2009 Mercedes E-Class Owner's Manual - Page 168

Controls in detail Driving systems Distronic deactivated When the Distronic is deactivated, you will see the standard Distronic display in the multifunction display. 3 Deactivating the Distronic 4 Activating the Distronic, resuming to the last set speed or increasing speed in 1 mph (Canada: 1 km/h) increments Activating Distronic 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 function (Y page 171) 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 You can activate the Distronic when the vehicle speed is between 20 mph (30 km/h) and 110 mph (180 km/h). When the Distronic is activated, one or two cruise control speed segments around the set speed in the multifunction display are illuminated. The multifunction display will briefly show a message such as DISTRONIC 55 MPH (Canada: DISTRONIC 90 km/h). If the Distronic is not activated after the cruise control lever is pulled in direction of arrow 4 (Y page 166), you will see the message - in the multifunction display. In the following cases you cannot activate the Distronic: Rup to 2 minutes after starting the engine you brake you have engaged the parking brake Rwhen Rwhen 166