2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS Owner's Manual

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Ifro uteg uidan ceisact ive, sele ctStart New
Rout eGuidan ceorSet asNex tWayPoin t.
St art New RouteGuidan ce:the select edgas
st atio niss etas an ew des tinatio n.The prev i‐
ous destination sand intermediat edestin a‐
tion saredele ted. Ro uteg uidan cetotheg as
st atio nbegin s.
Set asNex tWayPoin t:the select edgass ta‐
tio niss etas then extint er mediat edestina‐
tion .Rout eguidan cebegin s. #
Ifth erea realr ead yfour intermed iated es‐
tinatio ns:sele ctYes inthep romp t.
Th es elect edgass tationi se nter ed intop osi‐
tio n1o fthe intermediat edestinat ions menu.
Int ermediat edestinat ion4isd eleted. Ro ute
guidan cebegin s.
Ent ering anintermed iated estin ation
Re quirement s:
R Adestin ation isent ered.
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Way Point sand Info #
Select Search forWay Point . #
Entert he intermediat edestinat ionasaP OI
or addr ess(/ page315). #
Select thei nter mediat edestinat ion. #
Select SetasDest ination.
or #
Select anintermediat edestinat ionusing
ª Enter Dest ination during routeg uid‐
anc e. #
Select Set asNex tWayPoin taf te re nter ing
th ed estinat ion.
Editing intermedia tedes tina tions
Re quirement s:
R The destination andatleas tone intermediat e
des tination have been entered.
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation 5
Way Point sand Info #
Tocall upthem ap:highlig htthed estinat ion
or thei nter mediat edestinat ion. #
Select ¥Map. #
Movethem ap(/ page334). #
Select destinat iononthem ap(/ page321). #
Tochang ethe order ofdes tinations: high‐
lig ht thed estinat ionorthei nter mediat edes‐
tinat ion. #
Select ¥Move . #
Movethei nter mediat edestinat iontothe
desir edposition . #
Press theT ouc hControl, thec ontroller orthe
to uc hpad. #
Todel etead estina tion: highlig htthed esti‐
nation orthei nter mediat edestinat ion. #
Select ¥Delete.
Calculating arout ew ithintermediat edesti‐
nation s
Re quirement s:
R The destination andatleas tone intermediat e
des tination have been entered.
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation 5
Way Point sand Info #
Select Start New Route Guidance .
The routei sc alc ulat edwiththe setint er‐
mediat edestinat ions. Multimedia
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Selec
tingacont act ford estin atio nentry
Re quirement s:
R Am obile phoneisc onnec tedt ot he multime‐
dia system (/ page341).
R Cont acts have been downloaded
(/ page346).
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous andOther Destination s
5 Contac ts #
Select thec ontact.
The cont actdetails ared ispla yed. #
Select thea ddr ess.
The Please Wait...messag eappear s.
The sear chiscar ried out firs to nline and then
in them ultimedia system database. #
Select thed estinat ion.
Fi lter ing disp lays forc ontacts #
Enteran am eortelephone number,for exam‐
ple, intot he sear chfield. #
Select ¡.
The firs tc ont act inthel isti sh ighlight ed. #
Select thec ontact. #
Sele ctthea ddr ess.
Ent ering geo-coor dinates
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous andOther Destination s
5 Geo-coor dinates #
Enterg eo-coor dinatesaslatitude andlongi‐
tude coordinat esindegr ees, minut esand
seconds.
The map showsthep osition . #
Conf irmt heentr y. #
Tocalcu latear oute:sel ect StartRoute
Guidance . #
Ifar out ehasalready been creat ed, sele ct
St art New RouteGuidan ceorSet asWay
Poin t.
Ent ering thed estina tion asa3w orda ddr ess
Re quirement s: R
Sear ching forad estination using 3w ord
addr esses ispossible intheo nline search
( / pag e315).
R Therei sa nInter ne tc onnecti on.
% Searching forad estination using 3w ord
addr esses isno tp oss ible inall coun tries.
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
ª Enter Dest ination #
Select Online Search. #
Entert he des tination addressasa3w ord
addr ess. Separ atee acho fthe wordsw itha
full stop.
The sear chresults ared ispla yed. #
Select thed estinat ioninthel ist.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
% 3worda ddr esse sfromw hat3words area n
alt ernat ivea ddr essi ngsystem form ultilin‐
gua lgeor efer encin gofglobal locati onswith
ar esolution ofthre em eter s. Using this grid,
locat ionsontheE arth's sur face arei ncl uded
whi chdo noth ave abuildin gaddr ess such
as stre et and house number,for exam ple. 320
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The
EmpireS tateB uild ing has this languag e
depen dent3worda ddr ess:
R English: parade.he lp.bleat
R Frenc h:commu n.verbe.bisq uer
R Spanish: suertes.dig a.pesca
3w orda ddr esse sareuniq ue,easy to
re member andsuffice form ostroutine appli‐
cations.
Yo uc an conve rtaddr esse sto3w ord
addr esses andbackagain:
R Atthew ebsit ehttp:// what3w ords.c om
R Inthew hat3w ords apps
Selecting adestinat iononthem ap
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s #
Select MapMenu.
or #
Ifth em apisdispla yedi nf ull scr een mode,
pr ess thec ent ralc on trol elemen t.
The map menuappear s. #
Selec t"mo vemap" inmap menu 2
(/ page333) . #
Swipe inanyd irection ontheT ouc hControl
or touc hpad.
or #
Slid ethe contr ollerinanyd irect ion.
The map movesi nt he cor responding direc‐
tion under thec rosshair .The mor eyou mo ve
yo ur fing er aw ay from thes tartin gp osit ion
on thet ouc hpad ,the faster them apmo ves. #
Select thed estinat ioninthel ist.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn.
Se tting them aporientat ionto2D or3D #
Highlight MapOrient ation: 2D/3D. #
Press theT ouc hControl, thet ouc hpad orthe
contr oller.
The map willbe displ ayed inthes elect ed
map orient ation.
Sho wing traf ficm essag esinthev icinit yof
th em ap #
Sele ctTraf ficMess agesfortheV icinit y.
The map appear s. #
Swipe lefto rright onthet ouc hpad .
or #
Slide thec ontroller tothel efto rright.
The prev ious ornext traf fici nci dent ishig h‐
li ght edon them ap.Information onthet raffic
inc ident isdispla yed.
% Traf ficr epor tsaren otavailable inall coun ‐
tr ies.
Sho wing POIsinthev icinit yofthe map #
Select POIsint he Vic init y. #
Swipe lefto rright onthet ouc hpad .
or #
Slide thec ontroller tothel efto rright.
The prev ious ornext POI ishighligh tedo nthe
map. Thename orthea ddr ess issho wn. #
Tofilt er thed isplayb yP OIcat egor y:
swipe down ontheT ouc hControl or the
to uc hpad.
or #
Slid ethe contr ollerdown. #
Select theP OIcat egor y. Multimedia
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User Defined allowspersonal POIsymbols to
be select ed(/ page335). Ro
ute Calc
ulating arout e
Re quirement s:
R The destination hasbeen entered.
R The destination addressissho wn. #
Ifro uteg uidan ceisno ta ctive, sele ctStart
Rout eGuidan ce.
The routet ot he des tination iscalculat ed.
The map showsther out e.Ro uteg uidan ce
th en begins.
or #
Ifro uteg uidan ceisact ive, sele ctStart New
Rout eGuidan ceorSet asNex tWayPoin t.
St art New RouteGuidan ce:the select eddes‐
tination addressisseta sa newd estinat ion.
The prev ious destination sand intermediat e
des tination saredele ted. Ro uteg uidan ceto
th en ew des tinat ionbegins. Set
asNext WayPoint :the select eddes tina‐
tion addr essisseta sthe next int ermediat e
des tination. Routeg uidan cebegin s.
Ta king alternativ erout esintoc onside ratio n #
Select analte rn ativ erout e(/pag e324).
Ot her men ufunctions #
Tosave thed estina tion: select¥ Store
in "Prev iousDestination s". #
Todispl ayon them ap:selec t¥ Map. #
Tocall atelephone number: select
¥ Call(ifavailable). #
Tocall upanInterne ta ddress: selec t
¥ www(ifavailable).
Select ingarout etype
Mul timedi asystem:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition #
Select RouteSetting s. #
Select ther out etype.
If ro uteg uidan ceisact ive, then ew routei s
calc ulatedwiththe newr out etype . If
ro uteg uidan ceisno ta ctive, then extrout e
is calculat edwiththe newr out etype .
Yo uc an choose from thef ollo wing routet ype s:
R EcoR oute
An eco nomic alroutei sc alc ulat ed. The jour‐
ne yt imem aybe som ewhat long erthan for
qu icke rrout es.
The symbol fort he cur rent vehicle position is
displa yedi ng reen.
R Fast Route
Ar out ew ithaq uickjour neyt imeisc alc ula‐
te d.
R Shor tRoute
Ar out ew ithas hortdriving distance iscal cu‐
la te d.
Auto matic Traffic JamAvoidan cecan be
switc hedon0073 oroff0053 fort hese routet ype s.
If Aut omat icTraf ficJam Avoidan ceisswit ched
on, Ask inthe Even tofTraffic JamAvoidan cecan
be select ed. 322
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The
Automat icTraffic JamAvoidanc eand Askin
the Even tofTraffic JamAvoidanc ese ttings are
no ta vailable ineve rycou ntry.
The settings enable thef ollo wing:
R Automat icTraffic JamAvoidance
The routei sc alc ulat edwiththe cur rentl ys et
ro utet ype.
Tr af ficr epor tsvia LiveT raffic Info rm ation are
ta ke ni ntoa cco unt.
Liv eT raffic Info rm ation isno ta vailable inall
coun tries.
R Askint he Event ofTraf ficJam Avoidan ce
Ap romp tappear swhen anew routei sd etec‐
te dw ithas horterj our neyt ime base dontraf‐
fi cr epor ts.Youc an continue touse thec ur‐
re nt routeo ruse thed ynamic routei nstead.
Select ingrout eo ptions
Mul timedi asyst em:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition
5 Avoid Option s
Av oiding areas #
Sele ctAreas (/page336). Av
oiding highways,fer ries, motorailtrains,
tu nnels, unpavedr oad s #
Select 0073 ordeselec t0053 avo idop tion .
Using tollro ads #
Select UseTollRoads. #
Select Cash orElectronic Billing orOff .
The routet akes intoa ccount roads that
re qu iret he payment ofau sag efee (toll).
If Off isselect ed,tollro ads aren ottake ni nto
acco unt.
The select edrouteo ptions can nota lway sb e
im plement ed.Ther efor e, ar out em ayinc lude a
fe rry, fori ns tance, eventhough thea void Fer ries
op tion isenabled. Amessagea ppear sand you
will hear acorresponding message.
Using carpool lanes #
Select Number ofOccupants inthe Vehicle. #
Select number .
When usingcarpool lanes, observethea ppli‐
cable legalrequ iremen tsas wellas anyc on‐
dition spertainin gtow hen andwher esuch lanes
maybeu sed. Carpool lanes mayonly
be used ifcer tain con dition sareme t.
These routeo ptions aren otavailable ineve ry
cou ntry.
Selec tingnotifications
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Announc ement s #
Switc hana nnoun cemen ton0073or off0053.
Yo uc an choose from thef ollo wing announc e‐
ments:
R Announ ceTraffic Warnings
This function isno ta vailable inall coun tries.
R Announc eStreet Name s
The mult imed iasystem announ cesthe
nam esofther oads that will follo wt he
upc omin gchang eofdirect ion.
This function isno ta vailable inall coun tries
and languages.
Displ aying destina tion informa tion
Re quirement s: Multime
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R
Adestin atio nise nter ed.
Multim ediasystem:
4 Navigation #
Select WayPoint sand Info.
The follo wing informatio nisd ispla yed:
R Intermediat edestin ations anddestination
The routec an also include uptofour
int ermed iated estin atio ns.
R Name, address
R Remaini ngdriving distance
R Time ofarriva l
Selec tinganalternativ erout e
Multi mediasystem:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition #
Select Alternativ eRoute.
The routes ared ispl ayed inaccor dance with
th es etting made inther out esetting s.
The currentl ys elect edroutei ss hown witha
dar kblue line. #
Select thea lter nativ erout e. Switc
hingthea utoma ticgass tat ions ear ch
on/of f
Mult imedia system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s #
Switc hReserve Fuelon0073 oroff0053.
Switc hedon0073:w henthef uel reser veleve l
is reac hed, apromp tappear sasking whe ther
yo uw ant tostar ts ear ching forg as statio ns.
Using automatic gass tat ions ear ch
Re quirement s:
The automat icga ss tatio ns ear chisact ivat ed 0073
(/ page324).
The prom ptReser veFue lDoy ou want tostart a
sear chfor surroun dinggasstati ons? appear s. #
Selec tYes.
The automat icga ss tatio ns ear chbegins. The
av ailable gass tatio ns alon gthe routeo rin
th ev icinit yaredispla yed. #
Select theg asstatio n. #
When ther ei sn orout e,theg asstatio niss et
as thed estinat ion.
or #
When ther ei sar oute,theg asstatio niss et
as then extint er mediat edestinat ion.
St arting thea utoma ticser vice station
sear ch
Re quirement s:
R ATTENTION ASSISTa nd theSuggest Rest
Area function area ctiv ated (/ page251).
Dr iving situation
The ATTE NTION ASSIS TDoyou want tosearch
for arest area? messag eiss hown. #
Select Yes.
The service statio nsear chstar ts.T he availa‐
ble services tatio ns alon gthe routeo rint he
vicini tyof thev ehicle's current positio na re
di spl ayed. #
Select thes ervice statio n.
The services tatio na ddr ess isdispla yed. #
Ifro uteg uidan ceisno ta ctive, sele ctStart
Rout eGuidan ce.
The selected ser vices tatio niss etas ad esti‐
nat ion.Rout eguidan cebegin s.
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Ifro uteg uidan ceisact ive, sele ctStart New
Rout eGuidan ceorSet asNex tWayPoin t.
St art New RouteGuidan ce:the select ed
ser vice statio niss etas an ew des tinatio n.
The prev ious destination andallintermediat e
des tination saredele ted. Ro uteg uidan ceto
th es ervice statio nbegin s.
Set asNex tWayPoin t:the select edser vice
st atio niss etas then extint er mediat edesti‐
nation .Rout eguidan cebegin s. Ro
uteg uidanc e No
teso nrout eguidanc e &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng integr ated commu nication equip‐
ment whilethev ehicle isin mo tion
If yo uo per atec om mun icatio nequipme nt
int egrat edinthev ehicle whendriving, you
will bedistract edfrom thet raffic situat ion.
This could alsocause yout olose control of
th ev 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.
Ro uteg uidan cebegin soncear outehasbeen
calc ulated.
The road and traf ficr ules andregulations always
ha ve prior ity ove rmultimedia system driving
ins truction s.
The follo wing drivin ginstruct ions canbeused:
R Navig ation announcements
R Routeg uidan cedispl ays
R Lane recomme ndations
If yo ud on otfollo wt he driving instructions orif
yo ul eave thec alculat edroute, an ew routei s
calc ulatedaut omat ically. Dr
iving instructi ons maydiffe rf romt heactual
ro ad and traf ficc ondi tions if:
R The routei sd iver ted
R The direction ofao ne-w aystre et has been
ch ang ed
Fo rthis reason ,you mus talway so bser veroad
and trafficr ules andregulations during your
jo ur ne ya sw ellasthep reva iling trafficc ondi ‐
tions .
The routem aydifferf romt heideal routed ueto
th ef ollo wing:
R Roadw orks
R Incom pletedigit almap data
No teso nG PSrecep tion
The correct functi onofthen avigation system
depends amongstother things onGPS recep‐
tion. Incer tain situat ionsGPS recep tion canbe
im pa ired, defectiv eorevenn otpossi ble, e.g .in
tunne lsor inpa rking garage s. Multimedia
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Cha
nging direction overvie w Ther
earethre ep hases whenchang ingdirect ion:
R Preparation phase
If th er ei se nough timebetween thec hang es
of dir ection, them ultimedia system prepar es
yo uf or theu pcoming chang eofdirect ion.A
na vig atio nannoun cem entisissue d,e.g .
"Pr epar etot urnr ight". The
map appear sinf ull-scr eenmode.
R Ann ouncemen tphase
The multimedia system announ cesthe
upco mingchang eofdirect ion,e.g.b y
ann oun cing"Turn right in300 ft(100 m)".
The displa yiss plit intot wo parts.The map is
displa yedo nthe left;on ther ight, ther ei sa
de tailed imag eofthe intersection ora3 D
imag eofthe upcoming chang eofdirect ion.
R Chan ge-of-d irecti onpha se
The multimed iasystem announ cesthei mmi‐
nen tchang eofdirect ion,e.g.b ya nnoun cing
"No wturnr ight".
The displa yiss plit intot wo parts.
The vehicle hassuccessfull ychang eddirec‐
tion when thel ight- color baronther ight
dr ops down to0f eet(0m )and thec urrent
ve hicle position symbolhasreac hed the
highlight edchang e-of-dir ect ion poin t.
When thec hang eofdirect ion iscom plete,
th em apappear sinf ull-scr eenmode.
% Chang esofdir ect ion area lso sho wninthe
Ins trument Display. Lane
recomm endationsoverview
This displa yappear sfor multi-lane roads.
If th ed igitalmap contains ther ele vant data,t he
multimedia system can displa ylane recomme n‐
da tions fort he next twoc hang esofdir ection. 1
Recomme ndedlane
2 Possible lane
3 Lanes notrecom mende d 326
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