Mercedes-Benz CLS Owner's Manual page 209

206 Driving and parking
System limits
The system may be impaired or may not function
in the following situations:
If there is poor visibility, e.g. due to insuffi‐
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cient illumination of the road, if there are
highly variable shade conditions or in rain,
snow, fog or heavy spray.
If there is glare, e.g. from oncoming traffic,
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direct sunlight or reflections.
If the windscreen in the area of the multi‐
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function camera is dirty, or if the camera is
misted up, damaged or covered.
If the traffic signs are hard to detect, e.g. due
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to dirt or snow, because they are covered, or
due to insufficient lighting.
If you turn sharply when passing traffic signs
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outside the camera's field of vision.
Setting Speed Limit Assist
Multimedia system:
© Settings Assistance
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Speed Limit Assist
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Adjusting the type of warning
Select Visual & audible, Visual
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Adjusting the warning threshold
This value determines the speed at which a
warning is issued when exceeded.
Select Warning threshold.
#
Set the desired speed.
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%
If one of the following systems is activated,
the speed detected can be manually adopted
as the speed limit:
Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC
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Cruise control
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Variable limiter
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Further information ( page 193).
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Traffic Sign Assist
Function of Traffic Sign Assist
Traffic Sign Assist detects traffic signs with the
multifunction camera (
you by displaying detected speed limits and
overtaking restrictions in the instrument cluster.
or None.
Observe the notes on driving systems and your
responsibility; you may otherwise fail to recog‐
nise dangers (
Since Traffic Sign Assist also uses the data
stored in the navigation system, it can update
the display in the following situations without
detecting traffic signs.
If the system detects that you are driving onto a
section of road in the wrong direction of travel, it
triggers a warning.
The camera also detects traffic signs with a
restriction indicated by an additional sign (e.g.
when wet). These are only displayed if a restric‐
tion applies or if the system cannot clearly deter‐
mine whether the restriction applies.
page 179). It assists
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page 178).
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