2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS alarm

R
Fuelfiller flap
R Trunk lid
If th ev ehicle isno to pened within appr oximat ely
40 seco ndsafte ru nloc king, itloc ksagain. Anti-
th eftp rotection isactiv ated again.
Do notk eep theS mar tKey toget her withe lec‐
tr onic devices orme talo bje cts. This canaffect
th eS mar tKey 's functionality .
Do notk eep theS mar tKey inthet em per atur e-
con trolled cupholder .Other wise, theS mar tKey
will notb ereliably detected. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe aco ustic lock ing
ve rificat ion signa l Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Aco ustic Lock #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe pani calarm Re
quirement s: R
The ignit ionisswitc hedoff.
% The panic alarmfunc tion isonl yavailable in
cer tain coun tries. #
Toactiv ate: press butt on1 fora pprox‐
ima tely one second.
Av isual andaudibl ealarmi strigg ered. #
Todeac tivate: brieflyp ress but ton1 again.
or #
Press thes tart/s topb utton onthec ockpit
(t he Smar tKey isinside thev ehicle). Changing
theu nloc king settings Po
ssible unlockingfunctions oftheS mar tKey :
R Cen tralunlo cking
R Unloc kin gthe driver's door andfuel filler flap #
Toswitc hbetwe en settings: press the
Ü andß buttonss imul taneousl yfor
appr oximat elys ixseco ndsuntilth ei ndicat or
lam pflashes twice.
Op tions ifth eu nloc king function fort he driver's
door andfuel filler flap has been selected:
R Tounlo ckthev ehic lecentr ally:press the
Ü buttontwice.
R Vehicl eswith KEYLESS-GO :if yo ut ouc h
th ei nner surface ofthed oor handle onthe
dr iver's door ,onlyt he driver's door andfuel
fi ller flap areu nlocked. Deactiv
atingtheS ma rtKe yfunctio ns If
yo ud on otuse thev ehicle oraS mar tKey for
an extende dperiodo ftime, youc an reduce the
ener gycon sum ption ofther espectiv eSmar tKey .
To do so, deactiv atet he Smar tKey functions. Openi
ngand closi ng 65

ATA
(anti-thef talarm system) Fu
nction oftheA TAsystem
If th eA TAsystem isarmed, avisual andaudible
alar mistrigg ered inthef ollo wing situations:
R When adoor isopen ed
R When thet runk lidisopened
R When theh ood isopened
R When thei nter ior motion sensor istrigg ered
(/ page94)
R Whenthet ow -awa ya larmi strigg ered
(/ page94)
Th eA TAsystem isarmed automaticall yafter
appr oximat elyt en seconds inthef ollo wing situa‐
tions:
R Afterl oc king thev ehicle withthe Smar tKey
R Afterl oc king thev ehicle usingKEYLES S-GO Indicat
orlam p1 flashes whentheA TAsystem
is armed.
The ATAs ystem isdeactiv ated aut omaticall yin
th ef ollo wing situations:
R Afteru nloc king thev ehicle withthe Smar t‐
Ke y
R Afteru nloc king thev ehicle usingKEYLES S-
GO R
Afterp ressing thes tart/s topb utton withthe
Sma rtKe yint he stow agec om par tment
(/ page173)
% WhentheM ercedes‑ Benzemergency call
sy stem isactiv eand thea larms tays on for
mor ethan 30seconds, amessag eisa uto‐
mat icall ysenttot he Cus tomer Assis tance
Ce nter (/ page 360) .
% Inthec ase ofsevere batt eryd ischar ging,
th ea nti- thefta larms ystemi sautomatic ally
deactiv ated tofacil itat et he next engine
st ar t.
Deact ivat ing theA TA #
Press theÜ ,ß or008B buttononthe
Smar tKey .
or #
Press thes tart/s topb utton withthe Smar t‐
Ke yint he mar keds pace (/page173)
De activ ating thea larm using KEYLESS-GO #
Grasp theo utside doorhandle withthe
Sma rtKe yo utside thev ehicle. Opening
andclosing 93

Fu
nction ofthet ow -awa ya larm %
This function maynotbe available inall
coun tries.
An audible andvisual alarmistrigg ered ifan
alt eratio ntoy ourvehicle's angleof inclinatio nis
de tected whi lethet ow -awa ya larmi sarmed.
The tow- aw ay alar misautomat icallyarmed afte r
appr oximat ely6 0seco nds:
R Afterl oc king thev ehicle withthe Smar tKey
R Afterl oc king thev ehicle usingKEYLES S-GO
The tow- aw ay alar misonly armed when thef ol‐
lo wing component sareclos ed:
R The door s
R The trunk lid
The tow- aw ay alar misautomat icallydeac tiva‐
te d:
R Afterp ressing theÜ or008B buttonon
th eS mar tKey
R Afterp ressing thes tart/s topb utton withthe
Sma rtKe yint he mar keds pace (/page173) R
Afteru nloc king thev ehicle usingKEYLES S-
GO
R When usingHAND S-FREE ACCES S
In fo rm atio nond etecti ngdamag eonap arke d
ve hicle (/page199) . Ar
ming/ disarming thetow- aw ay alar m Mul
timedi asystem:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Tow-away Protection #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
The tow- aw ay alar misarmed again inthef ollo w‐
ing cases:
R The vehicle isunloc keda gain.
R Adoor isopened.
R The vehicle isloc keda gain. Fu
nction ofthei nterior motion sensor %
This function maynotbe available inall
coun tries. When
thei nter ior motion sensor isarmed, avis‐
ual and audible alarmistrigg ered ifmo vement is
de tected inthev ehicle interior .
The interior motion sensor isarmed automati‐
cally afte ra pproxima tely tens eco nds:
R Afterl oc king thev ehicle withthe Smar tKey
R Afterl oc king thev ehicle usingKEYLES S-GO
The interior motion sensor isonl yarmed when
th ef ollo wing component sareclos ed:
R The door s
R The trunk lid
The interior motion sensor isaut omat icallydeac‐
tiv ated:
R Afterp ressing theÜ or008B buttonon
th eS mar tKey
R Afterp ressing thes tart/s topb utton withthe
Sma rtKe yint he stow agec om par tment
(/ page173)
R Afteru nloc king thev ehicle usingKEYLES S-
GO
R When usingHAND S-FREE ACCES S 94
Opening andclosing

St
arting thev ehic le(Remo teOnline) &
WARNIN GRisk ofcrus hing orentr ap‐
ment duet ou nintentio nalstar tin go fthe
engine
Limbs couldbecrushed ortra pped ifth e
engine isstar tedu nint entionall yduring
ser vice ormaint enanc ework. #
Alw ayss ecur ethe engine agains tunin‐
te ntio nalstar tin gb efor ec arrying out
maint enanceorrepair work. Re
quirement s:
R Park position 005Disselect ed.
R The anti- thefta larms ystem isno ta ctiv ated.
R The panic alarmisnotactiv ated.
R The hazar dwarning light system isswitc hed
of f.
R The hood isclosed.
R The door sareclosed andlocked.
R The windo wsand slidin gsunroof arec losed. #
Startt he vehicle using thes mar tphon e.
Af tere very vehicle star t,th ee ngine runs for
te nm inutes.
Yo uc an car ryout amaximum oftwoc onsec u‐
tiv es tartin ga ttem pts. The vehicle mustbes tar‐
te do ncew itht he Smar tKey bef oret rying to
st ar tt he vehicle again withthe smar tphone. you
can stop thev ehicle again atanyt ime.
% Further information canbefound inthe
smar tphone app.
Secur ingthee ngine agains tstar ting before
car rying out maintenance orrepair work: #
Swi tcho nthe hazar dwarning light system.
or #
Unloc kthe door s.
or #
Open aside windo worthe sliding sunroof. Br
eaking-in notes Mer
cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rvet he notesi n
th eS upplement .Other wise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ogni zedangers. To
preser vethee ngine during thef irst
1, 000 miles(1,500 km):
R Drivea tvarying road spee dsand engine
spee ds.
R Drivet he vehicle indrivep rogram A
or ;.
R Shif ttot he next highes tgear atthev eryl at‐
es tw hen then eedle reac hes thel astthir d
bef oret he reda reai nt he tach ome ter.
R Donots hift do wn agear manuall yino rder to
br ak e.
R Avoid overstrai ning thev ehicle, e.g.driving at
full thro ttle .
R Donotd epress thea ccelera torp eda lpast
th ep ressur epoint (kickdo wn).
R Onlyincr ease thee ngine speed gradually and
accelera tethev ehicle tofull spee dafter
1, 000 miles(1,500 km).
This also app liesw hent he engine orpar tsof the
dr ivet ra in have been replaced. Dr
iving andparking 17
5

St
andb ymode (ext ens ion ofthe star terb at‐
te ry 's per iod out ofuse) St
andb ymode functi on
% This function isno ta vailable fora llmodel s.
If standb ymode isact ivat ed, energyl oss willbe
min imiz eddur inge xtende dperiods ofnon-op er‐
at ion.
St andb ymode isch aract erize db ythe follo wing:
R thes tarter batt eryi sp reser ved.
R them aximum non-opera tionaltime appear s
in them edia displa y.
R thec onnect iontoonline services isint erru p‐
te d.
R theA TA(anti-t heftalarm system) isno ta vail‐
able.
R thei nter ior motion sensor andtow- aw ay
alar mfunction sarenota vailable.
R thef unc tion ford etecti ngdamag eona
pa rked vehicle isno ta vailable. If
th ef ollo wing condition sarefulf illed, standb y
mode canbeact ivat ed ordeac tivated usin gthe
multimedia system:
R thee ngine isswitc hedoff.
R thei gnition isswitc hedon.
Ex ceeding thev ehicle's displayedn on-opera ‐
tion altime maycause incon venie nce, i.e.itc an‐
no tb eg uarant ee dt hat thes tarter batt eryw ill
re liably star tt he engine.
The star terb att erym ustb ec harg edfirs ti nt he
fo llo wing situat ions:
R The vehicle's non-oper ational timemustbe
ex tende d.
R The Batte ryCh arg eInsu fficie ntfor Stand by
Mod emes sage appear sint he media display.
% Standb ymode isaut omat icallydeac tivated
when thei gnition isswitc hedon.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gstan dbym ode
Mul timedi asystem:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Standby Mode
% This function isno ta vailable fora llmodel s. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
When youa ctivat et he function ,apromp t
appear s. #
Select Yes.
St andb ymode isact ivat ed. Dr
iving anddriving safetys ystems Dr
iving systems andyour responsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withd riving systems
whic hassis tyou indriving, parking andmaneu‐
ve ring thev ehicle. Thedriving systems area ids
and donotrelie veyouo fyour responsibili typer‐
ta inin gtor oad trafficl aw .Pay attention tothe
tr af ficc ondi tions atallt ime sand interve ne
wh en nece ssary.B ea wareofthel imit ations
re ga rding thes afeu seofthese systems. Inf
ormat iononradar and ultrasonic senso rs Some
drivi ng and drivi ng safety systems use
ra dar orultr asonic sensorstom onit orthea rea
in front of,behind ornext to thev ehicle (depend‐
ing onthev ehicle's equipment). 200
Driving andparking

Air
pressu re
see Tire pressur e
Air suspension
see AIRMA TIC
Air vents ................................................... 170
Ad jus ting (front) ............ ....................... 170
Ad jus ting (rea r) ............ ........................ 170
Glo vebox. ............................................ 171
Air vents
see Airvents
Ai r-re cir cula tion mode............................ 167
Air -water duct .......................................... 415
Ke eping free ......... ................................ 415
Airb ag........................ .................................4 0
Ac tivati on ........... ...................................34
Bel tairba g. .......... ........... .......................38
Cushio nbag........................................... 40
Fr ont airbag (driver ,f ro nt passeng er)....4 0
Ins tallation locations .............................4 0
Knee airbag.......... ................................. 40
Ov ervie w. ......... ..... ......................... ....... 40
PA SSENGER AIRBAGi ndicat orlam p..... 45
Pr otect ion ..............................................4 2
Sid eairba g. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 40Wi
ndo wcurtain airbag ...........................4 0
AIRM ATIC .................................................2 26
Se tting ................................................. 228
Suspe nsion .......................................... 226
Alar m
see Panic alar m
Al ar ms ystem
see ATA( anti-t hef talarm system)
All-wheel drive
see 4MA TIC
Alt ernativ erout e
see Route
Amb ientlighting
Se tting (mult imediasystem) ................1 56
Andr oidAuto <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 353
Co nnecting amobilep hone <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 354
Ending <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 354
Inf ormati on<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 354
Ov ervie w. <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 353
Sou ndsettings <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 354
Tr ans ferred vehicle data...... ................3 55
Ani mals
Pe ts inthev ehicle ........................... ...... 63 Anti-loc
kbraking system
see ABS(Anti-loc kB rakin gS ystem)
Anti-skid chains
see Snowchains
Anti-t heftalarm system
see ATA( anti-t hef talarm system)
Anti-t heftprotection
Imm obiliz er............................................ 92
Anticip ator yo ccupa ntprotection
see PRE- SAFE®
(anticip ator yo ccu‐
pa nt protect ion)
see PRE-S AFE®
PL US (antic ipatory
occupant protect ion plus)
Apple CarPla y®
......................................... 351
Connec tinganiPhone ®
....................... 352
En ding .................................................3 53
No tes. ..... ............................................ 352
Ov ervie w. ..... ........................................3 51
Sou ndsettings <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 353
Tr ans ferred vehicle data...... ................3 55
Ashtr ay
Fr ont cent erconsole ........................... 138
Re ar door .............................................1 39 558
Index

Assis
tance
Men u(on-bo ardc om puter) .................. 268
Assis tance systems
see Drivin gsafet ys ystem
ASS YSTP LUS<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011>407
Batt eryd isconne ctionperiods ......... ....4 08
Displ aying thes ervice duedate...... ..... 407
Fu nctio n/no tes. ..... ............................. 407
Re gular maint enance work <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 407
Spec ials ervice requ iremen ts.............. 407
ATA (anti-thef talarm system) .................. 93
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating thei nter ior
mo tion sensor ....................................... 95
Ar ming/ disarming thet ow -awa y
alar m. .............................................. ...... 94
Dea ctivating thea larm. ..... .................... 93
Fu nctio n.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 93
Fu nctio nofthe interior motion sensor ..94
The tow- aw ay alar mfunction .......... .......9 4
AT TENTI ONASSIST <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 250,251
Fu nctio n.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 250
Se tting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 251
Sy stem limit ations ...............................2 50 At
tention assistant
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Au dio mode
Ac tivati ng med iamod e........... ........... ..369
Co nnecti ngUSB devic es ........... .......... 370
Cop yright s........................................... 369
In fo rm atio n....... ....... ............................ 367
Inser ting/r emoving anSD card....... .... 369
Medi asearch. ..... ........................... ...... 374
Ov ervie w. ..... .................................... ... 370
Pa use and playbac kfunction ...............3 71
Sel ecting atrack <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 371
Sel ecting play bac koption s............. .....3 71
Tr ac kl ist. .............................................3 71
Au thorized Mercedes- BenzCenter
see Qualif iedspec ialistworks hop
Au thorized workshop
see Qualif iedspecialis tworks hop
Au tomatic activ atio n
Swi tching on/o ff<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 255
Au tomatic distanc ec ontrol
se eA ctiv eDista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
Au tomatic drivin gl ights ........... ............ ...151 Au
tomatic engine star t( EC Os tart/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> ........180
Au tomatic engine sto p(EC Os tart/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> ........180
Au tomatic fron tp ass engerfront air‐
bag shutoff <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 44,45
Fu nctio nofthe aut omatic front
passeng erfront airbag shutoff. ..... ........ 44
PA SSENGER AIRBAGi ndicat orlam p..... 45
Au tomatic fron tp ass engerfront air‐
bag shutoff
see Automatic front pass engerfront
airb agshut off
Au tomatic lateral supp orta djus tmen t
Se tting ............ .....................................114
Au tomatic mirrorf olding function
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ............162
Au tomatic trans mis sion
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve r.......... .................184
Dr ivep rogram disp lay. ........... ............ ..183
Eng aging drivep ositio n. ........... ........... 186
Eng aging neu tral ............ ...................... 185
Eng aging park position ........................ 186
Eng aging reve rseg ear .........................1 85 Inde
x559

Po
we rsupp ly
Swi tching on(Start/S topb utton) ........ 172
Po we rw asher (care)......... .......................416
Po we rw indo ws
see Side windo ws
PRE-S AFE®
(anticipat oryo ccupant
pr otection) .................................................4 8
Fu nctio n.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 48
PR E-S AFE ®
Sou nd<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> ........48
Re versing measur es.............................. 48
PRE- SAFE®
PL US (ant icipa tory occu‐
pa nt protection plus)................................ 49
Fu nctio n.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 49
Re versing measur es.............................. 48
Pr ev entat iveo ccupa ntprotection sys‐
te m
see PRE-S AFE®
(anticipat oryo ccu‐
pant protect ion)
Pr ev ious destina tions
Selec ting. ........................................ .....3 17
Pr otecting thee nvironmen t
No tes. ..... ............................................... 21 Pr
otection agains tcollision
see DriveA wayA ssist
Pr otection agains tthef t
see ATA( anti-t hef talarm system)
Pulling away
see Notes Q
QR code
Re scue card...... .................................... 28
Qualif iedspecialis tworks hop ................. 26 R
Ra dar and ultrasonic senso rs
Dam age. ............ ............. .....................200
Ra dio
Ac tivati ng ........... ................................. 379
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating radio text ....... 382
Ca lling upthes tatio nlist. .................... 381
De letin gs tatio ns .................................. 381
Dir ect freq uenc yentry <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 381
Disp laying informati on<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 382
Disp laying radio text <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 382
Edi ting statio nprese ts .................... .....3 81 Menu
(on-boar dcom put er) .................. 271
Mo ving statio ns...................................3 81
Ov ervie w. ..... ....................................... 380
Sear ching fors tatio ns .......................... 381
Se tting achannel .................................3 81
Se tting thew aveband .......................... 381
St or ing radio statio ns.......................... 381
Swit ching theH DR adio function
on/ off. .................... .............................3 81
Ta gging music trac ks <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 382
Vo ice com mand s(Vo ice Cont rolS ys‐
te m) ..................................................... 284
Ra dio station s
Dial ing(on-boa rdcom puter) ..... ...........2 71
Ra inclosing function
Slidin gsunr oof ...................................... 86
Ra nge
Displa ying............................................ 269
Re ading light
see Interior lighting
Re alwo od (Car e).....................................4 22
Re ar climat econtrol
Se tting ................................................. 167 582
Index