Mercedes-Benz SL 500 Operator's Manual page 203

Controls in detail
Driving systems
Setting a lower speed
Briefly tip the cruise control in direction
of arrow 2 ( page 200) 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 transmission will au-
tomatically downshift if the rate of de-
celeration is too low.
Fine adjustment in 1 mph
(Canada: 1 km/h) increments
Faster
Briefly tip the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow 4 ( page 200).
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Setting to last stored speed ("Resume"
function)
Warning!
The speed stored in memory should only be
set again if prevailing road conditions per-
mit. Possible acceleration or deceleration
differences arising from returning to the pre-
set speed could endanger yourself and oth-
ers.
Briefly tip the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow 4 ( page 200).
Distronic is set to the last stored
speed.
Remove your foot from the accelerator
pedal.
Deactivating Distronic
There are several ways to deactivate the
Distronic system:
G
Briefly tip the cruise control lever in the
direction of arrow 3 ( page 200).
or
Step on the brake pedal.
Distronic will be deactivated. The last
speed set will be stored into memory.
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The last stored speed is deleted when
you turn off the engine.