2018 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN Owner's Manual

Your advantages at aglance:
Rcon veniently receive softwar eupdate svia
th em obile phone network
Rthel ong-te rmqualitya ndavailabilityo f
Mercedes-Ben zmbrace®is guaranteed
Rkeep your multimedia system and communi‐
cation module up-to-date
Fu rther information about softwar eupdates can
be found at http:/ /me.mercedes-benz.com
Pe rformin gasoftwar eupdat e
Re quirements
RAn Interne tconnection is requiredfor
updates whichareobtaine donline.
Multimedia system:
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Au tomatically
Re quirements
RYour vehicle has abuilt-in communication
module.
#Ac tivate $XWRPDWLF 2QOLQH 8SGDWH O.
Up dates ar eperform ed.
The cur rent status of theu pdates is dis‐
pla yed.
Manually
#Deactivate $XWRPDWLF 2QOLQ H8SGDWHª.
#Select an updat efromt he lis tand star tt he
update.
Sear ching forn ew Up dates
Re quirements
RYour vehicle does no thaveab uilt-in commu‐
nicatio nmodule.
RAn Inte rnet-enabled mobil ephone is connec‐
te dtot he multimedia sy stem (→pag e275).
#Select 6HDUFK IRU 1HZ 8SGDWHV.
The lis tofavailable updates is refreshed.
#Select an updat eand star tt he update.
The selected updat eisdownloaded via the
connected mobil ephone.
Ac tivatin gthe so ftwa reupdate
#Restar tt he sy stem. Important sy
stem upda tes
Impor tant sy stem updates ma ybenecessar yfor
th es ecurity of your multimedia sy stem's data.
Please ins tallth ese updates, or else thes ecurity
of your multimedia sy stem cannot be ensured.
% If automatic softwar eupdates ar eactivated,
th es ystemu pdates will be downloaded auto‐
maticall y(
→page247).
As soo nasanu pdateisa vailable ford ow nload,
ac orresponding messag eappears onthem ulti‐
media sy stem displa y.
Yo uh ave thef ollowing selection options:
R'RZQORDG
The updat ewill be downloaded in theb ack‐
ground.
R'HWDLOV
Information about thep ending sy stem
updat eisdisplayed.
R/DWHU
The updat ecan be downloaded manually at a
later time (
→pag e247).
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Ifth ed ownload is comple teda nd theu pdat eis
re ady fori ns tallation ,you will be informed of this
af te rt he next ignition cycle, fore xamp le.
Re quirements fort he ins tallation:
RThe ignition is switched off.
RNo tesa nd warnings ha vebeen read and
accep ted.
RThe elect ricp arkin gb rake is applied.
If all requirements ar emet,t he updat ewill be
ins talled. The multimedia sy stem cannot be
operated while theu pdat eisb eing ins talled and
ve hicle functions ar erestricted.
If er rors should occur during thei nstallation ,the
multimedia sy stem automaticall yattem ptst o
re stor et he pr evious version. If restoration of the
pr ev ious version is no tpossible,as ymbol
appear sonthe center console displa y.Please
consult aqualified specialis tworks hop to
re solv ethe problem.
Re setfunction
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.5HVHW
Pe rsonal dat aisdeleted, fore xamp le:
Rstatio npresets
Rconnec tedm obile phones
#Select <HV.
If PIN pr otection is activated, apromp tappears
asking if youa lso wish torestor et his tothef ac‐
to ry settings during areset.
#Select <HV
#Enterthec urrent PIN.
The PIN is reset.
Or
#Select 1R.
The cur rent PIN stay st he same af terr eset‐
ting.
% Ifyo uh ave forg otteny our PIN ,anauthorized
Mercedes-Ben zCente rcan deactivat eyour
PIN pr otection fory ou. Ap
romp tappear sagain asking whe ther you
re all yw ish toreset.
#Select <HV.
The multimedia sy stem is rese ttot hefactory
settings.
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Multimedia sy stem

Navigation
Switching navigation on
Multimedia sy stem:
,1DYLJDWLRQ
#Alternatively: press theß button.
The map appear sand sho wscurrent vehicle
position 1. %
Ifac limat econtro lsetting is changed, acli‐
mat ebar appear sbrief ly.
Showing/hiding then avigation menu
Re quirementsRThe map sho wsthev ehicle's cur rent posi‐
tion.
,1DYLJDWLRQ
#To sho w:swipe lef tonthetouchpad or the
To uc hC ontrol.
or
#Slid ethe controller tothel eft.#To hide: swipe right on thet ouchpad or the
To uc hC ontrol.
or
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#Slidethec ontroller tother ight.
% Tosho worh ide lowerm enu le vels, swipe or
slide tothel eftorr ight as man ytimes as
necessar y.
Destination ent ry
EnteringaPOI or address
Multimedia sy stem:
,1DYLJDWLRQ
#Sho wthe navigation menu.
#Select ª(QWHU 'HVWLQDWLRQ .
The stat eorp rovince in which th evehicle is
located is set 1.
Therearetwoa vailable me thods of destina‐
tion entry:
Rfree sear ch2
Rstep-b y-step sear ch3
Me thod 1: free sear ch
#EntertheP OI or address in 2.The ent ries
can be made in an yorder.
During destination ent ry,s uggestion sare
made bythem ultimedia sy stem. Aselection
of destinations appear sinalist.
En tert hese address elements, fore xamp le:
Rcity,stre et,h ouse number
Rstre et,c ity
RZIP code
RPOI name
RPOI categor y,e.g. *DV 6WDWLRQ
Rcity,POI name
#To switc htoh andwriting recognition:
select 5v.
#Writet he character on thet ouchpad.
#To switc htoc harac ters election: pressthe
% button.
or
#Press thet ouchpad.#To del eteane ntry:select 4% (ifavail‐
able).
RPress brief ly:d elet es thel astc haracter
entered or thel asts uggestion adop ted.
RPress and hold: dele test he entir eentry.
#To setthe language: select8.
#Select thel anguage.
% This function is useful forc ountries in which
se veralc haracter sets ar esupport ed. An
ex ample is Russia, whic huses Cyrillica nd
Latin characters.
#To call up theo nline sear chfunction:
select 62QOLQH 6HDUFK.
Once an Interne tconnection is es tablished, a
lis ta ppears. It sho wsonline destinations
re lated tothep reviouse ntry.
Online destinations ar eprovidedbyt he Inter‐
ne ts ervice pr ovider.
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#Selecttheo nline destination.
or
#En terano nline destination in thei np ut line.
% Online sear chis no tavailable in all coun‐
tries.
% Requirement( USA): Mercedes-Benz
mbrace
®is activated.
#To call up thel ist: press the% button.
or
#If th et op line of thec haracter bar is highligh‐
te d, navigat eupwards.
#Select thed estination in thel ist.
#To adop tadestination: select6HOHFW 'HVWL
QDWLRQ 7.
If th er ea reseverallistings forad estination,
al ista ppears.
#Select thed estination.
The destination address is shown.
Me thod 2: sear chstep- by-ste p
#Press the% button.
or
#If th et op line of thec haracter bar is highligh‐
te d, navigat eupwards.
The character bar is hidden. &LW\ RU =,3is
highlighted. Additional ent ryfields, e.g. for
32,,a reavailable.
#Select &LW\ RU =,3 .
The character bar appears.
#En tert he city or theZ IP code.
During destination ent ry,s uggestion sare
made bythem ultimedia sy stem. Aselection
of destinations appear sinalist.
The address ent ries can be made in any
order ,for example:
R&LW\ RU =,3 ,6WUHHW ,+RXV H1R
En terani ntersecting stre et,ifa vailable.
R6WUHHW ,&LW\ RU =,3
R32,,e .g.*DV 6WDWLRQ ,&LW\ RU =,3
% During destinatio nentry,u se thef ollowing
functions:
Rswitching tohandwriting recognition
Rswitching tocharacter selection
Rdeletin ganentry An entr
y,e.g. 32,,c an be dele tedw ith
£ inas tep-b y-step sear ch.N avigate
to thel efttodos o.
Rcall up online sear chfunction (if availa‐
ble)
Rcalls up alist
The functionsa redescri bed in thef ree
sear ch.
#To chang ethe state/pr ovince: select the
st at eort he province.
#En tert he stat eort he province. Youo nly
nee dtoe nterthef irst ch aracter.
#Select thes tate or thep rovince in thel ist.
#To chang ethe countr y:select thec ount ry.
#Enter thec ountry .You onl yneedtoe nterthe
fi rs tc haracter.
#Select thec ountry onthel ist.
#To adop tadestination: select6HOHFW 'HVWL
QDWLRQ.
If th er ea reseverallistings forad estination,
ad ista nce-o rientated lis tappears.
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#Selectthed estination.
The destination address is shown.
Selecting pr evious destinations
Multimedia sy stem:
,1DYLJDWLRQ.3UHYLRXV DQG 2WKHU 'HVWL
QDWLRQV
#Select 3UHYLRXV 'HVWLQDWLRQV.
#Selectthed estination suggestion or thed es‐
tination.
The destination address is shown.
% If/HDUQ -RXUQH\V is switched onO,destina‐
tion suggestion saredispla yed
(
→pag e264).
#Alternativel y:ifaf avorit ehas been sa ved
(→pag e263), select )URP *OREDO )DYRULWHV .
#Selectthef avo rite .
The destination address is shown. Selecting
aPOI
Multimedia sy stem:
,1DYLJDWLRQ.3UHYLRXV DQG 2WKHU 'HVWL
QDWLRQV.32,V
Me thod 1
#Select thec ategor y.
If ro uteg uidance isno ta ctive: thes ear ch
begins in thev icinit yoft he cur rent vehicle
position. The lis tissortedbyd ista nce in
ascending orde r.
If ro uteg uidance isactive: thes ear chbegins
af te rs electing asear chposition.
The POIs sho wthe following information:
Rname of POI
Rlinear dis tance totheP OI
Rthed irection of thel inear dis tance tothe
POI (ar row) is displa yedw hen sear ching
fo rt he vehicle's cur rent position
#Select theP OI.
#Routeg uidanceisa ctive:select thes ear ch
position prior tochoosing aPOI.
#If intermediat edestinations ar eset,t hese
can also be selected as thes ear chposition
af te rs electing 1HDU 'HVWLQDWLRQ .
Me thod 2
#Select $OO &DWHJRULHV .
#Selectthec ategor y.
#Select theP OI.
#Routeg uidanceisa ctive:select thes ear ch
position prior tochoosing aPOI.
#If intermediat edestinations ar eset,t hese
can also be selected as thes ear chposition
af te rs electing 1HDU 'HVWLQDWLRQ .
Alternativel yfiltering th edispla ybyP OI
#Enterasear chterm intheª 6HDUFK
line.
The results lis tshows releva nt POIs.
#Select ¡.
The firs tP OI in thel istish ighlighted.
#Select theP OI.
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Example: settingthes ear chposition fort he
parkin gcatego ryduring activ erout eguid‐
ance
#Select ,Q WKH 9LFLQLW\ ,1HDU 'HVWLQDWLRQ or
$ORQJ WKH 5RXWH.
The lis tshows th elocated POIs or opens an
ove rviewoft herouted estinatio nafter
selecting 1HDU 'HVWLQDWLRQ .
#SelecttheP OI.
#Select 1HDU 'HVWLQDWLRQ:s electthei nter‐
mediat edestination or thed estination.
St arting an automatic gass tatio nsear ch
Re quirements:
RThe automatic gass tatio ns ear chis activated
O (→page258).
Driving situation
Ro uteg uidance isact ive. The fuel leve lint he
fuel tank reaches thef uel reser ve.
The 5HVHUYH )XHO :RXOG \RX OLNH WR VWDUW D
VHDUFK IRU VXUURXQGLQJ JDV VWDWLRQV" messageis
shown.
#Select <HV.
The automatic gass tatio ns ear chbegins. The
av ailable gass tations alongt herouteori n
th ev icinit yoft hevehicle's cur rent position
ar ed ispl ay ed.
#Select theg asstation.
The address of theg asstatio nisd isplayed.
#Ifro uteg uidance isno ta ctive, select 6WDUW
5RXWH* XLGDQFH.
The selected gass tatio niss etas thed esti‐
nation .Rout eguidance begins.
or
#If ro uteg uidance isactive, select 6WDUW 1HZ
5RXWH* XLGDQFH or6HW DV 1H[W, QWHUPHGLDWH
'HVWLQDWLRQ .
6WDUW 1HZ 5RXWH* XLGDQFH:the selected gas
st atio niss etas an ew destination. The pr evi‐
ous destination sand intermediat edestina‐
tion saredele ted. Ro uteg uidance totheg as
st atio nbegins.
6HW DV 1H[W, QWHUPHGLDWH' HVWLQDWLRQ :the
selected gass tatio niss etas then extinter‐
mediat edestination. Routeg uidance begins.
#Ifth erea realread yfour intermediat edes‐
tinations: select<HVinthep romp t.
Th es elected gass tatio nise ntered int oposi‐
tio n1oft he intermediat edestinations menu.
Intermediat edestination 4isdeleted. Ro ute
guidance begins.
Entering an intermediat edestination
Re quirements
RAd estination is entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
,1DYLJDWLRQ.,QWHUPHGLDWH 'HVWLQDWLRQV
DQG ,QIR
#Select 6HDUFK IRU DQ ,QWHUPHGLDWH 'HVWLQD
WLRQ .
#Entert he intermediat edestination as aPOI
or address (→pag e250).
#Select thei ntermediat edestination.#Select 6HW DV 'HVWLQDWLRQ.
or
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#Select an intermediatedestination using
ª (QWHU 'HVWLQDWLRQ duringrouteg uid‐
ance.
#Select 6HW DV 1H[W, QWHUPHGLDWH'HVWLQ DWLRQ
af te re ntering thed estination.
Editing intermedia tedestinations
Re quirements:
RAd estination is entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
,1DYLJDWLRQ.:D\ 3RLQW VDQG ,QIR
#To chang ethe order of destinations: high‐
light thed estination or thei ntermediat edes‐
tination.
#Select ¥0RYH.
#Movethei ntermediat edestination tothe
desired position.
#Press theT ouc hControl, thec ontroller or the
to uchpad.
#To call up them ap:highlight thed estination
or thei ntermediat edestination.
#Select ¥0DS.
#Movethem ap (→page268).
#Select destination on them ap (→page255).
#Todel etead estination: highlightthed esti‐
nation or thei ntermediat edestination.
#Select ¥'HOHWH .
Calculating arout ew ith intermediat edesti‐
nations
Re quirements
RThe destination and at leas tone intermediate
destination ha vebeen entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
,1DYLJDWLRQ.,QWHUPHGLDWH 'HVWLQDWLRQV
DQG ,QIR
#Select 6WDUW 1HZ 5RXWH *XLGDQFH.
The routeisc alculated withthe se tinter‐
mediat edestinations.
Selecting acontact
Re quirements
Ram obile phoneisc onnectedtot he multime‐
dia sy stem (→pag e275). Multimedias
ystem:
,1DYLJDWLRQ.3UHYLRXV DQG 2WKHU 'HVWL
QDWLRQV.&RQWDFWV
#Select thec onta ct.
The contact de tails ar edispla yed.
#Select thea ddress.
Alternativel yfiltering th edispla ybyc ontacts
#Enteran ame or telephonen umber,for exam‐
ple, int othe sear chfield.
#Select ¡.
The firs tc ontact in thel istish ighlighted.
#Select thec onta ct.
#Select thea ddress.
Entering geo-coordina tes
Multimedia sy stem:
,1DYLJDWLRQ.3UHYLRXV DQG 2WKHU 'HVWL
QDWLRQV.*HRFRRUGLQDWHV
#En terg eo-coordinates as latitude and longi‐
tude coordinates in degrees, minutes and
seconds.
The map sho ws theposition.
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