2005 Mercedes S-Class Owner's Manual - Page 158

Controls in detail Control system Distronic* menu Use the DISTRONIC menu to display the current settings for your Distronic system. What information is shown in the display depends on whether the Distronic system is active or inactive. Please refer to the "Driving systems" section of this manual ( page 217) for instructions on how to activate Distronic. Press button è or ÿ repeatedly until you see one of the following two pictures in the display. Distronic deactivated When Distronic is deactivated you will see the standard display in the display. Distronic activated When you activate Distronic, you will see the set speed for about five seconds in the Distronic display. The following display then appears: 1 Vehicle ahead, if detected 2 Actual distance to vehicle ahead 3 Preset distance threshold to vehicle ahead 4 Symbol for activated distance warning function 5 Your vehicle 1 Distronic activated 156