2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN Sound

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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Conductingaconference call
#Select CreateC onference Call inthet ele‐
phone menu.
The ne wparticipant is included in thec onfe r‐
ence call.
Endin gana ctivecall
#Select =.
% On some mobil ephones, thec all on hold is
activated as soon as thea ctiv ecall is ended.
Incoming call during an existing call (call
wa iting)
Re quirement:
Ther eisana ctivecall (
→pag e239).
If yo ur eceiv eacall while already in acall, a
messag eisdisplayed. An acoustic signal also
sounds.
#Select Accept .
The incoming call is active. The pr evious call
is on hold.
#Select Reject.
% This function and behavior depends on your
mob ilephonen etwo rkprov ider and the mobil
ephone (see them anufacturer's oper‐
ating instructions).
Contacts
Information about thec ontactsm enu
The con tacts menu contains al lcontacts from
ex istin gdatas ources, e.g. mobile phoneo r
memory card.
It is possible tostor eupto6 ,000 contacts:
R3,000 entries ar efor permanently sa vedc on‐
ta cts.
R3,000 forc ontacts loaded from them obile
phone.
Fr om thec ontac ts menu ,you can per form the
fo llowing actions:
RTe lephoneo peration (→page241)
RNa vigation
RWritin gm essages (→page241)
If am obile phone is connected tothem ultimedia
sy stem (
→pag e237)and automatic retrie val
(→pag e240) is activated, them obile phone's
conta cts ar edispl aye dint he address book. Downloading mobile phone contacts
Multimedia sy
stem:
,Phone.Z Options.Open
Contacts Automatically
Au tomatic
#All ow automatic download O.
Manual
#Deactivat eautomatic download ª.
#SelectOpen Contacts.
Calling up contacts
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.ª Contacts
The following option sareavailable fors earching
fo rc ontacts:
RSear chbyname
RSea rchbyi nitials
RSearchbyphone number
#Enterc haracter sintot he sear chfield.
As election of possible conta cts appears.
Entering mor echaracter sintot he sear ch
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Sendingtext messages
#Select Send Text Message .
Re plyin gtoat extm essage
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.i Text Message
#Select atextm essage .
#Select¥.
#SelectReply.
Calling atextm essag esender
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.i Text Message
#Select atextm essage .
#Select¥.
#SelectCall Sender.
Deleting text messages
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.i Text Message
#Select ¥.
#SelectDelete.
Apple CarPlay™
Overvie wofApple CarPlay™
iPhone®function scan be used via them ultime‐
dia sy stem using Apple CarPlay™. It is operated
using thec ontroller or theS iri
®voice-opera ted
control sy stem.
Onl yone mobile phone at atime can be connec‐
te dv ia Apple CarPlay™ tothem ultimedia sys‐
te m.
The availabilityofA pple CarPlay™ ma yvary
accordingtot he country.
The service pr ovider is responsible fort his appli‐
cation and thes ervices and conte nt connected
to it.
Connecting an iPhone
®via Apple CarPlay™
Re quirements
RApple CarPlay™ can be used wit hApple
operatin gsystemv ersion iOS 8.3 or abo ve.
RThe full rang eoff unctions forA pple Car‐
Play™ is only possible wit hanInterne tcon‐
nection. Multimedias
ystem:
,Connect.Apple CarPlay
Ac tivatin gautomati cstar t
#Select StartAutomatically O.
St arting automatically
#Connect your iPhone®to theU SB port ç
on them ultimedia sy stem using asuitable
cable (
→pag e259).
St arting manually
#Select thei Phone®in thed evice list.
Exiting Apple CarPlay™
#Select Úin Apple CarPlay™.
Calling up Apple CarPlay™ tone settings
Multimedia sy stem:
,Connect.Apple CarPlay.Sound
#Select thet one men u(→page 274).
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EndingApple CarPlay™
Multimedia sy stem:
,Connect.Apple CarPlay
#Select Disconnect .
The connection is ended.
The mobile phone continues tobe supplied
wit he lectri city.
or
#Disconnect thec onnecting cable between
th em obile phone and multimedia sy stem.
Android Auto™
Android Auto™®ove rview
Mobile phonef unctionscan be used with
Android Auto™u sing theA ndroid™ operating
sy stem on them ultimedia sy stem. It is operated
using thec ontroller or thev oice-opera tedc on‐
trol sy stem.
Onl yone mobile phone at atime can be connec‐
te dv ia Android Auto™tot he multimedia sy stem.
The availabilityofA ndroid Au to™a nd Android
Au to™a ppsm ayvary accordingtot he country.The service pr
ovider is responsible fort his appli‐
cation and thes ervices and conte nt connected
to it.
Connecting amobile phone via Android
Au to™
Requ irements
RThefirs ta ctivatio nofA ndroidAuto™ on the
multimedia sy stem mus tbecarried out when
th ev ehicle is stationar yfor saf etyr easons.
RThe mobile phone supports Android Auto™
from Android ™5.0.
RThe Android Auto™A pp is ins talled on the
mobilep hone.
RIn ordertouse thet elephone functions, a
mobile phone mus tbeconnec tedtot he mul‐
timedia sy stem via Blue tooth
®(→page237).
If th er ew as no prior Interne tconnection, this
is es tablished wit hthe use of them obile
phone wit hAndroid Au to™.
RThe ful lrang eoff unctions forA ndroid Auto™
is onl ypossible wit hanInterne tconnection. Multimedia sy
stem:
,Connect.Android Auto
Ac tivatin gautomati cstar t
#Select StartAutomatically O.
St arting automatically
#Connect your mobile phonetot heç USB
por tont he multimedia sy stem using asuita‐
ble cable (
→pag e259).
St arting manually
#Select them obile phone from thed evice list.
Exiting Android Auto™
#Press theò button.
Calling up theA ndroid Auto™t one settings
Multimedia sy stem:
,Connect.Android Auto.Sound
#Select thet one men u(→page 274).
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5Search
6Devices
7Sound settings
8Full screen
9Options
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Connecting USB devices * NO
TEDama gecaused byhigh temp era‐
tures
High temp eratures can damag eUSB devices.
#Remo vetheU SB device af teru se and
ta ke it out of thev ehicle.
The multimedia connection unit is found inthe
stow agec ompartment unde rthe armres tand
has tw oUSB ports. Depending on thev ehicle
equipment, afurther USB por tislocated in the
stow agec ompartment in thec enter console at
th ef ront.
#Connec tthe USB device totheU SB port.
Pla yable music files ar eplaye do nlyift he
cor responding media displa yisactivated.
% Use theU SB por tshown as çtouse
Ap ple CarPlay™ and An droid Auto™. Selecting
atrack
Multimedia sy stem:
,Media
Vi as kip function
#Toskip backwards or forw ards toa
track: navigat eupord own.
Vi ac urrent trac klists
#Select è.
#SelectCurrent Track List .
#Selectatrack .
Selecting playbac koptions
Multimedia sy stem:
,Media.Z Options
Playing bac ksimilar trac ks
#SelectPlay Simila rTracks.
At rack list wit hs imilar trac ksis created and
pla yedb ack. Pla
ym ode
#Select Playback Mode.
#SelectNormal Track Sequence.
The cur rent trac klistisp laye dint he order it
appear sonthe dat astora ge medium.
#Select Random Mode -Current Playlist .
The cur rent trac klistisp laye dinr andom
order.
#Select Random Mode -Current Medium.
All trac kson thed atas tora ge medium are
pla yedinr andom order.
Pa use and playbac kfunction
Multimedi asystem:
,Media
#Press thet ouchpad or thec ontroller.
#To pause playback: selectÌ.
#Tocontinue playback :select Ë.
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Overviewofvideo mode
1Actived atas tora ge medium
2Cover
3Title and scene
4Tr ac kn umber and number of trac ksinthe
trac klist
5Searc h
6Devices
7Sound settings
8Full screen
9Options
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OverviewofMedia Inter face
1Ac tived atas tora ge medium
2Cover
3Artist, titl eand album
4Trac kn umber and number of trac ksinthe
trac klist
5Searc h
6Devices
7Sound settings
8Full screen
9Options
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Bluetooth®Au dio overview
1Ac tived atas tora ge medium
2Cover
3Artist, titl eand album
4Trac kn umber and number of trac ksinthe
trac klist
5Searc h
6Devices
7Sound settings
8Options
9Operator' sManual
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