2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET Owner's Manual

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R Spanish: suertes.dig a.pesca
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re member andsuffice formos tro utin eappli‐
cat ions.
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R Inthewhat3w ords apps
Selecting ades tinat iononthema p
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s #
Select MapMenu.
or #
Ifth emap isdispla yedin full screen mode,
pr ess thecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The map menuappear s. #
Selec t"mo vemap" inmap menu 2
(/ page29 1). #
Swipe inanydir ection ontheTo uc hCon trol
or touc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller inanydir ect ion.
The map movesin thecor responding direc‐
tion under thecr osshair .The moreyo umo ve
yo ur fing er aw ay from thest ar tin gposit ion
on theto uc hpad, thefa ster themap moves. #
Press theTo uc hCon trol, thecon troller orthe
to uc hpad.
If se veraldes tination sar elocat edaround the
cr oss hair,a list sho wstheav ailable POIsand
ro ads.
If ades tinatio nis loc ated exact lyon the
cr oss hair,th edes tinat ionaddr essisdis‐
pla yed. #
Select thedes tinat ioninthelis t.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn.
Se tting thema por ientat ionto2D or3D #
Highlight MapOrient ation: 2D/3D. #
Press theTo uc hCon trol, theto uc hpad orthe
contr oller.
The map willbe displ ayed intheselect ed
map orient ation.
Sho wing traf fic mes sagesinthevicinit yof
th ema p #
Sele ctTraf ficMess agesfortheVic init y.
The map appear s. #
Swipe leftor right ontheto uc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller tothelef tor right.
The prev ious ornext traf fic inci dent ishig h‐
li ght edon themap. Information onthetra ffic
inc ident isdispla yed.
% Traf fic re por tsareno tav ailable inall coun ‐
tr ies.
Sho wing POIsinthevicinit yof thema p #
Sele ctPOIs intheVic init y. #
Swipe leftor right ontheto uc hpad.
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#
Slide thecon troller tothelef tor right.
The prev ious ornext POI ishighligh tedon the
map. Thename ortheaddr essissho wn. #
Tofilt er thedisp layby POI categor y:
swipe down ontheTo uc hCon trol or the
to uc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller down. #
Select thePOI categor y.
% User Defined allowspersonal POIsymbols to
be select ed(/ page293 ). Ro
ute Calc
ulating aro ut e
Re quirement s:
R The destination hasbeen entered.
R The destination addressissho wn. #
Ifro uteguidan ceisno tact ive, sele ctStart
Rout eGuidan ce.
The routeto thedes tinat ioniscalculat ed.
The map showsthero ute. Ro uteguidan ce
th en begins. or #
Ifro uteguidan ceisact ive, sele ctStart New
Rout eGuidan ceorSet asNex tWay Point.
St art New RouteGuidan ce:th eselect eddes‐
tinat ionaddr essissetas ane wdes tinat ion.
The prev ious destination sand intermediat e
des tination sar edele ted. Ro uteguidan ceto
th ene wdes tinat ionbegins.
Set asNext WayPoint :th eselect eddes tina‐
tion addr essissetas thene xt int ermediat e
des tinat ion.Routeguidan cebegin s.
Ta king alternativ ero utes intoco nside ratio n #
Select analte rn ativ ero ute(/ page28 2).
Ot her men ufu nct ions #
Tosave thedes tina tion: select¥ Store
in "Prev iousDestination s". #
Todispl ayon thema p:selec t¥ Map. #
Tocall ate lephone number: select
¥ Call(ifavailable). #
Tocall upanInterne tad dress: selec t
¥ www(ifavailable). Select
ingaro ut etype
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition #
Select RouteSetting s. #
Select thero utetyp e.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive, thene wrouteis
calc ulatedwithth ene wroutetype .
If ro uteguidan ceisno tact ive, thene xt route
is calc ulatedwithth ene wroutetype .
Yo ucan choose from thefo llo wing routetype s:
R EcoRout e
An eco nomic alrouteis calc ulated. The jour‐
ne ytim ema ybe som ewhat long erthan for
qu icke rro utes.
The symb olforth ecur rent vehicle position is
displa yedin green.
R Fast Route
A ro utewit haqu ick jour neytim eis calc ula‐
te d.
R Shor tRoute
A ro utewit hasho rtdriving distance iscal cu‐
la te d. 280
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Auto
matic Tra fficJa m Avoi dance canbe
sw itched on0073 oroff0053 forth ese routetyp es.
If Aut omat icTraf ficJam Avoidan ceisswit ched
on, Ask inthe Even tof Traffic JamAvoidan cecan
be select ed.
The Autom aticTraffic JamAvoidan ceand Askin
the Even tof Traffic JamAvoidan cesettings are
no tav ailable ineve rycou ntry.
The settings enable thefo llo wing:
R Automat icTraff icJam Avoidanc e
The routeis calc ulatedwithth ecur rentl yse t
ro utetyp e.
Tr af fic re por tsvia LiveTr af fic Inf ormati onare
ta ke nint oacco unt.
Liv eTr af fic Inf ormati onisno tav ailable inall
coun tries.
R Askin theEv ent ofTraf ficJam Avoidan ce
A pr om ptappear swhen ane wrouteis de tec‐
te dwit hashor terjour neytime basedon traf‐
fi c re por ts.Youcan continue touse thecur‐
re nt routeor use thedynamic routeins tead. Select
ingrout eop tions
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition
5 Avoid Option s
Av oiding areas #
Sele ctAreas (/page29 4).
Av oiding highways,fe rries, motorailtrains,
tu nnels, unpavedro ads #
Select 0073ordese lect0053avo idop tion .
Using tollro ads #
Select UseTollRoa ds. #
Select Cash orElectronic Billing orOff .
The routeta ke sint oaccount roads that
re qu ire th epa yment ofausag efe e(toll).
If Off isselect ed,tollro ads areno tta ke nint o
acco unt.
The select edrouteop tio ns can notalw aysbe
im plement ed.Ther efor e, aro utema yinc lude a
fe rry, forins tance, eventh ough theavo idFer ries
op tion isenabled. Amess ageappear sand you
will hear acor responding message. Using
carpool lanes #
Select Number ofOccupants inthe Vehicle. #
Select number .
When usingcarpool lanes, observetheappli‐
cable legalrequ iremen tsas wellas anycon ‐
dition sper tainin gto when andwher esuc h
lanes maybe used. Carpool lanes mayonl y
be used ifcer tain con dition sar eme t.
These routeop tio ns areno tav ailable ineve ry
cou ntry.
Selec tingnotifications
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Announc ement s #
Switc han announ cementon 0073 oroff0053.
Yo ucan choose from thefo llo wing announc e‐
men ts:
R Announ ceTraff icWarn ings
This function isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
R Announc eSt reet Name s Mult
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The
multimedia system announ cesthe
nam esofthero ads that will follo wthe
upco mingch ang eof dir ect ion.
This function isno tav ailable inall coun tries
and languages.
Displ aying destina tion informa tion
Re quirement s:
R Ades tination isent ered.
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation #
Select WayPoint sand Info.
The follo wing informatio nis displa yed:
R Intermediat edes tinations anddestination
The routecan also include uptofour
int ermed iatedes tinatio ns.
R Name, address
R Remaini ngdriving distance
R Time ofarriva l Selec
tinganalternativ ero ute
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition #
Select Alternativ eRoute.
The routes aredispl ayed inaccor dance with
th ese tting made inthero utese tting s.
The currentl ysel ect edrouteis sho wnwitha
dar kblue line. #
Select thealt ernativ ero ute.
Swit ching theaut oma ticgasst ation search
on/of f
Mult imedia system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s #
Switc hReserve Fuelon0073 oroff0053.
Switc hedon0073: when thefuel reser veleve l
is reac hed, apr om ptappear sask ing whe ther
yo uwa nttostar tsear ching forga sst atio ns.
Using automatic gasst ation search
Re quirement s:
The automat icga sst atio nsear chisact ivat ed 0073
(/ page282). The
prom ptReser veFue lDo you want tostart a
sear chfor surroun dinggas stati ons? appear s. #
Selec tYes.
The automat icga sst atio nsear chbegins. The
av ailable gasst atio nsalon gth ero uteor in
th evicinit yar edispla yed. #
Select thega sst atio n. #
When ther eis no route, thega sst atio nis set
as thedes tinat ion.
or #
When ther eis aro ute, thega sst atio nis set
as thene xt int ermediat edes tinat ion.
St arting theaut oma ticser vice station
sear ch
Re quirement s:
R ATTENTION ASSISTand theSuggest Rest
Area function areactiv ated (/ page209).
Dr iving situation
The ATTE NTION ASSIS TDo you want tosearch
for arest area? messag eis sho wn. 282
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#
Select Yes.
The service statio nsear chstar ts.The availa‐
ble servicest atio nsalon gth ero uteor inthe
vicinity oftheve hicle's current positio nar e
di spl ayed. #
Select theser vice statio n.
The servicest atio naddr essisdispla yed. #
Ifro uteguidan ceisno tact ive, sele ctStart
Rout eGuidan ce.
The selected ser vicest atio nis setas ades ti‐
nat ion.Ro uteguidan cebegin s.
or #
Ifro uteguidan ceisact ive, sele ctStart New
Rout eGuidan ceorSet asNex tWay Point.
St art New RouteGuidan ce:th eselect ed
ser vice statio nis setas ane wdes tinatio n.
The prev ious destination andallintermediat e
des tination sar edele ted. Ro uteguidan ceto
th eser vice statio nbegin s.
Set asNex tWay Point:theselect edser vice
st atio nis setas thene xt int ermediat edes ti‐
nation .Ro uteguidan cebegin s. Ro
uteguidanc e No
teson rout eguidanc e &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng integr ated commu nication equip‐
ment whiletheve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper ateco mm unic ationeq uipme nt
int egrat edintheve hicle when driving, you
will bedistract edfrom thetra ffic situat ion.
This could alsocause youto lose control of
th eve 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.
Ro uteguidan cebegin son ce aro utehas been
calc ulated. The
road and traf fic ru les and regulations always
ha ve prior ity ove rmulti mediasy stem driving
ins truction s.
The follo wing drivin gins truct ions canbeused:
R Navig ation announcements
R Routeguidan cedispl ays
R Lane recomme ndations
If yo udo notfo llo wthedr iving instruction sor if
yo ulea vethecalculat edroute, ane wrouteis
calc ulatedaut omat ically.
Dr iving instructi ons maydi ffer from theactual
ro ad and traf fic condi tions if:
R The routeis div erted
R The direction ofaone-w aystre et has been
ch ang ed
Fo rth is reason ,yo umus talw aysobser veroad
and traffic ru les and regulations during your
jo ur ne yas wellas thepr eva iling traffic condi ‐
tions .
The routema ydif ferfr om theideal routedue to
th efo llo wing:
R Roadw orks Multimedia
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R
Incom pletedigit almap data
No teson GPS recep tion
The correct functi onofthena vig ation system
depends amongstot her things onGPS recep‐
tion. Incer tain situat ionsGPS recep tion canbe
im paired, defectiv eor eve nno tpo ssi ble, e.g .in
tunne lsor inpa rking garage s.
Changing direction overview Ther
ear eth re ephases whenchang ingdirect ion:
R Preparation phase
If th er eis enough timebetween thech ang es
of dir ect ion,th emultimedia system prepar es
yo ufo rth eupcoming chang eof dir ect ion.A
na vig atio nann oun cem entisissue d,e.g .
"Pr epar eto tur nright".
The map appear sin full-scr eenmode.
R Ann ouncemen tphase
The multimedia system announ cesthe
upco mingch ang eof dir ect ion,e.g .by
ann oun cing"T ur nright in300 ft(100 m)".
The displa yis split intotw opar ts.The map is
displa yedon thelef t;on theright, ther eis a
de tailed imag eof theint ersect ionora3D
imag eof theupcoming chang eof dir ect ion.
R Chan ge-of-d irecti onpha se
The multimed iasystem announ cestheimmi‐
nen tch ang eof dir ect ion,e.g .by ann oun cing
"No wtur nright".
The displa yis split intotw opar ts.
The vehicle hassuccessfull ych ang eddirec‐
tio nwhen thelight- color barontheright dr
ops down to0feet (0 m) and thecur rent
ve hicle position symbolhasreac hed the
highlight edchang e-of-dir ect ion poin t.
When thech ang eof dir ect ion iscom plete,
th emap appear sin full-scr eenmode.
% Chang esofdir ect ion arealso showninthe
Ins trument Display.
Lane recomm endationsov ervie w
This displa yappear sfo rmulti -lane roads.
If th edigit almap contains there leva nt data,th e
multime diasystem can displa ylane recomme n‐
da tions forth ene xt twoch ang esofdir ect ion. 28
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Mult imed iasystem

1
Recomme ndedlane
2 Possible lane
3 Lanes notre comme nded
The follo wing lanes aredispla yed:
R Recomme ndedlane 1
In this lane, youwill beable tocom plet ebo th
th ene xt chang eof dir ect ion and theone
af te rth at. R
Possible lane2
In this lane, youwill onlybe able tocom plet e
th ene xt chang eof dir ect ion.
R Lan eno tre comme nded3
In this lane, youwill notbe able tocom plet e
th ene xt chang eof dir ect ion without chang ‐
ing lane .
Dur ing thech ang eof dir ect ion,ne wlane sma y
be added.
% Lanere comme ndations canalso be dis‐
pl ay ed intheIns trument Displayand inthe
Hea d-up Display.
Ov ervie wof des tinat ionreac hed
Once thedes tinat ionisreac hed, youwill see the
Í checkeredflag. Routeguidan ceisfinis hed .
Whe nan intermed iate des tination hasbeen
re ac hed, youwill see theint ermediat edes tina‐
tion flag withth enumber ofyour Î inter‐
med iatedes tinatio n.Afterth is, routeguidan ceis
co ntinue d.
Swit ching navig ation announ cement son/of f
Re quirement s: R
Routeguidan ceisact ive. #
Toswitc hof f:pr ess thevo lume control on
th emultifunc tionsteer ing wheel during a
na vig ation announ cement(/ page255).
or #
Press thevo lume control on thecent ercon ‐
sole during ana vig ation announ cement
(/ page255).
The Voice Guidance hasbeen deactivat ed.
messag eappear s.
or #
Sho wthena vig ation menu (/page27 2). #
Select ! VoiceGuidance .
The symbo lch ang esto# . #
Toactiv ate: sele ct# VoiceGuida nce .
The current navig ation anno uncement is
pl ay ed.
% Inthefo llo wing situat ions,na vig ation
ann ounc emen tsareswitc hedonaut omat i‐
call y:
R Ane wrouteguidan ceisstar ted.
R The routeis recal cul ated. Mu
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%
Youcan add andcallupthis func tion asa
fa vo rite und erVoic eGuidan ceOn/O ff.
Swit ching navig ation announ cement son/of f
dur ing aphone call #
Selec tSyst em. #
Selec tõ Audio. #
Selec tNavigat ionand Traff icAn noun ce-
men ts. #
Swit chVoice Guidance During Callon 0073 or
of f0053.
Ad jus tingthe volum eof navig ation
announ cement s
Re quirement s:
R Routeguidan ceisact ive. #
On themu ltifunct ionsteer ing wheel or
on themu ltim edia system: turnth evo lume
con trol on themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel
dur ing ana vig ation announ cement.
or #
Turn thevo lume control on thecent ercon ‐
sole during ana vig ation announ cement
(/ page255). %
Inthefo llo wing situat ions,th evo lume is
ra ised tothemaximum volume orlowe redto
th eminimum volume:
R Ane wrouteguidan ceisstar ted.
R The routeis recal cul ated.
% The mini mum volume canbeindiv iduall yse t
at an aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cent er. #
Viasy stem settings: selectSyst em. #
Sele ctõ Audio. #
Sele ctNavig ation andTrafficAnnoun ce-
men ts. #
Sele ctVoic eGuidanc eVolume . #
Setth evo lume. #
Toswitc haud iofadeo uton/o ffdur ing
na vig atio nanno unceme nts: select System . #
Select õ Audio. #
Select Nav igation andTraffic Announce -
ments . #
Swi tchAud ioFad eou tDuri ngVoi ceGuidance
on 0073 oroff0053. Re
peati ngnavig atio nann oun cements
Re quirement s:
R Aro utehas already been creat ed.
R Routeguidan ceisact ive.
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation #
Select !Voice Guidance . #
Select #Voice Guidance .
The current navig ation anno uncement is
re peat ed.
% Youcan add andcallupthis func tion asa
fa vo rite und erRepeat VoiceGuidan ce.
Cancel ingrout eguidanc e
Re quirement s:
R Aro utehas already been creat ed.
R Routeguidan ceisact ive.
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation #
Select %Cancel RouteGuidance . 286
Multimedia system