still
detects increasing lapsesinconcen tra-
tion, youwillbewarned againafter 15minutes
at the earliest. Thiswillonly happen ifATTEN-
TION ASSISTstill detects typicalindicators of
fatigue orincreasing lapsesinconcen tration.
Vehicles withtheCOMAND multimedia
system: ifawarning isoutput inthe multi-
function display,aservice stationsearchis
performed inthe multimedia system.Youcan
select aservice stationandnavigation tothis
service stationwillthen begin. Thisfunction
can beactivated ordeactivated inthe multi-
media system; seetheDigital Operator's Man-
ual . Lane
Tracking package
General notes The
Lane Tracking packageconsistsofBlind
Spot Assist (Ypage 185)andLane Keeping
Assist (Ypage 186).
Blind SpotAssis t General
notes
Blind SpotAssist monitors theareas oneither
side ofthe vehicle thatarenot visible tothe
driver withtwolateral, rear-facing radarsen-
sors. Awarning displayin the exterior mirrors
draws yourattent iontovehicles detected in
the monitored area.Ifyou then switch onthe
corresponding turnsignal tochange lane,you
will also receive anoptical andaudiblewarn-
ing.
Blind SpotAssist supports youfrom aspeed of
approximately 20mph (30km/h).
Importa ntsafety notes G
WARNING
Blind SpotAssist doesnotreact to:
R vehicles overtaken tooclosely onthe side,
placing theminthe blind spotarea
R vehicles whichapproach withalarge
speed differential andovertake yourvehi-
cle
As aresult, BlindSpotAssist maynotgive
warnings insuch situations. Thereisarisk
of an accident. Always
observe thetraffic conditions care-
fully ,and maintain asafe lateral distance.
Blind SpotAssist isonly anaid. Itmay failto
detect somevehicles andisno substitute for
attent ivedriving. Alwaysensurethatthere is
sufficient distancetothe side forother road
users andobstacles.
i USA
only:
This device hasbeen approved bythe FCC
as a"Vehicul arRada rSystem". Theradar
sensor isintended foruse inan automotive
radar system only.Removing, tampering
with, oraltering thedevice willvoid anywar-
ranties, andisnot permitted bythe FCC. Do
not tamper with,alter, oruse inany non-
approved way.
Any unauthorized modificationtothis device
could voidtheuser’s authority tooperate
the equip ment.
Rada rsenso rs
The radar sensors forBlind SpotAssist are
integrated intotherear bumper. Makesure
that thebumpers arefree from dirt,iceor
slush. Thesensors mustnotbecovered, for
example bycycle racks oroverhanging loads.
Following asevere impact orinthe event of
damage tothe bumpers, havethefunction of
the radar sensors checked ataqual ified spe-
cialist workshop. BlindSpotAssist maynolon-
ger work properly.
Monitoring rangeofthe senso rs
In particular, thedetection ofobstacles canbe
impaired if:
R there isdirt onthe sensors oranything else
covering thesensors
R there ispoor visibil ity,e.g. due tofog, heavy
rain orsnow
R anarrow vehicle traveling infront ,e.g. a
motorbike orbicycle
R the road hasvery wide lanes
R the road hasnarrow lanes
R you arenot driving inthe middle ofthe lane
R there arebarriers orother roadboundarie s
Vehicles inthe monitoring rangearethen not
indicated.
Blind SpotAssist monitors thearea upto10 ft
(3 m) behind yourvehicle anddirectly nextto
it. Driving
systems
185Drivingandparking Z
If
the lanes arenarrow, vehiclesdriving inthe
lane beyond thelane next toyou rvehicle may
be indicated ,especia llyifthe vehicle sare not
driving inthe middl eof their lane. Thismay be
the case ifthe vehicle sare driving onthe inner
side oftheir lane.
Due tothe nature ofthe system:
R warnings maybeissu edinerror when driv-
ing close tocrash barriersor simil arsolid
lane borders.
R warnings maybeinterrupted whenyouare
driving alongsideparticul arlylong vehicle s,
such astrucks, foraprolonged time.
Warning display 0043
Warning display
Blind SpotAssist isnot active atspeed sbelow
appro ximately 20mph (30km/h). Vehiclesin
the monitoring rangearethen notindicated .
When BlindSpotAssist isactivated, indicator
lamp 0043inthe exterior mirrorslightsupyellow
at speed sof up to20 mph (30km/h ).At
speed sabove 20mph (30km/h), theindicator
lamp goesoutand Blind SpotAssist isopera -
tional.
If avehicle isdetected withintheblind spot
monitoring rangeatspeed sabove 20mph
(30 km/h), warning lamp0043onthe corre-
sponding sidelights upred. This warning is
alw ays emitted whenavehicle enterstheblind
spot monitoring rangefrombehind orfrom the
side. When youovertake avehicle ,the warning
only occurs ifthe difference inspeed isless
than 7mph (12km/h ).
The yellow indicator lampgoesoutifreverse
gear isengaged .In this event, BlindSpot
Assist isno longer active.
The brightness ofthe indicator/wa rninglamps
is adjusted automaticallyaccording tothe
ambi entlight. Col
lision warning
If avehicle isdetected inthe monitoring range
of Blind SpotAssist andyouswitch onthe cor-
respondi ngturn signal ,a doub lewarning tone
sounds. Redwarning lamp0043flashe s.Ifthe
turn signal remains on,vehicle sdetected are
indicated bythe flashi ngofred warning
lamp 0043.There arenofurther warning tones.
Swi tching onBlind SpotAssist
X Make surethatBlind SpotAssist isactiva-
ted inthe on-board computer (Ypage 198).
X Turn theSmartKey topositio n0048 inthe igni-
tion lock.
Warning lamps0043 inthe exterior mirrors
light upred forappro ximately 1.5seconds
and then turnyellow.
Lane Keeping Assist Gene
ralnotes Lane
Keepi ngAssist monitors thearea infront
of you rvehicle bymeans ofmultifu nctioncam-
era 0043which isattached behindthetop ofthe
windshi eld.Lane Keepi ngAssist detects lane
markings onthe road andcanwarn youbefore
you leaveyou rlane unintentionally .
This function isavai lablein the range betwee n
40 mph and120 mph (60km/h and
200 km/h).
A warning maybegiven ifafront wheel passes
over alane marking. Itwil lwarn youbymeans
of intermittent vibrationin the steering wheel
for upto1.5 seconds .
Important safetynotes G
WARNING
Lane Keepi ngAssist cannot always clearl y
detect lanemarkings. 186
Drivi
ngsystemsDrivi ngand parking
In
such cases, LaneKeepi ngAssist can:
R give anunnecessary warning
R not give awarning
There isarisk ofan accident.
Alway spay particul arattention tothe traffic
situa tionandkeep within thelane, espe-
ciall yif Lane Keepi ngAssist alerts you . G
WARNING
The Lane Keepi ngAssist warning doesnot
return thevehicle tothe origina llane. There
is arisk ofan accident.
You shoul dalw ays steer, brakeoraccelera te
you rself, inparticul arifwarned byLane
Keepi ngAssist.
If you failtoada ptyou rdriving style,Lane
Keepi ngAssist canneither reducetherisk of
an accident noroverride thelawsof phys ics.
Lane Keepi ngAssist cannot takeintoaccount
the road, traffic andweather conditions. Lane
Keepi ngAssist ismerely anaid.You are
responsib lefor the distance tothe vehicle in
front, forvehicle speed,for braking ingood
time andforstayi nginyou rlane.
The Lane Keepi ngAssist doesnotkeep the
vehicle inthe lane.
The system maybeimpa iredormay notfunc-
tion if:
R there ispoor visibility,e.g. due toinsuffi-
cient illuminatio nof the road, ordue to
snow, rain,fogorspray
R there isglare ,e.g. from oncoming traffic,
the sun orreflection fromother vehicle s
(e.g. ifthe road surface iswet)
R the windshi eldisdirty, fogged up,dama ged
or covered, forinstance byasticker, inthe
vicinity ofthe camera
R there arenoorseveral unclearlane mark-
ings forone lane, e.g.roadw orks
R the lane markings areworn away,dark or
covered up,e.g. bydirt orsnow
R the distance tothe vehicle infront istoo
short andthus thelane markings cannotbe
detected
R the lane markings changequickly, e.g.lanes
branch off,cross oneanother ormerge R
the road isnarrow andwindi ng
R there arehighl yvaria bleshade conditions
on the roadw ay
Swi tching onLane Keeping Assist
X Switch onActive LaneKeepi ngAssist using
the on-board computer; todo so, select
Standard Standard
orAdaptive Adaptive
(Ypage 186).
If you drive atspeed sabove 40mph
(60 km/h) andlane markings aredetected,
the lines inthe assis tance graphi care
shown ingreen (Ypage 197). LaneKeepi ng
Assist isready foruse.
If Standard Standard
isselected, nowarning vibration
occurs if:
R you have switched onthe turn signal .In this
event, thewarnings aresupp ressed fora
certain periodoftime.
R adriving safetysystem intervenes, e.g.ABS,
BAS orESP ®
.
When Adaptive Adaptive
isselected, nowarning vibra-
tion occurs if:
R you have switched onthe turn signal .In this
event, thewarnings aresupp ressed fora
certain periodoftime.
R adriving safetysystem intervenes, e.g.ABS,
BAS orESP ®
.
R you accelera tehard, e.g.kickdown.
R you brake hard.
R you steer actively ,e.g. swerve toavoid an
obstacle orchange lanesquickly.
R you cutthe corner onasharp bend.
In order thatyouarewarned onlywhen neces-
sary andingood timeifyou cross thelane
marking, thesystem detects certaincondi-
tions andwarns youaccordingly .
The warning vibrationoccurs earlierif:
R you appro achtheouter lanemarking ona
bend
R the road hasvery widelanes, e.g.afreewa y
R the system detects solidlanemarkings
The warning vibrationoccurs laterif:
R the road hasnarrow lanes.
R you cutthe corner onabend Drivi
ngsystems
187Drivingand parking Z
X
Esta blish aBlu eto oth ®
conne ctionto the
mu ltimed iasystem (see the DigitalOp era -
tor' sMa nua l).
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing wheelto sel ect the Tel Tel
menu .
Yo uwi llsee one ofthe followi ng disp laymes -
sa ge sin the multifu nctio ndisp lay:
R Pho neREADY Pho
neREADYorthe nam eof the netw ork
pro vider: the mob ile ph one hasfou ndanet-
wo rkand isrea dytorece ive.
R Pho neNoService Pho
neNoService:the reisno netw ork
av ailabl e or the mob ile ph one issea rchi ng
for anetw ork.
Ac ceptin gaca ll If
som eone callsyo uwh en youar ein the Tel Tel
menu ,a di sp laymes sage appe arsin the multi-
fu nctio ndisp lay.
Yo ucan accepta cal lat any time ,eve nif yo u
ar enot inthe Tel Tel
menu .
X Pre ssthe 0061 button onthe stee ringwh eel
to acc eptan inco mingcal l.
Reje cting orendin gaca ll Yo
ucan end orreje ctacal lany time ,eve nif
yo uar enot inthe Tel Tel
menu .
X Pre ssthe 0076 button onthe stee ringwh eel
to reje ctor end acal l.
Se lecti ng anentry inthe phonebook X
Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing wheelto sel ect the Tel Tel
menu .
X Pre ssthe 0063, 0064or0076 button to
sw itch tothe phone book.
X Auth orize acc ess tothe phone book on the
ph one .
X Pre ssthe 0063 or0064 button tosel ect the
de sired nam e.
or X To begin rapid scrol ling :pre ssand hold
the 0063 or0064 button forlonge rtha none
sec ond .
Ra pid scro lling stop swh en yourel ease the
bu tton orrea chthe end ofthe list.
X If
on lyon etel eph onenumb erissto red
fo ra name :pre ssthe 0061 or0076 button
to sta rtdialing .
or X
If
the reismore thanonenumb erfora
parti cular name :pre ssthe 0061 or0076
bu tton todisp laythe num bers.
X Pre ssthe 0063 or0064 button tosel ect the
num beryo uwa ntto dial.
X Pre ssthe 0061 or0076 button tosta rtdial-
ing .
or X Ifyo udo notwa nttomake aca ll:pre ss
the 0076 or0038 button.
Redi aling The
on-b oard comp utersa ves thelast nam es
or num bers dialed inthe redialmem ory.
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing wheelto sel ect the Tel Tel
menu .
X Pre ssthe 0061 button tosw itch tothe
red ialmem ory.
X Pre ssthe 0063 or0064 button tosel ect the
de sired nam eor num ber.
X Pre ssthe 0061 or0076 button tosta rtdial-
ing .
or X Ifyo udo notwa nttomake thecall:pre ss
the 0076 or0038 button. As
sistan cemen u
In trodu ction Dep
endingonthe equipme ntins talled in the
veh icle, youha ve the followi ng optio ns inthe
Dri veA ssist Dri
veA ssistmenu :
R Dis play ing the assista nce graphic
(Y page 197 )
R Dea ctivating/a ctivating ESP ®
(excep t
Me rced es‑AMG vehicles) (Ypage 197 )
R Activ ating/d eactiv ating Activ eBra keAssi st
(Y page 197 )
R Activ ating/d eactiv ating ATT ENTI ONASSIST
(Y page 198 )
R Activ ating/d eactiv ating Blind Spo tAssi st
(Y page 198 )
R Activ ating/d eactiv ating Lane Kee ping Assi st
(Y page 198 ) 19
6 Me
nus and submen usOn-bo ard computer anddisplay s
Acti
vating/d eactivating ATT ENT ION
ASSIS T X
Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
ing whee lto sele cttheDri veAssist Dri
veAssistmen u.
X Pre ssthe0063 or0064 buttonto sele ct
Att ention Assist Att
ention Assist.
X Pre ss0076 toconfirm .
The curren tsele ction appear s.
X Pre ss0076 toconfirm .
X Pre ssthe0064 or0063 buttonto set Off Off
,
Sta ndard Sta
ndardorSen sitive Sen
sitive.
X Pre ssthe0076 buttonto sav eth eset ting .
When ATTENTI ON ASSIST isdeac tivat ed, the
00D7 symbolappear sin themult ifunction
disp layintheassi stanc egrap hicsdisp lay.
Fo rfur ther inform ation about ATTENTI ON
AS SIST ,see (Ypage 183).
Acti vating/d eactivating Blind Spot
Assis t X
Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
ing whee lto sele cttheDri veAssist Dri
veAssistmen u.
X Pre ssthe0063 or0064 buttonto sele ct
Bli ndSpotAss ist Bli
ndSpotAss ist .
X Pre ss0076 toconfirm .
The curren tsele ction appear s.
X To act ivate/ dea ctivate: pressthe0076
but tonagain .
Fo rfur ther inform ation about Blind Spot
As sis t,see (Ypage 185).
Acti vating/d eactivating Lan eKeepi ng
Assis t X
Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
ing whee lto sele cttheDri veAssist Dri
veAssistmen u.
X Pre ssthe0063 or0064 buttonto sele ct
Lan eKee pingAss ist Lan
eKee pingAss ist.
X Pre ss0076 toconfirm .
The curren tsele ction appear s.
X Pre ss0076 again toconfirm .
X Pre ssthe0064 or0063 buttonto set Off Off
,
Sta ndard Sta
ndardorAda ptive Ada
ptive.
X Pre ssthe0076 buttonto sav eth eset ting .
When LaneKee pingAs sis tis act ivat ed, the
mult ifunction disp laysho wsthelan emar k-
ing sas bright lines intheassi stanc e
grap hic. Fo
rfur ther inform ation about LaneKee ping
As sis t,see (Ypage 186). Ser
vice menu
De pen dingon theequip mentins talled inthe
veh icle, you haveth efol lowin gopt ionsin the
Ser v. Ser
v.men u:
R Callin gup disp laymes sage sin mes sage
mem ory(Ypage 204)
R Rest arting thetire pre ssur eloss warn ing
syst em(Can adaonly) (Ypage 312)
R Chec king thetire pre ssur eelec tron ical ly
(US Aon ly) (Ypage 312)
R Callin gup theser vicedue date
(Y page 279) Set
tings men u
Int rod uction De
pen dingon theequip mentins talled inthe
veh icle, you haveth efol lowin gopt ionsin the
Set t. Set
t.men u:
R Chan gingth eins trumen tclus terset ting s
R Chan gingth eligh tset ting s
R Chan gingth eveh icleset ting s
R Chan gingth eco nven ien ceset ting s
R Rest oring thefac tory set ting s
Inst rumen tclus ter Select
ingthedis tance unit
The DisplayUni tSpe ed-/Odometer: Dis
playUni tSpe ed-/Odometer:fun c-
ti on allows youtochoos ewhet hercertain dis-
plays appear inkilom eters ormile sin themul-
ti fun ction disp lay.
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttonon thest eer -
ing whee lto sele cttheSet t. Set
t.men u.
X Pre ssthe0064 or0063 buttonto sele ctthe
Ins trumentClu ster Ins
trumentClu stersubm enu.
X Pre ss0076 toconfirm .
X Pre ssthe0064 or0063 buttonto sele ctthe
Dis playUni tSpe ed-/Odometer Dis
playUni tSpe ed-/Odometer function .
You willsee thesele cted setting :km km
or
mil es mil
es.
X Pre ssthe0076 buttonto sav eth eset ting . 198
Menu
sand submen usOn-boar dcomp uter anddi sp lay s