Mercedes-Benz C-Class 2014 Owner's Manual page 257

Driving systems
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Set the height of trailer drawbar ; so that
X
it is slightly higher than the ball coupling.
Position the vehicle centrally in front of
X
trailer drawbar ;.
Symbol for the trailer view setting
:
Trailer drawbar locating aid
;
Ball coupling
=
Red guide line at a distance of approx-
?
imately 0.30 m from the ball coupling
Select symbol : using the COMAND con-
X
troller; see the COMAND Online operating
instructions.
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.
Reverse carefully, making sure trailer draw-
X
bar locating aid ; points approximately in
the direction of the trailer drawbar.
Reverse carefully until the trailer drawbar
X
reaches 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
The lines are shown at the level of the trailer
coupling.
page 284).
Y
Wide-angle function
Symbol for the full-screen setting with the
:
reversing camera image
Own vehicle
;
PARKTRONIC warning displays
=
If the vehicle is equipped with PARKTRONIC
and the function is activated (
warning displays = in the COMAND display
are also active or light up accordingly.
PARKTRONIC appears as follows:
as red or yellow brackets around the vehi-
R
cle symbol in top view in split-screen mode
or
at the bottom right as red or yellow brack-
R
ets around the vehicle symbol in full-screen
mode
i
Full-screen mode can also be selected as
front view.
Select this view when you are driving out of an
exit and the view of crossing traffic is restric-
ted, for example.
i
To select split-screen view, select the
% symbol in the display, then confirm
with the COMAND controller.
Object detection
The 360° camera helps detect moving and
stationary objects. If an object (person, vehi-
cle, other obstacle) is detected, this object is
marked with a bar. Objects located some dis-
tance from the vehicle away are marked with
a yellow bar. If the distance to the object is
very small, the bar is displayed in red.
page 238),
Y