2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS Owner's Manual

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Youc an stop thev ehicle andchang ethe
tr ansmiss ionp ositio nd uringt he par king pro‐
cedur e.The system then calculat esan ew
ve hicle path.The parking procedur ecan
th en be con tinued. Ifno newv ehicle pathis
av ailable, thet ransmission positionwillbe
ch ang edagain. Ifth ev ehicle hasnotyet
re ac hed thep arking space, thep arking pro‐
cedur ewillbe canc eled, should agear be
ch ang ed.
Exit ingaparking spa cewit hA ctive Parking
Assis t
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedw ithA ctiv e
Pa rking Assist.
Please note that youa reresponsible fort he vehi‐
cle and surround ingsduring thee ntirep arking
pr ocedur e. #
Startt he vehicle. #
Press butt on1.
The media displayshows thev iewo fActiv e
Pa rking Assist. #
Ifth ev ehicle hasbeen parkeda tright angles
to thed irect ion oftra vel:in area 2,s elect
dir ect ion oftra vel3 .
% The vehicle pathshown onthem edia displa y
ma ydiffe rf romt heactual vehicle path. #
Conf irmd irection ofexit3 todriveo utof
th ep arking space.
% The turns ignal indicat orisswitc hedonaut o‐
maticall ywhen thee xiting proc ed ureb egin s.
Yo ua reresponsible fors ele cting thet urns ignal
indicat orinaccor dance withthe traf ficc ondi ‐
tions .Ifn eces sary,select thet urns ignal indica‐
to ra ccor dingly. Dr
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WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet ov ehi‐
cle swinging outwhile parking orpulling
out ofap arking space
While parking orexitin gap arkin gspace, the
ve hicle swings outand candriveo ntoa reas
of theo ncoming lane.
This could cause yout oc ollidew itho bject s
or other road user s. #
Paya tten tion toobject sand other road
user s. #
Wher enecessar y,stop thev ehicle or
cancel thep arking procedur ewith
Ac tiveP arking Assist. #
If,fore xamp le,thePlease Engage Forward
Gear messag eappear sint he media display:
select thec orresponding transmission posi‐
tion.
The vehicle moveso utofthep arking space.
The turns ignal indicat orisswitc hedoffa uto‐
maticall y.
Af tert he exitin gprocedur ehasbeen completed,
th eParkin gAssist Finished, TakeContr olof Vehicle
messageappear sint he media display.A
wa rning tone and thef ollo wing displa yint he
media displaypromp tyou totake ove rcontr olof
th ev ehicle: Yo
uh ave toacc eler ate, brak e, steer and chang e
ge ar yourself again.
Fu nction ofDriveA wayA ssis t
Dr iveA wayA ssistcan reduce thes eve rity of an
impact when pulling away.Ifa no bstacle is
de tected inthed irect ion oftrav el, thev ehicle's
speed isbrief lyreduced toappr ox.1 mph
(2 km/ h).Ifac ritic alsituat ionisde tected, the
00CB symbol appearsinthem edia displa y. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent caused by
limit eddetection perform anc eofDrive
Aw ayAssi st
Dr iveA wayA ssistcanno talway sc lear ly iden‐
tify obje ctsand traf fics ituations. In
such case s,Dr iveA wayA ssistmight :
R Warnyouw ithout reason andlimit the
ve hicle speed.
R Notw arny ou ornotlimit thev ehicle
speed. #
Alw aysp aycar eful attention tothet raf‐
fi cs ituation; donotrely onDriveA way
Assi stalon e. #
Beprepar edtobrak eo rswe rvea snec‐
essar y,prov ided thet raffic situat ion
per mitsand that itis saf etot akee va‐
siv ea ction . Dr
iveA wayA ssistisonl yana id. Itis no tas ub‐
st itut efor your att entio nt ot he sur round ings.
The responsibili tyfors afem aneu vering and
pa rking remains withyou. Mak esuret hat no
per sons, animals orobject setc. arei nt he
maneuv ering rang e.
Ar isk ofac ollision mayarise inthef ollo wing sit‐
uations, fore xamp le:
R Ifth ed rive rm ixes up thea ccelera tora nd
br ak ep eda ls. 24
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Ifth ew rong gear isselec ted.
Dr iveA wayA ssistisact iveu nder thef ollo wing
condition s:
R IfPa rking AssistP ARK TRON ICisac tiv ated .
R Everyt imet he gear isch ang edto005E or005B
when thev ehicle isat as tands till.
R Ifth ed etect edobs tacle isless than appr ox.
3.3 ft(1.0 m) away.
R Ifth em aneuv ering assis tant func tionisa cti‐
va tedi nt he multimedia system.
Sy stem limit s
The perform anc eofDrive Aw ayAssi stislimit ed
on inclines .
% Also obser vethes ysteml imits ofParking
Ass istP ARK TRON IC(/ page 233).
Fu nction ofCross Traf ficA lert
% Alsoread thei nstruction sonB lind Spot
Assis t(/ pag e256). Ve
hicl eswith Blind SpotAssist: Cr oss Traf fic
Ale rtcan warndriver so fany crossing traffic
when backingu po utofap arkin gspace. The
ra dar sensor sint he bum peralso monit orthe
ar ea adjac enttothev ehicle. Ifac ritical situation
is de tected, symbo l1 appea rsinthem edia dis‐
pla y.Ifth ed rive rd oes notrespond tothew arn‐
ing, thev ehicle's brak es can beapplied automat‐
ically . If
th er adar senso rsareo bstruct edbyvehicles
or other object s,de tection isno tp ossib le.
Cr oss Traf ficA lertisa ctive und erthef ollo wing
condition s:
R IfBlind SpotAssisti sa ctivat ed.
R Ifth ev ehicle isbac king upatwa lkin gpace.
R Ifth em aneuv ering assis tant func tionisa cti‐
va tedi nt he multimedia system.
Sy stem limit s
Cr oss Traf ficA lertisn otavailable onincline s.
% Alsoo bse rvet he system limits ofActive
Bli nd Spo tAssist(/ pag e256).
Deactiv ating/a ctivating maneu vering assis‐
tance
Multimedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Camera &Parkin g5
Maneuverin gAssist . #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
% Maneuv ering assis tance mustbe activ efor
th ef unc tion ofDriveA wayA ssist
( / pag e248) and Cross Traf ficA lert
(/ page 249). Dr
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AT
TENTI ONASSIST Fu
nction ofATTENTI ONASSIST
AT TENTION ASSISTa ssis tsyouo nlon g,mon oto‐
nous journeys,e .g. on highw aysa nd trunk roads.
If AT TENTION ASSISTd etects indicat or so ffati ‐
gue orincr eas ing lapse sinc once ntration onthe
par tofthe driver ,its ugg ests taking abreak .
AT TENTION ASSISTi so nlya na id. Itcann ot
alw aysd etect fatig ue orlaps es inconce ntration
in tim e.The system isno tas ubstitutef or aw ell-
re sted and attent ived rive r.On long journeys,
ta ke regular break sing ood time that allo wfor
adeq uaterecuper ation.
Yo uc an choose between twos ettings:
R Standar d:nor mal system sensit ivity.
R Sensitiv e:higher system sensit ivity.The
dr iver iswa rned ear lier and thea ttent ion
le ve ld etect edbyATTENTION ASSISTi sa dap‐
te da ccor dingly.
If dr ow siness orincr easing lapsesinconcen tra‐
tion ared etect ed, theATTE NTION ASSIS T:Take
aB reak !wa rning appear sint he Instrument Dis‐
pla y.Yo uc an ackn ow ledg ethe messag eand tak
eab reak wher eneces sary.Ifyo ud on ottake
ab reak and ATTENTION ASSISTc ont inues to
de tect incr easing lapse sinc oncentr ation, you
will bewarned again afte ram inimu mof
15 minut es. Yo
uc an have thef ollo wing status informat ionfor
AT TENTION ASSISTd ispla yedi nt he assis tance
menu oftheo n-boar dcom put er:
R The lengt hofthe jour neys ince thel ast
br eak .
R The attent ion leve ld eter mined byATTENTION
ASS IST. If
AT TENTION ASSISTi su nable tocal cul atet he
att ention leve la nd can notissue awarning ,the
System Suspendedmes sage appear s.
If aw arning isgiv en intheI nstrument Display,
th em ultimedia system offers to sear chforar est
ar ea. Youc an sele ctar esta reaa nd star tn aviga‐
tio nt ot his rest area. This function can beact iva‐
te da nd deactiv ated inthem ultimedia system.
If AT TENTION ASSISTi sd eactiv ated, theÛ
symbol appearsint he assis tance grap hici nt he
Ins trument Displaywhen thee ngine isrunning .
AT TENTION ASSISTi sa ctiv ated aut omaticall y
when thee ngine isre-sta rted. The lastselect ed
sensit ivityleve lremain sstore d.
Sy stem limit s
AT TENTION ASSISTi sa ctiv eint he 37 mph
(60 km/ h)to 124m ph(200 km/h) speedrang e.
The func tional ity ofATTENTION ASSISTi s
re strict ed, and warnings maybed elayedo rnot
occ uratall inthef ollo wing situations:
R Ifyo uh ave been driving forl ess than appr ox‐
imat ely3 0m inut es. 250
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Ifth er oad condit ionispoor (unevenr oad
sur face orpotholes).
R Ifth er ei sas tron gs idew ind.
R Ifyo ua dop tas portydrivin gstyle (highc or‐
ner ing speeds orhigh rateso facceler ation).
R Ifth eS teer ing Assis tfunc tion ofActiveD is‐
ta nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa ctive.
R Ifth et ime hasbeen setincor rectly .
R Inacti vedriving situation s,ifyo uc hang e
lanes andvary your spee dfrequ ently.
The ATTENTION ASSISTt iredness oraler tness
assessment isdele teda nd restar tedw hen con‐
tin uing thej our neyint he follo wing situat ions:
R Ifyo us wit ch offt he engine.
R Ifyo uu nfas teny our seat beltandopen the
dr iver's door (e.g.chang ingdriver so rtaki ng
ab reak ). Se
ttin gATTENTI ONASSIST
Multimedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 ATTE NTION ASSIS T
Se tting options #
Select Standard, SensitiveorOff.
Sugg esting aresta rea #
Select SuggestRes tArea. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate thef unc tion 0053.
If AT TENTION ASSISTd etects fatig ue or
incr easing lack ofatt ention ,its ugg ests a
re st area inthev icinit y. #
Selec tasuggestedr esta rea: youa regui‐
ded tothes elect edrest area. Tr
af ficS ign Assis t Fu
nction ofTraf ficS ign Assis t Sin
ceTraf ficS ign Assi stalso uses thed ata
st or ed inthen avigation system, itcan updat e
th ed ispla yint he follo wing situat ionswithout
de tecting traf fics igns:
R Whe nthe vehicle chang esroads, e.g.ona
high waye ntry or exitro ad. Dr
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When avillag eorcity boundar ywhichis
st or ed inthed igitalmap ispassed.
The camer aalso detects traf fics igns with a
re striction indicated byan addit ionalsign (e.g.in
we tcond itions ).
Tr af ficS ign Assi stisonl yana id. The driver is
re sponsible fork eeping asafed ista nce from the
ve hicle infront, forv ehicle speed andforb raking
in good time.
Wa rning when them axim um permis sible
speed isexc eeded
The system can warnyoui fyou unint entionall y
ex ceed them aximum permissible speed.Todo
th is, youc an spec ifyinthem ultimedia system
by howm ucht he maximum permissible speed
can beexceed edbef oreaw arning isissued. You
can specify whether thew arning isto be justa
visual warning oran acous ticone aswell. Displa
yint he Instrument Display Ins
trument Displayint he Widescr eenCockpit
1 Perm issible speed
2 Perm issible speedwhenther ei sar estricti on
3 Addition alsign withrestricti on
% Ve
hicl eswith astan dard Ins trument Dis‐
pla y:a+ symbo lnexttoat raffics igni nt he
Ins trument Displayindicat esthat addit ional
traf fics igns have been detected. Thesecan
al so be displ ayed inthem edia displa yand
op tion ally intheh ead-up display. Tr
af ficS ign Assi stisno ta vailable inall coun ‐
tr ies. Ifit is una vailable, display1 issho wnin
th es peedome ter.
Sy stem limit s
The system maybeimp aired orma ynotfunc tion
in thef ollo wing situations:
R Ifth er ei sp oor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofther oad, ifth er ea re
highl yvariable shade condition sorinr ain,
sno w,fogo rheavy spr ay.
R Ifth er ei sg lare,e.g. from oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions. 252
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Ifth ew indshield inthea reao fthe multifunc‐
tion camer aisd irty ,o rift he camer aisf og‐
ge du p,damag edorcovered.
R Ifth et raffic signs areh ardt od etect, e.g.due
to dir torsnow, orbecause they arec ove red
or due toinsuf ficie ntlighti ng.
R Ifth ei nfor mation inthen avigation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out-of-da te.
R Ifth es igns area mbiguous, e.g.traffic sign s
on con stru ction sites orinad jacent lanes.
R Ifyo ut urns har ply, when passin gtraf fics igns
ou tsid ethe camer a'sfield ofvision.
Se tting Traf ficS ign Assis t
Re quirement s:
R Fora utomat icado ption ofspeed limits:
Ac tiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cisa ctiva‐
te d. Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Traffic SignAssist
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gautomati cadop tion
of spe edlimits #
Select LimitAdo ption. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
The speed limitsdetected byTraf ficS ign
Assi starea utomat icallyadop tedb yActiv e
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C.
Di spl aying detected traf fics igns inthe
med iadis pla y #
Select Display inCOMA ND. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
% Ifone ofthef ollo wing systems isactiv ated,
th es peed detected can bemanu ally ad op ted
as thes peed limit:
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise contr ol
Fu rther information (/page214). Ad
jus tingthe type ofwa rning #
Selec tVisual &Audible ,Visual orNon e.
Ad jus tingthe warning threshold
This value determ ines thes peed atwhic ha
wa rning isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setthe desir edspeed. Dr
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Nig
htView Assis t Fu
nction ofNight View Assis t Wi
th thea idof camer a2,N ightView Assi st
helps yout or ecog nizethec our seofther oad or
obs tacle sint he dar k.The multifunct iondispla y
th en sho wsam onochrome imageofthe sur‐
ro und ingarea infron to fthe vehicle. Infrared camer
a1 helps detect ped estria ns and ani‐
mal s.
Nig htView Assi stisonl yana id. The driver is
re sponsible fort he distance tothev ehicle in
fr ont, forv ehicle speed, forb raking ingood time
and fors taying inlane.
% Asinfrare dl ight isno tv isible totheh uman
ey e, Night View Assi stcan remain activated
when ther ei so ncoming traf fic.
The infrared headlam psswi tcho nint he
dar kfroms peeds ofappr oximat ely5m ph
(1 0k m/ h).This means that, while statio n‐
ar y, yo ud on othave thef ull visual rang ea nd
canno tchec kwhether Night View Assi stis
wo rking.
Sy stem limita tions
Night View Assi stcanno tdispl ay object sdirectl y
in front ofor directl ynexttot he vehicle. Itma y
be thec ase that obj ect sarehigh light edaswell
as pedes trians oranimals .
The system maybeimp aired orma ynotfunc tion
in thef ollo wing instances:
R inpo or vis ibility ,e .g.s no w, rain, fogo rheavy
spr ay. R
thew indshield isdir tyinthev icin ityofthe
came ra.
R thec amer aisf ogg edup, damag edorcov‐
er ed.
R thei nfra redc amer aint he radiat orgrill is
damag ed,dirty,f ogg edup orcovered.
R onbends, onhillt ops orindips.
R athigh ambient temp eratur es.
Fu nction ofpedes trian and anima ldetection
of Night View Assis t
Nigh tViewA ssistcan detect ped estria ns using
typ icalchar acteristics, e.g.theb ody contour s
and postureo fap erson standi ngupr ight .
Lar geanim als,e.g.deer ,cows orhor ses, can
also bedetected. Smal lera nimal s,e.g. dogsor
cats, aren otdetected.
Pe des trian and animal detection isau tomatical ly
switc hedonwhen thef ollo wing requ iremen ts
ar ef ulfilled:
R Night View Assi stisact ivat ed.
R The drivin gspeed isat leas t5mph
(1 0k m/ h). 25
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