2017 MERCEDES-BENZ S-Class MAYBACH light

Deleting all speed dial presets
XTo call up the telephonemenu: press the
% button.
XTo call up the menu bar: slide 6thecon-
troller.
XTo select CallLists:turn and press th e
controller.
XSelect Speed Dia lPreset Lis t.
The speed dial list is displayed.
XTo highlight the desired memory position:
turn th econtroller.
XTo select G: slide 9thecontroller.
XTo select Delete All Speed Dia lPre ‐sets:turn and press th econtroller.
XTo select Yes:turn and press th econtroller.
Al l speed dials are deleted.
Messages (text messages and e-
mails)
Requirements
To use the message functions, theconnecte d
mobile phone must support theMA P Bluetooth®
profile. When connecting the mobile phone, you
may have to accept the prompt forth eMA P
Bluetooth
®profile.
With somemobile phones, some settings still
have to be made after connecting to th e multi-
media system (see the manufacturer's operat-
ing instructions). The messages are then dis-
played thenext time you connect to the multi-
media system.
An e-mail account must be set up on the mobile
phone fo rth e e-mail function (see the manufac-
turer’s operating instructions).
To read and write e-mails in the multimedia sys-
tem, th e e-mail account first needs to be con-
figure d(
Ypage 130).
Some mobile phones with theMA P Bluetooth®
profile:
Ronly sho wne wtext messages
Rdo not support the deleting or editing of text
messages
Rdo not support thedraft s folder for text mes-
sages
Rdo not support the sending of text messages
Rdo not support the e-mail function
Rdo not send messages when in a locked sta-
tu s
Not all mobile phones avai lable o
n themarke t
are equally suitable. Further information about
setting sand supporte dfunction s of Bluetooth
®-
capable mobile phones can be found on the
Internet at
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/connect.
You can also obtain more information by calling.
In th e USA, you can get in touch with the
Mercedes-Benz Customer Assistanc e Centeron
1-800-FOR-MERCedes (1-800-367-6372).
In Canada, you can get in touch with the Cus-
tomer Relations Center on 1-800-387-0100.
Function restrictions
Text messages cannot be written while the vehi-
cle is in motion.
General notes
New messages are identified by the /sym-
bol in the display of the multimedia system and
an audible signal. Once you have read all the
messages, the symbol is no longer displayed.
The multimedia system displays the 100 newest
text messages and e-mails.
The ú symbol is displayed when the mobile
phone's message memory is full. The symbol is
no longer displayed if you delete messages.
Settings
Calling up the settings menu for mes-
sages
XTo call up the telephone menu: press the
% button.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select 1: turn and press the controller.
The message menu is displayed.
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XTo switch to the menu bar: slide6the con-
troller.
XTo select Settings: turn and press the con-
troller.
The text message settings and the available e-
mail accounts of the connected mobile phone
will be displayed.
Configuring the text messages dis-
played
XCall up the settings menu for messages
(Ypage 129).
XTo highlight Text Message: turn the control-
ler.
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
A menu with the following options is shown:
RAll Messages
All the messages are displayed.
RNew Messages
Only the messages that are new on the
mobile phone are displayed. You can also
display the last 100 text messages using
the Download
option in the message menu.
ROff
The messages are not displayed automati-
cally. You can display the 100 newest text
messages from the mobile phone using the
Download
option in the message menu.
XTo select the required option: turn and press
the controller.
Configuring the e-mails displayed
XCall up the settings menu for messages
(Ypage 129).
XTo highlight an e-mail account: turn the con-
troller.
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
A menu with the following options is shown:
RAll Messages
All the messages are displayed.
RNew Messages
Only the messages that are new on the
mobile phone are displayed. You can also
display the last 100 text messages using
the Download
option in the message menu.
ROff
The messages are not displayed automati-
cally. You can display the last 100 text messages using the
Download
option in the
message menu.
XTo select the required option: turn and press
the controller.
Configuring an e-mail account
XCall up the settings menu for messages
(Ypage 129).
XTo select an e-mail account: turn and press
the controller.
The e-mail account is now configured. E-mails
can now be received and sent in the multi-
media system.
Deactivating the e-mail function
XCall up the settings menu for messages
(Ypage 129).
XTo select E-Mail Off: turn and press the
controller.
E-mail reception is deactivated.
Changing the displayed name of the e-
mail account
Some mobile phones:
Rdo not support the changing of the displayed
name
Rsupport only the e-mail address of the e-mail
account
XCall up the settings menu for messages
(Ypage 129).
XTo highlight an e-mail account: turn the con-
troller.
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Own E-Mail Address: turn and
press the controller.
The input menu for entering your own e-mail
address is displayed.
Downloading messages manually
XTo call up the telephone menu: press the
% button.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select 1: turn and press the controller.
The message menu is displayed.
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XTo switch to the menu bar: slide6the con-
troller.
XTo select Download: turn and press the con-
troller.
Downloading text messages and e-mails
from the phone
XSelect From the Phone.
The messages are downloaded. If you have
selected Automatic Download
in the e-mail
settings, manual downloading is not possible.
Updating from the e-mail server by the
mobile phone
XSelect From the E-Mail Server.
The e-mails in the mobile phone are updated.
This function is not supported by all mobile
phones.
Reading messages
In the message menu
The message menu contains all the unread text
messages and e-mails. If the corresponding
folder is called up, the messages are displayed
sorted by text messages and e-mails.
XTo call up the telephone menu: press the
% button.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select 1: turn and press the controller.
The message menu is displayed with the
unread messages.
XTo select the message: turn and press the
controller.
The message text is displayed.
XTo close the message text: press the %
button. If you want to read messages that have already
been read again, you have to call up the corre-
sponding message folder (
Ypage 131).
In the message folder
XTo call up the telephone menu: press the
%
button.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select 1: turn and press the controller.
The message menu is displayed.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select Folder: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select Text MessageorE-Mail: turn and
press the controller.
The selected folder is displayed.
XTo select the message: turn and press the
controller.
The message is displayed.
XTo scroll through the message or select phone numbers in the text: turn the controller.
The display scrolls up or down line by line, or
skips to the next or previous telephone num-ber and automatically highlights it.
XTo return to the list: press %.
The following sub-folders can be selected
for text messages and e-mails:
RInbox
This folder contains all the incoming mes-
sages.
ROutbox
This folder contains all the outgoing mes-
sages.
RDrafts
This folder contains all the messages that you
have saved as a draft.
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iFolders cannot be selected if they are
empty.
Depending on the mobile phone used, the sub-
folder function may be available.
Read-aloud function for messages
XTo start the read-aloud function: press the
controller when the message is displayed.
XTo select Read Aloud: turn and press the
controller.
The multimedia system reads the message
aloud.
XTo cancel the read-aloud function: press the
8 button.
or
XPress the controller, select Cancel Read-Aloud Functionand press the controller
again.
You can set the language (
Ypage 46) and the
speed (Ypage 43) of the read-aloud function.
Displaying details and phone numbers
The multimedia system can also show a short-
ened sender display in full.
XTo call up the telephone menu: press the
% button.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select 1: turn and press the controller.
The message menu is displayed.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select Folder: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select Text MessageorE-Mail: turn and
press the controller.
The selected folder is displayed.
XTo highlight the desired message: turn the
controller.
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Details: turn and press the con-
troller.
The detailed view appears.
XTo close the detailed display: slide8 the
controller.
XTo return to the telephone menu: press the
% button.
Writing text messages
Writing a new text message
Observe the requirements for the message func-
tion (Ypage 129).
XTo call up the telephone menu: press the
% button.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select 1: turn and press the controller.
The message menu is displayed.
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select New: turn and press the controller.
XTo selectText Message: turn and press the
controller.
The text message input menu is displayed.
The To:
input line is selected.
Entering a recipient
XEnter characters using the controller
(Ypage 34), the telephone keypad or the
touchpad (Ypage 31), depending on the vehi-
cle's equipment.
or
XTo enter a phone number from the phone
book: select the Æsymbol.
The contacts from the address book which
have a phone number are displayed.
XSearch for and select an entry (Ypage 124).
The number is copied to the recipient line.
Entering text and sending text messages
XIf the phone number was entered manually,
first select the text input line: select 5in the
character bar.
XEnter characters.
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Text templates
Using text templates
:Displays text templates
XSelect the input line for a text message
(Ypage 132) or e-mail (Ypage 133).
XTo select text templates :in the character
bar: turn and press the controller.
The text templates are displayed.
XTo select and insert a text template: turn and
press the controller.
The text template is inserted into the text
message or e-mail.
Editing text templates
:Displays text templates
XSelect the input line for a text message
(Ypage 132) or e-mail (Ypage 133).
XTo select text templates :in the character
bar: turn and press the controller.
The text templates are displayed.
XTo highlight the text template to be edited:
turn the controller.
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Edit: turn and press the controller.
The text template is displayed in an input line.
XEdit the text template as desired. Further
information on character entry using the con-
troller (
Ypage 34). Alternatively, depending on the vehicle equipment, you can enter char-
acters using the telephone keypad or the
touchpad (
Ypage 30).
XTo adopt changes to the text template, select
¬: turn and press the controller.
The text template has been changed.
Calling a text message sender
XDisplay the message (Ypage 131).
XTo call up a menu: press the controller.
XTo select Call Sender: turn and press the
controller.
The call is made.
Using a phone number in the text
Numbers in text messages that are highlighted
can be used.
XTo highlight and select a usable phone num-
ber while the message is displayed: turn and
press the controller.
XTo select Use: press the controller.
XTo selectCall: turn and press the controller.
The call is made.
iIt is possible that a highlighted numerical
sequence may not contain a telephone num-
ber.
Storing the sender as a new entry in
the address book
Storing the sender of a text message
XTo call up the menu when a text message is
displayed: press the controller.
XTo select Save Number: turn and press the
controller.
XTo select NewEntry: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect a number category, e.g. Home.
XSelect a telephone category, e.g. MobilePhone.
XSelectContinue.
The input line for the name of the new contact
is displayed. The input line for the telephone
number is filled in automatically.
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If a mobile phone is connected to the multimedia
system and automatic calling up is activated
(
Ypage 140), the mobile phone's contacts are
displayed in the address book. If you disconnect
the mobile phone from the multimedia system,
these contacts are no longer displayed in the
address book.
When you import, save, edit or add contacts,
they will be saved in the multimedia system.
These contacts will remain available even when
you connect the multimedia system to a differ-
ent mobile phone. You can view these contacts
even without a mobile phone.
iThe address book can store a total of 5000
contacts.
R2000 entries are reserved for permanently
saved contacts.
R3000 entries are reserved for contacts that
you can load from the mobile phone.
iBefore selling your vehicle, delete the con-
tacts saved in the multimedia system using
the reset function (
Ypage 50).
Calling up the address book
XTo call up the telephone menu: press the
% button.
XTo switch to the main function bar: slide 5
the controller.
XTo select Phone: press the controller.
XTo selectAddress Book: turn and press the
controller.
XTo browse in the address book: turn the con- troller.
An address book entry can also include a pic-
ture. This is shown to the left of the address
data. Address book entries with pictures can
only be created by importing vCards (vcf
files). Further information on importing vCards (
Ypage 140). The quality of the pic-
ture depends on the picture's resolution.
Searching for a contact
Using the character bar
XCall up the address book (Ypage 136).
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select Search: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select characters: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
The first contact with the selected first char-
acter is highlighted in the address book. If
there are similar contacts, the next different
character is shown. For example, with con-
tacts such as Jana
andJohn, the beginnings
of the names are identical. The next different
character A
andOare offered for selection.
XSelect the characters of the contact you are
searching for one by one, pressing and con-
firming with the controller each time.
XTo end the search: select ¬.
The contacts in the address book are dis-
played.
XTo select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
Back to the character bar
XPress the %button repeatedly until the
character bar is displayed.
Information about character entry (
Ypage 34)
Using the touchpad
If your vehicle is equipped with a touchpad you
can use this function.
XCall up the address book (Ypage 136).
XTo switch to the menu bar: glide down.
XSelect Search.
XDraw a letter on the touchpad surface.
The first contact with the selected first char-
acter is highlighted in the address book.
Further information on handwriting recogni-
tion on the touchpad (
Ypage 30).
XDraw additional letters on the touchpad sur-
face one after another.
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XCall up the address book (Ypage 136).
XTo select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The detailsfor the contact are displayed.
XTo select the address or geo-coordinates:
turn and press the controller.
The navigation menu is displayed.
XTo selectStartRouteGuidance: slide6
and press the controller.
The route to the destination address is calcu-
lated and route guidance starts.
Making a call
XCall up the address book (Ypage 136).
XTo select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
XTo select a telephone number: turn and press
the controller.
The number is dialed. Further information
about the functions during a call
(
Ypage 120).
Sending text messages
XCall up the address book (Ypage 136).
XTo select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The detailsfor the contact are displayed.
XTo highlight the telephone number: turn the
controller.
XTo selectG: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Send Text Message: turn and
press the controller.
The entry fields for a text message are dis-
played.
Observe the requirements for the message func-
tion (
Ypage 129).
Sending an e-mail
XCall up the address book (Ypage 136).
XSelect an entry: turn and press the controller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
XTo select an e-mail address: turn and press
the controller.
The entry fields for an e-mail are displayed
(
Ypage 133). Observe the requirements for the message func-
tion (
Ypage 129).
Displaying sub-entry information
XCall up the address book (Ypage 136).
XSelect an entry: turn and press the controller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
XTo highlight the desired entry: turn the con-
troller.
XTo select
G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Details: turn and press the con-
troller.
The display is shown in full.
XTo close the detailed display: press the %
button.
Editing a contact
XCall up the address book (Ypage 136).
XTo select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
XTo highlight the desired entry: turn the con-
troller.
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Edit: turn and press the controller.
The entry field for the selected entry is dis-
played.
In formation about character entry (
Ypage 34).
Changing the category of an entry
XCall up the address book (Ypage 136).
XSelect an entry: turn and press the controller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
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XTo highlight the desired entry: turn the con-
troller.
XTo selectG: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Change Category: turn and press
the controller.
XTo select a category: turn the controller and
press to confirm.
Storing the phone number as a speed
dial number
XCall up the address book (Ypage 136).
XSelect an entry: turn and press the controller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
XTo highlight the desired telephone number:
turn the controller.
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select Speed Dial: turn and press the
controller.
XTo select AssignSpeedDialPreset: turn
and press the controller.
XTo select a memory position for the speed
dial: turn and press the controller.
The phone number has been saved as a speed
dial.
Voice tags
Introduction
You can enter voice tags via the Voice Control
System (see the separate operating instruc-
tions). Once you have assigned a voice tag to an
address book entry, you can call up this entry
with a voice command and dial a phone number,
for example. You can add one voice tag per
address book entry.
Adding or changing a voice tag
XCall up the address book (Ypage 136).
XSearch for an address book entry with or with-
out a voice tag ¦(Ypage 136).
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select VoiceTag: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Add: turn and press the controller.
Subsequent operation is voice-controlled.
The Voice Control System guides you through
the dialogs.
Deleting a voice tag
XCall up the address book (Ypage 136).
XSearch for an address book entry with a voice
tag (Ypage 136).
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select VoiceTag: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Delete: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select Yes: turn and press the controller.
The voice tag is deleted.
Listening to a voice tag
XSearch for an address book entry with a voice
tag (Ypage 136).
XTo select G: slide 9the controller.
XTo select VoiceTag: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Listen: turn and press the control-
ler.
You hear the voice tag.
Changing the display and sorting cri-
teria for contacts
XCall up the address book (Ypage 136).
XTo show the menu bar: slide 6the control-
ler.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XTo select Display and Sorting: turn and
press the controller.
You have the following options:
RLast Name, First Name(default setting)
The contacts are sorted by surname and dis-
played with a comma.
RLast Name First Name
The contacts are sorted by surname and dis-
played without a comma.
RFirst Name Last Name
The contacts are sorted by first name and dis-
played without a comma.
XTo select the required option: turn and press
the controller.
The contacts are sorted and displayed
according to the selection.
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