2019 MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS CABRIOLET USB port

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gener al,th is inf ormatio ndocum entsth est at e
of acom ponent part,amodul e,asy stem orthe
sur round ingssuc has:
R operatin gst atus ofsystem com ponen ts(e.g.
fi ll le ve ls, batt eryst atus ,tir epr essur e)
R status messagescon cerningth eve hicle or
its individua lcom ponent s(e.g. number of
wheel revo lution s/speed, longitudin alacc el‐
er ation ,lat eral acc eler ation ,displa yof fas‐
te ned seatbe lts)
R malfunctio nsorfaults inim por tant system
com ponen ts(e.g. lights, brak es)
R information oneve nts lead ing tovehicle
damag e
R system react ionsin spec ialdrivin gsit uatio ns
(e. g.airbag deployment,int erve ntio nof sta‐
bilit ycon trol systems)
R ambient conditions (e.g.temp eratur e,rain
sen sor)
In addition toprov iding theactual control unit
func tion,th is dat aassis tsthemanuf acturerin
de tecting andrectify ingmal functi onsand opti‐
mizi ngvehicle functions. Themajority ofthis dat
ais temp orar yand isonl ypr ocessed inthe
ve hicle itself. Onlya small portion ofthedat ais
st or ed intheeve ntor ma lfunctio nmem ory.
When your vehicle isser viced, tech nica lda ta
fr om theve hicle canberead out byser vice net‐
wo rkem ployees (e.g. workshops, manufactur‐
er s) or third par ties (e.g. breakdo wnservice s).
Ser vice sinc lude repair services, maintenanc e
pr ocesses ,wa rrant yclaim sand qualit yassur ‐
anc emeas ures, forex am ple. Theread out isper‐
fo rm ed via theleg ally prescr ibed portfo rth e
diagnos ticsconnection intheve hicle. The
re spectiv eser vice networklocations orthird
par ties collec t,pr oces sand usethedat a.The y
documen tte ch nica lst atus esoftheve hicle,
assis tin findi ng ma lfunctio nsand improv ing
qu alit yand aretrans mittedto themanuf acturer,
if neces sary.Fu rther mor e,themanuf actureris
subject toproduct liability .Fo rth is, themanu‐
fa ctur errequ ires tech nica lda ta from vehicles.
Fa ult mem ories intheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outle tas par tof repair ormaint enanc e
wo rk. Dep
endingontheselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdat aint oth eve hicle's comfortand info‐
ta inm ent func tionsyo urself .
This includes, forex am ple:
R mult imed iadat asuc has music ,fi lms orpho‐
to sfo rpla yba ckinan integr ated multim edia
sy stem
R addr essbook datafo ruse inconnection with
an integr ated hands-fr eesystem oran inte‐
gr ated navig ation system
R entered navig ation destinat ions
R dataabout theuse ofInt erne tser vices
This datacan besave dlocall yin theve hicle orit
is locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve connect ed
to theve hicle (e.g.smar tphone, USBflash drive
or MP3 player). Ifth is dat ais stor ed intheve hi‐
cle, youcan deleteitat anytim e.This datais
sen tto third par ties onlyat your requ est,par tic‐
ular lywhen youuse onlineser vices inacc ord‐
anc ewit hth ese ttings that youha ve select ed.
Yo ucan stor eor chang econ venie nce setting s/
ind ividu aliza tionin theve hicle atanytime. Gener
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th evicinit yof theta ilpipe andtailpipe
tr ims and super visechildr envery
clos elywhe nin this area. 0007
Beforean ycon tact, allo w thecar parts
to cool down. The
drivi ng charact eristic sof your vehicle are
dependent onthedis tribution oftheload within
th eve hicle. Yousho uld bear thefo llo wing in
min dwhen loading theve hicle:
R neverex ceed theper missible gross mass or
th egr oss axle weight rating forth eve hicle
(including occupants). Thevalues arespec i‐
fi ed on theve hicle identif ication plateon the
ve hicle's B-pillar.
R theload mustno tpr otru de abo vetheupper
edg eof theseat backres ts.
R alwaysplace theload behind unoccupied
seats ifpossible.
R secur eth eload using thetie-do wneyes and
dis tribut eth eload evenly. St
ow agespace sin theve hicl eint erior Ov
ervie wof thefront stowage com part‐
men ts 1
Stow agecom partment inthedoor s
2 Stow age/t eleph onecom partment inthe
ar mr estwit hmult imed iacon nections and
st ow agecom partment ,e.g. foran MP3
pla yer
3 Stow agecom partment inthefront cent er
con sole withaUSB port(depending onthe
ve hicle's equipment)
4 Glovebox Loc
king andunloc kingthegl ove box 0007
Turn themec hanical keya qu artertur ncloc k‐
wis e0048 (to loc k)or count er-cloc kwise 0047(to
unloc k). 10
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tting userprofile options
Multimedia system:
System gPerson alization 0007
Highlight apr ofile. 0007
Select 0080option s.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Renam e
R Delete
R Reset
0009 The gues tpr ofile can notbe dele tedor
re nam ed. So
ftwa reupdat e Inf
ormation onsof twareupdat es
The multimedi asy stem prov ides amess age
when anupdat eis available.
De pen dingon thesour ce,youcan perform vari‐
ous updat es: Sof
twareupd ate Sour
ceofthe
updat e Up
dat etype
Up dat esvia mobile
phone Na
vig ation map,sys‐
te m upd ates, Digit al
Oper ator's Manua l
Up dat esvia anexter‐
nal stor ag emedium,
e.g. aUSB flash drive Na
vig ation maps 0009
Updat esvia mobile phonerequ ire an act ive
Int erne tcon nection forth eve hicle. Thisis
no tav ailable inall coun tries. Forfur ther
inf ormation oncon nect ingtotheInt erne t,
see (→pag e31 5).
Ad vantag esofupd ating software
Thank sto thesof twareupdat e,your vehicle sta‐
tus isup-t o-dat e.
In order tocons tantl yimpr ovethequ alit yof our
ser vices youwill recei vefutur eupd ates foryo ur
mult imed iasystem, theMer cedes meconnect
ser vices andyour vehicle's communication mod‐
ule. These willconvenie ntly besent toyouvia th
emobile phoneconnect ioninyour vehicle
and, asan option, installed automat ically.Yo u
can moni torth est atus ofyour updat eson the
Mer cedes meportaland find informa tionab ou t
po tentia linno vatio ns.
Yo ur adv antages ataglanc e:
R con venie ntly recei vesof twareupda tesvia
th emobile phonenetwork
R improve sth equ alit yand availabilit yof
Mer cedesme connectser vices
R keeps your mult imed iasystem and comm uni‐
cation module up-to-dat e
Fu rther information aboutsoftwareupdat escan
be found athttp :/ /m e.m erced es-ben z.co m
Pe rfor min gasof twareup date
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection
(→ pag e31 5).
R Foraut omat icupdat es:yo ur vehicle hasa
per manent lyins talled com munic ationmod‐
ule. 26
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Multim ediasystem

0007
Select Synch ronizeContacts .
Cal ling up contacts
Mu ltimed iasystem:
Phone ªContac ts
Depen dingonthech aract erset,th efo llo wing
op tion scan beused tosear chforcont acts:
R sear ching byinit 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:
Phone ZOption sCon-
tact sN ameFormat
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. 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:
Phone ZOption sContacts 0007
Select Import. 0007
Select anoption. 302
Multimedia 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:
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:
Connec tMercedes- 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. 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 306
Multimedia system

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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
(→ pag e23 1).
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 (→pag e325).
Multimedia system:
Connec tAppleCarPlay
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. 0007
Manua lst ar 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:
Connec tAppleCarPlay Sound 0007
Select theto ne menu (→page 342). Mul
timedi asy stem 30
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R
The Andr oidAutoapp isins talled onthe
mobil ephone.
R Inorder touse thete lephon efunc tions,the
mobil ephone mustbe connect edtothemul‐
timedia system viaBlue tooth®
(→ pag e296).
If th er ewa sno prior Interne tconn ection, this
is es tab lished withth euse ofthemobile
phone withAn droid Auto.
R The mobile phoneisconn ectedtothemulti‐
media system viatheUSB port00C2 using a
suit able cable (→pag e325).
R AnInterne tcon nect ionisrequ ired forth efull
ra ng eof func tions forAndr oidAuto.
Multimedia system:
Connec tAndroidAuto 0007
Select themobile phonefrom 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.
Ac tiv atin gaut omati cst ar t 0007
Select StartAutoma tically0073.
St arting manuall y 0007
Select themobile phonefrom thede vice list.
Exiting AndroidAuto 0007
Press the00E2 buttononthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, forex am ple.
0009 IfAn droid Autowa sno tdispla yedin thefo re ‐
gr ound beforedisconn ecting,theapplication
st ar ts inthebac kground when reconnect ed.
Yo ucan callupAndroid Autointhemain
menu.
Calling uptheAndr oidAutosound settings
Multimedia system:
Connec tAndroidAuto Sound 0007
Select theto ne menu (→page 342). Endi
ngAndr oidAuto
Multimedia system:
Connec tAndroidAuto 0007
Select Disc onnec t.
The conne ctionis end ed.
The mob ile pho neconti nuesto be 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. Tr
ansf erre dve hicl edata withAndroidAuto
and Apple CarPla y™ Ov
ervie wof transf erre dve hicl edata
When using Andr oidAutoor Apple CarPla y™,
cer tain vehicle datais transf erredto themobile
phone. Thisenables youto getth ebes tout of
select edmobile phoneservices. Vehicle datais
no tdir ectl yaccessible. Multimedia
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Connect
ingUSB devices
000E NO
TEDama gecau sed byhigh temp era‐
tur es High
temp eratur escan damag eUSB devices. 0007
Remo vetheUSB device afte ruse and
ta ke itout oftheve hicle. The
multimedia connection unitisfound inthe
st ow agecom partment unde rth ear mr estand
has twoUSB ports.
Depen dingontheve hicle's equipment, addi‐
tional USBportscan befound inthestow age
com partment ofthecent ercon sole andinthe
re ar passe nger com partment . 0007
Con nectth eUSB device totheUSB port.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac konl yif
th ecor responding mediadisplayis activ ated.
0009 Use theUSB portidentif iedby00C2 touse
Ap ple CarPla y™and Android Auto.
0009 Dep endingontheve hicle equipment ther eis
an additional USBportin there ar passe nger
com partment .Po rts th at arelabeled witha bat
tery symbol canonly beused tocharge
USB devices.
Selec tingatrac kin themed iapla yba ck
Multimedia system:
Media
Selecting atrac kby skipping toatrac k 0007
Toskip backwards orforw ards toa
tr ac k: navig ateup ordown.
Sel ecting atrac kusin gth ecur rent trac klis t 0007
Select 00D3. 0007
Select Current TrackList. 0007
Select atra ck.
Selec tingplaybac kop tions
Multimedia system:
Media ZOption s
Pla ying backsimilar trac ks 0007
Select Play Simi larTra cks.
A trac klist wit hsimilar trac ks iscreat edand
pla yedbac k. Pla
ybac kmode 0007
Select Random Mode-Current Playlist.
The current trac klist ispla yedin rando m
or de r. 0007
Select Random Mode-Cu rrent Medium.
All trac ks on theactiv edat ast or ag emedium
ar epla yedin rando morde r. 0007
Select Norm alTra ckSequ ence.
The current trac klist ispla yedin theor der it
appear son thedat ast or ag emedium.
Contr olling media playbac k
Multimedia system:
Media YPlayback Control
A bar withpla ybac kcon trols issho wn. 0007
Topause playbac k:sel ect and conf irm
Y with thecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00CF symbol isdispla yed. 0007
Toresume playbac k:select andconf irm
Y again withth ecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00D0 symbol isdispla yed.
To fast forw ard/r ewind 0007
Move00CF onthetimelin e. Multimedia
system 325