Gear display
1
Direction of travel and/or selected gear
2
Gearshift recommendation (shift up
Z
/down
¬
) or preselected gear (flashing)
3
drive program
Possible displays (example:)
1
–
16
1st to 16th gear
N
Neutral position
N1
Slow splitter box
N2
Fast splitter box
E
Neutral position in
EcoRoll mode
R1–R4
1st to 4th reverse
gear
A
Automatic drive pro‐
gram
A economy
A power
A fleet
A offroad
A municip
A
A heavy
A fire–sv
Automatic drive pro‐
gram with drive and
vehicle-specific shift
program
M
Manual drive program
Drive programs and drive functions
Function of automatic and manual drive pro‐
gram (automated manual transmission)
Automatic
The transmission control shifts the gears depend‐
ing on the following variables:
R
engine speed
R
accelerator pedal position
R
operation of the continuous brake
R
vehicle load condition
R
gradient of the road surface
You can switch EcoRoll mode and crawler mode
on and off in the standard drive program
A
in the
multimedia system in the
Controls
menu under
the
Settings
,
Assistance systems
menu item..
For vehicles without fluid coupling and with the
offroad shift program, switch the crawler mode
for off-road driving on or off (
/
page 219) using
the
í
button.
Automatic transmission with drive-specific
shift program
Depending on the type of transmission and pro‐
gramming, the shift program is designed for the
following functions:
R
the performance-oriented dynamic driving
mode with relatively high engine speeds —
power
R
the fuel-efficient driving mode —
economy
R
the performance-oriented driving mode on
light off-road terrain and on construction
sites with relatively high engine speeds —
off‐
road
R
the performance-oriented dynamic driving
mode with relatively high engine speeds and
a high gross combination weight —
heavy
R
the fleet mode —
fleet
R
the waste collection vehicle mode —
municip
R
the dynamic driving mode with optimum
acceleration during emergency and alarm
drives by fire engines —
fire-sv.
In the shift programs of
power, offroad, heavy
and
fire-sv, the automatic transmission only
shifts up to the next gear at relatively high engine
speeds.
In the
offroad shift program, the crawler mode,
for on-road driving is switched off automatically.
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