2016 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class CABRIOLET ECO mode

Your multimediasyste mequipment
These operatin ginstruction sdescribe all th e
standar dan doptional equipment of your multi-
media system, as available at th etime of going
to press. Country-specifi cdifference sare pos -
sible. Bear in min dthat your vehicle may no t
feature all function sdescribed here. Thi salso
applies to safety-relevan tsystems an dfunc-
tions.
Read th einformation on qualifie dspecialis t
workshop sin th evehicle Operator's Manual.
Important safet ynotes
GWARNING
If you operat emobile communication equip-
men twhil edriving, you will be distracted from
traffic conditions. You could also los econtro l
of th evehicle. There is aris kof an accident.
Only operat ethis equipment when th evehicle
is stationary.
If you mak e acallon your mobile phone whil e
driving, always use hands-free mode. Only use
th emobile phone when road, weather an dtraffic
condition spermit .Some jurisdiction sprohibit
th edriver from usin g amobile phone whil edriv-
in g a vehicle.
Bear in min dthat at aspeed of 30 mph (approx-
imately 50 km/h), th evehicle cover s adistanc e
of 44 feet (approximately 14 m) per second.
Excessive levels of electromagnetic radiation
may cause damage to your health an dth ehealth
of others.
There is scientific discussio nsurroundin gth e
possible health risks posed by electromagnetic
fields .You can reduce this ris kby usin gan exte -
rio rantenna.
Therefore, connec tyour mobile communica-
tion sequipment to th evehicle' sexterio r
antenn awhereve rpossible.
General notes
Telephon y
The Bluetoot h®interface on th emultimedia sys -
te m is available fo rtelephony. If your mobile phone supports th
eBluetoot h
®
profilePBAP (Phone Book Access Profile),th e
contact sare automatically displaye din th emul-
timedia system.
You can use th etext messag ean de-mail func-
tion sif your mobile phone supports th eMA P
Bluetoot h
®profile (Message Access Profile) .
Observ eth eother requirements fo rth ee-mail
an dtext messag efunction s (
Ypage 115).
Wit h a suitable mobile phone ,you can use th e
hands-free syste mandreceiv evCards via th e
Bluetoot h
®interface .
You can obtain more information about suitable
mobile phone son th eInternet at
http://www.mercedes-benz-mobile.com .
You can also obtain more information by calling.
In th eUSA, you can get in touch wit hth e
Mercedes-Ben zCustomer Assistanc eCente ron
1-800-FOR-MERCede s(1-800-367-6372 ).
In Canada, you can get in touch with the Cus-
tomer Relations Center on 1-800-387-0100.
Call disconnection while the vehicle is in motion
A call may be disconnected if:
Rthere is insufficient network coverage in cer-
tain areas.
Ryou move from one transmitter/receiver area
(cell) into another and no channels are free.
Ryou use a SIM card that is not compatible with
the network available.
Operating options
You can operate the telephone by:
Rusing the controller:
turning
sliding 1 or4
pressing
Rusing the 6or~ button on the multi-
function steering wheel
Rusing the Voice Control System (see the sep-
arate operating instructions)
General notes93
Telephone
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Changing the activation mode
When the telephone is disconnected from the
multimedia system, the activation mode can be
changed.
XTo call up the telephone menu:press the
% button.
XTo select Tel/®: turn and press the control-
ler.
XSelect Apple CarPlay.
XTo show the menu bar: slide 6the control-
ler.
XSelect Options.
XStart Apple CarPlay Automaticallydeactivate ªor activate O.
Ending Apple CarPlay®mode
XRemove the USB cable from the USB port.
TheNo Apple CarPlay Device Connec‐
ted Please ensure that your deviceisconnectedtothecorrectUSBport.message appears.
Apple CarPlay®125
Telephone
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Your multimediasyste mequipment
These operatin ginstruction sdescribe all th e
standar dan doptional equipment of your multi-
media system, as available at th etime of going
to press. Country-specifi cdifference sare pos -
sible. Bear in min dthat your vehicle may no t
feature all function sdescribed here. Thi salso
applies to safety-relevan tsystems an dfunc-
tions.
Read th einformation on qualifie dspecialis t
workshop sin th evehicle Operator's Manual.
Switchin gon th eradi o
XPress th e$ button.
The radio display appears .You will hear th e
last station playe don th elast waveban d
selected.
Switching HD Radi oon/of f
XIn radio mode: slid e6 thecontroller .
XSelectOption s.
XBy selecting Oorª in fron tof HD Radi o,
you determin ewhether HD radio is switched
on or off.
If HD Radio is switched off, th esyste mdoe sno t
switch to digita lradio an dit is no tpossible to
selec tan ysub-channels.
iHD Radio ™Technology Manufactured
Under License From iBiquit yDigital Corp. U.S.
an dForeign Patents .The HD an dHD Radio
logos are proprietary trademark sof iBiquit y
Digital Corp.
Overview
:Main function bar
;Status bar wit hcompass display
=Main display field wit havailable station san d
relevant information
?Display of radio station selecte d
ARadio menubar
The followin gfunction sare available usin gth e
radio main function bar :
RHD RadioFM:HD FM radio mode
RHD Radi oAM:HD MW radio mode
RSa tRadi o:satellite radio
RInfo on Radi o:information on radio in th e
Digital Operator's Manual
RRadi oStatio nPreset s:10 0preset posi-
tion sfo rradio station s
The followin gfunction sare available usin gth e
radio men ubar :
Rè :searches fo rstation sby name
RBand:selects wavebands
RPreset:station preset smen u
RInformatio n:displays additional informa-
tion about th ecurren tstation (radio text or
Artist Experience
®)
Rà: sound settings, harman/kardon®Logic
7®Surround, Bang & Olufsen BeoSound AMG
sound system
ROptions: radio options
140Overview
Radio

Saving/deleting a station
Storing current stations
XIn radio mode: slide6the controller.
The radio menu bar appears.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select the SaveCurrentStation/Chan‐neloption: turn and press the controller.
XTo select the position of the required preset
entry: turn and press the controller.
or
XSelect the Edit Station Presetoption.
XSelect the position of the required preset:
turn the controller.
This can also be a preset position that is
already occupied, which is then overwritten
by the current station.
XSlide9the controller.
An additional menu appears.
XTo select the SaveCurrentStation/Chan‐neloption: turn and press the controller.
The currently set station is stored in the selec-
ted preset position. A tone signals a success-
ful preset entry.
or
XSet the desired station in radio mode.
XPress and hold down the preset number to be assigned on the number keypad until a tone
confirms the storing process.
XIf the preset number has two digits, press the
first digit briefly and then press and hold down the second digit.
or
XSet the desired station in radio mode.
XPress and hold the controller until the preset
list appears.
XTo select the preset number: turn and press
the controller.
A tone confirms that the storing process was
successful.
Moving highlighted stations
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XSelect Edit Station Preset.
XTo select the required preset entry: turn the
controller.
XSlide9the controller.
An additional menu appears.
XTo select the Move Highlighted Station/Channeloption: turn and press the control-
ler.
The list of stored stations appears again.
XTo move the highlighted station to the new
position: turn the controller and press to con-
firm.
Deleting highlighted stations
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XSelect Edit Station Preset.
XTo select the required preset entry: turn the
controller.
XSlide9the controller.
XTo select the Delete Highlighted Sta‐tion/Channeloption in the additional menu:
turn and press the controller.
or
XPress the $button.
A prompt appears.
XTo select Yes: turn and press the controller.
The highlighted station is deleted.
or
XTo select No: press the controller.
The process is canceled.
iFrequencies have already been stored in the
multimedia system. There are 100 preset
positions available.
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Radio

XTo selectOptionsin the radio menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
XTo select Current Station List withArtist&Title: turn and press the control-
ler.
The channel list appears.
or
XPress the controller in the main display field.
XSelect the desired channel
Keyword search
XTo select the èkeyword search in the
menu bar: slide 6and turn the controller.
XTo enter the required search term: turn and
press the controller.
Direct and indirect results are shown.
XSelect the required result.
The relevant channel is played.
Memory functions
i
There are 100 presets available.
XTo store a channel using the edit function:
select Preset
in the radio menu bar by turn-
ing and pressing the controller.
XTo select Edit Station Preset: turn and
press the controller.
The list of saved channels appears.
XTo select the preset: turn the controller and
press for about 2 seconds.
The newly saved channel overwrites the exist-
ing preset.
or
XTo quick store: press and hold number key 2,
for example.
The channel is saved to the second position in
the radio channel presets. or
XSet the desired channel in satellite radio
mode.
XPress and hold the controller until the preset
list appears.
XTo select the preset number: turn and press
the controller.
A tone confirms that the storing process was
successful.
Deleting the highlighted channel
XTo select Presetin the radio menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
XSelect Edit Station Preset.
XTo select the required preset entry: turn the
controller.
XSlide9the controller.
XTo select the Delete Highlighted Sta‐tion/Channeloption in the additional menu:
turn and press the controller.
or
XPress the $button.
The prompt Do you want to delete the
preset?appears
XTo selectYes: turn and press the controller.
The highlighted station is deleted.
or
XTo select No: press the controller.
The process is canceled.
Activating/deactivating the station
presets display
You can use this function to change to the sta-
tion presets display.
Activating
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select Station Preset View: On: turn
and press the controller.
The station preset display appears.
XTo switch between the stored stations: turn
the controller.
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Radio

Displaying information
XTo selectInf oin th eradio men ubar :turn and
press th econtroller .
Information on th ecurrentl yreceived pro -
gram is displayed.
If available ,you will see :
Rthechannel log o
Rthechannel abbreviation
Rth eartist of th etrack that is currentl ybein g
playe d
Rthetrack that is currentl ybein gplaye d
Rcategory
Rcomposer
XTo return to th eradi odisplay :selec tInf oby slidin g6 and pressing th econtroller .
Displaying service information
The provider' scustomer servic ecenter is avail-
able by phone at any time to answer any genera l
question sor question son th eversions availa-
ble.
XTo selec tOption sin themen ubar :turn and
press th econtroller .
XTo selectServic e:turn and press th econ-
troller.
The Sirius XM
®ID of your satellite receiver
and th etelephon enumber of th eprovider
appear.
XTo return to th emain display :press th e
% button.
Channel list update s
Duringreception of ane wchannel list ,th e
Updating Channels...messag eis shown .The channel last selecte
dis switched to mut e
until th eupdat ehas bee ncompleted. Satellite
radio mode is no tavailable durin gthis process.
Once th eupdat ehas bee ncompleted, th esat -
ellite radio basi cmen uappears .The channel
previously selecte dwill be playe dif it is still
available .
Sound settings
Information on soun dsetting s (Ypage 172).
148Satellite radio
Radio

Your multimediasyste mequipment
These operatin ginstruction sdescribe all th e
standar dan doptional equipment of your multi-
media system, as available at th etime of going
to press. Country-specifi cdifference sare pos -
sible. Bear in min dthat your vehicle may no t
feature all function sdescribed here. Thi salso
applies to safety-relevan tsystems an dfunc-
tions.
Read th einformation on qualifie dspecialis t
workshop sin th evehicle Operator's Manual.
Activating medi amode
General notes
There are severa lways to activat emedia sour-
ce susin gth emultimedia system.
The relevant section sof th eOperator's Manual
describe th esimples tway to activat e amedia
source.
Thi ssection describes all option sfo ractivatin g
media sources.
Button activation
XPress th eÕ button.
The last media sourc eyou hav eset is dis -
played.
XPress th eÕ buttonagain .
The men uappears wit hth eavailable media
sources.
XTo selec tmedia sources: turn th econtroller
until th edesire dmedia sourc eis in th ecenter.
Press th econtroller .
Dependin gon th evehicle equipment ,th efol-
lowing media sources will be available :
RDisc
RMemory Card
RMedia Interface 1
RMedia Interface 2
RBluetoothAudi oIf playable music files are found ,they will be
playe dby th emultimedia system.
Switching on automatically
Whe nan external media sourc eis connected,
CD an dSD memor ycar dfunction sare automat -
ically switched on by th emultimedia system.
Whe nusin gwit hUS Bdevices, switch to th e
respective basi cdisplay.
External media sources:
RApple®devices (e.g. iPhon e®)
RUSBdevices (e.g. US Bstick, MP3 player)
RCD
RDV Dvideo
RSD cards
Rdevices connecte dvia Bluetoot h®
If playable music files are found ,they will be
playe dby th emultimedia system.
iIf amedia function is already switched on in
th emultimedia system, this will be interrup-
te dan dth ebasi cdisplay of th enewly con-
nected devic ewill appear (except when usin g
wit hUSB/iPo d
®). If another function ,suc has
navigation ,is bein goperated, th ebasi cdis -
play will no tchange.
Usin gth emain function ba r
XTo display themain function bar :slid e5 the
controller .
XTo selectMedi a:turn an dpress th econtroller .
The last media sourc eyou hav eset is dis -
played.
Activating media mode149
Media

RFAT16, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS for SD mem-
ory card and USB storage media
RHFS and HFS+ for Apple®devices
iWriting access is not possible on NTFS.
Multisession CDs
For multisession CDs, the content of the first
session determines how the multimedia system
processes the CD. The multimedia system only
plays back one session and gives priority to the
first session on the CD.
File structure of a data carrier
When you create a disc with compressed music
files, the tracks can be organized in folders. A
folder may also contain subfolders. The disc
may contain no more than eight directory levels
(a root and seven sub-levels). Files beyond the
eighth level will not be recognized by the sys-
tem.
iThe multimedia system supports up to
25,000 files for all of the connected sources.
Track and file names
When you create a disc with compressed music
files, you can assign names to the tracks and
folders.
You should observe the following when assign-
ing track names:
Rtrack names must have at least one charac-
ter.
Rtrack names must have an extension of a sup- ported audio/video format, e.g. mp3, aac or
m4v.
Rthere must be a dot between the track name
and the extension.
Example of a correct track name:
"Track1.mp3".
Permissible formats
The multimedia system supports the following
audio formats:
RMP3
RWMA
RCD-A
RAAC formats: .aac, .mp4, .m4a and .m4b Copy-protected iTunes
®music files with
the .m4p file extension are not supported.
The multimedia system supports the following
video formats:
RDVD-V
RMPEG
RWMV
RM4V
RAVI
Permissible bit and sampling rates
The multimedia system supports MP3 files of
the following type:
Rfixed and variable bit rates from 32 kbit/s to
320 kbit/s
Rsampling rates of 8 kHz to 48 kHz
The multimedia system supports WMA files of
the following type:
Rfixed bit rates from 5 kbit/s to 384 kbit/s
Rsampling rates of 8 kHz to 48 kHz
The multimedia system does not support WMA
files of the following type:
RDRM (Digital Rights Management) encrypted
files
Rvariable bit rate
RWMA Pro
R5.1 surround sound
iOnly use tracks with a bit rate of at least
128 kbit/s and a sampling rate of at least
44.1 kHz. Lower rates can cause a noticeable deterioration in quality. This is especially the
case if you have activated a surround sound
function.
Selecting an active partition (USB mass
storage devices only)
You can select this function for USB storage
devices when the storage device is partitioned.
Up to 9 partitions (primary or logical, FAT,
FAT32, exFAT and NTFS) are supported.
Selecting an active partition
XTo select Optionsin the media menu bar:
turn and press the controller.
XSelect Select Active Partition.
Audio/video mode151
Media
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