2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN Multimedia

#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
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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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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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