2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN Owner's Manual

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

Overviewand operation
Overvie wofthe multi media sy stem
1Swit ches thes ound on or off
2Dec reases thev olume
3Incre ases thev olume
4Touc hC ontrol
5Media display
6ß, $,Õ,%, Øbuttons, calls
up main functions
7Cont roller
8Cont rolk no b, adjusts volume and switches
th es ound on or off
9Ü button, switches them ultimedia sys‐
te monoro ff
ATouchpad
To uc hC ontrol 4,controlle r7 andt ouchpad
A arec entral cont rols.
Note sont he media dis play
* NO
TEScratching of thed isplay
The displa yhasah ighly sensitive, high-gloss
sur face. The reisar isk of it becoming
scratched.
Av oid touchingt he displa y.
Obser vethen otes on cleaning.
Obser vethen otes on caring fort he interior
(→pag e289). Au
tomatic temperature-cont rolled switch-
of ff eature: ifth et emperatur eistoo high, the
brightness is initiall yreduced automatically .The
media displa ymaythen switc hoffcomple tely for
aw hile.
% Ifyo ua rewe aring polarize dsungl asses,i t
ma ybed ifficul ttor eadthem edia displa y.
Central controls overview
1To uc hC ontrol
2Controller
3Touchpad
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Touc hC ontrol
Operating Touc hC ontrol
#Toselect amenu item: swipe up, down, left
or right on Touc hC ontrol 1.
#PressTouc hC ontrol 1.
#Toopen alist: press Touc hC ontrol 1.
#Toclose alist: press the2 button.
#Tocall up them enu list/f avorite s: hold
button 2.
#Tomo vethed igita lmap:swipe in any
direction.
Setting thes ensitivity
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.Entry.Touch Control
Sensitivity
#Select Fast,Medium orSlow .
Operating thec ontroller
1% button, toretur ntot he previous dis‐
pla y(press brief ly), to cal lupt he basic menu
(press and hold)
2ò button, tocal lupm ainf unctions and
fa vo rite s
3Controller
Controller operatin goptions:
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Multimedia sy stem

#Turn 3 leftorr ight.
#Slide 1 leftorr ight.
#Slide 4 up or down.
#Slide2 diagonally.
#Press 7brief lyor press and hold.
To uchpad
Operating thet ouchpad
Re quirement:
Fo rv ehicles wit hacontro ller:the touchpad is
swit ched on (
→pag e220).
1Touchpad
2© button, calls up main functions and
fa vo rite s
3D button, calls up thea udio menu
4% button, returns tothep reviou sdisplay
Yo uc an navigat einmenus and lists via touch-
sensitiv esurface 1 byusing asingle-finger
swipe.
#To select them enu item: swipe up, down,
lef torr ight.
#Press touchpad 1.
#Toopen or close lists: swipe leftorright.
#Tomo vethed igita lmap:swipe in any
direction.
Use thef ollowing functions wit hatwo-finger
swipe:
#To call up them enu bar: swipe down with
tw of ingers.
#To zoo minand out of the map: movetwo
fi nger stogether or apart.
Setting thes ensitivity
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.Entry
#Select Touchpad Sensitivity.
#SelectFast,Medium orSlow .
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Handwritingrecognition: switch ingther ead-
alou dfunction on/off
Multimedi asystem:
,System.Audio
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª Read Out
Handwriting Recognition .
Handwriting recognition: selecting an input
langua ge
#Pressthet ouchpad when entering charac‐
te rs.
#Select B.
#Select an inpu tlan guage.
Main functions
Calling up main functions
#1 ß button, switches navigation on
#2$ button, switches ther adio on
#3 Õ button, switches thea udio source
on
#4 % button, switches telephonem ode
on
#5 Ø button, calls up vehicle functions
Alternativel y:
#Whentheb asic menu of amain function is
shown, press the% button.
#Toselect amain function: swipe leftor
ri ght on thet ouchpad.
#Press thet ouchpad.
Calling up lists and menus on them ultimedia
sy stem
Calling up alist
#Call up amain function (→page220).
#To open alist: swipe lef tonthetouchpad.
The lis tisopened.
#Toselect amenu item: swipe up or down
on thet ouchpad.
#Press thet ouchpad.
Favo rite s
Overvie woffavorites
Fa vorite so ffer youq uicka ccess tofrequently
use dapplications. It is possible tocreate atotal
of 20 favo rite s.
The following function sareavailable:
Radd pre-defined favo rite sfrom thef ollow‐
ing categories:
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-Navigation
-Phone
-Media
-Radio
-Connect
-Vehicle
-System
Raddyour ow nfavorites
Rrenam eafavorite
Rmo veafavo rite
Rdele teafavorite
Rrestor ea llFa vorite ss ettings
Calling up favo rite s
#Press the© button.
The main function saredispla yed.
#Na vigat edownwards once.
Leavingt heFavo rite sm enu
#Press the© button. Ad
ding afavorite
Ad ding apre-de fined favo rite
#Press the© button.
The main function saredispla yed.
#Na vigat edownwards twice.
The Favorite sm enu appears .
#SelectReassign.
The catego ries ar edispla yed.
#Select acategor y.
The favo rite sa redispla yed.
#Select afavo rite .
#Ad daf avorit eatt he desired position.
If af avo rite has already been added at this
position, it will be overwritten.
Ad ding your ow nfavo rite (exa mp le)
#Select Vehicle.
#SelectFull Screen:C onsumption.
#Press and hold the© button until the
fa vo rite sa redispla yed.
#Ad daf avorit eatt he desired position.
Re naming afavorite
#Press the© button.
The main function saredispla yed.
#Na vigat edownwards once.
#Select afavo rite .
#Na vigat edownwards once.
The Favorite sm enu appears .
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#SelectRename .
#Entercharacters.
#To confir mthe ent ry:select ¡.
Moving afavo rite
#Press the© button.
The main function saredispla yed.
#Na vigat edownwards once.
#Select afavo rite .
#Na vigat edownwards once.
The Favorite sm enu appears .
#SelectMove.
#Movethef avo rite to thed esired position.
Deleting afavo rite
#Press the© button.
The main function saredispla yed.
#Na vigat edownwards once.
#Select afavo rite .
#Na vigat edownwards once.
The Favorite sm enu appears .
#Todel ete: select Delete.
#Select Yes.
#Toresto reall favo rite s: select Reset All.
Ap romp tappears.
#Select Yes.
Fa vorite sw ill be restored tofactor ysettings.
Switchin gthe sound on/o ff
#Toswitc hoff:press cont rolk no b1.
The 8 symbol appear sinthestatus line.
Yo uw ill also hear traf fica nnouncements and
navigation announcements even when the
sound is muted.
#To switc hon:chang ethe media source or
adjus tthe volume.
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Multimedia sy stem