2011 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN ESP

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The symbol foratorn adic storm isalso
valid foracyclone (mesocyclone). Precipita
tiontype Color
scale Rain Seven
colorlevels
from light(light
green) toheavy (red) Mixed Light
(light violet) to
heavy (violet) Snow Light
(light
turquoise) toheavy
(turquoise) Time
stamp The
time stamp shows whentheweather data
was created bythe weather station.
X Display themenu onthe weather map
(Y page 200).
X Select Layers by
turnin gcVd the
COMAND controller andpress Wto
conf irm.
X Select Timestamp and
press Wto
conf irm. The
time stamps correspon dtothe time at
the vehicle's currentposition. Thechange
over from summer timetostandard timeis
performed automatically.
Changing tothe informa tionchart X
Display themenu onthe weather map
(Y page 200).
X Select Display Weather and
press Wto
conf irm. SIRIUS
Weather
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A
Con firms asele ction orset ting
B Swit ches soun don/off( forc orded
headphones)
C Adjust sthe volume (forcorded
headphones)
D Skips toatrack, fast-forwa rd/fast-rew ind
E Selects atrack; directentry
F Exits amenu (back)
Sel ecting thescre enfor the remote
co ntrol You
canusetheremote controltoopera te
one ofthe two rear screens atat ime. Todo
so, you must switch the remote controltothe
desi redscreen.
X To sele ctthe left-hand screen:turn
thumbw heel=until "LREAR" is
high lighted inthe windo w.
X To sele ctthe right-hand screen:turn
thumbw heel=until "REAR R"is
high lighted inthe windo w.
Swi tching thescre enon/ off If
the SmartKey isin posi tion 0or 1in the
ignitio nlock (see thevehicle Operator's
Manual), orthe Smart Keyisnot insert ed,the
screen sint he rear willswitch offafter 30
minutes. Beforethescreen sswitch off,they
show amessage tothis effect .
You canswitch thescreen sback on.
How ever,this will disc harg ethe start er
bat tery.
X Poin tthe rem otec ontro latthe rear -
co mpar tments cree nwhich hasbeen
selected forremote operation.
X Press button :onthe remote control.
The respective rearscreen switches onor
off.
i You canonly switch thescreens onusing
the remote controlifthe ignition is
switched on. Switching
thebutt onlighting on/off X
Press button ;onthe remote control.
Depending onthe previous status,the
button lighting isswitched onoroff.
i Ifyou donot use theremote controlfor
about 15seconds, thebutton lighting
switches offautomatically .
Switching thesound on/off(corded
headph onesonly) X
Press button Bonthe remote control.
The sound isswitched on/off.
Selec tingamenu/m enuitem and
confir mingyour select ion X
Sele ctam enu/m enuitemu singthe
=;9 :buttonso nthe
rem otec ontrol and pres sthe 9 butt onto
con firm. CD/DVD
drive and AUX jacks :
CD/ DVDs lot
; AUX,righ t-han d(R) jac kfor audio signal
(red)
= AUX, left-hand (L)jack foraudio signal
(white)
? AUX, video (V)jack (yellow )
A CD/D VDeject button
The AUX jacksshown areforthe AUX drive.
Ident icaljack scan be found onthe right- hand
side ofthe rear-com partmentscreen s(AUX
display ),(Y page 209). 210
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informationRear
Seat
Entert ainment System

LED
disp lay St
atus Green The
batteries arefine. Red The
batteries arealmos t
disc harge d. Lit
con tinuous
ly The
headph onesareswit ched
on and connected toas cree n. Fla
shing The
headph ones are
sea rchi ngfor the connecti on
to as cree n. No
displ ay
(d ark) The
headph ones areswitched
off orthe batterie sare
di scha rged. Co
nne cting additi onalheadpho nes You
canconnect oneadditiona lset ofcord ed
hea dph ones toeach ofthe two rearscree ns
(Y page 209). Thesocke tisd esigned for
headphones witha3.5mm stereo jackplug
and animpedance of32 ohms. Changing
batteries
Notes Batteries
arerequired forthe remote control
and forthe two sets ofcordless headphones. G
WARNING
Keep thebatteries outofthe reach of
children. Consultadoctor immediately ifa
child should swallowabattery.
Do not dismantle, short-circuitorburn a
battery. H
Environmental
note
Dispose ofdischarged batteriesinan
environment allyresponsible manner. On
the remote control :
Battery compartment
; Catch tab
= Battery compartment cover
? Retaining lugs
A Batteries
The remote controlcont ains 2type AAA ,
1.5 Vbatteries.
X To open thebatter ycompart ment:
remove batterycompartment cover=on
the back ofthe remote control.
X To do so, press downcatch tab;and
remove batterycompartment cover=.
X Remove discharged batteriesAfrom the
tray. 212
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informat ionRear
Seat
Entertainment System

X
Insert thenew batteries. Observethe
pola ritymarkings onthe batteries and
battery compartment whendoing so.
Left-hand battery:thepositive pole(+)
must faceupwards.
Rig ht-hand battery: thepositive pole(+)
must facedownwa rds.
X To clo sethe battery compartment:
insert battery compartment cover=
starting withretaining lugs? into the
battery compartment andallow catch
tab ;toengage inpla ce.
On the cordle ssheadphones The
battery compartment coverislocated on
the left head phone. :
Battery compartment cover
The cordless headphones contain 2type AAA,
1. 5Vb atte rie s.
X To ope nthe bat tery com partme nt:fli p
bat tery compar tmentc over : upwar ds.
As you doso, holdthe left-han dside ofthe
head phonesa sshown topre ven tthe
batteries fromfalling out.
X Remove thedischarged batteriesfromthe
tray.
X Insert thenew batteries. Observethe
polarity markings onthe batteries and
battery compartmen twhen doing so.
Left- hand battery: thepositive pole(+)
must faceupwa rds. Right-hand
battery:thepositive pole(+)
must facedownwards.
X To close thebatt erycompart ment:
press battery compartmen tcover
downwards untilitengages intoplace.
If the batteries havebeen inserted
correct ly,the indicator lampwilllight up
green whentheheadphones areswitched
on. Basic
functions Using
headph ones
You canusethecordless headphones
suppli edand/or uptotwo sets ofcorded
headphones connected tothe corresponding
jack ofthe rear-compart mentscreens
(Y page 209).
Inform ationon:
R switching thecordless headphones on/off
R adjusting thevolume ofthe headphones
R selecting ascreen forthe headphones
can befound inthe Cordless headphones
section (Ypage 211). Using
themain loudspeakers
This funct ionisavaila bleinconj unction with
COMAND.
You canusethevehicle loudspea kersto
listen toad isc inserted inthe rear-
compartmen tdrive. Todo so, atlea stone of
the rear-compa rtmentscreens mustbeset to
disc mode.
X To set using COMA ND:press, for
exampl e,the $ function buttonto
swi tch onanaudio mode.
X Select Audio by
sliding ZVtheCOMAND
controller andpress Wtoconfirm.
The Audi omenu appears.
X Select RearAudio by
turning cVdthe
COMAND controller andpress Wto
confirm. Basic
functio ns
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The
CD/D VDdrive plays thedisc:
R ifit has been insert edcorrec tlyand isa
permissible disc,and
R after youhave switched ondisc mode
(audio CD/audio DVD/MP3 mode)
(Y page 217).
Data onanMP3 CDfirst needs tobe loaded
by the drive. Loading maytake some time,
depending onthe number offolders and
track s. Removing
aCD/DV D
X Press theþ button.
The drive ejec ts thed isc.
X Tak ethe disco utofthes lot.
If you donot takethe disc outofthe slot,
the drive willdraw itin again autom atically
aft eras hor twhile. Switching
toaudio CD,audio DVDor
MP3 mode
X Insert aCD/DV D(Ypage 216).
The Rear SeatEntertainment Systemloads
the inserted disc.
X Select Disc in
the menu usingthe
9=; buttonsonthe remote
cont roland confirm bypressing the9
button.
The corresponding modeisswitched on.
The Rear SeatEntertainment Systemplays
the disc. Example:
audioCDmode
: Type ofdata medium _
; Track number
= Track name (onlyifstored onthe disc as
CD text )
? Track time
A Graphic timeandtrack displa y
B Current playback settin gs(no symbol for
"Normal tracksequence")
C Toset the bass
D Toset the treble
E Disc name (ifstored onthe disc asCD
text )
F Tocall upthe track list
G Play back options Example:
audioDVDmode
: Type ofdata medium ü
; Track number
= Track name (ifstored onthe disc)
? Track time
A Graphic timeandtrack displa y
B Current playback settin gs(no symbol for
"Normal tracksequence") Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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Making
aselection byenter ingthet rack
num berdirectly X
Pres sthe h buttononther em ote
con trol.
The track entrydisplay appears .
Ex ample: track 2
X Pres snum ber butt on2.
Ex ample: track 12
X Pres sthe cor respon ding numberkeys in
rapid successio n.
i Itis no tp ossible toenter numbers that
exceed thenumber oftrack sonthe CD or
in the current lyactive folder.
X Wait forapproximately threeseconds after
making theentr y.
You willhear thetrack which hasbeen
enter ed.The correspon dingbasic menu
then reappears. Fast
forward ing/rewinding
X With thedisplay /select ionwindow active,
press the= or; button onthe
remote controlrepeatedly untilyoureach
the desired position.
or
X Press andhold theE orF button
until thedesired position isreached. Selecting
afolder
This function ison lyavailable inMP3 mode .
X Sele ctFol der in
MP3 mode using
th e:=; buttonso nthe rem ote
con troller andpres sthe 9 butt onto
con firm.
or
X Pres sthe 9 butt onwhen thed isplay/
selec tionw indow isselec ted.
The folder contentappears. :
Folder selectionsymbol
; Current foldername
= Track symbol
X To switch tothe super ordina tefolder :
select icon:using the9: buttons
on the remot econtro land press the9
butt ontocon firm.
The display showsthenextfolder up. :
Folder selection symbol
; Folder icon
X Select afolder using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
You willsee thetrack sint he folder.
X Select atrack using the9: buttons
and press the9button toconf irm.
The track isplaye dand the correspon ding
folder isnow theactive folder. Pause
function
This funct ionisonly availa bleinaudio DVD
mode. Audio
CD/DVD andMP3 mode
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System Z

X
To paus eplaybac k:sel ect Ë using
the :=; buttons onthe rem ote
contro land pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
The Ë displ aycha nge stoÌ .
X To conti nue playback:sel ect Ì and
pre ssthe 9button toconfi rm.
The Ì displ aycha nge stoË . Sto
pfuncti on
This function isonly available inaudio DVD
mode.
X To inte rrupt playbac k:sele ctÉ using
the :=; buttonsonthe remote
control andpress the9button toconfirm.
The Ë displayc hange stoÌ .
X To continue playbac k:sele ctÌ and
press the9button toconfirm.
Pla yback continues fromthepointwhe reit
wa sinterrup ted.
X To stop playbac k:whi lepla yback is
interrup ted,selectÉ againand press
the 9button toconfirm.
Pla yback stops andreturns tothe
begi nning ofthe DVD. Ì ishigh lighted.
X To restart playbac k:sele ctÌ and
press the9button toconfirm.
Pla yback starts fromthebegi nning ofthe
DVD. Settin
gthe audio format
Further informationonaudio formats is
ava ilable inthe "Aud io"section
(Y pag e163).
X Select DVD-A usi
ng the :=;
buttons onthe remote controlle rand pre ss
9 toconfi rm.
X Sel ect Group us
ing the 9: buttons
and pressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The list of availabl ea udioform atsappe ars.
The #dotind ica tes the form atcur rentl y
sel ecte d. X
Sel ect anaudiof orm atusing the
9: buttons andpressthe 9button
to confi rm.
X To exitthe men u:pre ssthe =
or ; button. Pl
ayb acko ptio ns
Fur ther informa tion onplay ba ck opti ons is
ava ilab lein the "Audio" secti on
(Y page 163) .
X Sel ect CD ,
DVD -A or
MP3 us
ing
the :=; buttons onthe remo te
control andpressthe 9button toconfi rm.
The options list appe ars .The # dot
indicates theoption current lyselected.
X Select Normal Track Sequence ,
Random Tracks or
Random Folder using
the
9: buttonsandpress the9button
to confirm .
The option isswitched on.For alloptions
except Normal TrackSequence ,y
ou will
see acorresponding displayint he displa y/
selection window.
i Ifyou change thedisc, theNormal Track
Sequence option
isactivated
automatically .Ifa no ption isselect ed,it
remains selectedafter theRear Seat
En tert ainmen tSyst em isswitc hedonor
off. Switching
track inform ationon/off
(MP3 mode only)
If the func tionisswitc hedon,folder andtrack
names aredisplayed.
If the func tion isswitc hedoff,disc andfile
names aredisplayed.
X Select MP3 using
the:=;
butt ons onthe remot econtro ller and press
the 9butt ontocon firm. 220
Audio
CD/DVDand MP3 modeRear
Seat
Entert ainment
Syst em

X
Sel ect Displa yTrack Inf ormation us
ing the 9: buttons andpressthe
9 button toconfi rm.
The functi onissw itche donOor offª,
de pe ndi ng on the previous statu s. Vide
oDVD mode Gen
eral informati on
Here youw illf ind further informa tion onthe
fol lowi ng topi cs:
R sa fety notes (Ypage 154)
R notes onDVDs (Y pa ge 186) DVD
playbackcondit ions
Playback problems mayoccurwhen playing
cop ieddisc s.Ther eisal arge varietyo fdisc s,
DV Da uth oring sof twar e,writ ingsoftwar eand
writ ersavailab le.This varietym ean sthat
th ere isno guaran teet hatthe Rear Seat
En tertainm entS yst em will beable toplay
vid eo DVDs that you havecopied yourself.
You willfind further informationinthe Video
section (Ypage 187). Information regarding
COMAND alsoapplies tothe Rear Seat
En tert ainment System. Function
restrictions
Dependin gonthe DVD ,iti sp ossible that
cert ainfunct ionsoractions described inthis
section willbetemporarily blockedormay not
funct ionatall. Assoon asyou trytoactivate
these functionsoractions ,you will see the
K symbol inthe display . Inserting
andremoving aCD/DVD
X Proc eed asdes cribed inthe" Audio CD/
DV Da ndMP3 mode"sec tion
(Y page 216) . Sw
itchin gtov ideo DVD mode
X Inse rtav ideo DVD.
The RearSea tEnterta inmentSys tem load s
the disc.
If disc mod ewasthe last mod eselecte d,it
wi llnow beacti ve.
If it wa sn ot, switch onvideo DVD modeas
de scri bedint he followi ng instructio n.
X Sel ect Disc in
the menu using the
9=; buttons onthe rem ote
contro land confi rmbypre ssing the 9
bu tton.
If the video DVD fulfillst he play ba ck
cri teri a,the filme ithe rstar tsautoma tically
or the menu saved onthe DVD appe ars. If
the DVD menu appe ars, yo um usts tart the
fi lm ma nua lly.
X Sel ect the corr espo ndi ngmenu itemi nthe
DVD menu. Hiding/show
ingthe navigation menu
X To show: pressthe9 or: button
on the remote control.
X To hide: press the9 or: button.
or
X Wait forapproximately eightseconds. Navigation
menu
: Disc type
; Current title
= Current scene Video
DVDmode
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