2021 MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS service

Then,
youcan selectaser viceand becon‐
ne cted toaspec ialistat theMer cedes- Benz
Cus tomer Cent er.
Call ingtheMer cedes- BenzCustomer Center
af te raut omat icac ciden tor break down
de tection
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasdetected anacci dent or
br ea kdo wnsitu ation.
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The hazar dwa rning light sar eswitc hedon.
% This function isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
In limit edsituatio nstheve hicle candetect acci ‐
dent orbrea kdo wnsitu ations.
In theeve ntan acci dent or brea kdo wnisde tec‐
te d, theemer gency guide sho wssafetyno tesin
th emultimedia system displa y.
Af terqu itting theemer gency guide displ ayon
th emultimedia system, apr om ptappear sask ing
whe ther youwish toget suppor tfr om the
Mer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Cent er. #
Select Call.
R Afteryo ur agr eem ent,or ifth eMer cedes
me connect service "Acciden tand Break‐
do wn Manag ement"is activ e,theve hicle
dat ais transf erredaut omatic ally
(/ page27 5).
R AMercede s-BenzCustomer Center
em ployeeta ke syo ur call and orga nize s
th ebr eakdo wnand acciden tassis tance.
Yo uma ybe charge dfo rth ese services.
% Depen dingonthese verity of theacciden t,
an aut omatic emergency callcan beiniti‐
at ed .Thi sha spr iority over all other activ e
calls.
% Inaddition, ifth eMer cedes meconnect
ser vice "Telediagnos tics"is activ e,asimilar
pr om ptcan appea raf te ra dela yin theeve nt
of abr ea kdo wn. Ifyo uar ealr eady incontact
wit hth eMer cedes- BenzCustomer Cent eror
ha ve already recei vedsuppor t,th is prom pt
can beigno redor declined.
% Ifyo uans werth epr om ptforsupp ortfr om
th eMer cedes- BenzCustomer Cent erwit h Later,
themessag ewill behidden and
appear again later.
The prom pttrig ge redby theMer cedes me
con nect service "Telediagnos tics",can either
be con firm ed ordeclined. Afterbeing
decli ned, this will notbe sho wnagain.
Ar ranging aser vice appointment viaa
Mer cedes mecall
If yo uha ve act ivat ed themaint enanc emanag e‐
ment service, releva nt vehicle datais transf erred
aut omat icallyto theMer cedes- BenzCustomer
Cent er.Yo uwill then recei veindiv idual recom‐
mend ations rega rding themaint enanc eof your
ve hicle.
Re gardless ofwhe ther youha ve conse nted to
th emaint enanc emanag ement service, themulti‐
media system reminds youaf te ra cer tain
amount oftim eth at aser viceis due. Apr om pt
appear sask ing ifyo uwo uld liketo mak ean
app ointment. #
Toarra ng easer vice appointment :select
Call .
Af teryo ur agr eem entth eve hicle datais sent
and aMer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Cent er Mul
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em
ployeedeals withyo ur appoin tment.The
inf ormat ionisthen sent toyour desir ed
ser viceout let.
This willcontact youto conf irm theappoint‐
ment andifneces sarycon sult about the
de tails.
% Ifyo usele ctLat erafte rth eser vice messag e
appear s,themessag eis hidden andreap‐
pear sat alat er tim e.
Tr ansf erre ddata during aMer cedes mecall
If yo uini tiat easer vicecall usin gMer cedesme,
dat ais transf erredto enable targeted advice and
an efficie ntser vice .
The follo wing requ iremen tsmus tbe fulf illed for
th etransf erofthedat a:
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
R The requ ired dat atransf ertech nol ogy issu p‐
po rted bythemobile phonenetworkpr o‐
vider .
R The qualit yof themobile connect ionissuf fi‐
cie nt. Mu
lti-sta ge trans ferdepe ndsonthefo llo wing
fa ct or s:
R Reason forth einitiat ionofthecall
R The available mobilephon etransm ission
te ch nol ogy .
R The activatedMer cedes meconnectser v‐
ices.
R The service select edinthevo ice con trol sys‐
te m.
Dat atransf erifMer cede sme connectser v‐
ice sar eno tactiv ated
If no Mer cedes meconnect services areactiv a‐
te d, thefo llo wing datais transf erred:
R Vehicle identif ication number
R Time ofthecall
R Reason forth einitiat ionofthecall
R Conf irmation ofthedat apr otect ion prom pt
R Coun try ind icat oroftheve hicle
R Setlanguag efo rth emultimedia system
R Telephon enumb erofthecomm unication
platf orm ins talled intheve hicle If
acall ismade fora ser vice appointment via
th eser vice reminder ,th efo llo wing datais also
transmit ted:
R Cur rent mil eage and main tenance data
If acall ismade afte rau tomatic accide ntor
br eakdo wndetection using themultimedia sys‐
te m, thefo llo wing datais also transm itted:
R Cur rent mil eage and main tenance data
R Cur rent vehicle location
If Ac cid ent and Brea kdo wnManag eme ntis
cal led via thevo ice con trol system and no
ser vice hasbeen activated, thefo llo wing data
can also becalled upfrom theve hicle bythe
Mer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Cent er:
R Current vehicle location
Data transf erifMer cedes meconne ctser v‐
ices areactiv ated
Onl yif th ere spectiv eser vice isactiv ated will
additional incident-specificdat abe transmitt ed
in thesecon dstag eto enable anoptimal
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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
(/ page27 1).
Yo ucan also calltheMer cedes- BenzCustomer
Cent erusi ng themultimedia system
(/ page27 2).
Ple ase 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
(/ page27 6).
Ob serveth econ 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 (/ page27 6)
If necessa ry,th econ 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 e27 8).
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. 27
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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 27
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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 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. 280
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#
Select Move Highlighte dStati on. #
Select amemo ryprese t.
Dele ting station s: #
Highl ightapr ese tentr yand navig ateto the
lef t. #
Selec tDelet eHighlig htedSt ation. #
Selec tYes. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gra dio text Multimedia
system:
4 Radio 5
Z Option s
5 Display RadioTextInformation #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Sat
ellit era dio In
fo rm ation onthesat ellit era dio
SIRI USXM®
sat ellite radio offers mor eth an 175
digit al-quality radio chann elsprov iding 100%
commer cial-free musi c,spor ts,news and enter‐
ta inm ent,fo rex am ple. SIRIUS XMsatellit era dio
em ploysaflee tof high-per form anc esat ellit esto br
oadcas tar ound thecloc kth ro ughout theUS A
and Canada. Thesatellit era dio progr am isavail‐
able fora mont hlyfe e. Inf ormation aboutthis
can beobt ained from aSir ius XM®
Ser vice Cen‐
te rand athttps://www .siriusxm.com (USA)or
https://www .siriusxm.ca (Canada ).
% Sirius ,XM and allrelat ed mar ksand logos
ar etrademar ksofSir ius XM Radio Inc.and
its subsidiar ies.Allother mar ks,ch ann el
nam esand logos areth epr oper tyof their
re spectiv eow ner s.All rights reser ved.
Sat ellit era dio restriction s
Sat ellit era dio mode maybe temp orarily una vail‐
able orinterru pte dfo ra va riet yof reason s.
Thes einc lude environ men talor topog raphical
con dition sbe yond thecon trol of Mer cedes- Benz
US A,LLC. Thus, operation atcer tain locat ions
ma yno tbe possible .
Re gis tering sat ellit era dio
Re quirement s:
R Satellit era dio equipment
R Regis tration withasat ellit era dio prov ider R
Ifre gis tration isno tincluded whenpurchas‐
ing thesy stem, your credit cardde tails will
be requ ired toact ivat eyo ur acc oun t.
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s #
Select ServiceInformation.
The service information screen appear s
sho wing thera dio IDand thecur rent sub‐
scr iptio nstatus . #
Establish ate lephon econ nection . #
Followtheser vice staf f's instruct ions.
The activatio npr oce ssma yta ke up toten
minut es.
% Youcan also have thesat ellit eser vice acti‐
va tedonline. Todo so, please visithttps:/ /
www .siriusxm. com(USA)orhtt ps:/ /
www .siriusxm. ca(Canada).
Switc hingonsat ellit era dio
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source #
Select SiriusXM Radio. Multimedia
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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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