112 Night v isi on assis tan t
- Mark ing pedestrians or wi ld animals in red
in the instrument cluster and turning on the
. or . symbo l ¢ fig.119.
- Sounding a warning tone .
The area regarded as crit ical depends on the
vehicle speed and steering angle . Pedestrian
and wild anima l warning aims to increase you r
attention.
If the night vision assistant image is replaced
by another display such as the t rip computer,
the red indicator lamp . or .
c::;, fig . 120
will turn on when there is a pedestrian or wild
animal warning .
If the Head-up Display* is swit ched on and the
night vision assistant disp lay content is acti-
vated, the display . or . appears in the
Head-up Display*.
General information
Appl ies t o vehicles : with nigh t vision assistant
Fig . 12 1 Front of t he vehicle: night vision assistant
camera
The follow ing situations may affect the func-
tion of the night vision assistant system:
- poor visibility such as snow, rain, fog or
heavy road spray
- dirty lens on the night vision assistant cam-
era
Make sure the night vision assistan t camera
c::;, fig . 121 is not covered by stickers, deposits
or any other obstructions because that can
prevent the camera from working properly.
For information on cleaning the lens, refer to
c::;,page214.
Pedestrian and wild animal detection depends
on the difference in temperature between the
person/wild anima l and the background area.
Pedestrians/w ild animals may not be detected
if the difference is too small. Pedestrian and
wild animal marking are deactivated at tem-
peratures above approximately 77 °F
(25 °()
and when it is light outside. When the night
vision assistant image is selected in the in-
strument cluster display, the
II symbo l ap·
pears in t he upper right.
_&. WARNING
Night vision assista nt has li mits and can-
not always detect pedestr ians. Always pay
close attention to t raffic and the area
around your vehicle even when nig ht vision
assistant is switched on.
- Night vision assistant can only warn
about people and wild animals located
w ith in the visual range of the infrared
camera. The visual range corresponds to
the image in the instrument cluster dis·
play.
- Night vision assistant may not detect
people or w ild animals and mark them if
- they are not in an upright positi on, for
example if they are sit ting or lying
down and/or
- the silhouette in the disp lay is incom-
plete or interrupted, for example be-
cause a person is partially covered by a
parked vehicle or a wild anima l is parti·
ally covered by tall grass. This increases
the risk of a collision.
- Never try to swerve to avoid anima ls if
this will put you or other drivers at risk.
This could increase t he risk of a collision.
(D Tips
- Even though the shape and warmth radi·
ated by each object detected is evaluat·
ed, the system does have limitations and
it can give incorrect warnings .
- For technical reasons, the image pauses
in split second intervals.
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