Control system menus:distronic, Control system menus:vehicle status message memory, Distronic* menu vehicle status message memory menu – Mercedes-Benz CLS-Class 2008 Owners Manual User Manual
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Controls in detail
Control system
Distronic* menu
Use the Distronic menu to display the cur-
rent settings for your Distronic system.
What information is shown in the multi-
function display depends on whether the
Distronic system is active or inactive.
Please refer to the “Driving systems”
section of this manual (
instructions on how to activate Distronic.
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Press button
è or ÿ repeatedly
until one of the following two pictures
appears in the multifunction display.
Distronic deactivated
When Distronic is deactivated, you will see
the standard display in the multifunction
display.
1 Vehicle ahead, if detected
2 Actual distance to vehicle ahead
3 Preset distance threshold to vehicle
ahead
4 Your vehicle
5 Symbol for activated distance warning
function
Distronic activated
With Distronic activated, the
Distronic
display is shown in the multifunction dis-
play and one or two segments around the
set speed are illuminated in the speedom-
eter.
1 Distronic activated
Vehicle status message memory menu
Use the vehicle status message memory
menu to scan malfunction and warning
messages that may be stored in the sys-
tem. Such messages appear in the multi-
function display and are based on
conditions or system status the vehicle’s
system has recorded.