Your multimediasyste mequipment
These operatin ginstruction sdescribe all th e
standar dan doptional equipment of your multi-
media system, as available at th etime of going
to press. Country-specifi cdifference sare pos -
sible. Bear in min dthat your vehicle may no t
feature all function sdescribed here. Thi salso
applies to safety-relevan tsystems an dfunc-
tions.
Read th einformation on qualifie dspecialis t
workshop sin th evehicle Operator's Manual.
Activating medi amode
General notes
There are severa lways to activat emedia sour-
ce susin gth emultimedia system.
The relevant section sof th eOperator's Manual
describe th esimples tway to activat e amedia
source. Thi ssection describes all option sfo r
activatin gmedia sources. If you wish to play
external media sources, th edefault display
mus talready be turned on .
Connections for externa lmedi asour-
ces
The followin gexternal media sources can be
used :
RApple®devices (e.g. iPhon e®)
RUSBdevices (e.g. US Bstick, MP3 player)
Two US Bports are located in th estowag e
spac eunder th earmrest.
RCD
RDV Dvideo
RSD cards
Rdevices wit hBluetoot h®connection
Activating medi ausing th ebutton
XTo cal lup th emedia menu: press th eÕ
button.
The last media sourc eyou hav eset is dis -
played.
XPress th eÕ buttonagain .
The men uappears wit hth eavailable media
sources.
XTo selec tth emedia source: turn th econtrol-
ler an dpress to confirm .
Dependin gon th evehicle equipment ,th efol-
lowing media sources will be available :
RDisc
RMemory Card
RMediaRegister
RMedi aInterfac e 1
RMediaInterfac e 2
RBluetoothAudi oIf playable music files are found ,they will be
playe dby th emultimedia system.
Activating medi ausing th emain func-
tion ba r
XTo display th emain function bar :slid e5 the
controller .
XTo selectMedi a:turn an dpress th econtroller .
The last media sourc eyou hav eset is dis -
played.
XTo selec tMedi ain media mode: slid e5 and
press th econtroller .
The men uappears wit hth eavailable media
sources.
XTo selec tth emedia source: turn th econtrol-
ler an dpress to confirm .
If th emedia sourc econtain smusic or video
files, these will be played. The correspondin g
basi cdisplay appears .
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Media
Activating media using the device list
XIn media mode, slide6 thecontroller .
The media men ubar is shown.
XTo select Devices:tur nand press th econ-
troller .
The available media source swill be shown.
The #dot indicates th ecurren tsetting .
XSelectth emedia source .
If th emedia source contain smusic or video
files, these will be played .The corresponding
basic men uwill be shown.
Switching onautomatically
Afte rinserting aCD/DVD, th erespective media
mod eis automatically switched on by th emul-
timedia system.
If playable music file sare found, they will be
played by th emultimedia system.
If amedia function is already switched on in th e
multimedia system, this will be interrupted and
th ebasic display of th eCD/DV Dmod ewill
appear .If another function ,suc has navigation ,
is bein goperated, th ebasic display will no t
change. Only th emusic from th elast inserted
CD/DV Dwill be played .
Audio/video mode
Import ant safety notes
GWARNIN G
The CD/DV Ddrive is aclas s 1laser product.
If you open th ehousing of th eCD/DV Ddrive,
there is aris kof exposure to invisible laser
radiation .This laser radiation could damag e
your retina .There is aris kof injury.
Never open th ehousing .Always hav emain -
tenance and repair wor kcarrie dout at aquali-
fie dspecialis tworkshop .
GWARNING
Handlin gdisc swhile drivin gmay distrac tyou
from traffic conditions. You could also lose
control of th evehicle. There is aris kof an
accident.
Handle disc sonly when th evehicl eis station -
ary.
Bear in min dthat at aspee dof only 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), th evehicl ecover s a
distanc eof 44 ft (approximately 14 m)per sec-
ond.
Notes on audio/video mode
Permissible data carriers
RCD audio, CD-R and CD-RW
RDVD-R, DVD-V and DVD-RW
RSD card
RUSB storage device
Permissible file systems
RISO 9660/Joliet standard for CDs
RUDF for video DVDs
RFAT16, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS for SD card
and USB storage media
Multisession CDs
For multisession CDs, the content of the first
session determines how the multimedia system
processes the CD. The multimedia system plays
only one session and gives priority to the audio
CD session.
File structure of a data carrier
When you create a disc with compressed music
files, the tracks can be organized in folders. A
folder may also contain subfolders. The disc
may contain no more than eight directory levels.
Files beyond the eighth level will not be recog-
nized by the system.
iThe multimedia system supports data carri-
ers with up to 50,000 files.
In the case of a data carrier with more than
64 GB of stored data, only files in folders with the following names are supported: Music,
Pictures, Video.
Track and file names
When you create a disc with compressed musicfiles, you can assign names to the tracks and
folders.
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Media
Inserting an SD card
XInsertth eSD car dint oth eSD car dslot until
th eSD car dengages. The side wit hth econ-
tacts must fac edown .
If Memory
Car dhas been selected as amedia
source ,th emedium is played and th efile sare
loade din th ebackground. If there are no sup-
porte daudio or vide ofiles, you will see ames -
sage to this effect.
XSelec tth emedia source (Ypage 141).
Removing an SD card
XPress theSD card.
The SD car dis ejected.
XRemove th eSD card.
Connecting USB devices
Ther eare two US Bports in th estowage spac e
under th earmres t (Ypage 141).
XConnect th eUS Bdevice to th eUS Bport.
If th ecorresponding media display is visible,
th emedium is played and th efile sare loade d
in th ebackground. If there are no supported
audio or vide ofiles, you will see amessage to
this effect.
iMP3 player smust support Medi aTransfer
Protoco l(MTP).
Activating media mode
Afte rinserting aCD or DVD, th emedia mod eis
automatically switched on by th emultimedia
system.
If playable musi cfile sare found, they will be
played by th emultimedia system.
If amedia function is already switched on in th e
multimedia system, this will be interrupted and
th ebasic display of th eCD or DV Dmod ewill
appear .If another function ,suc has navigation ,
is bein goperated, th ebasic display will no t
change. Only th emusi cfrom th elast inserted
CD or DV Dwill be played.
Dependin gon th evehicl eequipment, th ebasic
display must already be turne don when usin g
wit hUS Bdevice sor SD cards.
XInser tth eCDs/DVD s (Ypage 144)
or
XInser tan SD card: (Ypage 145)
or
XConnect aUS Bdevice : (Ypage 145)
The multimedia system loads th emedium
inserted and playbac kstart sautomatically.
Further option sfor switching on :
RUsing themain function bar (Ypage 141)
RUsing thedevice list (Ypage 142)
RUsing theÕ button (Ypage 141)
Selecting the playback option
Playing similar tracks
XIn media mode, slide 6thecontroller .
XTo select Options:tur nand press th econ-
troller .
XTo select PlayMor eLik eThi s:tur nand
press th econtroller .
The multimedia system automatically creates
and plays atrack list wit hsimilar tracks. If
there are no comparable track son th edat a
carrier, you will see amessage to this effect.
XSelec tth erequire dtrack .
Selecting Play mode
XIn media mode, slide 6thecontroller .
XTo select Options:tur nand press th econ-
troller .
XTo select PlaybackMode:tur nand press th e
controller .
XSelectNormal Track Sequence.
The curren ttrack list is played in th eorder it is
store don th edat amedium.
XSelec tRandom Track Lis t.
The curren ttrack list is played in random
order.
XSelec tRandom Medium.
All track son th edat amedium are played in
random order.
Entering a track number directly
XIn media mode, slide 6thecontroller .
XTo select Options:tur nand press th econ-
troller .
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Searching for a track
XIn media mode, slide6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the control-
ler.
The category list is shown.
XSelect a category, e.g. Genres.
Sub-categories appear with the selection of
the main category (depends on the multime-
dia system default settings and the music
tracks available).
XSelect a sub-category, for example Rock.
If the sub-category Rock
contains music
tracks, these will be displayed.
Gracenote®Media Database
General notes
This function is available in audio CD mode.
There is a version of
Gracenote®music recognition technology,
Emeryville, California, USA on the multimedia
system hard disk. You will recognize this by the
logo in the bottom right-hand corner of certain
audio displays.
If the audio CD does not contain any CD text
information, the multimedia system can use the
Gracenote
®Media Database to identify
unknown audio tracks when in CD audio mode.
Carrying out an Internet update of met-
adata
The Updating Metadata Via Internetoption allows any missing metadata for an audio
CD (e.g. cover, track, album, artist) to be uploa-
ded retrospectively to the internal Gracenote
®
database.
An Internet connection is required for this
(
Ypage 124). Selecting Internet update of metadata
XIn media mode, slide
6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Updating Metadata Via Internetin the selection list.
A connection with the Gracenote®data server
is established. The missing data is loaded,
saved and displayed in the main display field.
If there is no data found or there is no Internet
connection, a corresponding error message
will appear.
Switching the Gracenote®data display
on/off
XSwitch on audio CD mode (Ypage 145).
XTo select Gracenote Media Database: turn
and press the controller.
XTo switch the display off: select None.
In the basic display, Track 1is shown instead
of the Gracenote®data, for example.
XTo switch on the display: press the controller.
Media search
General notes
The multimedia system plays back files from the following data media:
RDisc (audio CD or DVD)
RMemory card
RMedia Register
RUSB storage device
RApple®devices (folder, year and photos are
not available)
The categories are displayed according to the
data available.
Starting the media search
XIn media mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the control-
ler.
The category list appears.
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Category list
XIn media mode, slide6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the control-
ler.
The category list is shown.
Depending on the connected media sources and
files, the following categories are listed:
RCurrent Tracklist
RFolder
RSelect By Cover
RKeyword Search
RPlaylists
RArtists
RAlbums
RTrack
RGenres
RYear
RComposers
RVideos
RPhotos
RPodcasts
RAudiobooks
iThe categories are available as soon as the
entire media content has been read and ana-
lyzed.
If the same device is reconnected with
unchanged media content, these categories
are available more quickly.
When connecting Apple
®devices, the cate-
gories “Folder”, “Year” and “Photos” are not
available.
Searching a track using the current
track list
XTo select Current Tracklistin the cate-
gory list (Ypage 148): turn and press the
controller.
The selection list appears.
XSelect the required track.
Searching for a track via a folder
Playable files can be searched for in the active
data medium's directories.
XTo select Folderin the category list
(Ypage 148): turn and press the controller.
The folder list appears.
XSelect the required folder.
The track list appears.
XSelect the required track.
Searching for a track via cover view
XTo select Select By Coverin the category
list (Ypage 148): turn and press the control-
ler.
A menu with cover views appears.
XSelect the required cover.
The track list appears.
XSelect the required track.
Searching for a track via music genre
XTo select Genresin the category list: turn and
press the controller.
The multimedia system searches in all media
sources. A selection list with Genre and media
sources appears.
XSelect the desired music genre.
A selection list with music tracks from the
selected genre appears.
XSelect a music track.
The track is played. The basic menu for the
active media source is shown.
XTo exit the selection list: press the %but-
ton.
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Media
iA2DP (Advanced Audio Distribution Profile):
Bluetooth®audio profile for audio data trans-
mission
AVRCP ( Audio Video Remote Control Profile):
Bluetooth
®audio profile for audio data play-
back
iThe Bluetooth®device must be visible to the
multimedia system for authorization. After
authorization, the multimedia system even
finds the Bluetooth
®device when it is not
visible.
General notes
Before using your Bluetooth®audio device with
the multimedia system for the first time, you will
need to authorize it.
When you authorize a new Bluetooth
®audio
device, it is connected automatically. Connec-
tion involves first searching for a Bluetooth
®
audio device and then authorizing it.
You can authorize up to 15 Bluetooth®devices.
iIf you authorize a mobile phone that sup-
ports Bluetooth®audio, the A2DP and AVRCP
Bluetooth®audio profiles are connected
automatically.
The mobile phone is then entered:
Rin the Bluetooth®telephone list
(Ypage 93)
Rin the Bluetooth®device list
(Ypage 154)
Mercedes-Benz recommends authorizing a
mobile phone in Bluetooth
®telephony
(Ypage 94).
Bluetooth®audio basic display
:Audio transmission status (depending on
the Bluetooth®audio device, also title name
and artist)
;Data medium position in the media list
=Sound settings
?Connecting the device
ATo stop Ëor start Ìplayback
BName of the connected Bluetooth®audio
device (example)
COptions menu
Switching to Bluetooth®audio
XTo call up the media menu: press the Õ
button.
The last media source you have set is dis-
played.
XTo show the main function bar: slide 5the
controller.
XTo select Media: turn and press the controller.
XTo select Bluetooth Audio: turn and press
the controller.
If the Bluetooth
®audio device is already
authorized, it is activated by the multimedia
system. The basic display (
Ypage 153) then
appears. Playback starts.
If you see the No
BluetoothAudioDeviceConnectedmessage, you will need to author-
ize the Bluetooth®audio device first
(Ypage 154).
iIf the Bluetooth®audio device connected
supports metadata and corresponding data is
available, then the artist, track and album
name can be displayed.
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With some Bluetooth®audio devices, playback
must initially be started on the device itself, so
that the multimedia system can play the audio
data.
Device-specific information on authorizing and
connecting Bluetooth
®-capable mobile phones
can be found on the Internet at
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/connect .
Displaying details
XTo select a Bluetooth®audio device from the
Bluetooth®device list: turn the controller
(Ypage 154).
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Details: turn and press the con-
troller.
The following information concerning the
selected mobile phone is shown:
RBluetooth®name
RBluetooth®address
RAvailability status (shown after an update)
RAuthorization status
XTo close the detailed display: press the
% button.
Starting/stopping playback
Requirement: the Bluetooth®audio basic dis-
play (Ypage 153) is shown.
Starting playback
XTo select Ì: turn and press the controller.
Playback starts. Ëis selected.
Stopping playback
XSelect Ë.
A message appears. Ìis selected.
Continuing playback
XSelect Ì.
A message appears. Ëis selected.
Starting playback if the Bluetooth®
audio device has been stopped
During the search for mobile phones
(
Ypage 93), the connection with the Bluetooth®
audio device is terminated. The NoBluetooth
AudioDeviceConnectedmessage appears in
the Bluetooth®audio basic display
(Ypage 153). The ConnectLastUsedPlayermessage cannot be confirmed.
When the search is finished, the Bluetooth®
audio device can be reconnected.
XTo confirm theConnectLastUsedPlayermessage in the basic display: press the con-
troller.
Depending on the Bluetooth
®audio device
used, playback starts immediately or you
must start playback manually.
In this case, you will see the Bluetooth
Audio Device Pausedmessage.
XTo start playback:To selectÌ: slide 6
and press the controller.
Playback resumes from the beginning.
Selecting a track
The function is not supported by all Bluetooth®
audio devices.
Some mobile phones impair function with
regard to the following criteria:
Rthe number of tracks that can be selected.
Rthe time period until the next or previous track is played.
XUse the multifunction steering wheel to
switch to the media menu in the on-board
computer; see the vehicle Operator's Manual.
XTo skip forwards or backwards to a track:
press the 9or: button on the multi-
function steering wheel.
XRapid scroll: press and hold the 9
or : button on the multifunction steering
wheel until the desired track is reached.
If you press and hold the 9or: but-
tons, the rapid scrolling speed increases after
a short time.
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iDuring rapid scrolling, track names are not
displayed but only Track+1, Track+2, etc. (or
Track-1, Track-2, etc.). There are no playback
times shown for tracks that have been played.
This is available as an optional function start-
ing with AVRCP Version 1.3.
Playback options
General notes
If the Bluetooth®audio device supports the cor-
responding function, the following options are
available:
RNormal Track Sequence: the tracks are
played in the normal order (e.g. track 1, 2, 3
etc.).
Audio data playback is determined by the
order in which the tracks are written to the
data medium. Alphabetical order is the most
common. Once all the tracks in a folder have
been played, the tracks in the next folder are played.
RRandomTrackList: the current track list is
played in random order (e.g. 3, 8, 5 etc.).
RRandom Medium: all tracks on the data
medium are played in random order (e.g.
track 3, 8, 5 etc.).
Playback options are optional functions and
are not, or only partially, supported by Blue-
tooth
®audio devices.
Selecting the playback option
XSlide 6the controller in the Bluetooth®
audio basic display (Ypage 153).
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Playback Mode.
A # dot indicates the current setting.
XSelect the desired option.
If you select Random Track List, a corre-
sponding message appears in the display or
selection window.
Increasing the volume in the multime-
dia system
XSlide 6the controller in the Bluetooth®
audio basic display (Ypage 153).
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Volume: turn and press the control-
ler.
A menu appears. The #dot indicates the cur-
rent setting.
XSelect StandardorBoost.
iIf play back on the Bluetooth®audio player
is too quiet, the Boostfunction may be used.
It is recommended, however, that you
increase the volume on the Bluetooth
®audio
player directly.
Reconnecting a Bluetooth®audio
device
The Bluetooth®audio profiles are connected
automatically under the following circumstan-
ces:
Rone of the last two mobile phones to have
been connected has also been used as a Blue-
tooth
®audio player (if the function is suppor-
ted by the mobile phone).
Rthe mobile phone is automatically connected.
The Bluetooth®audio player is then connec-
ted.
iFor an automatic connection with the mul-
timedia system, the mobile phone must be
within range.
For most Bluetooth
®audio devices, the "auto-
matic connection" must be activated by tick-
ing a box. Depending on the device used, this
prompt often occurs during authorization (see
the manufacturer's operating instructions).
If the No Bluetooth Audio Device Connec‐
tedmessage appears, you have two options to
reconnect the Bluetooth®audio device.
Option 1:
XTo confirm the ConnectLastUsedPlayermessage in the basic display: press the con-
troller.
If the multimedia system can locate the Blue-
tooth
®audio device, it will be connected and
start playing.
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Media