2019 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS SEDAN & MAYBACH USB port

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hicles withindividual rear seat s #
Open flap 3. #
Inser tth eplug ofthede vice into11 5V
soc ket2.
Wh entheon- boar delectr icalsystem voltag e
is suf ficie nt, indi catorlamp 1light sup. Using
the12 Vso cket inthetrunk Re
quirement s:
R Onlycon nectde vices uptoamax imum of
18 0wa tts (15 A). #
Lift up soc ketcap 1. #
Inse rttheplug ofthede vice. USB
portin there ar passe nger comp artment Ve
hicles withare ar ben chseat orelectr ically
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twareupda te 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 %
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 e348).
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 e348).
R Foraut omat icupdat es:yo ur vehicle hasa
per manent lyins talled com munic ationmod‐
ule. Multim
ediasystem:
, System .
Soft ware Update
Au tomatic update #
Swi tchAuto matic Onl ine Update on 0073.
Up dat esareper form ed.
The current status oftheupdat esisdis‐
pla yed.
Manu alupd ate #
Deact ivat e0053 Auto matic OnlineUpdate. #
Select anupdat efrom thelis tand star tth e
updat e.
Ac tiv atin gthe softwa reupdat e #
Restar tth esy stem.
Fu nction ofimpor tant system updates
Im por tant system updat esma ybe neces saryfo r
th esecur ityofyour mult imed iasystem's data.
Please installth ese updat es,orelse thesecur ity
of your mult imed iasystem cann otbe ensur ed.
% Ifaut omatic softwareupdat esareactiv ated,
th esy stem updat eswill bedownloaded auto‐
maticall y(→ pag e29 7). Multimedia
system 29
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#
Select Synch ronizeContacts .
Cal ling up contacts
Mu ltimed iasystem:
, Phone .
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 byname
R searching byphone number #
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. #
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 .
Z Option s.
Con-
tact s.
Name Format
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Last Name ,Fir stName
R Last Name FirstName
R FirstName LastName #
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 .
Z Option s.
Contac ts #
Select Import. #
Select anoption . Multimedia
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%
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 #
Conn ecttheMer cedes- BenzLinkcontrol bo x
wit hth e00C2 USBportof themultimedia
con nect ionunit using asuit able connect ing
cable.
% 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 #
Select Mercedes- BenzLink. #
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 t.
Mercedes- BenzLink #
Select Disconnect.
The connect ionisended.
The mobile phonecontinues tobe supplied
wit helect ricity .
or #
Disco nnect thecon nect ingcable between
th eMer cedes- BenzLinkcontrol bo xand the
multime diasystem.
% Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle
is statio nary. App
leCar Play™ Ov
ervie wof App leCar Play™ &
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.
iPhone ®
func tionscan beused viathemultime‐
dia system using Apple CarPla y™.Theyar eoper‐
at ed using thecent ralcon trol elemen tor the Multimedia
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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
(→ pag e263).
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 e358).
Multimedia system:
, Connec t.
Apple CarPlay
Se tting automat icor manu alstar t
A messa geappear swhen connectedfo rth efirs t
tim e. #
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. #
Manua lst ar t:select Manual ly. #
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. #
Select Accept &Start .
or #
Select Decline &End.
Exiting AppleCarPla y™ #
Press the00E2 buttonon themultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, forex am ple.
% 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 t.
Apple CarPlay .
Sound #
Select theto ne menu (→page 375). 34
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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 e329).
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 e358).
R AnInterne tcon nect ionisrequ ired forth efull
ra ng eof func tions forAndr oidAuto.
Multimedia system:
, Connec t.
Android Auto #
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. #
Select Accept &Start .
or #
Select Decline &End.
Ac tiv atin gaut omati cst ar t #
Select StartAutoma tically0073.
St arting manuall y #
Select themobile phonefrom thede vice list.
Exiting AndroidAuto #
Press the00E2 buttononthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, forex am ple.
% 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 t.
Android Auto .
Sound #
Select theto ne menu (→page 375). End
ingAnd roid Au to
Multimedia system:
, Connec t.
Android Auto #
Select Disconnect.
The connect ionisended.
The mobile phonecontinues tobe supplied
wit helect ricity .
or #
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. 34
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Multimedia system

Connect
ingUSB devices
* NO
TEDama gecau sed byhigh temp era‐
tur es High
temp eratur escan damag eUSB devices. #
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 . #
Con nectth eUSB device totheUSB port.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac konl yif
th ecor responding mediadisplayis activ ated.
% Use theUSB portidentif iedby00C2 touse
Ap ple CarPla y™and Android Auto.
% 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 #
Toskip backwards orforw ards toa
tr ac k: navig ateup ordown.
Sel ecting atrac kusin gth ecur rent trac klis t #
Select 00D3. #
Select Current TrackList. #
Select atra ck.
Selec tingplaybac kop tions
Multimedia system:
, Media .
Z Option s
Pla ying backsimilar trac ks #
Select Play Simi larTra cks.
A trac klist wit hsimilar trac ks iscreat edand
pla yedbac k. Pla
ybac kmode #
Select Random Mode-Current Playlist.
The current trac klist ispla yedin rando m
or de r. #
Select Random Mode-Cu rrent Medium.
All trac ks on theactiv edat ast or ag emedium
ar epla yedin rando morde r. #
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 .
Y Playback Control
A bar withpla ybac kcon trols issho wn. #
Topause playbac k:sel ect and conf irm
Y with thecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00CF symbol isdispla yed. #
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 #
Move00CF onthetimeline. 358
Multimedia system

Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gful l-scree nmode
Mu ltimed iasystem:
, Media .
à Media Sources #
Select adat ast or ag emedium.
Pla yable video files arepla yedbac k. #
Toactiv atefull-s cree nmode: select0008
Full Screen. #
Todeac tivatefull -screen mod e:press the
to uc hpad.
Cha nging videosettings
Mult imed iasystem:
, Media .
Z Option s.
Picture For-
mat
The follo wing picturefo rm ats areav ailable:
R Automat ic
R 16:9
R 4:3
R Zoom #
Select apict urefo rm at. Ad
jus tingthe brightne ssmanu ally
If th eAutom aticpictur efo rm atisswit ched off,
yo ucan adjustth ebr ightn essyourself . #
Select Bright ness. #
Adjus tth ebr ightn ess. Media
search St
arting themed iasear ch
Multimedia system:
, Media .
ª Search
Depen dingonthecon nect edmedia sourcesand
fi les, thefo llo wing categor iesarelis ted:
R Current TrackList
R Keyword Search
R Playlists
R Artists
R Albums
R Track s
R Folders
R Music Genres
R Year R
Composers
R Videos
R Podcast s(Apple ®
de vices)
R Audiobook s(Apple ®
de vices) #
Select acat egor y.
% The categor iesareav ailable assoon asthe
ent ire media content hasbe en read inand
anal yzed . Med
iaInt erface Inf
orma tion abou tth eMed iaInt erface
Media Inte rface isauniv ersal interface forth e
connecti onofmob ile au dio equipm ent.Themul‐
time diasy stem has twoUSB ports.The USB
por tsarelocat edinthestow agecom partment
unde rth ear mr est.
Supp ortedde vic es
The Med iaInt erface allo ws youto connect the
fo llo wing datast or ag emedia:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ® Multimedia
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