2023 Mercedes S-CLASS Displays User Manual

2023 Mercedes S-CLASS Displays User Manual

The 2023 Mercedes S-Class displays are covered in this guide. Discover how cutting-edge screens like the digital cockpit and MBUX system improve your driving experience.

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Notes On Driver’s Display

Multi-Display Setup

Car Display – WARNING
Risk of an accident if the driver display fails

If the driver display has failed or is malfunctioning, function restrictions in systems relevant to safety cannot be detected.
The operating safety of your vehicle may be impaired.

• Drive on carefully.
• Has the vehicle been checked immediately at a qualified specialist workshop?

NOTE
Mercedes-AMG vehicles

• Observe the notes in the Supplement.

You could otherwise fail to recognize dangers. If the operating safety of your vehicle is impaired, park the vehicle immediately and safely. Contact a qualified specialist workshop.

The driver’s display shows basic information such as speed, engine speed, fuel level, and coolant temperature as well as indicator and warning lamps.

Additional functions available include the following:

• Different menus, e.g. for assistance and navigation
• Status displays for the driving systems
• Display messages
• Information on speed, Consumption, and range
• Power meter level and condition of charge of  the high-voltage battery
• Indicator and warning lamps

Plug-in hybrid vehicles are additionally equipped with the following warning and indicator lamps:

• • Drive is activated
  •  “Foot off the accelerator” (/ page 218)
    Some menu content and settings can be customized.

Notes on the 3D driver’s display

The 3D driver’s display enables a three-dimensional representation of the content of the driver’s display. This requires the driver to be recorded by the driver camera.

The system may be impaired or may not function in the following situations:

• The driver camera is deactivated or is not working.
• The driver is outside the detection range of the driver’s camera.
• The operating conditions are not in place, e.g.

If the outside temperature is too low or too high.

2023 Mercedes S-CLASS  Operating the driver’s display

WARNING
Risk of distraction from information systems and communications equipment If you operate information systems and communication devices integrated in the vehicle when driving, you could be distracted from the traffic situation. This could also cause you to lose control of the vehicle.

• Only operate this equipment when the traffic situation permits.
• If you cannot be sure of this, stop the vehicle whilst paying attention to road and traffic conditions and operate the equipment with the vehicle stationary.

Scrolling on the menu bar

1. Back button
2. Main menu button
3. Touch Control

The content on the driver’s display is controlled using the control elements on the left side of the steering wheel. You can use Touch Control 3 to navigate vertically and horizontally by swiping with one finger. Confirm your selection by pressing the Touch Control.

To operate Touch Control 3 in the most effective way, use the tip of your thumb if possible. You can also set the sensitivity of the Touch Control on the central display.

• Briefly press the main menu button 2.
• Select a menu by swiping to the left or right on Touch Control 3.
• To confirm press Touch Control 3.

Driver display menus User Manual

Notes on menus on the driver’s display

WARNING
Risk of distraction from information systems and communications equipment

If you operate information systems and communication devices integrated in the vehicle when driving, you could be distracted from the traffic situation. This could also cause you to lose control of the vehicle.

• Only operate this equipment when the traffic situation permits.
• If you cannot be sure of this, stop the vehicle whilst paying attention to road and traffic conditions and operate the equipment with the vehicle stationary.

Observe the legal requirements for the country in which you are currently driving when operating the driver’s display.

The following menus can be called up via the menu bar on the driver’s display:

• Understated
• Sport
• Exclusive
• Classic
• Navigation
• Assistance
• Service

On some of these menus, you can choose between different display content on the center display area. On most of the menus, you can use Options to configure further settings for the menu-specific display content. You can find further information about the possible settings and selections on the menus in the Digital Operator’s Manual.

Calling up displays on the Sports menu (plug-in hybrid)

Driver’s display:
Sport
The Sports menu provides additional information about the operating energy as well as the recuperated output of the vehicle.
When you call up the Sports menu on the menu bar of the driver’s display, the menu color setting will automatically be applied to the MBUX multimedia system.

• To call up the menu: press the left-hand Touch Control.

1. Display range of recuperated power (recuperation)
2. Display the range of the output
3. Additional display range of the output

Head-up Display

The function of the head-up display

The head-up display projects various content into the driver’s field of vision, for example.

You can use the head-up display menu bar to select various contexts, e.g.:

• Minimal
• Sport
• Standard
• Augmented reality
• ECO display (depending on model and equipment) (/ page 212)
• Settings
• Head-up display on/off

Depending on the equipment, the functions may differ from the description and images in this Operator’s Manual. For example, route guidance with augmented reality is not available in all equipment variants. The following image shows an example of the head-up display. You can choose what content is displayed (/ page 326).

Head-up display content with navigation (6×2°)

1. Detected instructions and traffic signs
2. Navigation instructions (distance to the next route event)
3. Steer Assist status
4. Current speed
5. Set speed in the driving system (e.g. Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC)

Head-up display with navigation and augmented reality (10×5°)

1. Navigation instructions
2. Augmented reality navigation instructions
3. Navigation status displays, such as remaining distance to the destination, expected time of arrival
4. Active Lane Keeping Assist status
5. Steer Assist status
6. Current speed
7. Set speed in the driving system (e.g. Active
   Distance Assist DISTRONIC)
8. Detected traffic signs (Traffic Sign Assist)

• When you receive a call, the 6 Call Waiting message will appear on the head-up display and the driver’s display.

System limits
Visibility is particularly influenced by the following conditions:

• Seat position
• Image position setting
• Ambient light
• Wet road surfaces
• Objects on the display cover
• Polarization in sunglasses

The function of the head-up display with augmented reality
Augmented reality is available only in conjunction with the 10×5° head-up display.

The head-up display with augmented reality projects content into the driver’s field of vision, such as:

• Information from and visualization of the navigation system
• Information from and visualization of the driver assistance systems, e.g. Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC
• Information from the menus of the driver’s display

Head-up display with augmented reality (example)

1. Marker for the detected vehicle in front (Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC)
2. Change-of-direction arrows for the route (navigation)
3. Driver assistance system status bar

The marker for the detected vehicle in front and the change-of-direction arrows for the route are dynamic displays. The vehicle marker stays with the vehicle in front, and Active Distance Assist regulates your speed based on this. The change-of-direction arrows point the way calculated by the navigation system.

System limits
The marker for the detected vehicle in front may be inaccurate or may not be applied to the correct vehicle in some situations. Always pay attention to the actual driving situation. Route guidance with augmented reality will not be available in some situations, e.g. in the event of poor satellite reception or roads that have not been digitized.

Visibility is influenced by conditions including the following:

• Driver camera and multifunction camera recording
• The extent to which the windshield in the area of the multifunction camera is dirty, or if the camera is fogged up, damaged or obscured

Further system limits of the head-up display (/ page 323).

FAQ’s

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