2020 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SEDAN ESP

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 iedbyç 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:
4 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:
4 Media 5
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:
4 Media 5
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 onthetimelin e.
To hide theplaybac kco ntr ols #
Press the0038 button. Vi
deo mode Sw
itchin gto video mode
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select adat ast or ag emedium. Multimedia
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R
Mark AllEnt ries
R Unmark AllEnt ries
R Delete ThisEntry
R Delete AllEnt ries #
Select anoption. #
Activate Artist &Song Alerts 0073.
The alertis setfo rth ecur rent artis tor trac k.
If amatc his found, apr om ptappear sask ing
whe ther youwish tochang eto thest atio n.
Se tting aspor taler t #
Select Add New Alert.
or #
Select Man ageSports Ale rts. #
Select Select New Alerts.
or #
Select EditAle rts. #
Select ate am from aleague. #
Activate Spo rts Ale rts 0073. Inf
orma tion onSm artFa vo rite sand Tune
St art
St atio nsinthest atio npr ese tscan beadded as
Sm artFa vorite s. Smar tFa vorite sst atio nsare
aut omat icallysa ve dto temp orar yst or ag ein the
bac kground .If yo uch ang eto aSm artFa vorite s
st atio n,youcan repla y,pause oractiv elyskip
fo rw ardor bac kto broadcas tswhic hyo uha ve
missed .If Tu ne Startis act ivat ed and youch ang e
to ano ther Smar tFa vorite sst atio n,themusic
tra ck cur rentl ypl ay ing onthest atio nis aut omat ‐
icall yre star tedfrom thebeginnin gof thetra ck.
Ad ding ach anne lto Smar tFa vo rite s
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio #
Select theactiv efreq uency band. #
Highlight anent ry. #
Select ¥. #
Select Add Highlighte dCh anne lto Smar t
Favo rites. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gTu neS tart
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Z Option s5
TuneSt art #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Contr olling playbac k
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Y Playback Control
Yo ucan pause thepla ybac kof thecur rent sta‐
tio nor skip forw ardor bac kwardin thetimelin e.
This leavesliv emode toacc ess theint ernal tem‐
por aryst or ag e. #
Tofast forw ard/r ewind: turnth econ troller
count er-cloc kwise orcloc kwise/swipe leftor
ri ght ontheto uc hpad. #
Tojum pto thepr ev ious/ne xtsong: press
th econ troller leftor right/swipe leftor right
on theto uc hpad. #
Topause playbac k:sel ect 00CF. #
Toretur nto livemod e:navig ateto theend
of thetimeline. Multimedia
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Ad
jus tingthe treb le,mid andbassse ttin gs
on the Burmes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Equalizer #
Select Treble, MidRange orBass. #
Setth edesir edvalues.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gvo lum eadj ustm ent
in theBu rm ester®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Autom aticVolume Adjustmen t
Au tomatic volume adjustment com pens ates for
dif fering volumes whenchang ingbetween audio
sour ces. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Ad jus tingthe balanc e/fader inthe
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Balance andFader #
Adjus tth ebalance andfader . #
Toexitth emenu :pr ess the0038 button.
Switc hingsurround soun don/ offin the
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Surroun dSound #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Ad jus tingthe sound focus intheBu rm ester®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Sound Focus #
Adjus tth esound focus . Ad
vanced sound system Inf
orma tion abou tth eAd vanced sound sys‐
te m
The Advanced soundsystem has atot alout put
of 22 5W and iseq uipped withnin espeak ers. It
is available forall functions inthera dio and
media modes. Calling
upthesound menuintheAd vanced
sound system
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Equal izer
R Balan ceand Fade r
R Automat icVolum eAdj ustmen t #
Select afun ction .
Ad jus tingtreb le,mid- rang eand bass set‐
tings intheAd vanced sound system
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Equalizer #
Select Treble, MidRange orBass. #
Setth edesir edvalues. Multim
ediasystem 353

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Allow theengine tocool down and only
to uc hco mp onent partsdescr ibedin
th efo llo wing. &
WARNIN GRisk offire and injuryfrom
eng ineoil
If eng ineoilcom esintocon tact with hot
com ponent partsintheengine compart‐
ment ,it ma yignit e. #
Mak esur eth at no eng ineoilisspille d
ne xt to thefiller open ing. #
Allo wtheengine tocool offand thor‐
oughl yclean theengine oilfrom com po‐
nen tpar tsbef orest ar tin gth eve hicle. *
NO
TEEngi nedama gecau sed byan
inc orrect oil filt er ,inc orrect oil oraddi‐
tiv es #
Donotus eengi neoilsor oil filt er s
whic hdo notcor respond tothespecif i‐
cation sex plicitl ypr escr ibed forth e
ser vice interva ls. #
Donotalt er theengine oiloroil filt er in
or der toachie velong erchang eint erva ls
th an presc ribed. #
Donotuse additiv es. #
Followtheins truction sin theser vice
int erva ldispla yre ga rding theoil
ch ang e. *
NO
TEDama gecau sed byaddin gto o
muc hengine oil To
omuc hengine oilcan damag eth eengine
or thecat alytic converter . #
Have excess engineoilremo vedat a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. #
Turn cap 1cou nter-cloc kwiseand remo ve
it. #
Addengin eoil. #
Replace cap1and turnit cloc kwise asfar
as itwill go. #
Chec kth eoil leve lag ain (/ page358 ). 360
Maintenanceand care

#
Con tinue turnin gcap 1count er-cloc kwis e
and remo veit.
The coolan tle ve lis cor rect inthefo llo wing
cases :
R ifth eengine iscold, uptomar kerbar 2
R ifth eengine iswa rm,up to0.6 in(1.5 cm)
ove rmar kerbar 2 #
Ifnecessar y,add coolant that has been
appr ovedfo rMer cedes-Benz.
R Further information oncoolant
(/ page434). Ad
ding washer fluid tothewindsh ield
wa sher system &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom hotcom‐
ponent partsintheengine compartmen t
Cer tain com pone ntsin theengine compart‐
ment canbevery hot,e.g. theengine, the
ra diat orand partsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Allo wtheengine tocool down and only
to uc hco mp onent partsdescr ibedin
th efo llo wing. &
WARNIN GDang erofburnswhen open‐
ing thehood
If yo uopen thehood when theengine has
ove rheat edordur ing afire intheengine
com partmen t,yo uco uld come intoco ntact
wit hho tga ses orother escaping operating
fl uids. #
Beforeopen ingthehood, allowthe
engine tocool down. #
Intheeve ntofafire intheengine com‐
par tmen t,ke ep thehood closed and
call thefire ser vice. &
WARNIN G‑Ri sk offire and injuryfrom
wind shieldwa sher concen trat e
Wi ndsh ield wa sher concen trat eis highl y
fl ammab le.Itcoul dign ite if it com esinto
con tact with hotengine component partsor
th eex haus tsy stem. #
Mak esur eth at no wind shieldwa sher
concen trat espills outnext to thefiller
open ing. #
Remo vecap 1bytheta b. #
Addwa sher fluid. 362
Maintenance andcare

Cleani
ngand careA voiding paintworkdam age
Mat tefinish
Onlyuse carepr oducts approvedfo rMer cedes-Benz. R
Donotpoli shtheve hicle andalloywheels.
R Onlyuse carwashes that cor respond tothelat estengi‐
neer ingstandar ds.
R Donotuse carwash progr ams withafinal hotwa xtrea t‐
ment.
R Donotus epa int cleane rs,buf fing orpolishi ng prod ucts ,
gl oss preser vers,e.g. wax.
R Alw aysha ve paintw orkre pair scar ried out ataqu alif ied
spec ialistwo rkshop. No
teson cleaning decorativefo ils Obser
vetheno teson matt efinis hcar ein the
ch ap ter"No teson paintw ork/matt efinis hpa int‐ wo
rkcar e"(/ page 365). Theyal so app lyto
matt edecor ativefo ils. 366
Maintenanceand care

No
teson car eof vehicl epar ts &
WARNIN GRisk ofentr apment ifth e
winds hieldwiper sar eswit ched on while
th ewindshield isbeing cleaned
If th ewindshield wipersar ese tin mo tion
while youar ecle anin gth ewindshield or
wiper blades, youcan betrapped bythe
wiper arm. #
Alw aysswitc hof fth ewindshield wipers
and theignition beforecleanin gth e
winds hieldorwiper blades. &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom theta il‐
pipe andtailpipe trims
The exhaus tta ilpipe andtailpipe trims can
becom eve ry hot.Ifyo uco me intoco ntact wit
hth ese partsof theve hicle, youco uld
bur nyo urself . #
Alw aysbe par ticular lycareful arou nd
th eta ilpipe andtheta ilpipe trims and
super visechildr enespec iallycloselyin
th is area. #
Allo wvehicle partsto cool down before
to uc hin gth em. Obser
vethefo llo wing informa tion: No
teson cleaning andcareA voiding vehicl edamag e
Wheel s/rims
Usewaterand acid-free whee lclea ners. R
Donotuse acidicwhee lclea nersto remo vebrak edus t.
This could damag ewheel boltsandbrak ecom ponen ts.
R Toavoid corrosion ofthebr ak ediscs andbrak epads, drive
th eve hicle fora fe w min utes afte rclea ning beforepar king
it. The brak ediscs andbrak epa dswarm upand dryout .
Wi ndo ws
Cleanwindowsinside andouts idewithadam pclo thand with
a cle anin gag ent recomme ndedforMer cedes-Benz. Do
notuse dryclo thsor abr asiv eor sol vent-ba sedcleani ng
ag ents tocle an theinside ofwindo ws.
Wi per blades
Foldout thewiper blades andclean them using adam pclo th.D ono tclean thewiper blades tooof ten. 36
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Ma intena nce and care

No
teson cleaning andcareA voiding vehicl edamag e
Ext erior lighting
Cleanthelenses withawe tsp ong eand mildcle ani ng agent,
e.g .car shampoo. Onl
yuse cleaning agents orcleaning clothsth at aresuit able
fo rpla stic lens es.
Sensor s
Cleanthesensor sin thefront and rear bum perand inthe
ra diat orgrill wit hasof tclo thand carsham poo. When
usingapo we rwa sher ,maint ainaminimum distance of
11 .8 in(30 cm).
Re ar vie wcamer a
and 360°Camer a R
Open thecamer aco verwit hth emultimedia system
(/ page21 1) .
R Usecle an waterand asof tclo thtocle an thecamer alens. Do
notuse apo we rwa sher .
Ta ilpip es
Cleanwithaclean ingagent recomme ndedforMer cedes-
Benz, especiallyin thewint erand afte rwa shing theve hicle. Do
notuse acidic cleaning agents. No
teson car eof theint erior &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom plastic
par tsbreakin gof faf te rth euse ofsol‐
ve nt-ba sedcarepr od ucts
Ca reand cleanin gpr oduc tscon tainin gsol‐
ve nts can causesurfaces inthecoc kpit to
become porous. When
theairbags aredeplo yed, plas ticpar ts
ma ybr eak away. #
Donotus ean ycar eor cle ani ng prod ‐
ucts containing solvents tocle an the
coc kpit. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryor deat hfrom
bleac hedseat belts
Bleac hingordyeing seat belts canseverely
we aken them.
This can, forex am ple, caus eseat beltsto
te ar or failin an acc ident . #
Neverblea chordyeseat belts. Maint
enance andcare369