
Connect
ingamob ilephone (authoriza tion
using SecureSim plePairing) 0007
Selec tth emobile phone.
A code isdispla yedin themultimedia system
and onthemobile phone. 0007
Ifth ecodes match: con firm thecode on
th emobile phone.
Connecting amobile phone(authorizat ion by
ent ering apa ssk ey) 0007
Select themobile phone. 0007
Choose aone tosixt een-digit numbercombi‐
nation asapassk ey. 0007
On themu ltim edia system: enterthepass‐
ke yand select0076. 0007
On themobil eph one: enterthepassk ey
ag ain and confirm .
0009 Upto15 mobil ephones canbeauthor ized
on themultimedia system.
Au thor ized mobile phones arere connect ed
au tomatical ly. Connect
ingasecond mobilephone (two
ph one mod e)
Re quirement s:
R Atleas tone mobile phoneis alr eady connec‐
te dto themultimedia system viaBlue tooth®
.
Multimedia system:
0018 Phone 0019
00A5 Devic es 0007
Select Connec tNew Devic e. 0007
Select Start Search onSystem.
The available mobilephon esaredispla yed. 0007
Select themobile phone. 0007
Answ ertheHow would youliketocon nect
the new device? prom pt. 0007
Toreplac ethe currentl yconnect ed
mobile phone:selectPhone 1.
The currentl yconne cted mob ile pho neis
re placed bythene wmobile phone.
or 0007
Toconnect thesecond mobileph one:
selec tPhon e2.
The newmobile phoneis con nectedas
Phone 2.Iftw omobile phones have already been
connected, thesecon dte lephon eis
re placed bythene wmobile phone.
or 0007
Touse themobil eph one asan aud io
sour ce:selec tAudio Source
(0013 page34 4).
0009 Amobile phonecan beoperat edboth as an
audio sourceaswellas telephon ein par allel.
0009 Itis possible atanyfutur epoint tochang e
th etype ofcon nect ionforth emobile phone
alr eady connect edand tosetth is as Phon e
1, Phon e2 or Audio Source
(0013 page31 0).
Fu nctions ofthemobil eph one intw oph one
mod e
Fu nctions overview Mobile
phoneinthe
fo re gr ound Mobile
phone inthe
bac kground
Fu llra ng eof func ‐
tio ns Incom
ingcalls Mu
ltimed iasystem 309

Int
erch angi ngmobi lephone s(tw ophone
mode)
Re quirement s:
R The mobile phonesareaut hor ized
(0013 page308) .
Multime diasystem:
0018 Phone 0019
00A5 Devic es 0007
Inthede vice overview, select amobile phone
whic hhas already been author ized andset
as Phone 1or Phone 2.
Af terint erch ang ingthemobile phones, the
mobil ephone inthefo re grou nd isreplaced by
th emobile phoneinthebac kground. 1
Blue tooth®
de vice name ofthecur rently
conne cted mob ile pho ne
2 Connects amob ile pho neasPho ne1
3 Connects amob ile pho neasPho ne2
4 Connects amob ile pho neasAud ioSou rce 5
Disc onnec tingamob ile
pho ne(0013 page 310)
6 De-a uthor izing amob ile
ph one (0013 page 310)
0009 Ifane wmob ile pho neisconne cted and
de fined asPho ne1,forex am ple, this ov er‐
wr ites thepr ev iousl ycon nectedmobile
phone inthefo re grou nd ofthesy stem.
Disconnec tingamobile phone
Multimedia system:
0018 Phone 0019
00A5 Devic es 0007
Select thei symbol intheline ofthe
mobil ephone.
The disconnection ofthemobile phonetake s
place without acon firm atio npr om pt.The
mob ile pho neremains author ized inthesy s‐
te m.
De -aut horizing amobil ephone
Mul timedi asy stem:
0018 Phone 0019
00A5 Devic es 0007
Select the% symbol intheline ofthe
mobil ephone. 31
0
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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 31
5

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. 31
6
Multimedia system

0007
Disconne ctthecon 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
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 page24 3).
Only onemobi lephone atatime canbeconnec‐
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 page338). 320
Multimedia system

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 page24 3).
Only onemobi lephone atatime canbeconnec‐
te dvia Android Autotothemultimedia system.
The availabilit yof An droid Auto and Android Auto
App sma yva 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 onAndr oidAuto
While usingAndroid Auto,va rious funct ionsof
th emultimedia system, forex am ple themedia
sour ceBlue tooth®
audio, areno tav ailable.
On lyone 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 amobile phoneviaAndr oidAuto
Re quirement s:
R The firs tacti vatio nof Andr oid Au to on the
multime diasystem mus tbe car ried out when
th eve hicle isstatio naryfo rsaf etyre ason s.
R The mobi lephon esuppo rts Andr oidAuto
fr om Andr oid5.0.
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®
( 0013 page308 ). If
th er ewa sno prior Interne tconn ection, this
is es tablished withth euse ofthemobile
phone withAn droid Auto.
R The mobile phoneisconn ectedtothemulti‐
media system viatheUSB port00C2 using a
suit able cable (0013 page338).
R AnInterne tcon nect ionisrequ ired forth efull
ra ng eof func tions forAndr oidAuto.
Multimedia system:
0018 Connec t0019
Android Auto 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. 322
Multimedi asy stem

tr
af fic condi tions.Thi scou ldalso cau seyou
to lose control of theve hicle. 0007
Onlyhandle adat ast or ag emedium
when theve hicle isstatio nary. Pe
rm issible file systems:
R FAT32
R exFA T
R NTFS
Pe rm issible datast or ag emedium:
R SD card
R USB stor ag ede vice
R iPod ®
/iPhone ®
R MTP devices
R Blue tooth®
audio equipme nt
0009 Obse rveth efo llo wing notes:
R The multimedia system suppor tsatot al
of up to50,000 files.
R Dat ast or ag emedia upto2TB aresup ‐
por ted(32‑ bitaddr essspace). Suppor
tedfo rm ats :
R MP3
R WMA
R AAC
R WAV
R FLAC
R ALAC
0009 Obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R Due tothelar ge variet yof available
music files rega rding encoder s,sam pling
ra tesand datara tes, pla ybac kcanno t
alw aysbe guar anteed.
R Due tothewide rang eof USB device s
av ailable onthemar ket,play bac kcann ot
be guar anteed forall USB devices.
R Cop y-pr otect edmusic files orDRM
enc rypte dfiles can notbe playedbac k.
R MP3 players mus tsupp ortMedi aTr ans ‐
fe rPr oto col (MT P). Ma
nuf actu redunder licensefrom Dolb yLabor a‐
to ries. Dolb y,Dol byAudio and thedouble-D sym‐
bol aretrademar ksofDolb yLabor ator ies. Multimedia
system 335

Blue
tooth®
audio Inf
ormation aboutBluetooth®
audio Bef
oreusi ng your Blue tooth®
audio equipme nt
wit hth emultimedia system forth efirs ttim e,
yo uwill need toaut hor ize it(0013 page34 5).
Blu etoo th®
audio overview 1
Activeda ta stor ag emedium
2 Album cover 3
Trac k, artis t,album 4
Trac knum berand num beroftrac ks inthe
tr ac klist 34
4
Multimedia system