2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC Owners Manual

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aysp ayparticu lara tte ntio ntot he traf fic
si tua tiona nd kee pwithi nt he lane, espe-
cia llyi fL aneK eeping Assi stalerts you. G
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The Lane Kee ping Assi stwa rning does not
retu rnthe vehiclet ot he original lane. There
is ar isko fana ccident.
Yo us houlda lway ss tee r,bra keoracce lera te
yo ursel f,in pa rticu lari fw arned byLane
Kee ping Assi st.
If yo uf ailt oa dapt your driving style,L an e
Kee ping Assi stcan neither reduce therisko f
an acci dent nor override the laws ofphy sics.
La ne Kee ping Assi stcanno ttake into acco unt
the road,traf ficand weath ercond itions. Lane
Kee ping Assi stismer elya na id.Y ou are
res ponsi blef or the dista nce tothe vehiclei n
front, forveh icles peed,for bra king ingoo d
time andforstaying inyour lane.
The Lane Kee ping Assi stdo es not keepthe
veh iclei nt he lane.
The system maybeimp aired orma ynotfunc-
tio nif:
R ther eisp oorv isib ility ,e .g.d ue toins uffi-
cie ntillu mina tiono fthe roa d,or duet o
snow ,rain, fog orspr ay
R ther eisg lare ,e .g.f rom onco ming traffic,
the suno rreflectio ns(e.g. when the road
su rfa ce iswe t)
R the windsh ield isdirty ,fog ged up,dam aged
or cove red,for ins tance byasticker, inthe
vici nity ofthe cam era
R ther eareno, severaloru ncl earlan em ark-
ing sfor alan e,e.g .ina reas with roa dcon-
stru ctionwork
R the lane ma rking sarewo rnaw ay,d arko r
cove redup,e.g.b yd irto rsnow
R the dista nce tothe vehiclei nf ront istoo
sma lland thelane ma rking sthusc anno tbe
de tecte d
R the lane ma rking schange quickl y,e.g .lan es
bra nch off,cros sone ano ther ormer ge
R the roadisn arrow andwindi ng
R ther earestro ngsha dows cas tont he roa d Sw
itchin gonLaneK eeping Assist
X Swi tch onLane Kee ping Assi stusing the on-
bo ardc omp uter;to do so, select Standard Sta
ndard
or Ada ptive Ada
ptive(Ypage 176 ).
If yo ud rive atspe edsa bove 40 mph
(60 km/h )and lane ma rking saredetecte d,
the lines inthe assista nce graphicsdispl ay
(Y page 176 )are sho wningre en. Lane
Kee ping Assi stisrea dyfor use.
Stan dard
If Sta ndard Sta
ndardissel ecte d,no warning vibratio n
occu rsif:
R yous witch onthe turn signa ls.I nt hise vent,
the warning saresupp res sed foracerta in
pe rio do ftime
R ad riving safety system intervenes, such as
ABS, BASorESP ®
Ada ptiv e
Whe nAda ptive Ada
ptiveissel ecte d,no warning vibra-
tio no ccu rsif:
R yous witch onthe turn signa ls.I nt hise vent,
the warning saresupp res sed foracerta in
pe rio do ftime
R ad riving safety system intervenes, e.g.ABS,
BAS orESP ®
R youa cce lera te hard, e.g.kickd own
R youb rake hard
R yous tee ractivel y,e.g .swe rvet oa void an
ob sta cle orcha nge lanes quickl y
R youc utthe corne ronas harp bend
In ord ertha tyou arew arned onlyw henn ece s-
sa ry and ingoo dtime ifyo uc ros sthe lane
ma rking ,the system recognizes certa incond i-
tio ns and warns youa cco rdingl y.
The warning vibratio no ccu rsearlier if:
R youa pproach theouter lane ma rking ona
be nd
R the roadhasver yw idel an es, e.g.af reew ay
R the system recognizes solidlane ma rking s
The warning vibratio no ccu rslater if:
R the roadhasnar row lanes
R youc utthe corne ronab end Dri
ving sys tems
167Dr ivi ng andp arki ng Z

Imp
ortant safety notes G
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NING
If you oper ateinform ation syst ems andcom-
mun ication equipm entint egr atedint he
veh iclew hen driving,you may bedist racted
fr om thet raffic sit uati on.Y ou could also
lose control ofthev ehicle. Ther eisar isko f
an acc iden t.
On lyoper atethis equipm entw hen thet raffic
sit uati onper mits.Ifyou arenotsuret hat
th is ispos sible ,park thev ehiclep ayin g
att ention totraff icco nd ition sand oper ate
th ee quipm entw hen thev ehiclei ss tation -
ary.
You must observethe legal require men tsfor
th ec ountry inwhic hyou are curren tlyd riving
when operating theo n-bo ard comput er. G
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If th ei nstrumen tclus terh as faile dorm al-
fun ction ed, you may notrec ogn izefunction
res trict ion sins ystems relevanttos afet y.
The oper ating safetyo fyour vehiclem aybe
impa ired.Ther eisar isko fana cciden t.
Dr ive oncar eful ly.Hav ethe veh iclec hecked
at aq ualif iedspec ialist workshop immedi-
ate ly.
The on-board comput eronlysho wsmes sage s
or warn ingsfromc ertai ns ystems inthem ulti-
fun ction disp lay.You should there forem ake
sur eyour vehiclei so per ating safely atall
ti mes .
If th eo per ating safetyo fyour vehiclei s
impa ired,pull ove rass oona sitiss afet od o
so. Con tactaq ualifiedspec ialist workshop.
Fo ra no verview, seethei nstrumen tpanel
illust ration (Ypage 32). Disp
laysand oper ation Inst
rumen tclus ter ligh ting
The lighting inthei nstrumen tclus ter, in the
disp lays andthec ontro lsin thev ehiclei nteri or
can beadjust edusin gthe brig htne ss control
kn ob. The
brightne ss control knob isloc ate donthe
bot toml efto fthe instrumen tclus ter
(Y page 32).
X Turn theb rightne ss control knob clockwise
or count er-clo ckwise.
If you turnthe ligh tswit ch (Ypage 97)to
th e0058, 0060or0058 position ,the brig ht-
ne ss will depe ndupon theb rightne ss ofthe
ambi entligh t.
The lightsensor inthei nstrumen tclus ter
auto maticallyco ntrol sthe brig htne ss ofthe
mult ifunction disp lay.Indayligh t,th ed is-
plays inthei nstrumen tclus tera re notillu-
min ated. Sp
eedom eterwith segm ents
The segmen tsinthes pee dom eter ind icat e
whic hspee drange isavaila ble.
R Cruis econtro lactivat ed(Ypage 142):
The segmen tsligh tupfromt hestore d
spee dtothe max imum speed.
R Ac tive Distanc eAssist DIST RONI Cactivat ed
(Y page 144):
On eo rtwo segmen tsinthes etspee drange
ligh tup.
R Ac tive Distanc eAssist DIST RONI Cdetec ts a
veh iclei nf ront mov ingmor eslow lythan the
st ore dspee d:
The segmen tsbet ween thes pee dofthe
veh iclei nf ront and thes toreds pee dligh t
up. Ta
chom eter
! Do
notd riveint he ove rrevv ing range, as
th is co uld damag ethe engin e.
The redbandint he tac hom eter ind icat esthe
en gin e's overrevv ing range.
The fuel suppl yisinterr upt edtopro tect the
en gin ew hen ther ed ban disr eac hed. Out
sidetem per atur ed ispla y
You should pay spec ialattention toroad con-
dit ion sw hen tempe ratures arearoun dfreez ing
poin t. 168
Disp
laysand oper ationOn- boar dcomp uter and displa ys

Bea
rinm indthat theoutsid etempe raturedis-
pl ay indi cates thetempe raturemea suredand
doe snotrecor dthe roa dtempe rature.
The outsid etempe raturedispl ayisin the mul-
tifu nction displ ay(Y page 170 ).
Ac hang eint he outsid etempe ratureisshow n
in the multifunction displ ayafte rad elay . Co
olant temperature gage G
WARNI
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Ope ning thehoodwhent he engi neisover -
hea ted orwhe nthere isaf ire inthe engi ne
compa rtment couldexpo seyout oh otgases
or other serviceprod ucts. Thereisar isk of
inju ry.
Let anover heated engi necool downbefore
ope ning thehood.Ifthere isaf ire inthe
engi necompa rtment, keepthehoodclosed
and contact thefire departme nt.
! Ad
ispl ay mess ageiss how nifthe cool ant
tempe ratureistoo high.
If the cool anttempe ratureisover 248‡
(120 †),donot continu edriving. The
engi newillother wise be damag ed.
The coolanttempe raturegage isin the instru -
ment cluster onthe right-ha ndside
(Y page 32).
The Hmarki nginthe cool anttempe rature
ga ug ec orre sponds toac ool ant tempe rature
of approxi mate ly248 ‡(120 †).
Unde rnorma lope rati ngcondi tions andatthe
corre ctcool antlevel, the cool anttempe rature
ga ug em ayrise tothe Hmarki ng. Ope
rating theon-bo ard computer
Ove rview 0043
Multifunctio ndispl ay
0044 Right control panel
0087 Left control panel
X To acti vate theon-bo ard computer: turn
the SmartKe ytop ositio n0047 inthe ignition
lock.
You cancontrol themultifunction displ ayand
the setting sint he on-bo ardcompu terusing
the buttons onthe multifunction steering
whe el.
Le ftco ntrol panel 0059
0065 R
Ca llsu pthe menu andmenu bar 0063
0064 Pres
sbriefly:
R Scrol lsin lists
R Sele ctsasubmenu orfuncti on
R In the Audi o Audi
omenu :selects the
pre vious ornext station,whe n
the preset list or stati onlist is
acti ve,oran audiot rack orvid eo
scene
R In the Tel Tel
(teleph one) menu :
swi tches tothe phoneboo kand
sel ects aname ortele pho ne
numb er Di
splay sand ope ration
169On-board computer anddispl ays Z

0063
0064 Press
andhold:
R In the Audio Audio
menu: selects apre-
set listoras tation 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 offvoice-operated con-
trol fornavigation orthe 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 supthe 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 onvoice-operated con-
trol fornavigation orthe Voice
Control System You
canfind further information onvoice-oper-
ated controlfor navigation inthe manufactur- er's
operating instructionsinvehicles withan
Audio 20multimedia system.
Vehicles withtheCOMAND multimedia sys-
tem: youcan find further information onthe
Voice Control System inthe separate operat-
ing instruct ions. Multifunction
display 0043
Drive program (Ypage 125)
0044 Transmission position(Ypage 125)
0087 Text field
0085 Menu bar
0083 Time
0084 Outside temperature orspeed
(Y page 177)
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 131)
R 005D Parking Guidance(Ypage 157)
R CRUISE CRUISE
Cruisecontrol(Ypage 142) 170
Displays
andoperat ionOn-board computerand displays

R
00CE Adaptive Hig hbe amAssi st
(Y page 100 )
R 00D6 ECOstart/sto pfunctio n(Ypa ge 121 )
R 00D9 HOLD functio n(Ypage 152) Men
usand submen us Men
uoverview
Usi ngthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee ring
wh eel,op en the menu bar.
Ope rating theon-b oard comp uter
(Y page 169 ).
Dep endingonthe vehiclee quipm ent,you can
sel ect the followi ng menu :
R Tri p Tri
pmenu (Ypage 171 )
R Nav i Nav
imenu (navigation instruc tions)
(Y page 172 )
R Aud io Aud
iomenu (Ypage 174 )
R Tel Tel
menu (telepho ne) (Ypage 174 )
R Dri veAssist Dri
veAssistmenu (assi sta nce)
(Y page 175 )
R Ser v. Ser
v.menu (Ypage 177 )
R Set t. Set
t.menu (setting s)(Y page 177 )
R AMG AMG
menu (Merce des-AMG SLC43)
(Y page 180 ) Trip
menu
Stan dard display X
Pre ssand holdthe 0038 button onthe
stee ring wheelunti lthe Tri p Tri
pmenu with trip
od ome ter0043and odome ter0044appe ars. Trip
computer "From Start" or"From
Res et" 0043
Distance
0044 Driv ingtime
0087 Aver ages peed
0085 Aver agef uelconsu mption
X Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing wheeltos elect the Trip Tri
pmenu .
X Pre ssthe 0063 or0064 button tosel ect
Fro mStart Fro
mStart orFro mReset Fro
mReset.
The values inthe FromStart Fro
mStart subme nuare
cal cul ate dfrom thestartof ajou rney whilst
the values inthe FromReset Fro
mReset subme nuare
cal cul ate dfrom thelast time thesubme nuwas
res et(Y page 172 ).
In the followi ng cas es, the trip comp uteris
au toma ticallyr eset Fro mStart Fro
mStart:
R the igniti onhasb eens witch edoff for more
tha nfourh ours.
R 999 hourshave been exce eded.
R 9,9 99 mileshave been exce eded.
Whe n9,999 hou rsor 99, 999 mileshave been
exce eded,the trip comp uterisa utoma tically
res etFro mReset Fro
mReset.
EC Od isplay X
Pre ssthe 0059 or0065 button onthe stee r-
ing wheeltos elect the Trip Tri
pmenu .
X Pre ssthe 0063 or0064 button tosel ect
ECO DISPLAY ECO
DISPLAY.
If the igniti onrem ains switch edoff for longe r
tha nfourh ours, the ECO displ aywillbe auto-
ma tica llyr eset.
For more informa tiono nthe ECO displ ay,s ee
(Y page 138 ). Me
nus and submen us
171On -bo ard computer anddisplay s Z

Disp
laying ther ange andc urrent fuel
consu mption X
Press the0059 or0065 buttono nthe steer -
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Tri p Tri
pmen u.
X Press 0063 or0064 tosel ectthe display
wit ha ppr oximat erange 0043 and curren tfue l
co nsump tion 0044.
Ap pro ximat erange 0043 that can becover ed
is cal cul ated acc ordin gtoy our curren tdriv-
in gs tyle and thea mo unt offue lint he tank .
If th ere ison lyas ma llamo untoffue llef ti n
th ef ueltan k,av ehicle bein grefuele d00A8
appe arsinst ead ofappr oximat erange 0043.
Rec uper ation display 0087sho wsyou if
en erg yhasbee nrecuper ated from the
ki ne tice nergyi no verrun mo deand savedin
th eb atte ry. Rec uper ation display 0087
depe ndso nthe engin einstal led and is
th ere fore nota vai lable inall veh icles .
Digit alsp eed ometer X
Press the0059 or0065 buttono nthe steer -
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Tri p Tri
pmen u.
X Press the0063 or0064 buttont os elec tthe
digi tals pe edo met er.
Ag earshiftrec ommen dation 0097may also
appe arinthed isplay.
Obs ervethe info rm ation ongear shiftrec om-
men dation when shiftin gm anually
(Y page 131).
Mer cedes -AMG SLC4 3:ag ear shiftrec om-
men dation issho wninthes tatu sb arofthe
mult ifunction display andnotint he digi tal
spe edo met erdis play.
Res etting value s X
Press the0059 or0065 buttono nthe steer -
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Tri p Tri
pmen u.
X Press the0063 or0064 buttont os elec tthe
fun ction that you wish tores et. X
Press 0076 toconfirm your selection .
X Press 0064 tosel ectYes Yes
andpress0076 to
co nfirm .
You canresetthev alu esofthef ollow ingf unc-
ti on s:
R Trip odo met er
R "Fr om Start "tripc om puter
R "Fr om Rese t"trip compu ter
R EC Od isplay
If you resetthev alu esintheE CO display, the
valu esinthe" From Start "tripc om putera re
also reset.Ify ou resetthev alu esinthe" From
St art "tripc om puter, thev alu esintheE CO dis-
play arealso reset. Na
viga tion sys temm enu
Disp laying naviga tion inst ructi ons In
theNav i Nav
imen u,them ultifun ction display
sho wsnav igat ioninst ruc tion s.
Obs ervethe addit ionalinfo rm ation onnav iga-
ti on intheD igital Ope rator's Man ualofthe
mult imediasyst em.
X Swi tcho nthe mult imediasyst em(seethe
Di git alOpe rator's Man ual)
X Press the0059 or0065 buttono nthe steer -
in gw hee ltos elec tthe Nav i Nav
imen u.
Rou tegui dance notactive 0043
Direc tion oftrave l
0044 Curr entroa d 172
Men
usands ubmen usOn-boa rdcom putera nd displa ys

Route
guidanc eactive No
cha ngeo fdire ction ann oun ced 0043
Dista ncetodes tina tion
0044 Dista ncetothe next change ofdirecti on
0087 Current road
0085 "Follow the road's cou rse"sym bol
Cha ngeo fdire ction ann oun cedw ithout
al an er ecomme ndation 0043
Road into which the change ofdirecti on
le ad s
0044 Dista ncetocha nge ofdirecti onand visual
di stance displ ay
0087 Chang e-of -directi onsymbo l
Whe nac hange ofdirecti onisanno unced,you
wi llsee change-o f-directi onsymbo l0087 and
di stance graphic0044.T hedistance indicator
sho rtens towardsthe top ofthe displ ayasyou
ap pro ach thepointofthe anno uncedchange
of directi on.
Cha ngeo fdire ction ann oun cedw itha
lan erecomme ndation 0043
Road into which the change ofdirecti on
le ad s
0044 Dista ncetocha nge ofdirecti onand visual
di stance displ ay
0087 Lane snotreco mmend ed 0085
Recomme ndedlane and new lane during a
cha nge ofdirecti on
0083 Chang e-of -directi onsymbo l
On mul tilane roads, new lane reco mmend a-
tions canbedispl ayed for the next change of
di recti onifthe digital map supp orts thisdata.
Duri ngthe change ofdirecti on,new lanes may
be added .
Lane notreco mmend ed0087:y ouwillnot be
ab leto comp lete the next change ofdirecti on
if yo us tay inthis lane.
Re comme ndedlane and new lane during a
cha nge ofdirecti on0085:i nthis lane youw illb e
ab leto comp lete the next twochanges of
di recti onwithou tchanging lane.
Othe rstatus indic ators ofthe navi ga-
tio ns ystem The
navigation system displ aysa dditiona l
info rma tion andthevehicles tatu s.
Pos sibledispl ays:
R New Route... New
Route... orCalc ulatingRoute... Calc
ulatingRoute...
An ew routeiscal cul ate d.
R Road NotMapped Road
NotMapped
The vehiclep osition isinsi dethe areaofthe
di gital map butthe roa disn otreco gnize d,
e.g. newlybu ilts tree ts,car parks orprivate
la nd.
R No Rout e No
Rout e
No routecou ldbe calcul ate dtothe selected
des tina tion.
R 004B
Yo uh aver eached thedestina tion oran
inter mediate des tina tion. Men
usand submen us
173On -bo ard computer anddisplays Z

Aud
iomen u
Select ingaradiostat ion 0043
Active stati on list
0044 Stati on frequen cywit hm emory position
The mult ifunction disp laysho wsstati on 0044
wit hstation frequen cyorstati on nam e.The
pre set position ison lydisp layed alongwith
st ati on 0044 ifth is has been store d.
X Swi tcho nthe mult imediasyst emand select
radi o(see theD igital Oper ator'sM anual).
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttono nthe steer -
ing whee ltos ele cttheAud io Aud
iomen u.
X To
select apreset list orstat ion list:
pre ssand brieflyh old the0063 or0064 but-
to nu ntilth ep reset listorstati on list inthe
desi redfrequen cyran geissho wn.
X To select astatio n:bri eflyp ress 0063
or 0064.
SI RIUS XM®
sat ellit eradi oa ctsl ikean orma l
radi o.
Fo rm orei nform ation onradi ooper ation,see
"Sat elliteradi o"intheD igital Oper ator'sM an-
ual.
Op era ting anaudio player ormed ia You
canplay audio filesfromv arious audio
player sordatam edia, depe nding onthe
equip mentins tal led inthev ehicle.
X Swi tcho nthe mult imediasyst emand select
CD orMP3 mode(see theD igital Oper ator's
Man ual).
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttono nthe steer -
ing whee ltos ele cttheAud io Aud
iomen u. X
To select then ext /pr eviou strack :bri efly
pre ssthe0063 or0064 button.
X To
select atrack from thet rack list
(ra pid scrollin g):pressand hold the0063
or 0064 buttonu ntildesi redtrack 0043
appear s.
If you pressand hold the0063 or0064 but-
to n, ther api dscrollin gs pee disinc reas ed.
Not allaudio playersorm ediasupp ortthis
fun ction .
If track inform ation issav edon thea udio
player ormed ia,them ultifun ction disp lay
will showthe num berand titleo fthe track .
Vid eoDVD operation X
Swi tcho nthe mult imediasyst emand select
vid eo DVD(see theD igital Oper ator'sM an-
ual).
X Pre ssthe0059 or0065 buttono nthe steer -
ing whee ltos ele cttheAud io Aud
iomen u.
X To
select then ext orpreviou sscene:
bri eflyp ress the0063 or0064 button.
X To
select ascene from thes cene list
(ra pid scrollin g):pressand hold the0063
or 0064 buttonu ntildesi redscen e0043
appear s. Tel
eph one men u
Int rod uction G
WAR
NING
If you oper ateinform ation syst ems andcom-
mun ication equip mentint egr atedint he
veh iclew hen drivin g,you may bedist racted
fr om thet raffic sit uati on.Y ou could also
lose control ofthev ehicle. The reisar isko f
an acc iden t.
On lyoper atethis equip mentwhen thet raffic
sit uati onper mits.Ifyou arenotsuret hat
th is ispos sible,park thev ehiclep ayin g 174
Menu
sand sub men usOn-boar dcomp uter andd ispla ys