Control system
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Example illustration for setting the month
X
Press button
æ
or
ç
to set the
month, day, or year.
Lighting submenu
Access the
Lighting
submenu via the
Settings
menu. Use the
Lighting
submenu
to change the lamp and lighting settings on
your vehicle.
The following functions are available:
R
Setting daytime running lamp mode (USA
only) (
Y
page 156)
R
Setting locator lighting (
Y
page 156)
R
Setting night security illumination
(
Y
page 157)
R
Setting interior lighting delayed shut-off
(
Y
page 158)
Setting daytime running lamp mode (USA
only)
X
Move the selection marker with button
æ
or
ç
to the
Lighting
submenu.
X
Press button
j
or
k
repeatedly until
the message
Lamp Circuit Headlamp
appears in the multifunction display.
The selection marker is on the current
setting.
X
Press button
æ
or
ç
to select
manual operation (
Manual
) or daytime
running lamp mode (
Constant
).
With daytime running lamp mode activated
and the exterior lamp switch in position
M
or
U
, the low-beam headlamps are
switched on when the engine is running.
In low ambient light conditions the following
lamps will come on additionally:
R
Parking lamps
R
Tail lamps
R
License plate lamps
R
Side marker lamps
For more information on the daytime running
lamp mode, see “Lighting” (
Y
page 116).
For safety reasons, changing the setting for
the daytime running lamp mode is not
possible while the vehicle is in motion.
The following message appears in the
multifunction display:
Settings can only be made at a
standstill.
For safety reasons, resetting all the functions
of all submenus to the factory settings while
driving (
Y
page 152) will not deactivate the
daytime running lamp mode.
Setting locator lighting
With the locator lighting feature activated, the
exterior lamp switch in position
U
and the
interior lighting in automatic mode
(
Y
page 121), the following lamps will come
on during darkness when the vehicle is
Controls in detail
Summary of Contents for 2009 R-Class
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Page 28: ...Exterior view 26 Exterior view At a glance ...
Page 30: ...Cockpit 28 Cockpit At a glance ...
Page 32: ...Instrument cluster 30 Instrument cluster At a glance ...
Page 34: ...Instrument cluster 32 At a glance ...
Page 36: ...Storage compartments 34 Storage compartments At a glance ...
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Page 401: ...Weights 399 Weights Model All models Roof load max 220 lb 100 kg Technical data Z ...
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