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Calling up
the Digital Owner's Manual
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
Info 5
Owner's Manual 5
Õ The Digital Owner's Manual describes
the func‐
tions and operation of theve hicle and the multi‐
media sy stem. #
Select one of thefo llowing menu items in the
Digital Owner's Manual:
R Search: sea rchfo rke ywords in order tofind
qu ick answers toquestions about the opera‐
tion of theve hicle.
R Quick start: here is where youfind thefirst
st eps towa rds setting up your vehicle. R
Tips: find information that prepares youfor
cer tain eve ryday situations with your vehicle.
R Animations: watch animations of theve hicle
functions.
R Messages: recei veadditional information
about the messages in the Instrument Dis‐
pla y.
R Bookmarks: gain access to your personally
sa ve d bookmar ks.
R Language: select the language forth e Digital
Owner's Manual. 1
Back
2 Adds bookmar ks 3
Picture
4 Contents section
5 Directions of mo vement of contents section
6 Menu
Some sections in the Digital Owner's Manual,
e.g. warning no tes, can be expanded and col‐
lapsed.
Ad ditional methods of calling up the Digital
Owner's Manual:
Di rect access: openthere qu ired con tent in the
Digital Owner's Manual bypressing and holding
an ent ryon theta b bar in the multimedia sys‐
te m: 20
Digital Owner's Manual

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Edge lighting
- Day/night design
R Control elements
- Keyboard language and handwriting rec‐
ognition
- Sensitivity of theTo uchpad
- Sensitivity of theTo uch Controls
R LINGU ATRO NIC
R Sound
- Enter tainment
- Navigation and traf fic announcements
- Telephone
- Voice amplification tothere ar
R Connectivity
- Wi-Fi, Blu etoo th®
, NFC
R MBUX Remo teControl
- Auth orising and deauthorising devices
R Time & date
R Language
R Units for dis tance R
Software upda tes
R Data import/expo rt
R PIN pr otection
R System Reset Information on important sy
stem upda tes Impor
tant sy stem updates may be necessary for
th e security of your multimedia sy stem's data.
Ins tallth ese updates, or else the security of your
multimedia sy stem cann otbe ensured.
A sy stem update consists of thre esteps:
R Downloading or copying of the data requ ired
fo r ins tallation
R Installation of the downloaded sy stem update
R Activation of the downloaded sy stem update
by restarting the sy stem
% If automatic software updates are activated,
th e sy stem updates will be downloaded auto‐
maticall y.
The multimedia sy stem pr ovides a message
when a sy stem update is available. Yo
u ha vethefo llowing selection options:
R Accept and install
The sy stem update will be downloaded in the
bac kground.
R Information
Info rm ation about the pending sy stem
update is displa yed.
R Later
The sy stem update can be downloaded man‐
ually at a later time.
Deep sy stem upda tes
Deep sy stem updates access vehicle or sy stem
settings and can therefore only be car ried out
when theve hicle is stationary and the ignition is
switched off.
If th e download of a deep sy stem update is com‐
ple ted and the downloaded sy stem update is
re ady for ins tallation, you will be informed of this
af te rth e next ignition cycle, forex ample.
% Park theve hicle safely in a suitable location
before starting the ins tallation. MBUX multimedia sy
stem 321

Entering a destination
Multimedia sy
stem:
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Navigation 5
ª Where to? 1
Country in which theve hicle is located
2 Entering a POI or address
3 List with additional destination entry options
4 Dele tes an entry
5 a Confirms an entry 6
Switches tohandwriting recognition
7 Enters a space
8 Switches tovoice input
9 Sets the written language A
Switches todigits, special characters and
symbols
B Swit ches toupper-case or lo wer-case letters #
Enter the destination in 2. The entries can
be made in any order. 326
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#
Select Yes.
Re leva nt identi fication da tais transmitted
automaticall y.
More information on Mercedes me: https://
www.mercedes.me
Tr ansfer red data during a Mercedes me call
When you make a service call via Mercedes me,
data is transmitted. This enables targeted advice
and a smoo thservice.
The following requ irements must be fulfilled for
th e transfer of the data:
R The ignition is switched on.
R The requ ired data transfer tech nology is sup‐
po rted bythe mobile phone network pro‐
vider.
R The quality of the mobile connection is suf fi‐
cient.
Multi-s tage trans fer depends on thefo llowing
fa ctors:
R Reason forth e initiation of the call
R The available mobile phone transmission
te ch nology. R
The acti vated Mercedes me connect serv‐
ices.
R The service selected in thevo ice control sys‐
te m.
% A prom ptfor consent tothe data transmis‐
sion only occurs if the cor responding
Mercedes me connect service is not activa‐
te d.
Data transfer if Mercedes me connect serv‐
ices are not activated
If no Mercedes me connect services are activa‐
te d and the data pr otection prom pthas been
confirmed thefo llowing data is transmitted:
R Vehicle identification number
R Time of the call
R Reason forth e initiation of the call
R Confirmation of the data pr otection prom pt
R Country indicator of theve hicle
R Set language forth e multimedia sy stem
R Telephone number of the communication
platform ins talled in theve hicle If a call is made
for a service appointment via
th e service reminder, thefo llowing data is also
transmitte d:
R Cur rent milea geand main tenance da ta
If a call is made af ter auto matic accident or
breakdown de tection using the multimedia sys‐
te m, thefo llowing data is also transmitted:
R Cur rent milea geand main tenance da ta
R Cur rent vehicle location
If Ac cident and Breakdown Management is
called via thevo ice control sy stem and no
service has been activated, but the data pr otec‐
tion query has been confi rmed, thefo llowing
data can also be called up from theve hicle by
th e Mercedes-Benz Cus tomer Centre:
R Curr entvehicle location
If th e data pr otection prom pthas been rejected,
th efo llowing data is transmitte dto enable targe‐
te d advice and an ef ficient service:
R Reason forth e initiation of the call
R Rejection of the data pr otection prom pt
R Country indicator of theve hicle 338
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R
Set language forth e multimedia sy stem
R Telephone number of the communication
platform ins talled in theve hicle
Data transfer if Mercedes me connect serv‐
ices are activated
Only if there spective service is activated will
additional incident-specific data be transmitted
in the second stage toenable an optimal
service.
An overview of the data transmit ted can be
fo und in there spective term s of use for
Mercedes me connect services. These can be
obtained in the Mercedes me por tal: https://
me.secure.mercedes-benz.com
Data processing
The data transmitte d withinthe scope of the call
is dele ted from the processing sy stem af terthe
call is finished, in so far as this data is not being
used forot her activated Mercedes me connect
services.
The incident-specific data is processed and
st ored in the Mercedes-Benz Cus tomer Centre
and, if requiredtoprocess the incident, forw ar‐
ded tothe service partner authorised bythe Mercedes-Benz Cus
tomer Centre. Please take
no te ofthe data pr otection information on the
Mercedes me Internet page https://
www.mercedes.me or in there corded message
immediately af ter calling the Mercedes-Benz
Cus tomer Centre.
% The recorded message is not available in
eve rycountr y. Overview of
the Mercedes me & Apps menu When
you log in with a user account tothe
Mercedes me Portal, then services and of fers
from Mercedes-Benz will be available to you.
Fo r more information consult a Mercedes-Benz
service centre or visit the Mercedes me por tal:
https://me.secure.mercedes-benz.com
% Make sure you alw ayske ep the Mercedes
me apps updated.
Yo u can call up the menu using Mercedes me &
Apps inthe multimedia sy stem. In
theMercedes me & Apps menu,thefo llowing
options can be available:
R Connecting theve hicle with theMercedes
me user account
R Deleting a connection between a Mercedes
me user account and theve hicle
R Calling up the Mercedes me services
R Calling up apps such as, In-Car Of fice or the
we b br ows er depending on availability Overview of In-Car Of
fice Using In-Car Of
fice, you can connect your online
services with the multimedia sy stem.
Re quirements for In-Car Of fice:
R Your mobile phone is connected with the
multimedia sy stem.
R You ha vea user account forth e Mercedes
me Portal.
R The In-Car Of fice service is acti vated in the
Mercedes me Portal.
R You ha vea user account with an online
service, e.g. Of fice 365, and ha veconnected MBUX multimedia sy
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Dif
fere nces between the Mercedes-Benz emer gency call sy stem and 112 emer gency call sy stem (EU eCall) Mercedes-Benz emer
gency call sy stem 112 emer gency call sy stem (EU eCall)
R The Mercedes-Benz emer gency call sy stem is permanently logged in to
th e mobile phone networ k.
R Automatic and manual Mercedes-Benz emer gency calls are transmit‐
te dto a Mercedes-Benz emer gency call centre.
In theeve ntthat the emer gency call centre of the Mercedes-Benz
emer gency call sy stem cann otbe reached (e.g. due toa lack of net‐
wo rkcoverage ),th e11 2 emer gency call is car ried out automaticall y.R
Ifyo u decide touse the11 2 emer gency call sy stem (EU eCall), then
th e sy stem only logs in tothe mobile phone network af terth e trigger‐
ing of a manual or automatic emer gency call.
R The 112 emergency call sy stem (EU eCall) transmits automatic and
manual emer gency calls di rectly topublic coordination centres. %
The 112 emer gency call sy stem (EU eCall) in
yo ur vehicle meets the delegated regulation
EU 20 17/79. Proper and full functionality of
th e11 2 emergency call sy stem (EU eCall)
depends on circums tances be yond the influ‐
ence of Mercedes-Benz AG. This includes
mobile network co verage and thete ch nical
infrastructu reofthe public reception centres
in there spective countries.
% Please obser vethat in theeve nt of a repair
ge nuine Mercedes-Benz batteries mu stbe
used which ha vebeen certified pursuant to
th e delegated regulation EU 20 17/79 (Appendix I). Other manu
facturers are also
permitted pr ovided their batteries are certi‐
fi ed according tothe delegated regulation
EU 20 17/79.
The reisthe option of deactivating the
Mercedes-Benz emer gency call sy stem and
using only the11 2 emer gency call sy stem (EU
eCall). Contact address for car rying out deacti‐
va tion of the Mercedes-Benz emer gency call sys‐
te m are the local dealers. Mercedes-Benz
recommends the activation of
th e Mercedes-Benz emer gency call sy stem for
th efo llowing reasons:
R In emer gency situations when ab road, you
can also get support in a language you
speak.
R Several transmission tech nologies are used
to accelerate the transfer of the accident
data and impr overe liability of the transmis‐
sion.
R The Mercedes-Benz emer gency call sy stem is
permanently logged in tothe mobile phone MBUX multimedia sy
stem 343

Depending on
the emer gency call sy stem
(/ page 342) activated dif fere nt da tais trans‐
mit tedto the appropriate emer gency call centre.
Tr ansmitted data according toactivated emer gency call sy stem: Mercedes-Benz emer
gency call 112 emer gency call
R Vehicle's GPS position data
R GPS position data on thero ute
(a few hund red metres before the incident)
R Direction of tra vel
R Vehicle identification number
R Drive type of theve hicle (e.g. petrol, CNG, LPG, electric or hydrogen)
R Number of people de term ined tobe in theve hicle
R Whe ther the emer gency call was initiated manually or automatically
R Time of the accident
R Language setting on the multimedia sy stem
R Whe ther Mercedes me connect is available or not
This is a requirement forth e option of forw arding the call tothe
Mercedes-Benz Cus tomer Centre if necessar y. R
Vehicle's GPS position data
R GPS position data on thero ute
(a few hund red metres before the incident)
R Direction of tra vel
R Vehicle identification number
R Drive type of theve hicle (e.g. petrol, CNG, LPG, electric or hydrogen)
R Numb er of people de term ined tobe in theve hicle
R Whe ther the emer gency call was initiated manually or automatically
R Time of the accident 346
MBUX multimedia sy stem