Mercedes-Benz C-Class Wagon Owner's Manual page 193

190 Driving and parking
receive a notification in the multimedia system
when you switch on the ignition.
You will receive information about the following
points:
The area of the vehicle that may have been
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damaged.
The force of the impact.
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The following situations can lead to inadvertent
activation:
The parked vehicle is moved, e.g. in a two-
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storey garage.
% Deactivate tow-away protection in order to
prevent inadvertent activation. If you deacti‐
vate tow-away protection, collision detection
will also be deactivated.
You can permanently deactivate collision
detection via the multimedia system
( page 190).
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System limits
Detection may be restricted in the following sit‐
uations:
the vehicle is damaged without impact, e.g. if
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an outside mirror is torn off or the paint is
damaged by a key
an impact occurs at low speed
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the electric parking brake is not applied
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Setting collision detection on a parked vehi‐
cle
Multimedia system:
© Settings Vehicle
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Collision notification
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Activate or deactivate the function under
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lision detection.
% A maximum of three incidents can be regis‐
tered. Up to 15 photos are taken for every
incident. In the event of another incident, the
photos of the first incident will be overwrit‐
ten if they have not been deleted already.
Activating or deactivating the collision pho‐
tos function
Please note possible legal restrictions in some
countries regarding automatic recording of the
vehicle surroundings.
Activate or deactivate
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Transferring the collision photos with the
Mercedes me App
Select Upload collision
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Scan the QR code on the central display with
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the Mercedes me App.
The encrypted collision photos will then be
uploaded to Mercedes me.
% Any device that can scan QR codes can be
used to view the collision photos in the
Mercedes me App.
Col-
Copying the collision photos to a USB flash
drive
Connect a USB flash drive .
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Select Manage collision
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Collision photos.
photos.
photos.