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the multifunction display. You must therefore

ensure that your vehicle is always reliable.

If the operating safety of your vehicle is

impaired, park the vehicle immediately and

safely. Contact a qualified specialist workshop.

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Notes on the instrument display and on-

board computer

Only operate this equipment when the

traffic situation permits.

If you cannot be sure of this, stop the

vehicle whilst paying attention to road

and traffic conditions and operate the

equipment with the vehicle stationary.

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WARNING Risk of accident due to an

instrument display malfunction

If the instrument display has failed or mal‐

functioned, the function restrictions applying

to safety relevant systems are not visible.

NOTE Mercedes-AMG vehicles

*

The operating safety of your vehicle may be

impaired.

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Observe the notes in the Supplement.

You could otherwise fail to recognise

dangers.

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Drive on carefully.

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Have the vehicle checked immediately

at a qualified specialist workshop.

NOTE Plug-in hybrid

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Observe the notes in the Supplement.

You could otherwise fail to recognise

dangers.

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WARNING Risk of distraction from infor‐

mation systems and communications

equipment

You must observe the legal requirements for the

country in which you are currently driving when

operating the on-board computer.

The on-board computer shows only display mes‐

sages and warnings from specific systems on

If you operate information and communica‐

tion equipment integrated in the vehicle

when driving, you will be distracted from the

traffic situation. This could also cause you to

lose control of the vehicle.

244 Instrument display and on-board computer

Instrument display overview

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4

5

Speedometer

Area for additional values (example: rev

counter): rev counter / navigation / ECO

display / consumption / G-meter / date

The fuel supply will be interrupted to protect

the engine when the red mark on the rev

counter (overrevving range) is reached.

During normal operation, the coolant tem‐

perature display is permitted to rise to

120°C.

Vehicles with 48 V on-board electrical sys‐

tem: POWER and CHARGE display (electrical

drive support and recuperation power of the

electric motor)

The segments on the speedometer indicate

the status of the following systems: cruise

control / limiter / Active Distance Assist

DISTRONIC

Outside temperature

Time

2

3

Coolant temperature display

6

Selected drive program

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£ LINGUATRONIC (/ page 249)

7

8

Selected transmission position

Overview of the buttons on the steering

wheel

5

Multifunction display (example: standard dis‐

play for a trip): assistance / telephone /

navigation / trip / media / radio / styles

and displays / service / possible settings

for head-up display

Fuel level and fuel filler flap location indica‐

tor

ò To call up the home screen of the mul‐

timedia system

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7

8

Touch Control multimedia system

% Back button (multimedia system)

Brightness control to adjust the lighting in

the Instrument Display and in the control

elements of the vehicle interior

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Operating the on-board computer

Observe the legal requirements for the country

in which you are currently driving when operat‐

ing the on-board computer.

1

P Back/Home button (press and hold),

on-board computer

2

3

Touch Control, on-board computer

Control panel for cruise control/limiter or

Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC

4

Control panel for the multimedia system

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The on-board computer is operated using the

left-hand Touch Control and the left-hand back/

home button.

When the on-board computer is being operated,

different acoustic signals will sound as operating

feedback, e.g. when the end of a list is reached

or when you are scrolling through a list.

To call up the menu bar: press the left-hand

back button until the menu bar is displayed.

Assistance

Trip

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Press the ò button to call up the menu

bar of the on-board computer.

To scroll in the menu bar: swipe left or

right on the left-hand Touch Control.

To call up a menu, submenu or possible

settings on the menu, or confirm a selec‐

tion or setting: press the left-hand Touch

Control.

To scroll through displays or lists on the

menu, or select display content, a func‐

tion, an entry or a display: swipe upwards

or downwards on the left-hand Touch Con‐

trol.

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On the corresponding menu, use the left-

hand Touch Control to scroll to the end of the

list.

Press the left-hand Touch Control.

The selected menu will be displayed in full.

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The following menus are available:

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Service

Overview of what is shown on the multi‐

function display

R

Assistance

R

Trip

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Displays on the multifunction display

ë Active Parking Assist activated

(/ page 222)

é Parking Assist PARKTRONIC deactivated

(/ page 213)

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Navigation

R

Radio

R

Media

R

Telephone

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To switch between displays: swipe

upwards or downwards on the left-hand

Touch Control.

To exit a submenu: press the left-hand back

button.

R

HUD

Cruise control (/ page 193)

Limiter (/ page 194)

¯

È

^RVehicles with an instrument display in

the widescreen cockpit: Design

ç Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC

(/ page 196)

% You can find information about the possible

settings and selections on the menus in the

Digital Owner's Manual.

Full-surface menus

You can display the following menus in full on

the instrument display:

Active Brake Assist (/ page 193)

æ

è Active Steering Assist (/ page 203)

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Active Lane Keeping Assist (/ page 233)

ECO start/stop function (/ page 158)

HOLD function (/ page 206)

Information from the driver assistance sys‐

tems

Some warning messages

In audio mode, the station name or track will be

shown temporarily when the audio source is

being actively operated.

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è

ë

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System limits

Display content

Adaptive Highbeam Assist (/ page 125)

The visibility is influenced by the following condi‐

tions:

Adaptive Highbeam Assist Plus

(/ page 127)

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Seat position

ð Maximum permissible speed exceeded

R

(for certain countries only)

Image position setting

R

Light conditions

Wet road surfaces

Vehicles with Traffic Sign Assist: detected

instructions and traffic signs (/ page 228).

R

Objects on the display cover

R

Polarisation in sunglasses

Head-up Display

Function of the head-up display

% In extreme sunlight, sections of the display

may appear washed out. You can correct this

by switching the head-up display off and on

again.

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2

3

4

Navigation instructions

Current speed

Detected instructions and traffic signs

Set speed in the driver assistance system

(e.g. cruise control)

NOTE Mercedes-AMG vehicles

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Observe the notes in the Supplement.

You could otherwise fail to recognise

dangers.

When you receive a call, the 6 Incoming call

message will appear on the head-up display.

The head-up display projects the following into

the driver's field of vision:

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Information from the navigation system

248 Instrument display and on-board computer

Adjusting the head-up display settings on

the on-board computer

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Switching the head-up display on/off

Display content

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To select a setting: swipe upwards or down‐

wards on the left-hand Touch Control.

Press the left-hand Touch Control.

To adjust a value: swipe upwards or down‐

On-board computer:

4

HUD

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wards on the left-hand Touch Control.

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Press the left-hand Touch Control.

1

2

3

4

Setting currently selected

Digital speedometer

Traffic Sign Assist

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Press button 1.

Navigation displays

The following can be adjusted for the head-up

display:

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Position

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Brightness

Instrument display and on-board computer for Your Mercedes C Class 4 Door Fourth Generation (2014-2021)

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