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Info Services and system
settingsInfo Services ................................... 224
Requesting and displaying
Info Services ................................ 224
System settings .............................. 227
Activating the main system
settings menu .............................. 227
Adjusting the brightness ........... 228
Activating Settings menu ........... 229
Selecting the language ............... 230
Set the date and time .................. 231
Switching beep tones
on and off ...................................... 238
Reset all settings to the factory
settings .......................................... 239
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Requesting and displaying Info Services
Press
in any menu.
The main service menu will appear.
1New information service is requested from
provider, page 225
Note:
The characters are displayed in light grey during
active request transmission.2Shows date and time of the message,
a list (page one) of all received messages will
appear, move to the next message by pressing the
rotary/pushbutton
Info Services categories include news, weather,
stocks, sports and reminders. Choices can be
selected via www.MBUSA.com or by calling
1-800-FOR-MERCedes.
Note:
If no information is available, the characters are
displayed in light grey.
3The main system settings menu will appear,
page 227
Note:
Before you can use Info Services, TeleAid must be
activated at the Response center and Info Services
selected.
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ServiceNote on (4):
In the following situations it is not possible to make a
request and the following messages appear:
• “Data Connection Cannot be Established” — request
has failed because Response Center cannot be
accessed
• “No Cellular Connection Available” — vehicle may
be in a cellular weak signal area
• “Cellular System Busy” — request has failed
because cellular system is busy, try again later
• “Data transmission failure” — request has failed
because a data transfer error has occured, try again
• “Tele Aid Call in Progress” — request has failed
because SOS or Roadside call is in progress.
• “Tele Aid. Please visit workshop” - a hardware error
has been detected. Contact M-B Center.
• “To subscribe to information services dial
phone number” – you have not yet subscribed to
service
• “No information available at this time. Press SVC
button later” – no new information is available 4This message appears,
a beep tone will be heard if there is a new incoming
message
There are three ways to switch to a main menu (e.g.
radio main menu) before the
key was pressed:
• Press the rotary/pushbutton
• Press • automatically after 15 seconds.
5Cancels the request
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7Switches back to the main menu (e.g. radio main
menu)
6Displays the new message
There is more than one message:
Move to the next message by pressing the
rotary/pushbutton
.
To activate the main service menu, page 224:
Press
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Press
in any menu.
The main service menu will appear.
Use the rotary/pushbutton
to highlight the “System
Settings” menu field and press to confirm.
The main system settings menu is loaded.1Information on the date, time
Format depends on the time format selected,
to select the time format, page 237
2Adjusting the brightness, page 228
3Accessing the settings menu, page 229
4Country setting,
the time zone can also be displayed
Note on (4):
Information is shown if the clock has been set to GPS
reception and if a country, e.g. USA, Canada and time
zone was selected, page 234.
Setting the clock with GPS reception, page 232.
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Adjusting the brightness
Use the rotary/pushbutton
to highlight the
“Brightness” menu field and press to confirm.
The Brightness menu will appear.
1Previous setting
2Current setting
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To darken the screen:
Turn the rotary/pushbutton
to the left,
the triangle (2) moves to the left.
To brighten the screen:
Turn the rotary/pushbutton to the right,
the triangle (2) moves to the right.
To confirm the new setting:
Press the rotary/pushbutton .
The main system settings menu will now appear.
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Use the rotary/pushbutton
to highlight the
“Settings” menu field in the main system settings
menu and press to confirm.
The settings menu will appear.1Selects the language, page 230
2Sets the date and time, page 231
3Switches the beep tones on and off, page 238
4Activates factory settings, page 239
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Selecting the language
Press the rotary/pushbutton
to confirm the
highlighted “Language...” menu field in the settings
menu.
The languages list will appear.
1Current language setting appears in red
2Page back, if the arrow is filled in
3Page forward for more languages
Use the rotary/pushbutton to highlight the desired
language and press to confirm.The message “Loading the xx language” will be
displayed.
The language selected will be loaded.
You will hear the corresponding voice output.
Note:
The language affects the menu text displays and the
voice output during route guidance.
After the language has been loaded, the main system
settings menu will appear with the display text in the
language selected.
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