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wa
rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol to
select thedesir edtelephon enumb er. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The telephon enumb erwill bedialed.
The follo wing displa ysma yapp ear instead ofthe
te lephon enumb ersdialed:
R Please Wait:th eapplication isstar tin g.Ifa
Blue tooth®
connecti ontothemobile phone
is no tes tablished, themenu forau thor izing
and conn ectin gamobile phonewillbedis‐
pla yedon themultimedia system
(/ page42 4).
R Updating Data…:th ecall listis being upda‐
te d.
R Import ingCont acts: contacts arebei ng
im por tedfrom themobile phoneorast or ag e
medium.
Ac cep tingor rejec tingan inco min gca ll
Ve hicl eswith Head-up Display:when you
re cei veacall, theInc oming Callmessag ewill
appear ontheHead-up Display. #
Swi peupwa rdsor down wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol and select0061 (Acc ep t)
or 0076 (Reject ). #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Yo uma yacc eptor reject thecall using the0061
or 0076 buttononthesteer ing wheel. Se
tting theHead -upDispla yusing theon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 HEAD-UP DISPLA Y
The follo wing Head- upDisp lay se ttings canbe
selec ted:
R Position
R Brightness
R Displa ys
R Messag es
R Assis tance status
R Telephon e
R Audio
R Voice Cont rolSy stem #
Tochoose ase tting: swipe totheright on
th elef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Se tting smen u5 will besele cted. #
Tocall uptheSe ttings menu :pr ess the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth eposit ion:swipe upwards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth ebr ight ness: swipe tothelef t
or right onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Tosetmessag es,assis tance status, tele‐
phone, audioand theVo ice Contr olSy s‐
te m: pres sth elef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The listof setting optio ns will bedispl ayed. #
Swipe upwards ordown wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol and selectase tting by
pr essing thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. In
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Selec
tingwhat theHead -upDispla ysho ws (Ex
am ple)
1 Toswitc hth eHead-up Displayon/ off
2 Leftdispla yar ea
Na vig ation system
Inc lination ,gr adient andcompass
Av erag econ sum ption
G-me ter
3 Centraldispl ayarea
Se tspee din thedr iver assis tance system,
e.g. cruise control
Wa rnings from driver assis tance systems,
e.g. distance warning 4
Right displa yar ea
Tr af fic Sign Assist
Ve hicle leve l
Dif fere ntia l
Assi stant displa y
5 Toadjus tth eposition ,br ightn essand lowe r
displa yar ea
6 Inde xpoint s
7 Lowe rdisp lay ar ea
Displa yar eas 2to4 that areno tre qu ired can
be hidden .
% Inaudio mode, thest atio nnam eor trac kwill
be sho wntemp orarily when theaudio source
is being activelyoper ated. Inaddition, the
lat estcalls willbedispla yedwhen thete le‐
phon elis ton theIns trument Displayis
activ elyoper ated. #
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards on the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. Hea
d-up Disp lay Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y The
Head- upDis playpr oje ctsinf ormat ionabove
th ecoc kpit intoth edr iver's field ofvision, e.g.
th espeed oftheve hicle, information from the
na vig ation system ordriver assis tance systems
and some warning mess ages.
Depe ndingon theve hicle's equipment, differe nt
cont entcan besho wnintheth re edispla yar eas
of theHead-up Display(/ page31 3). 31
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Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

Disp
layelem ents 1
Navig ation instructions
2 Current speed
3 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
4 Setspe edinthedr iver assis tance system
(e.g. cruise control)
Sy stem limit s
The visib ilityofthedispla yswill beaffect ed by
th efo llo wing condition s:
R Seat position
R Imag eposit ionsetting
R Ambient light R
Wetro adw ay
R Objects onthedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses
% Inextreme sunli ght, sectio nsofthedispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youcan correct this
by switc hingtheHead-up Displayof fand on
ag ain. Switc
hingtheHead -upDispla yon/of fvia the
mu ltim edia system Multi
media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Quick Access #
Select HUD.
The Head-up Displayis activ ated. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 31
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Ov
ervie wand oper ation Ov
ervie wof theMB UX multim edia system &
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.
MBUX stands forMer cedes-Benz UserExper i‐
ence. 1
Touc hCon trol and contro lpanel forth e
MBUX multimedia system
Oper ating Touc hCon trol (/ page33 7)
2 Media displaywit hto uc hfun ction alit y
Hom esc reen ove rview(/ page336)
Opera tingth eto uc hsc reen (/ page338)
3 Touc hpad
Operatin gth eto uc hpad( /pag e33 9) 4
Con trol kn ob
Pr ess and hold:swit ches themultimedia sys‐
te m or disp lay on oroff
Pr ess brief ly:swi tches themut efunc tion
on/ off
Tu rn:ad jus tsthevo lume
5 Buttons forna vig ation, radio/media and
te lephon e
Calling upapplicat ions(/page34 7)
6 Buttons forve hicle functions/sy stem set‐
ting sand favo rite s/t hemes
Call ingupappli cations (/page34 7)
Yo ucan operat eth emultimedia system withth e
fo llo wing central control elemen ts:
R Touc hCon trol 1 and touc hpad 3
The operation forbo th contr oleleme ntsis
ac hie vedby cur sor contr ol.
R Med iadispl ay2
% Alternati vely,yo ucan cond uct adialog with
th eVo ice Cont rolSy stem (/ page31 7). 33
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MB UX multim ed iasystem

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Ifth eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX in-
car assis tant, select edfunc tions ofthemul‐
timedia system can beoper ated con tact-fr ee
as wellas turnin gth ere adin glight onoroff
(/ page34 2).
Nu mer ous application, online services, services
and appsar eav ailable foryo u. Youcan call
th ese upusing thehome screen orusing buttons
5 and 6next to theto uc hpad.
Yo ucan convenient lycall upand add favo rite s
usin gth eß rock er switc hon thesteer ing
wheel orusing theß buttonnext to the
to uc hpad. Quick-acc ess inthehome screen and
in theapplications servetoselect functions
mor equ ickl y.
If yo uuse thelear nfunc tion ofthemultimedia
sy stem, youwill recei vesugg estions during oper‐
ation ofthemos tpr obable navig ation destina‐
tion s,media sources, radio statio nsand con‐
ta cts. Theconf iguratio nof thesugg estion sta ke s
place inyour profile. Youcan comp ileyour pro‐
fi le from various vehicle settin gsand settin gsof
th emultimedia system. Youcan creat eth emes
fo rva rious driving situations inthehome screen as
wellas using theß rock er switc hor the
ß button.
The Notificati ons Center coll ects incom ingnotifi‐
cati ons, e.g.abou tan available softwareupdat e.
De pen dingon thetype ofnotification itof fers
va rious actions. Youcan calluptheNo tification s
Cent eron thehome screen and intheapplica‐
tion menus.
Wi th theglobal searchintheve hicle youcan
sear chon-boar dacr oss man ycat egor iesaswell
as onlin ein theInt erne t.Yo ucan usetheglobal
sear chinthehome screen and intheno tifica‐
tion s.
Pr otection agains tth eft
This devic eis eq uipped withte ch nica lpr ov ision s
to protect itag ains tth eft. Fu rther information on
pr otect ion agains tth eftcan beobt ained from an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. No
teson themed iadisp lay Obser
vetheno teson car ing forth eint erior
(/ page492). Au
tomatic temp eratur e-cont rolled switc h-
of ffe atur e:ifth ete mp eratur eis toohigh, the
br ightn essisinitiall yre duced automatic ally.The
media displayma yth en switc hof fcom pletely for
a while.
% Ifyo uar ewe aring polar izedsun glasses ,it
ma ybe difficul tto read themultimedia sys‐
te m disp lay. MBUX
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Home
screen overvie w 1
Onthehome screen: displa ysthefirs tth re e
applic ations
In other displa ys:cal lsup thehome screen
2 Calls upthepr ofile
3 Calls uptheglobal search
4 SOS NOTREAD Ydispl ayonl ywhen the
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callsy stem isno t
av ailable 5
Displays,fo rex am ple networkdispla y,bat‐
te ry status ofthemobile phoneconnect ed,
signal stre ngt hof themobile phonenetwork,
tim e
6 Calls up theNo tification sCent er
The star ind icat esnewno tificat ions.
7 Calls upanapplic ationusin gth esymbol 8
Name oftheapplication, beneathth ecur rent
sel ecti onorinforma tion
9 Quick-acce ss(in th eex am ple: calls updes ti‐
nat ion entry,ent ersth edes tinat ionaddr ess
fo rhome)
A Number ofapp lications andcurrently selec‐
te ddispla yar ea 336
MBUX multimedia system

B
Calls uptheair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page17 3)
C Callsup SUG GEST IONS,THEMES and
FAVOR ITES Ce
ntr alco ntr oleleme ntsoverview 1
Touc hCon trol
2 Media displaywit hto uc hfun ction alit y
3 Touc hpad To
uc hCon trol Oper
ating Touc hCon trol (MBUX multimedia
sy stem) 1
© button
Sho wsthehome screen and calls upappli‐
cation s MBUX
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The
MBUX Inte rior Assis tantsupportsthefo llo wing interactions : Int
eraction area Interaction Description
In front ofthemedia display/abo vetheto uc h‐
pad Pr
ox imit yto thecon trol element TheMBUX Interior Assis tant recogni zestheappr oachof the
hand towa rdsa cont rolelemen t.
Depe ndingon theactiv eapplication, thedispla ywill be
adjus tedin themedia display.Some functionsdiffer ent iate
be tween driver and front passeng er.
No specif ichand position isrequ ired.
Abo vethecent ercon sole Defined poses With def ined poses afunc tion istrigg ered dependin gon the
applic ationact ive.
Belo wtheinside rear vie wmir rorB rief up and down movements With brief vertical upand down movements belowtheinside
re ar vie wmir rorth ere adin glight forth edr iver or thefront
passeng erisswitc hedonand off.
Fr ont passeng erseat Stretching outth ehand abovethe
fr ont passeng ersea t By
stre tching outth ehand abovethefront passeng erseat
th esear chlight isswitc hedon.Ifth ehand iswit hdr awnfrom
th is area, thesear chlight isswitc hedoffag ain. Oper
ating funct ionsbyprox imit yof thehan d
to theto uc hscr eenand touc hpad
Re quirement s: R
One ofthefo llo wing applicat ionsappear sin
th emedia display: -
Seat settings withdispla ysforth edr iver
and front passeng erseat, e.g.Seat Com-
fort
- Home screen MBUX
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