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▷ If the driver's or front passenger door is
opened when exiting the vehicle, with drive-
ready state switched off manually.
Vehicle features and options
This chapter describes all standard, country-spe‐
cific and optional features offered with the series.
It also describes features that are not necessarily
available in your vehicle, for instance, due to the
selected options or country versions. This also
applies to safety-related functions and systems.
When using these functions and systems, the
applicable laws and regulations must be ob‐
served.
▷ After approx. 8 minutes.
▷ When the vehicle is locked using the central
locking system.
▷ Shortly before the battery is discharged com‐
pletely, so that drive-ready state is main‐
tained.
Radio-ready state remains active if, for instance
standby state is automatically switched off for
the following reasons:
▷ Opening or closing the driver's door.
▷ Unfastening of the driver's safety belt.
Start/Stop button, drive-ready
state
▷ When automatically switching from low
beams to parking lights.
Concept
The following ready states can be
attained by pressing the Start/
Stop button:
Standby state on
Switching on standby state corresponds to
switching on the ignition on conventional vehi‐
cles.
▷ Radio-ready state on/off.
▷ Standby state on/off.
Press the Start/Stop button, but do not press on
the brake pedal at the same time.
▷ Activate/deactivate drive-ready state.
To activate drive-ready state, you need to press
the brake pedal at the same time.
All vehicle systems are ready for operation.
Most of the indicator/warning lights in the instru‐
ment cluster light up for a varied length of time.
The drive-ready state cannot be activated as
long as the charging cable is connected, refer to
page 194.
To save battery power when the engine is off,
switch off standby state and any unnecessary
electronic systems/power consumers.
Switching radio-ready state on/off
The radio-ready state is activated by pressing
the Start/Stop button in the following situations:
Information on standby state
If the engine is switched off and standby state is
switched on: the system automatically switches
to radio-ready state when the door is opened if
the lights are switched off or, if installed, the day‐
time running lights are switched on.
▷ When the engine is running.
▷ When drive-ready state is activated.
Some electronic systems/power consumers re‐
main ready for operation.
The radio-ready state is switched off automati‐
cally:
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