Multifunction Display - Mercedes-Benz 2011 CL-Class Operator's Manual

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stationary and cannot check whether Night
View Assist Plus is working.
When you activate Night View Assist Plus,
speed display A in the multifunction display
changes. Speed display A is shown as a bar
at the bottom edge of the multifunction
display. This line is no longer available for
basic menus. You have to deactivate Night
View Assist Plus if you wish to change a
setting using the buttons on the multifunction
steering wheel.
Pedestrian recognition
The Night View Assist Plus recognizes
pedestrians using typical characteristics, i.e.
a silhouette in the shape of a person.
Pedestrian recognition is then switched on
automatically if:
Night View Assist Plus is activated.
R
you are driving above
R
approximately 6 mph (10 km/h).
the surroundings are dark, e.g. when
R
driving outside built-up areas without
street lighting.
If pedestrian recognition is active,
symbol ? appears. If a pedestrian is now
recognized, they are framed = and thereby
highlighted. If the pedestrian recognition
system has brought a pedestrian to your
attention, look through the windshield to
evaluate the situation. The actual distance to
objects and pedestrians cannot be gauged
accurately by looking at a screen.
It may be the case that objects are highlighted
as well as pedestrians.
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 are not identified by pedestrian
recognition.
Setting the brightness of the

multifunction display

X
To make brighter or dimmer: make sure
that Night View Assist Plus is activated.
X
Turn control : counterclockwise or
clockwise.
Fogged up or dirty windshield
If the windshield in front of the camera is
fogged up or dirty on the inside or outside, the
Night View Assist Plus display is affected.
G
Warning!
Please do not forget that your primary
responsibility is to drive the vehicle. A driver's
attention to the road must always be his/her
primary focus when driving. For your safety
and the safety of others, stop before trying to
remove window fogging or cleaning the
windshield in front of the Night View Assist
Plus camera.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your vehicle is
covering a distance of 44 feet
(approximately 14 m) every second.