2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SL CLASS display

180°
view 0043
Symbol forthe 180 °view function
0044 Your vehicle
0087 Warnin gdisplays forthe Parkin gPackage
with rearview camera
You canalso usetherear view camera to
select a180 °view.
When theParkin gPackage withrearview cam-
era isoperation al(Y page 174), asymbol for
your ownvehicle appears inthe multimedia
system. Ifthe Parkin gPackage withrearview
camera warning displays areactiv e,warning
displays 0087light upinthe multimedia system
in yellow orred accor dingly. ATTEN
TIONASSIST
General notes ATTE
NTION ASSIS Thelps youduring long,
mono tonous journ eys,such ason highways. It
is activ ein the 37mph (60km/ h)to 125 mph
(200 km/h)range. IfATTENTION ASSIST
detects typicalindica torsoffatigu eor increas-
ing lapses inconcentration onthe part ofthe
driver, itsugg ests youtake abrea k.
Important safetynotes ATTENTION
ASSISTisonly anaid tothe driver.
It might notalwaysrecognize fatigueor
increasi nginattentiveness intime orfail to
recognize thematall.The system isnot asub-
stitute forawel l-rested andattentive driver. The
functional ityofATTENTION ASSISTis
restricted andwarni ngsmay bedela yedornot
occur atall:
R ifthe length ofthe journey isless than
app roximatel y30 minutes
R ifthe road condition ispoor, e.g.ifthe sur-
face isuneven orifthere arepothol es
R ifthere isastrong sidewind
R ifyou have adopted asporty drivingstyle
with high cornering speedsorhigh rates of
accele ration
R ifyou arepredo minantly drivingslow erthan
37 mph (60km/h) orfaster than125mph
(200 km/h )
R ifyou aredrivi ngwith theSteering Assistof
Active Distance AssistDISTRONIC activated
R ifthe time hasbeen setincorrectly
R in active drivingsitua tions, suchaswhen
you change lanesorchange yourspee d
The attention levelevaluation isdele tedand
restarts whenthejourney iscontinued, if:
R you switch offthe engine
R you take offyou rseat beltandopen the
driver' sdoor, e.g.forachange ofdrivers or
to take abrea k
Di splayin gthe attention level You
canhave current statusinformatio ndis-
pla yed inthe assi stance menu(Ypag e199)
of the on-board computer.
X Select theAssistance displayforATTEN-
TION ASSIST using the on-board computer
(Y pag e200) . Drivi
ngsystems
185Drivingand parking Z

The
following informationisdisplay ed:
R the length ofthe journey sincethelast
break.
R the atten tionlevel determin edbyATTEN -
TION ASSIST, display edinabar display in
five levels fromhightolow.
R ifATTE NTION ASSISTisunable tocalculate
the atten tionlevel andcann otoutput a
warning, theSystem suspended System
suspended message
appears. Thebardisplay thenchanges the
display ,e.g. ifyou aredriving ataspeed
below 37mph (60km/ h)or above 125mph
(2 00 km/ h).
Acti vating ATT ENT ION ASSIS T X
Ac tivat eAT TENTI ON ASSIST usin gth eon -
boar dco mput er(Y page 200).
The systemdeterm inesth eatt ention levelof
th edri ver depe nding ontheset ting sele c-
te d:
St and ardselect ed:thesen sitivit ywit hwhic h
th esyst emdeterm inesth eatt ention levelis
set tonorm al.
Sens itive select ed:thesen sitivit yis set
high er.The attention leveldet ectedby ATTEN-
TIO NAS SIST isadapt edacc ordinglyand the
dri ver iswarn edearl ier.
When ATTENTI ON ASSIST isdeac tivat ed, the
00AD symboland OFFappear inthemult ifunc-
ti on disp layintheassi stanc edisp laywhen the
en gin eis run ning.
When ATTENTI ON ASSIST has been deactiva-
te d, itis auto maticallyreac tivat ed afterthe
en gin ehas been stoppe d.The sensitivit y
sele cted correspo ndsto thelast selection acti-
vat ed (stand ard/ sensitive ).
Wa rning inthemu ltifu nct ion displa y If
fat igue orinc reas inglapse sin concen trati on
are detected, awarn ingappear sin themult i-
fun ction disp lay:Attention Assist:Tak e Att
ention Assist:Tak e
a bre ak! a
bre ak!
In addit iontothemes sage showninthemult i-
fun ction disp lay,you willthen hear awarn ing
to ne .
X Ifne cessar y,tak eabre ak.
X Con firm themes sage bypre ssing the0076
but tonon thest eer ing whee l.
On longjo urn eys, takereg ular breaks ingoo d
ti me toallow yourselftores t.Ifyou donot tak
eabre ak, you willbewarn edagain after
15 min utesat theearl iest.The precond ition
for this isthat ATTENTI ON ASSIST still det ects
typ ical indicat ors offat igue orinc reas inglap-
ses inconcen trati on.
Veh icles withCOMA ND:ifawarn ingis
iss ued inthemult ifunction disp lay,aser vice
st ati on sear chisper formed inCOMA ND.You
can selectaser vicest ati on and navigat ionto
th is ser vicest ati on will then begi n.This func-
ti on can beact ivat edand deac tivat ed in
COMA ND. Acti
veDri ving Assis tance packa ge
Gene ralnot es The
Active Drivin gAs sis tan cepac kageco n-
sis tsof Active Distanc eAs sis tDI ST RONI C
(Y page 157), Active Steer ing Assis t,Ac tive
Bli nd Spot Assis t(Y page 186)and Active
Lan eKee pingAs sis t(Y page 189).
Acti veBlind Spot Assis t Gene
ralnot es
Ac tive Blind Spot Assis tmon itors theareas on
eit her side oftheveh icleth at are notdir ectly
vis ible tothedri ver withtwo lateral ,rear -
fac ing radar sensors.Awarn inglamp lightsup
in theex terio rmir rorsand draw syour atten-
ti on toveh icles det ectedin themon itore d
area. Ifyou then swit chon theco rrespo nding
tur nsign alto chang elan e,you willalso
rec eivean opt ical and audible warning.If aris k
of lateral collisi onisdet ected, correc tive brak -
ing may help youavoidaco llisi on.Be for ea
co urs e-co rrec ting brak eapplic ation,Ac tive
Bli nd Spot Assis teval uate sth espac ein the
dir ection oftravel andattheside sof theveh i-
cle .Fo rth is, Active Blind Spot Assis tuses the
for ward -facin gradar sensors.
Ac tive Blind Spot Assis tsupp ortsyou from a
spee dof appr oximat ely20mph (30km/h).
Imp ortant safety notes
Ac tive Blind Spot Assis tis on lyan aid and is
no ta subs titut efor attentive drivin g. 186
Driv
ingsystem sDriv ingand parki ng

Due
tothe natu reofthe system :
R wa rnings maybe issu ed inerr orwh en driv-
ing closetocra shbarriers orsimil arsol id
la ne borde rs.
R wa rnings maybe inte rrupte dwh en drivin g
al ong side partic ular ly long veh icles, e.g.
tru cks, forapro longe dtime .
In dic ator andwarning display 0043
Yellow indicator lamp/ redwarning lamp
Activ eBli nd Spo tAssi stisnot activeatspee ds
be low ap pro xim ately20 mph (30km/h ).Veh i-
cle sin the moni toringrange arethe nnot indi-
cate d.
Wh enActiv eBli nd Spo tAssi stisacti vated ,
ind icator lamp 0043inthe exte riormir rorslights
up yellow atspee ds ofup to20 mph
(30 km/h ).At spee ds above 20mph
(30 km/h ),the indicator lamp goes outand
Activ eBli nd Spo tAssi stisop era tional .
If aveh icleis de tecte dwi thi nthe moni toring
ra nge atspee ds above appro xim ately20 mph
(30 km/h ),wa rning lamp 0043onthe corr e-
sp ond ingside lights upred .Thi swa rning
al wa ysoccu rswh en aveh icleente rsthe moni -
tori ngrange frombehind orfro mthe side .
Wh enyouove rtake aveh icle, the warning only
occu rsifthe diffe renc ein spee dis less tha n
7 mph (12km/h ).
The yellow indicator lamp goes outif rev ers e
ge ar iseng aged .In thi seve nt,Activ eBli nd
Spo tAssi stisno longe racti ve.
The brightne ssofthe indicator/w arning lamps
is ad jus ted automa tically acc ording tothe
am bient light.
Vis ual and acou sti cco llis io n wa rning
If yo usw itch onthe turnsigna lsto cha nge
la nes and aveh icleis de tecte din the side
moni toringrange ,yo urece iveavis ualand
aco ustic collisi on warning. Youwi llthe nhe ar a do
ublewa rning tone andredwarning lamp 0043
fla she s.Ifthe turnsigna lrem ains on, detecte d
veh icles areind icated bythe flashi ng ofred
wa rning lamp 0043. Thereareno furthe rwa rning
tone s.
Co urse -corre cting brak eappl icatio n
If Activ eBli nd Spo tAssi stdetects aris kof a
la tera lcol lisi on inthe moni toringrange ,a
cou rse-corr ectingbra keapplica tionis car ried
ou t.Thi sis mea ntto assist youin avoidi ng a
col lisi on. G
WA
RNING
A cou rse-corr ectingbra keapplica tioncan-
not alwa yspre vent acol lisi on. Thereisaris k
of an acc ident.
Alw aysstee r,bra keoracc elera teyoursel f,
esp ecially ifActiv eBli nd Spo tAssi stwa rns
yo uor ma kes acou rse-corr ectingbra ke
ap plica tion.Alw aysma inta inasa fe dista nce
at the side s. If
acou rse-corr ectingbra keapplica tion
occu rs,red warning lamp 0043flashe sin the
exte riormir ror and adu alwa rning tone
sou nds .In additio n,disp lay0044 und erlining the
da nge rof aside collisi on appe arsin the multi-
fu nctio ndisp lay.
In ver yra re cas es, the system mayma kean
ina pprop riate bra keapplica tion.Acou rse-cor-
recti ngbra keapplica tionma ybe inte rrupte d
at any time ,e.g .if yo ustee rsl ig htl yin the
op po site directi onordepre ssthe accelera tor
pe dalmor efir mly .
The course-corr ectingbra keapplica tionis
av ailabl e in the spee dra nge betwe en20 mph
(30 km/h )and 120 mph (200km/h ). 18
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ivi ng system sDrivi ng andparki ng

0063
0064 Press
andhold:
R In the Audio Audio
menu: selects apre-
set listorastation listinthe
desired frequency range,selects
an audio trackorvideo scene
using rapidscrolling
R In the Tel Tel
(Telephone) menu:
starts rapidscrolling ifthe phone
book isopen 0076 R
Confirms theselection ordisplay
message
R In the Tel Tel
(Telephone) menu:
switches tothe telephone book
and starts dialingthe selected
number 0038 Press
briefly:
R Back
R Switches offthe Voice Control
System
R Hides display messages orcalls
up the last Trip Trip
menu function
used
R Exit sthe telephone book/redial
memory 0038 Press
andhold:
R Call sup the standard displayin
the Trip Trip
menu Right
control panel 0076 R
Rejects orends acall
R Exit sthe telephone book/redial
memory 0061 R
Makes oraccepts acall
R Switches tothe redial memory 0081
0082 R
Adjusts thevolume 0063 R
Mute 0059 R
Switches onthe Voice Control
System Further
information onthe Voice Control Sys-
tem isavaila bleinthe separate operating
instruct ions. Multifunction
display 0043
Drive program (Ypage 136)
0044 Transmission position(Ypage 136)
0087 Text field
0085 Menu bar
0083 Time
0084 Outside temperature orspeed
(Y page 201)
Set thetime using themultimedia system;see
the Digital Operator's Manual.
X To display menubar0085:press the0059
or 0065 button onthe steering wheel.
If you donot press thebuttons anylonger,
menu bar0085isfaded outafter afew sec-
onds.
Text field 0087shows theselected menuor
submenu anddisplay messages.
Possible displaysinthe multifu nctiondis-
play:
R 0097Gearshift recommen dation,whenshifting
manually (Ypage 144)
R 005D Active Parking Assist(Ypage 177)
R CRUISE CRUISE
Cruisecontrol(Ypage 155)
R 00CE Adaptive Highbeam Assist
(Y page 112)
R 00D6 ECOstart/ stopfunct ion(Ypage 129)
R 00D9 HOLD function(Ypage 166)
R 004F Active Steerin gAssist (Ypage 157) 194
Displays
andoperat ionOn-board computerand displays

Menus
andsubmen us Menu
overview
Using the0059 or0065 button onthe steering
whee l,open themenu bar.
Opera tingtheon-board computer
(Y pag e193).
Dependi ngon the vehicl eequ ipme nt,you can
sele ctthe followi ngmenu:
R Trip Trip
menu (Ypag e195)
R Navi Navi
menu (navigatio ninstructions)
(Y pag e196)
R Audio Audio
menu(Ypag e197)
R Tel Tel
menu (telephone) (Ypag e198)
R DriveAs sist DriveAs
sistmenu (assistance)
(Y pag e199)
R Serv. Serv.
menu(Ypag e201)
R Sett. Sett.
menu(settings) (Ypag e201)
R AMG AMG
menu (Merce des-AMG vehicles)
(Y pag e205) Trip
menu
Standard display X
Press andhold the0038 button onthe
steering wheeluntil theTrip Trip
menu withtrip
odome ter0043and odome ter0044app ears .
Trip computer "FromStart"or"From
Rese t" 0043
Distance
0044 Driving time 0087
Average speed
0085 Average fuelconsumpti on
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing whee lto sele ctthe Trip Trip
menu.
X Press the0063 or0064 button tosele ct
From Start From
Start orFrom Reset From
Reset.
The valuesinthe From Start From
Start submenu are
calcu lated fromthestart ofajourney whilst
the valu esinthe From Reset From
Reset submenu are
calcu lated fromthelasttime thesubmenu was
reset (Ypag e196) .
In the followi ngcases ,the trip compute ris
au tomatica llyreset From Start From
Start:
R the ignitio nhas been switched offfor more
than fourhours.
R 999 hourshave been exceede d.
R 9,999 mileshave been exceede d.
When 9,999 hoursor 99,999 mileshave been
exceede d,the trip compute ris au tomatica lly
reset From Reset From
Reset.
EC Odisplay The
ECO displayisnot available inMercede s-
AMG vehicl es.
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing whee lto sele ctthe Trip Trip
menu.
X Press the0063 or0064 button tosele ct
ECO DISPLAY ECO
DISPLAY .
If the ignitio nremai nsswi tched offfor longer
than fourhours,the ECO displaywillbe auto-
matica llyreset.
For more informa tiononthe ECO display,see
(Y pag e151) .
Di splayin gthe range andcurrent fuel
co nsumption Mercede
s-AMGvehicles:the menu onlydis-
pla ysapp roxima terange 0043. Menus
andsubmen us
195On-bo ardcomput erand displays Z

X
Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theTrip Trip
menu.
X Press 0063or0064 toselect thedisplay
with approximate range0043and curren tfuel
cons umption 0044.
Approx imaterange 0043that canbecovered
is calculated accordingto your curren tdriv-
ing style andtheamount offuel inthe tank .
If there isonly asmall amount offuel leftin
the fuel tank ,a vehicle beingrefueled 00A8
appears insteadofapproximate range0043.
Recuperation display0087shows youif
energy hasbeen recuperated fromthe
kinet icenergy inoverrun modeandsaved in
the battery. Recuperation display0087
depends onthe engine installed andis
theref orenot availabl ein all vehicles.
Digital speedomet er X
Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theTrip Trip
menu.
X Press the0063 or0064 button toselect the
digital speedometer.
A gearshift recommendation 0097may also
appear inthe display.
Observe theinform ationongearshift recom-
mendation whenshiftin gmanually
(Y page 144).
Mercedes- AMGvehicles: agearshift recom-
mendation isshown inthe status barofthe
multifunc tiondisplay andnotinthe digital
speedometer display.
Resetting values X
Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theTrip Trip
menu.
X Press the0063 or0064 button toselect the
funct ionthat youwish toreset.
X Press 0076toconf irmyour selection .
X Press 0064toselect Yes Yes
andpress 0076to
conf irm.
You canreset thevalues ofthe following func-
tions:
R Trip odometer
R "From Start"trip computer
R "From Reset" tripcomputer
R ECO display
If you reset thevalues inthe ECO display, the
values inthe "From Start"trip computer arealso
reset. Ifyou reset thevalues inthe "From
Start "trip computer ,the values inthe ECO dis-
play arealso reset. Naviga
tionsystem menu
Displaying navigation instructions In
the Navi Navi
menu, themultifunc tiondisplay
shows navigation instruction s.
Observe theadditional informationonnaviga-
tion inthe Digital Operator's Manualofthe
multimedia system.
X Switc hon the multimedia system(seethe
Digital Operator's Manual)
X Press the0059 or0065 button onthe steer-
ing wheel toselect theNavi Navi
menu.
Rout eguidance notactive 0043
Direct ionoftravel
0044 Current road
Rout eguidance active No
change ofdirection announced 0043
Dist ance todestinat ion
0044 Dist ance tothe next change ofdirection
0087 Current road
0085 "Follow theroad's course" symbol 196
Menus
andsubmenusOn-board computerand display s

Cha
nge ofdir ection announced without
a lane recom mendation 0043
Road intowhic hth echan geofdire ction
leads
0044 Distan cetochan geofdire ction and visual
dist ancedisplay
0087 Chan ge-of-dire ction symbo l
When achan geofdire ction isann oun ced,you
will see chan ge-of-dire ction symbo l0087 and
dist ancegraph ic0044. The distanceind icat or
shor tens towards theto pof thedisplay asyou
appro achthepoin tof theann oun ced chan ge
of dire ction .
Cha nge ofdir ection announced witha
lane recom mendation 0043
Road intowhic hth echan geofdire ction
leads
0044 Distan cetochan geofdire ction and visual
dist ancedisplay
0087 Lanesnotrec omm ended
0085 Reco mmendedlane andnew lane durin ga
chan geofdire ction
0083 Chan ge-of-dire ction symbo l
On mult ilane roads ,new lane recomm enda-
tio ns can bedisplaye dfor thenex tchan geof
dire ction ifth edigit almap suppo rts th is data.
Dur ing thechan geofdire ction ,new lanesmay
be added.
Lan eno trec omm ended0087: you willnotbe
able tocom pleteth enex tchan geofdire ction
if you stay inthis lane .
Reco mmendedlane andnew lane durin ga
chan geofdire ction 0085: inthis lane youwillbe
able tocom pleteth enex ttwo chan gesof
dire ction with outchan ginglane . Ot
her stat us ind icat ors ofthenav iga-
tion system The
navigat ionsyst emdisplays additional
inf orm ationand theveh icle status .
Poss ibledisplays :
R New Route... New
Route...orCal culatingRoute... Cal
culatingRoute...
A new routeis calc ulate d.
R Roa dNot Mapped Roa
dNot Mapped
The vehicle posit ionisins ide thearea ofthe
digit almap buttheroad isno trec ogn ized,
e.g .new lybuilt street s,car park sor priv ate
land .
R No Route No
Route
No rout ecoul dbe calc ulate dto theselec ted
dest ination.
R 004B
You have reachedthedest inationoran
int erm ediat edest ination. Aud
iomen u
Select ingara dio stat ion 0043
Activest atio nlist
0044 Statio nfrequen cywith mem oryposit ion
The mult ifunction display showsst atio n0044
with statio nfrequen cyorstatio nnam e.The
pres etposit ionison lydisplaye dalon gwith
st atio n0044 ifth is has been store d.
X Swit chon themult imed iasyst emand selec t
radio (seetheDig ital Oper ator'sMan ual).
X Pres sth e0059 or0065 buttononthest eer-
ing wheel toselec tth eAud io Aud
iomen u. Menu
sand subm enus
197On-boar dcomp uter and displa ys Z

X
To
select apres etlist or stati onlist:
pre ssand brieflyhol dthe 0063 or0064 but-
ton untilthe preset list or sta tionlist inthe
de sired freq uency rang eis sho wn.
X To select astati on:bri eflypre ss0063
or 0064.
SIR IUS XM®
sa tel lite rad ioacts like anorma l
rad io.
For more informa tionon rad ioop era tion,see
"Sa tellite rad io"in the DigitalOpe rator'sMan-
ua l.
Ope ratin gan audi oplay eror medi a Yo
ucan play audio files from various audio
pl ay ers ordata med ia,de pendi ng on the
eq uipme ntins talled in the vehicle.
X Swi tch onthe multimed iasystem andselect
CD orMP3 mode(se ethe DigitalOpe rator's
Ma nua l).
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing wheelto sel ect the Audio Aud
iomenu .
X To select the next/ prev ious track :bri efly
pre ssthe 0063 or0064 button.
X To
select atrack fromthetrack list
(rapi dsc rol ling ):pre ssand holdthe 0063
or 0064 button untilde sired trac k0043
ap pe ars .
If yo upre ssand holdthe 0063 or0064 but-
ton, therapidscro lling speedisincre ased .
Not allau dio play ers ormed iasupp ort this
func tion.
If trac kinfo rma tionis sa ved onthe audio
pl ay er or med ia,the multifunc tiondispl ay
wi llsho wthe num berand titleof the trac k. Vide
oDVD operatio n X
Swi tch onthe multimed iasystem andselect
vid eo DVD (seethe DigitalOpe rator'sMan-
ua l).
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing wheelto sel ect the Audio Aud
iomenu .
X To
select the next or prev ious scen e:
bri eflypre ssthe 0063 or0064 button.
X To
select asc en efrom thescen elist
(rapi dsc rol ling ):pre ssand holdthe 0063
or 0064 button untilde sired scene 0043
ap pe ars . Tel
epho nemen u
In troduc tion G
WAR
NING
If yo uop era teinfo rma tionsy stem sand com-
mu nica tioneq uipme ntinte grated inthe
veh iclewh en driving ,yo uma ybe distra cted
from thetrafficsitua tion.Yo ucou ldalso
lo se contro lof the vehicle. The reisaris kof
an acci dent.
Onl yop era tethiseq uipme ntwh en the traffic
si tua tionpe rmi ts.Ifyo uare not sure tha t
thi sis po ssi ble, pa rk the vehiclepa ying
atte ntionto traf ficcond itions and opera te
the equipme ntwh en the vehicleis sta tion-
ary .
Whe ntel ephoni ng,youmu stob ser vethe lega l
req uirem ents forthe country inwh ich youare
cur rentl ydri ving .
X Swi tch onthe mob ile pho ne(seethe manu -
fac ture r’s op era ting instruc tions).
X Swi tch onthe multimed iasystem (seethe
Dig italOpe rator'sManua l) 19
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usand submen usOn-bo ard computer anddisplay s