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

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
Plus areeit her regis tere dtrademar ksortrade‐
mar ksofGraceno te,Inc .in theUn ited States
and/ orother countr ies. Multimedia
system 295

"Made
foriP od" ,and "MadeforiPho ne," mean
th at an elec tron icacc esso ryhas been designed
to connect specifica llytoiPod ®
,or iPhon e®
,
re spectiv ely, and hasbeen certified bythede vel‐
oper tomee tApple perform anc est andar ds.
App le®
is no tre sponsible forth eoper ation of
th is de vice orits com plianc ewit hsaf etyand reg‐
ulat oryst andar ds.Please note that theuse of
th is acc essor ywit hiPod, oriPhon ema yaf fect
wi reless perform anc e.
Fo rthe USA:iPhon e®
,iP od ®
,iP od classic®
,
iP od nano ®
,and iPod touc h®
aretrademar ksof
Apple Inc.,re gis tere din theU. S. and other coun‐
tr ies. Lightning ®
is atrademar kof Apple Inc.
Fo rCa nada :iP hon e®
,iP od ®
,iP od classic®
,iP od
nano ®
,and iPod touc h®
aretrademar ksofApple
Inc .,re gis tere din theU. S. and other countr ies.
Lightning ®
is atrademar kof Apple Inc.
No teson cop yright
Au dio files that youcr eat eor repr oduce yourself
fo rpla yba ckarege ner ally subject tocop yrigh t
pr otect ion. Inman ycount ries, repr oduction s,
eve nfo rpr ivat euse, areno tper mitt edwithout
th epr ior con sent ofthecop yright holder .Mak e sur
eth at youkn ow about theapplicable copy‐
ri ght regulations andthat youco mp lywith these.
Ac tiv atin gmedi amode
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select amedia source.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac k.
Inser ting/r emo ving anSD card &
DANG ER Risk offata linj uryfrom swal‐
lo wing SDcards
SD cardsaresmall parts.
The ycould beswallo wedand lead tochok‐
ing. #
Keep SD cardsout ofthere ac hof chil‐
dr en. #
Seek medic alatt ent ion immed iatelyif
an SD cardhas been swallo wed. *
NO
TEDama gedue tohigh temp eratur es High
temp eratur esma ydamag eth eSD card. #
Remo vetheSD cardaf te ruse and take
it out oftheve hicle. Multimedia
system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources
5 Mem. Card
Inser ting
The multimedia connect ionunit islocat edinthe
st ow agecom partment unde rth ear mr est. #
Inser tth eSD memor ycar dint oth eSD card
slo tuntil iteng ages. The side withth econ ‐
ta cts mus tfa ce down wards.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac k.
Re mo ving #
Pres sth eSD card. #
Remo vetheSD card. 296
Multimedia system

Ov
ervie wof theaud iomod e 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(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 eUSB devices. #
Remo vetheUSB device afte ruse and
ta ke itout oftheve hicle. Multimedia
system 29
7

The
multimedia connection unitisfound inthe
st or ag ecom partmen tunder thear mr estand has
tw oUSB ports.
Depen dingontheve hicle's equipment, addi‐
tional USBportscan befound inthestor ag e
com partmen tof thecent ercon sole andinthe
re ar passe nger com partment . #
Con nectth eUSB device totheUSB port.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac konl yif
th ecor responding mediadisplayis activ ated.
% Use theUSB portidentif iedbyç touse
Ap ple CarPla y®
and Android Auto.
% Dep endingontheve hicle equipment ther eis
an additional USBportin there ar passe nger
com partment .Po rts th at arelabeled witha
bat tery symbol canonly beused tocharge
USB devices.
Selec tingatrac kin themed iapla yba ck
Multimedia system:
4 Media
Selecting atrac kby skipping toatrac k #
Toskip backwards orforw ards toa
tr ac k: navig ateup ordown. Sel
ecting atrac kusin gth ecur rent trac klis t #
Select 00D3. #
Select Current TrackList. #
Select atra ck.
Selec tingplaybac kop tions
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Z Option s
Pla ying backsimilar trac ks #
Select Play Simi larTra cks.
A trac klist wit hsimilar trac ks iscreat edand
pla yedbac k.
Pla ybac kmode #
Select Random Mode-Current Playlist.
The current trac klist ispla yedin rando m
or de r. #
Select Random Mode-Cu rrent Medium.
All trac ks on theactiv edat ast or ag emedium
ar epla yedin rando morde r. #
Select Norm alTra ckSequ ence.
The current trac klist ispla yedin theor der it
appear son thedat ast or ag emedium. Contr
olling media playbac k
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Y Playback Control
A bar withpla ybac kcon trols issho wn. #
Topause playbac k:sel ect and conf irm
Y with thecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00CF symbol isdispla yed. #
Toresume playbac k:select andconf irm
Y again withth ecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00D0 symbol isdispla yed.
To fast forw ard/r ewind #
Move00CF onthetimeline.
To hide theplaybac kco ntr ols #
Press the0038 button. Vi
deo mode Sw
itchin gto video mode
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select adat ast or ag emedium. 298
Multimedia system

#
Sea rchfo rand selectvideo files orpla ylists
wit hvideo files.
Pla yable video files arepla yedbac k.
The multimedia system suppor tsthefo llo wing
fo rm ats :
R MPE G
R AVI,DivX, MKV
R MP4, M4V
R WMV
% Ifth eve hicle istrave ling faster than 3mp h
(5 km/ h)thevideo imageis hidden from the
dr iver .If av ailable, thech ann eland prog ram
inf ormatio nis con tinuousl ydispla yed.
Due tothelar ge variet yof available video
fi les rega rding encoder s,sam pling ratesand
dat atransf errates, pla ybac kcanno tbe guar‐
ant eed.
Vi deos uptoFullHD (1920 x1080 )ar esup‐
por ted.
Cop y-pr otect edvideo files orDRM (Digital
Rights Management)enc rypte dfiles can not
be playedbac k. Multimedia
system 299

Ov
ervie wof video mode 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(for vid eo play bac k)
A Option s Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gful l-scree nmode
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select adat ast or ag emedium.
Pla yable video files arepla yedbac k. #
Toactiv atefull-s cree nmode: select#
Full Screen. 300
Multimedi asy stem

#
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
1

Switc
hingtoMedia Interface
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Connec ta dat ast or ag emedium totheUSB
por t(/ page29 7). #
Select amedia device.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac k.
Ov ervie wof Media Interface 302
Multimed iasystem