2017 MERCEDES-BENZ C-Class manual

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Buttons and controller
Overview
:Navigation button
;Radio button
=Media button
?Telephone and address book button
AVehicle and system settings button
BBack button
CFavorites button
DAdjusts the volume or mutes
ESwitches the multimedia system on/off
FController
Example shown with touchpad
For Mercedes-AMG vehicles with a switchable AMG Performance exhaust system:
DRTurning: adjusts the volume
RPressing: switches the multimedia system on/off
EAdjusts the volume of the AMG sports exhaust system (see the vehicle Oper-
ator's Manual)
20Overview
Overview and operation

For Mercedes-AMG vehicles with a switchable AMG Performance exhaust system:
DRTurning: adjusts the volume
RPressing: switches the multimedia system on/off
EAdjusts the volume of the AMG sports exhaust system (see the vehicle Oper-
ator's Manual)
Back button
You can use the%button to exit a menu or to
call up the basic display of the current operating
mode.
XTo exit the menu: briefly press the%
button.
The multimedia system changes to the next
higher menu level in the current operating
mode.
XTo call up the basic display: press the%
button for longer than two seconds.
The multimedia system changes to the basic
display of the current operating mode.
Controller
The controller in the center console lets you:
Rselect menu items on the display
Renter characters
Rselect a destination on the map
Rsave entries
The controller can be:
Rturned 3
Rslid left or right 1
Rslid forwards or back 4
Rslid diagonally2
Rpressed briefly or pressed and held 7
Favorites button
With the favorites button, you can select, add or
edit favorites.
XPress the favorites button on the controller.
The favorites are displayed.
XTo select a favorite: turn and press the con-
troller.
Other functions (
Ypage 32).
Touchpad
Multimedia system with touchpad: alternatively,
you can use the touchpad to select and enter
information (
Ypage 22).
Multifunction steering wheel
:Multifunction display
;Right control panel
=Left control panel
Left control panel
òRCalls up the main menu
9
:Press briefly:
RScrolls in lists
RSelects a menu or function
RIn the Radio/Mediamenu: opens
the track or station list and selects
a station, an audio track or a video
scene
RIn the Telephonemenu: switches
to the phone book and selects a
name or a telephone number
Overview21
Overview and operation

Selecting the operating mode for a
main function
You can select the available operating modes for
the main functions, e.g. telephone.
In the telephone menu, you can:
Rswitch to telephone mode
Rcall up the address book
Rcall up the Digital Operator's Manual for the
telephone
XPress the%button.
If telephone mode was the last mode selec-
ted, the telephone menu appears.
XTo call up the menu: press the%button
again.
or
XTo select Phone: slide5and press the con-
troller.
A menu appears. Phone
is at the front.
XTo selectAddress Book, for example: turn
and press the controller.
Character entry (telephony)
Writing a text message is used as an example.
Further information on writing a text message
(
Ypage 115).
XTo select a character: turn and press the
controller.
The character selected in character bar ;is
entered into telephone number input line :.
XTo delete a character:to switch to the bot-
tom line of the character bar: slide 6the
controller.
XTo select: turn and press the control-
ler.
The character last entered is deleted.
XTo switch input line: to switch to the bottom
line of the character bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select 5, turn and press the controller.
or
XSlide 5the controller repeatedly until the
character bar disappears.
XTo select the input line for the text of the
text message: slide6and press the con-
troller.
The input line for the text of the text message
is selected. The character bar has been adap- ted for entering text.
XTo select a character: turn and press the
controller.
The character selected in character bar ?is
entered into text message input line =.
XTo delete a character:to switch to the bot-
tom line of the character bar: slide 6the
controller.
XTo select: turn and press the control-
ler.
The character last entered is deleted.
XTo delete a whole entry: to switch to the
bottom line of the character bar: slide 6the
controller.
XTo select: turn the controller.
XPress and hold the controller until the entire
entry is deleted.
Character entry (telephony)29
Overview and operation

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.
You mus tobserv eth elegal requirements fo rth e
country in whic hyou are currentl ydrivin gwhen
operatin gmobile communication sequipment in
th evehicle.
Display settings
Setting th ebrightness
The brightness detecte dby th edisplay ligh tsen -
sor affects th esetting option sfo rthis function .
XPress theØ button.
or
XPress Vehicl ein themain function bar .
The vehicle men uis displayed.
XTo selec tSystem Settings:slid e6 ,turn
an dpress th econtroller to confirm .
A men uappears .
XTo selec tDispla y:turn an dpress th econ-
troller.
A men uappears .
XSelectBrightness.
A contro lappears .
XSelectth edesire dbrightness.
Display design
The display feature soptimize ddesign sfo rday-
time an dnight-time operation .You can set th e
design by manually selecting day or night design
or opt fo ran automatic setting .
XPress theØ button.
or
XPress Vehicl ein themain function bar .
The vehicle men uis displayed.
XTo selec tSystem Settings:slid e6 ,turn
an dpress th econtroller to confirm .
A men uappears .
XTo selec tDispla y:turn an dpress th econ-
troller.
A men uappears .
XSelectDa yMode,Nigh tModeor Auto.
The #dot indicates th ecurren tsetting .
DesignExplanation
DayModeThe display is set perma-
nently to day design .
NightModeThe display is set perma-
nently to night design .
AutomaticIn theAutomati csetting,
th emultimedia syste m
evaluates th ereadings
from th eautomatic vehi-
cl e ligh tsensor an dauto-
matically switches th edis -
play design .
34Display settings
System settings

SettingFunction
AutomaticThe summer and
standard time are
automatically
changed over.
OnThe clock is advanced
one hour ahead of
standard time.
OffThe standard time for
the chosen time zone
is selected.
Manual time setting
Using the manual time settings, you can set the
time forwards or backwards by up to several
hours.
XPress theØbutton.
or
XPress Vehiclein the main function bar.
The vehicle menu is displayed.
XTo select Time: slide6, turn and press the
controller.
A menu appears.
XTo select Set Time Manually: turn and
press the controller.
A menu with an analog clock appears.
XTo set the hour: turn the controller.
XTo highlight minutes: slide 9the control-
ler.
XTo set minutes: turn and press the controller. The time is accepted.
The Automatic Time Settings
function is
deactivated ª.
If Automatic
is set for the summer time
changeover, a prompt will appear asking
whether the automatic changeover should be maintained between summer and winter
time.
iIf
Automatic Time Settingsis reactiva-
ted, the previous settings for time zone and
summer time changeover are restored.
Setting the time and date format
Use this function to set the time and date format for all displays in the vehicle.
XPress the Øbutton.
or
XPress Vehiclein the main function bar.
The vehicle menu is displayed.
XTo select Time: slide6, turn and press the
controller.
A menu appears.
XTo select Format: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select the desired date format: turn and
press the controller.
The #dot indicates the current setting.
XTo select the desired time format: turn and
press the controller.
The #dot indicates the current setting.
AbbreviationMeaning
YYYY/MM/DDYear/Month/Day
date format, year (all
four digits)
YY/MM/DDYear/Month/Day
date format, year
(two digits)
MM/DD/YYYYMonth/Day/Year
date format, year (all
four digits)
DD/MM/YYYYDay/Month/Year
date format, year (all
four digits)
HH:MM (24 hrs)Hours:Minutes
(24 hour time format)
HH:MM (AM/PM)Hours:Minutes
(AM/PM time format)
36Time settings
System settings

XSelectSystem Settings.
The System Settingsmenu is displayed.
XSelect WiFi.
The WiFi menu appears.
XSelect Change SSID.
A dialog for entering the SSID appears.
XEnter the new SSID.
XSelect ¬.
XPress the controller.
From now on, when establishing a connec-
tion, the vehicle will be shown with the new
SSID both on the device to be connected and
in the Connect
UsingSecurityKeymenu.
iDevice connections established using the
previous SSID will no longer work after the
SSID is changed. You have to reconnect these
devices (
Ypage 37).
Bluetooth®settings
General information about Blue-
tooth®
Bluetooth®-capable devices, e. g. mobile
phones, need to comply with a certain profile in
order to be connected to the multimedia sys-
tem. Every Bluetooth
®device has its own spe-
cific Bluetooth®name.
Bluetooth®technology is a standard for short-
range wireless data transmissions up to approx-
imately 10 m.
Yo u can use Bluetooth
®to connect your mobile
phone to the multimedia system, for example:
Ruse the hands-free system
Restablish an Internet connection
Rlisten to music using Bluetooth®Audio
Rexchange vCards
Bluetooth®is a registered trademark of Blue-
tooth Special Interest Group (SIG) Inc.
Activating/deactivating Bluetooth®
X
Press the Øbutton.
or
XPress Vehiclein the main function bar.
The vehicle menu is displayed.
XTo select System Settings: slide6, turn
and press the controller.
A menu appears.
XTo select Activate Bluetooth: turn and
press the controller.
This switches Bluetooth
®on O or off ª.
Automatic volume adjustment
General information
With the AutomaticVolumeAdjustmentfunc-
tion, the volumes of different audio sources are
adjusted for each other, to compensate for rel-
ative differences in volume.
For example: changing from a relatively quiet to
a relatively loud radio station. The volume for
both stations sounds the same. Manual read-
justment of the volume is not required.
The Automatic Volume Adjustment
function
is deactivated ªwhen the vehicle leaves the
factory. Using this function, the dynamic range
of the music is slightly reduced. To make the
most of the audiophile sound quality, it is rec-
ommended to leave it off.
Switching the automatic volume
adjustment on/off
XPress the Øbutton.
or
XPress Vehiclein the main function bar.
The vehicle menu is displayed.
XTo select System Settings: slide6, turn
and press the controller.
A menu appears.
XTo select Automatic Volume Adjustment:
turn and press the controller.
Switch the Automatic Volume Adjustment
function on Oor off ª.
Setting the system language
This function allows you to determine the lan-
guage for the menu displays and the navigation
messages. The selected language affects the
characters available for entry.
iThe navigation announcements are not
available in all languages. If a language is not
Setting the system language39
System settings
Z

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.
You mus tobserv eth elegal requirements fo rth e
country in whic hyou are currentl ydrivin gwhen
operatin gmobile communication sequipment in
th evehicle.
Vehicl esettings
Calling up vehicle settings
XPress th eØ button.
or
XPress Vehicl ein themain function bar .
The vehicle men uis displayed.
XTo selec tVehicle Settings:press th econ-
troller.
The Vehicl eSettings
men uis active .
XTo selectth edesire dvehicle setting :turn an d
press th econtroller .
The main are awit hth esetting elemen tis
active .
Selecting adifferent vehicle setting:
XTo activat eth emen ufo rselecting th evehicle
setting :slid e5 thecontroller . Exiting th
evehicle settings :
XTo select& :slid e6 andpress th econ-
troller.
Ambien tlighting
General notes
You can set th efollowin gfo rth eambien tlight-
ing:
RBrightness
Thi ssetting makes an additional change to
th ebrightness of th eambien tlighting .
RColor
Thi ssetting changes th ecolor of th eambien t
lighting .
Setting th ebrightness
XCall up VehicleSettings(Ypage 43).
XTo selec tAmbien tLigh tBrightness:turn
an dpress th econtroller .
The setting elemen tis active .The brightness
valu eis displayed.
XTo change th ebrightness value: turn th econ-
troller.
You can fin dfurther information on th einterio r
lighting in th evehicle Operator's Manual.
Setting th ecolor
XCall up VehicleSettings(Ypage 43).
XTo selec tAmbien tLigh tColo r:turn an d
press th econtroller .
The setting elemen tis active .
XTo selec t acolor :turn an dpress th econtrol-
ler .
You can fin dfurther information on th einterio r
lighting in th evehicle Operator's Manual.
Switching th edisplay lighting on/of f
If thevehicle is no tequippe dwit hth e"Ambien t
lighting "package, you can turn th edisplay light-
in g on or of fwit hthis function .
Vehicle settings43
Vehicle functions
Z

XCallupVehicle Settings(Ypage 43).
XTo select Ambient Light: Display: turn
and press the controller.
The function switches on or off, dependin g on
the previous setting.
iThe brightness can beadjusted using the
controller on the rotary light switch.
You can find further information on the interior
lighting inthe veh icleOperator's Manual.
Setting the easy entry and exit feature
This function makes getting inand out of your
veh icle easier.
XCall upVehicle Settings(Ypage 43).
XTo select Easy Entry/Exit: turn and press
the controller.
The setting element isactive.
XTo change the setting: press the controller.
You can find further information on the easy
entry and exit featureinthe veh icleOperator's
Manual.
Activating/deactivating the acoustic
locking verification signal
You can also set an audiblesignal to confirm
that the veh iclehas been locke d.
XCallupVehicle Settings(Ypage 43).
XTo select Acoustic Lock Feedback: turn
and press the controller.
The function switches on or off, dependin g on
the previous setting.
You can find further information on the locking
feature inthe veh icleOperator's Manual.
Switching the seat belt adjustment
on/off
TheBeltAdjustmentfunction adjusts the driv-
er's and front passenger seat beltto the upper
body of the occupants.
XCallupVehicle Settings(Ypage 43).
XTo select Belt Adjustment: turn and press
the controller.
The function switches on or off, dependin g on
the previous setting. You can find further information on seat belt
adjustment in the vehicle Operator's Manual.
Switching the automatic mirror fold-
ing function on/off
When the
Automatic Mirror Foldingfunc-
tion isactivated, the outside mirrors fold in auto-
matically as soon as you lock the vehicle from
the outside. The outside mirrors fold out auto-
matically again as soon as you unlock the veh i-
cle.
XCall up Vehicle Settings(Ypage 43).
XTo select Automatic Mirror Folding: turn
and press the controller.
The function switches on or off, depending on
the previous setting.
You can find further information on the auto-
mat icfolding mirror function inthe vehicle Oper-
ator's Manual.
Switching locator lighting on/off
If you switch on the Locator Lightingfunc-
tion, the exterior lighting is switched on for a
short time when it is dark. The light switch must
be set to Ã; see the vehicle Operator's Man-
ual.
The exterior lighting remains on for 40 seconds
after the vehicle is unlocked. When you start the
engine, the locator lighting is switched off and
the automatic driving lights are activated.
XCall up Vehicle Settings(Ypage 43).
XTo select LocatorLighting: turn and press
the controller.
XPress the controller.
The function isswitched on or off, depending
on the previous status.
You can find further information on the locator
lighting in the vehicle Operator's Manual.
Activating/deactivating the auto-
matic door locking mechanism
The vehicle islocked automatically when the
ignition is switched on and the vehicle istravel-
ing faster than walking pace.
44Vehicle settings
Vehicle functions