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Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2006 Owners Manual User Manual

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Controls in detail

Useful features

Information button

¡

The Information button

¡ is located be-

low the center armrest cover.

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Press and hold the button

¡ (for

longer than two seconds).

A call to the Customer Assistance Cen-
ter will be initiated. The button will
flash while the call is in progress. The
message:

CONNECTING CALL

will ap-

pear in the multifunction display.

When the connection is established, the
message:

CALL CONNECTED

appears in the

multifunction display. The Tele Aid system
will transmit data generating the vehicle
identification number, model, color and lo-
cation (subject to availability of cellular
and GPS signals).

A voice connection between the Customer
Assistance Center representative and the
occupants of the vehicle will be estab-
lished. Information regarding the operation
of your vehicle, the nearest authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center or Mercedes-Benz
USA products and services is available to
you.

For more details concerning the Tele Aid
system, please visit www.mbusa.com and
use your ID and password (sent to you sep-
arately) to learn more (USA only).

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The indicator lamp on the Information
button

¡ remains illuminated in red

for approximately ten seconds during
the system self-check after switching
on the ignition (together with the SOS
button and the Roadside Assistance
button

•).

See system self-check (

page 255)

when the indicator lamp does not come
on in red or stays on longer than ap-
proximately ten seconds.

If the indicator lamp in the Information
button

¡ is illuminated continuous-

ly and no voice connection to the Re-
sponse Center was established, then
the Tele Aid system could not initiate
an Information call (e.g. the relevant
cellular phone network is not avail-
able). The message:

CALL FAILED

ap-

pears in the multifunction display.

Information calls can be terminated us-
ing the

t button on the multifunc-

tion steering wheel or the respective
button for ending a telephone call on
the COMAND head unit.