2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS Owner's Manual

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Tohide thec ontr olmenu :swipe down with
tw of ing ers. Th es wipe mu ststar tint he
upp erarea ofthet ouc hpad . Main
functions Call
ingupthem ainf unctions 1
00CB button
Calls upnavig ation
2 002A button
Calls upther adio
3 00FD button
Calls upmedia 4
002B button
Calls upthet elephone
5 00D4 button
Se tsvehicle functions #
Alternativ ely:press the00E2 buttononthe
centr alcontr oleleme nt.
The mainfuncti onsared ispl ay ed. #
Select amainfunc tion. Fa
vo rite s Ov
ervie wo ffav orites
Fa vorite so ffer youq uicka ccess tofreq uently
use dapplica tions. Itis possi bletocrea te 20
fa vo rite si nt otal.
The follo wing functionsareavailable:
R add pre-d efined favo rite sfrom thef ollo w‐
ing categor ies(/ page296):
- Navigat ion
- Enter tain men t
- Phon e
- Conn ect -
Vehic le
- Syst emSettings
R add your ow nfavo rite s(/ pag e296)
R renam efavo rite s( /pag e296).
R movefavo rite s( /pag e296).
R dele tefavo rite s( / pag e296).
R rese ta llfa vo rite s( / pag e296)
Calling upfavo rite s #
Press the© button.
The main functionsaredispla yed. #
Navig ated ownwards onc e.
Na vig ating means:
R Swipi ngon theT ouc hControl or the
to uc hpad
R Slid ingthec ontroller
Lea ving thef avo rite sm enu #
Press the© button. Multimedia
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Ad
ding favo rite s
Ad ding prede fined favo rite s #
Press the© button.
The main functionsaredispla yed. #
Navig ated ownwards twice.
The Favorite sm enu appea rs. #
Select New Favorite.
The catego ries ared ispla yed. #
Select acategor y.
The favo rite sa redispla yed. #
Select afavo rite . #
Storet he favo rite atthed esir edposition .
If af avo rite has already been added atthis
posit ion,itwill beove rwritt en.
Ex am ple:addi ngyour ow nfavo rite s #
Select Veh icle. #
Select FullScree n:Co nsu mpti on. #
Press and holdthe © buttonuntil the
fa vo rite sa redispla yed. #
Storet he favo rite atthed esir edposition . If
No func tion available forsaving. issho wn, the
select edfunction cannotbea dded.
Re naming favo rite s #
Press the© button.
The main functionsaredispla yed. #
Navig ated ownwards onc e. #
Select afavo rite . #
Navig ated ownwards onc e.
The Favorite sm enu appea rs. #
Select Rename . #
Enterthec har acters. #
Toconf irmt heent ry:select ¡.
Mo ving favo rite s #
Press the© button.
The main functionsaredispla yed. #
Navig ated ownwards onc e. #
Select afavo rite . #
Navig ated ownwards onc e.
The Favorite sm enu appea rs. #
Select Move . #
Movethef avo rite to thed esir edposition .
If af avo rite has already been added atthis
posit ion,itwill beove rwritt en.
De letin gfavo rite s #
Press the© button.
The main functionsaredispla yed. #
Navig ated ownwards onc e. #
Select afavo rite . #
Navig ated ownwards onc e.
The Favorite sm enu appea rs. #
Todel ete: selec tDele te. #
Sele ctYes. #
Toresto reall favo rite s: select ResetAll.
Ap romp tappear s. #
Select Yes.
The favo rite sa rerese ttot he fact or ys et‐
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Switc
hingthes ound on/of f On
them ultifunc tionsteer ing wheel On
them ultimedia system #
Tomut e:pres sv olume control1.
The 0063 symbol appearsint he status line
of them edia displa y.
Yo uw illalso hear traffica nnou ncements and
na vig ation annou ncements even when the
sound ismut ed. #
Toswitc hon:chang ethe media sourceor
tur nv olume control1. Ad
jus tingthe volum e Se
tting withthe volum econtr ol On
them ultifunc tionsteer ing wheel Multimedia
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On
them ultimedia system #
Turn volume control 1.
The volume ofthec urrent radio ormedia
sour ceisset.The volume ofother audi o
sour cescan beadjus teds epar ately.
Ad jus tthis inthef ollo wing situations:
R Dur ing atraf fica nnou ncement
R Dur ing anavigati on annou ncement The
volume ofthen avigation announ ce‐
ment chang esinacc ordanc ewitht he vol‐
ume ofthec urrent med iasou rce.
R Dur ing atelephone call
R When entering orexitin gap arkin gspace
while using ActiveP arking Assist
Se tting inthem enu #
Sele ctSyst eminthem ultimedia system. #
Select Audio. #
Select avolume setting. #
Setthe volume. Ent
ering charact ers Usi
ngthec har acterinput functi on &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uo per atei nfor mat ionand comm unic a‐
tio ne quipme ntintegratedi nt he vehicle
when driving, youw illbe distract ed from the tr
af fics ituation. Thiscouldalso cau seyout o
lose control of thev ehicle. #
Onlyoper atet his equipme ntwhen the
tr af fics ituation per mits. #
Ifyo uc anno tb es ureo fthis, stop the
ve hicle whilstpaying attention toroad
and trafficc ondi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withthe vehicle statio nary. Yo
um usto bse rvet he legalrequ iremen tsfort he
countr yinw hich youa recur rentl yd rivi ng when
op erati ng them ultimedia system.
Use thec har acterinput funct ioninthef ollo wing
situations, fore xamp le:
R Renam ingafavo rite
R Entering aPOIoraddres s
R Making aphone call
The follo wing functionsareavailable:
R Select ing achar acterinthec har acterbar
R Writin gac haracteron thet ouc hpad
Char acterinput can bestar tedw ithac ontrol
element andresumed witha nother. 298
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On theT ouc hControl and contr oller:
sele ctthec har actersi nt he charact erbar .
De pen dingo nthe target ent ry,t he follo wing
ch aract ersa reavailable:
R The fullseto fchar actersi ss hown
R Onlythose charact ersw hicha reusef ul
fo rt he cur rent inpu tstring are shown
Ot her charact ersa regray ed out. #
On thet ouc hpa d:sel ect thec har actersi n
th ec har acterbar .
or #
Writet he charact erso nthe touc h-sen sitive
sur face ofthet ouc hpad .
Handwr itingrecogni tionsuppo rtsy ou by
means ofcharact ersugg estio ns and aread-
aloud function.
Ex am ples ofcharact erent ry:
R Renam ingafavo rite
R Entering aPOIoran address using free or
st ep-b y-step sear ch
R Entering awebaddr ess Ent
ering charact ersu sin gthe con troll er
Ex am ple:renaming favo rite s #
Call upthe" Renaming favo rite s" function
(/ page296). #
Toent erac har acter:tur n3,s lide 4
and press thec ontroller .
The charact erisent ered inthei np ut line.
Use thef ollo wing entryfunctions:
% Todele teac har acter:p ress thec ontrol‐
ler .
To dele tean ent ry:p ress and holdthe
con troller untilth ee ntiree ntry isdele ted. 0062
To
switc htos pecial charact ersa nd sym‐
bols.
006A To
switc htou pper -case orlowe r-case let‐
te rs.
0054 To
switc hthe languag e.
v Toswitc htoc har acterentr yonthe touc h‐
pad.
% The available editingfunction sdepen don
th ee diting task ,the languag esetand the
ch aract erleve l. #
Toconf irmt heent ry:select ¡.
Ex am ple: entering adestination (navigation) #
EntertheP OIoraddr ess(/ page315).
Ent eringc har acterso nthe touc hpad
Re quirement s:
R The touc hpad isswit ched on (/ page293).
R The entered orselect edcharact ershoul dbe
re ad out :the handwr itingrecogni tionread-
aloud function isswit ched on (/ page294). Multimedia
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Ex
am ple: renaming favo rite s #
Call upthe" Renaming favo rite s" function
(/ page296). #
Toent erac har acter:use your fing er to
wr itec har acterso nthe touc hpad.
The charact erisent ered inthei np ut line. If
dif fere nt interpr etatio nsarep oss ible, charac‐
te rs ugg estions ared isplaye d. #
Toselect achar actersugg estion: swipeup
or down onthet ouc hpad . #
Resume charact erinput. #
Toent eras pace: swipe right when thec ur‐
sor islocat edinthei np ut line. #
Todel eteac haracter:swi peleftw hent he
cur sor isloc ated inthei np ut line. #
Toconf irmt heent ry:pr ess thet ouc hpad . #
Tofinish charact erentr y:swipe upwards.
or #
Press the0038 button.
Ex am ple: entering adestinat ion(navigation) #
Entert he POI oraddr ess(/ page315). Sy
stem settings Displa
y Conf
iguringdisp lays ettings
Multi media system:
4 System 5
0043 Display andDesign s
St yles #
Sele ctDes igns. #
Sele ctSpo rt,Classic orProg ressive.
Ad apting thea mb ient light ingfort he style #
Select Adju stAmb. Lighting .
Ac tivate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . This
function adjus tsthea mbient lighting for
th es elect eddispla ystyle.
Se ttin gthe display bright ness #
Sele ctDis play Bright ness. #
Sele ctab right nes svalue.
Switc hingthed isplayo ff/on #
Toswitc hoff:select Display Off. #
Toswitc hon:press abutton, 002B,f or
ex am ple.
Displ aydes ign #
Select Day /Nig htDesi gn. #
Select Autom atic,Day DesignorNig ht
Desi gn.
Ad diti onaldispl ayarea
Dependi ngon thev ehicle, various items ofaddi‐
tional information canbesho wn. The additional
displa yareac om prises thel eft-hand orright-
hand thirdo fthe displa y. #
Select Addi tiona lDisp .Area . 300
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The
follo wing displa ycontent can beselect ed:
R Dyna mic
R Navig ation Map
R Consu mpti on
R Time and Date Ti
me and date Se
ttin gthe time anddateautomat icall y
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate #
Deact ivat e0053 Manual TimeAdjustmen t.
The time anddateareseta utomaticall yfor
th es elect edtime zoneand summer time
op tion .
% The correct time isrequ ired fort he follo wing
func tions:
R Routeg uidan cewithtime-depen dent
traf ficg uida nce .
R Calcu lation ofexpect edtime ofarriva l. Se
tting thet imez one
Multi media system:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
5 Time Zone:
The listo fcount ries isdispla yed. #
Select acount ry003B.
Dep endingonthec ount ry,t ime zonesare
displa yed. #
Select atime zone.
The time zonesetisdispla yeda fter Time
Zone :.
Se ttin gsummer time
The Automatic Daylight Saving TimeandDay-
lig ht Saving Timeoptions canno tbes ele cted in
all countr ies.
Mul timedi asystem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
Au tomatic ally #
Swi tchAuto matic Day light Saving Time on
0073 oroff0053. Man
ually #
Dea ctivate0053 Auto matic Day light Saving
Ti me. #
Select Day light Saving Time. #
Select OnorOff.
Se ttin gthe time anddateforma t
Mu ltime diasystem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
5 Set Form at #
Setthe dat eand time form at003B.
Se tting thet imem anua lly
Re quirement s:
R The Manual TimeAdjustm entfunc tion is
switc hedon.
Multime diasystem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
5 Set Time #
Setthe hour s. #
Navig atet ot he right tosetthe minut es. #
Setthe minut es. Multimedia
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Con firm chang eswhen exitin gthe menu.
The dateiss etaut omaticall yviaGPS. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gvoice amplif ication
to rear passe nger comp artment Re
quirement s:
R Mer cedes- Maybac hvehicles andvehicles
wit hal ong wheelba seonl y.
R Your vehicle iseq uipped withthe Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsystemo rthe Bur mes ter®
high-end 3Dsurround soun dsystem.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
R Door s,side windo wsand thep anor ama roof
wit hp owe rtilt/sli dingpanel arec losed .
Mul timedi asyst em:
4 System 5
Audio
5 Voice Amplific ationtoRear
The func tion suppor tscomm unication between
th ed rive r/f ront passe nger and vehicle occu‐
pants inther ear passeng ercom partment .When
vo ice amplif icat ion torear passe nger com part‐ men
tisa ctivat ed, thes ignals pickedu pbythe
micr ophone area mp lifi ed and playedb acko ver
th es peak ersi nt he rear passe nger com part‐
men t,depen dingupon vehicle noise leve ls. An
aut omat icadjus tment occursb ased onspeak er
vo lume andambien tnois eino rder toimprove
speec hintelligi bility andmaint ainthen atura l‐
ness ofspeec h. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Connectivity
Switc
hingtransmission ofthev ehic lepos i‐
tio no n/off
Mul timedi asystem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity #
Select Transm itVehicle Pos.. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Blue
tooth® Inf
orma tion abou tBluet oo th®
Bl ue tooth®
tech nol ogy isas tandar dfor shor t-
ra ng ew irel es sd atat ransf erup toappr oximat ely
32. 8ft(10 m).
Yo uc an use Blue tooth®
to connect your mob ile
phon etot he multimedia system and usethef ol‐
lo wing function s,fore xamp le:
R Han ds-free system witha ccess tothef ollo w‐
ing options:
- cont acts (/page346)
- call lists (/ page348)
- text mes sage (/ pag e349)
R Interne tc onnec tion (/page361)
R Listening tomusi cviaBlue tooth®
audio
R Trans ferring business cards(vCar ds)intot he
ve hicle
Blue tooth®
is ar egis tere dt rademar kofBlue‐
to othS pecial Interes tG roup (SIG) Inc.
% Interne tc onn ection viaBlue tooth®
is no t
av ailable inall coun tries. 302
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