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Displays
Controls
3. "Format:"
Setting your current speed as the
speed warning
On the Control Display:
4. Select the desired format.
The time format is stored.
1. "Settings"
Automatic time setting
2. "Speed"
Depending on your vehicle's optional features,
the time, date and, if needed, the time zone are
updated automatically.
3. "Select current speed"
4. Press the controller.
The current vehicle speed is stored as the
speed warning.
1. "Settings"
2. "Time/Date"
3. "Auto time set"
Settings on the Control
Display
Date
Setting the date
1. "Settings"
2. "Time/Date"
3. "Date:"
Time
Setting the time zone
1. "Settings"
2. "Time/Date"
4. Turn the controller until the desired day is
displayed.
3. "Time zone:"
5. Press the controller.
4. Select the desired time zone.
The time zone is stored.
6. Make the necessary settings for the month
and year.
Setting the time
1. "Settings"
2. "Time/Date"
3. "Time:"
The date is stored.
Setting the date format
1. "Settings"
2. "Time/Date"
4. Turn the controller until the desired hours
are displayed.
3. "Format:"
4. Select the desired format.
The date format is stored.
5. Press the controller.
6. Turn the controller until the desired mi‐
nutes are displayed.
Language
7. Press the controller.
The time is stored.
Setting the language
To set the language on the Control Display:
Setting the time format
1. "Settings"
1. "Settings"
2. "Language/Units"
3. "Language:"
2. "Time/Date"
4. Select the desired language.
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Controls
Displays
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
Head-up Display
The concept
Setting the voice dialog
Voice dialog for the voice activation system,
refer to page 28.
Units of measure
Setting the units of measure
To set the units for fuel consumption, route/
distance and temperature:
This system projects important information
into the driver's field of vision, e.g., the speed.
1. "Settings"
2. "Language/Units"
The driver can get information without averting
his or her eyes from the road.
3. Select the desired menu item.
4. Select the desired unit.
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
Display visibility
The visibility of the displays in the Head-up
Display is influenced by the following factors:
Brightness
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▷
Certain sitting positions.
Setting the brightness
To set the brightness of the Control Display:
Objects on the cover of the Head-up Dis‐
play.
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▷
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Sunglasses with certain polarization filters.
Wet roads.
1. "Settings"
2. "Control display"
3. "Brightness"
Unfavorable light conditions.
If the image is distorted, check the basic set‐
tings.
4. Turn the controller until the desired bright‐
ness is set.
5. Press the controller.
Switching on/off
1. "Settings"
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
2. "Head-Up Display"
3. "Head-Up Display"
Depending on the light conditions, the bright‐
ness settings may not be clearly visible.
Display
Standard view
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Speed.
Navigation system.
Check Control messages.
Selection list from the instrument cluster.
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Displays
Controls
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Driver assistance systems.
3. "Brightness"
4. Turn the controller.
Some of this information is only displayed
briefly as needed.
When the low beams are activated, the bright‐
ness of the Head-up Display can be addition‐
ally influenced using the instrument lighting.
M view
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
Adjusting the height
On the Control Display:
1. "Settings"
2. "Head-Up Display"
3. "Height"
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Current engine speed, highlighted
Shift point indicator
4. Turn the controller.
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
Pre-warning field, speed display
Red warning field, speed display
Speed
Setting the rotation
On the Control Display:
Gear display/warning messages
1. "Settings"
Activate M view:
2. "Head-Up Display"
3. "Rotation"
Select displays in the Head-up Display.
4. Turn the controller.
Selecting displays in the Head-up
Display
On the Control Display:
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
1. "Settings"
Special windshield
The windshield is part of the system.
2. "Head-Up Display"
3. "Displayed information"
The shape of the windshield makes it possible
to display a precise image.
4. Select the desired displays in the Head-up
Display.
A film in the windshield prevents double im‐
ages from being displayed.
Setting the brightness
The brightness is automatically adjusted to the
ambient brightness.
Therefore, have the special windshield re‐
placed by a service center only.
The basic setting can be adjusted manually.
On the Control Display:
1. "Settings"
2. "Head-Up Display"
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Controls
Displays
4. "Displayed information"
5. "M View"
Shift point indicator
General information
Display
The display is in the Head-up Display and in‐
strument cluster.
Shift lights in the instrument cluster
Display
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▷
Current engine speed is displayed in the
tachometer.
Arrow 1: successive yellow illuminated
fields indicate the upcoming upshift mo‐
ment.
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▷
Current engine speed is displayed in the
tachometer.
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Arrow 2: fields are illuminated in red. Do
not wait any further to shift.
Arrow 1: successive yellow illuminated
fields indicate the upcoming upshift mo‐
ment.
When the maximum possible speed is
reached, the entire display flashes.
When the maximum speed is exceeded, the
supply of fuel is interrupted in order to protect
the engine. Speeds in this range must be
avoided.
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Arrow 2: fields are illuminated in red. Do
not wait any further to shift.
When the maximum possible speed is
reached, the entire display flashes.
When the maximum speed is exceeded, the
supply of fuel is interrupted in order to protect
the engine. Speeds in this range must be
avoided.
Shift point indicator in the Head-up
Display
Switching on
Shift lights are only shown in the Head-up Dis‐
play in the M view, refer to page 91.
1. Switch on Head-up Display, refer to
page 90.
2. "Settings"
3. "Head-Up Display"
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Lights
Controls
Lights
If the driver door is opened with the ignition
switched off, the exterior lighting is automati‐
cally switched off at these switch settings.
Vehicle features and options
This chapter describes all standard, country-
specific and optional features offered with the
series. It also describes features that are not
necessarily available in your car, e. g., due to
the selected options or country versions. This
also applies to safety-related functions and
systems. The respectively applicable country
provisions must be observed when using the
respective features and systems.
Parking lights
Position of switch
: the vehicle's lights
light up on all sides, e.g., for parking.
Do not use the parking lights for extended pe‐
riods; otherwise, they might drain the battery
and it would then be impossible to start the en‐
gine.
When parking, it is preferable to switch on the
one-sided roadside parking lights, refer to
page 94.
Overview
Low beams
Position of switch
with the ignition
switched on: the low beams light up.
Welcome lights
When the vehicle is parked, leave the switch in
position
or
: parking and interior lights
come on briefly when the vehicle is unlocked
depending on the ambient brightness.
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Rear fog lights
Depending on the equipment: automatic
headlight control, Adaptive Light Control,
High-beam Assistant, Welcome lights,
Daytime running lights
Activating/deactivating
On the Control Display:
1. "Settings"
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5
Lights off, daytime running lights
2. "Lighting"
Parking lights / daytime running lights
3. "Welcome lights"
Depending on the equipment: low beams,
welcome lights, High-beam Assistant
Settings are stored for the profile currently in
use.
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Instrument lighting
Headlight courtesy delay feature
The low beams stay lit for a short while if the
headlight flasher is switched on after the radio-
ready state is switched off.
Parking lights/low beams,
headlight control
General information
Position of switch:
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