Hey guys and welcome to my channel!
My name is Nick O'Leary and today we're looking at the 10
Most Asked Questions on YouTube from you guys in the comments section down below!
So we'll be covering things like Km/h on your dashboard, to Active Lane Keeping
Assist found on some selected models and even this little red warning triangle found here.
So let's start out with number one which is your Sat Nav volume.
So then guys it's quite common knowledge where the volume is of course on your car
usually it's on the steering wheel or of course in the middle of the car.
But did you know to adjust the Sat Nav volume which is quite a common question
all you do is adjust the volume in one of those two places
with whatever's making noise at the time...so let me explain!
For example I've got the radio on at the moment,
of course if I adjust the volume it's going to adjust the volume for the radio.
However if you're on a phone call for example adjust the volume and
it will adjust the volume for the phone call only.
Same goes for the voice assistant, adjust the volume while the voice assistant is talking to you
and it will only adjust the volume for that and then finally the same goes for the Sat Nav volume.
So for example if I load up the Sat Nav here mute and unmute it to get her talking:
Car: Please proceed to the highlighted route
I can adjust the volume for that and as soon as she stops talking
it reverts back to the entertainment volume then you adjust the volume on there.
So quite simply just adjust the volume for the
thing that's making sound out of the speakers at that very moment in time.
Now up next is a common question about the tyre pressures so if you've ever looked at them on the
instrument cluster by pressing home and going across to the "Service" menu and then
go down to tyres you'll see that you have Tyre Pressures for each individual wheel.
Sadly not in this car because this one hasn't been driven because it's inside but certainly
you've been driving around you'll see your tyre pressures to the left, right, front and rear.
However you'll notice that they're all displayed in KPA which stands for a Kilopascal.
Basically it's a unit of measurements used to determine air pressure and that sort of thing
on the inside of a tyre.
However that's used by countries that use the metric system so of course Mercedes-Benz being
designed in Germany, that follows over with the car's this unit of measurement.
Of course as I'm based in the UK we actually use PSI which is Pounds per Square Inch.
Now sadly you can't change this on the car but it does show you both
on the fuel filler cap so you've got PSI and KPA for reference.
But a little tip & trick if you use the Mercedes me app you can actually
change the unit of measurement for the Mercedes me app only.
So if you open up your Mercedes me App press the menu button on the top left hand corner,
then go to Settings, then press Units and then in here you can scroll down to
the bottom where tyre pressures are and change this to either Bar, PSI or KPA.
Now sadly as I mentioned this doesn't copy across to the car but if you do use the Mercedes me app
at least you can see that there and of course both are shown on the fuel filler cap for comparison.
Now next up guys is well this blue kind of turquoisey ring
found on the Sat Nav so you'll primarily find this if you own a Plug-in Hybrid or an
All-Electric car or some form of electrification and quite simply
it just shows you how far you can drive based on the current state of charge of your battery.
So this one for example just over half charged and I can drive pretty much anywhere within
that ring there on electric and of course as you as you drive around based on the current
traffic conditions and your current state of charge of your battery, that ring will
get smaller as you use it up but as soon as you put it on charge again it will get larger
so it's just a visual representation of how far you can drive on electric!
Now if you just bought a brand new car then you may notice that the USB ports are
slightly smaller than normal so these new USB ports are called USB-C and they're quite
commonly found on new cars, new laptops and new phones and that sort of thing.
Now of course if you don't have a brand new phone to go with your new car
then you may need to get a USB-C to USB adapter or dongle.
Now I personally use these ones all the time so this one is a USB-C to USB dongle and quite simply
it just does that conversion so you can use your existing cable and phone of course with your car.
So all you do is plug that into the USB-C port and then the end there is just a normal USB
and it kind of does that conversion for you.
Now I'll pop a link down below if you want to get this exact one
just in the description but at least that one of course does that little conversion
and it does work with Apple CarPlay & Android Auto as well!
Now next up on the list then guys is kilometres an hour.
So this is quite a common question now of course if you're in the UK you should have
all your units and everything set to miles an hour but people do ask if you can change this
one over on the top right hand corner of the instrument cluster where it says km/h.
Now actually no you can't because it is actually a legal requirement to have
mph and km/h somewhere on your dashboard.
So let me explain if I change the design on this one back to Classic
just to make it a little bit easier to understand.
Now with some manufacturers you will have mph on the left hand side and km/h written in small now
Mercedes-Benz haven't chosen to do this so they've just kept it nice and simple just with mph.
So that's all well and good however km/h now needs to be shown somewhere on your
dashboard as for a legal requirement so you know what speed you're doing.
So what Mercedes-Benz have done is actually put km/h over on
the top right hand corner in the digital format so you can see it.
Now as said you sadly can't change that of course you've got your miles an hour in the
middle and of course in some cars you can pop it right in the middle here make it nice and
big but you do have to have kilometres an hour somewhere on your dashboard.
So that one at the top can't be changed!
Now a common question with Mercedes-Benz owners is how do you turn the car on
completely silently, like with no Radio or anything like that.
Yes you could switch the multimedia system off by holding the volume button down
or pressing the off button in this area here however when it's like this your phone's not
going to connect or anything like that so if anyone rings you while you're on that journey
yes you might be driving in silence but then you can't answer the phone.
So there is a kind of work around to get the car to switch on without having the radio on
so it starts silently but still has your phone connected.
So quite simply all you do is just select another audio source that doesn't have anything in it
so for example if I select USB when you next turn the car on because there's no
USB devices plugged in it will start completely silently!
Now up next then guys is installing a child seat in your Mercedes-Benz!
So you may notice up front there isn't a switch or anything to turn off the
passenger airbag or anything and the reason for this I'm sure it's because
Mercedes-Benz want to encourage safety for all passengers and the driver as well
and they actually encourage child seats to be placed in the rear of the car.
So if you look really closely here there's actually ISOFIX anchor points
so they connect to the underbody of the seat just to keep that child seat in position.
Now I'm no expert on child seats so its best to seek expert advice to make sure
it's installed correctly and of course you've got the right one.
Mercedes-Benz do actually sell child seats on their website and handily once you install one of
these specific ones they do actually automatically deactivate the front passenger airbag.
However if you're using a non Mercedes-Benz one
then the recommendation is to install them in the rear on the dedicated ISOFIX
points and make sure to use the top tether point as well for maximum stability.
Now lots of modern cars these days have safety systems as standard to
keep everyone safe on the road and Mercedes-Benz
is no exception a lot of them now have Active Lane keeping Assist just like this car here.
Basically there's a little radar top scanning the road ahead and it monitors your position
in a lane so if you drift over a white lane marking without indicating, the car
can either rumble the steering wheel or break one side of the car to jolt you back into lane.
Now some people have asked if you can turn this off permanently,
sadly you can't as it is a safety system just like ESP, Parking sensors, all these things do
default to on when you power cycle the ignition but you can turn it off very quickly by going to
Settings tap on Quick Access and then underneath here you can see the Active Lane Keeping Assist.
If you go in here tap that button you can actually turn that off temporarily for your journey.
Now next on the listen then guys is a red warning triangle on your instrument cluster
so if you see this it basically just means you're a little too close to the car in front.
It forms part of the Active Brake Assist safety system which a lot of Mercedes-Benz
have this actually has three stages to this system so,
Number one you'll see the red warning triangle on the screen in front of you.
Number two it can actually sound a very unique sound just like this:
And then number three it can actually apply the brakes to prevent a crash
on the car in front of you.
Now thanks to Euro NCAP they have actually done this test multiple times on many many models
and you can see it in action here it'll show you the light,
then it'll make the sound and then it can actually apply the brakes to stop a crash.
So in answer to everyone's frequently asked question, if you see the red warning triangle
basically just means you're a little too close to the car in front!
And while we're on the topic of instrument cluster
lights if you ever see this green READY it basically means the car is ready to go.
Now you'll commonly find this on Mild Hybrids,
Plug-in Hybrids and All-Electric cars, quite simply because the cars can start
quite quietly and believe it or not this car is actually on right now you can't hear it so
if i did put my foot on the brake pedal and go into drive the car would actually move.
So it's quite simply an indication to let you know that the car is on
because traditionally with internal combustion engines you can actually hear the engine
and this is completely silent so it's purely just an indication to let you know that the
engine or the electric motor is live and ready to go.
And there we have it then guys that concludes this week's video
on the 10 Most Asked Questions on Mercedes-Benz as always a huge huge
shout out to Sandown Mercedes-Benz as they help provide access to these awesome cars.
So it would be very tricky to do this without them!
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