Overvie
wofthe buttons on thes teering
wheel 1
0038 Backbutton, lef t(on-boar dcomputer)
2 Touc hC ontrol, lef t(on-boar dcomputer)
3 Buttong roup forc ruisec ontrol or ActiveD is‐
ta nce Assi stDISTRONIC
4 Button group:
£ Voice-opera tedc ontrol
004B Displa yfavo rite s( multimedia sy stem)
VO L: using the0063 control, inc reases/
re duces thev olume or switches of fthe
sound
0061 Makes/accepts acall
0076 Rejects/end sacall
5 00E2 Main menu button (multimedia sy stem)
6 Touc hC ontrol, right (multimedia sy stem)
7 0038 Backbutton, right (multimedia sy stem) 1
0038 Backbutton, lef t(on-boar dcomputer)
2 Touc hC ontrol, lef t(on-boar dcomputer)
3 Main men ubutton (on-boar dcomputer)
4 Buttong roup forc ruisec ontrol or ActiveD is‐
ta nce Assi stDISTRONIC
5 Button group:
£ Voice-opera tedc ontrol
004B Displa yfavo rite s( multimedia sy stem)
VO L: using the0063 control, inc reases/
re duces thev olume or switches of fthe
sound
0061 Makes/accepts acall 0076
Rejects/end sacall
6 00E2 Main menu button (multimedia sy stem)
7 Touc hC ontrol, right (multimedia sy stem)
8 0038 Backbutton, right (multimedia sy stem) Operating
theo n-boa rdcompu ter &
WARNING Risk of distraction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tio ne quipment integ ratedint hevehicle when
driving, youw ill be distracted from thet raffic
situation. This could also cause youtol ose
control of thev ehicle. #
Onlyoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits. #
Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y. Yo
um usto bse rvet he legal requirements fort he
countr yinwhich youa recur rentl yd riving when
ope rating theo n-boar dcomputer.
Operating theo n-boa rdcompu ter( ve hicles
with steering wheel but tons)
% The displa
yofthe on-boar dcomputer
appear sonthe multifunction display
(/ page168).
When thef unction is switched on, dif fere nt signal
to nes gi vefeedbac kwhile theo n-boar dcomputer
is being operated. These include asignal tone
when thee nd of alistisr eached or when alistis
bein gscrolled thro ugh. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcomputer 167
Instrument Displa
ywithc olor display
The following status displa ysarea vailable on the
assis tant displ ay:
R 00D7 :ATTENTION ASSIS Tswitched off
R Displa ysoftheA ctiv eDista nce Assi st
DISTRONI C(/pag e144) Instrument Displ
aywit hb lacka nd whit edisplay
The following status displa ysarea vailable on the
assis tant displ ay:
R Lane markings dotted: Lane Keeping Assist
switched off
R Lane markings solid and thin: Lane Keeping
Assis tswitched on, no tready toissue warn‐
ings
R Lane markings solid and thick: Lane Keeping
Assis tready toissue warnings Calling up displa
yson thet ripm enu On-boar
dcomputer:
4 Trip #
Selec tthe desired displa yand confirm.
The following displa ysarea vailable on thet rip
menu:
R Standar ddisplay R
Rangea nd cur rent fue lconsu mption
Wi th cer tain engines arecuperation displa yis
also shown. If only asmall amount of fue lis
lef tint he fuel tank ,av ehicle being refueled
appear sins tead of thea ppr oximat erange.
R ECOd ispl ay ( /pag e114 )
R Trip computer:
- FromS tart
- FromR eset
R Digital speedom eter Instrument Displa
ywithc olor display
St andar ddispla y(example)
1 Trip dis tance
2 Totald ista nce Instrument Displa
ywithb lacka nd whit edisplay
St andar ddispla y(example)
1 Trip dis tance
2 Totald ista nce 17 0
Instrument Displa yand on-boar dcomputer
Overvie
wand operation Overvie
wofthe MBUX multi media sy stem &
WARNING Risk of distraction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tio ne quipment integ ratedint hevehicle when
driving, youw ill be distracted from thet raffic
situation. This could also cause youtol ose
control of thev ehicle. #
Onlyoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits. #
Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y. Yo
um usto bse rvet he legal requirements fort he
countr yinwhich youa recur rentl yd riving when
ope rating them ultimedia sy stem.
MBUX stands forM ercedes-Benz User Experi‐
ence. 1
Touc hC ontrol and multimedia sy stem cont rol
panel
2 Media displa ywitht ouc hfunctionality
Opens/closes thec enter console stowage
compartment abo vethed ispla y(/pag e74)
3 Operating strip, calls up applications
In thec enter console stowagec ompartment you
can find thef ollowing ports and inter faces:
R TwoU SB ports or one USB port
The USB por twitht he 00C2 symbol facilitates
th ec onnection of them obile phone wit hthe
multimedia sy stem using asuitable cable. This will enable
youtou sethef unctions of
th em obile phone via Apple CarPlay™ or
Android Auto.
R Stow ages pac ewithc harging inter face and
NFC inter face (i favailable)
Yo uc an operat ethe multimedia sy stem wit hthe
fo llowing central control elements:
R Touc hC ontrol 1
Operatio ntakes plac ebycursor control.
R Media displa y(touchscreen) 2
R Button sonoperating strip 3
% Alternatively
youc an conduct adialog with
th eV oice Control Sy stem (/ page174).
Mul tiple applications ar eavailable fory ou. Yo u
can cal lthese up using theh ome screen or using
th eb uttons on operating strip 3.
Yo uc an con venientl ycallupa nd ad dfavo rite son
th es teering wheel using the004B rocker switch.
Quic k-access in theh ome screen and in the
applications ser vetoselect functions more
qu ickl y.
If yo uu sethel ear nfunction of them ultimedia
sy stem, youw illreceiv esuggestions during oper‐
ation of them ostp robable navigation destina‐
tions ,radio stations and con tacts. The configu ra‐
tio noft he suggestions take sp lace in your pro‐
fi le. Youc an compile your profile from various
ve hicle settings and settings of them ultimedia
sy stem.
The Notifications Center collects incoming notifi‐
cations, e.g. abou tanavailable softwar eupdate.
Depending on thet ype of notification it of fers
va rious actions. Youc an call up theN otific ations
Center on theh ome screen and in them enus of
th ea pplications.
Wi th th eglobal sear chinthev ehicle youc an
sear chon-boar dacross man ycategories as well
as onlin einthe Internet. Youc an use theg lobal
sear chintheh ome screen and in then otifica‐
tions.
Anti-thef tprote ction
This devic eisequipped wit htechnical pr ovisions
to protect it agains ttheft. Further information on
pr otection agains tthef tcan be obtained from an
authorized Mercedes-Benz Center. Note
sont he media display Obser
vethen otes on caring fort he interior
(/ page276). MBUX multimedi
asystem 187
#
Swipe up until FAVORITESis shown. #
Press on afavo rite until theOPTIONS menu is
shown. #
Select Delete. #
Select Yes. No
tifications Center Overvie
woftheNotifications Center
The following communication sarecollec tedin
th eN otification sCenter:
R Communications whic haregenerated bythe
ve hicle or from multimedia sy stem.
R Communications whic hare re ceived thro ugh
th eu se of services.
The following notification types ar eavailable for
yo u:
R Messages (t extm essa ges)
R System information ,e.g. softwar eupdate
av ailable
R Other notifications
The Notifications Center jcan be found on
th eh ome screen, in menus and at thet op right of
th en avigation map (/ page188).
As tarint hej symbol informs youofn ew
notifications.
Notification sarenorm allyb rief ly shown as they
ar er ecei ved. Thi soccu rsforn early everyapplica‐
tio nt hat youa recur rently using .Ifyoutake no
action, these ar estore df or futur eaccess in the
Notifications Center.
The notifications ar esortedc hronologicall y.The
mos trecen tnotifications ar eatthetop. An
otification sho wsthef ollowing information:
R Symbol or image 1fort he application
R Title 2,w hich contains then ame, atele‐
phone number or anavigation destination ,for
ex ample R
The servic eand additional information 3
R Atimes tamp 5
R If se verala ctions ar eavailable, symbol 4to
open or close then otification.
Depending on thet ype of notification ,uptofour
dif fere nt actions 6area vailable.
Examples of action sinclude:
R Read aloud
R Placing acall
R Replying
R Calling up aweb page
R Navigating
Some notifications, e.g. anavigation destination,
ar es tore dl onger .Therefore, it is no tnecessary
to car ryout available action sdirect lyon the
re ceip toft he notifications. Arout eguidance can
be star tedatal ater time.
% Yo
uc an star tag lobal sear chintheN otific a‐
tions Center (/ page 196).
Calling up notifications
Multimedi asyst em:
4 ©
Opening theN otifications Center #
On the touchscreen: tapont hej sym‐
bol fort he Notifications Center.
or #
On the Touc hC ontrol: markthe j sym‐
bol fort he Notifications Center byswiping. #
Press on thec ont role lement.
Selecting anotification #
Swipe up or down. #
Taporp ress on thec ont role lement.
Calling up old notifications
If notifications ha venotb eenc alle dupa fter four
hours, these ar estore dint he archive. #
Swipe upwards and select Archive. #
Selec tthe notification.
Selecting actions foran otification
The following option sareavailable:
R Select thea ction directl yinanapplication
af te ran otificatio nisreceiveda nd shown.
R Select thea ction later af terc alling up in the
Noti fications Center. MBUX multimedia sy
stem 19 5
#
Tosho wsearch re sults forac ategor y:
select acategor y. #
Tosho wdetails: select asear chresult. #
Tostar tana ction: select an action.
Af ters election of an action, atrack is pla yed
bac kort heroutetoad estinatio niscalcula‐
te d, fore xamp le. Entering
characters Using
thec haracter input function &
WARNING Risk of distraction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tio ne quipment integ ratedint hevehicle when
driving, youw ill be distracted from thet raffic
situation. This could also cause youtol ose
control of thev ehicle. #
Onlyoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits. #
Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y. Yo
um usto bse rvet he legal requirements fort he
countr yinwhich youa recur rentl yd riving when
ope rating them ultimedia sy stem. Character entry
can be carried out wit hthese
contro lelements:
R Touc hC ontrol
R Touchsc reen (media display)
Character entry take sp lace bycursor control
whe nusing theT ouc hControl.
Character input can be star tedw ithac ontrol ele‐
ment and resumed wit hanother. #
When thek eyboar diss hown, en tert he char‐
acter sont he contro lelemen tbyswiping and
pressing or bytapping (touchscreen).
or #
Writet he character on thet ouchscreen.
Examples of character ent ry:
R Renaming afavo rite
R Entering adestinatio naddress in then aviga‐
tion sy stem
R Ente ring aw eb address
Entering character sonthetouchscreen
Requ irements:
R An onlin econnection is requiredfors ome
functions.
Usin gthe keyboard 1
Input line 2
Showssuggestions during
entr y(ifav ailable) 3
Deletes an entry
4 Deletes MBUX multimedia sy
stem 197
Multimedia sy
stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System
5 Time and Date
Setting thet ime(without tim ezone) #
Select Set Time. #
Setat ime.
Setting thet ime(wit htimez one) #
Select Set Time.
If at imez oneiss etthet ime is se tautomatically
using thet ime zone. The time can be adjus tedby
am aximum of plus or minus 60 minutes. #
Adjus tthe time using thes lide cont rol.
Setting thed ate #
Select Set Date . #
Setad ate.
% In
vehicles wit hGPS, adatec anno tbes et
eve nw itha ctiv em anual tim eadjustments.
The dat eisthen se tautomaticall ythrough
th es elected time zone. Blue
tooth ® Information abou
tBluet oo th®
Bl ue tooth ®
tech nology is astandar dfor short-
ra ng ew ireles sdatat ransfer up toappr oximately
32. 8ft(10 m).
Yo uc an use Blue tooth®
to connect your mobile
phon etot he multimedia sy stem and use thef ol‐
lowing functions, fore xamp le:
R Hands-free sy stem wit haccess tothef ollow‐
ing options:
- Call lists (/ page236)
R Interne tconnection
R Listening tomusic via Blue tooth®
audio
R Trans ferring busines scards (vCards) int othe
ve hicle
Blue tooth ®
is ar egis tere dt rademar kofBluetooth
Special Interes tGroup (SIG )Inc.
% Interne tconnection via Blu etoo th®
is not
av ailable in all countries. Ac
tivating/deactivatin gBluetooth ®
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System
5 Wi-Fi &Bluetooth #
Toswitc honB luetooth ®
:select Connect
via Bluetooth. #
Activate Bluetooth. #
Toswitc hoffBlue tooth ®
:select Settings . #
Deactivate Bluetooth. Wi
-Fi Wi
-Fic on nectio noverview
Yo uc an use Wi-Fi toestablish aconnection with
aW i-Finetwo rkand toaccess theI nterne tor
ot her networ kdevices.
The following connection option sareavailable:
R Wi-Fi connection
The Wi-Fi connection is es tablished toaW i-Fi-
capable device, e.g. tothec ustomer's mobile
phone or table tPC.
R Multimedia sy stem as aWi-Fihotspot
Using this function ,atable tPCorn otebook
can be connected, fore xamp le.
To establish aconnection, youc an use thef ollow‐
ing me thods:
R WPS PIN
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaaP IN.
R WPS PBC
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad ebyp ressing abutton (push button).
R Security key
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaas ecu rity key.
Setting up Wi-Fi
Requ irements:
R The device tobe connected supports one of
th et hree means of connection described. 200
MBUX multimedia sy stem
Multimedia sy
stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System (System)
5 Wi-Fi &Bluetooth
Switching on Wi-Fi #
Select Wi-Fi.
The Wi-Fi is switched on and youc an connect
th em ultimedia sy stem wit hexternal hot‐
sp ots.
Swit ching of fWi-Fi #
Select Settings. #
Deacti vate Wi-Fi.
If Wi-Fi is deactivated, communication via Wi-
Fi to all devices is inter rupte d. This also
means that ac onnectio ntothe communica‐
tion module canno tbeestablished. Then
some function ssuchasd ynamic routeg uid‐
anc ewithL iveT raffic In form ation ar enot
av ailable.
Connecting them ultimedia sy stem wit ha
ne wd evice via Wi-Fi
This function is available if acommunication
modul eisnotins talled.
The type of connection es tablished mus tbe
selected on them ultimedia sy stem and on the
device tobe connected.
% The connection procedur
emaydifferd epend‐
ing on thed evice. Followt he instructions that
ar es hown in thed ispla y.Fu rther information
(see them anufacturer's operating instruc‐
tions). #
Select Internet Settings . #
Select Connec tvia Wi-Fi. #
Select Add Hotspot.
Connecting using asecurity key #
Select theo ptions 0048 ofthed esired Wi-Fi
networ k. #
Select Connect Using Security Key .#
Have thes ecurity keyd ispla yedont he device
to be connected (see them anufacturer's
operating instructions). #
Ente rthis security keyo nthe multimedia sys‐
te m. #
Confir mthe entr ywith¡.
% All devices suppor
tasecurity keyasam eans
of connection. Connectin
gusing aWPS PIN #
Selec tthe options 0048ofthed esired Wi-Fi
networ k. #
Select Connect via WPS PIN Input.
The multimedi asyst em generates an eight-
digi tPIN. #
Enter this PIN on thed evice tobe connected. #
Confir mthe entr y.
Connecting usin gabutton #
Select theo ptions 0048 ofthed esired Wi-Fi
networ k. #
Select Connect via WPS PBC . #
Select "Connect via WPS PBC "inthe options
on thed evice tobe connected (see them anu‐
fa cturer's ope rating instructions). #
Press theW PS button on thed evice tobe
connected. #
Select Continue inthem ultimedia sy stem.
Ac tivatin gautomati cconnection #
Select Connect via Wi-Fi. #
Select theo ptions 0048 ofthed esired Wi-Fi
networ k. #
Activate Permanent Internet Connection .
Connectin gwithak nown Wi-Fi #
Select Connect via Wi-Fi. #
Select aWi-Finetwo rk.
The connection is es tablished again.
Setting up aWi-Fih otspot
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System (System)
5 Wi-Fi &Bluetooth
Configuring them ultimedia sy stem as aWi-Fi
hotsp ot
The type of connection es tablished depends on
th ed evice tobe connected. The function mus tbe
suppor tedbyt he multimedia sy stem and bythe
device tobe connected. The type of connection
es tablished mus tbeselected on them ultimedia
sy stem and on thed evice tobe connected. #
Select Vehicle Hotspot. #
Select Connec tDevic etoV ehicle Hotspot.
Connecting using WPS PIN generation #
Select Connec tvia WPS PIN Generation . #
Enter theP IN shown in them edia displa yon
th ed evice tobe connected and con firm. MBUX multimedia sy
stem 201
Connecting usin
gWPS PIN entry #
Select Connect via WPS PIN Input. #
Entert he PIN that is shown on thee xternal
device's displa yonthe multimedia sy stem.
Connecting using abutton #
Select Connec tvia WPS PBC. #
Press thep ush button on thed evice tobe
connected (see them anufacturer's operating
instructions). #
Select Continue.
Connecting using asecurity key #
Select Connect Device to Vehicl eHotspot .
As ecu rity keyisd isplayed. #
Select thev ehicle from thed evice tobe con‐
nected. It will be shown wit hthe DIRECT-MB
Hotspot 12345 networkname. #
Ente rthe security keyw hichiss hown in the
media displa yonthe device tobe connected. #
Confir mthe entr y.
Connecting usin gNFC #
Select Connect via NFC. #
Activat eNFC on them obile device (see the
manufacturer's operating instructions). #
Bring them obile device int othe NFC area of
th ev ehicle (/ page232). #
Select Finished.
The mobile device is no wconnected tothe
multimedia sy stem hotspo tvia NFC.
Generating anew security key: #
Select VehicleHotspot. #
Select Generate Security Key.
Ac onnection will be es tablished wit hthe
newly created security key.#
Tosave asecurity key:select Save.
When anew security keyiss aved, all existing
Wi -Fi connections ar ethen disconnected. If
th eW i-Ficonnections ar ebeingre-es tab‐
lished, then ew security keym ustbee ntered. Sy
stem language Note
sont he system language
This function allo wsyoutod etermine thel an‐
guag efor them enu displa ysand then avigation
messages. The selected languag eaffects the
ch aracter savailable fore ntr y.The navigation
announcement sarenota vailable in all languages. If
al anguag eisnotavailable, then avigation
announcements will be in Engl ish.
Setting thes ysteml anguage
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System
5 Language #
Setthe language.
% If
yo ua reusin gArabic map data, thet ext
information can also be shown in Arabic on
th en avigation map. Todo so, select