2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN phone

#Toswitc hont he powersupp ly:press but‐
to n1 (USA) or 2(Canada )once.
Yo uc an no wactivat et he windshield wiper,
fo re xamp le.
The po wersupp lyis switched of fagain if thef ol‐
lowing condition sareme t:
RThe driver's door is open.
RYoup ress butto n1 (USA) or 2(Canada)
twice.
#To switc hont he ignition: press button1
(USA) or 2(Canada) twice.
The indicator lamps in thei nstrument clus ter
light up.
The ignition is switched of fagain if one of the
fo llowing condition sismet:
RYo udon otstar tt he vehicle within
15 minutes.
RYoup ress butto n1 (USA) or 2(Canada)
once.
St arting thev ehicle
Starting thev ehicle wit hthe start/s topb ut‐
to n
Requ irements
RThe SmartK eyis located in thev ehicle and
th eS martK eybatter yisnotdischar ged.
#Shif tthe transmission toposition jori.
#Depress theb rake pedal and push button 1
(USA) or 2(Canada) once.
#Ifth ev ehicle does no tstart:s witc hoffnon-
essential consumer sand press button 1
(USA) or 2(Canada) once.
#Ifth ev ehicle still does no tstart:s tart the
ve hicle in emer gency operation mode.
Coolin gorheatingthe vehicl einterior before
st arting thej ou rney
If yo us tart thev ehicle via your smartphone, the
pr ev iousl yselecte dclimat econtrol setting is
active.
Befor estarting, mak esure:
RThe legal stipulation sinthe area wher eyour
ve hicle is par kedp ermit engin estartin gv ia
smartphone.
RIt is saf etostart and runt he engine where
yo ur vehicle is par ked.
RThe fuel tank is suff icientlyfilled.
RThe star terb atter yhas been suf ficiently
ch arge d.
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Driving and pa rking

Starting thev ehicle using asmartphone
&
WARNING Risk of crushing or entrap‐
ment duetou nintentional startin goft he
engine
Limbs could be crushed or trapped if the
engine is star tedu nintentionall yduring
service or maintenanc ework.
#Alw ayss ecur ethe engine agains tunin‐
te ntional startin gbefor ecarrying out
maintenance or repair work.
Re quirementsRPark position jis selected.
RThe anti- thefta larms ystemisn otarmed.
RThe panic alar misnotarmed.
RThe hazar dwarning lightsa reswitched off.
RThe engin ehood is closed.
RThe door sareclosed and loc ked.
RThe windo wsand slidings unroof ar eclosed.
#Startt he vehicle using thes martphone:
RYouc an car ryout amaximum of tw oconsec‐
utiv estartin ga ttem pts.
RYo uc an stop thea gain vehicle an ytime.
Securing thee ngine agains tstarting be fore
car rying out maintenance or repair work:
#Switc hont he hazar dwarning lights.
or
#Un loc kthe doors.
or
#Open theh ood.
St arting thev ehicle in eme rgency operation
mode
If th ev ehicle canno tbestarted, thePlace the
Key in the Marked Space See Operator's Manual
displa ymessag eappear sinthe multifunction
displa y.#Makesuret hat stow ages pace 2is em pty.
#Re mo veSmartK ey1 from thek eyring.
#Place Smart Key1 inthes towa ge space 2.
The vehicle will star ta fter as hor twhile.
If yo ur emo veSmartK ey1 from stowage
space 2thee ngine continues running .For
fur ther vehicle starts ho wever,SmartK ey1
mus tbel ocated in stowages pace 2during
th ee ntir ejourne y.
#Have SmartK ey1 checkedataq ualified
specialis tworks hop.
If th ev ehicle doe snotstar t:
#Lea veSmartK ey1 instow ages pace 2.
Drivin gand parking 12
9

#Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y.
Youm usto bserv ethe legal requirements fort he
countr yinwhich youa recur rentl yd riving when
operating theo n-boar dcomputer.
% The on-boar dcomputer displa ysappear in
th em ultifunction displa y(
→page197).
Theo n-board compu teriso perated using Touch
Control ;and bac kbutto n: onthel eft-hand
side of thes teering wheel. The
following menus ar eavailable in theI nstru‐
ment Displa y(standard):
RService
RAssistance
RTrip
RNavigation
RRadio
RMedia
RPhone
RHUD
The following menus ar eavailable in theI nstru‐
ment Displa yintheWidescreen Cockpit:
RService
RDriveAssist
RTrip
RNavigation
RRadio
RMedia
RPhone
RDisp. Content
RHead-up Disp.
The menus can be called up from them enu bar
in them ultifunction displa y.
#Tocall up them enu bar: presstheb ack
button.
#To scroll through them enu bar: swipeto
th el eftorr ight-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Tocall up them enu or confir mthe selec‐
tion: press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC on‐
trol.
#To scroll through displa ysor lists in the
menu: swipe upwards or down wardsont he
left-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
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Instrument Displa yand on-boar dcomputer

#Pressthel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Dialing telephone number susing theo n-
boar dcompu ter
Re quirementsRMobile phonec onnectedtot he multimedia
sy stem
On-boar dcomputer:
,Phone
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐
vie wf orthei nstrument displa yintheWide‐
screen Cockpit (
→pag e195).
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tions equipment integ ratedint hevehicle
when driving, youw ill be dis tracted from the
traf fics ituation. Thisc ould also cause yout o
lose control of thev ehicle.
#Onl yoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits.
#Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y.
Whentelephoning, youm usto bserv ethe legal
re qu irements fort he countr yinwhichyou are
cur rentl yd riving.
Ve hicles with COMAND: The mostrecentt ele‐
phone connection s(dialed, receive dand missed
calls) ar edispla yedint hePhone menu.
#Toselect atelephone number: swipe
upwards or down wardsont he left-hand side
of Touc hC ontrol.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
The telephonen umber is dialed.
The following displa ysma yappear ins tead of the
te lephonen umbersdialed:
RPlease Wait... :the applicationiss tarting.
When aBluetoot h®connection tothem obile
phone is no testablished, them enu for
authorizin gand connectin gamobile phonei sdispla
yedint he multimedia sy stem
(
→pag e237).
RUpdating data...:t he call listisbeing upda‐
te d.
RImporting Contacts...:t he contacts fromthe
mobil ephone or from astorage medium are
impor ted.
Setting displa ycontent
On-boar dcomputer:,Disp. Content
% This function is onl yavailable forv ehicles
wit haW idescreen Cockpit.
Yo uc an select thef ollowing displa ycontent:
RTa ch ome ter( displa ysettings CLASSIC and
Sport)
RPo we rm eter (displa ysettings CLASSIC and
Sport)
RDat e(displa ysetting Progressiv eonly)
RNavigation displa ys
RECO display
Instrument Displ ayand on-boar dcomputer 203

Operating safety
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tions equipment integ ratedint hevehicle
when driving, youw ill be dis tracted from the
traf fics ituation. Thisc ould also cause yout o
lose control of thev ehicle.
#Onl yoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits.
#Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y.
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from oper‐
ating mobil ecommunication equipment
while thev ehicle is in motion
If yo uo perat emobile communicatio nequip‐
men twhen drivin g,youw ill be dis tracted
fromthet raffic situation. This could also
cause youtol ose control of thev ehicle.
Onl yoperat ethis equipment when thev ehi‐
cle is stationar y.
Fory our owns afet y, alwa ys obser vethef ollow‐
ing points when operating mobile communica‐
tions equipment and especiall yyour voice con‐
trol sy stem:
RObser vethel egal requ irements fort he coun‐
tr yinw hichyou ar edriving.
RWhile driving, only oper atem obile communi‐
cationse quipment and your voice control
sy stem when thet raffic condition spermit it.
Yo um ayotherwise be distracted from the
traf ficc onditions and cause an accident,
injuri ngyourself and others.
RDo no tuse thev oice control sy stem in an
emer gency as your voice can chang eand
yo ur telephonec all can be unnecessarily
dela yed.
RFa miliarize yourself wit hthe voice control
sy stem function sbefor estartin gt he journe y.
Operation
Operating them ultifunction steering wheel
The Voice Cont rolS ystemiso perational appr ox‐
imatel ythirty seconds af tert he ignition is
switched on.
18 Switches thes ound off/on (ends the
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem)
2ó Starts theV oice Control Sy stem
36 Makes/accepts acall
4~ Rejects/end sacall( en ds theV oice
Control Sy stem)
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Voice Cont rolS ystem

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
Voice Cont rolS ystem 209