Mercedes-Benz S 430 Operator's Manual page 128

Controls in detail
Seats
Vehicles with seat ventilation*
The switch is located on the door.
1 Seat heating switch
The red indicator lamps above the switch
show the heating level selected:
Level
off No indicator lamp on.
1 One indicator lamp on.
2 Two indicator lamps on.
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Switch on the ignition ( page 34).
Switching on seat heating
Press switch 1 twice.
A red indicator lamp above the switch
comes on.
Switching off seat heating
Press switch 1 again.
The indicator lamp above the switch
goes out.
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The seat heating will be automatically
switched off after approximately
30 minutes.
Switching on rapid seat heating
Press switch 1 once.
Both indicator lamps above the switch
come on.
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The system switches over to normal
heating mode after approximately
five minutes. Only the right-hand indi-
cator lamp remains lit.
Switching off rapid seat heating mode
Press switch 1 twice.
Both indicator lamps above the switch
go out.
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If one or both of the lamps on the seat
heating switch are flashing, there is in-
sufficient voltage available since too
many electrical consumers are turned
on. The seat heating switches off auto-
matically.
The seat heating will switch back on
again automatically as soon as suffi-
cient voltage is available.