2021 MERCEDES-BENZ CLS-Class USB

If
yo uuse services, suchas repair services and
maint enanc ewo rk,st or ed oper ational dataas
we llas theve hicle identif ication number canbe
re ad out and used. Theycan beread out by
ser vice networkem ployees, suchas workshops
and manuf acturersor third par ties ,suc has
br eakdo wnservice s.The same istrue inthe
case ofwa rrant yclaim sand qualit yassur ance
meas ures.
In gener al,th ere ad out isper form ed via the
leg allypr escr ibed portfo rth ediagnos ticscon‐
nect ionintheve hicle. Theoper ational datath at
ar ere ad out documen tte ch nica lst at es ofthe
ve hicle orofindividua lcom ponent sand assis tin
th ediagnosis ofmalfunct ions,compliance with
wa rrant yoblig ationsand qualit yim prove ment.
To that end ,th ese data,in par ticular information
about componen tloads, tech nica leve nts, mal‐
func tions and other faults maybe trans mitted
alon gwit hth eve hicle identif ication number to
th emanuf acturer.Fu rther mor e,themanuf ac‐
tur erissubject toproduct liability .Fo rth is rea‐
son themanuf actureralso uses operational data
fr om theve hicle, forex am ple, forre cal ls. The se da
ta can also be used toexamin eth ecus tom‐
er's warrant yand guar anteeclaim s.
Fa ult mem ories intheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outle tor atyour requ estas par tof repair
or maint enanc ewo rk.
Con venience andinfotainme ntfuncti ons
Yo ucan stor econ venie nce settings andindivid‐
ua lse ttings intheve hicle andchang eor rese t
th em atanytime.
Depen dingontheve hicle equipment, this
inc ludes thefo llo wing settings ,fo rex am ple:
R Seat andsteer ing wheel position s
R Suspension andclimat econ trol settings
R Individual settings, suchas interior lighting
Depen dingontheselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdata intove hicle infotainm entfunction s
yo urself .
De pen dingon theve hicle equipment, this
inc ludes thefo llo wing data,forex am ple:
R Mult imed iadat a,suc has music ,fi lms orpho‐
to sfo rpla yba ckinan integr ated multim edia
sy stem R
Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integr ated hands-fr eesystem oran inte‐
gr ated navig ation system
R Entere dna vig ation destinations
R Dat aabout theuse ofInt erne tser vices
These datafo rcon venie nce and infotainm ent
fun ction sma ybe save dlocally intheve hicle or
th ey ma ybe locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve
connect edtotheve hicle, suchas asmar tphone,
USB flash drive or MP3 player.If yo uha ve
ent ered these datayo urself ,yo ucan deletethem
at anytime.
This datais tra nsmit tedfrom theve hicle tothird
par ties onlyat your requ est.This applies, inpar‐
ticular ,when youuse onlineser vices inacc ord‐
anc ewit hth ese ttings that youha ve select ed.
Smar tphone integratio n(e .g. Android Au toor
App leCar Play)
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped, youcan
co nn ect your smar tphon eor ano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan then con trol them
by means ofthecon trol element sint egr ated in
th eve hicle. Imagesand audiofrom thesmar t‐
phone canbeoutput viathemultimedia system. Gener
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St
ow agespace sin theve hicl eint erior Ov
ervie wof thefront storage com partmen ts 1
Stor ag espace inthedoor s
2 Stor ag ecom partmen tin thear mr estwit h
USB portsand stor ag espace, e.g.foran
MP3 player
3 Stor ag ecom partmen tin thefront cent er
con sole withaUSB port
4 Glovebox Thr
ough-load ingfeatur ein there ar ben ch
seat (EASY-PA CK Quic kfold) Fo
lding there ar seat backres tfo rw ards &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
whe nad jus ting theseats
When youadj usta seat ,yo uma ytrap your‐
self orave hicle occupant. #
When adjustingaseat, makesur eth at
no onehas anybody partsinthesw eep
of theseat. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjuryif
th ere ar ben chseat/r earseat andseat
bac kres tar eno teng aged
Re ar ben chseat, rear seat andseat backres t
can fold forw ards.
R Asare sult, theve hicle occupant is
pr essed agains tth eseat belt. Theseat
belt cann otper form itsintended protec‐
tiv efunc tion andcould cause additional
injur ies. R
Objec tsor loads inthetrunk cann otbe
re stra ined bytheseat backres t. #
Mak esur eth at there ar ben chseat, the
re ar seat andtheseat backres tar e
eng aged bef oreeve rytrip . If
th elef tseat backres tis no teng aged and
loc kedin place, this will besho wnonthemulti‐
func tion displa yon theins trument cluster.If th e
cent ersea tba ckrest isno teng aged and locked
in place, there dloc kve rificati onindi catorwill
be visible.
Alw aysensur eth at all vehicle occupants have
th eir seat belts fastened correctl yand aresitti ng
pr ope rly. Pa rticular attent ion mus tbe paid to
ch ildr en.
If yo uno longerre qu ire th efo lded-d ownsea t
ba ckrest as aloadin gar ea, fold thebac kres t
bac kint oplace.
Re quirement s:
R The area intowhic hth eseat backres tis fol‐
ded isclear . Seat
sand stow ing 10
3

#
Open flap 3. #
Inser tth eplug ofthede vice into11 5V
soc ket1.
Wh entheon- boar delectr icalsystem voltag e
is suf ficie nt, indi catorlamp 2light sup. USB
portin there ar passe nger comp artment %
Dependi ngon theve hicle equipment, the
design ofthestor ag ecom partmen tand the
num berof USB ports in there ar passe nger
com partment centerconsole mayva ry.
If th eignition isswitc hedonyoucan charge a
USB device, suchas amobile phone, attheUSB
por tusing asuit able chargin gcable .
The devic es can becharge dwit h5 V (up to3A)
and whenth eignition isswitc hedon. Wi
reless chargin gof themobil eph one and
connecti onwit hth eex terior ant enna No
teson wir elessl ych argin gth emobil e
ph one &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stow agespac esand mobi
lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctswit hin.
Ther eis arisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,parcel
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk/ cargocom part‐
ment . Obser
vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle. 11
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Sea tsand stow ing

&
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent ifLane
Ch ang eAssi stune xpectedl yst ops func‐
tionin g
If th esy stem limit ations forLane Change
Assis tha ve been reac hed, ther eis no guar‐
ant eethat thesy stem will remain active.
Lane ChangeAssis tcanno tth en assis tyo u
by appl ying steer ing torq ue. #
Alw aysmonit orthelane chang eand
ke ep your han dson thesteer ing wheel.
Obser vethetra ffic con dition sand steer
and/or brak eif neces sary. Sy
stem limit s
The system limit ations ofActiveSt eer ing Assis t
apply toActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st
( / pag e17 8).
The system mayalso beimpair edorma yno t
func tion inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R The sensorsin there ar bum peraredir ty,
damag edorcoveredby ast icke ror ice and
sno w,forex am ple.
R The exterior lighting showsadef ect. %
The ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi stsensor s
adjus taut omaticall ywhile acer tain dis tance
is be ing driven afte rth eve hicle hasbeen
deliv ered. ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi stis
una vailable oronl ypar tiall yav ailable during
th is teac h-in proce ss;noarro w appear sne xt
to theØ ActiveSt eer ing Assis tsymbol
when thetur nsignal indicat orisactiv ated.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gAc tiv eLan eCha nge
As sist
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Act ive Lane Change Assist #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion. Ac
tiv eBr ak eAs sist Fu
nction ofActiv eBr ak eAs sist
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stconsi stsof thefo llo wing
func tions:
R Distance warning func tion
R Autonomo usbraki ng func tion
R Situ ation-d epend ent braki ng assist anc e R
Vehicl eswith Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:Evasi ve Steer ing Assis tand corner ing
func tion
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stcan helpyo uto minimize the
ri sk ofacollision withve hicles, cyclis tsor
pedes trians ortoreduce theef fects ofsuch a
coll ision.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi sthas detected arisk ofcolli‐
sion, awa rning tone sou nds and theL dis‐
ta nce warning lam plight sup intheins trument
clus ter.
Ve hicl eswith PRE-S AFE®
:depe nding onthe
cou ntry,an addit ionalhap ticwarning occursin
th efo rm ofslight, repeat edtensi oni ng ofthe
seat belt.
If yo udo notre act tothewa rning, autono mous
br akin gcan beinit iated incritic alsituat ions.
In espec iallycritic alsituat ions,Ac tiveBr ak e
Assi stcan initia te aut onomo usbrakin gdir ect ly.
In this case, thewa rning lam pand warning tone
occu rsi mu ltane ously with thebr aking applica‐
tion . 18
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Driving and parking

Cor
nering function (onlyve hicl eswith Driv‐
ing Assistanc ePa ckag e)
If adang erofcoll ision from anoncoming vehicle
is de tected whe ntur ning across anoncomi ng
la ne, autonomo usbraki ng can beinitia tedat
speeds below9mp h(1 5 km/h) beforeyo uha ve
lef tth elane inwhic hyo uar edr ivin g. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Eva‐
si ve Steer ing Assis t
Ev asiv eSt eer ing Assis tcann otalw aysre cog‐
nize objectsorcom plex traf fic situ ations
cle arly.
Mor eover,th esteer ing suppor tpr ov ided by
Ev asive St eer ing Assis tis no tsuf ficie ntto
avo idacollis ion. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation; donotre ly on Evasiv e
St eer ing Assis talone. #
Beprepar edtobrak eor sw erve ifnec ‐
essar y. #
End thesuppor tby act ivel yst eer ing in
non -critical situation s. #
Drive at an appr opriatespeed ifth er e
ar epedes trians close tothepat hof
yo ur vehicle. Sy
stem limit s
Fu llsy stem perform anc eis no tav ailable fora
fe w sec ond saf te rswitc hingontheignition or
af te rdr iving off.
If Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisim pair edorinope rativ e
du eto amalf unction,the00C7 warning lam p
appear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc ‐
tion ,par ticular lyin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Insno w,rain, fog, hea vyspr ay,if th er eis
gl ar e, indir ect sunlight oringrea tly varying
ambien tlight .
R Ifth esensor sar edir ty,fo gg ed up, damag ed
or covered.
R Ifth esensor sar eim pair eddue tointerfer‐
ence from other radar sour ces, e.g.stro ng
ra dar reflect ions inpar king garage s.
R Ifaloss oftirepr essur eor afa ulty tirehas
been detected and displ ayed. R
Incom plextraf fic situ ations whereobject s
cann otalw aysbe clear lyidentif ied.
R Ifpedes trians orvehicles movequickl yint o
th esensor detection rang e.
R Ifpe destrians arehidde nby other objects .
R Ifth etypical outline ofapedes trian cann ot
be distinguished from thebac kground.
R Ifapedes trian isno tde tected assuch ,e.g.
due tospecial clothing orother objects .
R Ifth edr iver's seat beltisno tfa stened.
R Onbends withatight radius.
% The ActiveBr ak eAssi stsensor sadjus taut o‐
matically whileacer tain dis tance isbe ing
dr iven afte rth eve hicle hasbeen delivered.
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stisuna vailable oronl y
par tiall yav ailable during thete ac h-in proc‐
ess.
Se tting Activ eBr ak eAs sist
Re quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon. 18
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Driving and parking

Symbol
Designation Function
Z Settings Selecttomak ese ttings.
© HomeSelecttoretur nto thehome screen.
j MessagingSelecttocal lup mess aging.
2 Fullscr een Selectto switc hto full screen mode. The
follo wing functionsand settings areav aila‐
ble inthemedia menu:
R Connec tingextern al dat ast or ag emedia with
th emultimedia system (e.g. using USBor
Blue tooth®
)
R Playing backaudio orvideo files Au
thorizing aBlu etoo th®
audio devic efo r
medi apla yba ck Re
quirement s:
R Blue tooth®
is act ivat ed on themultimedia
sy stem and audio equipment. R
The audio equipment supportstheBlue‐
to oth®
audio profiles A2DP and AVRC P.
R The audio equipment is"visible" forot her
de vices.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Media 5
Bluetoot h5
00A5
Wi th Blu etoo th®
audio, youcan playbac kmusi c
fi les from anextern al dat ast or ag emedium, e.g.
yo ur smar tphon e,usin gth eMBUX multimedia
sy stem. #
Topla ybac kaudio files using themultimedia
sy stem, author ize theex tern al dat ast or ag e
medium ontheMBUX multimedia system. Au
thorizing ane wBlu etoo th®
audio devic e #
Select Connect NewDevice . #
Select anaudio device.
Au thor ization star ts.A cod eis displa yedon
th emultimedia system and onthemobile
phone. #
Ifth ecodes areidentic al,con firm onthe
audio equipme nt. #
Select Onlyas Bluet oothAudi oDe vic e.
The Blue tooth®
audio equipme ntiscon nec‐
te dwit hth emultimedia system. 256
MBUX multimedia system

Butt
ons
St eer ing wheel .....................................2 17 C
Calls Mer cedesme .......................................2 45
Camer a
see 360° Camer a
see Rear vie wcam era
Car key
see Smar tKey
Car wash
see Care
Car wash (car e)....................................... 269
Car -to-X -Comm unication
Displa yinghazar dwa rnings .................2 39
Car e....... ....................................................274
Air -water duct <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 269
Au tomatic carwash ........................ ..... 269
Car pet............ ................................. ..... 274
Deco rativ efo il ................................ .....2 72
Dis play <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 274
Ext eriorlighti ng............ ....................... 272 Hea
dliner ............ ................................. 274
Matt efinis h<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ...............271
Pa int wo rk <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 271
Plas tictrim .......................................... 274
Po we rwa sher ................................. ..... 270
Re alwo od/tr imelements ............... ..... 274
Re ar vie wcam era ................................ 272
Sea tbel t<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 274
Sea tco ver..... ................................... ... 274
Senso rs<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 272
St eer ing wheel .....................................2 74
Sur round viewcam era .........................2 72
Ta ilpipes .............................................. 272
Wa shing byhand .............................. ... 271
Wheels/r ims....................................... 272
Wi ndo ws <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 272
Wi per blades ........................................ 272
Car gotie- down rings ...............................1 05
Car pet(C are) ....... .....................................274
Cha ngeof address .................................... 22
Cha ngeof ow ner ship ................................ 22
Changing awheel
Pr epar ation ......................................... 320
Ra ising theve hicle ........................... ....3 21 Cha
nging awheel
see Emerge ncy sparewheel
Chan ginggears ....... ................................. 149
Manually ..............................................1 49
Chang inghub caps ................................. 320
Char ging
Batt ery(v ehi cle) .................................. 287
USB port....... ....................................... 110
Cha ssis leve l(AIR BODY CONT ROL)
Se tting .................................................1 97
Child safetyloc k
Re ar door s.............................................6 1
Re ar side windows <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 63
Chi ldseat
At tach ing (notes) ................................... 54
Basi cins tructi ons <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> .............50
Fr ont- passeng erseat (notes) ................. 60
LA TC H-type (ISOFIX )(ins talling) ............ 55
No teson risk sand dang ers ...................5 1
Secu ring on thefront passeng erseat ....6 0
Secu ring on there ar seat ...................... 58
To pTe ther ..............................................5 7 Inde
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St
arting assistance
see Jump -star tconne ction
St arting theengine
see Vehicle
St arting-o ffaid
see Hillstar tassis t
ST EER CONT ROL
Fu nctio n/no tes ................................... 165
Ste ering wheel .........................................2 17
Ad jus ting (electr ica lly)............ ...............97
Ad jus ting (manually)............ ..................96
Butt ons ............ .................................... 217
Car e................................................ .....2 74
Oper ating thememor yfunc tion ..........1 00
St eer ing wheel heater............................9 7
Ste ering wheel heater
Swit ching on/ off............................ .......9 7
Ste ering wheel padd leshif ters .............. 149
St orag ear eas
see Stor ag ecom partmen t
St orag ecom partmen t........... ..................103
Ar mr est<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011>.......103
Cen terconsole .................................... 103 Doo
r............ ............. .......................... .103
Gl ove box.............................................1 03
St orag ecom partmen ts
se eSt or ag ecom partmen t
St orag espa ces
USB ports...................................... ...... 103
St ow agear eas
see Load ing
St ow ageco mp artments
see Load ing
Sugg estion s
Conf iguring <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ................230
Sul fur conten t<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>332
Sur round lighting
Switc hingon/of f...... ........................ .... 119
Sur round View
see 360° Camer a
Sur round viewcamer a
Ca re <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 272
Suspension Adjus ting thech assis leve l(AI R
BO DY CONTR OL) .................................1 97
Dam ping charact eristic s...................... 196 DY
NA MIC BODY CONTR OL.................. 196
Suspension see AIRBODY CONTR OL
Switc h-offdela ytime
Ext erior ................................................ 118
Int erior ................................................. 120
Sync hronization function
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating (MBUX mul‐
tim ediasystem) ................................... 129
Swi tching on/of f(contr olpa nel )......... 129
Sy stem settings
Ov ervie wof thesy stem settings
menu ................................................... 230 T
Ta ilpip es(car e)........................................ 272
Ta nk cont ent
Fu el ..................................................... 333
Re ser ve(fuel) ...................................... 333
Te ch nical data
Inf ormation .......................................... 327
Ra dio oper ating permits ...................... 329 Inde
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