Mercedes-Benz S-Class 2006 Owners Manual User Manual
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Controls in detail
Useful features
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Wait for a voice connection to the
Response Center.
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Close cover
2 after the emergency
call is concluded.
Roadside Assistance button
• and
Information button
¡
The Roadside Assistance button
• and
the Information button
¡ are located in
the storage compartment below the front
armrest (
1 Information button ¡
2 Roadside Assistance button •
Roadside Assistance button
•
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Press and hold the button
• (for
longer than two seconds).
A call to a Mercedes-Benz Roadside As-
sistance dispatcher will be initiated.
The button will flash while the call is in
progress. The message:
CONNECTING
CALL
will appear in the multifunction
display and the audio system is muted.
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).
Warning!
G
If you feel at any way in jeopardy when in the
vehicle (e.g. smoke or fire in the vehicle, ve-
hicle in a dangerous road location), please
do not wait for voice contact after you have
pressed the emergency button. Carefully
leave the vehicle and move to a safe loca-
tion. The Response Center will automatically
contact local emergency officials with the
vehicle’s approximate location if they re-
ceive an automatic SOS signal and cannot
make voice contact with the vehicle occu-
pants.