2020 MERCEDES-BENZ SLC light

Deact
ivating cruis econt rol The
reare severalways todeac tivat ecruise
co ntro l:
X Brief lypre ssthec ruise contro llev er for-
ward s0043 .
or X Brak e.
Crui secontro lisa utom atically deac tivat ed if:
R you engage thee lectric par king bra ke
R you aredrivin ga tles st han2 0m ph
(30 km/h)
R ES P®
inte rven es oryou deac tivat eE SP®
R on veh icles withm anual trans mis sion,you
shi ftto ag ear that istooh igh, and asa
res ult thee ngines peed istool ow
R Brak eA ssisti nt erve nes
R you moveout oftrans mis sionp osition 005B
If cr uise contro lisd eac tivat ed, you willhear a
warn ingt one.You willsee theCru ise Con‐ Cru
ise Con‐
tro lO ff tro
lO ffmes sageint he mult ifunction dis-
play fora ppr oximat elyfives econ ds.
i Whe
nyou swit chofft he engin e,thel ast
spe edstor ed isclear ed. Act
ive Dist ance Assi stDIST RONIC
Gen eral not es Ac
tive Distanc eAssistD ISTR ON ICreg ulat es
th es peed and automatically helpsyou main -
ta in thed ista nc ef romt heveh icle det ectedi n
fr on t.Veh icles are detectedw itht he aid ofthe
rad arsen sor system. Active Distanc eAssist
DI ST RON ICbra kesa utom atically toavo id
ex ce edin gthe set speedortomain tain the
des ignated distanc ef romt heveh icle in fron t. Chan
geinto alowe rgear ingoo dtimeo nlon g
and steep down hillgradie nts. Thi sise spec ially
imp ortant ifth ev ehicle islade n.By doin gso,
you willmak euseoftheb raking effect of the
en gin e.Thi sreliev es thel oad ontheb rake sys -
te ma ndpre ven tstheb rake sf romo verheat ing
and wear ingt oo quic kly.
If Ac tive Distanc eAssistD ISTR ON ICdet ects
th at there isar isko fac ollis ion withthe veh i-
cl ei nf ront,y ou will bewarn edvisually and
audib ly.Active Distanc eAssistD ISTR ON IC
can notp reven tac ollis ion without yourinte r-
ven tion .A nintermi ttent warn ingt onew illthen
soun dand thed ista nc ew arningl amp willlight
up inthei nstru ment clust er. Brak ei mm edi-
at ely inorder toincr ease thed ista nc ef rom
th ev ehicle in fron t,or take eva sivea ction ,pro-
vid ed itis saf etod oso.
Fo rA ctiveD istan ceAssis tD ISTR ON ICto
ass istyou when drivin g,ther adar sen sor sys-
te mm ustb eo perat ion al.
Ac tive Distanc eAssistD ISTR ON ICope rates in
th es peed ran gebet ween 0mph(0km /h) and
12 0m ph(20 0km/ h).
Do not useA ctiv eDistance AssistDISTR ONIC
on roa dswith stee pgradients .
As Activ eDistance AssistDISTR ONICtrans-
mits rada rw aves ,itc an res emb lethe rada r
de tecto rsof the responsi blea uthor ities. You
can referto the releva ntcha pterint he Opera -
tor' sM anualifq uestions area sked abou tthis.
i USA
only:Thi sd eviceh asbeen appro ved
by the FCC asa"Vehicu larR adar Sys tem" .
The rada rs ensor isinte ndedfor usei na n
au tomo tiverada rs ystem only.Re mov al,
tam perin g,or alteri ngofthe devic ew illv oid
any warrantie s,and isnot permi tted bythe
FCC .Don ottam perw ith, alter, orusei na ny
non-a pprov edway.
Any unauthorized mod ificati ontothisd evice
cou ldvoi dthe user' sa uthor itytoopera te
the equipme nt.
i Ca
nad aonly: Thi sd evicec omp lies with
RSS -210 ofIndu stry Canad a.Op era tionis
su bje ctto the followi ng two cond itions:
1. Thi sd evicem aynot causeinte rferenc e,
and
2. Thi sd evicem usta ccep ta ny inte rferenc e
rece ived,incl uding inte rferenc ethatm ay
cau seund esired opera tiono fthe devic e.
Re mov al,t am perin g,or alteri ngofthe
de vic ew illv oida nywarrantie s,and isnot 14
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sure
point forahigher speed, ordown 0044
for alower speed.
Every timethecruise controllever is
pressed upordown, thelast speed stored is
increased orreduced.
X To
adju stthe setspeed in5m phincre-
ments (10km/h increments): briefly
press thecruise controllever up0043 past the
pressure pointforahigher speed, or
down 0044for alower speed.
Every timethecruise controllever is
pressed upordown, thelast speed stored is
increased orreduced.
Setting aspecifie dminimum distance You
cansetthe specified minimum distance
for Active Distance AssistDISTRONIC byvary-
ing the time span between oneandtwosec-
onds. Thisdetermines thedistance thatActive
Distance AssistDISTRONIC isto maintain from
the vehicle infront ,depending onthe road
speed. Youcanseethis distance inthe multi-
function display(Ypage 149).
The specified minimum distancecanbe
changed whileActive Distance Assist
DISTRONIC isswitched onoroff.
Make surethatyoumaintain asufficiently safe
distance fromthevehicle infront .Adjust the
distance tothe vehicle infront ifnecessary. Cruise
controllever
X To increase: turncontrol0087 toward 0044.
Act ive Distance AssistDISTRONIC then
maintains agreater distance between your
vehicle andthevehicle infront .
X To decrease: turncontrol0087 toward 0043.
Act ive Distance AssistDISTRONIC then
maintains ashorter distance between your
vehicle andthevehicle infront . Active
Distance AssistDISTRONIC dis-
plays inthe instrum entcluster Displays
inthe speedometer When
Active Distance AssistDISTRONIC is
activated, oneormore segments 0044inthe set
speed rangelightup.
If Act ive Distance AssistDISTRONIC detectsa
vehicle infront ,segments 0044from speed of
the vehicle infront 0087tostored speed0043light
up.
i For
design reasons, thespeed displayed
on the speedometer maydiffer slightly from
the speed setforActive Distance Assist
DISTRONIC.
Display whenActive Distance Assist
DISTRONIC isdeactivated 0043
Vehicle infront ,ifd etected
0044 Distance indicator, currentdistance tothe
vehicle infront
0087 Specified minimum distancetothe vehicle
in front ;adjustable
0085 Your vehicle
X Select theAssistance Graphic Assistance
Graphicfunction
using theon-board computer (Ypage 176). Driving
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The
ability ofAct ive Distan ceAssist
DIS TRONIC todetect vehicles whencornering
is limited. Yourvehicle maybrake unexpect -
edly orlate.
Vehicles traveling onadiffer entline Act
ive Distan ceAssist DISTRONIC maynot
detect vehicles thatarenot driving inthe mid-
dle oftheir lane. Thedistance tothe vehicle in
front willbetoo short.
Other vehicles changing lanes Act
ive Distan ceAssist DISTRONIC hasnot
detect edthe vehicle cuttinginyet. Thedis-
tanc etot his vehicle willbetoo short.
Nar row vehicles Act
ive Distan ceAssist DISTRONIC hasnotyet
detect edthe vehicle infront onthe edge of
the road because ofits narrow width.Thedis-
tanc etot he vehicle infront willbetoo short.
Obstru ctionsandstationary vehicles Act
ive Distan ceAssist DISTRONIC doesnot
brake forobstacles orstation aryvehicles. If,
for example, thedetect edvehicle turnsacor-
ner and anobstacle orstation aryvehicle is
revealed, Active Distan ceAssist DISTRONIC
will notbrake forthem.
Crossing vehicles Act
ive Distan ceAssist DISTRONIC maymis-
taken lydetect vehicles thatarecrossin gyour
lane.
If you activate Active Distan ceAssist
DIS TRONIC underthefollowing conditions,the
vehicle couldpullaway unintention ally:
R at traff iclights withcrossin gtraff ic,for
example
R ifthere isav ehicle infront ,after acrossin g,
with theHOLD functionactivated Driving
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Front
sensors Ce
nter Appro
x.40 in(appr ox.
100 cm) Co
rners Appro
x.24 in(appr ox.
60 cm) Re
ar senso rs Ce
nter Appro
x.48 in(appr ox.
120 cm) Co
rners Appro
x.32 in(appr ox.
80 cm) Mini
mum distance Ce
nter Appro
x.8i n( approx.
20 cm) Co
rners Appro
x.6i n( approx.
15 cm) If
there isan obs tacl ewithin this rang e,the
rel eva ntwa rning displa yslight upand awarn-
ing tone sounds. Ifthe distance fallsbel ow the
mini mum, thedistance maynolong erbe
show n. Warnin
gdispl ays Wa
rning displa yfor the front area
0043 Segme ntsonthe left-hand sideo fthe vehi -
cle
0044 Segme ntsonthe right-ha ndsideo fthe
vehi cle
0087 Ope rational readine ssseg ments
The warning displa ysshow thedistance
betw eenthesenso rsand theobstacl e.The
wa rning displa yfor the front areaisloca ted on
the dashb oard above thecenter airv ents. The
wa rning displa yfor the rearareai sloca ted
betw eentherollbars.
The warning displa yfor each sideo fthe vehi -
cle isdiv ide dinto five yellow and tworedseg-
ments. Ifye llow ope rational readine ssseg -
ments 0087light up,P arking AssistPARK TRONIC
is ope rational .
The selected transmi ssion pos itionand the
dir ectio ninw hich the vehi cleisrol ling dete r-
mine whichwarning displa yisa ctive whe nthe
engi neisrunni ng.
Automa tictransmi ssion: Transmi
ssion posi -
tion Warnin
gdispl ay 005B
Front
areaactive 005E,
005Corthe vehi -
cle isrol ling back-
wa rds Re
ar and front areas
acti ve 005D
No
areasacti ve One
ormore segments light upasthe vehi cle
ap proa ches anobs tacl e,dep endi ngon the
vehi cle'sdistance fromtheobstacl e.In addi-
tion, warning tones areissued.
Whe nthe distance tothe obstacl eiss uffici ent,
yo uw illh eara nintermi ttentwarning tone. The Dri
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shorter
thedistance tothe obstacle, the
shorter thefrequency ofthe intermitt entwarn-
ing tones becomes. Whentheminimum dis-
tance isreached, youhear acont inuous warn-
ing tone.
Deac <0057004C005900440057004C0051004A0012004400460057004C005900440057
004C0051004A> ParkingAssist
PARKTRONIC 0043
Deactivates/act ivatesParking Assist
PARKTRONIC
0044 Indicator lamp If
indicator lamp0044lights up,Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC isdeactivated. ParkingGuidance
is also deactivated.
i Parking
AssistPARKTRONIC isautomati-
cally activated whenyouturn theSmartKey
to position 0048inthe ignition lock. 156
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Problems
withParking AssistPARKTRONIC Problem
Possible
causes/co nsequences and0050 0050
Solutions Only
thered segments
in the Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC warning
display sarelit. You also
hear awarning tonefor
approximately twosec-
onds.
Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC isdeacti-
vated afterapprox-
imately 20seconds and
the indicator lampin
the Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC button
lights up. Parking
AssistPARKTRONIC hasmalfunction edand hasbeen deac-
tivated.
X Ifproblems persist,haveParking AssistPARKTRONIC checkedat
aq uali fied specialist workshop. Only
thered segments
in the Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC warning
display sarelit. Parking
Assist PARKTRONIC is
deactivated after
approximately fivesec-
onds. The
Parking AssistPARKTRONIC sensorsaredirty orthere isinter-
ferenc e.
X Clean theParking AssistPARKTRONIC sensors(Ypage 251).
X Switch theignition backon. The
problem maybecaused byan extern alsource ofradio orultra-
sound waves.
X Check tosee ifParking AssistPARKTRONIC worksatad ifferent
location. Parking
Guidance
Import antsafety notes Parking
Guidanceisan electron icparking aid
with ultrasound. Ultrasoundisused tomeas-
ure theroad onboth sides ofthe vehicle. A
suitable parkingspaceisindicated bythe
parking symbol. Youreceive steering instruc-
tions when parking. Youcanalso stilluse
Parking AssistPARKTRONIC (Ypage 154).
Parking Guidanceisonly anaid. Itis not a
replacement foryour atten tiontoyour immedi-
ate surroundings. Youarealwa ysresponsible
for safe maneuvering, parkingandexiting a
parking space.Makesurethatthere areno
persons, animalsorobject sint he maneuver-
ing area when youaremaneuvering orparking. G
WARNING
If object sarelocated abovethedetect ion
range, Parking Guidancemay provide steer- ing
instruct ionstoosoon. Youmay cause a
collision asaresult. There isar isk ofan
accident.
If object sarelocated abovethedetect ion
range, stopandswitch offParking Assist.
! If
they cannot beavoided, driveover
obstacles suchascurbs slowly andatan
obtuse angle.Otherwise, youmay damage
the wheels ortires.
When Parking AssistPARKTRONIC isswitched
off, Parking Guidanceisalso unavaila ble.
Parking Guidancemay alsodisplay spaces not
suitable forparking, e.g.:
R where parking orstopping isprohibited
R in front ofdriveways orentr ances andexits
R on unsuitable surfaces Driving
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Rear
viewc ame ra
Gen eral notes Re
ar vie wc ame ra0043 isan opti calparking and
mane uvering aid. Itsho wsthe areabehind
yo ur veh iclew ithg uide lines inthe multime dia
sy stem.
The areabehind the vehiclei sd ispl ay ed asa
mir ror ima ge,asinthe rearviewm irror.
i The
text showninthe multime dias ystem
di spl aydep ends onthe langu ages etti ng.
The followi ng are exampl esofrea rview
came radispl aysint he mul time dias ystem.
Impo rtant safetynotes The
rearviewc ame raisonly anaid. Itis not a
rep laceme ntfor your attenti ontoyour imm edi-
ate surrou ndings. Youa realwa ysres pons ible
for safe mane uvering andparking .Makes ure
that there arenoper sons ,animal sorobje cts
in the mane uvering areaw heny ou are mane u-
veri ngorparking .
Unde rthe followi ng circu msta nces, therear
vie wc ame rawillnot functi on,orwillfuncti on
in alim ite dm anne r:
R ifthe trunk lidi so pen
R in hea vyrain,snow orfog
R at nigh torinv ery dark place s
R ifthe came raisexpo sedtovery bright light
R ifthe areaislitby fluore scent bulbso rLED
li ghti ng(the displ aymay flicker)
R ifthere isas uddenc hange intemp erature ,
e.g. when driving intoaheated garag ein
wi nter R
ifthe came ralens isdirty orobs tructe d.
Obs erve thenotes oncleani ng
(Y page 251 )
R ifthe rearofyou rv ehiclei sd am aged. Inthis
cas e,ha ve the came rapos ition and setti ng
checke dataq ualifi ed spe cialist wo rksho p.
The fieldof vis iona nd othe rfuncti onsofthe
rea rviewc ame ramay beres tricte ddueto
ad ditiona lacce ssorieso nthe rea rofthe veh i-
cle (e.g. license plate holder ,bicycl erack) .
On veh icles with hei ght-a djustab lecha ssis,
le avi ng the stand ardheight can resulti ni na c-
cura ciesint he guidel ines, dep endi ngon tech-
nica lcondi tions .
i The
contra stof the displ aymay beaffec-
ted bythe sudd en pre sence ofsunli ght or
othe rlight sou rces ,e.g. when exiting a
ga rag e.Pa yp articu lara ttenti oninthis situa-
tion.
i If
us ab ility issev erelyres tricte d,e.g. due
to pixel erro rs,have the displ ayrep aired or
rep laced .
i The
rearviewc ame raispro tected from
rai ndro psand dustby mea nsofaflap. Whe n
the rearviewc ame raisacti vate d,this flap
ope ns.
The flapc loses againw hen:
R youh avef inishe dthe mane uvering proc-
ess
R yous witch offthe engi ne
R youo pent he trunk
Obs erve thenotes oncleani ng
(Y page 251 ).
For techni calreasons ,the flapm ayrema in
ope nbriefl ya fterthe rea rviewc ame rahas
bee ndeactiva ted.
Ac tivati ng/de acti vatin gthe rear view
came ra X
To acti vate :make sure that theSmar tKey
is in pos ition 0048 inthe igniti onlock.
X Ma kesure that theActi vationbyRgear Acti
vationbyRgear
functi onissel ected inthe multime dias ys-
tem; seetheDigitalOpe rator'sManua l.
X Engag ereve rse gear.
The rearviewc ame raflapo pens. The multi-
med iasystem showsthe areabehind the
veh iclew ithg uide lines. 16
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The
image fromtherear view camera is
availabl ethroughout themaneuvering proc-
ess.
To deactivat e:the rear view camera deacti-
vates ifyou shift thetrans mission toposition
005D,o rafter driving forwards ashort distance.
The inner segment softhe warning indicator
are display edinred ifthere isac omplete sys-
tem failure. Theindicator lampinthe
PARKTRONIC buttonlightsup.
If the system failsatthe rear ofthe vehicle:
R the rear segment sareshown inred when
backing up.
R the rear segment sarehidden whendriving
forwards.
Displays inthe mult imedia system The
rear view camera mayshow adistort ed
view ofobstacles, showthemincorr ectlyor
not atall. The rear view camera doesnotshow
object sint he following positions:
R very close tothe rear bumper
R under therear bumper
R in close range above thehandle onthe trunk
lid
! Object
snotatground levelmayappear to
be further awaythantheyactually are,e.g.:
R the bumper ofap arked vehicle
R the drawbar ofat railer
R the ball coupling ofat railer towhitch
R the rear section ofan HGV
R as lanted post
Use theguidelines onlyfororient ation.
Approach objectsnofurther thanthebot-
tom- most guideline. 0043
Yellow guidelineatad istance ofapprox-
imately 13ft(4.0 m)from therear area
0044 White guidelinewithout steeringinput –
vehicle widthincluding theexter iormirrors
(static)
0087 Yellow guidelineforthe vehicle width
including theexter iormirrors, atthe cur-
rent steerin gwheel angle (dynamic)
0085 Yellow lanemarking thecourse thetires
will take atthe current steeringwheel
angle (dynamic) 0083
Yellow guidelineatad istance ofapprox-
imately 3ft(1.0 m)from therear area
0084 Vehicle centeraxle (marker assistance)
006B Bumper
006C Red guide lineatad istance ofapprox-
imately 12in(0.30 m)from therear area
The guide linesareshown whenthetrans mis-
sion isin position 005E.
The distance specification sonly apply to
object sthat areatground level. Driving
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