A phone number from the phone book is used as
an example.
XCall up the phone book (Ypage 100).
XSearch for the contact and display the phone
number: (Ypage 100).
XTo add a telephone number as a favorite
at the desired position: press and hold the
favorites button on the controller until the
favorites are displayed.
XTurn and press the controller.
If there is already a favorite at this position, it will be deleted and replaced by a new one.
Renaming favorites
XPress the favorites button on the controller.
The favorites are displayed.
XTo select a favorite to be renamed: turn the
controller.
XTo show the menu bar: slide6the con-
troller.
XTo select Rename: turn and press the control-
ler.
XEnter characters using the controller
(Ypage 29) or the touchpad (Ypage 25).
XTo finish the entry: selectOK.
The favorite has been renamed.
Moving favorites
XPress the favorites button on the controller.
The favorites are displayed.
XTo select a favorite to be moved: turn the
controller.
XTo show the menu bar: slide6the con-
troller.
XTo select Move: turn and press the controller.
XTo store a favorite in the desired order:
turn and press the controller.
If a favorite is stored over another favorite, the
favorite underneath is deleted.
Deleting favorites
XPress the favorites button on the controller.
The favorites are displayed.
XTo select a favorite to be deleted: turn the
controller.
XTo show the menu bar: slide6the con-
troller.
XTo select Delete: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select Yes: turn and press the controller.
The favorite is deleted.
XIf you select No, the process will be canceled.
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Overviewand operation
Text reader settings
XPress theØbutton.
or
XPress Vehiclein the main function bar.
The vehicle menu is displayed.
XTo select System Settings: slide6, turn
and press the controller to confirm.
A menu appears.
XTo select Text Reader Speed: turn and
press the controller.
A list appears.
XSelect Fast,Mediumor Slow.
The #dot indicates the current setting.
Voice Control System settings
Opening/closing the help window
i
If the set system language is not supported
by the Voice Control System, English will be
selected.
The help window also shows you information on
audible instructions:
Rduring individualization
Rduring subsequent operation of the Voice
Control System
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 to confirm.
A menu appears.
XTo select VoiceControl: turn and press the
controller.
XSelect Help Window.
You have switched the help window on Oor
off ª.
More information on the Voice Control System
is available in the separate operating instruc-
tions.
Individualization
Using individualization, you can fine-tune the
Voice Control System to your own voice. This
will help improve voice recognition (see the sep-
arate operating instructions).
WiFi
Overview
Establishing a WiFi connection between the mul-
timedia system and a WiFi-enabled device, such
as a tablet computer or smartphone, requires
the following:
RWiFi must be activated on the multimedia sys-
tem and on the device to be connected.
If the multimedia system is to be used as a WiFi
hotspot:
RThe multimedia system must be connected to
an Internet-enabled mobile phone via Blue-
tooth
®or USB.
RThe Internet access data for the mobile phone
network provider must be selected or set in
the multimedia system.
RAn Internet connection must be established
on the multimedia system.
Activating WiFi
XTo select Vehiclefrom the main function bar:
turn and press the controller.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XSelect System Settings.
The System Settingsmenu is displayed.
XSelect WiFi.
The WiFi menu appears.
XSelect Activate.
XPress the controller.
Switch the connection on Oor off ª,
depending on the previous setting.
Connecting the device
General notes
iThe exact WiFi connection procedure may
vary depending on the device to be connec-
ted. Follow the instructions that are shown in
the display. Further information; see the man-
ufacturer's operating instructions.
Connecting a device via WPS PIN
Requirement: for this type of connection, the
device to be connected must support "Connect
using WPS PIN".
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System settings
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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
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available, the navigation announcements will
be in English.
iWhen you set the system language, the lan-
guage of the Voice Control System will
change accordingly. If it is not supported by
the Voice Control System, English will be
selected.
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 Language: turn and press the con-
troller.
The list of languages appears. The #dot indi-
cates the current setting.
XSelect the desired language.
The multimedia system loads the selected
language and sets it.
Calling up and editing the Favorites
function
The Favorites function can, depending on the
vehicle equipment, be called up as follows:
Rvia the System Settingsmenu
Rvia the Favorites button on the controller
(Ypage 22)
Rvia the Favorites button on the touchpad
(Ypage 22)
Calling up the Favorites function via the sys-
tem menu
XPress the Øbutton.
or
XPress Vehiclein the main function bar.
The vehicle menu is displayed.
XTo select System Settings: slide6and
press the controller.
A menu appears.
XTo select Favorite Functions: press the
controller.
The favorites are displayed.
XTo select the desired function, e.g. Phone‐book: turn and press the controller. Calling up the Favorites function via the
controller or touchpad
XPress the Favorites button on the controller or
touchpad.
The favorites are displayed.
XTo select the desired function, e.g. Phone‐book: turn and press the controller.
Exiting the Favorites function
XPress the Favorites button again.
or
XPress the %button.
Further information on favorites (
Ypage 32).
Importing/exporting data
General notes
!
Never remove the stick or card when writing
data to the USB stick or the memory card. You
may otherwise lose data.
Using this function you can do the following with
your personal data:
Rtransfer your data from one multimedia sys-
tem to another multimedia system
The transfer may be limited or not possible,
depending on the vehicle's equipment.
Rmake a backup copy of your personal data
(export data) and load it again (import data)
Rprotect your data from unwanted export by
activating a PIN prompt (presetting: deacti-
vated ª)
You can either use an SD card or a USB storage
device (e.g. a USB stick) as temporary storage.
You can obtain further information on data
import and export from an authorized
Mercedes-Benz Center.
40Importing/exporting data
System settings
Personal music files in the MEDIA REGISTER
cannot be saved and imported again using this
function.
Mercedes-Benz is not liable for any loss of data.
Reset function
You can reset the multimedia system to the fac-tory settings. This includes the deletion of all of
your personal data on the multimedia system.
These include, for example:
RStation presets
REntries in the destination memory
REntries in the list of previous destinations in
the navigation system
REntries in the address book
RAuthorized telephone
In addition, an activated PIN protection, which
you have used to protect your data against
unwanted export, will be deactivated. Resetting
is recommended before selling or transferring
ownership of your vehicle, for example.
Data on the internal hard drive, e.g. music files in
the MEDIA REGISTER, will be deleted.
Mercedes-Benz is not liable for any loss of data.
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 to confirm.
A menu appears.
XTo select Reset: turn and press the controller.
A prompt appears asking whether you wish to
reset.
XSelect Yes.
A prompt appears again asking whether you
really wish to reset.
XSelect Yes.
A message appears. The multimedia system
is reset to the factory settings and restarted.
42Reset function
System settings
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.
Introduction
Important safet ynotes
GWARNING
If you operat einformation systems an dcom-
munication equipment integrated in th evehi-
cl e whil 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 eth eequipment when th etraffic
situation permits. If you are no tsur ethat this
is possible, par kth evehicle payin gattention
to traffic condition san doperat eth eequip-
men twhen th evehicle is stationary.
You mus tobserv eth elegal requirements fo rth e
country in whic hyou are currentl ydrivin gwhen
operatin gth emultimedia system.
The multimedia syste mcalculates th erout eto
th edestination without taking th efollowin ginto
account, fo rexample:
Rtraffic lights
Rstop an dyield signs
Rmergin glanes
Rparking or stoppin gin ano parking/n ostop-
pin gzone
Rother road an dtraffic rule san dregulation s
Rnarrow bridge s
The multimedia syste mmay giv eincorrec tnav-
igation commands if th eactual street/traffic
situation doe sno tcorrespon dwit hth edigita l
map's data. Fo rexample, arout emay hav ebee n
dive
rted or th edirection of aone-way stree tmay
hav echanged . Fo
rthis reason ,you mus talways observ eroad
an dtraffic rule san dregulation sdurin gyour
journey. Road an dtraffic rule san dregulation s
always hav epriorit yover th esystem' sdrivin g
recommendations.
Navigation announcement sare intended to
direc tyou whil edrivin gwithout divertin gyour
attention from th eroad an ddriving.
Please always use this feature instead of con-
sultin gth emap display fo rdirections. Lookin g
at th eicon sor map display can distract you from
traffic condition san ddriving, an dincrease th e
ris kof an accident.
General notes
Operationa lreadines sof th enavigation
syste m
The navigation syste mmus tdetermin eth eposi-
tion of th evehicle befor efirst use or wheneve r
operational status is restored .Therefore, you
may hav eto drive fo r awhil ebefor eprecise
rout eguidance is possible.
GP Sreception
Amon gother things, correc tfunctionin gof th e
navigation syste mdepends on GPS reception .In
certain situations, GPS reception may be
impaired, there may be interferenc eor there
may be no reception at all, e.g. in tunnels or
parking garages .
iUsing roof carriers may impair th ecorrec t
functionin gof aroof antenn a(phone, satellite
radio, GPS).
Entry restriction
Fo rvehicles in certain countries, there is adat a
entr yrestriction .
The restriction is active from avehicle speed of
abov eapproximately 3mph (5 km/ h).As soon
as the speed falls below approximately 2 mph
(3 km/h), the restriction becomes inactive.
When the restriction is active, certain entries
cannot be made. Menu items are shown in gray
and cannot be selected.
For example:
Rentering the destination city and street
Rentering a destination via the map
52Introduction
Navigation
XAsa contact: selectAs New Contact.
XSelect Not Classified,Homeor Work.
XEnter a surname and first name (Ypage 29).
XTo select OK: turn and press the controller.
The destination address issaved inthe
address book as a nav igablecontact.
Starting route calculation
:To view the vicinity of the destination
The entered destination appears inthe address
entry menu.
XTo confirm StartorContinue: press the
controller.
If you select Start
: the route iscalculated
wit h the current route settings (Ypage 53).
While route calculation is inprogress, an
arrow willindicate the direction to your des-
tination. Once the route has been calculate d,
route guidance begins. Ifthe veh icle istrav-
elin g on a non- digitized road, the system dis-
plays the linear distance to the destination,
the dire ction to the destination and the Road
Not Mappedmessage.
Selection Continue
:If Calculate Alter‐native Routesis activated, alternative
routes are calculated (Ypage 54). You can
displ ay these and select them for route guid-
ance (
Ypage 75).
If route guidance has already been activated,
a prompt willappear asking whether you wish
to end the current route guidance.
XTo select YesorSet as IntermediateDestination: turn and press the controller.
Yescancels the current route guidance and
starts route calculation to the new destina-
tion.
Set as Intermediate Destination
adds
the new destination in addition to the existing
destination and opens the intermediate des-
tinations list.
iThe route is calculated using the digital map
data. The calculation time depends on the
distance from the destination, for example.
The calculated route may differ from the ideal
route, e.g. due to roadworks or incomplete
map data. Please also refer to the notes about the digital map (
Ypage 86).
XTo call up the free destination search:
select èby sliding 6, turning and press-
ing the controller inthe address entry menu.
XTo view the vicinity of the destinat ion:to
select :, turn and press the controller.
You can explore the destination area.
Requirement for exploring a destination
(USA): mbrace must beactivated for Internet
access (
Ypage 119).
Requirement for exploring a destination (Can-
ada): a mobile phone is connected to the mul-
tim edia system via Bluetooth
®(Ypage 91)
or USB (Ypage 155).
Free destination search
Entering keywords
The free destination search isused to help find
destinations using fragments of words. The des-
tination search istolerant of errors.
It can be used for an address or a POI. For exam-
ple, you can search for the Empire State Building
in New York.
The free destination search fin dsgeographically
tolerant hits. If, for example, you are searching
for a street located on the edge of a major city, the search will also cover adjacent smaller cit-
ies.
The free destination search supports languages
using Latin characters.
58Destination entry
Navigation
XTo switch to navigation mode:press the
Ø button.
XIf no route guidance is active, select Desti‐nation.
iIf route guidance is active, first slide6the
controller and show the menu.
XSelect Free Destination Search.
XEnter the first few letters of the city and
street, e.g. NEWandEMP.
While entering the information, the number of
exact matches/all hits is shown.
---/---
is displayed if fewer than three char-
acters have been entered.
999+
is displayed if there are too many hits.
XSelect the ¬symbol.
The search results are displayed
(
Ypage 59).
Selecting search results
The search results are divided into categories,
such as addresses. The number of exact/total
hits is shown in brackets.
Further search results are displayed, if POI
Searchand/orFuzzy Searchare activated in
the search options (Ypage 59).
XTo select Addresses: press the controller.
The search results are displayed. Exact hits are shown at the very top of the list.
Hits are listed alphabetically. The search term
that you entered is highlighted in orange in the
entries.
XSelect an entry: turn and press the controller.
The address entry menu appears, showing the
destination address.
XTo start route calculation:
selectStart.
XTo select a POI: selectPOIsintheVicin‐
ityorAll POIsby turning and pressing the
controller.
A list appears. The search results are dis-
played according to the linear distance, start-
ing with those closest.
XSelect a POI.
The POI is shown.
XTo start route calculation: select Start.
XTo use online search:selectOnline
Searchby turning and pressing the control-
ler.
The search switches to the online functions.
Online search requirement (USA): mbrace
must be activated for Internet access
(
Ypage 119).
Requirement for the online map display (Can-
ada): a mobile phone is connected to the mul-
timedia system via Bluetooth
®(Ypage 91)
or USB (Ypage 155).
Selecting search options
XTo switch to navigation mode: press the
Ø button.
XIf no route guidance is active, select Desti‐nation.
iIf route guidance is active, first slide6the
controller and show the menu.
XSelect Free Destination Search.
XTo select Search Options: slide5, turn
and press the controller.
XSelect Fuzzy SearchorPOI Search.
Switch the setting on Oor off ª.
The error-tolerant search is useful if parts of
the address are incomplete or the spelling is
unclear.
The POI search takes into account points of
interest in the search.
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Navigation
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