Mercedes-Benz 2013 S-CLASS, Owner'S Manual

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"Coupling up a trailer" function
:
Vehicle centre point on the yellow guide
line at a distance of approximately 1.0 m
from the rear of the vehicle
;
Trailer drawbar
=
Red guide line at a distance of approx-
imately 0.30 mfrom the rear of the vehicle
X
Set the height of trailer drawbar ; so that
it is slightly higher than the ball coupling.
X
Position the vehicle centrally in front of
trailer drawbar ; .
:
Symbol for the trailer view setting
;
Trailer drawbar locating aid
=
Ball coupling
?
Red guide line at a distance of approx-
imately 0.30 m from the ball coupling
X
Use the COMAND controller to select sym-
bol : (see the separate operating instruc-
tions).
The "Coupling up a trailer" function is selec-
ted. The distance specifications now only
apply to objects that are at the same level
as the ball coupling.
X
Reverse carefully, making sure trailer draw-
bar locating aid ; points approximately in
the direction of the trailer drawbar.
X
Reverse carefully until the trailer drawbar
reaches red guide line ? .
The distance between the trailer drawbar
and the red guide line is now approximately
0.30 m.
X
Couple up the trailer (
Y
page 293).
The lines are shown at the level of the trailer
coupling.
Wide-angle function
:
Symbol for the full-screen setting with the
reversing camera image
;
PARKTRONIC warning displays
If the vehicle is equipped with PARKTRONIC
and the function is activated (
Y
page 248),
warning displays ; in the COMAND display
are also active or light up accordingly.
PARKTRONIC appears as follows:
R
as red or yellow brackets around the vehi-
cle symbol in top view in split-screen mode
or
R
at the bottom right as red or yellow brack-
ets around the vehicle symbol in full-screen
mode
i
Full-screen mode can also be selected as
front view.
Driving systems
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Drivi
ng
and
parking
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