Mercedes-Benz Conecto User manual

CONECTO (C628.3--)/08.2007 GB 1

08.2007 EvoBus GmbH
Not to be reprinted, reproduced or translated in any form without prior permission.
Address for orders:
EvoBus GmbH
Service Documentation
D-89077 Ulm
Printed in Germany
Order no.: A 628 584 32 97

Introduction
The user information supplied with
each bus is only intended for use
by those persons who are qualified
to operate the bus. The user
information is split into the
following parts:
The Driver's Operating Instructions
are intended to answer all import-
ant questions concerning operation
of the bus in a concise and clearly
understandable manner.
More detailed and complete inform-
ation, as well as further information
relevant to safety, can be found in
the Operating Instructions.
The Maintenance Record serves as
a guide to the technical care of the
bus. It contains all the information
on maintenance intervals and main-
tenance tasks as well as pages for
confirming that the maintenance
work has been carried out.
Please make sure that you read the
“Safety” section before you use the
vehicle for the first time. Before the
bus is driven, please make sure that you
have read and understood the contents
of these Operating Instructions.
Items of optional equipment are also de-
scribed, if their operation needs explana-
tion. The bus delivered to you has been
customised in accordance with your or-
der, therefore some descriptions and
diagrams may differ from the equipment
on your bus.
The Driver's Operating Instructions, the
Operating Instructions and Maintenance
Record are important documents and
must always be carried in the bus.
Our buses are the subject of ongoing
development. You are therefore asked
to appreciate that we reserve the right
to make modifications to the design,
equipment and technical features. For
these reasons, no claims can be made
based upon the contents of this user
information.
Environmental protection:
The declared policy of EvoBus GmbH
is one of integrated environmental pro-
tection. This policy starts at the root
causes and encompasses in its manage-
ment decisions all the consequences for
the environment which could arise from
production processes or the products
themselves.
The objectives are for the natural re-
sources which form the basis of our ex-
istence on this planet to be used spar-
ingly and in a manner which takes the
requirements of both nature and human-
ity into account.
You can also help the environment by
operating the bus in an environmentally-
friendly manner. Fuel consumption and
wear in the drive train (engine, clutch,
transmission, axles, brakes, tyres) are ex-
tremely dependent on your driving style.
We hope you enjoy driving your bus.
EvoBus GmbH
Mercedes-Benz Omnibusse

Table of contents
Vehicle identification . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Safety....................... 3
General safety information . . . . . . . . 4
Windscreen wiper system safety
precautions ................... 8
Operation of auxiliary heating . . . . . . 8
General..................... 11
Preparation for the journey - daily
tasks....................... 12
Preparation for the journey - weekly
tasks....................... 13
General bus care and mainten-
ance ....................... 14
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Operation ................... 15
Running-in guideline . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Starting the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Driving...................... 20
Stopping the engine . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Towing...................... 22
Front towing coupling . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Rear towing coupling (option, not
applicable to Conecto G) . . . . . . . . . 24
Brake system safety precautions . . . 25
Braking and stopping . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Brakes with anti-locking protec-
tion ........................ 26
Brake pressure/supply pressure
(operating pressure) . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Brake system operating/malfunction
displays ..................... 28
Activating/deactivating acceleration
skid control (ASR) (option) . . . . . . . 31
Operating/malfunction displays
ABS/ASR.................... 31
Refuelling (diesel fuel) . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Service products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
BlueTec exhaust gas cleaning
system ..................... 35
AdBlue service product . . . . . . . . . . 37
Winter operation with diesel fuels for
buses with fuel-lubricated injection
systems..................... 38
Low-temperature characteristics of
dieselfuels .................. 39
Diesel fuels available by region . . . . 39
Replacing the fuel filter . . . . . . . . . . 40
Addition of petrol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Addition of flow improvers . . . . . . . . 40
Measures required in the event
of inadequate low-temperature
characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Measures required in the event of
pre-existing paraffin separation . . . . 41
Winter operation with FAME biodies-
el ......................... 42
Opening/closing the fuel filler
cap ........................ 42
Filling with AdBlue (Euro 4) . . . . . . . 44
Fuel system operating/malfunction
displays ..................... 46
Anti-jackknifing protection during
forward travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Anti-jackknifing protection during
reverse travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Stoprequest ................. 49
Ramprequest ................ 50
Safety instructions for the oper-
ation of folding/cassette ramps
(option) ..................... 51
Folding the ramp in/out . . . . . . . . . 52
Retracting/extending the ramp . . . . 54
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Opening the hinged window . . . . . . 56
Care and cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Tilting the rear seats . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Tiltingseats .................. 59
Care and cleaning of covers and
upholstery ................... 59
Care/cleaning of fabric covers . . . . 60
Care/cleaning of micro-fibre
covers ...................... 61
Care/cleaning of leather covers . . . . 63
Ataglance.................. 65
Overview of vehicle key . . . . . . . . . 66
Driver's area overview . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Switches on the left section of the
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Switches on the right section of the
instrument panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Sidepanel ................... 73
Instrument cluster . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
MTCO tachograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
DTCO tachograph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Tachograph (display) . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Location of emergency equip-
ment ....................... 84
Windscreen washer reservoir . . . . . . 86
Driver's area controls . . . . . . . . . . 89
Rotary light switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Steering column switch for light and
wiper functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Steering column switch for retarder
and cruise control (overview) . . . . . . 92
Ignition switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Parkingbrake................. 99
Master safety switch (emergency-off
switch) .................... 100
Screen: description . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Operating displays/driving
mode/bus stop mode . . . . . . . . . . 102
Continuation: bus stop mode . . . . 114
Malfunction displays: descrip-
tion ....................... 116
Malfunction displays: red warning
level - description . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Malfunction displays: red warning
level - overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Malfunction displays: yellow
warning level A - description . . . . . 120
Malfunction displays: yellow
warning level A - overview . . . . . . . 122
Malfunction displays: yellow
warning level B - description . . . . . 124
Malfunction displays: yellow
warning level B - overview . . . . . . . 126
Malfunction displays: warning level
C - description . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
Malfunction displays: warning level
C-overview................. 128
Selecting the language on the
screen..................... 129
General Information / Safety
Information ................. 131
Lowering/raising the bus on the
entryside .................. 132
Raising the bus above normal
level ...................... 134
Applying the parking brake . . . . . . 136
Releasing the parking brake . . . . . 137
Emergency braking in the event of
failure of both brake circuits . . . . . 138
Activating/deactivating the bus
stopbrake .................. 139
Drive-off lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
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General Information / Safety
Information ................. 141
Adjusting the steering column . . . . 142
Turning the steering wheel when
the bus is stationary . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Switching the mirror and window
heating on and off . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Driver’s seat/passenger
seats ..................... 145
Important notes on the driver's
seat ...................... 146
Grammer MSG 90.5 driver's seat
control elements . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Using the driver's seat belt . . . . . . 150
Transmission shift systems . . . . 151
Automatic transmission - general
information ................. 152
Gearshift positions of the 3-
pushbutton switch panel . . . . . . . . 153
Gearshift positions of the 6-
pushbutton switch panel . . . . . . . . 154
Heating/ventilation/air-condi-
tioning .................... 159
Safety instructions for the air-
conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Operating instructions for the air-
conditioning system . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Heating/ventilation/air-conditioning
control panel - driver’s area . . . . . . 162
Heating/ventilation/air-conditioning
control panel - whole bus . . . . . . . 164
Driver's area - setting the air
distribution/demisting the wind-
screen..................... 165
Driver’s area - adjusting the
temperature................. 166
Driver’s area - adjusting the blower
speed ..................... 167
Driver's area - cooling . . . . . . . . . . 168
Additional driver's area ventilation
(option) .................... 169
Switching air-recirculation mode on
andoff .................... 169
Passenger compartment - switching
temperature control on and off -
code HH2/HK1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Passenger compartment – switching
temperature regulation on and
off........................ 171
Switching the auxiliary heating on
andoff .................... 172
Switching the reheat function on
andoff .................... 174
Passenger-compartment tem-
perature - changing the base
value ...................... 175
Opening the roof hatches . . . . . . . 179
Fanson/off ................. 181
Switching fans on and off - code
HH2/HK1 .................. 182
Auxiliary heating digital timer
(option) .................... 184
Auxiliary heating operation (op-
tion) ...................... 185
Opening/locking . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
General Information / Safety
Information ................. 190
Emergency operation - doors . . . . . 192
Opening/closing door 1 from the
outside .................... 194
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Locking/unlocking door leaves from
theoutside ................. 195
Opening/closing door 1 from the
outside .................... 195
Opening/closing door 1 from the
outside .................... 196
Locking door 1 with the key
(option) .................... 197
Locking/unlocking the door leaves
from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
Opening/closing the doors from the
inside ..................... 198
Opening/closing automatic doors
from the inside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
Opening/closing automatic doors
from the outside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
Opening/closing automatic
doors ..................... 203
Practical advice . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
General Information / Safety
Information ................. 210
Engine oil level: oil level informa-
tion on the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
General Information / Safety
Information ................. 213
Operating safety and roadworthi-
ness ...................... 217
Tyre pressure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Tyretread .................. 218
Tyre condition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Tyreage ................... 218
Invisible tyre damage . . . . . . . . . . 219
Tyre load capacity, top speed of
tyres and types of tyres . . . . . . . . 219
Retreaded tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Cleaning the tyres . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Retightening the wheel nuts . . . . . 220
Wheel nut tightening torques . . . . . 221
Snowchains ................ 221
Tyre air pressure chart. . . . . . . . . . 224
Safety measures to be taken in
the event of a flat tyre or a wheel
change .................... 226
Jacking points . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Safety measures to be taken in
the event of a flat tyre or a wheel
change .................... 228
Jacking points, front . . . . . . . . . . . 228
Jacking points, centre (CONECTO
G) ........................ 229
Jacking points, rear . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
Emergency release of the drive-off
lock....................... 230
Parking brake emergency release
(option) .................... 231
Electrical system safety precau-
tions ...................... 232
General safety precautions for
batteries ................... 233
Safety precautions for handling
batteries ................... 233
Battery maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Recharging the batteries . . . . . . . . 235
Working on the electrical system
and electrical fuses . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Measures required for the pre-
vention of damage to buses or
components during electric welding
work ...................... 236
Switching the on-board power
supply on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Switching off the on-board power
supply at the master safety
switch ..................... 238
Jump-starting where vehicle bat-
teries are located one above the
other...................... 239
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Jump-starting where vehicle
batteries are mounted side by
side....................... 242
Jump-starting a bus fitted with a
battery charging socket . . . . . . . . . 244
Opening the emergency exit in the
roof....................... 245
Note on maintenance work . . . . . . 247
Cleaning the underbody . . . . . . . . 247
Technical data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Vehicledata................. 254
Index ..................... 255
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