Re quirements:
R The mobile phone is connec tedtot he multi‐
media sy stem.
On-boar dcomputer:
4 Phone
Select one of thef ollowing options:
R Prev ious calls
R Phon ebook
R Call status
Ve hicles with MBUX multimedia sy stem: the
mos trecen ttelephone calls (dialed numbers,
accep teda nd missed calls) ar edispla yedont he
Phone menu. #
Select and confir matelephone number.
If onl yone telephone number has been
sa ve df or th eentry: thet elephone number
is dialed. #
If se veraltelephone number shave been
sa ve df or th eentry: select and confir ma
te lephon enumbe r.
The telephon enumbe risdialed.
Ins tead of thes elected telephon enumbe rs,t he
fo llowing displa ysma yappear:
R Please Wait :The application is cur rently start‐
ing .IfnoB luetooth ®
connection tothem obile
phone is es tablished, them enu fora uthoriz‐
ing and connecting amobilephone willbe
displa yedint he multimedia sy stem
(/ page231).
R Updating Data… :The call lis tisbeing upda‐
te d.
R Importing Contacts:T he mobile phone's con‐
ta cts, or amemo rymedium's contacts are
being impor ted.
Ac cepting/rejecting acall
When youa recalled, theIncoming Call message
appear sonthe displa y. #
Press 0061toaccep tthe call or 0076to
re ject it.
Yo uc an also accep torreject thec all using the
0061 or0076 buttons on thes teering wheel. Calling up settings on
theo n-boa rdcompu ter On-boar
dcomputer:
4 Settings
The following ent ries can be se tonthe Settings
menu:
R Light
- Setting Instrument lighting
R Vehicle
- Switching Regensensor (Rain sensor) on
and off
R Setting Heating
R Display and Operation
- Switching permanent Display DEV Level
on and off #
Select an entr yand con firm thes election. #
Mak ethe necessar ychanges. Instrument Displa
yand on-boar dcomputer 17 3

Vo
ice command Colloquial example Function
Engine data CanIswitch to the
motor menu? To
cal lupe ngine da ta
Next service Tell me my next
service appointmentTo
cal lupt he next service due date
Range Tell me the current
rangeTo
cal lupr angedata
Consum ptionO pen the consumption
menu To
cal lupc onsumptions ettings
Display and styles
menu Go to display and
style
smenu settings To
sho wdispla ysettings
Assistance menu Show me the driver assistance settingsTo
displa yassis tance settings
Light menu Switch to the light set-
tingsTo
displa ylight settings 184
Voice Cont rolS ystem

No sugg
estions ar eavailable in theGuest pro‐
fi le.
R Aprofile has been selec ted.
R Youh ave accep tedd atar ecording.
R From theb eginnin gofusage, them ultimedia
sy stem mus tanalyz ethe user habits. When
suf ficient da tais collec tedt hen thes ugges‐
tions ar eavailable.
If th er equirements mentioned ar enotfulfilled, a
pr ev ieww ithad escription of thef unction
appear sintheSUGGESTIONS menu.
Yo uc an con figur ethe dat arecording
(/ page193) or del eteu nsuitable suggestions
(/ page193)in order toimpr oves uggestions.
Calling up suggestions
Re quirements:
R An individual user profile has been created
and is selected (/ page192).
% The gues
tprofile is activ ewhen them ultime‐
dia sy stem is firs ts tarted. #
Tapon©in them edia displa y.
The home screen is shown. #
Swipe up until theSUGGESTIONS menu is
shown. #
Select anavigation destination, amusic tra ck,
ar adio statio norac ontact.
% If
ro uteg uidance is already active, youc an
st ar tas uggestio nasanewr out eguidance or
se tani ntermediat edestinatio nfor thee xist‐
in gr oute.
Configuring suggestions
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
f Profiles #
Select Zforap rofile. #
Select Suggestion Settings. #
Toswitc hsuggestions displa yon/off:
switch Allow destination suggestions ,Allow
Music Suggestions andAllow Contact Sug-
gestions on or off.
If an option is switched on, suggestions for
navigation de stinations ,music trac ks,radio
st ations or con tacts ar eshown.
If th eo ption is switched off, no suggestions
ar es hown. #
Todeactivat ethe lear nfunctio nfor one
da y:activate 24hL earnin gDeact..
Fo r24h oursnon ewactions will be trained
and no dat arecorded fort he activ eprofile. Suggestions will continue
tobe shown. The
re maining time is shown next to24h Learn-
ing Deact..
Befor ethe time runs out, amessa geis shown
th at them ultimedia sy stem will continue the
lear nfunction shortl y.
Example: if theo ption is switched on and a
ro utetoan ewdestinatio nhas been calcula‐
te d, this destination would no tbetaken in to
account fort he lear nfunction. #
Torese tthe sug gestion his tory: select
Reset Suggestion History .
% Thi
sp rocess canno tbereve rsed. #
Select Yes.
Re naming suggestions
Onl ynavigation destinations can be renamed. #
Tapont he© symbol in them edia displa y.
The home screen is shown. #
Swipe up until theSUGGESTIONS menu is
shown. #
Highlight anavigation destination and press
until theOPTIONS menu is shown. #
Select Rename . #
Ente rthe name. #
Toconfir mthe ent ry:select Yes.
Deleting asuggestion #
Tapon©in them edia displa y.
The home screen is shown. #
Swipe up until theSUGGESTIONS menu is
shown. #
Highlight asuggestion and press until the
OPTIONS menu is shown. #
Select Delete.
Deleting suggestions in thea pplications
Yo uc an dele tesuggestions in thep reviou sdesti‐
nations ,intheradio statio nlista nd in thec on‐
ta cts. #
Select 0064foras uggestion. #
Select No Longer Suggest. #
Todel etet he sug gestion from thec urrent
lis t:select Not Now.
The suggestion will be shown again at alater
time in thel ist. #
Todel eteas uggestion permanent ly:select
Never. MBUX multimedia sy
stem 19 3

#
When thec rosshair mar ksthed estination,
press and hold on thec ont role lement.
The destination address is shown.
If se verald estination sarelocated around the
crosshai r,al ists hows thea vailable roads and
POIs. #
Select thed estination in thel ist.
The destination address is shown. The route
can be calculated.
Showing POIs in thev icinit yoft he map
If se verald estination sarelocated around the
crosshai r,th ef unction is available. #
Select 0062. #
Select POIsint heVicinity.
The map appears. #
Swip eleftorr ight on thec ont role lement.
The pr evious or next POI is highlighted on the
map. The name or thea ddress is shown. #
Select theP OI symbol.
or #
Tofilter thed ispla yaccording totheP OI
categor y:scroll on thec ont role lement. #
Selec tthe POI categor y.
Selecting adestination from favo rites
Re quirements:
R Destination saresave dasf avorite s.
Sa ve ap reviou sdestination or adestination
suggestion as afavo rite ( / pag e221).
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
NavigationNavigation
5 ª Where to? 5
FAVORITES #
Select afavo rite.
The destination address is shown. The route
can be calculated.
The following option sareavailable in thef avo rites
menu:
R Saving addre ssesforh ome and work
R Creating favo rites
R Deleting favo rites #
If no address ha sbeen sa vedf or home
an dw ork: select HomeorWork. #
Confir mthe prom ptwith Yes. #
Entert he favo rite as aP OI or address
(/ page207). #
Tosave afavo rite: select Add Favorites. #
Enter thef avo rite as aP OI or address
(/ page207).
or #
If all thep osition sinthefavo rite sa refull, first
select afavo rite whic histobeo verw ritten
(/ page 194). #
Followt he instructions pr ovided. #
Todel eteaf avorite: select Vforad esti‐
nation. #
Select Delete.
or #
Press on afavo rite until theOPTIONS menu is
shown. #
Select Delete. Ro
ute Calculating
aroute
Re quirements:
R The destination has been entered.
R The destination address is shown. 1
¥ Noroutey et
¦ Arout ehas been mapped #
Select ¥.
The routetot he destination is calculated. The
map sho ws theroute. Routeg uidance then
begins.
or #
Select ¦.
If ar out eisa lready mapped, apromp tis
shown. #
Select Set as Way Point .
The selected destination address is se tasthe
next intermediat edestination. Routeg uid‐
anc ebegins.
If th er ea realready four intermediat edestina‐
tions ,the multimedia sy stem ask swhether MBUX multimedia sy
stem 211

Wa
rning messages ar eannounced, e.g.
befor etailbac ksthat pose arisk (if availa‐
ble).
This function is no tavailable in all coun‐
tries and languages.
Au dibl eindication whe napproachin gaper‐
sonal POI #
Select Personal POIs. #
Activat eac ategor y.
The displa ybutton is activated. When
approaching apersonal POI in this category
an audible indication will be issued.
Showing destination information fort he route
Re quirements:
R Adestination is entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
Navigation 5
¡ #
Select Route Overview .
When routeg uidance is active, thed estina‐
tion and intermediat edestinations ar eshown,
if th ese ha vebeen entered and no tyet been
passed.
The routec an include up tofour intermediate
destinations. #
Select adestinatio noranintermediat edesti‐
nation.
The following informatio nisdisplayed:
R Remaining driving dis tance
R Time of ar rival
R Remaining journe ytime
R Name, destination addre ss
R Phone number (if available)
R Webaddress (if available)
Planning routes
Multimedi asystem:
4 © 5
Navigation
5 ¡ 5
Route Overview #
Select Set Way Point . #
Ente rthe intermediat edestination as aPOI or
address, fore xamp le (/ page207). #
Select thei ntermediat edestination.
Af ters election of an intermedia tedestination,
th er out eoverviewiss hown again. #
Calculat ethe routew ithi ntermediat edestina‐
tions (/ page214 ) %
If
th er ea realready four intermediat edestina‐
tions ,dele tean intermediat edestination
(/ page214).
Editin garoutew ith intermediat edestina‐
tions
Requ irements:
R Adestination is entered.
R Forthe moving function ther em usta lso be at
leas tone intermediat edestination.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
Navigation
5 ¡ 5
Route Overview #
Tochang ethe sequence of destinations:
select Vforani ntermedia tedestination or
destination.
Am enu opens. #
Select Move.
00FB is highlighted. #
Movethei ntermediat edestination or thed es‐
tination with 005Eor0049 tothed esired
position. #
Tapon00FB . #
Todel etead estination: selectVforan
intermedia tedestination or destination. #
Select Delete.
The destination is dele ted.
Calculating arout ew ith intermediat edestina‐
tions
Re quirements:
R The destination and at leas tone intermediate
destination ha vebeen entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
Navigation
5 ¡ 5
Route Overview #
Select StartRoute Guidance.
or #
Ifth er out ehas been edited, select To Naviga-
tion G. #
Con firm thep romp twith Yes .
The routeisc alculated. Routeg uidance
begins. 214
MBUX multimedia sy stem