Mercedes-Benz SLK-Class 2008 Owner's Manual page 120

Manual transmission:
Gear lever in Warning display
Forwards gear Front area activated
or
Neutral
Reverse gear Rear and front areas
activated
Automatic transmission*:
Selector lever at Warning display
D Front area activated
R or N Rear and front areas
activated
P No areas activated
One or more segments light up as the vehicle
approaches an obstacle, depending on the
vehicle's distance from the obstacle.
Front area: from the sixth segment
R
onwards, you will hear an intermittent
warning tone; from the seventh segment
onwards, you will hear a continuous warn-
* optional
ing tone for a maximum of two seconds.
You have reached the minimum distance.
Rear area: from the first segment onwards,
R
you will hear an intermittent warning tone.
The interval gets shorter after each seg-
ment. From the seventh segment you will
hear a continuous warning tone. You have
reached the minimum distance. The per-
manent warning tone immediately stops
when you disengage the reverse gear in
vehicles with manual transmission or set
the automatic transmission* to transmis-
sion range D or P.
Deactivating/activating Parktronic
To deactivate/activate Parktronic
1
Indicator lamp
2
Driving systems
If indicator lamp 2 is on, Parktronic is deac-
tivated.
i
Parktronic is automatically activated
when you turn the key to position 2 in the
ignition lock.
Controls
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