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NGRisk ofaccid ent ifLane Change
Ass istune xpectedl yst ops functio ning
If th esy stem limit ations forLane Chang e
Assist have been reac hed, ther eis no guar an-
te eth at thesy stem will remain active.
Lane Chang eAssis tcanno tth en assist youby
appl ying steer ing torq ue . #
Alwa ys monit orthelane chang eand
ke ep your hands onthesteer ing wheel.
Obser vethetra1c conditions andsteer
and/or brak eif necessar y. Sy
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stem limits em
limits
The system limitat ions ofActiveSt eer ing Assist
appl yto ActiveLane ChangeAssi st
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The system mayals obe impair edorma yno tfunc-
tion inthefo llo wing situations:
R The sensor sin there ar bum peraredir ty,dam-
ag ed orcoveredby ast icke ror ice and snow,
fo re xa mp le.
R The exterior lightin gsho wsadef ect. %
The ActiveLane ChangeAssi stsens orsadjust
aut oma tically whi leacer tain dist ance isbeing
dr iven aTer theve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveLane ChangeAssi stisuna vailable or
av ailabl eonl ypar tiallydur ing this teac h-in
pr ocess; noarro w appear sne xt to theØ
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist symbol whenthetur n
signal indicat orisactiv ated.
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Activ ctiv
eLane Chang e
Lane Chang eAssist e
Assist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Active LaneChange Assist #
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Br ak ak
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Assist FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
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Br ak ak
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Assist
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcons istsofthefo llo wing func-
tions:
R Dist ance warning function
R Autonomo usbrak ing functi on
R Situa tion-d ependent brak ing assist anc e R
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function
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan help youto minimiz eth e
ri sk ofacolli sion withve hicles, cyclis tsor pedes-
tr ians ortoreduce thee.ect sof suc hacollision.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi sthas detected arisk ofcolli -
sion ,a wa rning tone willsou ndand thedist ance
wa rning lampL willlight upon theinst rument
clust er.
If yo udo notre act tothewa rning, autonomous
br aking canbeinitiat edincritical situations.
In especia lly cr itical situations, ActiveBr ak eAssi st
can initiat eaut onomo usbraki ng directl y.In this
case, thewa rning lampand warning tone will
occ ursim ultaneo uslywit hth ebr aking application.
If yo uappl yth ebr ak eyo urself inacr itical situa-
tion orappl yth ebr ak edur ing autonomous brak -
ing, <0054004A0055005600420055004A0050004F000E0045004600510046004F0045
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Obser
vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page162) . If
aut onomo usbraking orsituat ion-depen dent
br aking assistancehasoccur red, displa y1 will
appear ontheinst rument displa yand then aut o-
maticall ygo out aTer ashor ttime. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident causedby
limit eddetection perform ance ofActive
Br ak eAssi st
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcanno talw aysclear lyiden-
tify objects andcomplextra1c situations. In
suc hcases ,Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stmight :
R Giveawa rning orbrak ewit hout reason
R Notgiv eawa rning ornotbr ak e
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisonl yan aid. Thedriver is
re sponsi bleformaint aining asu1cien tly saf e
dist ance totheve hicle infront ,ve hicle speed
and forbr aking ingood time. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on ActiveBr ak e
Assi stalone . #
Beprepa redto brak eor swerve ifneces-
sar y. If
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisdea ctivated orthefunc-
tions arere str icte d, e.g. duetoactiv ationof
ano ther driving system, theê displaymessag e
will appear onthedr iver's displa y.
If th esy stem isuna vailable duetodir tyor dam-
ag ed sensor sor due toamalf unct ion,or ifth e
func tions arere str icte d, theÓ warning lamp
will appear onthedr iver's displa y.
Also observe thesy stem limits ofActiveBr ak e
Assi st. The
individu alsubfunc tionsar The
individu alsubfunc tionsareav e
av ailabl ein v ailabl
ein var ar
i- i-
ous speed r ous
speed rang ang
es: es:
The distance warning function canissue awa rn-
ing inthefo llo wing situations:
R From appr oximat ely4 mp h(7 km /h),ifyo ur
ve hicle iscriticall yclose toave hicle, cyclis tor
pedes trian, youwill hear anintermitt entwarn-
ing tone and thedist ance warning lampL
will light upon theinst rument cluster.
Br ak eimm ediatelyor take evasiv eactio n,prov i-
ded itis saf eto do soand thetra1c situation
allo wsthis.
Dist Dist
ance w ance
war ar
ning function (v ning
function (vehicles wit ehicles
without Dr hout
Driv- iv
-
ing Assist ing
Assist anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
The distance warning function canaidyouin the
fo llo wing situations withan intermitt entwarning
to ne and awa rning lamp:
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely155 mph
(250 km/h )when approaching vehicles ahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/h )when approachingst ati ona ryvehi-
cles, movingpedes trians, andcyclis tsahead 184184
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atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely37 mph
(60 km/h )when approachingcr ossin gcy clis ts
Dis t Dis
tance w ance
war ar
ning funct ion (v ni
ng funct ion (vehicl eswit ehicl
eswithDr h
Dr ivin g iv
in g
Assi st Assi
stance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
The distance warning function canaidyouin the
fo llo wing situations withan intermitt entwarning
to ne and awa rning lamp:
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely155 mph
(250 km/h )when approaching vehicles ahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely62 mph
(100 km/h )when approaching station ary
ve hicles
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/h )when approaching movingpedes-
tr ians andcyclist sahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely43 mph
(70 km/h )when approaching station ary
pedes trians, crossing vehicles andstation ary
and crossin gcy clis ts A A
ut ut
onom ousbr onom
ousbraking funct ion (v aking
funct ion (vehicle swit ehicle
swit hout hout
Dr Dr
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Pac k ac
kag ag
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Fr om aspeed ofappr oximat ely4 mp h(7 km /h),
th eaut onomous braking function mayint erve ne in
th efo llo wing situations:
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely124 mph
(200 km/h )when approachingve hicles ahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/h )when approachingcy clis tsahead
R atspee dsup toappr oximat ely37 mph
(60 km/h )when approaching movingpedes-
tr ians andcrossing cyclis ts
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely31 mph
(50 km/h )when approachingst ati ona ryvehi-
cles
A A
ut ut
onom ousbr onom
ousbraking funct ion (v aking
funct ion (vehicle swit ehicle
swit hDr h
Dr iv- iv
-
ing Assis t ing
Assis tance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
Fr om aspeed ofappr oximat ely4 mph (7km /h),
th eaut onomous braking function mayint erve ne in
th efo llo wing situations:
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely155 mph
(2 50 km/h) whenapproaching vehicles ahead R
atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely62 mph
(100 km/h )when approaching station ary
ve hicles
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(8 0km/h) whenapproaching cyclists ahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely43 mph
(70 km/h )when approachingst ati ona ryand
mo vingpedes trians, crossin gve hicles andsta-
tion aryand crossin gcy clis ts
Si tuat ion-dep endent br Si
tuat ion-dep endent braking assist aking
assistance (v ance
(vehicle s ehicle
s
wit wit
hout Dr hout
Driving Assis t ivi
ng Assis tance P ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
The situation -dependent braking assistance can
int erve ne from aspe edofapp roximat ely4 mp h
(7 km/h )in thefo llo wing situations:
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely155 mph
(250 km/h )when approachingve hicles ahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/h )when approachingst ati ona ryvehi-
cles andcyclis tsahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely37 mph
(60 km/h )when approaching movingpedes-
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ation-d epend ent brak ing assist ak
ing assist anc e(v anc
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wi t wi
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ng Ass istanc eP anc
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The situa tion-d epend ent brak ing assist anc eca n
int erve ne from aspe edofapp roximat ely4 mp h
(7 km/h )in thefo llo wing situations:
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely155 mph
(250 km/h )when approaching vehicles ahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely62 mph
(100 km/h )when approaching station ary
ve hicles
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely50 mph
(80 km/h )when approaching cyclis tsahead
R atspeeds uptoappr oximat ely37 mph
(60 km/h )when approachingst ati ona ryand
mo vingpedes trians, crossin gve hicles, and
st ation aryand crossin gcy clis ts
Cance lingabr Cance
lingabr ak ak
eappli catio nof A e
appli catio nof Activ ctiv
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Br ak e ak
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Yo ucan cancel abr ak eapplica tionofActive
Br ak eAssi stat anytime by:
R shar plydepr essin gth eacceler ator pedal or
wit hkic kdo wn
R releasing thebr ak epedal Ac
tiveBr ak eAssi stma ycanc elthebr ak eapplica-
tion when oneofthefo llo wing conditions isful/l-
led:
R Youmaneuv ertoavo idtheobst acle.
R Ther eis no long erarisk ofcolli sion .
R Anobs tacle isno long erdetected infront of
yo ur vehicle.
Ev Ev
asiv asiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assis ing
Assist (onl t
(onl yv y
vehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving iving
Assist Assist
anceP ance
Pac k ac
kag ag
e) e)
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assist hasthefo llo wing charac-
te risti cs:
R Theab ilit y to detect station aryor mo ving
pedes trians.
R Assis tance thro ugh powe r-assis tedsteer ing if
a sw erving maneuv erisde tected.
R Activation duetoan abr uptst eer ing move-
ment intheev ent ofasw erving maneuv er.
R Assist anceduring swerving andstraight ening
of theve hicle.
R Reactio nfrom aspeed ofappr oximat ely
12 mph(20 km/h) uptoaspeed ofappr ox-
imat ely43 mph (70km/h). Yo
ucan cancel theassist anceatanytime by
activ elyst eer ing.
T T
ur ur
nin gmane uv nin
gmane uver funct ion (onl er
funct ion (onl yv y
vehicle swit h ehicle
swit h
Dr Dr
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ng Assis tance P ance
Pac k ac
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If th esy stem detects arisk ofacolli sion withan
oncom ingvehicle when turnin gacr oss anonco m-
ing lane ,aut onom ousbraking canbeinitiat edat
speeds below9mp h(1 5km /h)be fore youha ve
leT thelane inwhic hyo uar edr iving. &
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofaccident despiteEv a-
siv eSt eer ing Assist
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assist cannotalw aysre cog-
niz eobje ctsorcom plextra1c situat ions
clear ly.
Mor eover,th esteer ing suppor tpr ov ided by
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assist isno tsu1cien tto
avo idacollision. #
Alwayspa ycar eful att ent ion tothetra1c
situation; donotre ly on Evasiv eSt eer ing
Assist alone. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor swerve ifneces-
sar y. 186186
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#
End thesuppor tby activ elyst eer ing in
non -critical situ atio ns. #
Drive at an appr opriatespeed ifth er e
ar epedestr iansclose tothepat hof your
ve hicle. Sy
st Sy
stem limits em
limits
Fu llsy stem perform ance isno tye tav ailabl efo ra
few secon dsaTer switchingontheve hicle oraTer
dr ivi ng o..
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfu nct ion,
par ticu larlyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,dir ect sunl ight
or variable light cond itions orifth er eis glar e.
R Ifth esensor sar edir ty,fo gg ed up, dam aged or
co vered.
R Ifth esensor sar eim pair eddue tointerfere nce
from other radar sour ces, e.g.strong radar
re 0ectio nsinpar kingga rage s.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor adef ecti vetirehas
been detected and displa yed.
R Incom plextra1c situations whereobjects
canno talw aysbe clear lyident i/ed. R
Ifpedestr iansorvehicles movequickl yint o
th esensor detection rang e.
R Ifped estr ians arehid den byother objects.
R Ifth etypical outline ofapedestr iancanno tbe
distin guished from thebac kground.
R Ifapedestr ianisno tde tected assuc h,e.g .
due tospecial clothing orother objects.
R Ifth edr iver's seat beltisno tfa stene d.
R Onbend swi th atig ht radius.
% The ActiveBr ak eAssi stsens orsadjust auto-
mati callywhile acer tain dist ance isbeing
dr iven aTer theve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisuna vailable oronl ypar -
tiall yav ailabl edur ing thete ac h-in process.
A A
ctiv ctiv
atin g/deact iv atin
g/deact ivatin gA atin
gActiv ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssis t e
Assis t
R R
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts emen
ts
R The vehicle isswitc hedon. Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Setting s5
Assi stance
5 Active BrakeAssist #
Select thedesir edsetting .
The setting willberetained when thedr ive
sy stem isne xt star ted.
Deactiv Deactiv
atingA ating
Activ ctiv
eBr e
Br ak ak
eAssist e
Assist
% Itis recommen dedthat youalw ayslea ve
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stacti vated. #
Select Off.
The distance warning function, theaut ono-
mous braking function andEvasiv eSt eer ing
Assist willbedeactiv ated.
When theve hicle isne xt star ted, Ac tiveBr ak e
Assi stwill beacti vatedand theMediu mset-
ting willbeaut omaticall yselect ed.
% IfAc tiveBr ak eAssi stisdeac tivated, the00D4
symbol willappear onthestatus baronthe
inst rument displa y. Dr
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a1c a1c
Sign Assis t Si
gn Assis t FF
unct ionof unct
ionofTr Tr
a1c a1c
Sign Assis t Si
gn Assis t
Tr a1c Sign Assis tde tects tra1c signswit hth e
multif unctioncamer a(/ page162) .It assists
yo uby displa yingdetected speed limitsand over-
ta king restr iction sin theInstr ument Display.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page162) .
Sin ceTra1c Sign Assis talso uses thedat astor ed
in thena vig ation system, itcan updat eth edispla y
in thefo llo wing situations without detectin gtra1c
sign s.
The camer aalso detects tra1c signswit ha
re str iction indicat ed byan addit ionalsign (e.g.
when wet).Thes ear edisp laye donl yif are str ic-
ti on appliesor ifth esy stem canno tclear lyde ter-
mine whether there str iction applies.
W W
ar ar
nin gwh en t nin
gwh en the maximu mper he
maximu mpermi ssible spee dis mi
ssible spee dis
ex ex
ceeded ceeded
The system can warnyouifyo uunint entionall y
ex ceed themaximum permissible speed.Todo
th is, youcan specify inthemultimedia system by
ho wmuc hth emaximum permissible speedcan be
exceeded beforeawa rning isissued. Youcan
specify whether thewa rning isto be justa visual
wa rning oran acoustic oneaswell.
Displa Displa
yin t y
in the Ins he
Instr tr
ument Display ument
Display Instr
ument displayin thewidescr eencockpit
1 Maximum permissible speed
2 Maximum permissible speedwhenare str ic-
ti on applies
3 Additional signwithre str iction
% V V
eh icle swi t eh
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ast an da r an
da rd Ins d
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um ent Disp lay um
ent Disp lay: :
a
+ +
sy mb olne xt to atra1c signintheInstr u-
ment Displa yindicat esthat addit ionaltra1c
sign sha ve been detected. These canalso be displa
yedin themedia displayand optionall y
in thehead-up display.
If Tra1c Sign Assis tcann otdeterm ine themaxi-
mum permissible speed(e.g.due tomissing
signs), thefo llo wing displa yappear sin theInstr u-
ment Displa y: This
isdis pla yedcontinu ouslyif th eve hicle isin a
coun try wher eTra1c Sign Assis tis no tsuppor ted.
Tr a1c Sign Assis tis no tav ailabl ein all coun tries.
% Also obser vetheinf ormation ondispla ymes-
sag esinTra1c Sign Assis t(/ page351) .
Sy st Sy
stem limits em
limits
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfu nct ion
par ticu larlyin thefo llo wing situations:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e. g. due toinsu1c ient
illumination ofthero ad, highl yva riable shade
cond itions, rain, sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e,e.g. from oncoming tra1c,
dir ect sunlight orre0ectio ns. 18
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Ifth er eis dir ton thewindshield inthevicinity
of themultifun ctioncamer aor ifth ecamer ais
fo gg ed up, dam aged orobs cured.
R Ifth etra1c signs arehar dto detect, e.g. due
to dir t,sno wor insu1cien tlightin g,or
because they areco vered.
R Ifth einf ormation inthena vig ation system's
digit almap isincor rect or out ofdat e.
R Ifsign sar eambigu ous,e.g. road sign sin road-
wo rksor inadjace ntlane s.
R Ifyo utur nshar plywhen passingtra1c signs
outside thecamer a's/eld ofvision.
Se Se
tting tting
Tr Tr
a1c a1c
Sign Assis t Si
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R R
eq eq
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emen ts: emen
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yv y
vehicle swit ehicle
swit hDr h
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Pac k ac
kag ag
e: e:
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cand ECO
Assi stmust beacti vatedfo rth eaut omatic
adop tionofspeed limits. Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Traffic SignAssist
A A
ctiv ctiv
ating ordeactiv ating
ordeactiv atingaut ating
automatic adop omatic
adoptionof tion
of
speed limits(onl speed
limits(onlyv y
vehicles wit ehicles
withDr h
Dr iving Assist iving
Assist ance ance
P P
ac k ac
kag ag
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#
Select LimitAdoption. #
Switc hth efunction onoro..
The speed limitsdetected byTra1c Sign
Assis tar eaut omati callyadop tedby Active
Dist ance AssistDIS TRONI C.
% Ifone ofthefo llo wing systems isactiv ated,
th ede tected speed canbemanuall yadop ted
as thespeed limit:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R Cruise control
R Variable limiter
Fu rther informatio nabout ActiveDist ance
Assi stDIS TRONI C:(/ page175) . Disp
la Disp
laying det ying
detect ect
ed ed
tr tr
a1c a1c
signs int signs
inthe medi adis- he
medi adis-
pla y pla
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Select Display inCentr alDisplay . #
Switc hth efunction onoro..
Se Se
tting t tting
the type ofw he
type ofwar ar
ning ning
#
Select Visual& Audibl e, Visua lor Off.
Se Se
tting t tting
the w he
war ar
ning t ning
thr hr
eshold eshold
This value determ ines thespeed atwhic hawa rn-
ing isissued whenexceeded. #
Select Warning Threshold. #
Setth edesir edspeed. TT
r r
a1c a1c
Light Inf Light
Infor or
mation ser mation
service vice
&
W W
ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofan accident orinjur y
due todist raction ,incor rect or missin g
dat a
The tra1c lightinformation displayis an aid
and canno tre place theobser vation ofthe
actual drivi ng situ atio n. Dr
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#
Keep theactual tra1c situation con-
st antl yin vie wwhen approaching atraf-
fi c light andwhen chang inglane s. #
Avoid looking attheInstr ument Display
and Head-up Displayfo ra long time. The
Instr ument Displayand Head-up Display(if
av ailabl e)sho wthetra1c lighticonandremainin g
time untilth ene xt green phase asacountdo wn. Ex
am ple repr esent ation intheInstr ument Display
1 Tra1c light icon andcoun tdown ofremainin g
time untilth ene xt green phase time The
displa yis hidden about/veseconds before
th etra1c lights chang eto green.
% The displa yalso goes outinthefo llo wing
cases :
R When turning o.beforeth eint ersection
int oacr oss orside street
R When turning beforeth eint ersection
% The direction arro ws aredispl ayeddepending
on thefo llo wing functions:
R Atur nsignal isse t
R Alane isrecommen dedduring activ e
rou teguida nce
If neit her functio nis ac tive, there mainin g
time untilth ene xt green phase forth elane
str aight ahead isdispla yed.
% Use ofthetra1c lightinformation service
re qu ires there gula rtr ans missionof vehicle
posit ionsand drivi ng directi ons toMer cedes-
Benz. Thedatais imm ediately anon ymizedby
Mer cedes-Be nzand forw arded tothepr ov ider
of thetra1c lightinformation service. The
ve hicle positionsand drivi ng directi ons are dele
tedaTer ave ry shor ttime (afew sec-
onds) andareno tper manen tly sa ved.
If yo udo notwa nttotransm itth eve hicle
posit ionsand drivi ng directi ons, youha ve the
fo llo wing options:
R Youdeactiv ateth eser vice inthe
Mer cedesme portal.
R Youha ve theser vice deactiv ated atan
aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Center.
R Youdeactiv ateth eser vice intheAssis-
tance menuinthemultimedia system
(/ page191).
% This tra1c lightinformation service isonl y
av ailabl ein cer tain cities andregions .
The functio nis sup portedunder thefo llo wing con-
ditions:
R The vehicle iseq uipp edwithamult imedi asy s-
te m featur ingnavig atio nand acommun ication
modul ewit han activ ated, integratedSIM card.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth eMer cedes me
Po rtal.
R The vehicle hasbeen connectedwithth euser
account. 190190
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