Mercedes-Benz 2010 S-Class Operator's Manual page 360

Driving systems
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and cannot check the function of the Night
View Assist Plus.
Image on multifunction display
When you switch on the Night View Assist
Plus, the dial for the speedometer changes on
the multifunction display. The speedometer
dial is shown as a bar on the lower edge of
the multifunction display. The line for main
menus is no longer available. If you would like
to change a setting using the steering wheel
buttons, you must first switch off the Night
View Assist Plus.
Pedestrian detection
The Night View Assist Plus detects
pedestrians by means of specific
characteristics, e.g. a human silhouette.
Pedestrian detection is activated when
the Night View Assist Plus is switched on
R
the vehicle speed is above approximately
R
6 mph (10 km/h)
driving in darkness, e.g. on highways
R
without road lighting
Night View Assist Plus image
:
Detected pedestrian
;
Frame
=
Symbol for active pedestrian detection
?
Speedometer dial
A
When pedestrian detection is active,
symbol ? appears in the Night View Assist
Plus image. Once a pedestrian is detected,
that pedestrian is highlighted by frame =.
When you have been made aware of a
pedestrian, assess the situation by looking
through the windshield. The actual distance
between your vehicle and objects or
pedestrians cannot be assessed properly via
a screen display.
Other objects apart from pedestrians may
also be highlighted.
G
Warning!
The pedestrian detection may be impaired or
unavailable when
pedestrians are obstructed fully or in part
R
by other objects such as parking vehicles
the silhouette in the Night View Assist Plus
R
image is displayed incomplete or
interrupted, e.g. by significant light
reflection
a pedestrian's silhouette is not rich enough
R
in contrast compared to the background
pedestrians are not in erected position but,
R
for example, sit, crouch down, or lie
i Animals cannot be detected.
Adjusting instrument cluster illumination
If you change the brightness of the
instrument cluster while the Night View
Assist Plus is switched on, only the brightness
of the multifunction display is changed.
X
Make sure the Night View Assist Plus is
switched on.
X
Brightening illumination: Turn knob :
clockwise.