Ad
jus tingthe ambi entlighti ng Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
÷ LightSetting s
5 Ambien tLight
Se tting thec olor #
Sele ctColor. #
Setac olor.
Ad jus tingthe brightne ss #
Select Bright nes s. #
Setab righ tne ssvalue.
Ac tiv atin gthe brightne ssforz on es #
Select Brightne ssZones . #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
The Display ,Fron tand Rear zonescan beset
separ ately .
% Setting brightn esszonesisno ta vailable for
th eR ear Seat Entertainm entSystem.
Ac tiv atin gmulti-colore dl ighti ng #
Select Multi-colo r. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
Ther earetenp rese tc olor comb inations
av ailable.
Ac tiv atin gmulti-colore da nimatio n #
Select Multi-colo rAnim. . #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
The chosen color combinat ionwill chang eat
pr edef inedinter va ls.
Ac tiv atin gdepe nde ncyo na irco ndi tioning
se ttin gs #
Select Clima te. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
If ch ang esarem ade tothet em per atur eset‐
ting inthev ehicle, thec olor ofthea mbient
lighting willchang ebrief ly.
Ac tiv atin gwelcome lighting #
Selec tWelcom e. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
When thev ehicle isunloc ked, as pecial inte‐
ri or lighting sequence willrun. Se
ttin gthe inte rior light ingswitc h-of fd ela y
tim e Mult
imedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
÷ LightSetting s
5 Int.Light Switc hOff #
Setthe switc h-offdela ytime. 15
6
Light andvisib ility
3
Setsclimat econtr olto aut omat icmode
(/ page166)
4 Setsthea irflow
5 Switches climat econtr olon/of f
(/ page 165)
Switc hesther esidual heaton/of f
(/ page168)
6 Setsthea irdis tribution, right
7 Setsthet em per atur e,right Oper
ating thec lima tecont rols ystem Switc
hingclima tecont rolint he front onor
of f #
Toswitc hon:setthe airflow toleve l1o r
higher usingtheH button. #
Toswitc hoff:se tthe airflow toleve l0u sing
th eH button.
% Ifclimat econtrol isswitc hedoff,th ew in‐
do ws mayfog up mor equickly. Swi tcho ff
cli mat econtr olonly briefly. Switc
hingrear passe nger comp artment cli‐
mat econtrol on/ off #
Press butt on5.
% When rear passe nger com partment clim ate
con trol isswit ched off,th ei ndicat orlam pis
activ ated and OFF issho wnonther ear
passeng ercom partment display. Switc
hingtheA /C fun ction onoroffv iathe
cont rolp anel The
A/Cf unc tion heats ,cools anddehumidif ies
th ev ehicle's interior air. #
Press the0056 button.
Switc hofftheA /C func tion onlybrief ly other‐
wise thew indo wsmayfog up mor equickly.
Con densation maydripf romt heunder sideof
th ev ehicle whencooling modeisactiv e.This is
no tas ignthat ther ei sam alfunct ion. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe A/Cf unc tionv ia
the multi mediasystem Multi
media system:
4 Vehicle 5
b Climate Control5
A/C
The A/C function heats, coolsanddehumidif ies
th ev ehicle's interior air. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Se
tting climat econtr olin thef ront com part‐
men ttoa utomatic mode In
automatic mode, thes ettemp eratur eisr egu‐
lat ed bythet em per atur eofthe dispensed air
and thea irflow . #
Press the0058 button. #
Toswitc htom anualmode :presst he H
or 0082 button. Climat
econtrol 16
5
#
Toswitc honthe ign ition :pr ess button1
twic e.
The indic ator lam psinthei nstrument cluster
light up.
The ignit ionisswitc hedoffa gain ifone ofthe
fo llo wing condition sism et:
R Youd on otstar tt he vehicle within
15 minut esand thet ransmission isin posi‐
tion 005Dorthee lectr icpar king brak ei s
applied.
R Youp ress but ton1 once . St
arting thev ehic le St
arting thev ehic lewit hthe star t/s topb ut‐
to n &
DANG ER Risk ofdeat hcause dby
ex haus tgases
Com bustione ngines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchascarbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tgases ishaz ardou stoh ealt h
and leads topoisonin g. #
Neverlea ve thee ngine or,ifp resent ,
th ea uxiliar yheating running inan
encl osedspace without sufficie ntventi‐
la tio n. &
WARNIN GRisk offire due toflammab le
mat erial inthee ngine compartmen tor
th ee xhau stsystem
Flammable materials brought inby either ani‐
mals orenvironmen talinf luenc esma yignit e
if th ey come intoc ont act with hotp arts of
th ee ngine orexhaus tsyst em. #
Ther efor e, checkr egular lythat ther e
ar en oflammable materials inthe
engine compartmen toro nthe exhaus t
sy stem. Re
quirement s:
R The Smar tKey islocat edinthev ehicle and
th eS mar tKey batt eryi sn otdisc harged. #
Shif tthe transmission toposition 005Dor005C. #
Depr esstheb rake pedal andpress butt on
1 onc e. #
Ifth ev ehicle doesnots tart:s witc hoffnon-
essential consumer sand press butt on1
once. #
Ifth ev ehicle still does nots tart and the
Place theKey inthe Marked SpaceSee
Operator's Manualdisplaymessag ealso
appear sint he multifunction display:star t
th ev ehicle inemer gency operati on mod e.
% Youc an swit chofft he engine whiledriving
by pressing button1 fora bout thre es ec‐
onds orby pressing button1 thre et imes
wit hin thre es econ ds.Besuretoo bser vethe
saf etyn otes under "Driving tips"
(/ page177).
St arting thev ehic lewit hS mar tKey inthe
ma rked spa ce(emer gency oper ation mode)
If th ev ehicle doesnots tart and thePlace the
Key inthe Marked SpaceSeeOperator 'sManual
displa ymessag eappear sint he multifunction
displa y,yo uc an star tt he vehicle inemer gency
op erati on mod e. Dr
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fr.
Start .The rang ed ispl ay ed does notindicat ea
fi xe dr eduction incon sum ption. DY
NA MIC SELECT switch Fu
nction oftheD YNAMI CSELECT switch Plug-i
nhybr id:obser vethen otes intheS upple‐
ment .Other wise, youm ayfailto recogni zedan‐
ge rs.
Mer cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rvet he notesi n
th eS upplement .Other wise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
Use theD YNAMI CSELE CTswitc htoc hang e
be tween thef ollo wing drivep rograms:
R =(Ind ividua l):indivi dualsettings
R C(Spor t):spor tydriving style
R A (Comf ort): com fortable andeconomic al
dr ivin gstyle
R Vehicl eswith MAGIC BODY CONT ROL:
N (CURVE):comfortable drivin gw ith
cur veinc linat ionfunc tion
R ;(Eco): particular lyecon omicaldrivin g
st yle %
The drivep rogram select edappear sint he
multifunction displayofthe on-boar dcom‐
put er.
Depen dingonthed rive prog ram, thef ollo wing
sy stems chang etheir charact eristic s:
R Drive:
- Engin ea nd trans miss ionman agemen t
- ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
R ESP ®
R Electricpo we rsteer ing Selecting
thed rive prog ram #
Press DYNA MIC SELE CTswitc h1 forw ards
or bac kwards.
The drivep rogram select edappea rsinthe
multifu nctiondisplay. Dr
iving and parking 18
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Conf
iguringdrivep rogram I Multi
media system:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT
5 Individual #
Select thei ndividual setting. Switc
hingtheo per ation feedba ckford rive
pr og ramo n/off Mu
ltim ed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Switc hNotif ication forUser on0073 oroff0053.
When this func tion isact ive, ac orresponding
messag eiss hown inthem edia displa ywhen
ad rive prog rami ssele cted withthe
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h. Displa
yingvehicl edata Mul
timedi asystem:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Select Vehicle Data.
The vehicle dataisd ispla yed. Displa
yingengine data Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
e DYNA MICSELECT #
Select Engine Data.
% The actual (maximum) values that can be
ac hie vedf or engin eoutpu tand engine tor‐
qu em aydeviat efromt hecer tified values
wit hin thec ount ry-spe cificgu ideline sfor
per missible toler anc es(basis: UN-ECE No.
85 orcount ry-spe cificgu ideline s).
Fa ctor st hat can influence this are, fore xam‐
ple:
R Sea leve l
R Fuelgrade
R Outside temp eratur e
% The values displa yeds erve onl yaso rient a‐
tion. Thevalues fore ngine outputand
engine torq ue show nint he media display
ma ydeviat ef romt heactual values. Au
tomatic trans mis sion DI
REC TSELECT leve r Fu
nction oftheD IRECT SELECT leve r &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet oincor‐
re ct gearshif ting
If th ee ngine speed ishigher than thei dle
speed andyoue ngaget he transmission posi‐
tion 005Bor005E,t hevehicle mayacceler ate
shar ply. #
Ifyo ue ngaget he transmission position
005B or005E when thev ehicle isat a
st ands till,alw aysd epr ess theb rake
pedal firm lyand donota cceler atea t
th es ame time. 18
4
Driving and parking
When
thea utomatic transmiss ionisshif tedt o
position 005B,youcan manuall yshiftitw itht he
st eer ing wheel gearshif tpaddle. Ifper mitted, the
aut omat ictransm issionshiftsto ah igheror
lo we rgear depending onthes teer ing wheel
ge arshif tpaddle beingpulled.
Yo uh ave twoo ptions tomanua llys hiftthe aut o‐
matic transmission:
R Temp orar ys etting
R Perm anen tsetting
The gearss hifta utomat icallywhen man ualgear‐
shif tingisd eac tivated.
Te mp orarys etting: #
Toactiv ate: pul lsteer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 1or2.
Man ualgearshif tingisa ctivat ed foras hort
time. Trans miss ionposit ion0063and thec ur‐
re nt gear appear inthem ultifunc tiondispla y.
% Howlong them anual gearshif tings tays acti‐
va tedi sd ependen tonv arious fact or s. Ma n‐
ua lshifting can bedeact ivat ed aut omat ically
when chang ingthed rive prog ram, restar tin g
th ev ehicle whenthet ransmission positionis
eng aged again 005Bordue tothed riving style. #
Toshif tup:pull steer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2. #
Toshif tdow n:pull steer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 1. #
Todeac tivate: pullst eer ing wheel gearshif t
paddle 2and hold itin place .
The transm issionposit ion 005Bappear sint he
multifunction display.
Pe rm anen tsetting: #
Cha nget od rive prog ram = (/ pag e183) . #
Select drives etting 0063(/ page 184). Plug
-inhybrid: obser vethen otes intheS upple‐
ment .Other wise, youm ayfailto recogni zedan‐
ge rs.
Mer cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rvet he notesi n
th eS upplement .Other wise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ogni zedangers. Gear
shiftrecomm endation Mer
cedes -AMG vehicl es:obse rvet he notesi n
th eS upplement .Other wise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
The gearshif trecom mendatio nassists youi n
adop tinga ne cono mic aldrivin gstyle. Dr
ivin ga nd par king 18
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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
If
th ev ehicle deviat esfrom thed irect ion desir ed
by thed rive r,ES P®
can stabiliz ethe vehicle by
int erve ning inthef ollo wing ways:
R One ormor ewheels areb rake d.
R The engine outputisadap teda ccor ding to
th es ituation .
ES P®
is deactiv ated ifth e00BB ESP®
OFF warn‐
ing lam plight supc ontin uousl yint he instrument
clus ter:
R Driving stabilit ywillno longerb eimp rove d.
R Crosswind Assistisn olong eractiv e.
R The drivew heels could spin.
R ETS/4 ETSt raction control isstill act ive.
% When ESP®
is deact ivat ed, youa restill assis‐
te db yESP®
wh en braki ng.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam pflashes inthe
ins trumen tclus ter,one orseveralv ehicle wheels
has reac hed itsgrip limit :
R Adapty our driving stylet os uit thec urrent
ro ad and weather condition s. R
Donotd eac tivateE SP®
.
R Onlydepr essthea ccelera torp eda lasf ar as
is ne cessaryw hen pulling away.
Dea ctivateE SP®
in thef ollo wing situations to
im prov et raction :
R When usingsnowchains.
R Indeep snow.
R Onsand orgrav el.
% Spinn ingthew heels results inac utting
action, whichenhances traction.
If th e00E5 ESP®
wa rning lam plight supc ontin u‐
ousl y,ESP ®
is no ta vailable duetoam alfunc tion.
Obse rvet he follo wing informatio n:
R Warning and indic ator lam ps(/ page541)
R Display messa ges( / pag e492)
ET S/4ET S(Ele ctronic Tractio nSystem)
ET S/ 4ETS tracti oncontr olispa rtof ESP ®
and
mak esitpossible topull away and accelerat eon
as lippe ryroadw ay. ET
S/4ET Scanimprove thev ehicle's traction by
int erve ning inthef ollo wing ways:
R The drivew heels areb rake di ndividually if
th ey spin.
R Mor edrive torq ue istrans ferred tothew heel
or wheels withtraction .
Influenc eofdrive prog rams onESP®
The drivep rogram senableE SP®
to adap ttod if‐
fe re nt we ather and road con dition sasw ellas
th ed rive r's prefer redd riving style. Youc an
sele ctthed rive prog rams using theD YNAMI C
SELE CTswitc h(/pag e183). Dr
iving andparking 203