A notification sho
wsthefo llowing information:
R Symbol or image 1forth e application
R Title 2, which contains the name, a tele‐
phone number or a navigation destination,
fo rex ample
R The service and additional information 3
R A time stamp 5
R If se veral actions are available, symbol 4to
open or close the notification.
Depending on the type of notification, up tofour
dif fere nt actions 6are available.
Examples of actions include:
R Read aloud
R Placing a call
R Reply
R Calling up a web page
R Navigation
Some notifications, e.g. a navigation destination,
are stored longer. Therefore, it is not necessary
to car ryout available actions direct ly onthe re
cei ptofthe notifications. A route guidance can
be star ted at a later time.
% You can start a global sear chintheNoti fica‐
tions Centre (/ page 365).
Calling up notifications
Opening theNo tifications Centre #
On the touchpad: swipe down with two fin‐
ge rs.
or #
On theto uchscreen: tap on thej sym‐
bol forth e Notifications Centre.
or #
On theTo uch Control and on theto uch‐
pad: mark thej symbol forth eNoti fica‐
tions Centre byswiping. #
Press on the control element.
Selecting a notification #
Swipe up or down. #
Tap or press on the control element. Calling up old notifications
If notifications ha
venot been called up af terfo ur
hours, these are stored in the ar chive. #
Swipe upwards and select Archive. #
Select the notification.
Closing theNo tifications Centre #
On the touchpad: swipe up with two fingers.
Selecting actions for a notification
The following options are available:
R Select the action directly in an application
af te r a notification is recei ved and shown.
R Select the action later af ter calling up in the
Noti fications Centre. #
An action is available: selectthe action. #
Several actions are available: ifth e notifi‐
cation is not open, select theV symbol. #
Select the action.
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IfAdditional information isavailable, select
th e action.
Ad ditional information is shown in a window
as text, ima geortext and ima ge. #
Toclose the windo w:select OK.
Editing notifications #
Call up the Notifications Centre
(/ page 363). #
Tomake settings: selectZ.
% If no settings can be made, a messa ge
appears. #
Select the service. #
Switch the options on or off.
The following options are available:
R Allow notifications
R Display in notification centre
R Show notifications
R Acoustic feedback
When Allow notifications is switched on, the
ot her options cannot be selected. #
Todel ete: touch a message on the
to uchsc reen and slide tothe left or right.
or #
Select there cycle bin. #
Select Delete orDelete all.
Delete deletes a single notification.
Delete all deletes all notifications cur rently
shown. #
With O you will exit dele temode. Global sear
ch Global sear
chove rview
Yo u can use theglobal sear chinthe home
screen and in the notifications.
The global sear chprov ides sear chresults forthe
fo llowing categories and their sub-categories:
R Navigation
R Media
R Telephone, social media, In-Car Of fice
In-Car Of fice is not available in all countries.
R User inter face and Digi tal Owner's Manual R
Internet
This enables youto sear chforto wns, roads and
to urist att ractions wi th the navigation sy stem,
fo rex ample.
% You can also sear chfor 3 wordaddresses
(/ page 391).
When you en ter a 3 wordaddress in the
gl obal sear ch, separate each of thewo rds
with a space or a full stop.
During the entry process the most likely sugges‐
tions are shown beneath the sear chfield. When
yo u en ter "S", "Stuttgart", "S teak" and "Sandra"
are shown, forex ample. If you select "Stuttgart",
yo ure cei vethe suggestions "S tarbuc ks", "S teak"
and "City railw ay",forex ample.
The sear chresults in the list are shown, sor ted
according tocatego ry. Next tothe category is
th e number of results. You will be shown the
best results from each categor y.Ad ditional
re sults can be found af ter selecting there spec‐
tive categor y.
If yo u confirm an entry with OK, all categories
and the number of results will be shown in a
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On
the multimedia sy stem #
Turn volume control 1.
The volume of the cur rent volume group (e.g.
enter tainment) is set. The volume of other
groups can be adjus ted separatel y.
Ad just thevo lume in thefo llowing situations:
R during a traf fic announcement
R during a navigation announcement R
during a telephone call
Setting in the menu #
Press the© button. #
Select Settings . #
Select System. #
Select Audio. #
Select a volume setting. #
Set thevo lume. Entering
characters Using
thech aracter input function &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you will be distracted from the
traf fic situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Only operate this equipment when the
traf fic situation permits. #
Ifyo u cannot be sure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad
and traf fic conditions and ope rate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y. Yo
u must obse rveth e legal requirements forthe
country in whi chyou are cur rently driving when
operating the multimedia sy stem.
Re quirements:
R For the handwriting recognition read-
aloud function: the multimedia sy stem is
equipped with a voice control sy stem.
R The read-aloud function is available forthe
selected sy stem language.
R The handwriting recognition read-aloud func‐
tion is activated.
Character ent rycan be car ried out with these
control elements:
R Touch Control
R Touchsc reen (media display)
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If a time zone is set
the time is set automatically
using the time zone. The time can be adjus tedby
a maximum of plus or minus 60 minutes. #
Adjust the time using the slide control.
Setting the da te #
Select Set date . #
Set a da te.
% Invehicles with GPS, a date cannot be set
eve n wi thactive manual time adjustments.
The date is then set automatically thro ugh
th e selected time zone. Switching
voice amplification tothere ar
on/off (vehicles with long wheelbase)Re
quirements:
R Your vehicle is equipped with the Burmes ter®
sur round sound sy stem or the Burmes ter®
high-end 3D sur round sound sy stem.
R The ignition is switched on.
R Doors, side windo wsand the panorama slid‐
ing sunroof are closed. R
Atleast one seat belt is fastened on there ar
ben chseat.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System 5
Audio
5 Voice amplification
The function supports communication between
th e driver and front passenger with passengers
in there ar compartment. When voice amplifica‐
tion torear is activated, the signals pic ked up by
th e microphone are amplified and pla yed back
ove rth e speakers in there ar compartment,
depending upon vehicle noise le vels. An auto‐
matic adjustment occurs based on speaker vol‐
ume and ambient noise in order toimpr ove
speech intelligibility and maintain the natural‐
ness of speech. #
Activate or deacti vate the function.
Setting the intensity of thevo ice amplifica‐
tion #
Select Voice amplification - intensity. #
Set the intensity on the control.
Depending on the intensity set, thevo ice
amplification tothere ar is inc reased or
re duced. Connectivity
Switching transmission of
theve hicle posi‐
tion on/off
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System
5 Wi-Fi & Bluetooth #
Select Transmit vehicle position . #
Activate or deacti vate the function. Blue
tooth ® Information about Blu
etoo th®
Bl ue tooth ®
tech nology is a standard for short-
ra nge wi reless data transfer up toappr oximately
10 m. 376
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Yo
u can use Blue tooth®
to connect your mobile
phone tothe multimedia sy stem and use thefo l‐
lowing functions, forex ample:
R Hands-free sy stem with access tothefo llow‐
ing options:
- con tacts (/ page 438)
- call lists (/ page442)
R Inte rn et connection (/ page 466)
R Listening tomusic via Blue tooth ®
audio
(/ page 479)
R Trans ferring business cards (vCards) into the
ve hicle
Blue tooth ®
is a regis tere d trademark of Blue‐
to oth Special Interest Group (SIG) Inc.
% Internet connection via Blue tooth®
is not
av ailable in all countries.
Ac tivating/deactivating Blue tooth ®
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System
5 Wi-Fi & Bluetooth #
Switch Bluetooth on or off. Wi
-Fi Wi
-Fi connection overview
Yo u can use Wi-Fi toestablish a connection with
a Wi -Fi network and toaccess the Internet or
ot her network devices.
The following connection options are available:
R Wi-Fi connection
The Wi-Fi connection toaWi -Fi-capable
device, e.g. the cus tomer's mobile phone or
a ta blet PC is es tablished.
R Multimedia sy stem as a Wi-Fi hotspot
Using this function, a tablet PC or no tebook
can be connec ted, forex ample. The connec‐
te d device can use the data tariff of theve hi‐
cle. A maximum of thre e devices can be con‐
nected with the hotspot at the same time.
% The use of theve hicle data tariff by extern al
devices is not available in all countries.
To estab lish a connection, you can use thefo l‐
lowing me thods:
R WPS PIN The connection
toa secure Wi-Fi network is
made via a PIN.
R WPS PBC
The connection toa secure Wi-Fi network is
made bypressing a button (push button).
R Security key
The connection toa secure Wi-Fi network is
made via a secu rity key.
Setting up Wi-Fi
Requ irements:
R Toset up theWi -Fi connection of the mul‐
timedia sy stem with new devices: there is
no communication module ins talled.
R The device tobe connec ted supports one of
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single-use password sent
to you via the
Mercedes me connect online por talto reset the
PIN pr otection. #
Select Unblock PIN. #
Ente rth e single-use password.
PIN pr otection is reset, and you can set a
new PIN. Software upda
teInformation on software upda
tes
A software upda teconsi sts of thre esteps:
R Downloading or copying of the data requ ired
fo r ins tallation
R Installation of the update
R Activation of the update byrestarting the
sy stem
The multimedia sy stem pr ovides a message
when an update is available.
Depending on the source, you can per form vari‐
ous updates: Software updates Source of
the
update Up
date type
Interne tN avigation map, sys‐
te m updates, Digital
Owner's Manual
External storage
medium, e.g. USB
fl ash drive Na
vigation maps %
Installation can take several minutes and
cancellation is not possible. If you do not
ins tallth e software updates then thest atus
of your vehicle will not be up-to-date. During
th e ins tallation, individual functions or con‐
trol elements are not available or on lyavaila‐
ble toa limited deg ree.
Ad vantages of updating software
Software updates ensure your vehicle's tech nol‐
ogy is up-to-date.
In order toimpr oveth equ ality of our services
yo u will recei vefuture updates foryo ur multime‐
dia sy stem, the Mercedes me connect services and
your vehicle's communication module.
These will con veniently be sent to you via the
mobile phone connection in your vehicle and, in
many cases, ins talled automaticall y.Yo u can
monitor thest atus of your updates at any time
on the Mercedes me por tal and find information
about po tential inno vations.
Yo ur advantages at a glance:
R con veniently recei vesoftware update s via
th e mobile phone network
R impr ovesth equ ality and availability of
Mercedes me connect services
R keeps your multimedia sy stem and communi‐
cation module up-to-date
Fu rther information about software updates can
be found at http://me.mercedes-benz.com
Pe rforming a software upda te
Requ irements:
R For online updates: an Internet connection
is es tablished (/ page 466).
R For automatic online updates: your vehicle
has a permanently ins talled communication
module. 382
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qu
alified specialist workshop toresolve the
problem. Re
setting the multimedia sy stem (reset func‐
tion) Multimedia sy
stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System 5
Reset
Pe rsonal data is dele ted, forex ample:
R Station presets
R Connec ted mobile phones
R individual user profiles
% The guest profile is reset when the settings
are restored tothefa ctory settings.
A prom ptappears again asking whe ther you
re ally wish toreset. #
Select Yes.
The multimedia sy stem is reset tothefa ctory
settings. If you ha veset a PIN foryo ur sys‐
te m, this will also be reset. Na
vigation Switching navigation on
Multimedia sy
stem:
4 © 5
Navigation (Navigation) #
Alternatively: press thez button.
The map appears. The cur rent vehicle posi‐
tion is shown. The navigation menu is shown.
The navigation menu is hidden if route guid‐
ance is active. Showing/hiding
the navigation menu 4
© 5
Navigation
If ro ute guidance is not active the map appears.
The navigation menu is shown.
The navigation menu is hidden if route guidance
is active. #
Tosho w:tap on theto uchsc reen.
or #
Press theTo uch Control or theto uchpad. #
Tohide: the navigation menu is hidden auto‐
maticall y. 384
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R
POI categories, e.g. Filling station
R Town, POI name
R Telephone number, if this is available for
th e POI
R Contact name
Example of quick address ent ry:
R Ifyo u are sear ching forKö nigsstraße in
St utt gart,fo rex ample, you can en ter
ST UT and KÖN.
R Ifyo u are sear ching for a POI in theUn i‐
te d Kingdom, forex ample, you can en ter
THE SHARD.
If yo uwo uld like totry out bo thexamples,
yo u may also need tochange the count ry. #
Alternati vely, use voice input 8. #
Toswitch tohandwriting recognition:
select 6. #
Write thech aracter on theto uchpad. The let‐
te rs can be written next toeach other or
abo veeach other (/ page 368). #
Toreturn toentry using theke yboard:
select _. or #
Press theto uchpad. #
Todel ete an entr y:select 4.
The characters are dele ted individually.
or #
Ifch aracters ha vebeen entered in 2, select
£ nexttothe input line.
The comple teentry is dele ted. #
Toswitch toupper-case or lo wer-case let‐
ters :select B. #
Toswitch todigits, special characters
and symbols: selectA.
123 changes toABC.
Displ ayB changes to#+=. #
Select Band switch toadditional special
ch aracters. #
Toenter a space: select7. #
Toset the language: select9. #
Select the language.
% This function is useful for countries in which
se veralch aracter sets are suppo rted. An ex
ample is Russia, which uses Cyrillic and
Latin characters. #
Tochange the count ry:select country indi‐
cator 1. #
Enter the count ryindicator, e.g. Ffo rFr ance.
The list is filtered. #
Select the count ryon list 3.
The destination can be entered. #
Toaccept a destination: selectthe destina‐
tion in list 3. #
Ifth e destination is ambiguous, select the
destination in the list.
The destination address is shown. The route
can be calculated.
Using online sear ch
% Requirements: the media display sho wsan
In te rn et connection wi tha double-ar row
symbol in thest atus line.
Online sear chis not available in all countries.
De stination ent ryuses online map services. If
th e on-board sear chfinds no suitable de stina‐
tions or if youch ange countries, the online
sear chisavailable. 388
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