2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN wheel

System limitations
Either acourse-cor recting brak eappli cation
appropria teto thed riving situation ,ornonea t
all, ma yoccur in thef ollowing situations:
RTher earevehicles or obs tacles, e.g. crash
barr iers, on bo thsides of your vehicle.
RAv ehicle approaches tooc losel yont he side.
RYouh avea dop tedas porty driving stylew ith
high cornering speeds.
RYo uc lear ly brak eora ccelera te.
RAd riving safe ty system inter venes, such as
ESP®or ActiveB rake Assi st.
RESP®is deacti vated.
RTire pressur eloss or adefectiv etireh as
been de tected.
RWhe ndriving wi thatrailer ,the electrical con‐
nection tothet railer hitc hhas been cor rectly
es tablished. Ac
tivating/deactivatin gBlind Spo tAssis tor
Ac tiv eB lind Spo tAssis t
Multimedia sy stem:
,Vehicle.k Assistance.Blind
Spot Assist
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
Ac tiv eL aneK eeping Assist
Function of Activ eL aneK eeping Assist
ActiveL aneK eeping Assis tmonitor sthe area in
front of your vehicle bymeans of multifunction
camera 1.Itserve stop rotect youa gains tunin‐
te ntional lyleavingy our lane. Youw ill be warned
by means of avibration in thes teering wheel
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Driving and pa rking

andacourse-cor recting brak eappli cation guides
yo ub acki ntoy our lane.
Yo ua rewa rned byvibration pulses in thes teer‐
ing wheel in thef ollowing circums tances:
RAc tiveL aneK eeping Assis tdetects lane
markings.
RAf ront wheel passe soverthe lane markings.
Yo uw illalso beguided bac kintoy our lane by
means of acourse-cor recting brak eappli cation
if th ef ollowing condition sareme t:
RActiveL aneK eeping Assis tdetects lane
markings on bo thsides.
RAf ront wheel drives overas olidl ane mark‐
ing.
Whe ther aw arning is issued and when this
occur salso depends on thes elected sensitivity
setting (s tanda rdor adaptive).
If yo uf ail toadap tyour driving style, Ac tiveL ane
Ke eping Assis tcan neither reduce ther isk of an
accident nor override thel aw sofp hysics. It can‐
no ttak ei ntoa ccount road, weather or traf fic
conditions .Activ eLaneK eeping Assis tisonlya n
aid. Youa re re sponsible fort he dis tance tothe ve
hicle in front, forv ehicle speed, forb raking in
good time and fors taying in lane.
Ve hicles with Lane Tracking Package: Ifth e
lane markings ar esolid lines and youdon ot
re act tothew arning ,alane-cor recting brake
application can bring thev ehicle bac kintot he
original lane.
Ve hicles with Drivin gAssistanc ePacka ge or
Driving Assistance Plus Package: Ifyo udon ot
re ac
t tothew arning ,alane-cor recting brake
application can bring thev ehicle bac kintot he
original lane. In thec ase of abroke nl ane mark‐
ing being de tected, abrake application will only
be mad eifavehicle has been de tected in the
adjacent lane .Oncoming vehicles, overtaking
ve hicles and vehicles in adjacent lanes can be
de tected.
The brak eappli cation is available in thes peed
ra ng eb etwe en 40 mph(60 km/h )and 120m ph
(200 km/h).If al ane-cor recting brak eappli cation occurs ,dis‐
play 1appear sinthe multifunction displa y.
Sy stem borders
No lane-cor recting brak eappli cation occurs in
th ef ollowing situations:
RYouc lear lyand activel ysteer,b rake or accel‐
erate.
RYo uh ave switched on thet urns ignal indica‐
to r.
RAd riving safe ty system inter venes, such as
ESP®,A ctiv eBrake Assi stor ActiveB lind
Spo tAssist.
Driving and pa rking 19
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*NO
TEEngine damage duetoexcessively
hig he ngine speeds
The engine will be damaged if youd rive wit h
th ee ngine in theo verrev ving range.
#Do no tdrive with th eengine in theo ver‐
re vving range.
The fue lsuppl yisi nterrupted toprotect the
engine when ther ed band in tach ome ter3
(o ve rrev ving range) is reached.
During no rmal operatin gconditions, coolant
te mp eratur edisplay 4mayrise to248° F
(120 °C).
& WARNING Danger of burn swhen open‐
ing thee ngine hood
If yo uo pen thee ngine hood when thee ngine
has overheated or during afireint he engine
compartment, youc ouldcome int ocontact
wit hh otgases or other escaping operating
fl uids.
#Befor eopening thee ngine hood, allow
th ee ngine tocool down.
#Inthee vent of afireint he engine com‐
partment, keep thee ngine hood closed
and call thef ires ervice.
Overvie wofthe buttons on thes teering
wheel
1But tong roup :
% Main menu and ba ckbutton (on-board
computer)
8 Switches sound off/on
W Increases thev olume
X Decreases thev olume
2Touc hC ontrol (on-boar dcompu ter)
3To uc hC ontrol (multimedia sy stem)
4Button group:
% Main menu and bac kbutton (multime‐
dia sy stem)
ó LINGU ATRO NIC or Voice Cont rolS ys‐
te m
6 Makes/accepts acall
~ Rejects/end sacall
Operatin gthe on-boar dcom puter
&
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.
Instrument Displa yand on-board compute r19
5

#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 theo n-boar dcomputer.
% The on-boar dcomputer displa ysappear in
th em ultifunction displa y(
→page197).
Theo n-board compu teriso perated using Touch
Control ;and bac kbutto n: onthel eft-hand
side of thes teering wheel. The
following menus ar eavailable in theI nstru‐
ment Displa y(standard):
RService
RAssistance
RTrip
RNavigation
RRadio
RMedia
RPhone
RHUD
The following menus ar eavailable in theI nstru‐
ment Displa yintheWidescreen Cockpit:
RService
RDriveAssist
RTrip
RNavigation
RRadio
RMedia
RPhone
RDisp. Content
RHead-up Disp.
The menus can be called up from them enu bar
in them ultifunction displa y.
#Tocall up them enu bar: presstheb ack
button.
#To scroll through them enu bar: swipeto
th el eftorr ight-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Tocall up them enu or confir mthe selec‐
tion: press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC on‐
trol.
#To scroll through displa ysor lists in the
menu: swipe upwards or down wardsont he
left-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
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Instrument Displa yand on-boar dcomputer

Operating safety
&
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.
&
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 drivin g,youw ill be dis tracted
fromthet raffic situation. This could also
cause youtol ose control of thev ehicle.
Onl yoperat ethis equipment when thev ehi‐
cle is stationar y.
Fory our owns afet y, alwa ys obser vethef ollow‐
ing points when operating mobile communica‐
tions equipment and especiall yyour voice con‐
trol sy stem:
RObser vethel egal requ irements fort he coun‐
tr yinw hichyou ar edriving.
RWhile driving, only oper atem obile communi‐
cationse quipment and your voice control
sy stem when thet raffic condition spermit it.
Yo um ayotherwise be distracted from the
traf ficc onditions and cause an accident,
injuri ngyourself and others.
RDo no tuse thev oice control sy stem in an
emer gency as your voice can chang eand
yo ur telephonec all can be unnecessarily
dela yed.
RFa miliarize yourself wit hthe voice control
sy stem function sbefor estartin gt he journe y.
Operation
Operating them ultifunction steering wheel
The Voice Cont rolS ystemiso perational appr ox‐
imatel ythirty seconds af tert he ignition is
switched on.
18 Switches thes ound off/on (ends the
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem)
2ó Starts theV oice Control Sy stem
36 Makes/accepts acall
4~ Rejects/end sacall( en ds theV oice
Control Sy stem)
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Voice Cont rolS ystem

5WIncrease sthe volume
6X Decreases thev olume
Voice prom pting
#To star torc ontinue adialog: pressthe
ó button on them ultifunction steering
wheel.
Yo uc an sa yacomman dafter an acoustic
signal.
#To cor rect an entry :sa yt he Correction
command.
#To select an entr yfromt he selection lis t:
sa yt he line number or thec onte nts.
#Tobrows ethe selection lis t:sa yt he Con-
tinue orBack command.
#Tointer rupt thed ialog: sayt he Pause com‐
mand.
#To cancel thed ialog: sayt he Cancel com‐
mand.
Operable functions
Yo uc an use theV oice Control Sy stem tooperate
th ef ollowing equipment, depending on thev ehi‐
cle's equipment:
RTe lephone
RText message s
RNavigation
RAddress book
RRadio
RAu dio (memor ycard, Media Inter face, USB
and Blu etoo th®audio)
RVe hicle
Command types
Ad istinction is made between thef ollowing
command types:
RGlobal commands can be said at anytime
and rega rdless of thec urrent application,
e.g .the Navigate to ,Call orText message to
commands.
RApplication-specific commands areo nly
av ailable fort he activ eapplication.
1Global commands
2Application-specific commands
On thed ispla ynexttot he activ eapplication,
va rying global commands and thec orresponding
application-specific commands ar edispla yedo n
an autocue. This makes ent ryeasier and sup‐
ports interactiv eoperation. The lis tcan be scrol‐
led or it can be operated byspeec horthe con‐
troller/touchpad.
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem 207

Entering numbers
Entering numbe rs:
RThe number sallowe da rezero tonine .
RTelephonen umberscan be entered as single
digits.
Changing thel anguag esetting
Yo uc an chang ethe languag eoftheVoice Con‐
trol Sy stem via thes ysteml anguag esettings. If
th es etsystem languag eisnotsuppor tedbyt he
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem, En glish will be selecte d.
The Voice Cont rolS ystemisa vailable in En glish,
Fr enc hand Spanish.
Using Voice Control Sy stem ef fectively
Au dibl ehelpf unctions
Your eceiv einformatio nand help for:
ROptima loperation: sayt he Help Voice Con-
trol System command.
RCurrent application: presstheó button
on them ultifunction steering wheel and say
th eHelp command.
RContinued dialog: sayt he Help command
during avoice dialog.
RSpecific sy stem: call up theh elp command
fo rt he desired sy stem, e.g. Help telephone.
Speechquality impr ovement
Ifth eV oice Control Sy stem does no tunder‐
st and you:
ROnly operat ethe Voice Cont rolS ystemf rom
th ed rive r's seat.
RSa ythe commands coherently and clearly,
but do no texaggerat ethe words.
RPr eve nt loud noises ,e.g.t he blo wer,from
inter fering whil eyou mak eanentry.
RSa ythe voice tagw itht he same intonation
when creating voice tags.
If an addre ss book entr yvoice tag is no trec‐
ognized:
ROnly creat esensible address book entries in
th es ystem/mobile phone, e.g. surname and
fi rs tn am eint he cor rect field.
RDo no tuse an yabbr eviations, unnecessary
spaces or special characters.
RCreat easpeaker-dependentv oicetag,ifn ec‐
essar y.
RPress theó button on them ultifunction
st eering wheel when thed esired name is
re ad out.
If as tatio nliste ntr yisn otrecognized:
RSa ve as peaker-dependentv oicetagf or the
st ation.
RSa ythe Read out station list command.
RPresstheó button on them ultifunction
st eering wheel when thed esired statio nis
re ad out.
Essential commands
Switch commands
Switchcommands can be used toopen cer tain
applications .The command selection can be
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Voice Cont rolS ystem

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