2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN Light

Head-up Display
Function of theH ead-up Display
The Head-up Displa yproject sinformation from
th en avigation sy stem and thed rive ra ssis tance
sy stem abo vethed ashboar dintot he driver's
fi eld of vision.
St andar ddispla ycontent
1Na vigation message s
2Current speed
3De tected instructions and traf fics igns
4Setspeed in thed rive ra ssis tance sy stem
(e.g. cruise control) Sy
stem limitations
The visibility is influenced bythef ollowing condi‐
tions:
RSeat position
RThe positioning of thed ispla yimage
RLight conditions
RWe troads
RObject sonthe displa ycover
RPo larization in sunglasses
% If parts of thed ispla yfade in thee vent of
ex treme sunlight, switc hthe Head-up Dis‐
pla yo ffand on again.
Switching theH ead-u pDispla yon/off
#Press button 1.
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CommandFunction
Text message to To
create amessage. All address book names ar eavailable.
Reply To
reply toam essage
Forward text message To
forw ardam essage
Vehicl ecom mandsYouc an use thev ehicle commands todirectly
cal lupt he cor responding menus fort he vehicle
settings.
Command Function
Ambien tlight To
displa yambient light settings
Display and styles To
sho wdispla ysettings
Assistance settings To
displa yassis tance settings
Scent To
displa yfragrancin gsettings
Energy flow To
displa yenergy flow settings
Ionization To
displa yionization settings
Climate control To
displa yclimat econtrol settings
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5

CommandFunction
Light To
displa ylight settings
Massage To
displa ymassag esettings
Engine data To
displa yengin edata
Seat To
displa yseat adjustmen tsettings
Consumption To
displa yconsum ption
Visualization To
displa yvisualization
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Voice Cont rolS ystem

Usethef ollowing editing functions:
R* orE
Changes toupper-case or lowe r-case letters
RÄ
Changes todigits and symbols
RB
Changes thel anguage
R45
Selectst he input line
R25
Movest he cursor within thei np ut line
RF
Dele tesac haracter or an entry
R&
Cancelsch aracter ent ry
Deleting acharacter or an entry
#Todel eteac haracter: whenFis highligh‐
te d, press thec ontroller.
#To del eteane ntry:when Fis highlighted,
press and hold thec ontroller until thee ntry
has been dele ted.
Confirming an entry
#Select ¡.
Entering character sonthetouchpad
Entering characters
#Use one finger towrit echaracter sonthe sur‐
fa ce.
The character is entered in thei np ut line. If
dif fere nt interpr etations ar epossible, charac‐
te rs uggestions ar edispla yed.
Selecting acharacter suggestion
#Vehicles without acontroller: swipe up or
down on thet ouchpad.
#Ve hicles with acontroller: turnthe control‐
ler.
#Press thet ouchpad.
#Resume character input.
The following editin gfunction scan be used:
R* orE Changes
toupper-case or lo wer-case letters
RÄ
Changes todigits and symbols
RB
Changes thel anguage
Rp
Selectst he input line
Mo vest he cursor within thei np ut line
R&
Cancels character ent ry
Selecting thei np ut line
#Select p.
#Swipe up or down.
Mo vest he cursor within thei np ut line
#Select p.
#Swipetothel eftorr ight.
Deleting characters
#When an input line is selected, swipe left.
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Multimedi asystem

Setting summer time
TheAutomatic Daylight Saving Time andDay-
light Saving Time options cannotbeselected in
all countries.
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.Time and Date
Au tomatic
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª Automatic Day-
light Saving Time.
Manual
#Select Daylight Saving Time.
#SelectOnorOff.
Settin gthe time and dat eformat
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.Time and Date.Set Format
#Se tthe dat eand time form at#.
Setting thet imem anually
Re quirement:
The Automatic Time Settings function is deacti‐
va tedorisn otsuppor tedinat ime zone. Multimedia sy
stem:
,System.Time and Date.Set Time
#Se tthe hours.
#Na vigat etot heright tosetthe minutes.
#Se tthe minutes.
#Confir mchanges when exitin gthe menu.
The dat eissetautomaticall yvia GPS.
Blue tooth®
Blue tooth®settings
Blue tooth®tech nology is astandar dfor short-
ra ng ew ireles sdatat ransfer up toappr oximately
32.8ft( 10m). Youc an use Blue tooth
®tocon‐
nect your mobile phonetot he multimedia sys‐
te ma nd use thef ollowing functions, fore xam‐
ple:
Rhands-free sy stem wit haccess tothef ollow‐
ing options:
-contacts (→pag e240)
-call lists (→pag e242)
-text message s(→page242)
RInterne tconnection (→page 249)
Rlistening tomusi cvia Blue tooth®audio
(→pag e265)
Rtransfer ring business cards (vCards) int othe
ve hicle
Blue tooth
®isar egis tere dt rademar kofBlue‐
toot hSpecial Interes tGroup (SIG) Inc.
% Interne tconnection via Blue tooth
®is not
av ailable in all countries.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gBluetooth
®
Multimedia sy stem:,System.ö Connectivity
#Activate Oor deacti vate ª Bluetoo th.
Wi -Fi
Wi-Fic on nectio noverview
Yo uc an use Wi-Fi toestablish aconnection with
aW i-Finetwo rkand toaccess theI nterne tor
an yo ther networ kdevice.
The following connection option sareavailable:
RWi -Fi connection
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Multimedia sy stem

TheWi-Fi connectio nise stablished wit ha
Wi -Fi-enable ddevice ,e.g.tot he cus tomer's
mobilep hone ortable tPC.
RMultimedia sy stem as aWi-Fihotspot
Using this function ,atable tPCorn otebook
fo re xamp le can be connec ted.
To establish aconnection ,you can use thef ol‐
lowing me thods:
RWPS PIN
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaaP IN.
RWPS PBC
The connectio ntoasecureWi-Finetwo rkis
mad ebyp ressing abutton (push button).
RSecurity key
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaas ecu rity key.
Setting up Wi-Fi
Re quirement:
The device tobe connec teds upports one of the
th re em eans of connection described. Multimedia sy
stem:
,System.ö Connectivity
Ac tivating/deactivatin gWi-Fi
#Activate Oor deacti vate ª Wi-Fi.
If Wi-Fi is deactivated ª,communication via
Wi -Fi toall devices is inter rupte d. This also
means that ac onnectio ntothe HERMES
communication module canno tbeestab‐
lished. Functions such as dynamicroute
guidance wit hLiveT raffic Info rmation are
th en una vailable.
Connecting them ultimedia sy stem wit ha
device via Wi-Fi
Thisf unction is available if aHERMESc ommuni‐
cation moduleisn otins talled.
The type of connection es tablished mus tbe
selected on them ultimedia sy stem and on the
device tobe connec ted.
% The connection procedur emaydiffer
dependin gonthe device. Followt he instruc‐
tions that ar eshown in thed ispla y.Fu rther
information (see them anufacturer's operat‐
ing instructions).
#Select Internet Settings .
#SelectSearch for Wi-Fi Networks.
#ViaW PS PIN: highlight aWi-Finetwo rkin
th el ist.
#Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PIN.
The multimedia sy stem generates an eight-
digitP IN.
#Enterthis PIN on thed evice tobe connec ted.
#Confir mthe entr y.
#By pressing abutton: highlight aWi-Finet‐
wo rkinthel ist.
#Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PBC.
#Select "Connec tvia WPS PBC" in theo ptions
on thed evice tobe connec ted.
#Press theW PS button on thed evice tobe
connec ted.
#Select Continue inthem ultimedia sy stem.
#Using asecurity key:highlight aWi-Finet‐
wo rkinthel ist.
#Select ¥Connec tUsing SecurityK ey.
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#Openthe" Tethering" menu on thed evice to
be connec tedino rder todispla ythe security
ke y( see them anufacturer's operating
instructions).
#En tert his security keyo nthe multimedia sys‐
te m.
#Confir mthe entr y.
% All device ssuppo rtas ecurity keyasa
mean sofconnection.
Device ha salread ybeen connec ted
#To automaticall yconnect: highlight aWi-Fi
networ kinthe list.
#Switch ¥Connect Automatically onO.
#Toconnect: highlightaWi-Finetwo rkinthe
list.
#Select ¥Connect .
The connection is es tablished again. These
function sarepossible when thed evice has
already been connected totheW i-Finetwo rk. Setting up
aWi-Fih otspot
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.ö Connectivity
Configuring them ultimedia sy stem as aWi-
Fi hotspot
The type of connection es tablished depends on
th ed evice tobe connec ted. The function must
be suppor tedbyt he multimedia sy stem and by
th ed evice tobe connec ted. The type of connec‐
tion es tablished mus tbeselected on them ulti‐
media sy stem and on thed evice tobe connec‐
te d.
#Select Set Up Hotspot .
#Togenerat eaW PS PIN: selectGenerate
WPS PIN.
#En tert he PIN shown in them ultimedia sys‐
te md ispla yont he device tobe connec ted.
#Confir mthe PIN.
#Toenter theW PS PIN: selectEnter WPS
PIN.
#En tert he PIN whic hisshown on thee xternal
device's displa yonthe multimedia sy stem.
#Select OK.
#Toconnect bypressin gabutton: select
Connect via WPS PBC.
#Press thep ush button on thed evice tobe
connec ted.
#Select Continue.
#Toconnect via asecurity key:select Con-
nect Using Security Key .
#Selectthev ehicle from thed evice tobe con‐
nec ted. The vehicle is displa yedw itht he
SSID MB Hotspot XXXXX.
#Enter thes ecurity keyw hichiss hown in the
multimedia sy stem displa yonthe device to
be connec ted.
#Confir mthe entr y.
Fu rther configuration menus
In these menus youc an modify theW i-Fihotspot
settings.
#To generat eanewsecurity key:select
Generate Security Key .
Ac onnection will be es tablished wit hthe
newly created security key.
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Multimedia sy stem

#Sayan avigation command, e.g. "traf ficm ap
on" or "navigation map on".
Ro uteg uidancew ith trafficr epo rts
Tr af ficr eports ar ereceived via Liv eTraffic Info r‐
mation.
#Ac tivat ethe desired routet ype.
#To displ aytraf ficr epo rtsint he naviga‐
tionm ap or traf ficm ap:select ¥
Options.
#Select Map Content .
#Traffic Incidents, Free FlowandTraffic
Delays :switch onO.
Tr af ficr eports ar edispla yedass ymbols,
color lines or text.
RTraf fici ncidents ,e.g. roadwor ksor acci‐
dents
RLocal area reports, e.g. fog
RWa rning messages, e.g. mo torist sd riving
agains tthe tra ffic flow or unsaf eaccident
sites, ar ehighlighted when approaching
and depending on thes etting ar eaudibly
announced
RTr af ficf lowi nformation, e.g. traf ficj am or
free flow
RTr af ficd elay s( display ed inthet raffic
map)
Tr af ficr eports ar edispla yedint he navigation
map fort he cur rent route. The traf ficm ap
also contains traf ficr eports from outside of
th er oute.
Telephone
Telephony
Telephone menu overview
1Blue tooth®device name of thec urrently
connected mobil ephone
2Mobil ephone networ kprovider
3Sig nalstrengt hofthe mobile phone network
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