2017 MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN touch control

#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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#Tocall up thes ubmenu or confir mthe
selection: pressthel eft-hand side of Touch
Control.
#To exitth es ubmenu: presstheb ackb ut‐
to n.
If yo ua rebrows ingasubmenua ndyoup ress
and hold theb ackb utton, them enu bar appears.
Displa ysinthem ultifunction display
:Outside temp erature
;Driv eprogram
=Transmission position (→pag e135)
?Time
ADispla ysection
Fu rther displa ysinthem ultifunction display:
Z Gearshif
trecommendatio n(
→page 138)
X j YPa
rking Pilot
¯ Cruise control (
→pag
e157)
ç Distance Pilo tDISTRONIC (
→page 165)
(→pag e159)
a St
eering Pilo t(
→page165)
ë HOLD function (
→pag
e168)
_ Ad
aptiv eHighbeam Assis t(
→page112)
Ve hicles wit haninstrument displa y(standard)
and Traf ficS ign Assist :displ ay si nstructions and
traf fics igns de tected byTraf ficS ign Assist
(
→pag e186)
Adjustin gthe in stru men tlighting
#Tu rn brightness control 1up or down.
The lightin gofthe instrument displa yand in
th ec ontrols in thev ehicle interior is adjus‐
te d.
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Menus and submenus
Functions in theS ervice menu of theo n-
boar dcompu ter
On-boar dcomputer:,Service
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐
vie wf orthei nstrument displa yinthe wide‐
screen cockpit (
→pag e195).
#To select thef unction: swipe upwards or
down wardsont he left-hand side of Touch
Control.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Fu nctions in theService menu:
RMessagememor y(→page352)
RTire Pressure :
-Checkingthet irep ressur ewitht he tire
pressur emonitoring sy stem (→pag e317)
-Re startin gthe tir epressur emonitoring
sy stem (→pag e318)
RASSYST PLUS :calling up thes ervice due
dat e(→pag e277)
Calling up theA ssistance graphic display
On-board computer:,Assistance
% 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). When you
ha ve setthe progressiv edispla ysetting, the
assis tance graphicc an be viewedint he
Disp. Content menu.
The following displa ysarea vailable from the
Assi stanc egraphic menu:
RAssis tance graphic
RAt tentio nleve l(→pag e184)
#To switc hbetwe en thed ispla ys:swipe
up wa rdsord ownw ards on thel eft-hand side
of Touc hC ontrol.Status displa ysintheA ssis tance graphic:
Ré:A TTENTION ASSIS Tdeactivated
Ræ:A ctiveBrake Assi stdeactivated
RLight lane markings: ActiveL aneK eeping
Assis tactivated
RGreen lane markings :Activ eLaneK eeping
Assis tactive
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Example: trip computer
1Totald ista nce
2Driving time
3Av erag espeed
4Averag efuel consum ption
Re setting values in theT ripm enu of theo n-
boar dcompu ter
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).
Yo uc an rese tthe values of thef ollowing func‐
tions:
RTr ip dis tance
R"F ro ms tart"t ripc omputer and EC Odisplay
R"Fro mr eset" trip computer
#Toselect thef unction tobe rese t:swipe
upwards or down wardsont he left-hand side
of Touc hC ontrol.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Select Yes.
#Pressthel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
If yo up ress and hold thel eft-hand side of Touch
Control, thef unction will be rese timmediately.
Calling up navigation instructions in theo n-
boar dcompu ter
On-boar dcomputer:,Navigation
% 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).
Example :nochangeofd irection announced
1Distance tothen extd estination
2Estimated ar riva ltime
3Dis tance tothen extc hang eofd irection
4Current road
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Example:chang eofd irection announced
1Road int owhichthe chang eofd irection
leads
2Dis tance tothec hang eofd irection
3Change -of-direction symbol
4Recommended lane and ne wlaned urin ga
ch ang eofd irection (white)
5Possible lane
6Lane no trecommende d(dark gray )
Fu rther possible displa ysintheNavigation
menu:
RDirection of Travel:d isplayofd irection of
tra vela nd road cur rentl yb eing tr aveled on.
RNew Route... orCalculatin gRoute... :anew
ro uteisc alculated.
RRoad Not Mapped :the road is unknown, e.g.
newl ybuilt roads.
RNo Route:nor outecould be calculated to
th es elected destination.
ROff Map:t he mapfort he cur rent location is
no ta vailable.
RO:y ou ha vereached thed estination or an
intermediat edestination.
#Toexitth em enu: swipe upwards or down‐
wa rdsont he left-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Ve hicles with COMAND: Youc an also star tt he
navigation toone of ther ecentd estinations in
th eNavigation menu:
#Pressthel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Toselect thet arge t:swipe upwards or
down wardsont he left-hand side of Touch
Control.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Ro uteg uidance isstar ted.
Ifro uteg uidance has already been activated,
ar eques twill appear asking whe ther you
wish toend thec urrent routeg uidance.
#Select Yes.
#Pressthel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Ro uteg uidance is star ted.
Selecting radio station susin gthe on-board
co mp uter
On-boar dcomputer:,Radio
% 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).
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1Frequency range
2St ation
3Na me of track
4Name of artist
5Genre
When yous elect astatio nint he presets, the
prese tappear snexttot he statio nname. When
yo us elect asave dstatio nint he frequency
ra nge, an as terisk appears nexttothes tation
name.
#To select aradio station: swipe upwards or
down wardsont he left-hand side of Touch
Control. Selecting
thef requ ency rang eors tationpre‐
set
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Toselect thef requ ency range/station
prese t:swipe upwards or down wardsont he
left-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Media playback usingtheo n-boa rdcompu ter
On-boar dcomputer:,Media
% 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).
:Medias ource
;Current trac kand trac knumber
=Name of artist
?Name of album
#To chang etrack sint he activ emedia
source: swipe upwards or down wardsont he
left-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Changing them edia source
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Toselect amedia source: swipe upwards
or down wardsont he left-hand side of Touch
Control.
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RConsumption
#Fo rp rogressiv edispla ysetting only: select
Right Display and pressthel eft-hand side of
To uc hC ontrol.
#Toselect displa ycontent: swipe upwards
or down wardsont he left-hand side of Touch
Control.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
The selected displaycontent appea rson the
ri ght-hand side of thei nstrument displa y.
Adjustin gthe Head-up Displ aysettings in the
on-boa rdcompu ter
On-boar dcomputer:,HUD
% 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).
The following Head-up Displa ysettings can be
adjus ted:
RPosition
RBrightness
RDisplay Content
#To select thes etting: swipe upwards or
down wardsont he left-hand side of Touch
Control.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Tosetthe value: swipe upwards or down‐
wa rdsont he left-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
:Cur rentl ys elected setting
;Digital speedome ter
=Traf ficS ign Assist
?Navigation displa ys
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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.
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