2021 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET light

Disp
layin theIns trum ent Displa y In
stru ment Displa yin theWi descr eenCockpit
1 Maximum permissible speed
2 Maximum permissible speedwhenther eis a
re striction
3 Addition alsign withre striction
% Ve
hicl eswith ast andar dIns trument Dis‐
pla y:a+ symbo lne xt to atraf fic sig nin the
Ins trument Displayindicat esthat addit ional
traf fic sig ns have been detected. Thesecan
al so be displ ayed inthemedia displayand
op tion ally intheHead-up Display. If
Traf fic Sign Assistcanno tde term ine themaxi‐
mum permissible speed(e.g.duetomissi ng
signs), thefo llo wing displa yappear sin the
Ins trument Display: This
isdispl ayed con tinuousl yif th eve hicle isin
a countr ywher eTr af fic Sign Assistisno tsup‐
por ted. Traf fic Sign Assistisno tav ailable inall
coun tries.
% Alsoobse rveth einf ormation ondispla ymes‐
sag esinTraf fic Sign Assist(/ pag e343 ).
Sy stem limit s
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, ifth er ear e
highl yva riable shade condition sor inrain,
sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
di re ct sunli ght orreflect ions. R
Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth etra ffic sign sar ehar dto detect, e.g. due
to dir tor sno w,because they areco vered, or
due toinsuf ficie ntlighti ng.
R Ifth einf ormation inthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out-of-da te.
R Ifth esigns areambiguous, e.g.traffic sign s
on con stru ction sites orinad jacent lanes.
R Ifyo utur nshar plywhen passingtraf fic sig ns
ou tsid eth ecamer a'sfield ofvision.
Se tting Traf fic Sign Assis t
Re quirement s:
R Onl yve hicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc e
Pa ckag e:
Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cand ECO
Assi stmus tbe activ ated forth eaut omatic
adop tionofspeed limits. Dr
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Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Traffic SignAssist
Ac tiv atin gor deac tivatin gaut omati cadop ‐
tio nof spe edlimits (onlyve hicl eswith Driv‐
ing Assistanc ePa ckag e) #
Select LimitAdoptio n. #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
The speed limitsdetected byTraf fic Sign
Assi stareaut omat icallyadop tedby Active
Dis tance AssistDIS TRONI C.
% Ifone ofthefo llo wing systems isactiv ated,
th ede tected spe edcan bemanu ally ad op ted
as thespeed limit:
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise contr ol
R Variable limiter
Fu rther information (/page17 6).
Di spla ying detected traf fic signs inthe
me diadispla y #
Select DisplayinCentra lDispl ay. #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
Se tting thety pe ofwa rning #
Selec tVisual &Audible ,Visual orOff .
Se tting thewa rning threshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic ha
wa rning isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setth edesir edspeed. Ov
ervie wof thetraf fic ligh tda ta ser vice &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent orinju ry
due todis traction, incor rect or mis sing
da ta
The traf fic light informati ondispl ayisan aid
and cannotre place theobser vatio nof the
act ual drivin gsit uatio n. #
Keep theactual traffic situat ioncon‐
st ant lyin view when approachingatraf‐
fi c light and whench ang inglane s. #
Avoid prolong edviewing oftheIns tru‐
ment Displa yand Head-up Display. The
Instrument Displayand Head-up Display(if
av ailable) showthetra ffic light andremaini ng
time 1until thene xt green phase asacount ‐
do wn. Ex
am ple repr esent ation intheIns trument Display
The displa yis hidden aboutfive seconds before
th etraf fic lights chang eto gree n. 19
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The displa yalso goes outinthefo llo wing
cases :
R When turnin gof fbef oreth eint ersect ion
int oacr oss orside stre et
R When turning beforeth eint ersect ion
% The direct ion arrow sar edispla yeddepend‐
ing onthefo llo wing functions:
R Atur nsign alisset
R Alane isrecomme ndedduring acti ve
ro uteguidan ce
If ne ither function isact ive, there maini ng
time untilthene xt green phase forth elane
st ra ight ahead isdispla yed.
% Use ofthetraf fic light informati onser vice
re qu ires there gular transmission ofvehicle
positions anddriving directions to
Mer cedes-Ben z.The datais immediat ely
anon ymized byMer cedes-Ben zand forw ar‐
ded tothepr ov ider ofthetra ffic light infor‐
matio nser vice .The vehicle positions and
dr iving directions aredele tedaf te ra ve ry
shor ttime (afew sec ond s)and areno tper‐
man entlysave d. If
yo udo notwa nttotrans mitth eve hicle
positions anddriving directions, youha ve
th efo llo wing option s:
R Youdeac tivateth eser vice inthe
Mer cedes mePortal.
R Youha ve theser vice deactiv ated atan
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter.
R Youdeac tivateth eser vice intheAssis-
tanc emenu inthemultimedia system
(/ page19 4).
% This traf fic light data ser vice isonly available
in cit ies and regions countries.
The func tion issuppor tedunder thefo llo wing
con dition s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withamultimedia
sy stem featur ingnavig atio nand acom mun i‐
cat ion modul ewit han act ivat ed, integrated
SIM card.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth eMer cedes
me Portal.
R The vehicle hasbeen connectedwithth e
user accoun t. R
The navig atio nser vices optio nis available,
subsc ribed toand activat ed intheMer cedes
me Portal.
R The traffic light data ser vice iswit hin the
scope ofthena vig ation service.
The current vehicle position andthedir ect ion of
tra velar etransmit tedvia thecomm unication
module andaligned withth edat afrom thetraf‐
fi c light data ser vice prov ider .The prov ider gath‐
er sdat afrom traffic light swhic htransm itth eir
ch ang ingphase s.When theve hicle approaches
an intersection withne tworke dtra ffic light s,
dat ais transm itted totheve hicle.
A se ttur nsignal leftor right and lane recom‐
mend ations during acti verouteguidan ceare
tak en intoacc oun tfo rth edispla y.
The service isforinf ormation purposes onlyand
is no tlink edtoanyot her vehicle functions, sys‐
te ms orcom ponents. Pleasenote that thedis‐
pla yeddat ais no tav ailable inall traf fic ar ea s
and maybe incor rect.
Ce rtain light signalsystems automatic allyadap t
th eir switc hingtimes tothecur rent traf fic situ a‐ Dr
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tio
n.Thi scan lead toasudden chang ein the
cou ntdo wndispl ay.
The information intheIns trument Displayis
sho wnafte rsele cting thedispla ycon tents inthe
Assi stance menu .If ano ther menu isselect ed,
th etraf fic light countdo wnisno tdi spl ayed.
In addition, observethefo llo wing informatio n:
R Selec ta speed adaptedto thetra ffic, sur‐
ro und ingsand weather condition s
R Obse rveactual traffic sign s
R Obser veapplic abletraffic ru les and regula‐
tions
Obser vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers.
Sy stem limit s
The displa ydoes notappear inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s,forex am ple:
R Ther eis no traf fic light data available.
R The timere maini nguntil thene xt green
phase isless than tenseco nds. R
Emerg encyvehicles orlocal publictranspor t
ar elocat edinthevicinit yof theint ersect ion.
R The datatransmission from theve hicle has
been interru pted.
R Light signal systems arelocat edinacon ‐
st ru ction sitear ea orarebei ng mai ntained.
R The light signal system ismalfunct ioning.
R The subscr iption totheser vice hasexpir ed. Switc
hingthetraf fic ligh tinf orma tion dis‐
pla yon oroff Mult
imed iasystem:
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Set ting s5
Assist ance #
Switc hTraffic LightInformation onD or
of fE. Blind
SpotAssis tand Activ eBli nd Spo t
As sist wit hex itwa rning Fu
nction ofBlind SpotAssis tand Activ e
Bli nd Spo tAs sist wit hex itwa rning
Blin dSpo tAss istand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
use twolat eral, rear-facin gra dar sensor sto monit
orthear ea up to130ft (40 m)behind and
10 ft(3 m) next to your vehicle.
If ave hicle isde tected atspe eds aboveappr ox‐
imat ely8 mp h(12 km/h) andthis vehicle subse‐
qu ent lyent ersth emonit oring rang edire ctly next
to your vehicle, thewa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorlig hts upred.
Pe rm anen tst atus displa yin theins trument clus‐
te r:
R ¸ (gra y): system isactiv ated but inoper a‐
tiv e
R ¸ (green): system isactiv ated and oper a‐
tion al
If ave hicle isde tected clos eto your vehicle and
yo uswit chon thetur nsignal indicat orinthecor‐
re sponding direction, adoubl ewa rning tone
sou nds and there dwa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorflashes .If th etur nsignal indicat or
re mains switchedon,allother detected vehicles
ar eindicat edonlyby theflashin gof there d
wa rning lam p.
If yo uove rtak eave hicle quickl y, no warning is
giv en. 19
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Wa
rnings maybe interru pte dwhen driving along‐
side long vehicles, forex am ple truc ks,fo ra pr o‐
long edtime.
Blind SpotAssis tis no toper ationa lwhen reve rse
ge ar iseng aged.
The exitwa rning maybe limit edinthefo llo wing
situat ions:
R When thesensor sar eco veredby adjac ent
ve hicles innar row parkingspaces
R When people approachth eve hicle
R Intheeve ntofstatio naryor slo wlymo ving
obj ect s
Fu nction ofbrak eapp lication (Activ eBlind
Spo tAssis t)
If Ac tiveBli nd Spo tAssi stdetects arisk ofaside
im pact inthemonit oring rang e, acou rse-co r‐
re cting brak eap plica tion iscar ried out. This is
designed tohelp youavo idacollis ion.
The cour se-cor recting brak eap plica tion isavaila‐
ble inthespeed rang ebe twee nap prox imat ely
20 mph(30 km/h) and125mp h(2 00 km/h) . &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
br ak eapplication ofActiveBli nd Spo t
Assi st
A cou rse-co rrect ing brak eapplication cannot
alw ayspr eve ntacol lisi on. #
Alw aysst eer ,br ak eor accelera teyour‐
self ,espe ciallyif Ac tiveBli nd Spo t
Assi stwa rnsyo uor mak esaco urse-
co rrect ing brak eapplication. #
Alw aysmaint ainasaf edis tance atthe
sides. If
acour se-cor recting brak eap plica tion occu rs,
th ere dwa rning lam pflashes intheoutside mir‐ ro
rand awa rning tone sou nds. Inadditio n,adi s‐
pl ay 1 indic atingth edang erofaside collision
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
In rare case s,thesy stem maymak ean inappr o‐
pr iat ebr ak eapplication. Thisbrak eapplication
ma ybe interru pte dat anytime ifyo usteer
slightl yin theopposit edir ect ion oraccelera te.
Sy stem limit s
No tethesy stem limit ations ofActiveBli nd Spo t
Assi st;yo uma yot her wise notre cogni zethedan‐
ge rs (/ pag e19 4).
Eit hera cou rse-co rrect ing brak eapplication
appr opriateto thedr iving situation ,or non eat
all, mayoccur inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Vehicles orobs tacle s,e.g. crash barrier s,are
locat edon both sides ofyour vehicle.
R Ave hicle approaches tooclosel yon theside.
R Youha ve adop tedaspor tydriving style wit h
high corner ing speeds.
R Youbr ak eor acc elerat esign ifican tly.
R Adr ivi ng safety system interve nes, e.g.ESP ®
or ActiveBr ak eAssi st. 19
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Condi
tionsfo ra co urse -cor rectin gbr ak e
ap plica tion(vehicles withou tDr iving Assis‐
tance Packag e)
Lane markings weredetected on both sides of
th elane. Thefront wheel drives ove ra continu‐
ous lane marking.
% Abr ak eapp lication maybe interru pte dat
an ytime ifyo usteer slightl yin theopposit e
dir ect ion.
Conditions fora co urse -cor rectin gbr ak e
ap plica tion(vehicles withDr iving Assistance
Pa ckag e)
R Acontinuou sla ne mar king wasde tected and
dr iven ove rwit hth efront wheel.
R Alane marking andanappr oaching vehicle,
an overtaking vehicle orvehicles driving par‐
allel toyour vehicle weredetected inthe
adjac entlane .The fron twheel drives ove r
th elane marking .
% Abr ak eapplication maybe interru pte dat
an ytime ifyo usteer slightl yin theopposit e
dir ect ion. Sy
stem limit s
No lane- correcting brak eap plica tion occu rsin
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R Youcle arly and activel yst eer ,br ak eor accel‐
er ate.
R Ifadr iving safetysy stem interve nes, such as
ES P®
,Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stor ActiveBli nd
Spo tAssi st.
R Youha ve adop tedaspor tydriving style wit h
high corner ing speeds orhigh ratesof accel‐
er ation.
R When ESP®
is deactiv ated.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tirehas
been detected and displ ayed.
If yo udeac tivateth eAc tiveLa ne Keeping Assist
wa rning and thelane markings cannotbe clear ly
de tected, itis pos siblethat no lane correcting
br ak eap plica tion take splace (/page19 9).
Th esy stem maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, ifth er ear e highl
yva riable shade condition sor inrain,
sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
th esun orreflect ions.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth er ear eno lane marking s,or several
unc lear lane markingsarepr esen tfo rone
lane, e.g.around roadw orks .
R Ifth elane marking sar ewo rn,dar kor cov‐
er ed.
R Ifth edis tance from theve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane marking scann otbe
de tected.
R Ifth elane marking sch ang equ ickl y, e.g.
lanes branc hof f,cr oss one another or
mer ge.
R Ifth ero ad isvery nar row and wind ing.
R Vehicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:ifth era dar sensor sin there ar bum per
ar edir tyor coveredin sno wand anobs tacle 19
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R
When driving atspeeds ofappr oximat ely
78 mph(125 km/h) orabo ve,th eve hicle is
lo we red.
R When driving atspeeds belowappr oximat ely
50 mph(80 km/h), theve hicle israised
ag ain.
Dr ive pr og ram ;:
R The susp ension setting iscomf ortable.
R The vehicle issetto low leve l-1 .
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo u
ar etrav eling athigher speeds.
Dr ive pr og ram C:
R The susp ension setting isfirm er.
R The vehicle issetto low leve l-1 .
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo u
ar etra veling athigher speeds.
Dr ive pr og ram B:
R The susp ension setting iseve nfirm er.
R The vehicle issetto low leve l-1 .
R The vehicle isno tlo we redan yfur ther ifyo u
ar etra veling athigher speeds. Ind
ividual suspen sionsettings canbecalled up
in drive pr og ram = (/page15 0).
Se ttin gthe vehicl eleve l &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent because
ve hicle leve lis toohigh
Dr iving charact eristic sma ybe impair ed.
The vehicle candrift outw ards, forex am ple,
when steer ing orcor ner ing. #
Choose ave hicle leve lwhic his suit ed
to thedr iving style and thero ad sur face
condi tions. &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment from vehi‐
cle lowe ring
Whe nlowe ring theve hicle, people could
become trapped ifth eir limbs arebe tween
th eve hicle body andthetir es orunder neath
th eve hicle. #
Mak esur eno one isunder neathth e
ve hicle orintheimmediat evicinit yof th
ewheel arch es when theve hicle is
being lowe red. &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du eto theve hicle lowe ring
Ve hicl eswith AIRBO DY CONT ROLor
le ve lcontr olsystem: when youunlo adlug‐
ga ge orlea vetheve hicle, theve hicle firs t
ri ses slightly andthen retur ns tothese tle ve l
shor tly af te rw ards.
Yo uor anyone else inthevicin ityofthe
wheel arch es ortheunderbody couldthus
bec ome trapped.
The vehicle canalso belowe redaf te rbeing
loc ked. #
When leaving theve hicle, makesur e
th at nobody isin thevicin ityofthe
wheel arch es ortheunderbody . *
NO
TEDama gedue tovehicle lowe ring Pa
rts of thebody could bedamag edwhen
th eve hicle islowe red. 200
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#
Mak esur eth at ther ear eno obs tacles
suc has curbs underneathor inthe
immed iatevicin ityofthebody when the
ve hicle isbeing lowe red. *
NO
TEMercede s-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen star ted.
R The vehicle mustno tbe mo ving faster than
37 mph(60 km/h). Ra
ising theve hicl e #
Press butt on1.
Indica torlam p2 lights up.
The vehicle issetto thehigh leve l.
Yo ur sele ction issave d. The
vehicle islowe redag ain inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s:
R When drivin gfa ster than 50 mph(80 km/h).
R When driving between 37mph(60 km/h)
and 50mph(80 km/h) forapp roxima tely
th re eminut es.
R Afterch ang ingadr ive pr ogram usingth e
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.
The vehicle isadjus tedto theheight ofthelas t
activ edr ive pr ogr am.
Lo we ring theve hicl e #
Press butt on1.
Indica torlam p2 goes out.Thevehicle is
adjus tedto theheight oftheactiv edr ive pr o‐
gr am.
Oper ation withatrailer orbicy clerack
If th eelectr icalconnect ionhas been correctly
es tablished tothetra iler orbicy clerack :
R Uptoappr oximat ely18 .7 mp h(3 0km/h):
th ehigh leve lcan beselec tedre ga rdless of
th edr ive pr og ram. Dr
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