2012 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SALOON Owners Manual

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rmth. The air is pu rified using ionisation
and a pleasant fragrance is released. The
ve hicle interior is illuminated with warm light‐
ing.
R Vitality: Can coun tera ct diminishing atten‐
tiveness in mono tonous driving situations.
Fa st-paced music and a vitalising massa ge
pr ov ide invigorating stimulation forth eve hi‐
cle occupants. The air is purified using ioni‐
sation and a pleasant fragrance is released.
The vehicle interior is illuminated with a stim‐
ulating hue and the seat is ventilated.
R Pleasure: Can promo tea positive mood in
th eve hicle occupants as well as menta l and
ph ysical rege neration. Moderately fastmusic
is pla yed and a massage prog ramme is acti‐
va ted. The air is purified using ionisation and
a pleasant fragrance is released. The vehicle
interior is illuminated with amicable lighting.
R Well being: Can aidthe ph ysical and men tal
re laxation of vehicle occupants. A back mas‐
sage combined with local warmthprov ide
re laxation. The air is purified using ionisation
and a pleasant fragrance is released. The
audio pla yer pla ysselections of calming music and
theve hicle interior is illuminated
with pleasant lighting.
R Training: Can counteract the onset of mus‐
cle tension, limbs falling asleep or stre ss with
ta rgeted relaxation or stimulation exercises.
The exercises are demon stra ted in short vid‐
eos. The air is purified using ionisation and a
pleasant fragrance is released. The vehicle
interior is illuminated with lighting appropri‐
ate totheex ercise.
% Please no tethat theav ailable prog rammes
and the associated functions depend on your
ve hicle equipment. Depending on your
equipment, fewe r functions may be availa‐
ble.
St arting the ENERGIZING Comfort pro‐
gr amme
Re quirements:
R The ignition is switched on.
% ENE RGIZING Comfort is available appr ox‐
imately five minutes af terst arting the multi‐
media sy stem. Multimedia sy
stem:
4 Vehicle 5
ENERGIZING Comfort
Selecting a seat #
Select Seat selection. #
Select the desired seat or All seatsO.
St arting a prog ramme #
Select Refresh, Warmth,Vitality, JoyorWell-
being .
The selected programme will runfo rten
minutes.
Confi guring a prog ramme #
Call up fu rther options Üforth e desired
programme. #
Switch the functions included in the pro‐
gramme on Oor off ª.
St arting training #
Select Training. 286
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#
Select Muscle relaxation, Muscle stimulation
or Balance .
The selected training video starts and is dis‐
pla yed in the media displa y. #
Select Full-screen video.
The training video is display ed in full screen.
% For more information on pausing or skipping
th ro ugh videos, see (/ page 350).
If, during an active prog ramme, a function
re qu irement is no longer met, a cor responding
message appears . The activeprog ramme is can‐
celled. Na
vigation Switching navigation on
Multimedia sy
stem:
4 Navigation #
Alternatively: press theß button.
The map appears and sho wscurrent vehicle
position 1. %
If a climate contro l setting ischanged, a cli‐
mate bar appears brief ly. Showing/hiding
the navigation menu Re
quirements:
R The map displa ys the cur rent vehicle posi‐
tion. Multimedia sy
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Multimedia sy
stem:
4 Navigation #
Tosho w:swipe left on theto uchpad or the
To uch Control.
or #
Slide the controller tothe left. #
Tohide: swipe right on theto uchpad or the
To uch Control. or #
Slide the controller totheright.
% Toshow or hide lo wer menu le vels, swipe or
slide tothe left or right as many times as
necessar y. Destination ent
ry Entering a POI or address
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you will be distracted from the
traf fic situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Only operate this equipment when the
traf fic situation permits. #
Ifyo u cannot be sure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad and traf
fic conditions and ope rate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y. Yo
u must obse rveth e legal requirements forthe
country in whi chyou are cur rently driving when
operating the multimedia sy stem.
Re quirements:
R For the online sear ch:Me rcedes me con‐
nect is available.
R You ha vea user account forth e Mercedes
me Portal.
R The service has been activated at a
Mercedes-Benz service centre.
Fu rther information can be found at: https://
www.mercedes.me
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation #
Show the navigation menu. #
Select ªEnter destination .288
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The count
ryin which theve hicle is located is set
1.
There are two available me thods of destination
entry:
R Free sear ch2
R Sea rchstep-b y-step 3
Me thod 1: free sear ch #
Enter the POI or address in 2. The entries
can be made in any order.
During destination entry , suggestions are
made bythe multimedia sy stem. A selection
of destinations appears in a list. Ente
rth ese address elements, forex ample:
R City, stre et, house number
R Street,to wn
R Postcode
R POI name
R POI catego ry, e.g. Petrol station
R Town, POI name
Examples of destination ent ry:
R Ifyo u are sear ching forKö nigsstraße in
St utt gart,fo rex ample, you can en ter
ST UT and KÖN.
R Ifyo u are sear ching for a POI in theUni‐
te d Kingdom, forex ample, you can en ter
THE SHARD.
To try bo thexamples, the count rysetting
must also be changed (me thod 2). #
Toswitch tohandwriting recognition:
select v5. #
Write thech aracter on theto uchpad. #
Toswitch to character selection: pressthe
% button. or #
Press theto uchpad. #
Todel ete an entr y:select %4(ifavail‐
able).
Use thefo llowing options:
R Press brief ly: del etes the last character
entered or the last suggestion adop ted.
R Press and hold: dele testh e entire entry. #
Toset the language: selectB8. #
Select the language.
% This function is useful for countries in which
se veralch aracter sets are suppo rted. An
ex ample is Russia, which uses Cyrillic and
Latin characters. #
Tocall up the online sear chfunction:
select Online search 6.
Once an Internet connection is es tablished, a
list appears. It sho wsonline destinations
re lated tothe pr evious ent ry.
The online destination is supplied byan In ter‐
net pr ovider. #
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or
#
Enter the online destination or a 3 word
address in the input line.
% Ente r a 3 wordaddress (/ page 293).
Online sear chis not available in all coun‐
tries. #
Tocall up the lis t:press the% button.
or #
Ifth eto p line of thech aracter bar is highligh‐
te d, navigate upwards. #
Select the destination in the list. #
Toadopt a destination: select7Select
destination .
If th ere are se veral listings for a destination,
a list appears. #
Select the destination.
The destination address is shown.
Me thod 2: sear chstep- by-step #
Press %button.
or #
Ifth eto p line of thech aracter bar is highligh‐
te d, navigate upwards.
The character bar is hidden. City or postcode
is highlighted. Additional ent ryfields, e.g. for
POI, are available. #
Select City or postcode.
The character bar appears. #
Enterth e city or the postcode.
During destination entry , suggestions are
made bythe multimedia sy stem. A selection
of destinations appears in a list.
The address entri es can be made in any
order, forex ample:
R City or postcode, Street,House no.
En ter an intersecting stre et, if available.
R Street, City or postcode
R POI , e.g. Petrol station, City or postcode
% During destination ent ry, use thefo llowing
functions:
R Swit chtohandwriting recognition.
R Switch tocharacter selection.
R Dele tean ent ry. An entr
y,e.g. POI, can be dele ted with
£ in astep-b y-step sear ch.Na vigate
to the left todo so.
R Call up the online sear chfunction (if
av ailable).
R Call up a list.
The functions are desc ribed in the free
sear ch. #
Tochange the count ry:select the count ry. #
Enter the count ry.Yo u on ly need toenter the
fi rs tch aracter. #
Select the count ryon the list. #
Toadopt a destination: selectSelect desti-
nation.
If th ere are se veral listings for a destination,
a dis tance-o rientated list appears. #
Select the destination.
The destination address is shown. 290
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Selecting pr
evious destinations
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous and other destinations #
Select Previous destinations. #
Select the destination.
The destination address is shown.
or #
Iffavo urites ha vebeen sa ved already
(/ page 303), select From global favourites .#
Select thefa vo urite.
The destination address is shown.
Selecting a POI
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous and other destinations
5 POIs #
Select the categor y.
or #
Select All categories andthe categor y.
If ro ute guidance is not active: the sear ch
begins in the vicinity of the cur rent vehicle position. The list is sor
tedby distance in
ascending order.
The POIs show thefo llowing information:
R Name of POI
R Linear dis tance tothe POI
R The direction of the linear dis tancetothe
POI (ar row) is displa yed when sear ching
fo rth eve hicle's cur rent position #
Select the POI. #
Route guidance is active: selectthe sear ch
position prior tochoosing a POI (see exam‐
ple). #
If intermediate destinations are set, these
can also be selected as the sear chposition
af te r selecting Near destination.
Fi ltering displa ysfor POIs #
Enter the sear chterm inª Search:.
The results list sho wsreleva nt POIs.
Entering Italyshowsthefo llowing results, for
ex ample:
R POIs which con tain Italy inthe name. R
POIs which belong tothe category Italian
cuisine . #
Select ¡.
The firs t POI in the list is highlighted. #
Select the POI.
Example: setting the sear chposition for the
parking ca tegory during active route guid‐
ance #
Select In the vicinity ,Near destination or
Along the route.
The list sho ws the located POIs or opens an
ove rview of thero ute destination af ter
selecting Near destination. #
Select the POI. #
Select Near destination: select the intermedi‐
ate destination or the destination.
St arting an automatic filling station sear ch
Re quirements:
R The automatic filling station sear chis activa‐
te dO (/ page 297). Multimedia sy
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Driving situation
Ro
ute guidance is active. The fuel le vel in the
fuel tank reaches there ser vefuel le vel.
The Fuel tank reserve level Do you want to start
the search for filling stations? message is
shown. #
Select Yes.
The automatic filling station sear chbegins.
The available filling stations along thero ute
or in the vicinity of theve hicle's cur rent posi‐
tion are displ ayed. #
Select thefilling station.
The address of thefilling station is displa yed. #
Ifro ute guidance is not active, select Start
route guidance .
The selected filling station is set as the desti‐
nation. Route guidance begins.
or #
Ifro ute guidance is active, select Start new
route guidance orSet as next intermediate
destination .
Start new route guidance: the selected filling
st ation is set as a new destination. The pr evi‐
ous destinations and intermediate destina‐ tions are dele
ted. Ro ute guidance tothefill‐
ing station begins.
Set as next intermediate destination: the
selected filling station is set as the next inter‐
mediate destination. Route guidance begins. #
Ifth ere are already four intermediate des‐
tinations: selectYesinthe prom pt.
The selected filling station is entered into
position 1 of the intermediate destinations
menu. Intermediate destination 4 is dele ted.
Ro ute guidance begins.
Entering an intermediate destination
Re quirements:
R A destination is entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 Intermediate destinations and info #
Select Search for an intermediate destina-
tion . #
Ente rth e intermediate destination as a POI
or address (/ page 288). #
Select the intermediate destination. #
Select Set as destination.
or #
Select an intermediate destination using
ª Enter destination duringroute guid‐
ance. #
Select Set as next intermediate destination
af te r entering the destination.
Editing intermedia tedestinations
Re quirements:
R The destination and at least one intermediate
destination ha vebeen entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 Intermediate destinations and info #
Tocall up the map: highlight the destination
or the intermediate destination. #
Select ¥Map. #
Movethe map (/ page 308). #
Select destination on the map (/ page 294). 292
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#
Tochange the order of destinations: high‐
light the destination or the intermediate des‐
tination. #
Select ¥Move . #
Movethe intermediate destination tothe
desired position. #
Press theTo uch Control, the controller or the
to uchpad. #
Todel ete a destination: highlightthe desti‐
nation or the intermediate destination. #
Select ¥Delete.
Calculating a route with intermediate desti‐
nations
Re quirements:
R The destination and at least one intermediate
destination ha vebeen entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 Intermediate destinations and info #
Select Start new route guidance.
The route is calculated with the set inter‐
mediate destinations. Selecting a contact
for destination entry
Re quirements:
R A mobile phone is connecte dto the multime‐
dia sy stem (/ page316).
R The "N avigate tocontact" online service is
av ailable and activated.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous and other destinations
5 Contacts #
Select the conta ct.
The contact de tails are displa yed. #
Select the address.
The Please wait... message appears. The
sear chis car ried out online. #
Select the destination.
Fi ltering displa ysfor contacts #
Enter a name or telephone number, forex am‐
ple, into the sear chfield. #
Select ¡.
The firs t contact in the list is highlighted. #
Select the conta ct. #
Select the address.
Entering geo-coordina tes
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous and other destinations
5 Geo-coordinates #
Ente rge o-coordinates as latitude and longi‐
tude coordinates in degrees, minutes and
seconds.
The map sho ws the position. #
Confirm the entry. #
Tocalculate a route: select Start route
guidance. #
If a route has already been created, select
Start new route guidance orSet as inter-
mediate destination .
Entering the destination as a 3 wordaddress
Re quirements:
R Sear ching for a destination using 3 word
addresses is possible in the online sear ch
( / page 288). Multimedia sy
stem 293
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