Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2007 User Manual
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Controls in detail
Driving systems
The red 10 in (0.25 m) guide line
4, the
yellow 39 in (1 m) guide line
3 and the
yellow 13 ft (4 m) guide line
2 correspond
to the relevant distance from the rear of
the vehicle. The yellow and blue guide lines
for vehicle width
1 show the required
width for the vehicle.
5 Blue guide lines for straight driving
6 Symbol for “reverse parking”
7 Yellow and red guide lines for cornering
When you turn the steering wheel out of
the straight-ahead position, the positions
of the yellow and red guide lines
7
change depending on the steering wheel’s
position. The space required by the vehicle
for reverse cornering is indicated by yellow
and red guide lines
7.
Backing in straight
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Move gear selector lever to position R
(reverse gear).
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Use the COMAND controller
(
page 82) to select “reverse parking”
function
6.
You will see the guide lines for reverse
parking on the COMAND display.
The desired parking space is wide
enough if nothing is inside the yellow
and blue guide lines
1 of your intend-
ed driving path or protrudes into this
area.
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Back in straight carefully.
Warning!
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Please note that objects which do not touch
the ground, such as the bumper of a vehicle
parked behind you, a trailer hitch, or the
back of a truck, may appear to be further
away than they actually are. In this case, you
should not use the guide lines to judge dis-
tance as the use of the guide lines to judge
distance increases the risk of impacting the
objects.
Even when the object you approach is di-
rectly on the ground (and nothing on the ob-
ject extends above the ground beyond the
object's contours directly touching the
ground) and no objects that do not touch
the ground, such as the bumper of a vehicle
parked behind you, a trailer hitch, or the
back of a truck are in the path, do not ap-
proach the object on the ground any closer
than red guide line
4.
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The Dynamic Rear View Monitor must be ac-
tivated in the instrument cluster control system
in order for it to be switched on (
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While parking, do not approach any obsta-
cles closer than indicated by red guide line
4.