2019 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS SEDAN & MAYBACH audio

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TEImpairment oftheoper ating effi‐
cie ncy ofthere stra int systems from
ins talling accessor ypar tsor from repair s
or we lding Air
bags andEmerge ncy Tensi oni ng Device s,
as wellas con trol unit sand sensorsfo rth e
re stra int systems, maybe installed inthefo l‐
lo wing areas ofyour vehicle:
R Door s
R Door pillars
R Doo rsi lls
R Sea ts
R Cockpit
R Instrument cluster
R Cen terconsole
R Lateral roof frame #
Donotins tallacc essor ypar tssuc has
audio systems inthese areas. #
Donotcar ryout repair sor we lding. #
Have afte rm arke tins tallation ofacc es‐
sor ies carried out ataqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop. Yo
uco uld jeopar dizeth eoper ating safetyof your
ve hicle ifyo uuse parts,tir es and wheel sas well
as acc essor iesreleva nt tosaf etywhic hha ve not
be en approve dby Mer cedes-Ben z.Saf ety-re le‐
va nt systems, e.g.thebr ak esy stem, maymal‐
func tion.Onl yuse Mercedes- BenzGenuine Parts
or par tsof equal qualit y.Onl yuse tires, wheels
and accessor iesthat have been specif ically
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model.
Mer cedes-Ben zGenuine Parts ar esubject to
st rict qualit ycon trol. Eac hpar thas been spe‐
ciall yde veloped, manufactured orselec tedfo r
Mer cedes-Ben zve hicles andfine-tu nedforth em.
Ther efor e, onl yMer cedes- BenzGenuine Parts
should beused.
Mor eth an 300,0 00 differe nt Mer cedes-Be nz
Ge nui ne Parts ar eav ailable forMer cedes-Benz
model s.
All author ized Mercedes-B enzCent ersmaint ain
a supply ofMer cedes-B enzGenuine Parts fo r nece
ssaryser vice andrepair work.In addition,
st ra tegically locatedpar tsdeliv erycent erspr o‐
vide forqu ick and reliable partsser vice .
Alw aysspecify theve hicle identif ication number
(VIN) (→pag e466) when order ing Mer cedes-
Benz Genuine Parts. Oper
ator's Manual
This Oper ator's Manual describesallmodels and
all standar dand optio nal equipme ntavailable for
yo ur vehicle atthetime ofthis Opera tor's Man‐
ua lgoing topress. Countr y-specif icdif fere nces
ar epo ssi ble. No tethat your vehicle mayno tbe
eq uipped withall featur esdesc ribed. Thisisalso
th ecase forsy stems andfunc tionsre leva nt to
saf ety. Ther efor e, theeq uipment onyour vehicle
ma ydif ferfr om that inthedescr iption sand illus‐
tra tion s.
The original purchase agreeme ntforyo ur vehicle
cont ains alis tof all ofthesy stems inyour vehi‐
cle.
Should youha ve anyqu estion scon cerning
eq uipment andoper ation, please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. 20
Gener alno tes

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 ,fo rex am ple:
R mult imed iadata suchas music ,fi lms orpho‐
to sfo rpla yba ckinan integratedmultimedia
sy stem
R addr essbook datafo ruse inconnection with
an integr ated hands-fr eesystem oran inte‐
grat ednavig ation system
R entered navig ation destinat ions
R dataabout theuse ofInt erne tser vices
This datacan besave dlocally intheve 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 settings /
ind ividu aliza tionin theve hicle atanytime.
Depending ontheeq uipment, this inc ludes, for
ex am ple:
R setting sfo rth eseat andsteer ing wheel posi‐
tion s
R suspension andclimat econ trol settings
R customizations suchas interior ligh ting
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped ,yo ucan
co nn ect your smar tphon eor ano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan contro lth is by
means ofthecon trol element sint egr ated inthe
ve hicle. Imagesand audiofrom thesmar tphon e
can beoutput viathemultimedia system. Cer‐
ta in inf ormatio nis simult aneousl ytransf erredto
yo ur smar tphon e.
De pen dingon thetype ofintegr ation, this can
inc lude:
R gener alvehicle data
R position data
This allowsyouto use selected apps onyour
smar tphon e,suc has navig atio nor musi cpla y‐ bac
k.Ther eis no further interaction between the
smar tphone andtheve hicle; inpar ticular ,ve hi‐
cle datais no tdir ectl yaccessible. Whichtype of
fur ther dat apr ocessin goccur sis de term ined by
th epr ov ider ofthespecif icapp used. Whichse t‐
ting syo ucan make,ifan y,depends onthespe‐
cif icapp andtheoper ating system ofyour
smar tphon e. Onlin
eser vices Wi
reless netw orkconnection
If yo ur vehicle hasawir eless networkconn ec‐
tion, itenables datato be exc hang edbetween
yo ur vehicle andadditional systems. Thewire‐
less networkcon nect ionisenabled viatheve hi‐
cle's transmission andrecep tion unitor via con‐
nect edmob ile end device s(e.g .sma rtphones).
Onlin efunc tionscan beused viathewir eless
ne tworkcon nect ion.This includes onlineserv‐
ices andapplications/ appsprov ided bytheman‐
uf actur eror other prov ider s.
Manu factu rer's services
Re garding onlin eser vice sof themanuf acturer,
th eindividual functionsar edescr ibedbythe Gene
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Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gaudi ofa deo ut
Yo ucan spec ifywhe ther thevo lume ofamedia
sour ceinthemultimedia system isto be
re duced whenParking AssistPA RK TRONI Cgiv es
an audible warning. #
Selec tAudio Fadeout DuringWarn ingTone s. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Re
versing camer a Fu
nction ofthere ar vie wcamer a When
youen gage reve rsege ar,th eimag efrom
re ar vie wcam era1 issho wninthemultimedia
sy stem. Dynamic guidelinesshowthepat hth e
ve hicle willtake wit hth esteer ing wheel inits
cur rent positio n.Thi shel psyouto orient your‐
self and toavoid obstacle swhe nba cking up. The
rear vie wcam erais on lyan aid. Itis no ta
subs titutefo ryo ur att entio nto thesur round ings.
The responsibili tyforsaf emaneu vering and
pa rking remains withyo u. Mak esur eth at ther e
ar eno per sons, animals orobjec tsetc., inthe
maneu vering area while ma neu vering and park‐
ing.
Yo ucan selectfrom thefo llo wing views:
R Normalvie w
R Wide-ang levie w
The area behind theve hicle isdispla yedas a
mir rorimag e,as intheinside rear vie wmir ror. 226
Driving andparking

1
Press thero ck er switc hup: £ star ts the
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem
2 Press thecon trol kn ob: 0063 switchesthe
sound offor on (ends theVo ice Cont rolSy s‐
te m)
Tu rn thecon trol kn ob up/do wn:increases/
decr eases thevo lume 3
Press thero ck er switc hup: 0061 makes/
accep tsacall
Pr ess thero ck er switc hdo wn: 0076 rejects /
end sa cal l(e nds theVo ice Cont rolSy stem) Conducting
adialog withth eVo ice Contr ol
Sy stem #
Tostar tor continue adialo g:on themulti‐
func tion steer ing wheel, press the£
ro ck er switc hup.
Yo ucan saya vo ice com mand afte ran
acou stic sign al. #
Tocor rect an ent ry:sa yth eCorrect ion
vo ice com mand . #
Toselect anentr yfrom theselecti onlist:
sa yth eline number orthecon tents. #
Tobrows eth eselecti onlist:sa yth eNext
or Back voice com mand . #
Tointerru pt thedia log: sayth ePause voice
com mand . #
Tocancel thedia log: sayth eCancel voice
com mand . Oper
ablefunct ions Yo
ucan usetheVo ice Cont rolSy stem tooper ate
th efo llo wing equipmen tdepen dingonthefe a‐
tur es:
R Telephon e
R Text mes sage s
R Navig ation
R Address book
R Radio
R Audio (memor ycar d,Media Interface, USB
and Bluetoo th®
audio)
R Vehicle Ov
ervie wof types ofvoice comm and A
dis tinction ismade between thefo llo wing
vo ice com mand s:
R Global voice comm andscan besaid atany
time andrega rdless ofthecur rent applica ‐
tio n,e.g .th evo ice com mand sNavigat eto,
Call orText mess ageto. 26
4
Voice Cont rolSy stem

4
0055 button
Calls upthecon trol menu ofthelas tactiv e
audio source
Yo ucan navig atein men usand lists via the
to uc h-sen sitive sur face oftouc hpad 2byusin g
a sing le-fingerswip e. #
Toopen orclose lists: swipe leftor right. #
Toselect themenu item: swipe up,down,
lef tor right. #
Press touc hpad 2. #
Tomo vethedigita lma p:swipe inany
dir ect ion.
Use thefo llo wing functionswithatw o-f ing er
swipe: #
Tocall upmainfuncti ons and favo rite s:
swipe down withtw ofing ers. The swipe mu st
st ar tin theupper area oftheto uc hpad. #
Tozoo minand outofthe map: movetwo
fi ng ersto get her orapar t. #
Tocall upthecontr olmenu ofthelas t
act ive aud iosour ce:swipe upwithtw ofin‐ ge
rs.The swipemus tst ar tin thelowe rar ea
of theto uc hpad.
Se tting thesensit ivityfo rthe touc hpad
Mul timedi asy stem:
, System .
w Input #
Select Touchpad Sensitivity. #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . #
Tosetth epr essur esensit ivity:switc h
Touchpad Tapon0073 oroff0053.
If th efunc tion isswitc hedon0073, ata pon
th eto uc hpad isen ough toselect amenu
it em.
Handwr itingrecognit ion:swit ching there ad-
aloud functionon/ off
Mul timedi asy stem:
, System .
õ Audio .
System Feed-
back #
Switc hRead OutHandwrit ingRecognit ionon
0073 oroff0053. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin ghap ticope ratin g
fe edba ckon theto uc hpad
Mul timedi asy stem:
, System .
w Input
The func tion suppor tsyouwhen makingentries
on theto uc hpad andwhen selecting men us. #
Swit chHap ticOpe ratingFeed back on 0073 or
of f0053.
Whe nth efunc tion isactiv ated, ata ctil efe ed‐
bac kin thefo rm ofavibr ation iseffect ed
whe nth eto uc hpad isoperat ed.
Select ingast ation andtrac kusin gth e
to uc hpad #
Press the0055 buttonontheto uc hpad.
or #
Swip eup withtw ofing ers. The swipe mu st
st ar tin thelowe rar ea oftheto uc hpad.
The contro lmen uappear sfo rth eaudio
sour cethat wa slas tselect ed. #
Use onefing er toswipe upordown.
Ra dio: thepr ev ious orthene xt statio nis set.
Media source:thepr ev ious orthene xt music
tra ck isselec ted. Multimedia
system 28
1

On
themultimedia system #
Turn volume control 1.
The volume ofthecur rent radio ormedia
sour ceisset.The volume ofother audi o
sour cescan beadjus tedsepar ately.
Ad jus tth is in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R during atraf fic annou ncement
R during ana vig ation anno uncement The
volume ofthena vig ation announ ce‐
ment chang esinacc ordanc ewit hth evo l‐
ume ofthecur rent med iasou rce.
R during ate lephon ecall
R when entering orexitin gapar kingspace
while using ActivePa rking Assist
or #
Selec tSyst eminthemultimedia system. #
Select Audio. #
Select avo lume setting. #
Setth evo lume. Ent
ering charact ers Usi
ngthech aract erinput functi on &
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. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
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.
Use thech aract erinput function inthefo llo wing
situat ions,fo rex am ple:
R Renam ingafa vo rite
R Entering aPOI oraddres s
R Making aph one call
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Select ing ach aract erinthech aract erbar
R Writin gach aract eron theto uc hpad
Charact erinput can bestar tedwit hacon trol
element andresumed withano ther. Multimedia
system 285

#
Con firm chang eswhen exitin gth emenu.
The dateis setaut omaticall yvia GPS. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gvo ice amplif ication
to there ar passe nger comp artment Re
quirement s
Mer cedes-M aybac hve hicl esand vehicl es
with alon gwhe elbase only
R Your vehicle iseq uipped withth eBur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem ortheBur mes ter®
high-end 3Dsurround soun dsy stem.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
R Door s,side windo wsand thepanor amaroof
wit hpo we rtilt/sli dingpanel areclosed .
Mul timedi asy stem:
, System .
Audio .
Voice Amplific ation
to Rear
The func tion suppor tscomm unication between
th edr iver/f ront passe nger and vehicle occu‐
pants inthere ar passe nger com partment .When
vo ice amplif icat ion torear passe nger com part‐ men
tis act ivat ed, thesignals pickedup bythe
micr ophone aream plified and playedbac kove r
th espeak ersin there ar passe nger com part‐
men t,depen dingupon vehicle noise leve ls. An
aut omat icadjus tment occursbased onspeak er
vo lume andambien tnois ein order toimprove
speec hint elligi bility andmaint ainthenatur al‐
ness ofspeec h. #
Activate0073or deacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Connectivity
Switc
hingtransmission oftheve hicl eposi ‐
tion on/off
Mul timedi asy stem:
, System .
ö Connec tivity #
Select Transm itVehicle Pos.. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Blue
tooth® Inf
orma tion abou tBlu etoo th®
Bl ue tooth®
tech nol ogy isast andar dfo rshor t-
ra ng ewi reless datatransf erup toappr oximat ely
32. 8ft (10 m).
Yo ucan useBlue tooth®
to connect your mob ile
phon eto themultimedia system and usethefo l‐
lo wing functions,forex am ple:
R han ds-free system withaccess tothefo llo w‐
ing option s:
- con tacts (→page 334)
- call lists (→ pag e336)
- text mes sage s
R Interne tconnection
R listening tomusi cvia Blue tooth®
audio
(→ pag e36 4)
R transf erring business cards (vCards) intoth e
ve hicle
Blue tooth®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof Blue‐
to othSpecial Interes tGr oup (SIG) Inc. Multimedia
system 289

Switc
hingnavig ation announcements on/off
Re quirement s:
R Routeguidan ceisact ive. #
Toswitc hof f:pr ess thevo lume control on
th emultifunc tionsteer ing wheel during a
na vig ation announ cement(→ pag e28 4).
or #
Press thevo lume control on thecent ercon ‐
sole during ana vig ation announ cement
(→ pag e28 4).
The Voice Guidance hasbeen deactivat ed.
messag eappear s.
or #
Sho wthena vig ation menu (→pag e30 1). #
Select !Voice Guidance .
The symbol chang esto# . #
Toactiv ate: sele ct# VoiceGuida nce .
The current navig ation anno uncement is
pl ay ed. %
Inthefo llo wing situat ions,na vig ation
ann ounc emen tsareswitc hedonaut omat i‐
call y:
R Ane wrouteguidan ceisstar ted.
R The routeis recal cul ated.
% Youcan add andcallupthis func tion asa
fa vo rite und erVoic eGuidan ceOn/O ff.
Swit ching navig ation announ cement son/of f
dur ing aphone call #
Selec tSyst em. #
Selec tõ Audio. #
Selec tNavigat ionand Traff icAn noun ce-
men ts. #
Swit chVoice Guidance During Callon 0073 or
of f0053.
Ad jus tingthe volum eof navig ation
announ cement s
Re quirement s:
R Routeguidan ceisact ive. #
On themu ltifunct ionsteer ing wheel or
on themu ltim edia system: turnth evo lume con
trol on themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel
dur ing ana vig ation announ cement.
or #
Turn thevo lume control on thecent ercon ‐
sole during ana vig ation announ cement
(→ pag e28 4).
% Inthefo llo wing situat ions,th evo lume is
ra ised tothemaximum volume orlowe redto
th eminimum volume:
R Ane wrouteguidan ceisstar ted.
R The routeis recal cul ated.
% The mini mum volume canbeindiv iduall yse t
at an aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cent er. #
Viasy stem settings: selectSyst em. #
Sele ctõ Audio. #
Sele ctNavig ation andTrafficAnnoun ce-
men ts. #
Sele ctVoic eGuidanc eVolume . #
Setth evo lume. #
Toswitc haud iofadeo uton/o ffdur ing
na vig atio nann oun cements :sel ect System . #
Select õ Audio. Mu
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