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Switc
hingbetw een calls 0007
Select call003B.
The select edcall isactiv e.The other call is
on hold.
Ac tiv atin gor endin gacal lon hol d 0007
Select Continu eCa llor End Call.
Co nduc tingaco nfer en ce cal l 0007
Select Crea te Co nfere nceCallin thete le‐
phon emen u.
The newpar ticipant isinc luded inthecon fer‐
ence call.
Endin gan activ ecall 0007
Select 005A.
0009 Onsome mobilephones, thecall onhold is
activ ated assoon astheactiv ecall isended.
Ac cep ting/r eject ingawa iting call
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an act ive call (0013 page29 4). If
yo ure cei veacall while already inacall, a
mes sageis displa yed. An acous ticsignal also
sounds. 0007
Select Accept.
The incom ingcall isactiv e.
If onl yone mobile phoneiscon nectedwit h
th emultimedia system, thepr ev ious callwill
be put onhold.
If dur ing acall youacc epta call withth e
ot her mobile phonewhenintwophone mode
th en theex istin gcall isended . 0007
Selec tRejec t.
0009 This function andbeha viordepen dson your
mob ilephon ene tworkpr ov ider andthe
mobil ephone (seethemanuf acturer'soper‐
ating instruction s). Contacts
Inf
ormat ionabout thecontact smenu
The contacts menu contains allcont acts from
ex istin gdat asour ces, e.g.mobile phoneor
memo rycard. Youcan stor eup to6,000 con‐
ta cts. Depe
nding onthedat asour ce,youha ve thefo l‐
lo wing numb erofcon tacts:
R Perm anen tly sa ve dcon tacts: 3,000 entries
R Contacts loaded from themobile phone:
3,000 entries
Fr om thecon tacts menu ,yo ucan perform the
fo llo wing actions :
R Usin gth ete lephon e:
- Calling acon tact (0013 page 297)
- Calling ane wnumbe r(0013 page29 4)
R Navig ation (0013 page268)
R Com pose messa ges(0013 page299)
If amobile phoneisconn ectedtothemultimedia
sy stem (0013 page290) andautomatic calling
up (0013 page296) isactiv ated, themobile
phone's contacts aredispl ayed intheaddr ess
book . Multimedia
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Do
wnloa dingmob ilephone conta cts
Mult imediasystem:
0018 Phone 0019
Z Option s0019
Contac ts
Au tomatic ally 0007
Swi tchSyn chro nize Contacts Automatica lly
on 0073.
Man ually 0007
Dea ctivate0053 Synchro nize Contacts Auto-
ma tica lly. 0007
Select Synchro nize Contacts .
Ca llin gup contac ts
Mu ltimed iasystem:
0018 Phone 0019
ª Contac ts
Depen dingonthech aract erset,th efo llo wing
op tion scan beused tosear chforcont acts:
R searc hingbyinit ials
R sear ching bynam e
R searching byphone number 0007
Enterch aract ersint oth esear chfield.
A select ionofpossible contacts appea rs.
Ent ering mor ech aract ersint oth esear ch
fi eld narrows down thenumber ofpossible
select ions. 0007
Select thecon tact.
A cont actcan cont ain th efo llo wing details:
R phon enumb ers
R navig ation addresses
R geo-coor dinates
R Interne taddr ess
Editing thefo rm atofaco ntact's name
Mul timedi asy stem:
0018 Phone 0019
Z Option s0019
Contac ts
0019 Name Format
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Last Name ,Fir stName
R Last Name FirstName
R FirstName LastName 0007
Select anoptio n. Ov
ervie wof impor tingcontact s
Contact sfrom various sour ces Sour
ce Requirement s
ò Memor ycar dT heSD memor ycar d
is inser ted.
ò USBdevice TheUSB device is
inser tedin theUSB
por t. 296
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Sour
ce Requirement s
ñ Bluetooth®
con‐
nectio n If
th esendin gof
vCar dsvia Blue tooth®
is suppor ted, vCar ds
can berecei vedon
mobile phones ornet‐
book s,forex am ple.
Blue tooth®
is act iva‐
te din themultimedia
sy stem and onthe
re spectiv ede vice
(see themanuf actur‐
er's oper ating instruc‐
tion s).
ó Mobile phone Themobile phoneis
con nect edtothemul‐
timedia system. Im
por ting contacts intoth econtact smenu
Multi media system:
0018 Phone 0019
Z Option s0019
Contac ts 0007
Select Import. 0007
Select anoption . Sa
ving amobile phonecontact
Multimedia system:
0018 Phone 0019
ª Contac ts 0007
Select themobile phonecontact ó. 0007
Sele ctp. 0007
Sele ctSave toVeh icle.
The cont actsave din themultimedia system
is identif iedbythef symbol.
Calling acontact
Multimedia system:
0018 Phone 0019
ª Contac ts 0007
Enterch aract ersint oth esear chfield. 0007
Select thecon tact. 0007
Sele ctthete lephon enumb er.
The numb erisdialed.
Selecting further options inthecontact s
menu
Multi media system:
0018 Phone 0019
ª Contac ts 0007
Select acon tact. 0007
Sele ctp. Depe
nding onthestor ed dat a,thefo llo wing
op tion sar eav ailable:
R Call
R Sen dTex tMess age
R Show Webs ite(ifan Inte rn et addr esshas
been stor ed)
R Navigate (ifan addr esshas been stor ed)
R Save MyFavorite
R Send DTMF Tones (for anumber withDT MF
to nes) 0007
Select anoptio n.
De letin gaco ntact
Mu ltimed iasystem:
0018 Phone 0019
ª Contac ts
Yo ucan deletecont acts stor ed intheve hicle. 0007
Sear chforth econ tact. 0007
Sele ctthecon tact. 0007
Sele ctp. 0007
Sele ctDele teCo ntact . 0007
Sele ctYes . Mu
ltimed iasystem 29
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Call
list Call
listove rview
Depen dingonwhe ther your mob ilephon esup‐
por tsthePB AP Blue tooth®
pr ofile ornot,th is
can have differe nt effects onthepr esent ation
and func tionsof thecall list.
If th ePB AP Blue tooth®
pr ofile issuppor ted, the
ef fects are asfollo ws :
R The calllists from themobile phonearedis‐
pla yedin themultimedia system.
R When connect ingthemobile phone, youma y
ha ve toconf irm thecon nect ionforth ePB AP
Blue tooth®
pr ofile.
If th ePB AP Blue tooth®
pr ofile isno tsuppor ted,
th eef fects areas follo ws :
R The multimedia system gener ates its owncal l
li st s.
R The calllistis no tsync hronized withth ecall
lis ts inthemobile phone. Making
acall from thecall list
Multi media system:
0018 Phone 0019
ø Recent Calls 0007
Select anumber .
The callismade. Te
xt messag es Ov
ervie wof text messag efunctions
If th econ nect edmobile phonesuppor tsthe
MAP Bluetooth®
pr ofile, thete xt mes sage func‐
tions canbeuse don themultimedia system.
Yo ucan obtain further information aboutset‐
ting sand suppor tedfunc tionsof Blue tooth®
-
cap ablemob ile pho nes from anauthor ized
Mer cedes-B enzCent eror at:htt p://
www .mercedes-ben z.com/con nect
Some mobile phones requ ire fur ther settings
af te rbeing connect edtothemultimedia system
(see manuf acturer'soper ating instruction s).
Ne wmessag esareidentif iedbythei sym‐
bol inthemedia displayand anaudible signal. Depen
dingonthemobile phone, themultimedia
sy stem onlydispla ysnewinco ming text mes ‐
sa ge sor the10 0ne we sttext mes sage s.
Conf iguringthete xt messag esdispla yed
Multimedia system:
0018 Phone 0019
Z Option s0019
Text Message
0019 Message Display 0007
Select p.
A menu withth efo llo wing option sis sho wn:
R AllMessage s
R New andUnread Message s
R New Message s
R Off (The text mes sage sar eno tdispla yed
aut omat ically.) 0007
Select anoption.
0009 The setting mayno tbe acti veunt ilth e
mobil ephone isreconnect ed. 298
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Re
ading text messag es
Multimedia system:
0018 Phone 0019
i TextMessage
Re ading ate xt messag e 0007
Select ate xt mes sage .
The messag ete xt isdispl ayed.
Using there ad-aloud function 0007
Select ate xt mes sage . 0007
Select Read Alou d.
The text mes sage isread aloud.
Com posingand send ingate xt messag e
Multimedia system:
0018 Phone 0019
i TextMessage 0007
Select WriteNewTextMessage.
Ad ding are cipie nt 0007
Select PresstoAdd Recip ient. 0007
Select thecon tact.
Di ctating text 0007
Select PresstoDictat e. 0007
Tostar tth edictat ionfunction: press on
th ecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The app forth edict ation function isloaded.
If th er ewa sno prior Interne tconn ection, a
conn ection isno wes tablished. 0007
Sayth emessag e.
The dictation endsautomaticall yaf te ryo u
ha ve finis hed speaking.
Af terth evo ice mess agehas been proces sed,
it is sho wnastext. 0007
Toreplac eamess age:sel ect Replace mes-
sag e.
The text that has been dictat edand shown
on thedispla yis rese tand canbedict ated
ag ain.
Editing text 0007
Select thewo rd. 0007
Tocall upthecor rection menu:press on
th ecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Adjus ting thecapit alization ofwo rds(if
suppor tedby thech aract erset) R
Expand ingthech oice ofwo rds
R Deleting theselect ion
R Recor ding ane wdict ati on 0007
Tolea vethemenu :selec tDon e.
Send ingtext messag es 0007
Select SendTextMessage .
Re plyin gto ate xt messag e
Multimedia system:
0018 Phone 0019
i TextMessage 0007
Open thete xt mes sage . 0007
Select p. 0007
Select Reply.
Cal ling ate xt messag esender
Multimedia system:
0018 Phone 0019
i TextMessage 0007
Open thete xt mes sage . 0007
Select p. 0007
Select CallSende r. Mu
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Dele
ting text messag es
Multimedia system:
0018 Phone 0019
i TextMessage 0007
Select p. 0007
Todel eteate xt messag e:select Delete. 0007
Outbox
or 0007
Select Drafts. Mer
cedes-Benz link Ov
ervie wof Mer cedes-Benz Link
Using Mercedes-Benz Link,va rious funct ions
and select edmobile phoneappscanbetransf er‐
re dto themedia display.
The Mercedes-B enzLink controlbo xsupplemen ‐
ta ry equipment isrequ ired forth is. Youcan
obt ain this at an aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cen‐
te r.
0009 The Mercedes-B enzLink controlbo xuses
th eAn droid oper ating system. 0009
The service prov ider isresponsible forth ese
apps andtheser vices andcontent conne c‐
te dto it.
Connecting Mercedes-B enzLink withth e
mu ltim edia system 0007
Conn ecttheMer cedes- BenzLinkcontrol bo x
wit hth e00C2 USBportof themultimedia
con nect ionunit using asuit able connect ing
cable.
0009 Asuit able connect ingcable isavailable sep‐
ar atelyat an aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCen‐
te r.
Using Mercedes-Benz Link
Re quirement s:
R The Mercedes- BenzLink control bo xis con ‐
nec tedwit hth emultimedia system using the
00C2 USBport.
Multimedi asy stem:
0018 Connec t 0007
Select Mercedes- BenzLink. 0007
Select MBLink.
The mobile phonefunctionsand apps are
av ailable andshownonthemedia display.
Yo ucan find mor einf orma tionin theMer cedes-
Benz Linkcontrol bo xoper ating instruction s.
Ending Mercedes-Benz Link
Multimedia system:
0018 Connec t0019
Mercedes- BenzLink 0007
Select Disconnect.
The connect ionisended.
The mobile phonecontinues tobe supplied
wit helect ricity .
or 0007
Disco nnect thecon nect ingcable between
th eMer cedes- BenzLinkcontrol bo xand the
multime diasystem.
0009 Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle
is statio nary. 300
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App
leCar Play™ Ov
ervie wof App leCar Play™ 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. 0007
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. 0007
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system.
iPhone ®
func tionscan beused viathemultime‐
dia system using Apple CarPla y™.Theyar eoper‐
at ed using thecent ralcon trol elemen tor the Sir
i®
vo ice- oper ated con trol system. Youcan
act ivat eth evo ice- opera tedcon trol system by
pr essing andholding the00E3 buttononthe
multifu nctionsteer ing wheel.
When usingApple CarPla y™viathevo ice- oper‐
at ed con trol system, themultimedia system can
st ill be oper ated via theVo ice Cont rolSy stem
(0013 page225).
Onl yone mobile phoneatatime canbecon nec‐
te dvia Apple CarPla y™tothemultimedia sys‐
te m.
The availabilit yof App leCarPla y™mayva ry
acc ordin gto thecount ry.
The service prov ider isresponsible forth is appli‐
cat ion and theser vices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Inf orma tion onApp leCar Play™
While usingApple CarPla y™various funct ionsof
th emultimedia system, e.g.telephon yor the
media sourcesBlue tooth®
audio andiPod ®
,ar e
una vailable.
Onl yone routeguidan cecan beact ive at atim e.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive on themultimedia sys‐ te
m, itis closed whenrouteguidan ceisstar ted
on themobile phone.
Connecting aniPhone ®
via Apple CarPla y™
Re quirement s:
R Apple ®
oper atingsy stem version iOS 8.3or
abo veisins talled ontheiPhone ®
.
R AnInterne tcon nect ionisrequ ired forth efull
ra ng eof func tions forApple CarPla y™.
R The iPho ne®
is connect edtothemultimedia
sy stem viatheUSB port00C2 using asuit a‐
ble cable (0013 page31 9).
Mul timediasystem:
0018 Connec t0019
Apple CarPlay
Se tting automat icor manu alstar t
A messa geappear swhen connectedfo rth efirs t
tim e. 0007
Automatic star t:select Automatically.
Start Automatically isactiv ated 0073.
Apple CarPla y™will nowstar timm ediat ely
af te rth eiPhone ®
is con nect edtothemulti‐
media system using aUSB cable. Multimedia
system 30
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0007
Manual star t:select Manual ly. 0007
Select theiPhone ®
in thede vice list.
Ac cep ting/r eject ingtheda ta protection reg‐
ulat ions
A messag ewit hth edat apr otect ion regulations
appear s. 0007
Select Accept &Start .
or 0007
Select Decline &End.
Exiting AppleCarPla y™ 0007
Press the00E2 buttononthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, forex am ple.
0009 IfApp leCarPla y™wasno tdispla yedin the
fo re ground beforedisconn ecting,theappli‐
cation star ts inthebac kground when recon‐
nect ed.Youcan callupApple CarPla y™in
th emain menu.
Calling upApple CarPla y™sound settings
Multimedia system:
0018 Connec t0019
Apple CarPlay 0019
Sound 0007
Select theto ne menu (0013 page 335). Endi
ngApple CarPla y™
Mul timedi asy stem:
0018 Connec t0019
Apple CarPlay 0007
Select Disconnect.
The connect ionisended.
The mobile phonecontinues tobe supplied
wit helect ricity .
or 0007
Disco nnect thecon nect ingcable between
th emobile phoneandmultimedia system.
Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle is
st atio nary. Andr
oidAuto Andr
oidAutoove rview 000A
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle when
driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. 0007
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. 0007
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system.
Mobile phonefunctionscan beused with
An droid Autousin gth eAn droid oper ating sys‐
te m on themultimedia system. Itis oper ated
using thecent ralcon trol elemen tor thevo ice
con trol. Youcan activat eth evo ice- opera tedcon ‐
tr ol system bypressing andholding the00E3
butt ononthemultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
When usingAndroid Autovia thevo ice- opera ted
contr olsystem, themultimedia system can still
be opera tedvia theVo ice Cont rolSy stem
(0013 page225). 302
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