2021 MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS USB

The
availabilit yof An droid Autoand Android Auto
apps mayva ry acc ordin gto thecount ry.
The service prov ider isresponsible forth is appli‐
cat ion and theser vices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Inf orma tion onAndr oidAuto
While usingAndroid Auto,va rious funct ionsof
th emultimedia system, forex am ple themedia
sour ceBlue tooth®
audio, areno tav ailable.
On lyone routeguidan cecan beact ive at atim e.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive on themultimedia sys‐
te m, itis closed whenrouteguidan ceisstar ted
on themobile phone.
Connecting amobile phoneviaAndr oidAuto
Re quirement s:
R The firs tacti vatio nof Andr oid Au toon the
multime diasystem mus tbe car ried out when
th eve hicle isstatio naryfo rsaf etyre ason s.
R The mobi lephon esuppo rts Andr oidAuto
fr om Andr oid5.0.
R The Andr oidAutoapp isins talled onthe
mobil ephone. R
Inorder touse thete lephon efunc tions,the
mobil ephone mustbe connect edtothemul‐
timedia system viaBlue tooth®
( / pag e258 ).
If th er ewa sno prior Interne tconn ection, this
is es tablished withth euse ofthemobile
phone withAn droid Auto.
R The mobile phoneisconn ectedtothemulti‐
media system viatheUSB portç using a
suit able cable (/page285).
R AnInterne tcon nect ionisrequ ired forth efull
ra ng eof func tions forAndr oidAuto.
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Android Auto #
Select themobile phonefrom thede vice list.
Ac cep ting/r eject ingtheda ta protection reg‐
ulat ions
A messag ewit hth edat apr otect ion regulations
appear s. #
Select Accept &Start .
or #
Select Decline &End. Ac
tiv atin gaut omati cst ar t #
Select StartAutoma tically0073.
St arting manuall y #
Select themobile phonefrom thede vice list.
Exiting AndroidAuto #
Press the00E2 buttonon themultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, forex am ple.
% IfAn droid Autowa sno tdispla yedin thefo re ‐
gr ound beforedisconn ecting,theapplication
st ar ts inthebac kground when reconnect ed.
Yo ucan callupAndroid Autointhemain
menu.
Calling uptheAndr oidAutosound settings
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Android Auto 5
Sound #
Select theto ne menu (/page 297).
Endi ngAndr oidAuto
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Android Auto #
Select Disconnect.
The connect ionisended. 27
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Multimedia system

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. Med
ia 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). Suppor
tedfo 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). 282
Multimed iasystem

Connect
ingUSB devices
* 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. 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.
% Depending ontheve 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 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 onthetimelin e.
To hide theplaybac kco ntr ols #
Press the0038 button. Multimedia
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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 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. Sw
itchin gto Media Interface
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Connec ta dat ast or ag emedium totheUSB
por t(/ page285). #
Select amedia device.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac k. 286
Multimedia system

At
tention assistant
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Au dio 20
see Multimed iasystem
Au dio mode
Ac tivati ng med iamod e................ .......... 283
Co nnecti ngUSB devic es........... ............285
Cop yrights. ............................................283
Inf ormatio n............ ................................282
Inser ting/r emoving anSD card............. 283
Med iasea rch.. .................................. .....2 86
Ov ervie w.... ....... ....... ............................ .284
Pa use and playbac kfun ction .................2 85
Selecti ngatrac k............ .......................285
Selecti ngplayba ckoptions .................... 285
Tr ac klis t................................................ 285
Au thorized Mercedes- BenzCenter
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop
Au thorized workshop
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop
Au tomatic distanc eco ntr ol
se eAc tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
Au tomatic drivin glights ........... .................115 Au
tomatic engine star t(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion)<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> ....139
Au tomatic engine sto p(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion)<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> .....139
Au tomatic fron tpass engerfr on tair‐
bag shutoff
Fu nctio nof theaut omatic front
passeng erfront airbag shutoff........... ..... 44
PA SSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p....... 46
Au tomatic fron tpass engerfr on tair‐
bag shutoff
see Automatic front pass engerfront
airb agshut off
Au tomatic mirrorfo lding function
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating........... ..............125
Au tomatic trans mis sion
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve r..... .................... .... 143
Dr ive pr ogr am disp la<005C001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> ....142
Dr ive pr ogr am<0056001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> ....................141
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h....................... 141
Eng aging drive po sitio n............ ............. 145
Eng aging neu tral ............. .......................144
Eng aging park position .................... ...... 145
Eng aging reve rsege ar. ...................... .... 144 Kic
kdo wn..... ..........................................147
Manual gearshif ting... ............................1 46
St eer ing wheel paddle shifters.............. 146
Tr ans miss ionposit iondispla y................ 143
Tr ans miss ionposit ions.......................... 143
Au tomatic trans mis sion (problem)
se eTr ans miss ion(problem ) B
Ba ghook .................................................... 108
BA S(Br akeAssis tSy stem). ...................... 160
Batt ery
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 66
Batt ery
see Battery(v ehi cle)
Batt ery(v ehi cle)
Ch <00440055004A004C0051004A0011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 325
Ch arging (Remo teOnline). ..................... 134
No tes... .................................................. 321
No tes(s ta rting assis tance and
ch argin g)............................................... 323
Re placing .............................................. 327
St artin gassis tance <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> ........325 Inde
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Calls
Accep ting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>262
Ac tivati ng functio nsduring acal l......... .262
Ca lls wit hse veralpar ticipant s............... 262
Decl ini<0051004A00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 262
Ending acal <004F001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 262
Incomi ngcalldu ring anexistin gcall ...... 263
Makin g.......... .................................... .... 262
Mer cedes me......................................... 271
Calls upthesound menu
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem.. ...298
Camer a
see 360° Camer a
see Rear vie wcam era
Car key
see Smar tKey
Car wash
see Care
Car wash (car e)......................................... 307
Car e
Air -water duct... .....................................3 07
Au tomatic carwash... ........................ ....3 07
Car pet....................................................3 12
Deco rativ efo il.. .....................................3 10 Dis
play <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 312
Ext eriorlighti ng............. ......................... 311
Hea dliner...... ............ .............................312
Matt efinis h.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 309
Pa int wo rk<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 309
Pl as tic tr<004C005000110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 312
Po we rwa sher. ................................. ...... 308
Re alwo od/tr imelements .................. ....3 12
Re ar vie wcam era.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 311
Sea tbel <0057001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 312
Sea tco ver..... ................................... ......3 12
Senso rs<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 311
St eer ing wheel. ................................. ..... 312
Sur round viewcam era..................... ...... 311
Ta ilpipes ............................................ .....3 11
Wa shing byhand. ..................................3 09
Whee ls/rims...... ....................................311
Wi ndo ws<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 311
Wi per blades .......................................... 311
Car gotie- down rings. ................................ 107
Car pet(Car e).............................................. 312
Cha ngeof address. .....................................2 3
Cha ngeof ow ner ship ..................................2 3 Cha
nging awheel
Pr epar ation...........................................3 59
Ra ising theve hicle ................................ 360
Changing awheel
see Emer gency sparewheel
Chan ginggears
Manu ally....... ......................................... 146
Cha nging hubcap s.. .................................3 59
Char acterentr y
Using thecon troller.... ........................... 220
Char ging
Batt ery(v ehicle) .................................... 325
USB port................................................ 111
Child safetyloc k
Re ar door s...............................................6 1
Re ar side windows<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 63
Chi ldseat
At tach ing (notes)... ..................................5 4
Basi cins tructi ons<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> ...............50
Fr ont- passeng erseat (notes)... ................6 0
LA TC H-type (ISOFIX )(ins talling). .............5 5
No teson risk sand dang ers... .................. 51
Secu ring on thefront passeng erseat... ...60 Inde
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Dir
ect frequency entry.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> 292
Mo ving <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 292
Sea rching... ...........................................2 92
Se <00570057004C0051004A00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> ......................................292
St or ing.... ..............................................2 92
St ation list
Ca lling up. ....... ......................................292
St ation prese ts
Mana ging....... ....................................... 292
ST EER CONT ROL
Fu nctio n/no tes.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 162
Ste ering wheel
Ad jus ting (electr ica lly<000C001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> .............98
Ad jus ting (manually).<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 97
Butt ons<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011>........208
Ca re<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 312
Oper ating thememor yfunc tion.............1 01
St eer ing wheel heater............................. 99
Ste ering wheel heater
Swit ching on/ off.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 99
Ste ering wheel padd leshif ters................ 146
St orag ear eas
see Stor ag espace St
orag ecom partmen ts
se eSt or ag espace
St orag espa ce
Ar mr est.................................................1 04
Cent erconsole ................................... ...104
Doo r......... ............. ................................104
Glo vebox.............................................. 104
USB ports..... .................................... ..... 104
St ow agear eas
see Load ing
St ow ageco mp artments
see Load ing
Sulfur content............ ................................371
Sur round lighting
Se tting........... ........................................ 118
Sur round View
see 360° Camer a
Sur round viewcamer a
Ca re<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 311
Suspension Dam ping charact eristic s... .....................1 88
DY NA MIC BODY CONTR OL.... ............ .... 188 Se
tting thesuspension leve l(AI R‐
MA TIC). .................................................. 189
Suspension see AIRMA TIC
Suspension leve l(AIRMA TIC)
Se tting... ................................................ 189
Switc h-offdela ytime
Ext erior .................................................. 118
Int erior ..... .............................................1 20
Swi tching thesur round soun don/ off
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem.. ...298
Switc hingvolum eadj ustm ent on/of f
Ad vanced soundsystem.. ......................2 99
Sync hroni zation function
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating (mu ltimed ia
sy stem).. ................................................ 128
Swi tching on/of f(contr olpa nel )........... 128
Sy stem settings
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating PIN protec‐
tion.. ...................................................... 227
Re setfunction (multimedia system) ...... 230
Se tting thedis tance unit.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 226 Inde
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Tr
ansf erre dve hicl edata
Andr oidAuto<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 271
App leCa rPlay®
<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 271
Tr ansmis sion(pr obl em)............ ................145
Tr ansmis sionof theve hicl eposi tion
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating........... ..............223
Tr ansmis sionposi tion displa y......... .........143
Tr anspo rting
Ve hicle. ............................................. ....3 29
Tr ead weargrade ....... ................................347
Tr im element (Care)................................... 312
Tr unk lid
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating theta ilg ate
open ingheight restriction <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 76
Closin g............................................. .......7 2
Emerg encyrelease (from inside )..............7 6
HANDS-FREE ACCES S.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 74
Loc king separately... ............................... 75
Opening... ......... ................................. ...... 71
Opening dimensions.... .......................... 376
Tu neIn
Logging out...........................................2 82
Re gis teri<0051004A00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> .........282 Sel
ecti ngstre am.. ............................ .....2 82
Se tting options ......................................282
Te rm sof use.. .................................... ....2 82
Tu neIn
Calling up.......................................... ....2 80
Dele tingstatio ns...................................2 81
Ov ervie w.. .......................................... ... 281
Sa ving statio ns...................................... 281
Sel ect ing and connectingast atio n........ 281
Tu rn signal indicat or.................................. 115
Tu rn signal light
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating........... ..............115
Tw o-w ayradio s
Fr eq uencies. .......................................... 367
No teson installation .............................3 66
Tr ans miss ionoutput (max imum )............ 367 U
Un its ofmeas urement
Se tting... ................................................ 226
Un loc king setting ........................................ 65
Up dat es
Im por tant system updat es.................... 229 Inf
ormation.. .......................................... 228
Pe rfor ming.... ........................................2 29
Sof twareupd ates..... .............................229
USB devic es
Connecting ............................................285
USB port
Re ar passe nger com partment ................ 111
User profile
Cr eating ................................................ 228
Im por ting/e xpor ting.... .........................2 28
Op tions.......... ....................................... 228
Se <00570057004C0051004A00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> ......................................227
Usi ngthete lephone
see Calls V
Ve hicl e
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating standb y
mode .....................................................1 57
Collis iondetection (parking) .................. 156
Cor rect us<0048001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> .....27
Dat aacq uisitio <0051001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> ................29
Dat ast or ag e... ......................................... 29
Diagnos ticsconn ection.... ....................... 26 Inde
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