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

Adjustin gthe volume
#Turn control knob 1.
The volume of thec urrent radio or media
source is set. Youc an se tthe volume of
ot her sound sources separatel y.
Ad jus tthis in thef ollowing situations:
Rduring atraf fica nnouncement
Rduri nganavigation announcement
The volume of then avigation announce‐
ment changes in accordanc ewitht he vol‐
ume of thec urrent media sou rce.
Rduring atelephone call
#Alternativel y:select System.
#Select Sound.
#Selectvolume settings.
#Se tthe volume.
Entering characters
Using thec haracter input function
The following function sareavailable:
Rselectin gacharacter in thec haracter bar.
Rwriting acharacter on thet ouchpad.
Character input can be star tedw ithac ontrol
and resumed wit hanother.
#On theT ouc hControl and controller:
select acharacter in thec haracter bar.
Depending on thed estination entered, the
fo llowing is available:
Rthef ull se tofcharacters
Rcharacter swhicha reuseful fort he cur‐
re nt inpu tstring
Other character saregray ed out.
#On thet ouchpad: selectacharacter in the
ch aracter bar.
or
#Wr itet he character sonthetouch-sensitive
sur face of thet ouchpad.
Handwriting recognition suppo rtsy ou by
means of character suggestions and aread-
aloud function.
Character scan be entered usingt hefollowing
me thods:
Rusing akeywo rdsear chforat rack or artist
Rconnecting them obile phone tothem ultime‐
dia sy stem byentering thep assk ey
Rentering aphone number
Rentering aweb address
Entering character susin gthe controller
Entering characters
#Turn 3,s lide1 or4 and press
th ec ontroller.
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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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Confirminganentry
#Pressthet ouchpad.
Sy stem settings
Display
Configuring displa ysettings
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.G Display and Designs
Designs
#Select Designs.
#SelectSport,Classic orProgressive.
Ad ditional displ ayarea
Depending on thev ehicle, various items of addi‐
tional information can be shown. The additional
displa yareac omprises thel eft-hand or right-
hand thirdoft he displa y.
#SelectAdditiona lDisp .Area .
The following displa ycontent can be selected:
RDynamic
RNavigation Map
RConsumption
RTime and Date
Displ aybrightness
#Select Display Brightness.
#Selectabrightness value.
Switching thed ispla yoff/on
#Off: select Display off .
#Switchon setting.
#On: press abutton, e.g. %.
Displa ydesign
#Select Day/Night Design.
#SelectAutomatic, Day Design orNight
Design.
Time and date
Setting thet imea nd da teautomatically
Multimedi asystem:
,System.Time and Date.Automatic
Time Settings
The cor rect time is requ ired fort he following
functions:
RRo uteg uidance wit htime-dependentt raffic
guidance
RCalcul ation of expected time of ar riva l
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
Setting thet imez one
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.Time and Date.Time Zone:
Al istofc ountri es is displa yed.
#Select acount ry#.
Depending on thec ount ry,t ime zones are
displa yed.
#Select atime zone.
The time zon esetis displa yeda fter Time
Zone:.
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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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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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Whenanew security keyiss aved, all existing
Wi -Fi connections ar ethen disconnected.
#To save asecurity key:select Save.
COMAND Touch
Au thorizing aCOMANDT ouchdevice
Re quirements
RThe COMAND Touc hA ppisins talled on the
ex tern al devic e(e.g. tablet) whic histobe
used as aRear Seat En tertainment unit.
RWi -Fi is acti vated(→pag e227)and them ul‐
timedia sy stem is confi gured asaWi-FiH ot‐
spo t(
→page 228).
Multimedi asyst em:
,System.COMAND Touch
Connecting anew device
#Select Authorize aNew Device.
#Select Connec tNew Device.
As ecurity keyisd isplayed.
#En tert he security keyint he extern al device.
The Please start COMAND Touchony our
device and follow th einstructions. The App
is availabl eintheApp Store. message
appears
Selecting an alread yconnected device
#Select Authorize aNew Device.
The devices already connec teda redispla yed.
#Select Continue Using Connected Devices.
The Please start COMAND Touch on your
device and follow the instructions. The App
is available in the App Store. message
appears
Ac tivating/deactivatin gCOMAN DTouch
ch ild saf etyl ock
Multimedias ystem:
,System.COMAND Touch
Child saf etyl ock
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª Parental Con-
trol.
The content displa yedont heextern al device
can only be setonthe multimedia sy stem.
Sy stem language
Note sont he system language
This function allo wsyoutod etermine thel an‐
guag efor them enu displa ysand then avigation
announcements. The selected languag eaffects
th ec haracter savailable fore ntr y.The navigation
announcement sarenota vailable in all lan‐
guages. If alanguag eisnotavailable, then aviga‐
tion announcements will be in En glish.
Setting thes ysteml anguage
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.Language
#Se tthe language.
% Ifyo ua reusingA rabic map data, thet ext
information can also be shown in Arabic on
th en avigation map. Todo so, select ةيبرعلاas
th el anguag efromt he languag elist. Naviga‐
tion announcements ar ethen also made in
Arabic.
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Settingthed istance unit
Multimedia sy stem:,System.Units
#Select kmormi.
#Switch Additional Speedometer onO fora
displa yinthe multifunction displa y.
Data importand export
Dat aimp ort/expor tfunction
The following function sarepossible:
Rtransfer ring da tafrom one sy stem or vehicle
to ano ther sy stem or vehicle.
Rcreating abacku pc opyofy our personal data
and loading it again.
Rpr otecting your personal dat aagains tunw an‐
te de xpo rtwit hP IN pr otection.
Yo uc an either use an SDcardoraU SBstorage
device as temp orar ystora ge . Importing/exporting data
* NO
TEDat aloss
#Do no tremo vethed atas tora ge
medium when dat aisbeingexpor ted.
Mercedes-Benzisn otliable fora ny loss of
data.
Re quirementsRThe vehicle is stationar y.
RThe ignition is switched on or thev ehicle has
been star ted.
RThe SD car disinserted(→pag e257)ort he
USB device is connecte d(→page259).
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.System Backup
#Select Import Data orExport Data.
Importing
#Select adatas torage medium.
Ap romp tappear sasking whe ther your eally
wish to overwrit ethe cur rent da ta.Ifd ata
originates from an other vehicle, this is recog‐
nized duri ng datareading.
The multimedia sy stem is restar tedo ncet he
dat ahas been impor ted.
% Current vehicle settings can be edited af ter
th ei mp ort.
Exporting
If PIN pr otection is activated, your PIN is reques‐
te d.
#En tery our four-digit PIN.
#Select adatas torage medium.
The dat aisexported. The dat aexpo rtmay
ta ke severalm inutes.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gPINprotection for
data export
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.System Backup
#To activate: activatePIN Protection O.
#Enteryour four-digit PIN.
#En tery our four-digit PIN again.
PIN protection is activated when bo thPINs
match.
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