2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN phone

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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EndingAndroid Auto™
Multimedia sy stem:
,Connect.Android Auto
#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.
Tr ansfer redv ehicle dat awhenu sing Apple
CarPlay™ and Android Auto™
Note sont ransfer redv ehicle data
Whe nusing Android Auto™orA ppleC arPlay ™,
cer tain vehicle dat aistransfer redtot he mobile
phone. This enables youtog ettheb esto ut of
selected mobile phone services. Vehicle dat ais
no td irectl yaccessible.
Sy stem information:
RVe hicle model
RYear of vehicle manufacture
RSoftwar erelease of them ultimedia sy stem
The transfer of this dat aisusedtooptimize the
communication between thev ehicle and mobile
phone.
To do this, and toassigns everalv ehicles tothe
mobilep hone,avehicle ID is randomly gener‐
ated.
Thi sh asno connectio ntothevehicle identifica‐
tion number (VIN) and is dele tedw hen them ulti‐
media sy stem is rese t(
→pag e232).
Driving status data:
RTransmission position engaged
RDistinction between par ked, standstill, rolling
and driving
RDay/night mode of thei nstrument clus ter
The transfer of this dat aisusedtoalter how
con tent is displ ayed tocor respond tothed riving
situation.
Po sition data:
RGPS coordinates
Rspeed
Rcompass direction
Racceleration direction
Rgyroscopic forc es
This dat aisonlyt ransfer redw hile then avigation
sy stem is activ einorder toimpr oveit (e.g. so it
can continue functioning when in atunnel).
If yo udon otconsenttov ehicle databeing trans‐
fe rred, youc an deactivat ethe automatic star to f
Android Auto™(
→pag
e245) or Apple CarPlay™
(→pag e244)and temp orarily term inat ethe USB
connection between them obile phone and vehi‐
cle.
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Multimedia sy stem

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.
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Automatic eme rgency call
The emer gency cal lisinitia ted:
Rwhen an airbag is deplo yed
Rwhen seat belt tensioner saretrig gered
Yo uc an endana utomaticallyinitiated emer‐
ge ncy cal lyourself af ter60s econds.
Manual emer gency call
An emer gency cal lcan be initia tedm anuall yvia
th eS OS button in theo verhead control panel
(
→pag e247).
If yo ul eave thev ehicle immediately af terp ress‐
ing theS OS button, youdon otknow if
Mercedes-Benz mbrace
®has successfull ymade
th ee mer gency call.
Initiated eme rgency call
Av oice connection between theC ustomer Assis‐
ta nce Center and thev ehicle occupants is es tab‐
lished:
Rif th ev ehicle occupants ar eresponsive, the
Mercedes-BenzC ustomer Assis tance Center
ask sfor mor edetailed informatio nonthe
emer gency.
Rif no vehicle occupant answers, an ambu‐
lance is sent tothev ehicle immediatel y.
Tr ansmitted data
During thev oice connection totheC ustomer
Assis tance Center ,the following dat aistransfer‐
re d:
Rcur rent vehicle location
Rvehicle identification number
Emer gency call no tpossible
Rifth em obile phone networ kisunavailable,
Mercedes-Benz mbrace®is no table tomake
an emergency call.
Am essage tothis ef fect is shown in them ul‐
tifunction steering wheel.
The indicator lam pflashes continuousl y.
In this case, seek assis tance by ot her means.
Information on theM BInfoc all
An In fo
ca
l ltothe Mercedes-Benz Cus tomer
Assis tance Center hasb eeni nitia tedv iathe
ov erhead control panel (
→pag e247). Yo
uc an find informatio nonthefollowing topics:
RAc tivating Merc edes-Benz mbrace®
ROperatingthev ehicle
RNeares tMercedes-Benzs ervice center
ROther products and services from
Mercedes-Benz
Dat aist ransmitted during thec onnection tothe
Mercedes-BenzC ustomer Assis tance Center .
In fo rm ation on theR oadside Assistance call
AR oadside Assis tance cal ltothe Mercedes-
Benz Cus tomer Assis tance Center hasb eeni niti‐
ated via theo verhead control panel:
RThe problem wit hthe vehicle is analyzed
using remo tediagnosis.
Ad ditional information is available at http://
www.mbusa.com.
RAq ualified Mercedes-Ben ztechnician ca rries
out repair sons itea nd/or thev ehicle will be
to we dtot he neares tMercedes-Benz service
center.
Yo um aybe charge df or these services.
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Multimedia sy stem

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
®
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Rneither them obile phone networ knorthe
mobilep hone allowsimultaneous use of a
phone and an Interne tconnection
Rthem obile phone has no tbeen enabled for
Interne taccess via Blue tooth®
The Interne tconnection via aWi-Fihotspo tmay
be restricted or no tfunction if:
Rthem obile phone is switched off
Rtheu se of mobile dat aisdeactivated on the
mobil ephone
RtheW i-Fifunctio nonthe multimedia sy stem
is switched of fand an extern al devic eisto
be connec tedasaW i-Fihotspot
Rth eW i-Fifunctio nontheextern al devic eis
switch ed offand thee xternal device is tobe
connec tedasaW i-Fihotspot
RInterne taccess via Wi-Fi is deacti vatedo n
th ee xternal device
Th eI nterne tfunctions can onl ybeusedtoal imi‐
te dd egree while driving. Setting up an Interne
tconnection via aWi-Fi
hotsp ot
Requ irements
RActivat ethe Wi-Fi functio nonthe multimedia
sy stem (→pag e227).
RActivat ethe Wi-Fi functio nontheextern al
devic e(see them anufacturer's operating
instructions).
RAc tivat eInterne tacces sviaWi -Fi (se ethe
manufacturer's operating instructions).
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.ö Connectivity.Internet
Settings.Search for Wi-Fi Networks
#Select networ k.
Aq uer yappears.
#Select Yes.
Setting up an Interne tconnection via Blue‐
to oth
®
Re quirementsRConnect amobile phonetot he multimedia
sy stem via Blue tooth®(→page237).
RIfyo uu sethet elephone module forI nternet
functions, your equir eaSIM car dinthetele‐
phonem odule or aBluetoot h
®-capable SAP
mobilep hone.
To connect via Blu etoo th
®,the mobile phone
mus tsuppor tone of thef ollowing Blue tooth®
profiles:
RDUN (Dial-U pNetwo rking)
RPA N( Personal Area Network)
Yo uc an obtain mor edetailed informatio nfrom
an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center or at:
http://www.me rcedes-benz.com/connect.
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.ö Connectivity.Internet
Settings
#Highlight amobile phone.
#Select ¥.
#SelectChange Configuration .
#SwitchAutomatic Configuration onO.
If th em obile phone supports theB luetoot h®
PANp rofile, Interne taccess is se tup.You
can us ethe Interne tfunctions. If them obile
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phone does notsuppor tthe named Blue‐
toot h®profile, predefined or manual access
dat am ustbes et.
Selecting thep redefined access data of the
mo bile phone networ kprovider
#Select Configure Settings Using COMAND.
#SelectPredefined Settings.
Al istofc ountries appears.
#Selec tthe countr yofyour mobile phone net‐
wo rkprov ider.
The lis tofavailable pr ovider sappears.
#Selec tyour mobile phone networ kprovide r.
An ove rviewoft he provider settings appears.
#Select Confirm Settings .
Manuall ysetting thea ccess data of the
mo bile phone networ kprovider
#Select Configure Settings Using COMAND.
#SelectManualS ettings.
An ove rviewoft he provider settings appears.
#Se ta ccess data.
#Select Confirm Settings . %
Setthe access dat ainaccordance wit hyour
dat apackage .O therwise, additiona lcosts
ma yoccur. Youc an contact your mobile
phonen etwo rkprov ider toobtain thep recise
access data.
Editing thea ccess data
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.ö Connectivity.Internet
Settings
#Highlight amobile phone.
#Select ¥.
#SelectChange Configuration .
#SelectConfigure Setting sUsing COMAND.
#Select Predefined Settings orManual Set-
tings.
The pr ovider settings ar edispla yed.
#Se ta ccess data. Canceling Interne
taccess permission fora
mobil ephone
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.ö Connectivity.Internet
Settings
#Highlight amobile phone.
#Select ¥.
#SelectDeleteConfiguration .
#SelectYes.
Displaying mobile phone details
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.ö Connectivity.Internet
Settings
#Highlight amobile phone.
#Select ¥.
#SelectDetails.
Setting up apermanent Interne tconnection
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.ö Connectivity.Internet
Settings
#Highlight amobile phone.
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#Select¥.
#SelectPermanent Interne tConnection .
#Activate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
Setting automatic disconnection of theI nter‐
ne tc onnection
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.ö Connectivity.Internet
Settings
#Highlight amobile phone.
#Select ¥.
#SelectDisconnect When Inactive .
#Select5Minutes, 10 Minutes, 20 Minutesor
Never.
Establishing an Interne tconnection
Multimedia sy stem:
,Connect
#Fo re xamp le, select Browser.
Connection status
Overvie wofconnectio nstatus
1Displa yofexisting connection an dreception
fi eld stre ngt hoft he mobile phone network
Displaying thec onnection status
Multimedi asystem:
,System.ö Connectivity
#Select Internet Status .
% The dat avolume used is displa yed. The exact
va lues can be requ estedf romy our mobile
phone networ kprovide r. To
disconnect
#Select Disconnect .
Mercedes-Ben zApps
Calling up Mercedes-Ben zApps
Re quirements
RYoua re re gistere df or using Mercedes-Benz
Apps.
RYo uh ave confirmed thet erms and condi‐
tions.
Multimedia sy stem:
,Connect.MB Apps
#Select App.
Fu rther Mercedes-BenzA pps and information
can be found under :http://a pps.mercedes-
benz.com/apps/
% The available features ar ecountr y-depend‐
ent.
% License fees ma ybea pplicable.
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