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Information on map data
Your vehicle is supplied with map data at thefa c‐
to ry. Depending on the count ry, map data for
yo ur region is either pre-ins talled or the map
data is supplied on a data storage medium. You
do not require an activation code forth e map
data which is pr ovided with your vehicle.
If th e map data on your vehicle has been ins tal‐
led at thefa ctory and youwish toreins tall it, you
do not need toenter the activation code.
An activation code is requ ired for purchased
map data.
Obser vethefo llowing no tes:
RThe activation code can be used for one vehi‐
cle
RThe activation code is not transferable
RThe activation code has six digits
In theev ent of thefo llowing problems, please
con tact an au thorized Mercedes-Benz Center:
RThe multimedia sy stem does not accept the
activation code
RYo u ha velost the activation code Displaying
the compass
Multimedia sy stem:
,Navigation.À Route and Position
#Select Compass.
The compass display sho wsthefo llowing
information:
Rth e cur rent di rection of tr avel with bear‐
ing (360 deg reefo rm at) and compass
direction
Rlongitude and latitude coo rdinates in
degrees, minutes and seconds
Rheight (rounded)
Rnumber of GPS satellites from which a
signal can be receive d
Setting the map scale automatically
Multimedia sy stem:
,Navigation.Z Options
The map scale is set automatically depending on
yo ur driving speed.
Fo r journe ysin cities with de tailed city models, a
map view from the driver's perspective is used.
#Switch Auto Zoom onO or off ª. %
The automatically selected map scale can be
changed manually for a short time. The set‐
ting is reset automatically af ter a few sec‐
onds.
Displaying the satellite map
Multimedia sy stem:
,Navigation.Z Options.Map
Content
#Switch Satellite Map onO or off ª.
or
#If satellite map display 6isavailable in the
map menu, switch it on Oor off ª
(
→page 274).
Switched on O: satellite maps are displa yed
in map scales of 2 mi (2 km).
Swit ched off ª: satellite maps are not dis‐
pla yed in map scales from 2 mi (2 km) to
10 mi (10 km).
% Satellite maps forth ese map scales are not
av ailable in all countries.
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Displayingweather information
Multimedia sy stem:
,Navigation.Z Options.Map
Content
#Ac tivate OWeather Information.
or
#If we ather information display 6isavailable
in the map menu, activate O(→page274)
it .
Cur rent we ather information is displa yed on
th e navigation map, e.g. temp erature or
cloud co ver.
% Requirement (USA): Mercedes-Benz
mbrace
®is activated.
% Weather information is not available in all
countries.
Calling up the Digital Operator's Manual
(navigation)
Calling up information on navigation
Multimedia sy stem:
,Navigation.Z Options.Naviga-
tion Info
#Select theto pic.
Te lephone
Telephony
Telephone menu overview
1Blue tooth®device name of the cur rently
connected mobile phone
2Signal stre ngth of the mobile phone network
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Depending onthe data source, you ha vethefo l‐
lowing number of con tacts:
RPe rm anently sa ved conta cts: 3,000 entries
RContacts loaded from the mobile phone:
3,000 ent ries
Fr om the conta cts menu, you can per form the
fo llowing actions:
RUsing thete lephone
-Calling a con tact (→page 287)
-Calling a new number (→page 284)
RNavigation (→page 261)
RCompose message s (→page 289)
If a mobile phone is connected tothe multimedia
sy stem (
→page 282) and automatic calling up
(→page 286) is activated, the mobile phone's
conta cts are displ ayed in the address book. Downloading mobile phone contacts
Multimedia sy
stem:
,Phone.Z Options
Au tomatically
#Ac tivate OSynchronize Contacts Automati-
cally .
Manually
#Deactivate ªSynchronize Contacts Auto-
matically .
#SelectSynchronize Contacts .
Calling up contacts
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.ª Contacts
Depending on thech aracter set, thefo llowing
options can be used tosear chfor contacts:
Rsearching byinitials
Rsear ching byname
Rsea rching byphone number
#Enterch aracters into the sear chfield.
A selection of possible conta cts appears.
Entering more characters into the sear ch
fi eld nar rows down the number of possible
selections.
#Select the conta ct.
A contact can contain thefo llowing de tails:
Rphone numbers
Rnavigation addresses
Rge o-coordinates
RInternet address
Editing thefo rm at of a contact's name
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.Z Options.Name For-
mat
The following options are available:
RLast Name, First Name
RLast Name First Name
RFirst Name Last Name
#Select an option.
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Transfer redve hicle data when using Apple
CarPlay™ and Android Auto
Information on trans ferred vehicle data
When using Android Autoor Apple CarPlay™,
cer tain vehicle data is transfer redto the mobile
phone. This enables youto getth e best out of
selected mobile phone services. Vehicle data is
not directly accessible.
The following sy stem information is transmit ted:
RSoftware release of the multimedia sy stem
RSy stem ID (anonymized)
The transfer of this data is used tooptimize com‐
munication between theve hicle and the mobile
phone.
To do this, and toassign se veralve hicles tothe
mobile phone, a vehicle identifier is randomly
ge nerated.
This has no connection totheve hicle identifica‐
tion number (VIN) and is dele ted when the multi‐
media sy stem is reset (
→page 253).
The following driving status data is transmitted:
RTransmission position engaged
RDistinction between par ked, standstill, rolling
and driving
RDay/night mode of the instrument clus ter
The transfer of this data is used toalter how
con tent is displ ayed tocor respond tothe driving
situation.
The following position data is transmitte d:
RCoordinates
RSpeed
RCompass direction
RAcceleration dire ction
This data is only transfer red while the navigation
sy stem is active in order toimpr oveit (e.g. so it
can continue functioning when in a tunnel).
Mercedes-Benz mbrace®(USA)
Making a call via theove rhead control panel
Mercedes-Benz mbrace®is available in the US A.
1Breakdown assis tance call
2SOS button co ver
3MB Info call
4SOS button
#To make a breakdown assistance call:
press button 1.
This initia tes a call tothe Mercedes-Benz
Cus tomer Assis tance Center.
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