2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS Owner's Manual

Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gBluetooth®
Re quirement s:
R Deac tivateB luetooth®
:A ppl eC arPlay ™i snot
activ e.
Mul timed iasystem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 Bluetoo th®
.
If Andr oidAutoisact ive, ap romp tappear sask‐
ing whe ther Blue tooth®
should bedeactiv ated. #
Select Yes.
Andr oidAutoisclos edand Blue tooth®
is
deact ivat ed. Wi
-Fi Wi
-Fic on nectio noverview
Yo uc an use Wi-Fi toestablish aconnec tion with
aW i-Finetwo rkand toacc ess theI nter ne to r
ot her networkd evices.
The follo wing connection option sareavailable:
R Wi-Fi conne ction The
Wi-Fi conne ctiontoa Wi-Fi-ca pable
de vice ,e.g.t he cus tomer's mobilephone or
at able tPCise stablish ed.
R Multi media system asaW i-Fihotspo t
Usi ngthis func tion,atable tPCo rnotebook
can becon nect ed,fore xamp le.
To establish aconnec tion ,you can usethef ol‐
lo wing methods:
R WPS PIN
The conn ection toas ecureW i-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaaP IN.
R WPS PBC
The conne ctiontoa secureW i-Finetwo rkis
mad ebypressing abutton (push button).
R Secur itykey
The conn ection toas ecureW i-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaas ecu rity key.
Se tting upWi-Fi
Re quirement s:
R The device tobe con necteds uppor tsone of
th et hree means ofconnect iondescr ibed
(/ page303). Multimedia
system:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gWi-Fi #
Swi tchWi- Fion 0073 oroff0053.
If Wi- Fiisdeacti vated0053 ,communi cationvia
Wi -Fi toall devic es isint erru pte d.This also
means that ac onnec tiont ot he HERMES
communication modulecannotbee stab‐
lishe d.Then functionssucha sdynamic route
guidan cewithL iveT raffic Info rm ation aren ot
av ailable.
Connect ingthem ultim edia system witha
de vice viaWi-Fi
Thi sfunction isavailable ifaH ERME Scom mun i‐
cat ion modul eisn otins talled.
The type ofcon nection established mustbe
select edon them ultimedia system and onthe
de vice tobe con nected.
% The connection procedur emaydiffer
dependin gonthe device. Followt he instruc‐
tions that ares hown inthed ispla y.Fu rther
inf ormation (seethem anuf actur er'soper at‐
ing instruction s). Multimedia
system 303

#
Select Interne tSetting s. #
Select Search forWi-Fi Netw orks.
Usi ngasecurity key #
Select aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Have thes ecur itykeyd isplaye do nthe device
to be con nected( see them anuf actur er's
oper ating instruction s). #
Entert his secur itykeyo nthe multimedia sys‐
te m. #
Conf irmt heentr ywith ¡.
% Alldevic es suppor tasecurity keya sa
mean sofcon nect ion.
Usin gaW PSPIN #
Highlig htaW i-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Select ¥Connec tviaWPS PINInput.
The multimedia system gener ates an eight-
di gitP IN. #
Enterthis PIN onthed evice tobe con nected. #
Conf irmt heentr y. Using
abutton
% This function isonl yavailable inaW i-Fifre ‐
qu ency of2.4 GHz. #
Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Select ¥Connec tviaWPS PBC. #
Select "Connec tviaWPS PBC" intheo ption s
on thed evice tobe con nected. #
Press theW PSbutt ononthed evice tobe
con nected. #
Select Continueinthem ultimedia system.
De vice hasalready been connect ed: #
Toaut omatic allyc onnect:high light aW i-Fi
ne tworki nt he list. #
Activate¥ Connect Automatica lly0073 . #
Toconnect :high light aWi-Finetwo rkinthe
lis t. #
Selec t¥ Connect.
The connection ises tablished again. These
func tionsarepossible whenthed evice has
alr eady been connect edtotheW i-Finetwo rk. Se
tting upaW i-Fih otspo t
Re quirement s:
R Forc onnectionb ypress ingab utton:th is
func tion isonl yavailable inaW i-Fifre quency
of 2.4 GHz.
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity
Conf iguringthem ultim edia system asaW i-
Fi ho tspo t
The type ofconnection established depends on
th ed evice tobe con nected. The func tion must
be suppor tedb ythe multimedia system and by
th ed evice tobe con nected. The type ofcon nec‐
tion established mustbes elect edon them ulti‐
media system and onthed evice tobe con nec‐
te d. #
Select SetUpHot spot. #
Highlight ConnectDevic etoV ehicle Hotspot.
Gener atingaWPSPIN #
Select ¥Connec tviaWPS PINGenera-
tion . 30
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#
EntertheP INsho wninthem edia displa yon
th ed evice tobe con necteda nd con firm .
Connect ingusin gaW PSPIN #
Sele ct¥ ConnectviaWPS PINInput. #
Sele ctEnter WPS PIN. #
Entert he PIN that issho wnonthee xter nal
de vice's disp layo nthe multimedia system. #
Select Continue.
Connecting usingabutton #
Select ¥Connec tviaWPS PBC. #
Press theW PSbutt onon thed evice tobe
con nectedo rselect Connec t. #
Select Continue inthem ultimedia system.
Connecting usingasecur itykey #
Select Connect DevicetoVeh icleH otsp ot.
As ecu rity keyisd isplaye d. #
Select thev ehicle from thed evice tobe con ‐
nec ted. The vehicle isdispla yedw itht he
SSI DMB Hotspot XXXXX. #
Enterthes ecur itykeyw hichiss hown inthe
media displayo nthe device tobe con nected. #
Conf irmt heentr y.
Connect ingusin gNFC #
Sele ctConn ection viaNFC. #
ActivateN FConthem obile device (see the
manuf acturer'soper ating instructions). #
Bring them obile device intot he NFC area of
th ev ehicle (/page344). #
Select Done.
The mobile device isno wc onn ectedtothe
multime diasystem hotspo tviaNFC.
Gener atinganew secur itykey: #
Select Set UpHotsp ot. #
Select Genera teSecu rityKey.
Ac onnecti onwillbe established withthe
ne wly creat edsecur itykey. #
Tosave asecurity key:select Save.
When anew secur itykeyiss ave d,all existin g
Wi -Fi conne ctionsaret hen disconnect ed.If
th eW i-Ficonne ctionsareb eing re-es tab‐
lished, then ew secur itykeym ustb ee nter ed . Ma
nag ingC OMAND Touc hd evices Re
quirement s:
R The COMAND Touc ha pp isins talled onthe
ex tern al de vic e(e.g. table torsmar tphon e).
R Wi-Fi isacti vated( /pag e303) and them ul‐
timedia system iscon figur edasaW i-Fihot‐
spo t(/ page 304).
Mul timedi asystem:
4 System 5
COMAND Touch
Connecting andauthor izing anew device #
Select AuthorizeaNew Devic e. #
Select Connec tNew Devic e. #
Entert he secur itykeyint he extern al de vic e.
The Please start COMA NDTouc honyour
devi ceand follow thei nstruct ions.mes sage
appear s. #
Select Con tinue. #
Accep tth ec onnect ionrequ estfromt henew
de vice. #
EntertheP INsho wnonthee xter nal device.
Th ed evicei sa uthor ized. Mult
imed iasystem 305

Au
thorizing aconnect eddevice #
Sele ctAut hori zeaN ew Dev ice.
The devic es already connecteda redispla yed. #
Select Continue Using Connec tedDevic es.
The Please startCOMAND Touchonyour
device andfollow theinstruct ions. messag e
appear s. #
Select Continue. #
The connection requ estfromt hedevice
Acc ept. #
EntertheP INsho wnonthee xter nal device.
Th ed evicei sa uthor ized.
De-a uthor izin gthe devic e #
Select anaut hor izedd evicef romt helist.
Ap romp twillappear askingwhe ther you
wo uld liket od e-aut horize thes elect ed
de vice. #
Select Yes.
The device isde-aut horized. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gchild safetyl oc k Multimedi
asystem:
4 System 5
Parent alContr ol
Loc king theR ear Seat Entertai nment System #
Sele ctRear Leftor Rear Right. #
Sele ctLoc k.
The Rear Seat Entertainm entSystem is
loc ked0073 orunloc ked0053 .
Switc hingofft he Rear Seat Entertai nment
Sy stem disp lay #
Sele ctRear Leftor Rear Right. #
Sele ctDis play On. #
Swit chthed ispla yon0073or off0053.
Loc king anextern al de vic e #
Select anextern al de vic e. #
Select Lock.
The devic ec onnec tedv iatheC OMAND
To uc ha pp isloc ked0073 orunloc ked0053 . Sy
stem langu age No
teso nthe system langu age
This function allowsyout od eter mine thel an‐
guag efor them enu displa ysand then avigation
announ cements.The select edlanguag eaffects
th ec har actersa vailable fore ntr y.The navig ation
announc ementsarenota vailable inall lan‐
guag es.Ifal ang uageisn otavailable, then aviga‐
tion announ cementswill beinEn glish.
Se tting thes ysteml angu age
Multi media system:
4 System 5
Language #
Setthe languag e.
% Ifyo ua reusin gArabic mapdata,thet ext
inf ormati oncan also be sho wninArab icon
th en avigation map.Todo so, select 

Se
tting thed istance unit Multi
media system:
4 System 5
% Units #
Select kmormi. #
Inthem ultifunc tiondispla yofthe Instrument
Displa y,switc hthe Additional Speedometer
displa yon0073 . Data
impor tand expor t Dat
aimp ort/e xpor tfunc tion
The follo wing functionsarepossible :
R Trans ferring datafromo nesystem orvehicle
to ano ther system orvehicle.
R Creating abacku pc opyo fyour personal data
and loadingitag ain.
R Protect ing your per son aldat aagains tunw an‐
te de xpo rtwit hP INprotect ion.
% Please note that theN TFS file system isno t
suppor ted. The FAT32 file system isrecom‐
mend ed. Im
por ting /expor tingdata
* NO
TELos sofdatad uetoprematur e
re mo val #
Donotremo vethed atas tora ge
medium whendataisb eing expor ted.
Mer cedes- Benzisn otliable fora ny loss of
dat a. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The ignition isswitc hedonorthev ehicle has
been star ted.
R The SDcardisinser ted( /pag e369) orthe
USB device isconnec ted( / pag e370).
Mul timedi asystem:
4 System 5
System Backup #
Select Import DataorExport Data.
Im por ting #
Select adatas torage medium.
Ap romp tappear sasking whe ther your eall y
wish tooverwr itet he cur rent data.Ifd ata or
igin at es from another vehicle, this isrecog‐
nized during data readin g.
The mult imed iasystem isrestar tedo ncet he
dat ahasbeen impor ted.
% Current vehicle settin gscan beedit edafte r
th ei mp ort.
Expor ting
If PIN protect ion isactiv ated, your PIN isrequ es‐
te d. #
Entert he four -digit PIN. #
Select adatas torage medium.
The dataise xpo rted. The dataexpo rtma y
ta ke severalm inut es. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPINprotection Re
quirement s
To unlo cktheP IN:
R Ther eisa nInter ne tc onnect ion.
R AM ercedes meaccoun texis tsat http://
ww w.me rcedes.me.
R The Person alization service isactiv e
(/ page309). Multimedia
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Multimedia
system:
4 System 5
PIN Protec tion
Se tting theP IN #
Sele ctSet PIN. #
Enteraf our-digit PIN. #
Enterthef our -digit PINagain.
If bo th PINs match,PIN protect ion isactiv e.
Changing theP IN #
Sele ctChang eSettin gs. #
Entert he cur rent PIN . #
Select Chang ePIN. #
Setan ewPIN .
Ac tiv atin gPINprotection ford atae xpor t #
Select Change Settings.
Conf irmw itht he PIN. #
Select Protect DataExport .
Ac tivate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
Un bloc king theP IN
If th eP INhas been entered incor rectl ythree
times, theP INwill bebloc ked. Youc an have a sing
le-use passwords ent toyouv iathe
Mer cedes meconn ectonline portaltor ese tthe
PIN protect ion. #
Select Unbloc kPIN. #
Entert he sing le-use password.
PIN protect ion isrese t,and youc an seta
ne wP IN.
% The availabilit yofthis function iscountr y
dependent andmaynotbe available inyour
co unt ry.
Alt ernati vely,y ou can have PIN protect ion
re se ta ta na uthor ized Mercedes-Benz Cen‐
te r. User
profile Se
tting auser profile
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization
Displa yingauser profile when star ting
If th is func tion isact ive, ap romp tappear swhen
st ar tin gt he system asking whichuser profile to
use. #
Select Display Profile Select ion afterStart . #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
Selecting auser profile #
Select GuestProfile orindividual profile 003B.
% Some settings from theu ser profile areo nly
loaded whenthev ehicle isstatio naryor
when thei gnition isswitc hedon.
Au tomatic synchronizat ion
Eac htime thei gnition isswitc hedoffo ro n,the
indiv idual userprofiles ares ync hroniz edon the
multime diasystem and onthes erve r.This
ensur esthat thel ates tu ser profiles area vaila‐
ble. #
Select Automat icSyn chron izat ion. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
% Form orei nfor mation aboutimpor ting/
ex por tingu ser profiles (/ page309). 308
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Cr
eat ing auser profile
Mult imedi asystem:
4 System 5
g Person alization
5 Create Profile #
Enteran ame. #
Select 0076.
The follo wing informatio niss aved intheu ser
pr ofile, fore xamp le:
R System settings
R Settings intheT Vtune r'schann ellist
R Navig ation andtraf fici nfor mati on
The settings differ depending onthev ehicle
eq uipment.
Im por ting/e xportingauser profile
Re quirement s:
R Ther eisa nInter ne tc onnec tion .
R AM ercedes meacco untexists at htt p:/ /
www .mercedes.me .
R The Person alization service isactiv e. Multimedia
system:
4 System 5
g Person alization
5 Manual Export/ Import
This function isno ta vailable inall coun tries.
On lyindi vidu alprofiles can beimpor tedo r
ex por ted.
The individual profiles area lway sc ollectiv ely
im por tedo rexpo rted. #
Toimpor t:select Import Profiles from
Server.
The Theprofile dataimport overwrites all
existing profiledata.Doyou want tocon-
tinue? messag eappea rs. #
Select Yes.
Use rprofile sa reimpor ted. #
Toexpor t:select Export Profiles tothe
Server.
User profiles aree xpo rted.
% Certain settings ,suc ha saddr ess book
ent ries orprev ious destination sfromt he
na vig ation system, aren otexpor ted. Se
tting user profile options
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization #
Highlight aprofile. #
Select ¥option s.
The follo wing option sareavailable:
R Renam e
R Delete
R Reset
% The gues tprofile can notb ed eletedo r
re nam ed. So
ftwa reupdat e Inf
ormation onsof twareu pdat es
The multimedi asystemp rovide sam essage
when anupdat eisa vailable.
De pen dingo nthe sour ce,youc an per form vari‐
ous updat es: Multimedia
system 309

Sof
twareu pda te Sour
ceofthe
updat e Up
dat etype
Up dat esvia mobile
phone Na
vig ation map,sys‐
te mu pdates, Digit al
Oper ator's Manua l
Up dat esvia anexter‐
nal stor ag em edium,
e.g. aUSBflash drive Na
vig ation maps %
Updat esvia mobile phonerequ irea na ctive
Int erne tc onnec tion fort he vehicle. Thisis
no ta vailable inall coun tries. Forfurther
inf ormation oncon nect ingtotheI nter ne t,
see (/page361).
Ad vantag esofupd ating software
Sof twareu pdat esensur eyour vehicle's tech nol ‐
ogy isup -to-d ate.
In orde rtoc ons tantl yimpr ove theq ualit yofour
ser vices youw illrecei vefutur eupdates fory our
multimedia system, theM ercedes meconnect
ser vices andyour vehicle's communication mod‐
ule. These willconvenie ntly besent toyouv ia th
em obile phone connect ioninyour vehicle
and, asan option, installed automat ically.Yo u
can moni tort he status ofyour updat eson the
Mer cedes meportala nd find informa tiona bout
po tentia linno vatio ns.
Yo ur adv antages atag lanc e:
R Con venie ntly recei vesof twareu pda tesv ia
th em obile phone network
R Improve sthe qualit yand availabilit yof
Mer cedesme connectservic es
R Keeps your mult imed iasystem and comm uni‐
cation module up-to-dat e
Fu rther information aboutsoftwareu pdat escan
be found athttp :/ /m e.m erced es-ben z.co m
Pe rfor min gas oftw areu pdate
Re quirement s:
R Ther eisa nInter ne tc onnec tion
(/ page361).
R Fora utomat icupdat es:yo ur vehicle hasa
per manent lyins talled com munic ationmod‐
ule. Multim
ediasystem:
4 System 5
Soft ware Update
Au tomatic update #
Swi tchAuto matic Onl ine Update on 0073.
Up dat esarep erform ed.
The current status oftheu pdat esisdis‐
pla yed.
Manu alupd ate #
Deact ivat e0053 Auto matic OnlineUpdate. #
Select anupdat efromt helista nd star tt he
upd ate.
Ac tiv atin gthe softwa reupdat e #
Restar tt he system.
Fu nction ofimpor tant system updates
Im por tant system updat esma yben eces saryfor
th es ecur ityofyour mult imed iasystem's data.
Please installth ese updat es,other wise the
secur ityofyour mult imed iasystem cann otbe
ensur ed. 31
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