2017 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET Owners Manual

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Navigat edownwards once.
The Favourites men uappears. #
Select Rename. #
Entert he characters. #
Toconfir mthe ent ry:select ¡.
Moving afavo urite #
Press the© button.
The main function saredispla yed. #
Navigat edownwards once. #
Select afavo urite. #
Navigat edownwards once.
The Favourites men uappears. #
Select Move. #
Movethef avo uritetot he desired position.
If af avo uritehas already been added at this
position, it will be overwritten.
Deletin gafavourite #
Press the© button.
The main function saredispla yed. #
Navigat edownwards once. #
Select afavo urite. #
Navigat edownwards once.
The Favourites men uappears. #
Todel ete: select Delete. #
Select Yes. #
Toresto reall favo urites: selectReset all.
Ap romp tappears. #
Select Yes.
The favo urites ar erese ttot hefactor yset‐
tings. Switchin
gthe sound on/o ff On
them ultifunction steering wheel 246
Multimedia sy stem

On
them ultimedia sy stem #
Tomute: pressvolume control 1.
The 8 symbol appear sinthestatus line
of thed ispla y.
Yo uw ill also hear traf fica nnouncements and
navigation announcements even when the
sound is muted. #
Toswitc hon:chang ethe media source or
tur nv olume control 1. Ad
justin gthe volume On
them ultifunction steering wheel On
them ultimedia sy stem #
Turn volume control 1.
The volume of thec urrent radio or media
source is set. The volume of other audio
sources can be adjus teds eparatel y.
Ad jus tthis in thef ollowing situations:
R during atraf fica nnouncement
R during anavigation announcement Multimedia sy
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The
volume of then avigation announce‐
ment changes in accordanc ewitht he vol‐
ume of thec urrent media sou rce.
R during atelephone call
R when entering or exitin gap arkin gspace
while using ActiveP arking Assist
or #
Select System. #
Select Audio. #
Selec tavolume setting. #
Setthe volume. Entering
characters Using
thec haracter input function
Use thec haracter input function in thef ollowing
situations, fore xamp le:
R Torenam eafavourite
R Toenter aPOI or address
R Tomak eap hone call The
following function sareavailable:
R Selecting acharacter in thec haracter bar
R Writin gac haracter on thet ouchpad
Character input can be star tedw ithac ontrol
element and resumed wit hanother. #
On theT ouc hControl and controller:
select acharacter in thec haracter bar.
Depending on thet arge te ntry ,the following
ch aracter sareavailable:
R The full se tofcharacter sisshown
R Onlythose character swhicha reuseful
fo rt he cur rent inpu tstring are shown
Other character saregrey ed out. #
On thet ouchpad: selectacharacter in the
ch aracter bar.
or #
Writet he character sonthetouch-sensitive
sur face of thet ouchpad.
Handwriting recognition suppo rtsy ou by
means of character suggestions and aread-
aloud function. Examples of
character ent ry:
R Renam eafavourite
R EnteraP OI or an addre ss using free or step-
by -ste ps ear ch
R Enter aweb address
Entering character susin gthe controller.
Example :renaming afavourite #
Call up the" Renaming afavo urite" function
(→ pag e245). #
Toenter acharacter: turn3,s lide4
and press thec ontroller.
The character is entered in thei np ut line. 248
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Use
thef ollowing entr yfunctions:
% Todele teac haracter :press thec ontrol‐
ler.
To dele tean ent ry:p ress and hol dthe
controller until thee ntir eentry is dele ted.
Ä To
switc htos pecial character sand sym‐
bols.
X To
switc htou pper-case or lo wer-case let‐
te rs.
B To
switc hthe language.
v Toswitc htoc haracter entr yonthetouch‐
pad.
% The available editing function sdepen don
th ee diting task ,the languag esetand the
ch aracter le vel. #
Toconfir mthe ent ry:select ¡.
Example: entering adestination (navigation) #
Enter theP OI or address (→ page266).
Entering character sonthetouchpad
Re quirements:
R The touchpad is swit ched on (→ page243). R
The entered or selected character shoul dbe
re ad out :the handwriting recognition read-
aloud function is swit ched on (→ page244).
Exam ple:renaming afavo urite #
Call up the" Renaming afavo urite" function
(→ pag e245). #
Toenter acharacter: useyour finger to
writ echaracter sonthetouchpad.
The character is entered in thei np ut line. If
dif fere nt interpr etations ar epossible, charac‐
te rs uggestions ar edispla yed. #
Toselect acharacter suggestion: turnthe
controller. #
Resume character input. #
Toenter aspace: swiperight when thec ur‐
sor is located in thei np ut line. #
Todel eteac haracter: swipe leftwhent he
cursor is loc ated in thei np ut line. #
Toconfir mthe ent ry:press thet ouchpad. #
Tofinish character entr y:swipe upwards.
or #
Press the% button.
Example: entering adestination (navigation) #
Ente rthe POI or address (→ page266). Sy
stem settings Display
Configuring displa
ysettings
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
G Display and styles
Designs #
Select Design. #
Select Sport,Classic orProgressive. Multimedia sy
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Ad
apting thea mb ient lighting fort he style #
Select Adjust ambient light. .
Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
This function adjusts thea mbient lighting for
th es elected displa ystyle.
Ad ditional displ ayarea
Depending on thev ehicle, various items of addi‐
tional information can be shown. The additional
displa yareac omprises thel eft-hand or right-
hand thirdoft he displa y. #
Select Additiona ldisplay area .
The following displa ycontent can be selected:
R Dynamic
R Navigation map
R Consumption
R Time and date
Displ aybrightness #
Select Display brightness .#
Select abrightness value. Switching
thed ispla yoff/on #
Off: select Display off . #
On: press abutton, %,f orexample.
Displ aydesign #
Select Day/nigh tdesign. #
Select Automatic, Day design orNight
design. Time and date
Setting the time and dat
eautomatical ly
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
& Time and date #
Deactivate ªManual time adjustment.
The time and dat eareseta utomaticall yfor
th es elected time zonea nd summer time
option.
% The cor rect time is requ ired fort he following
functions: R Routeg uidance wit htime-dependent
traf ficg uida nce.
R Calculation of expected time of ar riva l. Setting
thet imez one
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
& Time and date .
Time
zone:
The lis tofcountries is displa yed. #
Select acount ry#.
Depending on thec ount ry,t ime zones are
displa yed. #
Select atime zone.
The time zon esetis displa yeda fter Time
zone:.
Settin gsummer time
The Automatic Summer Time andSummer Time
options canno tbeselected in all countries.
Multimedi asystem:
, System .
& Time and date
Au tomatically #
Switch Automatic Summer Time onO or off
ª.
Manual ly #
Switch Automati cSummer Time offª. 250
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#
Select Summer Time. #
Select OnorOff.
Setting the time and dat eformat
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
& Time and date .
Set
format #
Setthe dat eand time form at#.
Setting thet imem anually
Re quirement:
R The Manual time adjustment function is
switched on.
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
& Time and date .
Set
time #
Setthe hours. #
Navigat etot heright tosetthe minutes. #
Setthe minutes. #
Confir mchanges when exitin gthe menu.
The dat eissetautomaticall yvia GPS. Connectivity
Setting up
ahotspo tvia business telephony
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
ö Connectivity .
Set up
hotspot #
Select Select the vehicle's mobile hotspot . #
Select Business phone.
The hotspo tisactive.
Exte rnal devices (e.g. tablets) can be connec‐
te dtot he multimedia sy stem via business
te lephon y.
% Information abouts etting up ahotspot
(→ pag e313).
Swi tchin gtransmission of the vehicl eposi‐
tion on/off
Multimedi asystem:
, System .
ö Connectivity #
Select Transmit vehicle position . #
Switc hthe function on Oor off ª. Blue
tooth ® Information abou
tBluet oo th®
Bl ue tooth ®
tech nology is astandar dfor short-
ra ng ew ireles sdatat ransfer up toappr oximately
10 m.Youc an use Blue tooth®
to connect your
mobile phon etothe multimedia sy stem and use
th ef ollowing functions, fore xamp le:
R hands-free sy stem wit haccess tothef ollow‐
ing options:
- contacts (→ page298)
- call lists (→ page300)
- text messa ges
R Interne tconnection
R listening tomusi cvia Blue tooth®
audio
(→ pag e329)
R trans ferring business cards (vCards) int othe
ve hicle
Blue tooth ®
is ar egis tere dt rademar kofBlue‐
toot hSpecial Interes tGroup (SIG) Inc.
% Interne tconnection via Blue tooth®
is not
av ailable in all countries. Multimedia sy
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Ac
tivating/deactivatin gBluetooth ®
Requ irement:
R Apple CarPlay™ is no tactive.
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
ö Connectivity #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª Bluetoo th®
.
If Android Autois active, apromp tappear sask‐
ing whe ther Blue tooth®
should be deactivated. #
Select Yes.
Android Autois closed and Blue tooth®
is
deactivated. Wi
-Fi Wi
-Fic on nectio noverview
Yo uc an use Wi-Fi toestablish aconnection with
aW i-Finetwo rkand toaccess theI nterne tor
ot her networ kdevices.
The following connection option sareavailable:
R Wi-Fi connection The
Wi-Fi connectio ntoaWi-Fi-capable
device ,e.g.t he cus tomer's mobil ephone or
at able tPCise stablished.
R multimedia sy stem as aWi-Fihotspot
Using this function ,atable tPCorn otebook
can be connected, fore xamp le.
To establish aconnection ,you can use thef ol‐
lowing me thods:
R WPS PIN
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaaP IN.
R WPS PBC
The connectio ntoasecureWi-Finetwo rkis
mad ebyp ressing abutton (push button).
R security key
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaas ecu rity key. Setting up
Wi-Fi
Requ irement:
R The device tobe connec teds upports one of
th et hree means of connection described
(→ pag e252).
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
ö Connectivity
Ac tivating/deactivatin gWi-Fi #
Switch Wi-FionO or off ª.
If Wi-Fi is deacti vatedª,communicatio nvia
Wi -Fi toall devices is inter rupte d. This also
means that ac onnectio ntothe HERMES
communication module canno tbeestab‐
lished. Then function ssuchasd ynamic route
guidance wit hLiveT raffic In form ation ar enot
av ailable.
Connecting them ultimedia sy stem wit ha
device via Wi-Fi
Thi sfunction is available if aHERME Scommuni‐
cation modul eisnotins talled. 252
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The type of connection es
tablished mus tbe
selected on them ultimedia sy stem and on the
device tobe connec ted.
% The connection procedur emaydiffer
dependin gonthe device. Followt he instruc‐
tions that ar eshown in thed ispla y.Fu rther
information (see them anufacturer's operat‐
ing instructions). #
Select Internet settings . #
Select Search for Wi-Fi networks.
Using aWPS PIN: #
Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Select ¥Connec tusing WPS PIN input.
The multimedia sy stem generates an eight-
digi tPIN. #
Enter this PIN on thed evice tobe connec ted. #
Confir mthe entr y.
Using abutton:
Re quirements:
R This function is onl yavailable in aWi-Fifre‐
qu ency of 2.4 GHz. #
Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PBC. #
Select "Connec tvia WPS PBC" in theo ptions
on thed evice tobe connec ted. #
Press theW PS button on thed evice tobe
connec ted. #
Select Continue inthem ultimedia sy stem.
Using asecurity key: #
Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Select ¥Connec tusing securit ykey. #
Have thes ecurity keyd ispla yedont he device
to be connec ted( see them anufacturer's
operating instructions). #
Ente rthis security keyo nthe multimedia sys‐
te m. #
Confir mthe entr ywith¡.
% All devices suppor tasecurity keyasa
mean sofconnection.
Device ha salread ybeen connec ted: #
Toautomaticall yconnect: highlight aWi-Fi
networ kinthe list. #
Activate ¥ Connect automatically O. #
Toconnect: highlightaWi-Finetwo rkinthe
list. #
Select ¥Connect.
The connection is es tablished again. These
function sarepossible when thed evice has
already been connected totheW i-Finetwo rk.
Setting up awifih otspot
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
ö Connectivity
Configuring them ultimedia sy stem as awifi
hotsp ot
The type of connection es tablished depends on
th ed evice tobe connec ted. The function must
be suppor tedbyt he multimedia sy stem and by
th ed evice tobe connec ted. The type of connec‐
tion es tablished mus tbeselected on them ulti‐
media sy stem and on thed evice tobe connec‐
te d. #
Select Set up hotspot. #
Highlight Connectdevice to vehicle hotspot. Multimedia sy
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