Traffic light video
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Traffic light video
My 450GLE turns the top camera on whenever I stop at a traffic light. It videos the intersection. Anybody knows why and what is the thinking behind it ?
Thanks a lot.
Thanks a lot.
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There's a guy on YouTube called Nick O'Leary that does MB videos. I watched on today and he showed how to turn this on. It's a feature if you have Augmented Reality, and it is for those situations where you would be ducking down to see the traffic light.
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If you ever stop at a traffic light with the sun directly behind it, that feature allows you to see the stop lights by looking at the screen and not at the sun. I was told that is the prime purpose of that feature. It works great!
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My understanding is that, although helpful in all the situations mentioned above, its primary purpose is to provide a view of traffic lights when your sun visor is down; thereby, blocking your view of lights. This is why it only comes on when you are the first vehicle at the intersection.
This option can be disabled, if so desired.
This option can be disabled, if so desired.
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My understanding is that, although helpful in all the situations mentioned above, its primary purpose is to provide a view of traffic lights when your sun visor is down; thereby, blocking your view of lights. This is why it only comes on when you are the first vehicle at the intersection.
This option can be disabled, if so desired.
This option can be disabled, if so desired.
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Obviously, this system, like some other tech in our vehicles, is not flawless. I could not find a description in owner's manual. The following is from MB. The article applies to Navigation with AR; but the same concept...
Switching on display of traffic lights with augmented reality for route guidance
Requirements:
When the vehicle pulls away the navigation map is shown again.
Multimedia system:
Navigation
Advanced
Augmented Reality
Activate Traffic light zoom.The display button is activated.
Under TRAFFIC LIGHT VIEW select one of the Off, After asking or Automatic options.If After asking is set, the Traffic light indicator available message is shown. The camera image is shown after confirmation of the message.
If Automatic is set, the traffic lights display is shown automatically in the camera image when available.
Switching on display of traffic lights with augmented reality for route guidance
Requirements:
- Augmented reality is activated More.
- The Traffic light zoom option is switched on.
When the vehicle pulls away the navigation map is shown again.
Multimedia system:
Navigation
Advanced
Augmented Reality
Activate Traffic light zoom.The display button is activated.
Under TRAFFIC LIGHT VIEW select one of the Off, After asking or Automatic options.If After asking is set, the Traffic light indicator available message is shown. The camera image is shown after confirmation of the message.
If Automatic is set, the traffic lights display is shown automatically in the camera image when available.
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Here are a few other threads that talk a little more about this.
https://mbworld.org/forums/gle-class...ion-video.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/gle-class...rsections.html
I wouldn’t always trust what we read.
https://mbworld.org/forums/gle-class...ion-video.html
https://mbworld.org/forums/gle-class...rsections.html
I wouldn’t always trust what we read.
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Same here.
