2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SALOON radio

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Toselect a radio station: swipe upwards or
down wards on the left-hand touch cont rol.
Selecting the frequency range or station pre‐
set #
Press the left-hand touch cont rol. #
Toselect the frequency range/station
prese t:swipe upwards or down wards on the
left-hand touch cont rol. #
Press the left-hand touch cont rol. Media playback using
the on-boa rdcompu ter On-board computer:
, Media 1
Media source
2 Current track and track number
3 Name of artist (e xamp le)
4 Name of album
The folder name also appears on the displa y. #
Tochange trac kson an active media
source: swipe upwards or down wards on the
left-hand touch cont rol. Changing a media source #
Press the left-hand touch cont rol. #
Toselect a media source: swipe upwards
or down wards on the left-hand touch cont rol. #
Press the left-hand touch cont rol. Dialling
telephone numbers using the on-
board compu ter Re
quirements:
R The mobile phone is connec tedto the multi‐
media sy stem.
On-board computer: , Telephone &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion 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. 260
Instrument Display and on-board computer

Overview and operation
Overview of
the multimedia sy stem 1
Touch Control
2 Display
3 Main function but ton group (→ page 268)
4 Controller 5
Control knob, adju ststh evo lume and
switches the sound on or off
6 Ü button, switches the multimedia sys‐
te m on or off
7 Touchpad Note
s onthe 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 319).
Au tomatic temperature-cont rolled switch-
off feature: ifth ete mp erature is too high, the
brightness is initially reduced automatically. The
display may then switch off comple tely for a
while. %
Ifyo u are wearing polarised sun glasses, it
may be dif ficult toread the displa y. Central control elements
overview 1
Touch Control
2 Controller
3 Touchpad
The list sho wsoperating options and pr ovides
operating examples.
Controller
R slide 1 left orright
- selects a radio station 264
Multimedia sy stem

-
calls up a li st
R slide 4 up or down
- highlights a preset in thest ation
- selects a sy stem language
R slide 2 diagonally
- movesth e crosshair across the map
R turn 3
- sound: sets the treble, mid-range and
bass
- Selecting a favo urite
- connects a mobile phone: selects a
mobile phone from the list of de tected
mobile phones
R press 7
- Storing radio stations
- con firm s a selection or entry
To uch Control and touchpad (sin gle-finger swipe)
R swipe left orright
- selects a radio station
- calls up a list R
swipe up or down
- highlights a preset in thest ation
- selects a sy stem language
R swipe diagonally
- movesth e crosshair across the map
R press
- Storing radio stations
- con firm s a selection or entry
To uchpad (t wo-finger swipe)
R turn right or left using two fingers
- tone settings: adjusts the treble, mid-
ra nge and bass
R movetwo fingers apart ortoge ther
- changes the map scale (zoom in or out) 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. Multimedia sy
stem 265

Switching
the sound on/off #
Tomute: pressvolume control 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 volume control 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
On Touch Control #
Select a character in thech aracter bar.
Depending on theta rget entry , either a full
set of characters is available or, alternativel y,
only those characters that are available on
th e basis of thech aracters that ha vealready
been entered. Multimedia sy
stem 271

Displaying Blu
etoo th®
audio equipment
details
Multimedia sy stem:
, Media .
Media .
Bluetooth
audio .
Options .
Bluetooth audio devices #
Highlight Blue tooth®
audio equipment and
navigate totheright. #
Select Details. Ra
dio Switching on the
radio Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio #
Alternatively: press the$ button.
The radio display appears. You will hear the
last station pla yed on the last frequency
band selected. Ra
dio overview 1
Memory preset
2 Display of radio station selec ted
3 Main display field with available stations and
re leva nt information
4 Artist and track displ ay Setting
the frequency band Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio .
Waveband #
Select the frequency band. Selecting a
radio station Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio
Using the main display field #
Toselect a station: navigate tothe left or
ri ght.
Using the cur rent station list #
Press theto uchpad or cont roller.
The station list appears with thest ations cur‐
re ntly available. #
Select thest ation.
Using direct ent ry #
Select Options . #
Select Direct entry . #
Select the frequency band. #
Ente rth e frequency of the desired station in
th e entry field.
or #
Select Station preset. Multimedia sy
stem 301

#
Enter thest ation preset of the desired sta‐
tion. #
Select ¬.
Using the preset position #
Select Preset. #
Select Enter preset. #
Enterth est ation preset of the desired sta‐
tion. #
Select ¬.
Using the sear chfunction #
Select è. #
Enter the sear chterm. #
Select ¬.
The results are displa yed. #
Select thest ation. Calling up
thera dio station list Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio #
Press theto uchpad or cont roller.
The station list appears.
% Each frequency range has its ownstation list
with thest ations that can cur rently be
re cei ved.
Ra dio station list with EPG (FM/DABradio
mode) #
Select Options . #
Select Current station list with EPG . #
Select a station. #
Toswitch between Current programme and
Programme preview: navigate tothe left or
th eright. Sorting
thera dio station list Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio .
Options #
Select Sort station list . #
Select a sorting option. St
oring radio stations Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio #
Select Preset. #
Select Save current station . #
Select a location forst oring thest ation.
or #
Inradio mode, press and hold theto uchpad
or cont roller until the preset list appears. #
Select a location forst oring thest ation. 302
Multimedia sy stem

Editing
radio station presets Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio .
Preset .
Edit station preset
Deleting stations #
Highlight a preset entry and navigate tothe
ri ght. #
Select Delete highlighted station/channel .#
Select Yes.
Moving stations #
Highlight a preset entry and navigate tothe
ri ght. #
Select Move highlighted station/channel. #
Select a location forst oring thest ation. Ac
tivating/deactivating the pres ets view Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio .
Preset #
Select Station presets view: on .
The radio station preset appears. #
Toswitch between stored stations: navi‐
ga te to the left or right.
or #
Select Station presets view: off.
The frequency band of thest ation cur rently
being pl ayed appears. Setting
station tracking Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio .
Options .
Station tracking
The following options are available:
R Automatic: the multimedia sy stem switches
to alternative frequencies across all fre‐
qu ency bands.
R Digital : switches toalternative frequencies in
th eDA B frequency band.
R Analogue: switches toalternative frequencies
in the FM frequency band.
R Fix frequency: an alternative frequency is not
set. The multimedia sy stem maintains the set
frequency when reception is poo r. #
Select an option.
% The settings are usually stored and taken
into account when calling up a preset again. Switching on
the frequency fix function (FM
ra dio mode) Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio .
Options #
Select Fix frequency .
The multimedia sy stem maintains the set fre‐
qu ency when reception is poo r. Ta
gging music trac ks Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio .
Options
If ra dio stations pr ovide there leva nt information,
th is function allo wsyouto trans fer information
on the music track cur rently pl aying toan
Apple ®
device. You can then pur chase the audio
fi le from theiTunes Store ®
. #
Select Tag this track.
The track information is sa ved. Multimedia sy
stem 303

Displaying
the artist and track Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio .
Options #
Select Display artist and track. #
Switch on Oa function. Switching traf
fic announcements on/off Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio .
Options .
TA #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª the function.
or #
Press and hold the8 button on the mul‐
tifunction steering wheel until theTA display
in thest atus line lights up or goes out. Displ
aying station information Re
quirements:
R Radio stations pr ovide there leva nt informa‐
tion. Multimedia sy
stem:
, Radio #
Select Information.
Ad ditional information is displa yed.
Re turning tothe main display #
Select Information. Sound
To
ne settings Information about
the sound sy stem
The sound sy stem has a total output of 100
wa tts and is equipped wi th7 spea kers. It is av
ailable for all functions in thera dio and media
modes.
Calling up the sound menu
Multimedia sy stem:
, Media .
à
The following functions are available:
R Equaliser
R Balance/Fader #
Select the sound menu.
Ad justing treble, mid and bass settings
Multimedia sy stem:
, Media .
à .
Equaliser #
Select thero tary menu. #
Change the settings. #
Toexitth e menu: pressthe% button.
Ad justing the balance/ fader
Multimedia sy stem:
, Media .
à .
Balance/Fader #
Adjust the balance and fader. #
Toexitth e menu: pressthe% button. 304
Multimedia sy stem