2021 MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET Owner's Manual

An
ove rview of thedat atra nsmit tedcan be
fo und inthere spectiv ete rm sof use for
Mer cedes meconn ectservices. These canbe
obt ained intheMer cedes mePortal: http s://
me. secure.m erced es-ben z.com
Data processing
The datatransm itted within thescope ofthecall
is dele tedfrom thepr ocessin gsy stem afte rth e
cal lis finis hed ,in so faras this dat ais no tbeing
used forot her activ ated Mer cedes meconn ect
ser vices.
The incident- specificdat ais processed and
st or ed intheMer cedes- BenzCustomer Cent er
and, ifre qu ired toprocess theinciden t,forw ar‐
ded totheser vice partner aut hor ized bythe
Mer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Cent er.Plea setak e
no te ofthedat apr otect ion information onthe
Mer cedes meInterne tpag ehttps: //
www .mercedes.me orinthere cor ded mess age
imme diat ely afte rcall ing theMer cedes- Benz
Cus tomer Cent er.
% The recor ded mess ageis no tav ailable in
eve rycou ntry. Mer
cede sme connect Inf
ormation onMer cede sme connect
Mer cedes meconnect prov ides thefo llo wing
ser vice s:
R Accid ent and brea kdo wnmana gement (me
butt on)
R Mer cedes-Benz emergencycallsystem (aut o‐
matic emergency calland SOS button)
The Mercede s-BenzCustomer Centerand the
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callcent erareav aila‐
ble foryo uar oun dth ecloc k.
The mebutt onand theSOS buttoncan befound
on theve hicle's overhead control panel
(/ page283).
Yo ucan also calltheMer cedes- BenzCustomer
Cent erusi ng themultimedia system
(/ page28 4).
Please note that Mer cedesme connectis a
Mer cedes-Ben zser vice.In emer gencie s,firs tcal l
th enation alemer gency service sus ing the
st andar dnat ionalemer gency service telephon e
numb ers. In emer gencie s,yo ucan also usethe Mer
cedes-Ben zemer gency callsy stem
(/ page288).
Obser vethecon ditions ofuse forMer cedes me
connect andother services. These canbe
obt ained intheMer cedes mePortal: http s://
me. secure.m erced es-ben z.com
Inf orma tion onMer cedes meconnect Acci‐
dent andBreak down Manag emen t
The Accid ent and Brea kdo wnManag eme ntcan
incl udeth efo llo wing functions:
R Supplem enttotheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsy stem (/ page288)
If neces sary,thecon tact per son atthe
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callcent erfor‐
wa rdsth ecall toMer cedes meconn ectAcci‐
dent andBrea kdo wnManag eme nt.Forw ard‐
ing thecall isho we verno tpossi bleinall
countr ies.
R Breakdo wnassi stanc eby ate ch nici anon
lo cati onand /or theto wing away oftheve hi‐
cle tothenear estaut hor ized Mercedes- Benz
Cent er
Yo uma ybe charge dfo rth ese services. Multimedia
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Mor
einf ormation aboutMercedes meconn ect
ser vices canbeobt ained intheMer cedes me
Po rtal: http s:// me. secure.m erced es-ben z.com
Data trans ferre ddur ing Mer cedes mecon‐
ne ct cal lse rvices
The datatransf erreddur ing aMer cedes mecon‐
nec tcall depends on:
R The reason forinitia tionofthecall
R The service that isselec tedin thevo ice con ‐
tr ol system
R The activ ated Mer cedes meconnect services
Whic hdat ais transf erredfo rth eser vices canbe
ta ke nfrom thecur rentl yva lid term sof use.
These canbeobt ained intheMer cedes mepor‐
ta l:htt ps:/ /me .secure.m ercedes -benz.com Mer
cedes-B enzemer gency callsystem Inf
orma tion ontheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem
Yo ur vehicle iseq uipped withth eMer cedes- Benz
emer gency callsy stem ("eCall ").This featur ecan
help save lives intheeve ntofan acci dent. eCall in
no wayre places assistance prov ided from
dialing 911.
The Mercedes-B enzemer gency callsy stem is
av ailable forat lea sttenye arsst ar tin gfrom the
manuf acturingdate.
Mer cedes-Benz eCallonly functions inareas
wher emobil ephone coverage isavailable from
th ewir eless service prov ider s.Ins ufficie ntnet‐
wo rkcoverage from thewir eless service prov id‐
er sma yre sult inan emer gency callno tbe ing
tr ans mitt ed.
eC allis ast andar dfeatur ein your Mer cedes-
Ben zve hicle. Inorder tofunction asintended ,
th esy stem relies onthetransmission ofdat a
de tailed intheTr ans mittedDat asect ionthat fol‐
lo ws (/ pag e290 ).
To disable eCall,acus tomer mustvisit an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzService depar tment
to deactiv ateth eve hicle's communication mod‐
ule.
Deactiv ationofthis mod ulepreve nts the
act ivat ion ofanyand allMer cedes mecon‐
nect services. Afterthe deactivatio nof eC
all,aut omati ceme rgency calland manua l
emer gency callwill notbe availab le.
The igniti onmus tbe swi tched onbef orean auto‐
matic emergency callcan bemade.
% eCallis acti vatedat thefa ct or y.
% eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zdealer .Please note that in
th eeve ntow ner shipof theve hicle istrans‐
fe rred toano ther ow ner inits deacti vated
st at e, eCall willremain deactivated unles s
th ene wow ner visits an author ized
Mer cedes-B enzdealer shiptoreact ivat eth e
sy stem.
Ov ervie wof theMer cedes- Benzemergency
call system
eCall canhelp toreduce thetime between an
acciden tand thear riva lof emer gency service s
at thesit eof theacciden t.Ithelps locatean
acciden tsit ein places that aredif ficul tto
acc ess. However,eve nif ave hicle iseq uipped
wit heCal l,th is does notmean thesy stem isON.
As suc h,eCall doesnotre place dialing 911in the
eve ntofan acci dent. 28
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An
eme rgency callcan bemade automatical ly
( / pag e289) ormanuall y(/ page289 ).
Onl ymak eemer gency callsifyo uor other sar e
in need ofrescue. Donotmak ean emerg ency
call intheeve ntofabr ea kdo wnorasimil arsit‐
ua tio n.
Di spl aysin themed iadisp lay
SOS READY: eCall available
SO SNOT READY: theignition isno ton oreCall
is no tav ailable.
Dur ing anact ive emer gency call,0053 appe ars
in thedispla y.
Yo ucan find mor einf orma tionon there gional
av ailabilit yof eCall at:ht tp s:// www .merced es-
ben z-mobi le.com /extra /eca ll/
% Ifth er eis amalfunct ionintheemer gency
cal lsy stem (e.g. amalfunct ionwithth e
speak er,micr ophone, airbag,SOS button), a
cor responding messageappea rsinthemul‐
tifun ction displa yof theins trument cluster. Tr
igg ering anaut omat icemer gency call
Re quirement s
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntlych arge d.
If re stra int systems suchas airbags orEmer ‐
ge ncy Tensi oni ng Device sha ve been activated
af te ran accide nt,theMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsy stem mayaut omaticall yinitiat ean
emer gency call.
The eme rgency callhas been made:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes-B enzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers.
The SOS button intheove rhead control panel
fl ashes untilth eemer gency callis finis hed .
It is no tpo ssi ble to immed iatelyend anaut o‐
matic emergency call. If
no conne ctioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
If an eme rgency callhas been initiat ed:
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traffic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice
con nection ises tablished withth eemer‐
ge ncy callcent eroperator.
R Bas edon thecall, theoper ator decides
whe ther itis neces saryto cal lre scue teams
and/ orthepolice totheacciden tsit e.
R Ifno vehicle occupant answers, an ambu‐
lance issent totheve hicle immediat ely.
Tr igg ering ama nual emer gency call #
Press and hold theSOS buttonintheove r‐
head controlpanel forat lea stone second.
The emer gency callha sbe en ma de:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er. Mu
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R
Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes-B enzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers.
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traf fic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice
con nection ises tablished withth eemer‐
ge ncy callcent eroperator .
R Bas edon thecall, theoper ator decides
whe ther itis neces saryto cal lre scue teams
and/ orthepolice totheacciden tsit e.
If no con nect ioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
End inganunin tentional emergency call #
On themu ltifunct ionsteer ing wheel:
selec t0076. Depress thebutt onforse veral
seconds. Data
transf eroftheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem
In theeve ntofan automatic ormanua lemer‐
ge ncy callth efo llo wing datais transmit ted, for
ex am ple:
R Vehicle's GPSposition data
R GPS position dataon thero ute(a few hun‐
dr ed meters bef oreth einciden t)
R Direct ion oftra vel
R Vehicle identif ication number
R Vehicle drive type
R Number ofpeop lede term ined tobe inthe
ve hicle
R Whe ther Mer cedes meconnect isavailable
or not
R Whe ther theemer gency callwa sinitiat ed
manually oraut omatically
R Time oftheacciden t
R Languag ese tting onthemultimedia system
Dat atransmit tedis vehicle information. Foran y
qu estion sabout thecollect ion,useand shar ing
of theeCall system data,please contact MBU‐ SA
'sCus tomer Assis tance Center at800-F OR-
MER C.
Fo rCa nada ,plea secont actMBC's Customer
Assis tance Center at1-800-38 7-0100.
Cu stomer requ ests forco veredinf ormation
should besubmitt edvia thesame chann els.
Fo raccide ntclar ificatio npur poses ,th efo llo wing
measur escan betake nup toan hour afte rth e
emer gency callha sbe en initia ted:
R The current vehicle position canbedeter‐
mined.
R Avo ice con nection totheve hicle occupants
can beestablished 290
Multimedia system

Online
andInterne tfunctions Int
erne tconnection Inf
ormat iononconnecting totheInt erne t &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent from
ope rating mob ile comm unicati onequip ‐
ment while th eve hicle isin mo tion
Mobile communication sde vices distract the
dr iver from thetraf fic situ ation. Thiscou ld
al so cau sethedr iver tolose control of the
ve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com‐
municat ionsdevices when theve hicle is
st atio nary. #
Asave hicle occupant, onlyuse mobile
communication sde vices inthear eas
int ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthe
re ar passe nger com partment . Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng mob ile comm unicati onequip ment in
th eve hicle.
The Interne tfunct ionscanonlybe used toalimi‐
te ddeg reewhils tdr iving. Fu
nction ofthecomm unicationmodule
On vehicles withabuilt-in communication mod‐
ule, theInt erne tcon nect ionises tablished viaan
int egratedSIM card.
To use Inte rn et acc ess viathecomm unication
module thefo llo wing condition smus tbe met:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withaper manent ly
ins talled com munic ationmodule.
R Mer cedes meconnectis act ive and ready for
oper ation.
R Mer cedes meconn ectisactiv ated forInt er‐
ne taccess.
Fo rmos tMer cedes meconnect services, data
vo lume isavailable whenpurchasin gth eser v‐
ices.
Ad dition aldat avo lume isrequ ired touse som e
fun ction s,e.g .In te rn et radio orWi-Fi hotspo t.
If th edat avo lume limitisreac hed, theav ailabil‐
ity ofMer cedesme connectser vices islimit ed.
The data volume canbepur chased directl y
fr om amob ilephone netw orkpr ov ider viathe
Mer cedes mePortal. Mult
imed iasystem 29
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%
Visit an aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Centerto
fi nd outwh ether itis possible topur chase
dat avo lume inyour count rydir ectly from a
mobi lephon ene tw orkpr ov ider . Connection
status Co
nne ctio nst atus overview 1
Displa yof thecomm unication modulerecep‐
tion field stre ngt h
2 Disp lay of existin gcon nection Displa
yingtheconnecti onstatus
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity #
Select Internet Status .
% Inthecase ofacon nect ionviathecomm uni‐
cation module thefo llo wing status informa‐
tio nis sho wn:
R Type ofnetwork
R Status online /offline Mer
cedes-B enzApps Calling
upMer cedes-B enzApps
Re quirement s:
R The regis tration forth euse ofMer cedes-
Benz Apps hasbeen completed.
R The gener alterm sand conditions have been
con firm ed.
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
00C0 Mercedes- BenzApps #
Select anapp. %
The available featur esarecoun try- depend‐
ent .
Licen sefees ma ybe applicable.
Using Mercedes-Benz Appswithvo ice con‐
tr ol
Re quirement s:
R The regis tration forth euse ofMer cedes-
Benz Apps hasbeen completed.
R The gener alterm sand conditions have been
con firm ed.
The o symbol indicatesthat aMer cedes-
Ben zapp canbeused viavoice con trol. #
Selec ta Mer cedes -Benz app.
The app men uis displa yed. #
Touse voice contr ol:select oLan-
guage. #
Sayth equ estion orcomm and.
% Voice con trol isno tav ailable inall coun tries
and languages. 292
Multimed iasystem

Tu
neIn Radio Cal
ling up TuneIn Radio
Re quirement s:
R The Interne tRa dio service isactiv ated.
R The datavo lume isavailable.
De pen dingon thecount ry,dat avo lume may
need tobe pur chased.
R Afast Int erne tconnection fordat atransmis‐
sion free ofinterfere nce.
The service sar ecou ntry-dependen t.
Fo rmor einf ormation, consultanauthor ized
Mer cedes-B enzCent er.
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source #
Select TuneIn Radio.
The TuneIn Radio displa yappear s.The last
st atio nse tst ar ts pla ying .
% The connectionqu alit ydepen dson thelocal
mobile phonerecep tion. Ov
ervie wof TuneIn Radio 1
Interne tRa dio prov ider
2 Selec tedcat egor y
3 Displa y(if con nectedto privat euser
accoun t)
4 Datatra nsf errate
5 Current statio nis stor ed asafa vo rite
6 Addition alinf ormation onthecur rent statio n Select
ingand connect ingTuneIn Radio sta‐
tion s
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 TuneIn Radio5
00D3 Search #
Select acat egor y. #
Select ast atio n.
The connectionis es tablished automatic ally.
or #
Select EnterAddress orPOI . #
Enterast atio nnam eusin gth eent ryfield.
% Arelativ elylar ge volume ofdat acan be
transmit tedwhen usingTuneIn Radio.
Sa ving/dele tingaTu neIn Radio station asa
fa vo rite
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 TuneIn Radio #
Select ast atio n. Mult
imed iasystem 293

#
Press and hold thecent ralcon trol elemen t
unt ilan audible signalsound s.
The ß symbol appearsby thest atio n
nam e. #
Select ß Favorites.
The listof save dfavo rite statio nsappear s.
or #
Creat ean acc oun tfo rth eonline prov ider
(T uneIn Radio) andthen log inon themulti‐
media system.
Yo ur favo rite sar eim por tedto themultimedia
sy stem.
Dele ting favo rite s #
Select ß Favorites. #
Select ast atio n. #
Press and hold thecent ralcon trol elemen t
unt ilan audible signalsound s.
The ß symbol bythest atio nnam edisap‐
pear s. Se
tting theTu neIn Radio optio ns
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 TuneIn Radio5
Z Option s
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Select Stream: selectth est re am qualit y
R Log into Tune InAc coun t: log into your
Tu neIn user acco unt
R Log Outof Accou nt:log ou tof your TuneIn
us er acco unt #
Select anoptio n. Medi
a Au
dio mode In
fo rm ation ontheaud iomod e &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction whenha n‐
dl ing data stor ag emedia
If yo uhan dleadat ast or ag emedium while
dr iving, your att entio nis div ertedfrom the tr
af fic condi tions.Thi scou ldalso cau seyou
to lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyhandle adat ast or ag emedium
when theve hicle isstatio nary. Pe
rm issible file systems:
R FAT32
R exFA T
R NTFS
Pe rm issible datast or ag emedium:
R SD card
R USB stor ag ede vice
R iPod ®
/iPhone ®
R MTP devices
R Blue tooth®
audio equipme nt
% Obse rveth efo llo wing notes:
R The multimedia system suppor tsatot al
of up to50,000 files.
R Dat ast or ag emedia upto2TB aresup ‐
por ted(32‑ bitaddr essspace). 29
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Multimedia system