Mercedes-Benz A Series Owner's Manual page 125

Controls
Driving systems
Front area warning display
Left-hand side of the vehicle
1
Right-hand side of the vehicle
2
Indicator segments
3
The warning display for each side of the vehi-
cle is divided into five yellow and two red seg-
ments. Parktronic is operational if yellow indi-
cator segments 3 light up.
The gear lever or selector lever position*
determines which warning display is active:
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Manual transmission:
Gear lever in Warning display
Forwards gear Front area activated
or
Neutral
Reverse gear Rear and front areas
activated
AUTOTRONIC*:
Selector lever at Warning display
D Front area activated
R orN Rear and front areas
activated
P No areas activated
One or more segments light up as the vehicle
approaches an obstacle, depending on the
vehicle's distance to the obstacle.
Front area: following the sixth segment,
R
you will hear an intermittent warning tone,
after the seventh segment, you will hear a
continuous warning tone for a maximum of
two seconds. You have reached the mini-
mum distance.
Rear area: from the sixth segment onwards,
R
you will hear an intermittent warning tone.
At the seventh segment, you will hear a
continuous warning tone for a maximum of
two seconds. You have reached the mini-
mum distance. The continuous warning
tone is muted immediately if you shift out
of reverse gear on vehicles with manual
transmission or if you select D or P on vehi-
cles with AUTOTRONIC*.
Deactivating/activating Parktronic
Deactivating/activating Parktronic
1
Indicator lamp
2
If indicator lamp 2 is on, Parktronic is deac-
tivated.
* optional