2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN Command

Drivingand pa rking .................................. 127
Driving ........................................................ 127
DY NA MIC SELECT switc h............................1 34
Au tomatic transmission .............................. 135
Manual gearshiftin g................................... .137
Gearshif trecommendatio n......................... 138
Using kickdown .......................................... 138
Re fueling .................................................... 138
Pa rking ...................................................... .140
Driving and driving saf etys ystems .............. 147
Instrument Displa yand on-board
compu ter.................................................. 194
Instrument display overview. ...................... 194
Overvie wofthe buttons on thes teering
wheel ......................................................... .195
Operating theo n-boar dcomputer .............. 195
Displ aysint he multifunction displa y........... 197
Ad justing thei nstrument lighting ............... .197
Menus and submenus ................................. 198
Head-up Displa y......................................... 205
Vo ice Control Sy stem .............................. 206
Operating saf ety. ........................................ 20 6Operatio
n................................................... 206
Using Voice Cont rolS ysteme ffecti vely ...... 208
Essential commands .................................. 208
Multimedias ystem ................................... 217
Overvie wand operation .............................. 217
Sy stem settings .......................................... 225
Na vigation .................................................. 233
Te lephone. .................................................. 23 5
Online an dInterne tfunctions ..................... 249
Media ......................................................... 256
Ra dio .......................................................... 268
Sound .........................................................2 74
Maintenanceand care ............................. 277
ASS YSTP LUSs ervice inter vald ispla y....... .2 77
Engine compartment .................................. 278
Cleaning and car e....................................... 28 4
Breakdow na ssistance ............................ 292
Emergency .................................................. 292
Ve hicle tool kit ............................................ 293
Flat tir e.......................................................2 94Batter
y(vehicle) ......................................... 299
To ws tartin gort owing away ....................... 304
Electrica lfuses ........................................... 308
Wheel sand tires ....................................... 311
No ise or unusual handlin gcharacteristics ... 311
Re gular checking of wheels and tires ......... .311
No tesons nowc hains .................................3 12
Ti re pressur e............................................... 312
Loading thev ehicle .................................... .319
Ti re labeling ................................................ 323
Definitions fort ires and loading ................. 328
Changing awheel. ...................................... 331
Tech nical data .......................................... 340
No tesont echnical dat a.............................. 340
Ve hicle electronics .....................................3 40
Ve hicle identification plate, VIN and
engine number ...........................................3 42
Operating fluids .......................................... 344
Ve hicle dat a................................................ 350
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5WIncrease sthe volume
6X Decreases thev olume
Voice prom pting
#To star torc ontinue adialog: pressthe
ó button on them ultifunction steering
wheel.
Yo uc an sa yacomman dafter an acoustic
signal.
#To cor rect an entry :sa yt he Correction
command.
#To select an entr yfromt he selection lis t:
sa yt he line number or thec onte nts.
#Tobrows ethe selection lis t:sa yt he Con-
tinue orBack command.
#Tointer rupt thed ialog: sayt he Pause com‐
mand.
#To cancel thed ialog: sayt he Cancel com‐
mand.
Operable functions
Yo uc an use theV oice Control Sy stem tooperate
th ef ollowing equipment, depending on thev ehi‐
cle's equipment:
RTe lephone
RText message s
RNavigation
RAddress book
RRadio
RAu dio (memor ycard, Media Inter face, USB
and Blu etoo th®audio)
RVe hicle
Command types
Ad istinction is made between thef ollowing
command types:
RGlobal commands can be said at anytime
and rega rdless of thec urrent application,
e.g .the Navigate to ,Call orText message to
commands.
RApplication-specific commands areo nly
av ailable fort he activ eapplication.
1Global commands
2Application-specific commands
On thed ispla ynexttot he activ eapplication,
va rying global commands and thec orresponding
application-specific commands ar edispla yedo n
an autocue. This makes ent ryeasier and sup‐
ports interactiv eoperation. The lis tcan be scrol‐
led or it can be operated byspeec horthe con‐
troller/touchpad.
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Entering numbers
Entering numbe rs:
RThe number sallowe da rezero tonine .
RTelephonen umberscan be entered as single
digits.
Changing thel anguag esetting
Yo uc an chang ethe languag eoftheVoice Con‐
trol Sy stem via thes ysteml anguag esettings. If
th es etsystem languag eisnotsuppor tedbyt he
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem, En glish will be selecte d.
The Voice Cont rolS ystemisa vailable in En glish,
Fr enc hand Spanish.
Using Voice Control Sy stem ef fectively
Au dibl ehelpf unctions
Your eceiv einformatio nand help for:
ROptima loperation: sayt he Help Voice Con-
trol System command.
RCurrent application: presstheó button
on them ultifunction steering wheel and say
th eHelp command.
RContinued dialog: sayt he Help command
during avoice dialog.
RSpecific sy stem: call up theh elp command
fo rt he desired sy stem, e.g. Help telephone.
Speechquality impr ovement
Ifth eV oice Control Sy stem does no tunder‐
st and you:
ROnly operat ethe Voice Cont rolS ystemf rom
th ed rive r's seat.
RSa ythe commands coherently and clearly,
but do no texaggerat ethe words.
RPr eve nt loud noises ,e.g.t he blo wer,from
inter fering whil eyou mak eanentry.
RSa ythe voice tagw itht he same intonation
when creating voice tags.
If an addre ss book entr yvoice tag is no trec‐
ognized:
ROnly creat esensible address book entries in
th es ystem/mobile phone, e.g. surname and
fi rs tn am eint he cor rect field.
RDo no tuse an yabbr eviations, unnecessary
spaces or special characters.
RCreat easpeaker-dependentv oicetag,ifn ec‐
essar y.
RPress theó button on them ultifunction
st eering wheel when thed esired name is
re ad out.
If as tatio nliste ntr yisn otrecognized:
RSa ve as peaker-dependentv oicetagf or the
st ation.
RSa ythe Read out station list command.
RPresstheó button on them ultifunction
st eering wheel when thed esired statio nis
re ad out.
Essential commands
Switch commands
Switchcommands can be used toopen cer tain
applications .The command selection can be
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Voice Cont rolS ystem

usedrega rdless of thea pplication that is cur‐
re ntly acti ve.
Command Function
Navigation To
switc hton avigation mode
Map To
switc htom ap display
Address book To
switc htoa ddress book
Telephone To
switc htot elephone mode
Text message To
switc htot extm essage s
Radio To
switc htor adio mode
Media To
switc htom edia mode
USB To
switc htoU SB
Memory card To
switc htom emorycard
Internet application To
star taM ercedes-Ben zonline application. The applicatio nmustbec alledupbyt ouchoncep rior
to use.
Mercedes-Ben zApps To
switc htoM ercedes-BenzA pps
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CommandFunction
Connect To
switc htoInterne tmode
Vehicle To
switc htov ehicle settings
System settings To
switc htos ystems ettings
Na vigation commandsWith th enavigation commands, youc an ente r
POIs or con ventional addresses as well as make
impor tant navigation settings.
Command Function
Navigate to

CommandFunction
Navigate to contact Destination ent
ryto ac ontact in thea ddress book
Enter country
Enter city
Enter district
Enter street
Enter intersection
Enter house number
Enter ZIP code To
enter acountry /city/district/street/intersection/house number/ZIP code
Nearest restaurant
Nearest parking lot
Nearest rest are awithr estrooms
Nearest gass tation To
sear chforn earb yrestau rants, parkin gspaces and gass tations
Last destinations To
select adestination from thel istofl aste ntered destinations
Alternativ eroutes To
switc hrout eguidance toano ther route
St art rout eguidance To
star tr out eguidance af tere ntering avalid destination
Cance lrouteg uidance To
cance lrout eguidance
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CommandFunction
Guidance instruction son
Guidance instruction soff To
switc hthe routeg uidance voice output on/off
Sho wtraffic map
Hide traffic map To
switc hthe traf ficm ap on/off
Switch on POI symbols
Switch off POI symbols To
switc hthe POI symbols displa yonthe map on/off
Telephone commandsYouc an use thet elephone commandstom ake
phone call sorsearchthrough thea ddress book.
Command Function
Call To
mak eap hone call .All add ress book names ar eavailable.
Call To
mak eap hone call.
Find contact To
sear chfora nd displa yacontact. All add ress book names ar eavailable.
Last phonen umber To
displa ythe las tcall
Redial number To
select thel astp hone number dialed
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Voice Cont rolS ystem

Radio commandsRadio commands can also be used when the
ra dio application is running in theb ackg round.
Comm and Function
Station To
cal lupr eceivable or sa veds tations
Direct frequenc
yentry
Next station
Previouss tation To
switc htot he next available station
Sav estation St
atio niss avedint hestatio nlist
Show statio nlist To
displa ythe names of all receiva blestations
Read out statio nlist To
listentot he names of all receiva blestations
Traffic informatio non
Traffic informatio noff To
switc hthe traf fici nformation service on/off
Radioi nfo on
Radioi nfo off To
switc hthe cur rent statio ninformation on/off
Media pla yerc om mandsMedi aplaye rc ommands can also be used when
th em edia pla yerisr unningint he bac kground.
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