Mercedes-Benz 2006 SL 500 Operator's Manual page 214

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Briefly lift or depress the cruise control
lever.
The current speed is set.
Remove your foot from the accelerator
pedal.
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If you do not take your foot off of the
accelerator completely, the following
message will appear in the speedome-
ter display field:
DTR override
.
The distance to slower moving vehicles
in front of you will not be set. Your ve-
hicle speed will then be determined
only by the accelerator pedal position.
Setting a higher speed
Briefly tip the cruise control in direction
of arrow 1 ( page 212) to increase
the vehicle speed in increments of
5 mph (Canada: 10 km/h).
The new speed is set.
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Depressing the accelerator pedal does
not deactivate Distronic. After brief ac-
celeration (e.g. for passing), the cruise
control will resume the last speed set.
Controls in detail
Driving systems
Setting a lower speed
Briefly tip the cruise control in direction
of arrow 2 ( page 212) to decrease
the vehicle speed in increments of
5 mph (Canada: 10 km/h).
The new speed is set.
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When you use the cruise control lever
to decelerate, the brakes will be ap-
plied to support deceleration.
In addition, the transmission will auto-
matically downshift on long downhill
grades.
Fine adjustment in 1 mph
(Canada: 1 km/h) increments
Faster
Briefly tip the cruise control lever in
direction of arrow 4 ( page 212).
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