eral acceleration,displa yoft hefast ened seat
belts)
Rmalfunctions or defectsini mportant sy stem
components (e.g. lights, brakes)
Rinformation on vehicle damag eevents
Rsystem reactionsins pecial drivin gsituations
(e.g. air bag deployment, inter ventio nofs ta‐
bilityc ontrol sy stems)
Rambient conditions (e.g. temp erature, rain
sensor)
In addition toprov iding thea ctual control unit
function ,this dat aassists them anufacturer in
de tecting and rectifying malfunctions and opti‐
mizing vehicle functions. The majority of this
dat aist emporar yand is onl yprocessed in the
ve hicle itself. Onl yasmall portion of thed atai s
st ored in thee vent or malfunctio nmemor y.
When your vehicle is serviced, tech nica ldata
from thev ehicle can be read out byservice net‐
wo rkemplo yees or thirdp arties .Services
include repair services, maintenanc eprocesses,
wa rrant yevents and qualitya ssurance meas‐
ures, fore xamp le. The read out is per form ed via
th el egall yprescribed por tfor OBD ("on-board diagnostics"
)inthevehicle. The respective
service networ klocations or thirdp arties col‐
lect ,proces sand use thed ata. The ydocument
te ch nica lstatuses of thev ehicle, assis tinfind‐
in gm alfunctions and impr oving qualitya nd are
transmitted tothem anufacturer ,ifnecessar y.
Fu rthermore, them anufacturer is subject
to
product liabilit
y .F or this, them anufacturer
requ irestech nica ldataf romv ehicles.
Malfunctio nmemories in thev ehicle can be
re se tbya serviceoutle tasp artofr epair or
maintenanc ework.
The ycan enter dat aintot he vehicle's con veni‐
ence and inf otainment functionst hemselves as
par toft he selected equipment.
This includes, fore xamp le:
Rmultimedia dat asuchasm usic,films or pho‐
to sf or playbac kinanintegrated multimedia
sy stem
Raddress book dat afor use in connection with
an integrated hands-free sy stem or an inte‐
grated navigation sy stem
Rentered navigation destinations
Rdat aabout theu se of Interne tservices This dat
acan be stored locally in thev ehicle or
is located on adevice whic hyou ha veconnected
to thev ehicle. If this dat aisstore dint hevehi‐
cle, youc an dele teit at an ytime. This dat acan
onl ybet ransmitte dtothirdp arties upon your
re qu estw ithp articular rega rd tothes cope of
use of online services according to your selected
settings.
Yo uc an stor eorc hangeconvenience settings/
individualizatio ninthevehicle at an ytime.
Depending on thee quipment, this includes, for
ex ample:
Rseat and steering wheel position settings
Rsuspension and climat econtrol settings
Rindividualization suc hasinterior lighting
If yo ur vehicle is accordingly equipped,y ou can
connect your smartphoneora n
other mobile end
device tothev ehicle. Youc an cont rolthem via
th ec ontrol element sintegrated in your vehicle.
Images and audiof romt he smartphone can be
output via them ultimedia sy stem. Cer tain infor‐
matio nissimultaneouslyt ransmittedtoyour
smartphone.
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Depending onther espectiv eintegration type,
th is includes, fore xamp le:
Rgeneral vehicle information
Rposition data
This enables theu se of selected smartphone
Apps, e.g. navigation or music playbac k.Ther eis
no fur ther interaction between thes martphone
and thev ehicle; in particular ,vehicle dat aisnot
directl yaccessible. The type of fur ther dat apro‐
cessingisd etermined bythep rovideroft he App
used. The respectiv eApp and your smartphone's
operatin gsystemd etermine whe ther changes
can be made tothes ettings and whic hsettings
can be changed.
Service pr oviders
Wire less networ kconnection
If yo ur vehicle has awireless networ kconnec‐
tion, it enables dat atobeexchanged between
yo ur vehicle and additional sy stems. The wire‐
less networ kconnection is enabled via thev ehi‐
cle's transmission and reception uni torvia con‐
nected mobil eend device s(e.g .smart phones). Onlin
efunction scan be used via thew ireless
networ kconnection. This includes online serv‐
ices and applications/Apps pr ovided bythe
manufacturer or other pr oviders.
Manufa cturer's se rvices
The manufacturer describes ther espectiv efunc‐
tions and cor responding legal dat aprotection
information when suitable fort he manufacturer's
online services. Personal dat amaybe used for
th ep rovision of online services. Dat ais
ex ch anged via asecur econnection, e.g .tothe
manufacturer's designated IT sy stems. Personal
dat aisc ollected, processed and used via the
pr ov ision of service sexclusivel yonthe basis of
legal permissions or wit hprior consent.
The services and function s(sometimes subject
to afee) can usually be activated or deactivated.
In some cases, this also applies tothee ntire
ve hicle's dat aconnection. This excludes, in par‐
ticular ,legally prescribed function sand services.
Thir dparty se rvices
If it is possibletou se onlineservices from other
pr ov iders, these services ar esubject tothed ata
pr otection and term sofu se ofther esponsible pr
ov ider .The manufactur er has n
o influenc
eon
th ec onte ntexc hanged.
Please enquire, therefore, about thet ype, scope
and purpose of thec ollection and use of per‐
sonal dat aaspartoft hirdp arty service sfrom
th eir respectiv eprovider.
COMAND/mbrace
Ifth ev ehicle is equipped wit hCOMAND or
mbrace, additional dat aabout thev ehicle's oper‐
ation, theu se of thev ehicle in cer tain situations,
and thel ocation of thev ehicle ma ybecompiled
th ro ugh COMAND or them brace sy stem.
Fo ra dditional information please refertot he
ch ap terM ultimedias ystema nd/or them brace
Te rm sa nd Conditions.
Event Data Recorders
This vehicle is equipped wit hanevent da ta
re corder (EDR). The mai npurpose of an ED Ris
to record, in cer tainc rash or nea rcrash -likes it‐
uations, such as an air bag deploymen torhitting
ar oad obstacle, dat athat will assi stin under‐
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Generaln otes
ÄTo
switc htos pecial character sand sym‐
bols.
X To
switc htou pper-case or lowe r-case let‐
te rs.
B To
switc hthe language.
v Toswitc htoc haracter entr yonthetouch‐
pad.
% The available editing functionsd ependon
th ee diting task ,the languag esetand the
ch aracter le vel.
#To confir mthe ent ry:select ¡.
Example: entering adestination (navigation)
#Enter theP OI or address (→pag e250).
Entering character sonthetouchpad
Re quirements
RThe touchpad is switched on (→pag e231).
RThe entered or selected character shouldb e
re ad out :the handwriting recognition read-
aloud function is switch ed on (
→page232). Example:
renaming afavo rite
#Call up the" Renaming afavo rite "f unction
(→pag e234).
#To enter 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.
#To select acharacter suggestion: turnthe
controller.
#Re sume character input.
#To enter aspace: swiperight when thec ur‐
sor is located in thei np ut line.
#To del eteac haracter: swipe leftwhent he
cursor is loc ated in thei np ut line.
#To confir mthe ent ry:press thet ouchpad.#To finish character entr y:swipe upwards.
or
#Press the% button.
Example: entering adestination (navigation)
#Entert he POI or address (→pag e250).
System settings
Display
Configuring displa ysettings
Multimedia sy stem:
, 6 \ V W H P.G ' L V S O D \ D Q G ' H V L J Q V
Designs
#Select ' H V L J Q V.
#Select 6 S R U W, &