2009 Mercedes CLS-Class Owner's Manual - Page 150

Controls in detail Driving systems G Warning! The Distronic brakes your vehicle with a maximum deceleration of 6.5 ft/s2 (2 m/s2). This corresponds to approximately 20% of the maximum deceleration of your vehicle. The Distronic brakes the vehicle in an effort to restore the preset distance or to maintain the set speed. Distronic menu in the control system The information shown in the multifunction display depends on whether the Distronic system and/or the distance warning function are activated or deactivated. Distronic deactivated When the Distronic is deactivated, you will see the standard Distronic display in the multifunction display. 1 Distronic activated Cruise control lever 1 Preceding vehicle, if detected 2 Actual distance to the preceding vehicle 3 Preset distance threshold to the The Distronic system is operated by means of the cruise control lever. preceding vehicle 4 Your vehicle 5 Symbol for activated distance warning i To activate or deactivate the Distronic system, see (Y page 149) or see (Y page 150). To activate or deactivate the Distance warning function, see (Y page 153). X function (Y page 153) Distronic activated When the Distronic is activated, you will see the set speed in the multifunction display for approximately 5 seconds. The following display appears in the multifunction display. 1 Setting current or higher speed 2 Setting current or lower speed Press button è or ÿ repeatedly until one of the following two displays appears in the multifunction display. 148