Split screen world first for Mercedes Benz S Class

This innovative display located in the centre console allows the driver and front passenger to simultaneously view different content on the same screen. While the driver, for example, uses the map-based navigation system, the front passenger can be watching a film or music DVD. For this purpose, the Splitview option includes a remote control unit and headphones.

The generously dimensioned, 20 cm Comand screen has a backlit active matrix colour display (TFT-LCD) in combination with Splitview. This shows two different images simultaneously by placing pixels adjacent to each other.

"A filter masking the display divides this mixed image in such a way that depending on the seating position, only the pixels making up one or the other image can be seen. As a result, the driver and front passenger can view different programmes on the same screen at the same time."

said Frank Bernthaler, Director, Sales and Marketing, Mercedes-Benz Cars, Middle East & Levant.

In addition to the Splitview option, Mercedes Benz has also extended the standard Comand control and display system with additional functions such as an SD memory card slot. Other new features include a modified Bluetooth interface, which provides for a wireless link between a mobile phone and the standard onboard hands-free system, and a USB interface.

These enable customers to export saved data and import them into any other S Class. Mercedes-Benz also offers a Media Interface, a universal interface in the glove compartment for mobile audio devices such as an iPod® and USB stick.