Driving and parking, Driving systems – Mercedes-Benz 2013 CLA Class User Manual

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COMAND Online; see the separate audio
system/COMAND Online operating
instructions.

X

Engage reverse gear.
Guide lines are used to show the area
behind the vehicle in the Audio/COMAND
display.

Function mode display for vehicles with COMAND

Online and a trailer tow hitch

X

To change the function mode in vehi-

cles with COMAND Online and trailer

tow hitch: using the COMAND controller,

select symbol : for the "Reverse parking"
function; see the separate COMAND Online
operating instructions.

or

X

Select symbol ; for the coupling up a
trailer function (see the separate COMAND
Online operating instructions).
The symbol of the selected function is high-
lighted.

To deactivate: the reversing camera is deac-

tivated if you:

R

select transmission position

P (vehicles

with automatic transmission)

R

drive forward ten metres

R

shift the transmission from

R to another

position after 15 seconds (vehicles with
automatic transmission)

R

shift out of reverse gear after 15 seconds
(vehicles with manual transmission)

R

drive forwards at a speed of over
10 km/h

Displays in the Audio/COMAND display

The reversing camera may show a distorted
view of obstacles, show them incorrectly or
not at all. Obstacles are not shown by the
reversing camera in the following locations:

R

very close to the rear bumper

R

under the rear bumper

R

in the area immediately above the tailgate
handle

!

Objects not at ground level may appear to

be further away than they actually are, e.g.:

R

the bumper of a parked vehicle

R

the drawbar of a trailer

R

the ball coupling of a trailer tow hitch

R

the rear section of an HGV

R

a slanted post

Use the guidelines only for orientation.
Approach objects no further than the bot-
tom-most guideline.

Lanes
:

White guide line without turning the steer-
ing wheel, vehicle width including the
exterior mirrors (static)

;

Yellow lane marking the course the tyres
will take at the current steering wheel
angle, vehicle width including the outer
edge of the wheel (dynamic)

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Red guide line for the vehicle width includ-
ing the exterior mirrors, for current steer-
ing wheel angle (dynamic)

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