2020 MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS audio

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TEImpairment oftheo per ating effi‐
cie ncy ofther estraint systems from
ins talling accessor yparts or from repair s
or we lding Air
bags andEmerge ncy Tensi oni ng Device s,
as wellas con trol unit sand sen sorsfor the
re stra int systems, maybeinstalled inthef ol‐
lo wing areas ofyour vehicle:
R Door s
R Door pillars
R Doo rsills
R Sea ts
R Cockpit
R Instrument cluster
R Cen terc onsole
R Lateral roof frame #
Donotins tallacc essor yparts suc has
audio systems inthese areas. #
Donotc arry out repair sorw elding. #
Have afte rm arke tins tallation ofacc es‐
sor ies carried out ataq ualif iedspec ial‐
is tw orks hop. Yo
uc ouldjeopar dizethe oper ating safetyo fyour
ve hicle ifyo uu separ ts,t ires and wheel sasw ell
as accessor iesreleva nt tosaf etyw hichh ave not
be en approve dbyM ercedes-Ben z.Saf ety-re le‐
va nt systems, e.g.theb rake system, maym al‐
func tion.Onlyu seMer cedes- BenzGenuine Parts
or par tsof equal qualit y.Onl yusetires, wheels
and accessor iesthat have been specif ically
appr ovedfor your vehicle model.
Mer cedes-Ben zGenuine Partsa resubject to
st rict qualit ycontrol. Eac hparth as been spe‐
ciall ydeve loped, manufactured orselec tedf or
Mer cedes-Ben zvehicles andfine-tu nedfort hem.
Ther efor e, onl yM ercedes- BenzGenuine Parts
should beused.
Mor ethan 300,000 differe nt Mer cedes-Be nz
Ge nui ne Partsa reavailable forM ercedes-Benz
model s.
All author ized Mercedes-B enzCent ersm aint ain
as upply ofMer cedes-B enzGenuine Partsf or nec
essar yservice andrepair work.Ina ddition,
st ra tegically locatedpar tsdeliv eryc ent ersp ro‐
vide forq uic ka nd reliable partsser vice .
Alw ayss pecify thev ehicle identification number
(VIN) (/page480) when order ing Mer cedes-
Benz Genuine Parts. Oper
ator's Manual
This Oper ator's Manual describesallmodels and
all standar dand optio nal equipme ntavailable for
yo ur vehicle atthet ime ofthis Opera tor's Man‐
ua lgoing topress. Countr y-specif icdif fere nces
ar ep ossibl e. No tethat your vehicle maynotbe
eq uipped witha llfe atur esdesc ribed. Thisisalso
th ec ase fors ystems and func tionsrele vant to
saf ety. Ther efor e, thee quipment onyour vehicle
ma ydiffe rf romt hat inthed escr iption sand illus‐
tra tion s.
The original purchase agreement fory our vehicle
cont ains alisto fallof thes ystems inyour vehi‐
cle.
Should youh avea nyquestion sconcer ning
eq uipment andoper ation, please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. 22
Gener alno tes

dr
iveo rM P3player). Ifth is dat aiss tore di nt he
ve hicle, youc an dele teitat anyt ime. This data
is sen ttot hirdp arties onlyatyour requ est,par‐
ticular lywhen youu seonlines ervic es inacc ord‐
anc ewitht he settings that youh aves elect ed.
Yo uc an stor eo rchang econvenie nce settings /
ind ividu aliza tionint he vehicle atanyt ime.
Depending onthee quipment, this inc ludes, for
ex am ple:
R Setting sfor thes eat and steer ing wheel posi‐
tion s
R Suspension andclimat econtrol settings
R Cus tomizations suchasinter ior ligh ting
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped ,you can
conn ectyour smar tphon eoranother mobile end
de vice tothev ehicle. Youc an contro lthis by
means ofthec ontrol element sintegr ated inthe
ve hicle. Imagesand audiofromt hesmar tphone
can beoutput viathem ultimedia system. Cer‐
ta in inf ormatio niss imult aneousl ytransf erredt o
yo ur smar tphon e. De
pen dingo nthe type ofintegr ation, this can
inc lude:
R Gener alvehicle data
R Position data
This allowsyout ou sesele cted apps onyour
smar tphon e,suc hasnavigatio norm usicp lay‐
bac k.Ther eisn ofurther interaction between the
smar tphone andthev ehicle; inpar ticular ,vehi‐
cle dataisn otdirectl yaccessible. Whichtype of
fur ther dat aprocessin goccur sisd eter mined by
th ep rovide rofthe specif icapp used. Whichset‐
ting syou can make,ifan y,depends onthes pe‐
cif icapp andtheo per ating system ofyour
smar tphon e. Onlin
eservices Wi
reless netw orkc onnection
If yo ur vehicle hasawireless networkc onn ec‐
tion, itenables datatob eexchang edbetween
yo ur vehicle andadditional systems. Thewire‐
less networkc onnect ionisenabled viathev ehi‐
cle's transmission andrecep tion unitorviacon‐
nect edmob ilee nd device s(e.g .sma rtphones). Onlin
efunc tion scan be used viathew ireless
ne tworkc onnect ion.This includes onlineserv‐
ices andapplications/ appsprov ided bythem an‐
uf actur eror other prov ider s.
Manu factu rer's services
Re garding onlin eservice softhe manuf acturer,
th ei ndividual functionsaredescr ibedbythe
manuf acturerinas uita ble place (e.g.Operator's
Manual, websit eofthe manuf acturer)along with
th er ele vant data protect ion information .Per‐
sona ldatam aybe used fort he prov ision of
onlin eservice s.Dat aise xchang edvia asecur e
conn ection, e.g.them anuf actur er'sdesignat ed
IT systems. Personal dataisc ollect ed,pro‐
cessed andused viathep rovisi onofser vices
exc lusiv elyo nthe basis ofleg alper missions or
wit hp rior con sent .
The services andfunc tions(some times subject
to afee) can usually beactiv ated ordeactiv ated.
In some cases, this also applies tothee ntire
ve hicle's dataconn ection. Thisexcludes, inpar‐
tic ular ,leg ally prescr ibed functionsand ser vice s. 30
General notes

If
indicat orlam p2 isno tlit, Parking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cisa ctive. Ifth ei ndicat orlam pislit
and theé symbol appearsint he multifunc‐
tion displa y,Pa rking AssistP ARK TRON ICisno t
ac tiv e. #
Pres sb utton1 .
% Parking AssistP ARK TRON ICisau tomat ically
act ivat ed when thev ehicle isstar ted. Ad
jus tingthe warning tones ofParking
Assis tPARK TRON IC
Mul timedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Camera &Parkin g5
Set Warning Tones
Ad jus tingthe volum eofthe warning tones #
Select Warning ToneVolume. #
Setav alue.
Ad jus tingthe pitc hofthe warning tones #
Select Warning TonePitch.
Se tav alue.
Specif yingthes tar ting point fort he warning
to nes
Yo uc an spec ifywhe ther theP arking Assist
PA RK TRONI Cwarning tones shouldc omm ence
wh en thev ehicle isfur ther aw ay from anobs ta‐
cle . #
Sele ctWa rnEarl y. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gaudi ofadeout
Yo uc an spec ifywhe ther thev olume ofam edia
sour ceinthem ultimedia system isto be
re duced whenParking AssistP ARK TRON ICgive s
an audible warning. #
Selec tAudio Fadeout DuringWarning Ton es. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Re
versing camer a Fu
nction ofther ear view camer a 238
Driving andparking

Oper
ablefunctions Yo
uc an use theV oice Contr olSy stem tooper ate
th ef ollo wing equipment depending onthef ea‐
tur es:
R Telephon e
R Text mes sage s
R Navig ation
R Address book
R Radio
R Audio (memor ycard, Media Interface, USB
and Bluetoo th®
audio)
R Vehicle Ov
ervie wo ftypes ofvoice comm and Ad
istin ction ismade between thef ollo wing
vo ice com mand s:
R Global voice comm andscan besaid atany
time andrega rdless ofthec urrent applica ‐
tio n,e.g .the voice com mand sNavigat eto,
Call orText mess ageto. R
App licat ion-sp ecificvo ice comm andsar e
onl yavailable fort he activ eapplication.
Onc ethe Voice Cont rolS ystemi sstarted an
aut ocue issho wn. Apar tfromt heavailable voice
com mand sfor thea pplication currently active,
th is also cites exam ple voice com mand sfor
ot her appli cations whicharenota ctiv e.In this
wa y,yo uw illbe famili armor equicklyw itht he
av ailable voice com mand s.The listc an be scrol‐
led oritcan beopera tedb yspeec horthe con‐
tr oller/t ouchpad. No
teso nthe lan guag esetting Yo
uc an chang ethe languag eofthe Voice Con‐
tr ol Sy stem viathes ysteml anguag esettings. If
th es etsystem languag eisn otsuppor tedb ythe
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem, English will beselec ted.
The Voice Cont rolS ystemi savailable inEn glish,
Fr enc h,Po rtuguese andSpan ish. Using
theV oice Contr olSy stem effectiv ely Fe
atur esofaudibl ehelp func tions Yo
ur eceiv einfor matio nand help fort he follo w‐
ing topics:
R Optim um oper ation: sayt he brief instruc-
tion voice com mand .
R Cur rent app lication: onthem ultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, press the£ rock er switc h
up and sayt he Help voice com mand .
R Continu eddia log: sayt he Help voice com ‐
mand during avoice dialog .
R Specif icfunction: sayv oice commands for
th ed esir edfunc tion,e.g. Help telephon e. No
teso nh ow toimprove speec hquality If
th eV oice Contr olSy stem does notu nder stand
yo u:
R onlyop eratet he Voice Cont rolS ystemf rom
th ed rive r's seat.
R sayt he voice com mand scohe rentl ya nd
cle arly,b ut do note xagg eratet he words. 27
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Voice Cont rolS ystem

4
0055 button
Calls upthec ontrol menu ofthel asta ctiv e
audio source
Yo uc an navig atei nm enus and lists via the
to uc h-sen sitives urface oftouc hpad 2byusin g
as ing le-f ingerswip e. #
Toopen orclose lists: swipe lefto rright. #
Toselect them enu item: swipe up,down,
lef to rright. #
Press touc hpad 2. #
Tomo vethed igita lmap:swipe inany
dir ect ion.
Use thef ollo wing functionswithat wo-fing er
swipe: #
Tocall upmainfuncti ons and favo rite s:
swipe down withtwo fing ers. The swipem ust
st ar tint he upper area ofthet ouc hpad . #
Tozoo minand out ofthe map: movetwo
fi ng erst ogether orapar t. #
Tocall upthec ontr olmenu ofthel ast
act ivea udiosour ce:swipe upwithtwo fin‐ ge
rs.T he swi pemus tstart in thel owe rarea
of thet ouc hpad .
Se tting thes ensit ivityfor thet ouc hpa d
Multi mediasystem:
4 System 5
w Input #
Select Touchpad Sensitivity. #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . #
Tosetthe press ures ensit ivity:switc h
Touchpad Tapon0073 oroff0053.
If th ef unc tion isswitc hedon0073,at apon
th et ouc hpad isenough toselect amenu
it em.
Handwr itingrecognit ion:swit ching ther ead -
al ou df uncti onon/ off
Mul timedi asystem:
4 System 5
õ Audio
5 System Feedback #
Switc hRead OutHandwrit ingRecognit ionon
0073 oroff0053. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin ghaptic ope ratin g
fe edba ckon thet ouc hpa d
Multi mediasystem:
4 System 5
w Input
The func tion suppor tsyouw hen makingentries
on thet ouc hpad andwhen selecting menus. #
Switc hHaptic Operating Feedba ckon 0073 or
of f0053.
When thef unc tion isactiv ated, atact ilefeed‐
bac kint he form ofav ibration iseffect ed
whe nthe touc hpad isoperat ed.
Select ingastationa nd trac ku singthe
to uc hpad #
Press the0055 buttonon thet ouc hpad .
or #
Swipe upwithtwo fing ers. The swipem ust
st ar tint he lowe rareao fthe touc hpad.
The contro lm enua ppear sfor thea udio
sour cethat wa slasts elect ed. #
Use onefing er toswipe upordown.
Ra dio: thep reviou sorthe next statio niss et.
Media source:thep reviou sorthe next music
tra ck isselec ted. 29
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Multimedia system

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
Multimedia system

#
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
Multimed iasystem

Pr
og ramF unction
Ple asur e
Canp romo teap osit ivem oodint he vehicle occupants aswellas men tala nd physical rege ner ation. Mod er‐
at ely fast musi cisp laye da nd am assag eprogram isactiv ated. The airispur ified using ionization anda
pleasant fragr ance isreleased. Thevehicle interior isillu minat edwitha micable lighting.
We llbeing
Canaidthep hysical andment alrelax ation ofvehicle occupants. Abackm assag ecombined withlocal
wa rmthprov ide relax ation .The air ispur ified using ionization andapleasant fragranc eisr eleased. The
audio playerp lays selections ofcalming musicandthev ehicle interior isilluminat edwithp leasa ntlighting.
Tr aini ng
Canc ount eract theo nse tofm uscle tensi on, limbs falling asleep orstre ss wit htarge tedr elax ation orstim‐
ulation exercises. Theexercises ared emon stra tedi ns hor tvideos. Theairispur ified using ionization anda
pleasant fragr ance isreleased. Thevehicle interior isillu minat edwithlighting appropriatet ot he exercise. %
Please note that thea vailable prog rama nd
th ea ssociat edfunc tionsdepend onyour
ve hicle equipment. Depending onyour
eq uipme nt,few erfunc tionsmaybe availa‐
ble.
St arting theE NER GIZIN GComf ortp rogram
Re quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon. %
ENE RGIZING Comfortisa vailable approx‐
imat elyf ivem inut esafte rs tartin gt he multi‐
media system.
Multimedia system:
4 Vehicle 5
ENE RGIZING Comfort
Selecting aseat #
Select SeatSelect ion. #
Select thed esir edseat orAll Seats 0073. St
arting aprogram #
Select Refresh,Warmth, Vitality,Enjoyment
or Wel l-bei ng.
The select edprogr am will runf or tenm inutes.
Conf iguringaprogram #
Callup further options Ü fort he desir ed
pr ogr am. #
Switc hthe function sincluded inthep rogram
on 0073 oroff0053. Multimedia
system 31
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