Instrument Lighting - Mercedes-Benz Sprinter Operating Instructions Manual

The display in the instrument cluster is acti-
vated when you:
open the driver's door
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turn the key to position 2 in the ignition lock
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press the 9 reset button
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switch on the lights
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The display switches off automatically after
approximately 30 seconds if:
the key is in position 0 in the ignition lock.
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the vehicle lighting is not switched on.
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Instrument lighting

When the lights are switched on, you can
adjust the brightness of the instrument clus-
ter lighting using the f and g buttons.
To brighten: press the f button.
X
To dim: press the g button.
X
Vehicles with automatic headlamp mode:
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the instrument lighting also adapts to auto-
matic headlamp mode.
Tachometer
! Do not drive in the overrevving range, as
this could damage the engine.
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Environmental note
Avoid driving at high engine speeds. This
unnecessarily increases the fuel consumption
of your vehicle and harms the environment as
a result of increased emissions.
The red band in the tachometer indicates the
engine's overrevving range.
To protect the engine, the fuel supply is inter-
rupted when the red band is reached.
Outside temperature
You should pay special attention to road con-
ditions when temperatures are around the
freezing point.
Instrument cluster
On vehicles without steering wheel buttons
( page 182) and on vehicles with steering
Y
wheel buttons ( page 187), the outside tem-
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perature display is in the display.
Changes in the outside temperature are dis-
played after a short delay.
Speedometer
The speed can also be shown in the display.
You can find information on the digital speed-
ometer for vehicles without steering wheel
buttons under ( page 182) and for vehicles
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with steering wheel buttons under
( page 187).
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In some countries, a warning sounds
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when the vehicle reaches the maximum
speed limit, e.g. at 75 mph (120 km/h).
Trip odometer
To reset: make sure that the display is
X
showing the trip odometer if you have a
vehicle with steering wheel buttons
( page 187).
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Press and hold the 9 reset button until the
X
trip odometer is reset to 0.0.
Fuel gauge
Fuel gage on vehicles without steering
:
wheel buttons
Fuel gage on vehicles with steering wheel
;
buttons
181
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