Mercedes-Benz GLS Operator's Manual page 205

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For technical reasons, the ball coupling of
the trailer tow hitch in the multimedia system
display is either only partially visible or not at
all.
Select symbol ? using the controller.
X
The "Coupling up a trailer" function is selec-
ted. The distance specifications now only
apply to objects that are at the same level as
the ball coupling.
Back up carefully, making sure that trailer
X
drawbar locating aid ; points approximately
in the direction of trailer drawbar =.
Back up carefully until trailer drawbar = rea-
X
ches the red guide line.
The distance between the trailer drawbar and
the red guide line is now approximately
0.30 m.
Couple up the trailer (
X
180° view
Symbol for the 180° view function
:
Your vehicle
;
Warning displays for Parking Assist
=
PARKTRONIC
You can also use the rear view camera to select
a 180° view.
When Parking Assist PARKTRONIC is opera-
tional ( page 193), a symbol for your own vehi-
Y
cle appears in the multimedia system. If the
Parking Assist PARKTRONIC warning displays
are active, warning displays = light up in the
multimedia system in yellow or red accordingly.
page 225).
Y
Driving systems
360° camera
General notes
The 360° camera is a system consisting of four
cameras.
The system processes images from the follow-
ing cameras:
Rear view camera
R
Front camera
R
Two cameras in the exterior rear view mirrors
R
The cameras cover the immediate surroundings
of the vehicle. The 360° camera assists you, for
instance when parking or at exits with reduced
visibility.
You can show pictures from the 360° camera in
full-screen mode or in seven different split-
screen views on the multimedia system display.
A split-screen view also includes a top view of
the vehicle. This view is calculated from the data
supplied by the installed cameras (virtual cam-
era).
The six split-screen views are:
Top view and picture from the rear view cam-
R
era (130° viewing angle)
Top view and image from the front camera
R
(130° viewing angle without displaying the
maximum steering wheel angle)
Top view and enlarged rear view
R
Top view and enlarged front view
R
Top view and trailer view (vehicles with trailer
R
tow hitch)
Top view and rear-view images from the exte-
R
rior mirror cameras (rear wheel view)
Top view and forward-view images from the
R
exterior mirror cameras (front wheel view)
When the function is active and you shift the
transmission from h or k to i, the dynamic
guide lines are hidden.
When you shift between transmission positions
h and k, you see the previously selected front
or rear view.
Distances measured by Parking Assist
PARKTRONIC will also be optically displayed:
in split screen view as red or yellow brackets
R
around the vehicle icon in the top view, or
at the bottom right as red or yellow brackets
R
around the vehicle symbol in full-screen mode
The line thickness and color of the brackets
show how far the vehicle is away from an object:
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