Mercedes-Benz S-Class Coupe Operator's Manual page 222

Driving systems
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Pedestrian recognition
Night View Assist Plus display
:
Readiness symbol for active pedestrian
;
recognition
Highlighting
=
Pedestrian recognized
?
Night View Assist Plus can recognize pedes-
trians using typical characteristics, e.g. the
body contours and posture of a person stand-
ing upright.
Pedestrian recognition is then switched on
automatically if:
Night View Assist Plus is activated.
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you are driving faster than approximately
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6 mph (10 km/h).
it is dark.
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If pedestrian recognition is active, readiness
symbol ; appears. Persons who are detec-
ted are highlighted by framing =. If the
pedestrian recognition system has brought a
pedestrian to your attention, look through the
windshield to evaluate the situation. The
actual distance to objects and pedestrians
cannot be gaged accurately by looking at a
screen.
Animal recognition
Animals can be recognized in the following
situations:
darkness
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outside built-up areas
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below an outside temperature of 90 ‡
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(32 †)
Night View Assist Plus can recognize larger
animals such as deer, cows or horses using
typical characteristics.
The system does not detect:
smaller animals, e.g. dogs and cats
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animals whose silhouette is not clearly rec-
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ognizable
When detected, animals are marked with
small color frame corners. In contrast to
pedestrian recognition, there is no separate
readiness symbol in the multifunction dis-
play.
Activating/deactivating Night View
Assist Plus
Activation conditions
You can only activate Night View Assist Plus if
all of the following conditions are met:
the ignition is switched on (
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the engine has been started.
the light switch is in the à or L posi-
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tion.
reverse gear has not been engaged.
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Activating Night View Assist Plus
Press button :.
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The Night View Assist Plus display appears
in the multifunction display.
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The infrared headlamps only switch on in
the dark from speeds of approximately
6 mph (10 km/h). This means that you do
not have the full visual range while the vehi-
cle is stationary and cannot check whether
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