2018 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS ESTATE Owners Manual

Manufactured under licence from Dolby Labora‐
to
ries. Dolb y,Dol byAudio and the double-D sym‐
bol are trademar ksof Dolby Laboratories. Graceno
te,th e Graceno telogo and logotype,
"P ow ered byGracen ote", MusicID and Pla ylist
Plus are either regis tere d trademar ksor trade‐
mar ksof Graceno te, Inc. in theUn ited States
and/or other countries.
Note s on copyright
Au dio files that you create or reproduce yourself
fo r playback aregeneral lysubject tocopyright
pr otection. In many count ries, reproductions,
eve nfo r private use, are not permitted without
th e prior consent of the copyright holder. Make
sure that you kn owabout the applicable copy‐
ri ght regulations and that you co mply withthese. Switching on media mode
Multimedia sy
stem:
0018 Media 0019
à Media sources 0007
Select a media source.
Playable music files are pla yed bac k.
Inserting/removing an SD card 000A
DANG ER Risk of fata l injury from swal‐
lowing SD cards
SD cards are small parts.
They could be swallo wed and lead tochok‐
ing. 0007
Keep SD cards out of there ach of chil‐
dren. 0007
Seek medical attention immediately if
an SD card has been swallo wed. 000E
NO
TEDama gedue tohigh temp eratures High
temp eratures may damage the SD card. 0007
Remo vethe SD card af ter use and take
it out of theve hicle. 382
Multimedia sy stem

Multimedia sy
stem:
0018 Media 0019
à Media sources
0019 Mem. card
Inserting
The multimedia connection unit is located in the
stow age compartment under the armrest. 0007
Insert the SD memory card into the SD card
slot until it engages. The side with the con‐
ta cts must face down wards.
Pla yable music files are pla yed bac k. Re
moving 0007
Press the SD card. 0007
Remo vethe SD card. Multimedia sy
stem 383

Overview of
the audio mode 1
Active da tastorage medium
2 Album co ver
3 Trac k, artist, album
4 Track number and number of trac ksinthe
track li st 5
Search
6 Playback control
7 Media sources
8 Sound 9
Full screen (for video pl ayback)
A Options 384
Multimedia sy stem

Connecting USB devices
000E NO
TEDama gecaused byhigh temp era‐
tures High
temp eratures can damage USB devices. 0007
Remo vethe USB device af ter use and
ta ke it out of theve hicle. The multimedia connection unit is
found in the
stow age compartment under the armrest and
has two USB ports.
Depending on theve hicle's equipment, addi‐
tional USB ports can be found in thestow age
compartment of the cent reconsole and in the
re ar passenger compartment. 0007
Connect the USB device tothe USB port.
Pla yable music files are pla yed back only if
th e cor responding media display is activated.
0009 Use the USB port identified by00C2 touse
Apple CarPlay™ and Android Auto.
0009 Depending on theve hicle equipment there is
an additional USB port in there ar passenger
compartment. Ports th at are labelled with a bat
tery symbol can only be used tocharge
USB devices.
Selecting a track in the media playba ck
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 Media
Selecting a track byskipping toa track 0007
Toskip backwards or forw ards toa
track: navigate up or down.
Selecting a track using the cur rent track list 0007
Select 00D3. 0007
Select Current track list. 0007
Select a tra ck.
Selecting playback options
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 Media 0019
Z Options
Playing back similar trac ks 0007
Select Play similar tracks.
A track li stwith similar trac ksis created and
pla yed bac k. Playback mode 0007
Select Random playback of the current track
list.
The cur rent track li stis pla yed in random
orde r. 0007
Select Random playback of the current
medium.
All trac kson the active data storage medium
are pla yed in random orde r. 0007
Select Normal track sequence .
The cur rent track li stis pla yed in the order it
appears on the data storage medium.
Controlling media playback
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 Media 0019
Y Playback control
A bar with playback controls is shown. 0007
Topause playback: select and confirm
Y with th e cent ral control element.
The 00CF symbol is displa yed. 0007
Toresume playback: select and confirm
Y again with the cent ral control element.
The 00D0 symbol is displa yed. Multimedia sy
stem 385

To
fast forw ard/r ewind 0007
Move00CF onthe timeline.
To hide the playback controls 0007
Press the0038 button. Vi
deo mode Switching
tovideo mode
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 Media 0019
à Media sources 0007
Select a data storage medium. 0007
Sear chfor and select video files or pla ylists
with video files.
Pla yable video files are pla yed bac k.
The multimedia sy stem supports thefo llowing
fo rm ats:
R MPEG
R AVI, DivX, MKV
R MP4, M4V
R WMV
0009 Ifth eve hicle is tr avelling faster than 5 km/h
th e video image is hidden from the driver. If
av ailable, thech annel and prog ramme infor‐
mation is continuously displa yed.
Due tothe lar gevariet y of available video
fi les rega rding encoders, sampling rates and
data transfer rates, playback cannot be guar‐
anteed. Vi
deos up toFullHD (1920x1080) are sup‐
por ted.
Cop y-pr otected video files or DRM (Digital
Rights Management) enc rypte dfiles cannot
be pla yed bac k. 386
Multimedia sy stem

Overview of video mode
1
Active da tastorage medium
2 Album co ver
3 Trac k, artist, album
4 Track number and number of trac ksinthe
track li st 5
Search
6 Playback control
7 Media sources
8 Sound 9
Full screen (for video pl ayback)
A Options Multimedia sy
stem 387

Ac
tivating/deactivating full-screen mode
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 Media 0019
à Media sources 0007
Select a data storage medium.
Pla yable video files are pla yed bac k. 0007
Toactivate full-screen mode: select0008
Full screen. 0007
Todeactivate full-sc reen mode: pressthe
to uchpad.
Changing video settings
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 Media 0019
Z Options
0019 Picture format
The following picture form ats are available:
R Automatic
R 16:9
R 4:3
R Zoom 0007
Select a picture form at. Ad
justing the brightness manually
If th eAutomatic pictureform at is swit ched off,
yo u can adjust the brightness yourself. 0007
Select Brightness. 0007
Adjust the brightness. Media sear
ch St
arting the media sear ch
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 Media 0019
ª Search
Depending on the connected media sources and
fi les, thefo llowing categories are lis ted:
R Current track list
R Keyword search
R Playlists
R Artists
R Albums
R Tracks
R Folders
R Music genres
R Year R
Composers
R Videos
R Podcasts (Apple®
devices)
R Audiobooks (Apple®
devices) 0007
Select a categor y.
0009 The categories are available as soon as the
entire media conte nt has beenread in and
anal ysed. Media Inter
face Information about
the Media Inter face
Media In terface is a universal inter face forthe
connection of mobile audio equipment. The mul‐
timedia sy stem has two USB ports. The USB
ports are located in thestow age compartment
under the armrest.
Suppor ted devices
The Media Inter face allo wsyouto connect the
fo llowing data storage media:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ® 388
Multimedia sy stem

R
MP3 pla yer
R USB devices
Fo r de tails and a list of suppor ted devices, visit
our website at http://www.mercedes-
benz.com/connect. Follow the instructions in
th e "Media Inter face" section. Switching
toMedia Inter face
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 Media 0019
à Media sources 0007
Connect a data storage medium tothe USB
port (0013 page 385). 0007
Select a media device.
Playable music files are pla yed bac k. Multimedia sy
stem 389