Mercedes-Benz ACTROS 2002, Operating Instructions Manual

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Controls in detail
Gearshift
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Press and hold function button
1
and
move gear lever backwards until a re-
sistance can be felt
2
and hold in this
position.
Vehicles with reversing horn:
The reversing horn is activated.
Depress the clutch pedal.
Reverse gear is engaged when
a selection sound is heard in the
central loudspeaker.
R can be seen on the left in the gear
indicator.
Release gear lever and function button.
To proceed, release parking brake.
Slowly release the clutch pedal and
slowly depress the accelerator.
Construction-site vehicles:
When the differential locks are engaged
(
page 253) the Telligent
®
gearshift se-
lects construction-site mode. In construc-
tion-site mode, the Telligent
®
gearshift
shortens the period between gear changes
and thus minimises any interruption in
traction.
Selecting reverse gear
i
You can only select reverse gear R
when the vehicle is stationary and neu-
tral
N is selected.
Reverse gear cannot be selected with
the preselection feature (
page 223).
Construction-site mode
i
When construction-site mode is acti-
vated and you select a gear with
Telligent
®
driver's choice, block chang-
ing is limited to:
Upshift: a maximum of one gear
Downshift: a minimum of one gear