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

When
theve hicle isbac kon aro ad know nto the
multime diasystem, routeguidan cecontinue sas
no rm al. Des
tination Sa
ving thecur rent vehicl eposi tion
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Navigation #
Ifth emap isdispla yedin full screen mode,
pr ess thecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The map menuappear s. #
Selec t1 onthemap menu (/page250).
The current vehicle position issave dto the
"Pr evious destination s"memo ry.
St oring ama pposit ion
Multi media system:
4 Navigation
The map isin full-scr eenmode. #
Press theTo uc hCon trol, thecon troller orthe
to uc hpad. #
Select "mo vemap" inmap menu 2
(/ page250) . #
Select aposi tion onthemap.
If multiple entries areav ailable fora map
posi tion, alis tapp ears. #
Highl ightanentr y. #
Select ¥ Store in"Previ ousDesti na-
tions ".
The map position issave dto the"Pr evious
des tination s"memo ry.
Edit ingthepr ev ious destina tions
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous andOther Destination s
5 Previous Destination s #
Highlight oneofthepr ev ious destination s. #
Tosave asafa vo rite :sel ect ¥ SaveMy
Fav orite.
The favo rite sar edispla yed. #
Movethefa vo rite to thedesir edposition .
If afa vo rite has already been added atthis
posit ion,itwill beove rwritt en. #
Tosave as"Home "addr ess:sele ct¥
Save as"Home ". #
Tosave as"W ork" addr ess:sele ct¥
Save as"Wo rk". #
Todel eteasing leor all des tina tions :
selec t¥ Deleteor Dele teAll.
A pr om ptappear s. #
Select Yes. #
Todispl aydes tina tioninf ormatio n:sel ect
¥ Details.
Usi ngextern al des tinatio ns
Ext ernal destinatio nscan berecei vedfrom the
fo llo wing sources:
R Mer cedes -Benz Apps
R Doo r-to -doo rna vig ation with Com panionapp
(US A)
% Recei veddes tinations aresa ve din thepr ev i‐
ous destination s.
A pr om ptappear son themedia display. #
Ades tination hasbeen receiv edwit hou t
pict ureinf orma tion :selec tYes . Mult
imed iasystem 24
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Ifro uteguidan ceisno tact ive, sele ctStart
Rout eGuidan ce.
The routeto thedes tinat ioniscalculat ed.
The map showsthero ute. Ro uteguidan ce
th en begins.
or #
Ifro uteguidan ceisact ive, sele ctStart New
Rout eGuidan ceorSet asNex tWay Point.
St art New RouteGuidan ce:th ere cei veddes‐
tin ation addressissetas ane wdes tination.
The prev ious destination sand intermediat e
des tination sar edele ted. Ro uteguidan ceto
th ene wdes tinat ionbegins.
Set asNext WayPoint :th ere cei veddes tina‐
tion addr essissetas thene xt newint er‐
mediat edes tinat ion.Routeguidan cebegin s. #
Ades tination hasbeen receiv edwit hpic‐
tu re informa tion: select Start Route Guid-
ance .
Ro uteguidan cestar ts. Ro
uteguidanc ewith current traf fic re por ts Tr
af fic inf orma tion overview
Tr af fic re por tsarere cei vedusing LiveTr af fic
Inf ormation andareused forro uteguidan ce.
This serviceis una vailable insome countries.
Ther ema ybe differe nces betwee nth etraf fic
re por tsrecei vedand theactual road and traffic
condi tions.
Im por tant informa tionon LiveTr af fic Inf orma‐
tion:
R Current traffic repor tsarere cei vedvia the
Int erne tconnection.
R The traf fic situ ation isup datedat shor t,re gu‐
lar interva ls.
R The subsc ript ion informatio nsho wsthest a‐
tus (/ page24 8).
Inf ormatio non theve hicle's position isregular ly
sent toMer cedes-Ben zAG .The data isimmed i‐
at elyre nde redanon ymous byMer cedes-Ben zAG
and forw arded tothetra ffic dat apr ov ider .Usin g
th is dat a,traf fic re por tsreleva nt totheve hicle's
position aresent totheve hicle. Thevehicle acts as
asensor forth eflow oftraf fic and helpsto
im prove thequ alit yof thetra ffic repor ts.
If yo udo notwish totrans mityo ur vehicle posi‐
tion, youcan have this ser vice deact ivat ed atan
aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cent er.
Displa yingsubscr iption informa tion
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withLiv eTr af fic
Inf ormation.
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
The subscr iption expir ation dateis aut omatic ally
displa yed:
R one mont hbef oreth eex pir ation date.
R one week bef oreth eex pir ation date.
R ontheex pir ation date. 24
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Todispl aymanu ally:select LiveTraffic Sub-
scription Info.
Depending onthest atus ,on eof thefo llo wing
mess ages appear s:
R theper iod ofvalidity forth esubscr iption
is displa yed.
R thesubscr iption hasexpir ed.
% The subscr iption canbeextende d:
R Atan aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCent er
R Viaan MB Info cal lto theMer cedes- Benz
Cus tomer Assis tanceCenter
Di spla yingthe traf fic ma p
Re quirement s:
R ForLiv eTr af fic Inf ormati on:theve hicle is
eq uipped withacommunication modulefea‐
tur ing anact ivat ed, integrat edSIM car d.
R When theve hicle isstar ted, thecomm unica‐
tion module automaticall yes tablishes an
Int erne tcon nection .Tr af fic inf ormati onis
mad eav ailable shortly af te rw ards. Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely:ifth emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press theTo uc hCon trol, the
contr oller or theto uc hpad.
The map menuappear s. #
Activate0073 º.
Th etraf fic map showsthefo llo wing informatio n,
fo rex am ple:
R Traf fic inci dents ,fo rex am ple:
- Roadw orks
- Road bloc ks
- Warning mess ages
The symbols fortr af fic inci dents aredis‐
pl ay ed incolor (onthero ute) or gra y(of fth e
ro ute).
R Traf fic flow informatio n:
- Traf fic jam (red line)
- Slow-mo ving traf fic (or ang eline)
- Hea vytraf fic (yel lo w line) -
Free-f lowing traffic (gr een line)
R Disp lay fo rtr af fic del ayson thero utelas ting
at leas ton emin ute
R Warning mess agesymbols :
- Symbo lÔ
- Addition alroad safetyno teswhen
appr oaching atraf fic inci dent, e.g.the
end ofatra ffic jam
If th eve hicle approaches adang erarea
on thero ute, awa rning mess ageis dis‐
pla yedon themap. Awa rning mess age
ma yalso beissued (/page250) .
Displa yingtraf fic incid ents
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Conten t #
ActivateTra fficInci dents 0073.
Ro adw orks ,ro ad bloc ks,local area repor ts
(e.g. fog) and warning mess ages aredis‐
pla yed. Multimedia
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Ac
tiv atin gfree flowan dtraf fic dis pla y #
ActivateFre eFlo wing Tra fficand Traffic
Del ays0073.
% The traf fic del ayisdispla yedfo rth ecur rent
ro ute. Traf fic del ayslas ting oneminut eor
long eraretak en intocon sider ation.
Displa yingdetails #
Displa yingthetra ffic map (/page24 9). #
Movethemap (/page252). #
When atra ffic repor tsymbol isunder the
cr oss hair,pr ess onthecent ralcon trol ele‐
men t.
The traffic re por tde tails aredispla yed.
or #
Press onthecent ralcon trol elemen t. #
Selec tInf ormat iononTraff icReport s.
The map showsthetraf fic re por tsymbols in
th evicinit y.
Tr af fic re por tinf ormation isdispla yedin the
st atus line:
R Traf fic re por tsymbol R
Reason forth etra ffic repor t,e.g. traffic
con gestion
R Warning mess age(highligh tedin red) #
Toselect atraf fic re por tsymb ol:sel ect
Next orPre vious. #
Press onthecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The traffic re por tde tails aredispla yed.
Issuing hazardwa rnings
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Announc ement s #
Activate0073 Annou nceTrafficWa rnings .
Wa rning mess ages areissued andtailbac ks
whic hpose arisk areannounced. Map
andcom pass Map
andcom pass overview 1
Savesth ecur rent vehicle position
2 Movesth emap
3 Select sth emap orient ation andmap view
4 Select sth efunc tion depending ontheeq uip‐
ment :
• Sends ahazar dwa rning viaCar -to-X . 250
Multim ediasystem

•
Fil ters thedispla yof POIs inthevicinit y
accor dingtoPOI categor y
5 Switc hesthedispla yof per sonal POIsym‐
bols onthemap onoroff
6 Switc hesone ofthefo llo wing displa yson or
of fdepending ontheeq uipment :
• We ather informat ion
• Traf fic inci dents
7 Switches thetra ffic map displa yon oroff
The map andsatellit eimag esaresho wninglobe
pr oject ion.This allowsfora re alis ticmap displa y
in all map scales. Themap uses elevatio nmod el‐
ing .
Dep endingonthemap data,im por tant buildi ngs
in ma nyciti esaredep icted realis ticallyon the
map insmal lmap scale s(e.g. 1/32 mi(20 m),
1/1 6mi (50 m)). Other buildings aresho wnas
model s.
% Youcan setth eunit ofmeasur ementofthe
map scale (/page226) .
If av ailable, online informat ionisdispla yed, e.g.
par kingga rage occupancy . %
Requiremen ts:
R Mer cedes meconnectis available.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth e
Mer cedes mePortal.
R The servicehas been activat ed atan
aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCent er.
Fu rther information canbefound at:
ht tp s:// www .merced es.me
% The onlineinf ormat ionisno tav ailable inall
coun tries.
De pen dingon themap data,speed limitscanbe
displa yedon themap. Thefunc tion fordisp laying
spee dlimi tsisno tav ailable inall coun tries.
% Com panylogos displayedon themap are
tra demar ksofthere spectiv ecom panies and
used solely forth epur pose ofindicat ingthe
locat ionsofthese com panies. Theuseof
suc hlogos onthemap does notindicat e
appr oval of, suppo rtof or adv ertising by
th ese com panies forth ena vig ation system
itself. Se
tting thema pscale
Re quirement s:
R The map issho wn.
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation #
Tozoo min: swi pedown ontheTo uc hCon ‐
tr ol.
or #
Turn thecon troller count er-cloc kwise.
or #
Movetwofing ersap arton theto uc hpad. #
Tozoo mout: swipeup on theTo uc hCon trol.
or #
Turn thecon troller clockwise.
or #
Movetwofing ersto ge ther on theto uc hpad. Mult
imed iasystem 25
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Mo
ving thema p
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely,if th emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press thecent ralcon trol ele‐
men t.
The map menuappear s. #
Selec t"Mo vemap" inmap menu 2
(/ page250) . #
Swipe inanydir ection ontheTo uc hCon trol
or touc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller inanydir ect ion.
The map movesin thecor responding direc‐
tion under thecr osshair .The further you
mo veyour fing er aw ay from thest ar tin gposi‐
tio non theto uc hpad, thefa ster themap
mo ves. Selec
tingthema por ientat ion
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely,if th emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press thecent ralcon trol ele‐
men t.
The map menuappear s. #
Inmap menu3 ,selec tN, 2D or
3D( /pag e250 ).
R N:the2D map viewisdispla yedso that
no rth is alw aysat theto p.
R 2D: the2D map viewisaligned tothe
dir ect ion oftrav el.
R 3D: the3D map viewisaligned tothe
dir ect ion oftrav el.
Selecting POIsymbols
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Conten t
POIs include gasst atio nsand hotels whic hcan
be displa yedas symbols onthemap, forex am‐
ple. Notall POI sar eav ailable everywher e. #
Sele ctPOI Symb ols.
The 003Bdo tindic ates thecur rent setting .
Stand arddispl ayssymbols ofpredef ined cat‐
egor iesonthemap.
User Definedallo wsyouto per sonall yselect
th esymbols forth eav ailable categor ies.
Non eswit ches thedispla yof f. #
Select ase tting. #
User Defined:select categor ies.
The POIsymbols oftheselect edcategor ies
ar edispla yed0073 ornotdispla yed0053.
Selecting thedisp layof text inf ormat ionin
th ema p
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Text Information #
Select text informati on.
Cu rrent Streetsho wsthest re et youar ecur ‐
re ntly drivi ng on atthebo ttom ofthedispla y.
When themap ismo ved, thefo llo wing infor‐
matio nappear sunder thecr osshair :
R Street nam e 25
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R
POI name
R Area name
Geo-coordin atesdispla ysthefo llo wing infor‐
matio n:
R Lon gitude andlatitude
R Elevatio n
The elev atio nsho wnmayde viat efrom
th eactual elevatio n.
R Number ofsat ellites from whichasign al
can berecei ved
When themap ismo ved, this inf ormatio n
does notappear .
Climate Controldispla ysthecur rent clima te
contr olsettings.
None switches thedispla yof f.
Displa yingthene xt int ersectin gst re et
Re quirement s:
R Routeguidan ceisno tact ive. Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s #
Activate0073 NextInter secting Street.
Th enam eof thene xt int ersect ingstre et will
be displa yedat theupper edgeof thedispla y.
Disp laying thema pve rsion
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s #
Select MapVersion . #
Select Details.
% Information aboutnewversions ofthedigit al
map canbeobt ained from anaut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCenter.
Ov ervie wof avo iding anarea
Yo ucan define areas that youwo uld liketo
avo id.
The routecan include anarea that isto be avoi‐
ded inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R The destination islocat edinan area that is
to be avoided.
R Free wa ys areloc ated within thear ea that is
to be avoided. Fr
ee wa ys arealw aysta ke nint oacco untfor
th ero ute.
R Ther eis no pract ical alternat ive ro ute.
Av oiding ane warea
Mult imedia system:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition
5 Avoid Option s5
Areas #
Select AvoidNewArea. #
Tosear chforan area viathe map: select
Usi ngMa p. #
Movethemap.
or #
Tosear chforan area usi ng anaddr ess:
sel ect Add ressEntry . #
Entertheaddr ess. #
Select SelectDestination.
The map appear s. #
Todispl ayan area: press theTo uc hCon trol,
th eto uc hpad orthecon troller .
A redre ctang leap pea rs.Thi sdes ignat esthe
ar ea that shoul dbe avo ided. Multim
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Tochang eth esize ofthear ea: swipe upor
do wn ontheTo uc hCon trol or theto uc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller upordown.
The map scale isenlar gedor reduced and
ch ang esthesize ofthear ea. #
Tosetth ear ea: press theTo uc hCon trol,
th eto uc hpad orthecon troller .
The area isent ered intoth elis t.
Changing anarea
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition
5 Avoid Option s5
Areas #
Highlight anarea inthelis t. #
Select ¥Edit.
Mo ving thear ea on thema p #
Swipe inanydir ect ion ontheTo uc hCon trol
or touc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller inanydir ect ion. Changing
thesize ofthear ea #
Tostar t:press theTo uc hCon trol, theto uc h‐
pad orthecon troller . #
Tochang e:swi peup ordown ontheTo uc h
Con trol or theto uc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller upordown. #
Tosto p:press theTo uc hCon trol, theto uc h‐
pad orthecon troller .
Ta king thear ea forthe routeint oacc ount #
Avoid 0073anarea inthelis t.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive, ane wrouteis cal‐
culat ed.
If th er eis no routeye t,th ese tting iscar ried
ove rto thene xt routeguidan ce.
Dele tingone orall areas
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition
5 Avoid Option s5
Areas #
Highlight anarea inthelis t. #
Select ¥Deleteor ¥ DeleteAll. #
Conf irm thepr om ptwit hYes .
On eor all areas aredele ted.
Map data updateov ervie w
The digit almaps gener ated bythemap software
become outdatedinthesame wayas conven‐
tion alroad maps .Op tim alrouteguidan cecan
on lybe prov ided bythena vig ation system in
con junc tion withup-t o-dat emap data.Inf orma‐
tion about newversions ofthedigit almap can
be obt ained from anaut hor ized Mercedes- Benz
Cent er.
Yo ucan also obtain map andsoftwareupdat es
th er e.
% The SDcardcan onlybe installed onana vi‐
ga tio nsy stem. Itis no tpossible toins tallth e
SD card onother navig ation systems.
Fr ee ma pup date afte rfirs tin st alli ng theSD
car d
In some countries map updat esareav ailable as
a do wnlo advia the"SD cardna vig ation" down‐
load manag er.
If th er eis amor ere cent mapupdate,yo ucan
obt ain this, under certain con dition s,free of 25
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