2016 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS ESTATE Owners Manual

Overview and operation
Overview of
the multimedia sy stem 1
Swit ches the sound on/off
2 Decre asesthevo lume
3 Increases thevo lume
4 Touch Control
5 Media displ ay 6
Button group:
ß Switches navigation on
$ Switches on thera dio
ÕSwit ches tomedia mode
% Activates telephone mode
Ø Setsvehicle functions
7 Touchpad
8 Control knob
Adjusts volume and switches the sound
on/off
9 Button Ü
Switches multimedia sy stem on/off
A Controller
To uch Control 4,Touchpad 7and Controller
A are the cent ral control elements. Note
s onthe media display *
NO
TEScratching of the display The display has a highly sensitive, high-gloss
sur
face. The reis a risk of it becoming
scratched. Av
oid touching the displa y.
Obser vethe no tes on cleaning. Obser
vethe no tes on caring forth e interior
(→ page 385).
Au tomatic temperature-cont rolled switch-
off feature: ifth ete mp erature is too high, the
brightness is initially reduced automatically. The
media display may then switch off comple tely for
a while.
% Ifyo u are wearing polarised sun glasses, it
may be dif ficult toread the media displa y.278
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Central controls
overview 1
Touch Control
2 Controller
3 Touchpad To
uch Control Operating
Touch Control #
Toselect a menu item: swipe up, down, left
or right on Touch Control 1. #
Press Touch Control 1. #
Toopen a lis t:press Touch Control 1. #
Toclose a lis t:press the2 button. #
Tocall up the menu list/f avourites: hold
button 2. #
Tomo vethe digital map: swipe in any
direction.
Setting the sensitivity
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
w Input .
Touch Control
sensitivity #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . Multimedia sy
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Operating
the controller 1
% button, toreturn tothe pr evious dis‐
play (press brief ly), to call up the main func‐
tions and favo urites (press and hold)
2 ò button, to call up main functions and
fa vo urites
3 Controller
Controller operating options: #
Turn 3 left or right. #
Slide 1 left orright. #
Slide 4 up or down. #
Slide 2 diagonally. #
Press 7brief lyor press and hold. To
uchpad Switching
theto uchpad on/off
Re quirement:
The vehicle is equipped with a contro ller.
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
w Input #
Switch Touchpad onO or off ª.
Operating theto uchpad
Re quirement:
Fo rve hicles with a contro ller:theto uchpad is
swit ched on (→ page 280). 1
Touchpad
2 © button, calls up main functions and
fa vo urites
3 D button, calls up the menu of the most
re cently acti vemedia source
4 % button, returns tothe pr evious display
(press brief ly), calls up the main functions
and favo urites (press and hold) 280
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Yo
u can navigate in menus and lists via touch-
sensitive sur face 1 byusing a single-finger
swipe. #
Toselect the menu item: swipe up, down,
left or right. #
Press touchpad 1. #
Toopen or close lists: swipe left orright. #
Tomo vethe digital map: swipe in any
direction.
Use thefo llowing functions with a two-finger
swipe: #
Tocall up main functions and favo urites:
swipe down with two fingers. #
Tozoom in and out of the map: movetwo
fi ngers toget her or apart.
Setting the sensitivity
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
w Input #
Select Touchpad sensitivity .#
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . Handwriting
recognition: swit ching there ad-
aloud function on/off
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
õ Audio #
Switch Read out handwriting recognition on
O or off ª.
Handwriting recognition: selecting an input
langua ge #
Select B. #
Select an input language. Main functions
Calling up the main functions #
1 ß button: switches navigation on #
2 $ button: switches thera dio on #
3 Õ button: switches the audio source
on #
4 % button: switches telephone mode
on #
5 Ø button: calls up vehicle functions
Alternativel y: #
When the basic menu of a main function is
shown, press the% button. #
Toselect a main function: swipe left or
ri ght on theto uchpad. #
Press theto uchpad.
Calling up lists and menus on the multimedia
sy stem
Calling up a list #
Call up a main function (→ page 281). #
Toopen a lis t:swipe left on theto uchpad.
The list is opened. Multimedia sy
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#
Toselect a menu item: swipe up or down
on theto uchpad. #
Press theto uchpad. Favo
urites Overview of
favo urites
Fa vourites of feryo uqu ick access tofrequently
used applications. It is possible tocrea te20
fa vo urites in tota l.
The following functions are available:
R add pre-defined favo urites fromthefo llow‐
ing categories:
- Navigation
- Entertainment
- Telephone
- Connect
- Vehicle
- System settings
R add your ow nfa vo urites
R rename a favo urite
R moveafa vo urite R
dele teafa vo urite
R restore all favo urites settings
Calling up favo urites #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards once.
Leaving theFavo urites menu #
Press the© button. Ad
ding a favo urite
Ad ding a pre-de fined favo urite #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards twice.
The Favourites menu appears. 282
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#
Select New favourite .
The catego ries are displa yed. #
Select a categor y.
The favo urites are displ ayed. #
Select a favo urite. #
Add a favo urite at the desired position.
If a favo urite has already been added at this
position, it will be overwritten.
Ad ding your ow nfa vo urite (e xamp le) #
Select Vehicle. #
Select Full screen: Consumption. #
Press and hold the© button until the
fa vo urites are displ ayed. #
Add a favo urite at the desired position.
Re naming a favo urite #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards once. #
Select a favo urite. #
Navigate down wards once.
The Favourites menu appears. #
Select Rename. #
Enterch aracters. #
Toconfirm the entr y:select ¡.
Moving a favo urite #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards once. #
Select a favo urite. #
Navigate down wards once.
The Favourites menu appears. #
Select Move. #
Movethefa vo urite tothe desired position.
If a favo urite has already been added at this
position, it will be overwritten.
Deleting a favo urite #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards once. #
Select a favo urite. #
Navigate down wards once.
The Favourites menu appears. #
Todel ete: select Clear. #
Select Yes. #
Toresto reall favo urites: selectReset all.
A prom ptappears. #
Select Yes.
The favo urites will restore tofactory settings. Switching the sound on/o
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#
Toswitch off: press control knob 1.
The 8 symbol appears in thest atus line.
Yo u will also hear traf fic announcements and
navigation announcements even when the
sound is muted. #
Toswitch on: change the media source or
adjust thevo lume. Ad
justing the volume #
Turn control knob 1.
The volume of the cur rent radio or media
source is set. You can set thevo lume of
ot her sound sources separatel y.
Ad just this in thefo llowing situations:
R during a traf fic announcement
R during a navigation announcement The
volume of the navigation announce‐
ment changes in accordance with thevo l‐
ume of the cur rent media sou rce.
R during a telephone call #
Alternativel y:select System. #
Select Audio. #
Select volume settings. #
Set thevo lume. Entering
characters Using
thech aracter input function
The following functions are available:
R selecting a character in thech aracter bar
R writing a character on theto uchpad
Character input can be star ted with a control
and resumed with ano ther. #
On theTo uch Control and controller:
select a character in thech aracter bar.
Depending on the destination entered, the
fo llowing is available:
R the full set of characters 284
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R
characters which are useful forth e cur‐
re nt input string
Other characters are gr eyed out. #
On theto uchpad: Select acharacter in the
ch aracter bar.
or #
Write thech aracters on theto uch-sensitive
sur face of theto uchpad.
Handwriting recognition suppo rts yo uby
means of character suggestions and a read-
aloud function.
Characters can be entered using thefo llowing
me thods:
R using a keyword sear chfor a track or artist
R connecting the mobile phone tothe multime‐
dia sy stem byentering the passk ey
R entering a phone number
R entering a web address Character input using
the controller
Example: renaming a favo urite #
Calling up the "Renaming a favo urite" func‐
tion (→ page 283). #
Toenter a character: turn3, slide 4
and press the controller.
The character is entered in the input line.
Use thefo llowing ent ryfunctions:
£ Todele teach aracter: press the control‐
ler.
To dele tean ent ry: press and hold the
controller until the entire entry is deleted. Ä
To
switch tospecial characters and sym‐
bols.
X To
switch toupper-case or lo wer-case let‐
te rs.
B To
change the language.
v Handwriting To
switch tocharacter ent ry
on theto uchpad.
% The available editing functions depend on
th e editing task, the language set and the
ch aracter le vel. #
Toconfirm the entr y:select ¡.
Example: entering a destination (navigation) #
Enter a POI or address (→ page 295).
Entering characters on theto uchpad
Re quirements:
The touchpad is swit ched on (→ page 280).
The entered or selected character should be
re ad out: the handwriting recognition read-aloud
function is swit ched on (→ page 281). Multimedia sy
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