Driving Systems - Mercedes-Benz SL 2008 Owner's Manual

Controls

Driving systems

Dialling a number from the phone book
If your mobile phone is operational, you can
select and dial a number from the phone book
at any time. It is only possible to enter new
numbers into the phone book using the
mobile phone. Please refer to the separate
operating instructions for information on how
to do this.
Press the è or · button to select the
X
Telephone menu.
Press the j or k button to call up
X
the phone book.
Press the j or k button to select the
X
desired name. To scroll through the tele-
phone book faster, press and hold the
j or k button for longer than 1 sec-
ond.
Press the s button to start dialling.
X
The Connecting call... message
appears in the multi-function display.
The number dialled is stored in the redial
memory.
When the connection is made, the name of
the person you are calling (if it is stored in
the phone book) or the telephone number
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you have dialled will appear in the multi-
function display.
or
If you do not wish to make a call, press the
X
t button.
Redialling
The on-board computer stores the last phone
numbers which were dialled.
Press the è or · button to select the
X
Telephone menu.
Press the s button to call up the most
X
recently dialled number in the redial mem-
ory.
Press the j or k button to select the
X
desired name or number.
Press the s button to start dialling.
X
Driving systems
Overview of driving systems
The vehicle's driving systems are described
on the following pages:
R Cruise control, Distronic* and Speedtronic,
which are used to control the speed of the
vehicle
SBC Hold, which makes pulling away eas-
R
ier, particularly on steep uphill gradients
RACE START on the SL 63 AMG, which
R
makes pulling away on race tracks easier
R *Active Body Control* (ABC), which is used
to adjust the vehicle's suspension system
R Parktronic*, which assists you in parking
and manoeuvring
The following driving safety systems: ABS,
BAS, adaptive brake lights, ESP
and SBC ® are described in the "Safety" sec-
tion ( page 53).
Y
® TM
and SBC
* optional