
RHowf astthe vehicle wastrave ling.
This dat acan help pr ovide abette ru nder stand‐
ing of thec ircums tances in whic haccidents and
inju ries occur .NOTE: ED Rdataisr ecorded by
yo ur vehicle onl yifanon-trivial crash situation
occurs; no dat aisrecorded bytheE DR under
normal driving conditions and no personal data
(e.g. name, gende r,ag ea nd accidentl ocation) is
re corded .How ever,o ther parties, suc haslaw
enforcement,c ould combine EDR dat awitht he
type of personall yidentifying dat aroutinely
acquired during acrash inve stigation.
Ac cess tothev ehicle and/or theE DR is needed
to read dat athat is recorded bytheE DR,and
special equipment is requ ired. In addition tothe
ve hicle manufacturer ,other parties that ha vethe
special equipment, suc haslawenforcement,
can read thei nformation byaccessing thev ehi‐
cle or theE DR.
ED Rd atam aybe used in civil and criminal mat‐
te rs as atool in accident reconstruction, acci‐
dent claims and vehicle saf ety. Since theC rash
Dat aRetrieva l(CDR) tool that is used toextract
da ta from theE DR is commercially available, Mercedes-Ben
zUSA,LLC ("MBUSA") expressly
disclaims an yand all liability arising from the
ex traction of this informatio nbyunauthorized
Mercedes-Ben zpersonne l.
MBUS Awill no tshar eEDR data wit hother sw ith‐
out thec onsent of thev ehicle owner o
r
,ifthe
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see. Exception stothisrepresentation include
re sponses tosubpoenas bylawe nforcement ;by
fe deral, stat eorl ocal go vernment ;inconnection
wit hora rising out of litigation in volvingM BUSA
or its subsidiaries and af filiates; or ,asrequired
by law.
Wa rning: theE DR isac omponen tofthe
Re stra int Sy stem Module. Tamp ering with, alter‐
ing, modifying or removing theE DR component
ma yresult in amalfunction of theR estraint Sys‐
te mM odule and other sy stems.
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con flict wit hfederal regulation ar epre-em pted.
This means that in thee vent of such conflict,the
fe deral regulation go verns. As of Februar y2013,
13 states ha veenacted la wsrelatin gtoE DRs.
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Johnson Controls.
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28 General no tes 

#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
Instrument Displ ayand on-boar dcomputer 203 

Setting summer time
TheAutomatic Daylight Saving Time andDay-
light Saving Time options cannotbeselected in
all countries.
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.Time and Date
Au tomatic
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª Automatic Day-
light Saving Time.
Manual
#Select Daylight Saving Time.
#SelectOnorOff.
Settin gthe time and dat eformat
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.Time and Date.Set Format
#Se tthe dat eand time form at#.
Setting thet imem anually
Re quirement:
The Automatic Time Settings function is deacti‐
va tedorisn otsuppor tedinat ime zone. Multimedia sy
stem:
,System.Time and Date.Set Time
#Se tthe hours.
#Na vigat etot heright tosetthe minutes.
#Se tthe minutes.
#Confir mchanges when exitin gthe menu.
The dat eissetautomaticall yvia GPS.
Blue tooth®
Blue tooth®settings
Blue tooth®tech nology is astandar dfor short-
ra ng ew ireles sdatat ransfer up toappr oximately
32.8ft( 10m). Youc an use Blue tooth
®tocon‐
nect your mobile phonetot he multimedia sys‐
te ma nd use thef ollowing functions, fore xam‐
ple:
Rhands-free sy stem wit haccess tothef ollow‐
ing options:
-contacts (→pag e240)
-call lists (→pag e242)
-text message s(→page242)
RInterne tconnection (→page 249)
Rlistening tomusi cvia Blue tooth®audio
(→pag e265)
Rtransfer ring business cards (vCards) int othe
ve hicle
Blue tooth
®isar egis tere dt rademar kofBlue‐
toot hSpecial Interes tGroup (SIG) Inc.
% Interne tconnection via Blue tooth
®is not
av ailable in all countries.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gBluetooth
®
Multimedia sy stem:,System.ö Connectivity
#Activate Oor deacti vate ª Bluetoo th.
Wi -Fi
Wi-Fic on nectio noverview
Yo uc an use Wi-Fi toestablish aconnection with
aW i-Finetwo rkand toaccess theI nterne tor
an yo ther networ kdevice.
The following connection option sareavailable:
RWi -Fi connection
226
Multimedia sy stem 

#Sayan avigation command, e.g. "traf ficm ap
on" or "navigation map on".
Ro uteg uidancew ith trafficr epo rts
Tr af ficr eports ar ereceived via Liv eTraffic Info r‐
mation.
#Ac tivat ethe desired routet ype.
#To displ aytraf ficr epo rtsint he naviga‐
tionm ap or traf ficm ap:select ¥
Options.
#Select Map Content .
#Traffic Incidents, Free FlowandTraffic
Delays :switch onO.
Tr af ficr eports ar edispla yedass ymbols,
color lines or text.
RTraf fici ncidents ,e.g. roadwor ksor acci‐
dents
RLocal area reports, e.g. fog
RWa rning messages, e.g. mo torist sd riving
agains tthe tra ffic flow or unsaf eaccident
sites, ar ehighlighted when approaching
and depending on thes etting ar eaudibly
announced
RTr af ficf lowi nformation, e.g. traf ficj am or
free flow
RTr af ficd elay s( display ed inthet raffic
map)
Tr af ficr eports ar edispla yedint he navigation
map fort he cur rent route. The traf ficm ap
also contains traf ficr eports from outside of
th er oute.
Telephone
Telephony
Telephone menu overview
1Blue tooth®device name of thec urrently
connected mobil ephone
2Mobil ephone networ kprovider
3Sig nalstrengt hofthe mobile phone network
Multimedia sy stem 235 

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.
236
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 

field nar rows down then umber of possible
selections.
#Select thec onta ct.
Ac ontact can contai nthe following de tails:
RPhonen umbers
RNavigation add resses
RGeo-coordinates
Editing thef orma tofac ontact's name
Multimedi asystem:
,Phone.Z Options.Name
Format
The following option sareavailable:
RLast Name,F irst Name
RLast Name First Name
RFirst Name Last Name
#Select an option.
Importin gcontact sintot he contacts menu
Vi aZ Options,y ou can impor tcontactsi nto
th et elephone book as electroni cbusin ess cards
from di fferent sources. Overvie
wofimporting contacts as electronic
business cards
Source Requirements
ò Memor ycardT he SD memor ycard
is inser ted.
ò USB device The USB device is
insertedi ntot he USB
port.
ñ Bluetooth
®con‐
nection If
th es endin gof
vCards is suppor ted
via Blue tooth
®,
vCa rdsc an be
re ceive donm obile
phones or netbooks,
fo re xamp le.
Blue tooth
®is activa‐
te dint he multimedia
sy stem and on the
re spectiv edevice
(see them anufactur‐
er's operating instruc‐
tions).
Saving amobile phone contact
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.ª Contacts
#Call up amobile phone conta ctó
(→page 240).
#Select ¥.
#SelectSave.
The contact sa vedint he multimedia sy stem
is identified bythef symbol.
Calling acontact
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.ª Contacts
#Enterc haracter sintot he sear chfield.
#Select thec onta ct.
#Select atelephone number.
The number is dialed.
Fu rther options in thec ontactsm enu
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.ª Contacts
#Select ¥.
Multimedia sy stem 24
1 

Thefollowing option sareavailable:
RContac tDetails
RSav etoV ehicle
RDeleteC ontact
Wi thin contact details
#Select ¥.
The following option sareavailable:
RCallingac ontact
RSending atextm essage
RSaving acontact as aglobal favo rite
Deleting anam e
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.ª Contacts
Yo uc an dele tecontacts that ar enotautomati‐
call ydownloaded.
#Sear chforac ontact.
#Select thec onta ct.
#Select ¥.
#SelectDelete Contact .
#SelectYes.
Calllist
Cal llisto verview
If yo ur mobile phones upportst he PBAP Blue‐
toot h
®profile, thec all lists from them obile
phone ar edispla yedint he multimedia sy stem.
When connecting them obile phone, youm ay
ha ve toconfir mthe connection fort he PBAP
Blue tooth
®profile.
If yo ur mobile phoned oes notsuppo rttheP BAP
Blue tooth
®profile, them ultimedia sy stem gener‐
ates its ownc alllists. These ar enotthes ame as
th ec all lists in your mobile phone.
If th ec onta ctforani ncoming call has yettob e
sa ve dint he multimedia sy stem, youc an use the
cal llisttos avet he telephonen umber.
Making acall from thec all list
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.ø Call List -Mobile phone
#Select an ent ry.
#Mak ethe call. Options in
thec all list
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.ø Call List -Mobile phone
#Highlight thee ntry.
#Select ¥.
The following function sareavailable:
RSen dTextM essage
ROpen Contact
Text messages
Note sont hetext messag efunctions
If th ec onnected mobile phone supports the
MAP Blue tooth
®profile, thet extm essage func‐
tions can be use donthe multimedia sy stem. You
can obtai naddit iona linformation aboutt he set‐
tings and suppor tedf unction sofBluetooth
®-
capable mobil ephones from aMercedes-Benz
service center or on theI nterne tath ttp://
www.mercedes-benz.com/connect.
Some mobile phones requirea dditional settings
af te rb eing connected tothem ultimedia sy stem
(see manufacturer's operating instructions).
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Multimedia sy stem