2012 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SALOON Owners Manual

The multimedia connection unit is
found in the
stow age compartment under the armrest and
has two USB ports.
Depending on theve hicle's equipment, addi‐
tional USB ports can be found in thestow age
compartment of the cent reconsole and in the
re ar passenger compartment. #
Connect the USB device tothe USB port.
Pla yable music files are pla yed back only if
th e cor responding media display is activated.
% Use the USB port identified byç touse
Apple CarPlay ®
and Android Auto.
% Depending on theve hicle equipment there is
an additional USB port in there ar passenger
compartment. Ports th at are labelled with a
bat tery symbol can only be used tocharge
USB devices.
Selecting a track in the media playba ck
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Media
Selecting a track byskipping toa track #
Toskip backwards or forw ards toa
track: navigate up or down. Selecting a track using
the cur rent track list #
Select è. #
Select Current track list. #
Select a tra ck.
Selecting playback options
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Media 5
Z Options
Playing back similar trac ks #
Select Play similar tracks.
A track li stwith similar trac ksis created and
pla yed bac k.
Playback mode #
Select Random playback of the current track
list.
The cur rent track li stis pla yed in random
orde r. #
Select Random playback of the current
medium.
All trac kson the active data storage medium
are pla yed in random orde r. #
Select Normal track sequence .
The cur rent track li stis pla yed in the order it
appears on the data storage medium.
Controlling media playback
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Media 5
Y Playback control
A bar with playback controls is shown. #
Topause playback: select and confirm
Y with th e cent ral control element.
The Ë symbol is displa yed. #
Toresume playback: select and confirm
Y again with the cent ral control element.
The Ì symbol is displa yed.
To fast forw ard/r ewind #
MoveË onthe timeline.
To hide the playback controls #
Press the% button. 350
Multimedia sy stem
Internal use only

Vi
deo mode Switching
tovideo mode
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Media 5
à Media sources #
Select a data storage medium. #
Sear chfor and select video files or pla ylists
with video files.
Pla yable video files are pla yed bac k.
The multimedia sy stem supports thefo llowing
fo rm ats:
R MPEG
R AVI, DivX, MKV
R MP4, M4V
R WMV
% Ifth eve hicle is tr avelling faster than 5 km/h
th e video image is hidden from the driver. If
av ailable, thech annel and prog ramme infor‐
mation is continuously displa yed.
Due tothe lar gevariet y of available video
fi les rega rding encoders, sampling rates and
data transfer rates, playback cannot be guar‐
anteed. Vi
deos up toFullHD (1920x1080) are sup‐
por ted.
Cop y-pr otected video files or DRM (Digital
Rights Management) enc rypte dfiles cannot
be pla yed bac k. Multimedia sy
stem 351
Internal use only

Overview of video mode
1
Active da tastorage medium
2 Album co ver
3 Trac k, artist, album
4 Track number and number of trac ksinthe
track li st
5 Search
6 Playback control 7
Media sources
8 Sound
9 Full screen (for video play back)
A Options Ac
tivating/deactivating full-screen mode
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Media 5
à Media sources #
Select a data storage medium.
Pla yable video files are pla yed bac k. #
Toactivate full-screen mode: select#
Full screen. 352
Multimedia sy stem
Internal use only

#
Todeactivate full-sc reen mode: pressthe
to uchpad.
Changing video settings
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Media 5
Z Options
5 Picture format
The following picture form ats are available:
R Automatic
R 16:9
R 4:3
R Zoom #
Select a picture form at.
Ad justing the brightness manually
If th eAutomatic pictureform at is swit ched off,
yo u can adjust the brightness yourself. #
Select Brightness. #
Adjust the brightness. Media sear
ch St
arting the media sear ch
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Media 5
ª Search
Depending on the connected media sources and
fi les, thefo llowing categories are lis ted:
R Current track list
R Keyword search
R Playlists
R Artists
R Albums
R Tracks
R Folders
R Music genres
R Year
R Composers
R Videos
R Podcasts (Apple®
devices)
R Audiobooks (Apple®
devices) #
Select a categor y. %
The categories are available as soon as the
entire media conte nt has beenread in and
anal ysed. Media Inter
face Information about
the Media Inter face
Media In terface is a universal inter face forthe
connection of mobile audio equipment. The mul‐
timedia sy stem has two USB ports. The USB
ports are located in thestow age compartment
under the armrest.
Suppor ted devices
The Media Inter face allo wsyouto connect the
fo llowing data storage media:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ®
R MP3 pla yer
R USB devices
Fo r de tails and a list of suppor ted devices, visit
our website at https://www.mercedes-
benz.com/connect. Follow the instructions in
th e "Media Inter face" section. Multimedia sy
stem 353
Internal use only

Switching
toMedia Inter face
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Media 5
à Media sources #
Connect a data storage medium tothe USB
port (/ page 349). #
Select a media device.
Playable music files are pla yed bac k.
Overview of Media Inter face 354
Multimedia sy stem
Internal use only

1
Active da tastorage medium
2 Album co ver
3 Artist, track and album
4 Track number and number of trac ksinthe
track li st
5 Search
6 Playback control
7 Media sources
8 Sound
9 Full screen (video playback only)
A Options Blue
tooth ®
audio Information about Blue
tooth ®
audio
Before using your Blue tooth®
audio equipment
with the multimedia sy stem forth efirs t time,
yo u will need toauthorise it (/ page 356). Multimedia sy
stem 355
Internal use only

Blue
tooth ®
audio overview 1
Active da tastorage medium
2 Album co ver
3 Trac k, artist, album
4 Track number and number of trac ksinthe
track li st
5 Search
6 Playback control 7
Media sources
8 Sound
9 Full screen (video playback only)
A Options Sear
ching for and authorising a Blue tooth ®
audio device
Requ irements:
R Blue tooth ®
is activated on the multimedia
sy stem and audio equipment (/ page276).
R The audio equipment supports the Blue‐
to oth ®
audio profiles A2DP and AVRC P. 356
Multimedia sy stem
Internal use only

R
The audio equipment is "visible" forot her
devices.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Media 5
à Media sources
5 á Bluetooth audio
Au thorising a new Blu etoo th®
audio device #
Select ¥. #
Select Add new Bluetooth audio device. #
Select Start search on the system .
De tected audio equipment is displ ayed in the
device list. #
Select a Blue tooth®
audio device.
Auth orisation starts. A code is displa yed on
th e multimedia sy stem and on the mobile
phone. #
Ifth e codes are identical, confi rmonthe
audio equipment.
The audio equipment is connec ted and play‐
back starts. Selecting pr
eviously authorised Blue tooth ®
audio equipment #
Select ¥. #
Select a Blue tooth®
audio device.
Establishing a connection from the Blue‐
to oth ®
audio equipment
The Blue tooth®
device name of the multimedia
sy stem is MB BLUETOOTH XXXXX. #
Select Search from device. #
Start the authorisation on the audio equip‐
ment (see manufacturer's operating instruc‐
tions).
A code is displa yed on the multimedia sys‐
te m and on the audio device. #
Confirm on bo thdevices if the codes are
identical.
The audio equipment is connected and play‐
back starts.
Wi th some audio equipment, playback must be
initially star ted on the device itself so that the
multimedia sy stem can play the audio files. %
Device-specific information on authorising
and connecting Blue tooth®
-capable mobile
phones can be ob tained at https://
www.me rcedes-benz-mobile.com/ or at a
Mercedes-Benz service cent re.
Ac tivating Blue tooth ®
audio
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Media 5
à Media sources #
Select áBluetooth audio.
The multimedia sy stem activates the connec‐
te d Blue tooth®
audio equipment.
Selecting the media pla yer on the Blue tooth ®
audio device
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Media 5
ª #
Select theBluetooth audio players category.
If multiple media pla yers are present on the
Blu etoo th®
audio equipment a list appears. #
Select a media pla yer.
Playback starts.
% The function is not suppo rted byeve ry
mobile phone. Multimedia sy
stem 357
Internal use only