2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SL ROADSTER Owner's Manual

Opera
tingsystem Overview
General notes !
Do
not use thespace infron tof the dis-
play forstor age. Objec tsplaced herecould
damage thedisplay orimpair itsfunc tion.
Avoid anydirect contact with thedisplay
surface. Pressure onthe display surface
may result inimpairment sto the display,
which couldbeirrever sible.
Wearing polarized sunglasses mayimpair your
ability toread thedisplay.
The display hasanautomatic temperature-
con trolled switch- offfeature. Thebrightn essis
automatic allyreduced ifthe temper atureis
too high. Thedisplay maytempor arilyswitch
off complet ely.
Cleaning instructions !
Do
not touch thedisplay. Thedisplay hasa
very sensit ivehigh-gloss surface;thereisa
risk ofscrat ching .If you have toclean the
screen ,however, useamild cleanin gagent
and asoft ,lint- free cloth .
The display mustbeswitched offand have
cooled downbefore youstart cleanin g.Do not
apply pressure tothe display surface when
cleanin git, as this could cause irreversible
damage tothe display.
Switching themult imedia system
on/off X
Press the0043con trol knob.
Adju sting thevolume X
Turn the0043con trol knob.
The volume isadjusted:
R for the curren tlyselect edmedia source
R during trafficor navigation announcements
R in hands- freemode during anactive call
Switching thesound onoroff X
Press the0063 button onthe control panel.
If the audio output isswitched off,thesta-
tus line willshow the0063 symbol. Ifyou switch
themedia source orset the volume,
the sound isautomatic allyswitched on.
i Navigation
announcementswill beheard
even ifthe sound ismuted.
Functions The
multimedia systemhasthefollowing func-
tion s:
R Radio mode
R Media modewithmedia search
R Sound systems
R Navigation system
R Communicat ionfunc tions
R SIRIUS Weather
R Vehicle functionswith system settings
R Favorit esfunc tions
Controller The
controller inthe cent ercon sole letsyou:
R select menuitemsonthe display
R ent ercharact ers
R select adestin ationonthe map
R save entries
The controller canbe:
R turn ed3
R slid leftorright 1
R slid forwards orback 4
R slid diagonally 2
R pressed brieflyorpressed andheld7
Back button You
canusethe0038 button toexit amenu or
to call upthe main menu ofthe curren toperat-
ing mode.
X To exit themenu: brieflypressthe0038
button .
The multimedia systemchanges tothe next
higher menulevelinthe curren toperatin g
mode.
X To call upthe main menu: pressthe0038
button forlonger thantwosecon ds.
The multimedia systemchanges tothe main
menu ofthe curren toperatin gmode. Opera
tingsystem
247Multimedia system Z

Fav
orites button You
canassignpre definedfun ction susin gth e
007D favoritesbut tonand callthem upby
pre ssin gth ebut ton(Y page 248). Fav
orites
Calli ngup and exitingfavor ites X
To call up:pre ssthe007D buttonon the
co ntrol ler.
X Se lec ta fav orite,e. g. Veh icle Veh
icle.
The favoritesare disp layed.
X To exit :pre ssthe007D buttonagain .
Add ingfavor ites Add
ingpredef ined favor ites
X Pre ssthe007D button.
X Sli de 6 theco ntrol ler.
X Se lec tRea ssign Rea
ssign.
The categor iesare disp layed.
X Se lec ta cat egor y.
The favoritesare disp layed.
X Se lec ta fav orite.
X To add thefav oriteto thedesi redposi tion ,
tur nand presstheco ntrol ler.
If afav oritehas already been added atthis
pos ition ,it will beove rwritte n.
Add ingyou rown favor ites
You canadd climat eco ntrol asafav orite,for
ex ampl e.
X Se lec tVeh icle Veh
icle007BV ehicle Settings Veh
icleSet tings.
X Pre ssand hold the007D buttonunt ilth e
fav oritesare disp layed.
X Ad dafav oriteto thedesi redposi tion .
If afav oritehas already been added atthis
pos ition ,it will beove rwritte n. Na
viga tion mod e
Imp ortant safety notes G
WAR
NING
If you oper ateinform ation syst ems andcom-
mun ication equipm entint egr atedin the
veh iclewhen driving,you may bedist racted fr
om thetraff icsit uati on.You could also
lose control oftheveh icle. Ther eis aris kof
an acc iden t.
On lyoper atethis equipm entwhen thetraff ic
sit uati onper mits.Ifyou arenotsure that
th is ispos sible ,park theveh iclepayin g
att ention totraff icco nd ition sand oper ate
th eequipm entwhen theveh icleis stati on-
ary.
You must observeth elegal require men tsfor
th eco unt ryinwhic hyou arecurren tly driv ing
when operating thenav igat ionsyst em.
Gener alnot es Am
ongot her thing s,co rrect function ing ofthe
nav igat ionsyst emdepe ndson GPS recept ion.
In cer tainsit uati ons,GPS recept ion may be
impa ired,th ere may beinterf ere nceor there
may beno rec ept ion atall, e.g. intun nelsor
park inggarag es.
Fur ther inform ation can befoun din theDig ital
Oper ator'sMan ual.
Select ingarou tetype and route
opt ions Mult
imed iasyst em:
X Se lec tNav i Nav
i007BN avigation Nav
igation.
The map showstheveh icle's curren tposi -
ti on .
X Sli de 6 theco ntrol ler.
X Se lec tOpt ions Opt
ions007BR outeSet tings Rou
teSettings.
Not esfor rout etyp es:
R Eco Route Eco
Route
R Dyn amicTra fficRou te Dyn
amicTra fficRou te
Traf ficrep ortson therout efor therout e
guidan ceare takenintoacc oun t(n ot availa -
ble inall count ries ).
R Dyn amicTRF .Rou teAfterRequest Dyn
amicTRF .Rou teAfterRequest
You candecide whet herornotcur ren ttr af-
fic rep ortssho uld beincluded intherout e
calc ulation(not availa bleinall count ries ).
R Cal cul ate AlternativeRoutes Cal
cul ate AlternativeRoutes
Dif ferentrout esare bein gcalc ulated.In
ord erto do so, instead ofSta rt Sta
rt,sele ctthe
men uitem Continue Con
tinue. 248
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era ting syst emMultim edia system

X
To avo id/use route options:sel ect
Avo idOptions Avo
idOptions.
X Sel ect arou teoptio n.
Note sfor routeoptio ns:
R Use TollRoa ds Use
TollRoa ds
The routecal cul ation incl udes roa dswhich
req uire youto paya us ag efee (toll).
R Num ber ofOccupants inthe Vehicle: Num
ber ofOccupants inthe Vehicle:
(o nly availab lein the USA)
Pre requisite: your veh iclemee tsthe acce ss
cond itions forcarpoollanes.
Ca rpo ollanes willbe incl uded ifthe carpool
la nes optio nis acti vate d.
En teri nganaddres s Mu
ltimed iasystem :
X Sel ect Navi Nav
i007BN avigation Nav
igation.
The mapsho wsthe vehicle's current posi-
tio n.
X Sli de 6 thecontro ller.
X Sel ect Destination Des
tination007B AddressEnt ry Add
ressEnt ry.
Enter anaddre ss, e.g.as follows :
R city orZIP code,stre et,hou senum ber
R sta te/p rovince, cityorZIP code
R city orZIP code,cente r
R stre et,city orZIP code,inte rsectio n
X Sel ect City Cit
y.
The cityinwh ich the vehicleis cur rentl y
lo cate d(cu rrentveh iclepo sitio n)isat the
top. Below this,yo uwi llsee locati ons for
wh ich routeguidance hasal rea dybeen car -
rie dou t.
X Enter thecity.
The 0043symbo l:the locati onisconta inedon
the digital map multiple time s.
X To switchto the list: slid e 5 thecontro l-
le r.
X Sel ect the locati on.
If ava ilab le,the ZIPcodeis sho wn. Ifther e
are differ ent ZIPcodesava ilab lefor the
lo cati on, the corr espond ingdigits are dis-
pl ay ed with an X X.
X Enter thestre etand housenum ber.
The addre ssisin the menu .
Furth eropti onsfor des tinatio nen try:
R sea rch forakey word The
keywordsea rch findsde stina tions using
fra gme ntsofwo rds .
R sel ect the last destina tion
R sel ect aconta ct
R sel ect aPOI
Yo ucan search foraPOI bylocati on, nam e
or telephone number.
R sel ect destina tionon the map
R enter interme diate destina tion
Yo ucan mapthe routeto the destina tion
yo ursel fwi th up tofou rinte rme diate desti-
nati ons.
R sel ect destina tions from Mercedes-B enz
App s
R sel ect geo-coo rdinate s
Cal culatin gthe route Pre
requisite: the addre sshasbe en enter ed
and isin the menu .
X Sel ect Start Sta
rtorCon tinue Con
tinue.
The routeiscal cul ate dwi th the selecte d
rou tetyp eand theselecte drou teoptio ns.
If rou teguidance hasal rea dybeen acti va-
ted ,a pro mpt willap pe ar asking whethe r
yo uwi sh toend thecurrent routeguidance .
X Sel ect Cancel Active RouteGuidance Can
cel Active RouteGuidanceor
Set asIntermediate Destination Set
asIntermediate Destination.
Can cel Active RouteGuidance Can
cel Active RouteGuidancecance ls
the current routeguidance andstarts rou te
cal cul ation tothe new destina tion.
Set asIntermediate Destination Set
asIntermediate Destinationadds
the new destina tionin ad ditio nto the exist-
ing destina tionand opens theinterme diate
de stina tions list. Co
nnectin gamob ile phon e
(C OMA ND)
Requ iremen ts For
telephony viathe Bluetoo th®
inte rface, you
req uire aBlu etoo th®
-cap ablemob ile pho ne.
The mob ile pho nemu stsupp ort Hand s-Free
Pro file 1.0 orabove .
Mu ltimed iasystem :
X Sel ect Vehicle Veh
icle007BS ystemSet‐ Sys
tem Set‐
tin gs tin
gs007B ActivateBluetooth Act
ivateBluetooth.
X Activa teBlu etoo th®
0073. Ope
ratin gsys tem
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Mobile
phone:
X Act ivate Bluetooth ®
and, ifnecessary, Blue-
tooth ®
visibili tyfor other devices (seethe
manufacturer's operatinginstructions).
The Bluetooth ®
device names forallofone
manufacturer's productsmightbeidentical. To
make itpossible toclearly identify yourmobile
phone, change thedevice name(seetheman-
ufacturer's operatinginstructions).
If the mobile phonesupports thePBAP (Phone
Book Access Profile) andMAP (Message
Access Profile)Bluetooth ®
profiles, thefollow-
ing information willbetransmit tedafter you
conn ect:
R Phone book
R Call lists
R Text messages ande-mail
i Further
information onsuitable mobile
phones canbefound at:http://
www .mer<004600480047004800560010004500480051005D001100460052005000120046
0052> nnect
i In
the USA, youcan getintouch withthe
Mercedes-Ben zCustomer AssistanceCenter
on 1-80 0-FO R-MERCedes
(1-800 -367-637 2).
In Canada ,you can getintouch withthe
Customer Relations Center on
1-80 0-387-0100.
Searching forand auth orizing (con-
necting) amobile phone Before
usingyourmobile phonewiththemulti-
media system forthe first time, youwillneed
to search forthe phone andthen authorize
(connec t)it. Depending onthe mobile phone,
authorization eithertakesplacebymeans of
Secure SimplePairing orby enterin gapass-
key. Themultimedia systemautomatically
makes theprocedure thatisrelevant foryour
mobile phoneavailable.Themobile phoneis
alwa ysconn ected automatically afterauthori-
zation. Further information onusing amobile
phone withthemultimedia system(seethe
Digital Operator's Manual).
If the multimedia systemdoesnotdetect your
mobile phone, thismay bedue toparticular
security settingson your mobile phone(see
the manufacturer's operatinginstructions).
Only onemobile phonecanbeconn ected to
the multimedia systematany one time.
Searching foramobile phone Multimedia
system:
X Select Tel/ Tel/00A7007BConn. Conn.
Device Device007BSearch
forPhones Search
forPhones007BStart Start
Search Search.
The availa blemobile phones aredisplay ed.
Symbols inthe device list Sym-
bol Explanation
00D3
New
mobile phonefound, notyet
authorized. 00DC
Mobile
phoneisauthorized, butis
not conn ected. Conne
ctingamobile phone
Authorizat ionusing Secure SimplePairing:
X Select mobile phone.
A code isdisplay edinthe multimedia sys-
tem andonthe mobile phone.
X Ifcodes match:select Yes Yes
onthe multime-
dia system.
X Confirm codeonthe mobile phone. Depend-
ing onthe mobile phoneused,confirm the
conn ection tothe multimedia systemand
for the PBAP andMAP Bluetooth ®
profiles.
The prompt toconfirm maytake uptotwo
minutes tobe display ed(see themanufac-
turer's operating instructions).
X Ifthe codes aredifferent: selectNo No
on the
multimedia system.
The process iscanceled.
Repea tauthorization.
Authorizat ionbyenterin gapasskey (pass-
code):
X Select theBluetooth ®
name ofthe mobile
phone.
The input menu forthe passkey isdisplay ed.
X Choose aone tosixteen- digitnumber com-
bination asapasskey.
X Ent erthe passkey onthe multimedia sys-
tem.
X Press 0054toconfirm .
X Ent erand confirm thepasskey onthe
mobile phone. Depending onthe mobile
phone used,confirm theconn ection tothe
multimedia systemandforthe PBAP and
MAP Bluetooth ®
profiles. Theprompt to
confirm maytake uptotwo minutes tobe 250
Operat
ingsystemMultim ediasystem

displayed
(seethemanufac turer'soperatin g
inst ruct ions). Media
mode
General notes If
you wish toplay external media sources, the
appropriate mediamodemustalready be
turn edon. Furt herinfor mation onmedia mode
(see theDigit alOperator 'sManual).
The following external media sources canbe
used:
R Apple ®
devices (e.g.iPhone ®
)
R USB devices (e.g.USBstick,MP3 player)
(Y page 251)
R CD
R DVD (COMAND )
R SD cards
R Via devices connected byBluetoot h®
i Inf
ormat iononsingle CD/DVDdrive or
DVD chang er(see theDigit alOperator 's
Manual).
Selecting usingthedevice list Multimedia
system:
X Select Media Media007B
Devices Device
s.
The available mediasources willbeshown.
The 003Bdot indicat esthe curren tsett ing.
X Select themedia source.
Playable filesareplayed.
Inserting/r emovinganSD card Impor
tantsafet ynotes G
WARN
ING
SD cards aresmall parts. Theycanbeswal-
lowed andcause choking.This poses an
incr eased riskofinjury oreven fatalinjury.
Keep theSDcard outofthe reach ofchil-
dren. IfaSD card isswallowed, seekmedi-
cal atte ntion immediately.
! If
the SDcard isno longer inuse, you
should takeitout and remov eit from the
vehicle. Hightemper aturescandamage the
card. Inserting
anSD card
The SDcard slotislocated onthe control
panel.
X Inser tthe SDcard intothe SDcard slotuntil
the SDcard engages. Theside with thecon-
tact smust facedown.
Removing anSD card
X Press theSDcard.
The SDcard isejec ted.
X Remove theSDcard.
Connecting USBdevices X
Connec tthe USB device tothe USB port.
There aretwo USB ports inthe stowage
space underthearmrest .
X Select themedia source (Ypage 251). Oper
ating system
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Stowage
areas Stowage
spaces
Import antsafety notes G
WARNING
If object sin the passenger compartmen tare
stowed incorrec tly,they canslide orbe
thrown around andhitvehicle occupants. In
addition, cupholders, openstowage spaces
and mobile phonebrackets cannotalways
retain allobject sthey contain.There isa
risk ofinjury, particularly inthe event ofsud-
den braking orasudden changeindirection.
R Always stowobject sso that they cannot
be thrown around insuch situations.
R Always makesurethatobject sdo not pro-
trude fromstowage spaces,parcelnetsor
stowage nets.
R Close thelockable stowagespacesbefore
startin gajourney.
R Always stowandsecure heavy,hard,poin-
ted, sharp-edged, fragileorbulky object s
in the trunk .
Glove box X
To open: pullhandle 0043and open glove box
flap 0044.
X To close :fold glove boxflap 0044upuntil it
engages.
In the glove box,there areacoin holder, a
map holder andapen holder.
i The
glove boxcanbevent ilated
(Y page 123). The
glove boxcanbelocked andunlocked
using themechanical key.
X To lock: insert themechanical keyinto the
lock andturn itto position 0048.
X To unlock: insertthemechanical keyinto
the lock andturn itto position 0047.
Stowage compartment/telephone
compar tment under thearm rest X
To open: pressbutton 0043.
Amrest 0044folds out.
In the stowage compartmen t,there isastow-
age tray.
i Depending
onthe vehicle equipment, a
USB portandaMedia Interface isinstalled
in the stowage compartmen t.AMedia Inter-
face isauniversal interfaceformobile audio
equipment, e.g.foraniPod ®
or MP3 Playe r. 252
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areasStowage andfeatu res

Eyegla
ssescomp artm ent X
To open :pres smar king0043.
Eyeg lasse scom partmen t0044 open s.
Mak esure that theeyeglas sescom partmen tis
always closed while theveh icle isin mot ion.
St owage compartm ent inthecent er
console X
To open :pres sth etrim elem enton
cov er0043.
X To rem ove theru bber mat:gras pth etab s
on therubbe rmat andpulluptorem ove.
X To inser tth eru bber mat:pres sth erubbe r
mat intoth ehousi ng.
X To close: swingcov er0043 down wards untilit
eng ages.
You canremove therubbe rmat from thest ow-
age com partmen tto cle an it.Clean withclear,
luke warm wateron ly.
De pen dingon theveh icle'sequipm ent,th ere
is acup holde rand anasht rayinthecen ter
con sole stowage compartmen t. Um
brella hold er Ex
ample :veh icle side, left
Ther eare umbr ellaholde rsinthedoor stow-
age com partmen tson bot hsides oftheveh i-
cle .On ecom pact umbr ellacan bestowed per
side.
X To rem ove: grabstrap 0044and pullumbr ella
holde r0043 out ofthest owage compartmen t
in thedire ction ofthearr ow.
X To inser t:push umbrellaholde r0043 inthe
oppo sitedire ction tothearr ow, intoth e
st owage compartmen tunt ilit eng ages.
You canremove theumbr ellaholde rto cle an
it. Clean withclear, luke warm wateron ly.
St owage compartm ent intherea r
pa ssenger compartm ent cent ercon-
sole X
To open :slide cover0043 inthedire ction of
th earr ow.
On veh iclesequippe dwith abot tleholde r,the
bot tleholde ris loc ate din thest owage com-
part men t(Y page 256). St
owage areas
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Stowage
compartment inthe rear
passenger compartment Only
theleft side ofthe vehicle features arear
stowage compartmen t.
X Open theseat beltguide andremove the
seat belt(Ypage 99).
X Move theleft-hand frontseatforward
(Y page 100)andfold theseat backrest
forward.
X To open: pressrelease button0044.
Cover 0043folds up.
X To close :fold down cover 0043and letit
engage.
X Fold back theseat backrest ofthe left-hand
front seatandmove theseat back
(Y page 100).
X Insert theseat beltback intotheseat belt
guide. Stowage
net There
isastowage net0043inthe front -
passenger footwell. Loading
aidinthe trunk
Raising/low eringtheroof G
WARNING
Body parts canbecome trappedwhenthe
roof isbeing raised orlowered. Thereisa
risk ofinjury.
When raising orlowering theroof, make
sure thatnoparts ofthe body areinthe
vicinity ofmoving parts.Presstheswitch
again ifsomeone becomestrapped.
! Only
close thetrunk oncetheroof islow-
ered completely. Otherwise,youcould dam-
age theroof.
If you close thetrunk lidbefore theroof is
lowered completely, theloading aidswitch
lights upand awarning tonesounds. To
make iteasier toload your luggage ,you
can raise thestowed roofafter youhave
opened thetrunk lid.
You canonly raise roof0044when thetrunk lid
is fully open.
X To raise theroof: press switch 0043.
Roof 0044israised slightly andtrunk partition
0087 moves tothe open position. Switch0043
lights upbrightly.
X To lowe rthe roof: press switch 0043.
The trunk partition movestothe closed
position androof 0044lowers slightly.
Switch 0043lights updimly.
Vehicles withtrunk lidremote closing
featur e:when thetrunk lidisopened, the
loading aidraises automatically. Itlowers
automatically whenthetrunk lidisclosed.
Vehicles withKEYLESS-GO andHANDS-
FREE ACCESS:when thetrunk lidis 254
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areasStowage andfeatu res