2016 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SALOON steering wheel

Ve
hicles with Traf fic Sign Assist and wide‐
screen cockpit: detected instructions and traf‐
fi c signs appear in the speedome ter
( → page 229).
* NO
TEEngine dama gedue toexc essively
high engine speeds The engine will be damaged if
you drive with
th e engine in theov errevving range. #
Do not drive wi th the engine in theove r‐
re vving range. The fuel supply is inter
rupted toprotect the
engine when there d band in rev counter 3
(o ve rrev ving range) is reached.
During no rmal operating conditions, coolant
te mp erature display 4may rise to120 °C. &
WARNING Danger of bu rns when open‐
ing the bonn et
If yo u open the engine bonn etwhen the
engine has overheated or during a fire inthe
engine compartment, you could come into contact with hot
gases or other escaping
operating fluids. #
Before opening the bonn et, allow the
engine tocool down. #
Intheeve nt of a fire inthe engine com‐
partment, keep the engine bonn et
closed and call thefire service. Plug-in
hybrid: make sure that youre ad the
separate Owner's Manual. Otherwise, you may
fa ilto recognise dangers. Overview of the buttons on the
steering
wheel 1
Button group:
% Main menu and ba ckbutton (on-board
computer)
8 Switches sound off/on
W Increases thevo lume
X Decreases thevo lume
2 Touch Control (on-board co mputer)
3 Touch Control (multimedia sy stem)
4 Button group:
% Main menu and back button (multime‐
dia sy stem) Instrument Display and on-board computer
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LINGU ATRO NIC or Voice Cont rol Sys‐
tem
6 Makes/accepts a call
~ Rejects/ends a call Ope
rating the on-board co mputer &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tions 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 on-board computer.
% The on-board computer displa ysappear in
th e multifunction display (→ page247). The on-boa
rdcompu ter is operated using Touch
Control 2and back but ton1 onthe left-hand
side of thesteering wheel.
The following menus are available:
R Service
R Assistance
R Trip
R Navigation R
Radio
R Media
R Telephone
R Vehicles with an instrument display in
th e widescreen cockpit: Content
R HUD
R Vehicles with an instrument display in
th e widescreen cockpit: Design
The menus can be called up from the menu bar
in the multifunction displa y. #
Tocall up the menu bar: pressthe back
button on the left. 246
Instrument Display and on-board computer

R
Updating data...: the call list is being upda‐
te d.
R Importing contacts... :th e conta cts from the
mobile phone or from a storage medium are
impor ted.
Ac cepting/rejecting a call
When youre cei vea call, a message appears in
th e Head-up-Display Incoming callIncoming call.#
Swipe upwards or down wards on the left-
hand Touch Control and select 6(Accept)
or ~ (Reject). #
Press the left-hand Touch Control.
The call may be accep ted/rejec ted using the
6 or~ buttons on thesteering wheel. Setting display content
On-board computer:
, Content
% This function is only available forve hicles
with a widescreen cockpit. Yo
u can select thefo llowing display con tent:
R Right display: select contents forth eright-
hand display content (Progressive style)
R Assist. graphic (Progressivestyle)
R Power meter : power me ter (Progressive
st yle)
R Revs :re v counter ( ClassicandSport styles)
R Power meter : power me ter (Classic and
Sport styles)
R Date (Progressive style)
R Navigation
R ECO display
R Consumption #
Toselect display content: swipe upwards
or down wards on the left-hand side of Touch
Control. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control.
Classic andSport style: the selected display
conte nts are shown in theright-hand instru‐
ment displa y. Progressive
style: the selected display con‐
te nt appears on the left-hand side of the
instrument displa y.
Contents forri ght-hand display contents
(Progressive style) #
Select Right display and pressthe left-hand
side of Touch Control. #
Swipe upwards or down wards on the left-
hand side of Touch Control toselect display
content. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control.
The selected displ aycontent appea rson the
ri ght-hand side of the instrument displa y. Ad
justing the head-up display settings in the
on-board co mputer On-board computer:
, HUD
The following head-up display settings can be
adjus ted:
R Position
R Brightness 254
Instrument Display and on-board computer

Operating saf
ety &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tions 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. &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from oper‐
ating mobile communication equipment
while theve hicle is in motion
If yo u operate mobile communication equip‐
ment when driving, you will be distracted from
the tra ffic situation. This could also
cause youto lose control of theve hicle.
Only operate this equipment when theve hi‐
cle is stationar y. Fo
ryo ur ow n sa fety, al ways obser vethefo llow‐
ing points when operating mobile communica‐
tions equipment and especially your voice con‐
trol sy stem:
R Obser vethe legal requ irements forth e coun‐
try in which you are driving.
R While driving, on ly operate mobile communi‐
cations equipment and your voice control
sy stem when the tra ffic conditions permit it.
Yo u may otherwise be distracted from the
traf fic conditions and cause an accident,
inju ring yourself and others.
R Do not use thevo ice control sy stem in an
emer gency as your voice can change and
yo ur telephone call can be unnecessarily
dela yed.
R Familiarise yourself with thevo ice control
sy stem functions before starting the journe y. Operation
Operating
the multifunction steering wheel LINGU
ATRO NIC is operational appr oximately
th irty seconds af terth e ignition is switched on. 1
8 Switches the sound off/on (ends LIN‐
GU ATRO NIC)
2 ó Starts LINGU ATRO NIC
3 6 Makes/accepts a call
4 ~ Rejects/ends a call (ends LINGUA‐
TRONIC)
5 W Increases thevo lume
6 X Decreases thevo lume LINGU
ATRO NIC 257

Vo
ice prom pting #
Tostart or continue a dialogue: pressthe
ó button on the multifunction steering
wheel.
Yo u can say a command af ter an acou stic
signal. #
Tocor rect an ent ry:say theCorrection
command. #
Toselect an entry from the selection lis t:
say the line number or the conte nts. #
Tobrows eth e selection lis t:say theCon-
tinue orBack command. #
Tointer rupt the dialogue: saythePause
command. #
Tocancel the dialogue: saytheCancel
command. Operable functions
Yo
u can use the LINGU ATRO NIC voice control
sy stem tooperate thefo llowing equipment
re ga rdless of thefe atures:
R Telephone R
Text messa ges
R Navigation
R Address book
R Radio
R Audio (memory card, Media Inter face, USB
and Blu etoo th®
audio)
R TV
R Vehicle Command types
A distinction is made between
thefo llowing
command types:
R Global commands can be said at any time
and rega rdless of the cur rent application,
e.g. theNavigate to, CallorText message to
commands.
R Application-specific commands are only
av ailable forth e active application. 1
Global commands
2 Application-specific commands
On the display next tothe active application,
va rying global commands and the cor responding
application-specific commands are displa yed on
an autocue. This makes ent ryeasier and sup‐
ports interactive operation. The list can be scrol‐
led or it can be operated byspeech or the con‐
troller/touchpad. Entering numbers
Ente
ring numbe rs:
R The numbers allo wed are zerotonine . 258
LINGUATRONIC

R
Telephone numbers can be entered as single
digits. Changing
the language setting Yo
u can change the language of LINGU ATRO NIC
via the sy stem language settings. If the set sys‐
te m language is not suppor tedby LINGUA‐
TRONIC, English will be selected.
LINGU ATRO NIC is available in thefo llowing lan‐
guages:
R German
R English
R French
R Italian
R Dutch
R Spanish Using LINGU
ATRO NIC ef fectively Au
dible help functions Yo
ure cei veinformation and help for:
R optimal operation: saytheHelp LINGUA-
TRONIC command
R cur rent application: presstheó button
on the multifunction steering wheel and say
th eHelp command
R continued dialogue: saytheHelp command
during a voice dialogue
R specific sy stem: call up the help command
fo rth e desired sy stem, e.g. Help telephone Speech
quality impr ovement If LI
NGUATRONIC does not unde rstand you:
R only operate LINGU ATRO NIC from the driv‐
er's seat.
R say the commands coherently and clearly,
but do not exaggerate thewo rds. R
preve nt loud noises, e.g. the blo wer,from
inter fering while you make an entr y.
R say thevo ice tag with the same intonation
when creating voice tags.
If an addre ss book entry voice tag is not rec‐
ognised:
R only crea tesensible address book entries in
th e sy stem/mobile phone, e.g. surname and
fi rs t name in the cor rect field.
R do not use any abbr eviations, unnecessary
spaces or special characters.
If a station list entry is not recognised:
R say theRead out station list command. Essential commands
Switch commands
Switch commands can be used
toopen cer tain
applications. The command selection can be
used rega rdless of the application that is cur‐
re ntly acti ve. LINGU
ATRO NIC 259

In
this lane, you will be able tocompl ete bo th
th e next change of direction and the one
af te rth at.
R Possible lane (gr eyarro w)
In this lane, you will on ly beabletocompl ete
th e next change of direction.
R App roaching new lane 3
During thech ange of direction, new lanes
may be added.
% Lane recommendations can also be dis‐
pl ay ed in the instrument display and in the
head-up displa y.
Destination reached
Once the destination is reached, you will see the
ch equered flag Í. Route guidance is finished.
When an intermedia tedestination has been
re ached, you will see the intermediate destina‐
tion flag with the number of your intermediate
destination Î. Afterth is, route guidance is
continued. Swit
ching navigation announcements on/off
Re quirements:
R aro ute has already been created
R route guidance is active #
Toswitch off: during a navigation announce‐
ment, press the8 button on the multi‐
function steering wheel.
or #
Press the controller on theright beside the
to uchpad.
The Spoken driving recommendations have
been deactivated. message appears. #
Toswitch on: displaythe navigation menu
(→ page 285). #
Select Driving recommendation .
In thefo llowing situations, navigation announce‐
ments are switched on automatically:
R thero ute is recalculated.
R the multimedia sy stem is switched off and
th en on again.
R theve hicle is restar ted. %
You can access and add this function as a
fa vo urite under Spoken driving recommenda-
tions on/off.
Swit ching navigation announcements on/off
during a phone call #
Select System. #
Select õAudio. #
Swit chDriving recommendations during
phone call onO or off ª.
Ad justing the volume of navigation
announcements
Re quirements:
R aro ute has already been created
R route guidance is active #
Press theW orX button on the multi‐
function steering wheel during a navigation
announcement.
or #
Turn the controller on theright beside the
to uchpad. Multimedia sy
stem 295

St
arting/ stopping mobile phone voice recog‐
nition
Re quirement:
th e mobile phone is connected tothe multime‐
dia sy stem (→ page 308).
St arting mobile phone voice recognition #
Press and hold theó button on the multi‐
function steering wheel for more than one
second.
Yo u can use mobile phone voice recognition.
St opping mobile phone voice recognition #
Press the8 or~ button on the multi‐
function steering wheel. Calls
Te
lephone operation
Multimedia sy stem:
, Telephone .
ª Contacts
Making a call #
Ente r a number. #
Select Dial number.
The call is made.
Ac cepting a call #
Select Accept.
Re jecting a call #
Select Reject.
Ending a call #
Select =.
Ac tivating functions during a call #
Toshow all functions, navigate down.
The following functions are available during a
call:
R End call
R Make additional call
R Keyboard (showtosend DTMF tones)
R Microphone off orMicrophone on
R Private Mode (an activecall in hands-free
mode is transfer redov er tothete lephone) Conducting calls with se
veral participants
Re quirements:
R there is an active call (→ page311)
R another call is being made
Switching between calls #
Select call #.
The selected call is active. The other call is
on hold.
Ac tivating or ending a call on hold #
Select Continue call orEnd call.
Conducting a conference call #
Select Create conference call inthete le‐
phone menu.
The new participant is included in the confe r‐
ence call.
Ending an active call #
Select =.
% On some mobile phones, the call on hold is
activated as soon as the active call is ended. Multimedia sy
stem 311