2020 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS USB port

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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. The
driving charact eristic sof your vehicle are
dependent onthedis tribution oftheload within
th eve hicle. Yousho uld bear thefo llo wing in
min dwhen loading theve hicle:
R Neverex ceed theper missible gross mass or
th egr oss axle weight rating forth eve hicle
(including occupants). Thevalues arespec i‐
fi ed on theve hicle identif ication plateon the
ve hicle's B-pillar.
R The load mustno tpr otru de abo vetheupper
edg eof theseat backres ts.
R Alw aysplace theload behind unoccupied
seats ifpossible.
R Secur eth eload using thetie-do wneyes and
dis tribut eth eload evenly. St
ow agespace sin theve hicl eint erior Ov
ervie wof thefront stowage com part‐
men ts 1
Stow agecom partment inthedoor s
2 Stow age/t eleph onecom partment inthe
ar mr estwit hmult imed iacon nections and
st ow agecom partment ,e.g. foran MP3
pla yer
3 Stow agecom partment inthefront cent er
con sole withaUSB port(depending onthe
ve hicle's equipment)
4 Glovebox Loc
king/unloc kingthegl ove box #
Turn theemer gency keya qu artertur ncloc k‐
wis e0048 (to loc k)or count er-cloc kwise 0047(to
unloc k). Seats
andstow ing 10
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re ct handli ngofthesoc ket
Yo uco uld recei vean elec tric shoc k:
R ifyo ure ac hint oth esoc ket.
R ifyo uins ertuns uitable devic es orobj ect s
int oth esoc ket. #
Donotre ac hint oth esoc ket. #
Only conne ctsuitab lede vic es tothe
soc ket. Re
quirement s:
R Devices areeq uipped withasuit able plug
whic hcon form sto thest andar dsspec ific to
th ecount ryyouar ein.
R Ade vic eup toamax imum of150W isuse d.
R Donotuse multiplesoc ketou tle ts. #
Open flap 3. #
Inser tth eplug ofthede vice into11 5V
soc ket1.
Wh entheon- boar delectr icalsystem voltag e
is suf ficie nt, indi catorlamp 2light sup. USB
portin there ar passen gerco mp artment %
Dependi ngon theve hicle equipment, the
design ofthestow agecom partment and the
num berof USB ports in there ar passe nger
com partment centerconsole mayva ry. If
th eignition isswitc hedonyoucan charge a
USB device, e.g.amobile phone, atUSB port1
using asuit able chargin gcable . Seat
sand stow ing 11
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Se
tting userprofile options
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization #
Highlight apr ofile. #
Select ¥option s.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Renam e
R Delete
R Reset
% The gues tpr ofile can notbe dele tedor
re nam ed. So
ftwa reupdat e Inf
ormation onsof twareupdat es
The multimedi asy stem prov ides amess age
when anupdat eis available.
De pen dingon thesour ce,youcan perform vari‐
ous updat es: Sof
twareupd ate 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 (/page329).
Ad vantag esofupd ating software
Sof twareupdat esensur eyo ur vehicle's tech nol ‐
ogy isup -to-d ate.
In orde rto cons 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
(/ page329).
R Foraut omat icupdat es:yo ur vehicle hasa
per manent lyins talled com munic ationmod‐
ule. Multim
ediasystem 27
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Dele
ting text messag es
Multimedia system:
4 Phone 5
i TextMessage #
Select p. #
Todel eteate xt messag e:select Delete. #
Outbox
or #
Select Drafts. Mer
cedes-Benz link Ov
ervie wof Mer cedes-Benz Link &
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. Using
Mercedes-Benz Link,va rious funct ions
and select edmobile phoneappscanbetransf er‐
re dto themedia display.
The Mercedes-B enzLink controlbo xsupplemen ‐
ta ry equipment isrequ ired forth is. Youcan
obt ain this at an aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cen‐
te r.
% The Mercedes-B enzLink controlbo xuses
th eAn droid oper ating system.
% 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 eç 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
ç USBport.
Multimedi asy stem:
4 Connec t5
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:
4 Connec t5
Mercedes- BenzLink #
Select Disconnect.
The connect ionisended. Multimedia
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The iPhone ®
is conn ectedtothemultimedia
sy stem viatheUSB portç using asuit a‐
ble cable (/page338).
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
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 buttononthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, forex am ple.
% IfApp leCarPla y®
wa sno tdispla yedin the
fo re grou nd before discon necting,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:
4 Connec t5
Apple CarPlay 5
Sound #
Select thesound menu(/page35 4).
Ending AppleCarPla y®
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Apple CarPlay #
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. Andr
oidAuto Andr
oidAutoove rview &
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. Multimedia
system 32
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umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system.
Mobile phonefunctionscan beused with
An droid Autousin gth eAn droid oper ating sys‐
te m on themultimedia system. Itis oper ated
using thecent ralcon trol elemen tor thevo ice
con trol. Youcan activat eth evo ice- opera tedcon ‐
tr ol system bypressing andholding the00E3
butt ononthemultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
When usingAndroid Autovia thevo ice- opera ted
contr olsystem, themultimedia system can still
be opera tedvia theVo ice Cont rolSy stem
(/ page24 5).
Onl yone mobi lephone atatime canbeconnec‐
te dvia Android Autotothemultimedia system.
The availabilit yof An droid Autoand Android Auto
App sma yva 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 onAndr oidAuto
While usingAndroid Auto,va rious funct ionsof
th emultimedia system, forex am ple themedia
sour ceBlue tooth®
audio, areno tav ailable.
On lyone 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 amobile phoneviaAndr oidAuto
Re quirement s:
R The firs tacti vatio nof Andr oid Au toon the
multime diasystem mus tbe car ried out when
th eve hicle isstatio naryfo rsaf etyre ason s.
R The mobi lephon esuppo rts Andr oidAuto
fr om Andr oid5.0.
R 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 e31 0).
If th er ewa sno prior Interne tconn ection, this
is es tablished withth euse ofthemobile
phone withAn droid Auto. R
The mobile phoneisconn ectedtothemulti‐
media system viatheUSB portç using a
suit able cable (/page338).
R AnInterne tcon nect ionisrequ ired forth efull
ra ng eof func tions forAndr oidAuto.
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
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. 322
Multimedia system

Sup
portedfo rm ats :
R MP3
R WMA
R AAC
R WAV
R FLAC
R ALAC
% Obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R Due tothelar ge variet yof available
music files rega rding encoder s,sam pling
ra tesand datara tes, pla ybac kcanno t
alw aysbe guar anteed.
R Due tothewide rang eof USB device s
av ailable onthemar ket,play bac kcann ot
be guar anteed forall USB devices.
R Cop y-pr otect edmusic files orDRM
enc rypte dfiles can notbe playedbac k.
R MP3 players mus tsupp ortMedi aTr ans ‐
fe rPr oto col (MT P). Ma
nuf actu redunder license from Dolb yLabor a‐
to ries. Dolb y,Dol byAudio and thedouble-D sym‐
bol aretrademar ksofDolb yLabor ator ies. Gr
aceno te,th eGr aceno telogo andlogotype,
"P ow ered byGracen ote", MusicID andPlaylist
Plus areeit her regis tere dtrademar ksortrade‐
mar ksofGraceno te,Inc .in theUn ited States
and/ orother countr ies. 336
Multimedia system

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
system 339