2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS Owner's Manual

Ins
trum ent Disp layo verview &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent duet oa n
ins trumen tdispla ymalfunc tion
If th eI nstrument Displayhasfailed ormal‐
func tioned,youm aynotrecog nizefunction
re strictions applyi ngtosaf etyr ele vant sys‐
te ms.
The oper ating safetyo fyour vehicle maybe
im pair ed. #
Driveo ncarefull y. #
Have thev ehicle checkedi mmediat ely
at aq ualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Mer
cedes‑AMG vehicl es:obse rvet he notesi n
th eS upplement .Other wise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ogni zedangers.
Plu g-inh ybr id:obser vethen otes intheS upple‐
ment .Other wise, youm ayfailto recogni zedan‐
ge rs.
If th eo per ating safetyo fyour vehicle is
im pair ed,parkthe vehicle safelya ssoon aspos‐
sible. Contactaqualif iedspec ialistworks hop. Ins
trument Display 1
Speedome ter
2 Multifunction display
3 Tach ome ter
4 Coolan ttem per atur egaug e
5 Fuelleve la nd fuel filler flap locatio nind ica‐
to r
% This displa yisa ne xamp le.Other displa ys
ar ep oss ible instead oftach ome ter3 .
The segments inspee dome ter1 indica tethe
sy stem status fort he follo wing:
R Cruise control (/ page210) R
ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 212)
Ve hicl eswith Traf ficS ign Assis t:De tected
ins tructi ons and traf fics igns willap pea ronthe
speedome ter( /pag e251).
* NO
TEEngi nedama gedue toexcess ively
hig he ngine spe eds The
enginewillbe damag edifyo ud rive wit h
th ee ngine intheo verrev ving rang e. #
Donotd rive with thee ngine intheo ver‐
re vving rang e. The
overrev ving rang eiss hown inredo ntach‐
ome ter3 .W hen theo verrev ving rang eis
re ac hed, thef uel suppl ywillbe interru pted to
pr otect thee ngine.
Dur ing normal oper ating conditions ,coolant
te mp eratur edispla y4 mayrise to248° F
(1 20 °C). Ins
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&
WARNIN GDang erofburnsw hen open‐
ing theh ood
If yo uo pen theh ood when thee ngine has
ove rheat edordur ing afirei nt he engine
com partment, youc ouldcome intoc ontact
wit hh otgases orother escaping operating
fl uids. #
Beforeo pen ingtheh ood, allowthe
engine tocool down. #
Inthee vent ofafirei nt he engine com‐
par tment, keep theh ood closed and
call thef ires ervice. Ov
ervie wo fthe butt ons onthes teer ing
wheel 1
P Back/Hom ebutton (press and hold),
on- boar dcom put er
2 Touc hC ontrol, on-bo ardc om puter
3 Con trol pan elforc ruisec ontr olor Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
4 Contr olpa nel form ultimedia system:
£ Voice Cont rolS ystem
ß Displa ysfavo rite s
VO L:contr olknob, adjuststhev olume or
switc hesthes ound off0063 (press)
0061 Makes/acc epts ac all 0076
Rejects /end sacall
5 00E2 Callsu pthe home screen
6 Touc hC ontrol mult imed iasystem
7 0038 Backbutton Oper
ating theo n-boa rdcom puter
Mer cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rvet he notesi n
th eS upplement .Other wise, youm ayfailto rec‐
ogni zedangers. &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uo per atei nfor mat ionand comm unic a‐
tio ne quipme ntintegratedi nt he vehicle
when driving, youw illbe distract ed from the
tr af fics ituation. Thiscouldalso cau seyout o
lose control of thev ehicle. #
Onlyoper atet his equipme ntwhen the
tr af fics ituation per mits. #
Ifyo uc anno tb es ureo fthis, stop the
ve hicle whilstpaying attention toroad 26
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Instru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom put er

and
trafficc ondi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withthe vehicle statio nary. Obser
vethel eg alrequ iremen tsfort he countr y
in whic hyou arec urrently drivi ng when operat‐
ing theo n-boar dcom put er.
% The on-boar dcom put erdispla yswill appear
on them ultifunc tiondispla y(/pag e267). The
on-boar dcom put erisoper ated using left-
hand Touc hC ontrol 2 and thel eft-hand back/
home button1.
The follo wing menusarea vailable:
R Service
R DriveA ssist
R Trip
R Navi gation
R Radio
R Media
R Phon e
R Head -upDisp.
R Design s
The men uscan becalle dupfromt hemenu bar
on them ultifunc tiondispla y. #
Tocall upthem enu bar: press backbutton
on thel eft1 until them enu barisdis‐
pla yed.
% Ve
hicl eswithout Activ eD ista nce Assist
DI ST RO NIC :pr ess the00E2 buttontocal l
up them enu baroftheo n-boar dcom put er. #
Toscr ollinthem enu bar: swipe lefto r
ri ght onleft-hand Touc hC ontrol 2. #
Tocall upam enuo rconf irmas election:
pr ess left-han dTouc hControl 2. #
Toscr ollthrough displa ysorlists on the
menu :swipe upwards ordown wardso nleft-
hand Touc hC ontrol 2. #
Tocall upasubmen uorconf irmas elec‐
tion :pr ess left-han dTouc hControl 2. #
Toexitas ubm enu: press backbutton on
th el eft1. Ins
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Fu
ll-scr eenmenu
Yo uc an displ aythef ollo wing menus infull on
th eI nstrument Display:
R DriveA ssist
R Trip #
Onthec orresponding menu,useleft-hand
To uc hC ontrol 2 toscr olltothee nd ofthe
lis t. #
Press left-hand Touc hC ontrol 2.
The selected men uwillbe displ ayedinf ull. Se
tting thed esig n
On -bo ardc om put er:
4 Designs
% This function isavailable onlyforv ehicles
wit haW idescr eenCockpit.
The follo wing design scan be selec ted:
R Classic
R Sport
R Progres sive #
Toselect adesign: swipeupwards ordown‐
wa rdso nthe left-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol.
The Instru ment Displa ywillb es hown inthe
select eddesign. Se
tting thea reaf or addit iona lvalue s G-m
eter (exa mp le)
1 Area fora dditional values
2 Indexpoint s #
Toselect displaycont ent:swipe tothe
ri ght onthel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Swip eupwards ordown wardso nthe left-
hand Touc hC ontrol to select displaycont ent.
When displaycont ent isselect ed,thea rea
fo ra dditional values 1will brief lybe high‐
light ed.
Ind expoint s2 will displa ythe select edlist
it em.
The follo wing displa ycontent can beselect edin
th eClassic andSport designs:
R Tach ome ter
R Navig ation
R ECOd isplay
R Consu mption
R G-m eter
The follo wing content can beselect edinthePro-
gressive design:
R date
R Navig ation
R ECOd isplay
R Consu mption
R G-m eter 266
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Ov
ervie wo fdispla yson them ultif unct ion
disp lay 1
Outs idetemp eratur e
2 Drivep rogram
3 Trans miss ionposit ion
4 Time
5 Displa ysection
% Ve
hicl eswith anIns trument Displayin
th eW idescr een Cockpit:thep osition of
th ed ispla yswill differf romt hose displa yed
her e. Fu
rther displa yson them ultifunc tiondispla y:
0097 Gear
shiftrecom mendatio n(/pa ge187)
ë ActiveP arking Assista ctivat ed
(/ page245)
é Parking AssistP ARK TRON ICdeact ivat ed
(/ page 237)
h Cruise control (/ page210)
ç ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 212)
00D4 Ac
tiveB rake Assi st(/ pag e209)
è ActiveS teer ing Assis t(/ pag e219)
00B0 Ac
tiveL aneK eeping Assist(/page259)
± ActiveL aneC hangeA ssist(/ pag e221)
00D9 HOLD
function (/page225)
00CE Ad
aptiveH ighbeam Assis t(/ pag e153)
Ve hicl eswith Traf ficS ign Assis t:De tected
ins tructi ons and traf fics igns (/ page 251). Ad
jus tingthe inst ru men tlighti ng #
Turn brightn esscontrol 1 upordown.
The lightin gofthe Instrument Displayand in
th ec ontrol element softhe vehicle interior is
adjus ted. Ins
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Menus
andsubmenus Call
ingupfunctio nson theS ervice menu of
th eo n-boa rdcom puter On-boar
dcom put er:
4 Service #
Toselect thef un ction: swipeupwards or
do wn wardso nthe left-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol.
Fu nctio nson theServ icemenu:
R Messag ememor y(/pag e492)
R Tires :
- Chec kthe tirep ressur ewitht he tirep res‐
sur em onit or(/ page452)
- Restar tt he tirep ressur emonit or
(/ page453)
R ASSYST PLUS:c allup thes ervice duedate
(/ page407)
R Engine oilleve l Callin
gupthe ass istan tdisp lay On
-bo ardc om put er:
4 DriveA ssist
% When youh ave setthe stylet oClassi c,y ou
can viewt he assis tant displ aymenu con‐
te nts inthel eft-hand area oftheI nstrument
Displa y.
The follo wing displa ysarea vailable onthea ssis‐
ta nt displ aymenu:
R Assis tant displ ay
R Attentio nleve l(/ pag e250) #
Toswitc hbetwe en thed isplays :sw ipe
up wa rdso rdow nwards on thel eft-hand
To uc hC ontrol. St
atus displa yson thea ssis tant displ ay:
R 00D7 :ATTENTION ASSISTd eactiv ated
R Light lanemarkings: ActiveL aneK eeping
Assis tenabled
R Green lane markings :Activ eLaneK eeping
Assis tactiv e
R Gray radar wavesnext to vehicle: BlindSpot
Assis tenabled 268
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R
Green radar wavesn exttov ehicle: BlindSpot
Assis tactiv e
R ActiveD ista nce AssistDIS TRONI Cdispl ay s
( / pag e212). Ca
lling up displ ayso nthe Trip menu On-
boar dcom put er:
4 Trip
% When youh ave thes tyle settoClassi c,y ou
can viewi nfor mati onon thej our neyint he
lef t-hand area oftheI nstrument Display. St
andar ddispla y(exam ple)
1 Trip dis tance
2 Totald ista nce Tr
ip com puter(exa mp le)
1 Totald ista nce
2 Driving time
3 Averag es peed
4 Averag ef uel con sum ption #
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdso nthe left-hand Touc hC ontrol.
Dis playson theTrip menu:
R Standar ddispla y
R Rangea nd cur rent fue lconsu mption
Ar ecuper ationdispla yisa lso sho wnforc er‐
ta in engin es.Ifth er ei so nlyas mall amount
of fuel leftint he fuel tank ,the displa ywill Ins
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wav ehicle beingrefuel edinstead ofthe
ra ng e.
R ECOd ispl ay (/ pag e182)
R Trip com puterFro mS tart and FromR eset
R Digital speedom eter
% The digit alspeedome tero nly app earsint he
Spo rtand Supersport styles. Re
setting values ontheT ripm enu oftheo n-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom put er:
4 Trip
% The spelli ngon them ainmenu displayed
ma ydiffe r. Ther efor e, obser vethem enu
ove rviewf ortheI nstrument Display
(/ page264).
Yo uc an rese tthe values ofthef ollo wing func‐
tions:
R Trip dis tance
R Trip com puter"Fro ms tart"a nd "Fro mr ese t"
R ECOd ispla y #
Toselect thef un ction tobe rese t:swipe
upw ards ordown wardso nthe left-hand
To uc hC ontrol. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol. #
Select Yes. #
Press thel eft-hand Touc hC ontrol.
If yo up ress and hold thel eft-hand Touc hC on‐
tr ol, thef unc tion willberese timmediat ely. Calling
upnavig ation instructions ontheo n-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom put er:
4 Navigation Ex
am ple: nochang eofdirect ion ann oun ced
1 Distance tothen extd estinat ion
2 Estimat edarriva ltim e
3 Distance tothen extc hang eofdirect ion
4 Current road 27
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