2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN ECU

RGray radar waves next tovehicle: Blind Spot
Assis tactivated
RGreen radar waves next tovehicle: Blind Spot
Assis tactive
RDispla yofDistan ce Pil otDISTRONIC
(→pa ge 159)
Calling up displa ysintheT ripm enu
On-boar dcomputer:,Trip
% 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).
#To select adispla y:swipe upwards or down‐
wa rdsont he left-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Dis playsintheTrip menu:
RStandar ddisplay
REnergy flow display
RRangea nd cur rent fue lconsu mption
-Arecuperation displa yisalsoavailable
fo rc ertain engines.
-Ifth er eiso nlyas mall amount of fuel left
in thef uel tank ,the displa yshows avehi‐
cle being refueled ins tead of thea ppr oxi‐
mat erange.
REC Od ispl ay (→pag e133)
RTrip computer FromS tart and FromR eset
RDigital speedomet er
% Instrument Displa
yintheWidescreen
Co ckpit: The digital speedome tero nly
appear sinthe CLASSIC or Spor tdispla yset‐
ting.
Example: standar ddisplay
1Trip dis tance
2To tald ista nce
Instrument Displa yand on-board computer19
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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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Multimedia sy stem

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.
Multimedia sy stem 229

4¢(telephoner eady) orw(call active)
5Contacts (→page240)
6Call li st(→page 242)
7Text message inbox(→page242)
8Toconnect thed evice (→pag e237)
9Options
The Blue tooth
®inter face is available toyouf or
te lephon y.In theo perating mode them obile
phone is directly connected tothem ultimedia
sy stem.
Symbols 1to4 aren otshown until af tera
mobil ephone has been connected tothem ulti‐
media sy stem. The symbols depend on your
mob ilephonea ndyour mob ilephonen etwo rk
pr ov ider.
If th em obile phone connected supports the
MAP Blue tooth
®profile (Message Access
Pro file), thei menu item is available. Note
sont elephony
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from oper‐
ating integrated communication equip‐
ment while thev ehicle is in motion
If yo uo perat ecommun icationequipment
integrated in thev ehicle when driving, you
will be distracted from thet raffic situation.
This could also cause youtol ose control of
th ev 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 dr iving,youw ill be distracted
from thet raffic situation. This could also
cause youtol ose control of thev ehicle.
Onl yoperat ethis equipment when thev ehi‐
cle is stationar y.
Youm usto bserv ethe legal requirements fort he
countr yinwhich youa recur rentl yd riving when
operating mobil ecommunication equipment in
th ev ehicle.
Te lephon yispossible via:
RThe Blue tooth®inter face
Blue tooth
®profil eoverview
Blue tooth®profile
of the mobile phone Fu
nction
PBAP (Phone Book
Access Profile) Contact
sareauto‐
matically displa yedi n
th em ultimedia sys‐
te m
MAP (Message
Access Profile) Messag
efunctions
can be used
When connecting, them ultimedia sy stem alw ays
sear ches fort he las tconnected mobile phone.
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Multimedia sy stem

Youc an obtain fur ther information from an
authorized Mercedes-Benz Center or at :http://
www.mercedes-benz.com/connect
The following situations can lead tothec all
being disconnected while thev ehicle is in
motion:
RTher eisi nsufficient networ kcove rage inthe
area
RYo um ovef romo ne GSM or UMT Stransmit‐
te r/receiver area (cell )int oa nother and no
communication channels ar efree
RThe SI Mcardu sed is no tcompatible wit hthe
networ kavailable
RAm obile phonew ith" Twincard" is logged
int ot he networ kwitht he second SIM car dat
th es ame time
Connecting amobile phone (authorizing)
Requ irements
Blue tooth
®is activated on them obile phone (see
th em anufacturer's operating instructions).
Blue tooth
®is activated on them ultimedia sys‐
te m(→pag e226). Multimedias
ystem:
,Phone.á Connec tDevic e-N o
Devic eConnected
Sear ching foram obilephone
#Select Connect New Device .
#SelectStartSearch .
The available mobile phones ar edispla yed. If
an ew mobile phone is found ,itisi ndicated
by theá symbol.
Connecting amobile phone (authorization
using Secur eSimple Pairing)
#Selec tthe mobile phone.
Ac ode is displa yedint he multimedia sy stem
and on them obile phone.
#Ifth ec odes match: selectYesonthem ulti‐
media sy stem.
Confir mthe code on them obile phone.
#Ifth ec odes ar ediffe re nt: select Noonthe
multimedia sy stem.
The process is canceled. Connecting
amobile phone (authorization by
entering apassk ey)
#Select theB luetoot h®nam eoft he mobile
phone.
#Choose aone tosixteen-digit number combi‐
nation as apassk ey.
#Multimedia sy stem: enter thep assk eyand
select a.
#Mobilephone: enter thep assk eyagain and
con firm .
% Upto15 mobilep hones can be auth orized
on them ultimedia sy stem.
% Alltelephones ar eautomaticall yreconnec‐
te d.
Disconnecting amobile phone (de-auth oriz‐
ing)
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.á Connec tDevic e-
Mobile phone
#Select them obile phone from thed evice list.
#Select ¥.
#SelectDeauthorize.
Multimedia sy stem 237

Mercedes-Benz mbrace®
Makingacall via theo verhead control panel
1Breakdown assis tance call
2SOS button co ver
3MB Inf ocall
4SOS button
#To mak eab reakdown assistanc ecall:
pres sbutton1.
Thi sinitia tesac alltotheM ercedes-Benz
Cus tomer Assis tance Center.
#To mak eane mergency call: press SOS
button co ver2 briefly toopen.
#Press and hold SOS button 4foratl east
one second.
This initiates acalltotheM ercedes-Benz
Cus tomer Assis tance Center.
#To mak eanMBI nfoc all: press button 3.
This initiates acalltotheM ercedes-Benz
Cus tomer Assis tance Center.
An emergency cal lcan be initia tede venifa
breakdown assist anceorMBI nfoc allisa ctive.
This has priority overallot her activ ecalls.
Callsv iatheo verhead control panel ar eonly
possible wit hanavailable mobile phonen et‐
wo rk.
Fu rther information on Mercedes-Benzm brace
®
andother services can be found at :http://
www.m busa.com Informa
tionont he eme rgency call sy stem
&
WARNING Risk of accident and injury
despit epressing theS OS button
Even if youp ress theS OS button in an emer‐
ge ncy ,remaining in thev ehicle ma ybedan‐
ge rous fort he following reasons:
Ryo us ee smo keinsid eoro utside of the
ve hicle, e.g. if ther eisaf irea fter an acci‐
dent
Rth ev ehicle is on adangerous section of
ro ad
Rthev ehicle is no tvisible or canno teasily
be seen by otherroad users, particular ly
when dar korinpoor visibility conditions
#Leavethev ehicle immediately in this or
similar situations as soon as it is saf eto
do so.
#Mo vetoas afel ocatio nalongw itho ther
ve hicle occupants.
#In suc hsituations, secur ethe vehicle in
accordance wit hnational regulations,
e.g. wit hawarning triangle.
Multimedia sy stem 24
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Dataist ransmitted du ring thec onnection tothe
Mercedes-BenzC ustomer Assis tance Center .
Tr ansfer redd ata during aservice call
In ce rtain countries youm ustc onfirm thed ata
transfer.
Dat atransfer redi ncludes thef ollowing:
Overvie woftransfer redd ata
Servic ecallT ransmitted data
MB Inf ocall
Breakdown assis‐
ta nce call
Rcur rent location of
th ev ehicle
Rvehicle identifica‐
tion number
Rservice code
Rselected data
about thes tatus
of thev ehicle
Online and Interne tfunctions
Interne tconnection
Interne tconnection restrictions
&
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 distracted from the
traf fics ituation. Thi scould 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.
Youm usto bserv ethe legal requirements fort he
countr yinwhich youa recur rentl yd riving when
operating them ultimedia sy stem. USA:
touse Mercedes-Ben zAppsa nd Inte rnet
access, mbrace mus tbeactivated and opera‐
tional. Furthermore, mbrace mus tbeactivated
fo rM ercedes-Benz Apps and Interne taccess.
Canada: them ultimedia sy stem mus tbecon‐
nected toam obile phonev ia Bluetooth
®ortoan
ex tern al devic eacting as aWi-Fihotspot. Fur‐
th ermore, youn eedav alid mobile service con‐
tract wit hadatao ption ,whic hisu sedtocalcu‐
la te thea ssociated connection costs.
The Interne tconnection via Blue tooth
®maybe
re stricted or no tfunction if:
Rthem obile phone is switched off
Rthem obile phone networ kcoverag eisi nsuf‐
fi cient
Rth eu se of mobile dat aisdeactivated on the
mobil ephone
RtheB luetoot h®function is switched of fon
th em ultimedia sy stem and thed esired
phone is tobe connec tedv ia Blue tooth
®
RtheB luetoot h®function is switched of fon
th em obile phone and thep hone is tobe con‐
nec tedv ia Blue tooth
®
Multimedia sy stem 24
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