2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS Owner's Manual

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Press and hold thec ent ralc on trol elemen t
unt ilan audible signalsound s.
The ß symbol appearsbythe statio n
nam e. #
Select ß Favorites.
The listo fsave dfavo rite statio nsappear s.
or #
Creat eana ccoun tfor theo nline prov ider
(T uneIn radio) andthen log inon them ulti‐
media system.
Yo ur favo rite sa reimpor tedt ot he multimedia
sy stem.
Dele ting favo rite s #
Select ß Favorites. #
Select astatio n. #
Press and hold thec ent ralc on trol elemen t
unt ilan audible signalsound s.
The ß symbol bythes tatio nn amed isap‐
pear s. Se
tting Interne tR adio options
Multi media system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 TuneIn Radio5
Z Option s
The follo wing option sareavailable:
R Select Stream:s electthe stre am qualit y.
R Login toTuneIn Account :log into your
Tu neIn user acco unt.
R Log OutofA ccou nt:logouto fyour TuneIn
us er acco unt. #
Select anoptio n. Med
ia Au
dio mode In
fo rm ation onthea udiomod e &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction whenhan‐
dl ing data stor ag em edia
If yo uh andle adatas torage medium while
dr iving, your att entio nisd iver tedf romt he tr
af ficc ondi tions .Thisc ouldalso cau seyou
to lose control of thev ehicle. #
Onlyhandle adatas tora ge medium
when thev ehicle isstatio nary. Pe
rm issible file systems:
R FAT32
R exFA T
R NTFS
Pe rm issible datastorage medium:
R SD card
R USB stor ag ed evice
R iPod ®
/iPhone ®
R MTP devices
R Blue tooth®
audio equipme nt
% Obse rvet he follo wing notes:
R The multimedia system suppor tsat otal
of up to50,000 files.
R Dat astorage media upto2T Ba resup ‐
por ted( 32‑ bitaddr essspace). Multimedia
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Sup
portedf ormats:
R MP3
R WMA
R AAC
R WAV
R FLAC
R ALAC
% Obser vethef ollo wing notes:
R Due tothel arge variet yo favailable
music files rega rding encoder s,sam pling
ra tesa nd dat arates, playba ckcanno t
alw aysb eg uar anteed.
R Due tothew ide rang eo fUSB device s
av ailable onthem arke t,play bac kcann ot
be guar anteed fora llUSB devices.
R Cop y-pr otect edmusic files orDRM
enc rypte dfiles cannotb ep laye db ack.
R MP3 players mus tsupp ortM ediaTrans ‐
fe rP rotocol (MT P). Ma
nuf actu redu nder license from Dolb yLabor a‐
to ries. Dolb y,Dol byAudio and thed ouble-D sym‐
bol aret rademar ksofDolb yLabor ator ies. Gr
aceno te,t he Graceno telogo andlogotype,
"P ow ered byGracen ote", MusicID andPlaylist
Plus aree ither regis tere dt rademar ksortrade‐
mar ksofGraceno te,Inc .int he United States
and/ orother countr ies. 368
Multimedia system

"Made
fori Po d",a nd "Ma defori Pho ne," mean
th at an elec tron icacc esso ryhas been designed
to connect specifica llytoiPod, oriPhon e,
re spectiv ely, and hasbeen certified bythed eve l‐
oper tomee tApple perform anc estandar ds.
App leisno tresponsibl efor theo per ation ofthis
de vice orits com plianc ewiths afet ya nd regula‐
to ry standar ds.Please note that theu seofthis
acc essor ywithi Po d,or iPhon emayaffect wire‐
less perform anc e.
Fo rthe USA:iPhon e®
,i Po d®
,i Po dc lassi c®
,
iP od nano ®
,a nd iPod touc h®
aret rademar ksof
Apple Inc.,re gis tere di nt he U.S. and other coun‐
tr ies. Lightning™ isat rademar kofApple Inc.
Fo rC anada :iP hon e,iPod ,iPo dc lassi c,iPod
nano ,and iPod touc ha retrademar ksofApple
Inc .,re gis tere di nt he U.S. and other countr ies.
Lightning isat rademar kofApple Inc.
No teso nc opyright
Au dio files that youc reateo rrepr oduce yourself
fo rp layba ckareg ene rallys ubject to cop yrigh t
pr otect ion. Inman ycount ries, repr oduction s,
ev en forp riva te use, aren otper mitt edwithout
th ep rior con sent ofthec opyright holder .Make sur
ethat youk nowa bout thea pplicable copy‐
ri ght regulations andthat youc om ply with these.
Ac tiv atin gmediam ode
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select amedia source.
Pla yable music files arep laye db ack.
Inser ting/r emo ving anSD card &
DANG ER Risk offata linj ur yf roms wal‐
lo wing SDcards
SD cardsares mall parts.
The ycould beswallo weda nd lead tochok‐
ing. #
Keep SD cardsout ofther eac hofchil‐
dr en. #
Seek medical attention immediat elyif
an SD cardhasbeen swallo wed. *
NO
TEDama gedue tohigh temp eratur es High
temp eratur esma ydamag ethe SD card. #
Remo vetheS Dc arda fter use and take
it out ofthev ehicle. Multimedia
system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources
5 Mem. Card
Inser ting
The multimedia connect ionunit islocat edinthe
st ow agec om par tment unde rthe armr est. #
Inser tthe SD memor ycardi ntot he SD card
slo tuntil iteng ages. The side withthe con‐
ta cts mus tface down wards.
Pla yable music files arep laye db ack.
Re mo ving #
Pres st he SD card. #
Remo vetheS Dc ard. Multimedia
system 369

Ov
ervie wo fthe audio mode 1
Actived atas tora ge medium
2 Album cover
3 Trac k, artis t,album
4 Trac kn um ber and num beroftrac ks inthe
tr ac kl ist
5 Search
6 Play ba ck Control 7
Med iaSou rces
8 Sound
9 FullScree n(for vid eo play bac k)
A Option s Connecting
USBdevices
* NO
TEDama gecau sed byhigh temp era‐
tur es High
temp eratur escan damag eUSBdevices. #
Remo vetheU SBdevice afte ru se and
ta ke itout ofthev ehicle. 37
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Multimedia system

The
multimedia connection unitisfound inthe
st ow agec om par tment unde rthe armr esta nd
has twoU SBpor ts.
Depen dingonthev ehicle's equipment, addi‐
tional USBportscan befound inthes towa ge
com partment ofthec ent ercon sole andinthe
re ar passe nger com partment . #
Con nectthe USB device totheU SBpor t.
Pla yable music files arep laye db acko nlyi f
th ec orresponding mediadisplayisa ctiv ated.
% Use theU SBpor tidentif iedbyç touse
Ap ple CarPla y™and Android Auto.
% Dep endingonthev ehicle equipment ther ei s
an additional USBportint he rear passe nger
com partment .Ports that arel abeled witha
bat tery symbol canonly beused tocharge
USB devices.
Selec tingatrack inthem ediapla yba ck
Multimedia system:
4 Media
Selecting atrack by skipping toatrack #
Toskip backwards orforw ards toa
tr ac k: navig ateu po rdow n. Sel
ecting atrack usin gthe cur rent trac kl ist #
Select 00D3. #
Select Current TrackList. #
Select atrack .
Selec tingplaybac koptions
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Z Option s
Pla ying backsimilar trac ks #
Select Play Simi larT racks.
At rack list wit hs imilar trac ks iscreat edand
pla yedb ack.
Pla ybac kmode #
Select Random Mode-Current Playlist.
The current trac kl isti sp laye di nr and om
or der . #
Selec tRand omMode-Current Medium.
All trac ks on thea ctiv edatas torage medium
ar ep laye di nr and om order . #
Selec tNo rma lTrack Sequ ence.
The current trac kl isti sp laye di nt he order it
appear sonthe dat astora ge medium. Contr
olling media playbac k
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Y Playback Control
Ab arwit hp laybac kcontrols issho wn. #
Topause playbac k:sel ect and conf irm
Y with thec ent ralc on trol elemen t.
The 00CF symbol isdispla yed. #
Toresume playbac k:select andconf irm
Y again withthe cent ralc on trol elemen t.
The 00D0 symbol isdispla yed.
To fast forw ard/r ewind #
Move00CF onthet imelin e.
To hide theplaybac kcontrols #
Press the0038 button. Vi
deo mode Sw
itchin gtov ideo mode
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select adatas torage medium. Multimedia
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Sea rchf or and select videofiles orpla ylists
wit hvideo files.
Pla yable video files arep laye db ack.
The multimedia system suppor tsthef ollo wing
fo rm ats :
R MPE G
R AVI,DivX, MKV
R MP4, M4V
R WMV
% Ifth ev ehicle istra veling faster than 3m ph
(5 km/ h)thev ideo imageish idden from the
dr iver .Ifa vailable, thec hannel andprogr am
inf ormation iscontin uously displayed.
Due tothel arge variet yo favailable video
fi les rega rding encoder s,sam pling ratesa nd
dat atransf errates, pla ybac kcanno tbeg uar‐
ant eed.
Vi deos uptoFullHD (1920 x1080 )are sup‐
por ted.
Cop y-pr otect edvideo files orDRM (Digital
Rights Management)enc rypte dfiles cannot
be playedb ack. 37
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Multimedia system

Ov
ervie wo fvideo mode 1
Actived atas tora ge medium
2 Album cover
3 Trac k, artis t,album
4 Trac kn um ber and num beroftrac ks inthe
tr ac kl ist
5 Search
6 Play ba ck Control 7
Med iaSou rces
8 Sound
9 FullScree n(for vid eo play bac k)
A Option s Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gfull-s cree nm ode
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select adatas torage medium.
Pla yable video files arep laye db ack. #
Toactiv atef ull-s cree nm ode: select#
Full Screen. Mul
timedi asyst em 37
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Todeac tivatef ull-sc reen mod e:press the
to uc hpad.
Cha nging videosettings
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Media 5
Z Option s
5 Picture Format
The follo wing picturef ormats area vailable:
R Automat ic
R 16:9
R 4:3
R Zoom #
Select apicturef ormat.
Ad jus tingthe brightne ssmanu ally
If th eAutom aticpictur eformat isswitc hedoff,
yo uc an adj ustthe brightness yourself . #
Select Bright ness. #
Adjus tthe brightness. Media
search St
arting them ediasear ch
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
ª Search
Depen dingonthec onnect edmedia sourcesand
fi les, thef ollo wing categor iesarel iste d:
R Current TrackList
R Keyword Search
R Playlists
R Artists
R Albums
R Track s
R Folders
R Music Genres
R Year
R Composers
R Videos
R Podcast s(Apple ®
de vices)
R Audiobook s(Apple ®
de vices) #
Select acategor y. %
The categor iesarea vailable assoon asthe
ent irem edia content hasb eenr ead inand
analyzed . Media
Interface Inf
orma tion abou tthe Media Interface
Media Inte rface isau niversal interface fort he
con nection ofmobile audioequipm ent.Themul‐
time dias ystemh astwoU SBpor ts.The USB
por tsarel ocat edinthes towa ge com partment
unde rthe armr est.
Suppor tedd evices
The Med iaInt erface allo ws yout oc onnect the
fo llo wing datastorage media:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ®
R MP3 player
R USB devices
Fo rd etails and alisto fsuppor tedd evices, visit
our websit eathttp:// www .mercedes-
benz .com/c onnect.Follo wthe instructions in
th e" Media Interface" secti on. 37
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Multimedia system