Mercedes-Benz 2007 C 230 Operator's Manual page 5

Contents
Safety and Security ........................... 57
Occupant safety................................... 58
Air bags .......................................... 59
Occupant Classification System..... 64
Seat belts ....................................... 69
Active head restraint ...................... 73
Children in the vehicle.................... 74
Blocking of
rear door window operation ........... 80
Panic alarm* ........................................ 81
Activating ....................................... 81
Deactivating ................................... 81
Driving safety systems......................... 82
ABS ................................................ 82
BAS ................................................ 84
®
ESP ............................................... 85
Four wheel electronic traction
system (4MATIC) with the ESP
Anti-theft systems................................ 89
Immobilizer..................................... 89
Anti-theft alarm system* ................ 89
Controls in detail ............................... 91
Locking and unlocking ......................... 92
SmartKey ....................................... 92
Checking the batteries................... 95
Loss of SmartKey
or mechanical key .......................... 95
Opening the doors from the inside. 96
Opening the trunk .......................... 96
Closing the trunk............................ 97
Trunk emergency release ............... 98
Valet locking .................................. 99
Automatic central locking .............. 99
Locking and unlocking
from the inside............................. 100
Seats ................................................. 101
Front seat active head restraints . 101
Rear seat head restraints ............. 101
®
..... 88 Lumbar support............................ 105
Multicontour seats*
(Canada only) ............................... 105
Seat heating*............................... 106
Memory function* ............................. 107
Storing positions into memory ..... 108
Recalling positions from memory. 108
Lighting ............................................. 109
Exterior lamp switch .................... 109
Combination switch ..................... 113
Corner-illuminating front
fog lamps* (C 230 (Canada only),
C 280, C 350 and models
with 4MATIC: with
Bi-Xenon* headlamps) ................. 113
Hazard warning flasher ................ 115
Interior lighting ............................ 116
Door entry lamps ......................... 117
Trunk lamp................................... 117
Instrument cluster ............................. 118
Adjusting
instrument cluster illumination .... 118
Coolant temperature gauge ......... 119
Resetting trip odometer ............... 119
Tachometer.................................. 120
Outside temperature indicator..... 120
Control system .................................. 121
Multifunction display.................... 121
Multifunction steering wheel........ 122
Menus.......................................... 124
Standard display menu ................ 126
AUDIO menu ................................ 127
NAV* menu.................................. 129