2021 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET audio

Sup
portedfo rm ats :
R MP3
R WMA
R AAC
R WAV
R FLAC
R ALAC
% Obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R Due tothelar ge variet yof available
music files rega rding encoder s,sam pling
ra tesand datara tes, pla ybac kcanno t
alw aysbe guar anteed.
R Due tothewide rang eof USB device s
av ailable onthemar ket,play bac kcann ot
be guar anteed forall USB devices.
R Cop y-pr otect edmusic files orDRM
enc rypte dfiles can notbe playedbac k.
R MP3 players mus tsupp ortMedi aTr ans ‐
fe rPr oto col (MT P). Ma
nuf actu redunder license from Dolb yLabor a‐
to ries. Dolb y,Dol byAudio and thedouble-D sym‐
bol aretrademar ksofDolb yLabor ator ies. Gr
aceno te,th eGr aceno telogo andlogotype,
"P ow ered byGracen ote", MusicID andPlaylist
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mar ksofGraceno te,Inc .in theUn ited States
and/ orother countr ies. Multimedia
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Todeac tivatefull -screen 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 picturefo rm ats areav ailable:
R Automat ic
R 16:9
R 4:3
R Zoom #
Select apict urefo rm at.
Ad jus tingthe brightne ssmanu ally
If th eAutom aticpictur efo rm atisswit ched off,
yo ucan adjustth ebr ightn essyourself . #
Select Bright ness. #
Adjus tth ebr ightn ess. Media
search St
arting themed iasear ch
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
ª Search
Depen dingonthecon nect edmedia sourcesand
fi les, thefo llo wing categor iesarelis ted:
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 acat egor y. %
The categor iesareav ailable assoon asthe
ent ire media content hasbe en read inand
anal yzed . Med
iaInt erface Inf
orma tion abou tth eMed iaInt erface
Media Inte rface isauniv ersal interface forth e
connecti onofmob ile au dio equipm ent.Themul‐
time diasy stem has twoUSB ports.The USB
por tsarelocat edinthestow agecom partment
unde rth ear mr est.
Supp ortedde vic es
The Med iaInt erface allo ws youto connect the
fo llo wing datast or ag emedia:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ®
R MP3 player
R USB devices
Fo rde tails and alis tof suppor tedde vices, visit
our websit eat htt ps:/ /www .mercedes-
benz .com/c onnect.Fo llowtheins truction sin
th e"Media Interface" secti on. Mu
ltimed iasystem 30
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Activeda ta stor ag emedium
2 Album cover
3 Artis t,trac kand albu m
4 Trac knum berand num beroftrac ks inthe
tr ac klist
5 Search
6 Play ba ck Control
7 Med iaSou rces
8 Sound
9 FullScree n(vi deo play bac konl y)
A Option s Blue
tooth®
audio Inf
ormation aboutBluetooth®
audio
Bef oreusi ng your Blue tooth®
audio equipme nt
wit hth emultimedia system forth efirs ttim e,
yo uwill need toaut hor ize it(/ page30 4). Mult
imed iasystem 303

Blue
tooth®
audio overview 1
Activeda ta stor ag emedium
2 Album cover
3 Trac k, artis t,album
4 Trac knum berand num beroftrac ks inthe
tr ac klist
5 Search
6 Play ba ck Control 7
Med iaSou rces
8 Sound
9 FullScree n(vi deo play bac konl y)
A Option s Sear
ching forand author izing aBlue tooth®
audio devic e
Re quirement s:
R Blue tooth®
is act ivat ed on themultimedia
sy stem and audio equipment (/page23 1).
R The audio equipment supportstheBlue‐
to oth®
audio profiles A2DP and AVRC P. 30
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The audio equipment is"visible" forot her
de vices.
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources
5 á Bluetoot hAudio
Au thorizing ane wBlu etoo th®
audio devic e #
Select ¥. #
Select AddNew Bluetooth AudioDevice. #
Select StartSearch onSystem .
De tected audio eq uipme ntisdispl ayed inthe
de vice list. #
Select aBlue tooth®
audio devic e.
Au thor ization star ts.A cod eis displa yedon
th emultimedia system and onthemobile
phone. #
Ifth ecodes areidentic al,con firm onthe
audio equipme nt.
The audio equipme ntiscon nectedand play‐
bac kst ar ts. Select
ingprev iousl yaut hor ized Bluetooth®
audio equipment #
Select ¥. #
Select aBlue tooth®
audio devic e.
Es tablis hingaconnect ionfrom theBlu e‐
to oth®
audio equipment
The Blue tooth®
de vice name ofthemultimedia
sy stem isMB BLUE TOOTH XXXXX. #
Select Search fromDevic e. #
Startth eaut hor ization ontheaudio equip‐
ment (seemanuf acturer'soper ating instruc‐
tion s).
A code isdispla yedon themultimedia sys‐
te m and ontheaudio device. #
Conf irm on both devices ifth ecodes are
identic al.
The audio equipment iscon nect edand play‐
bac kst ar ts.
Wi th some audioeq uipment, playbac kmus tbe
initially star tedon thede vice itself sothat the
multime diasystem can playth eaudio files. %
Device -specif icinf ormatio non aut hor izin g
and connectingBlue tooth®
-cap ablemob ile
pho nes can beobtained athtt ps:/ /
www .mercedes-ben z-mobile.co m/oratan
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter.
Ac tiv atin gBlue tooth®
audio
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select áBluetoot hAudio.
The multimedia system activ ates thecon nec‐
te dBlue tooth®
audio equipme nt.
Select ingthemed iapla yeron the Blue tooth®
audio devic e
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Media 5
ª #
Select theBluetoot hAudio Players categor y.
If multip lemedia players arepr esen ton the
Blu etoo th®
audio equipme ntalis tappear s. #
Select amedi apla yer.
Pla ybac kst ar ts.
% The function isno tsuppo rted byeve ry
mobil ephone. Mul
timedi asy stem 305

Sear
ching fora musi ctrac kon the Blue ‐
to oth®
audio devic e
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources
5 á Bluetoot hAudio #
Select ª. #
Select acat egor y.
A trac klist appear s. #
Select atrac k.
% The funct ionisonl yav ailable whenthe
mobil ephone andthemedia playersele cted
on themobile phonesuppor tth is func tion.
Switc hingBluetoo th®
audio equipment via
NFC
Re quirement s:
R Obser vetheno teson using NFC
(/ page27 2).
R The Blue tooth®
audio overview isdispla yed
( / pag e304 ). #
Lightl ypr ess theNFC area on themobile
phone (seethemanuf acturer'soper ating
ins truction s).
If th emobile phonehasalready been author‐
ized onthemultimedia system asBlue tooth®
audio equipme nt,it is no wcon nected.
If th emobile phoneisaut hor ized onthemul‐
timedia system asBlue tooth®
audio equip‐
men tfo rth efirs ttime ,it is conne cted afte r
conf irming theins truction son themobile
phone (seethemanuf acturer'soper ating
ins truction s).
Disconnec tingBluetooth®
audio equipment
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Phone 5
á Media Sources #
Select thei symbol intheline ofthe
mobil ephone.
The disconnection ofthemobile phonetake s
place without acon firm atio npr om pt.The
mob ile pho neremains author ized inthesy s‐
te m. Ra
dio Sw
itchin gon the radio Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 Radio #
Alternativ ely:press the002A button.
The radio displa yappear s.Yo uwill hear the
las tst atio npla yedon thelas tfr eq uency
band select ed. 306
Multimedia system

Disp
laying satellit era dio service informa tion
Multime diasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s #
Select ServiceInformation. Sound
To
ne settings Inf
ormat ionabout thesound system
The soun dsy stem has atot alout put of100W
and iseq uippe dwit hfive speak ers. Itis available
fo rall functions inthera dio and media modes.
% The callcan also bemade from other audi o
sour ces. Replace Media with,forex am ple,
Ra dio inthemenu path.
Calling upthesound menu
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Equal izer
R Balan ceand Fade r R
Automat icVolum eAdj ustmen t
R Other Soun dSet tings #
Select asoun dmen u.
Ad jus tingtreb le,mid- rang eand bass set‐
tings
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Equalizer #
Select Treble, MidRange orBass. #
Chang eth ese ttings.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gaut omati cvo lum e
adj ustm ent
Multime diasystem:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Autom aticVolume Adjustmen t
Au tomatic volume adjustment com pens ates for
dif fering volumes whenchang ingbetween audio
sour ces. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Ad
jus tingthe balanc e/fader
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Balance andFader #
Adjus tth ebalance andfader . #
Toexitth emenu :pr ess the0038 button. Bur
mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem Inf
orma tion abou tth eBu rm ester®
sur round
soun dsy stem
The Burmes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem has a
to ta loutput of590 Wand iseq uipped with13
speak ers. Itis available forall functions inthe
ra dio and media modes.
% The callcan also bemade from other audi o
sour ces. Replace Media with,forex am ple,
Ra dio inthemenu path. Multimedia
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Callin
gup thesound menuinthe
Bu rm ester®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Equal izer
R Balan ceand Fade r
R Automat icVolum eAdj ustmen t
R Surroun dSoun d
R Soun dFoc us
R Other Soun dSet tings #
Select afun ction .
Ad jus tingthe treb le,mid andbassse ttin gs
on the Burmes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Equalizer #
Select Treble, MidRange orBass. #
Setth edesir edvalues. Ac
tiv atin gor deac tivatin gvo lum eadj ust‐
ment intheBu rm ester®
sur round soun dsy s‐
te m
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Autom aticVolume Adjustmen t
Au tomatic volume adjustment com pens ates for
dif fering volumes whenchang ingbetween audio
sour ces. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Ad jus tingthe balanc e/fader inthe
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Balance andFader #
Adjus tth ebalance andfader . #
Toexitth emenu :pr ess the0038 button. Switc
hingsurround soun don oroffin the
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Surroun dSound #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Ad jus tingthe sound focus intheBu rm ester®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Sound Focus #
Adjus tth esound focus . Ad
vanced sound system Inf
orma tion abou tth eAd vanced sound sys‐
te m
The Advanced soundsystem has atot alout put
of 22 5W and iseq uipped withnin espeak ers. It
is available forall functions inthera dio and
media modes. 31
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