ESP MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET 2021 Owners Manual

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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. Using
Mercedes-Benz Link,va rious funct ions
and select edmobile phoneappscanbetransf er‐
re dto themedia display.
The Mercedes-B enzLink controlbo xsupplemen ‐
ta ry equipment isrequ ired forth is. Youcan
obt ain this at an aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cen‐
te r.
% The Mercedes-B enzLink controlbo xuses
th eAn droid oper ating system.
% The service prov ider isresponsible forth ese
apps andtheser vices andcontent conne c‐
te dto it.
Connecting Mercedes-B enzLink withth e
mu ltim edia system #
Conn ecttheMer cedes- BenzLinkcontrol bo x
wit hth eç USBportof themultimedia
con nect ionunit using asuit able connect ing
cable. %
Asuit able connect ingcable isavailable sep‐
ar atelyat an aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCen‐
te r.
Using Mercedes-Benz Link
Re quirement s:
R The Mercedes- BenzLink control bo xis con ‐
nec tedwit hth emultimedia system using the
ç USBport.
Multimedi asy stem:
4 Connec t5
Mercedes- BenzLink #
Select MBLink.
The mobile phonefunctionsand apps are
av ailable andshownonthemedia display.
Yo ucan find mor einf orma tionin theMer cedes-
Benz Linkcontrol bo xoper ating instruction s.
Ending Mercedes-Benz Link
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Mercedes- BenzLink #
Select Disconnect.
The connect ionisended. The
mobile phonecontinues tobe supplied
wit helect ricity .
or #
Disco nnect thecon nect ingcable between
th eMer cedes- BenzLinkcontrol bo xand the
multime diasystem.
% Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle
is statio nary. App
leCar Play® Ov
ervie wof App leCar Play® &
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 edfrom the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. Multimedia
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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.
iPhone ®
func tionscan beused viathemultime‐
dia system using Apple CarPla y®
.The yar eoper‐
at ed using thecent ralcon trol elemen tor the
Sir i®
vo ice con trol system. Youcan activat eth e
vo ice con trol system bypressing andholding the
00E3 buttononthemultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
When usingApple CarPla y®
wit hvo ice con trol,
th emultimedia system can still be oper ated via
th eVo ice Cont rolSy stem (/ page206).
Onl yone mobile phoneatatime canbecon nec‐
te dvia Apple CarPla y®
to themultimedia sys‐
te m.
The availabilit yof App leCarPla y®
ma yva ry
acc ordin gto thecount ry. The
service prov ider isresponsible forth is appli‐
cat ion and theser vices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Apple CarPla y®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof
Apple Inc.
Inf ormat iononApple CarPla y®
While usingApple CarPla y®
va rious funct ionsof
th emultimedia system, e.g.telephon yor the
media sourcesBlue tooth®
audio andiPod ®
,ar e
una vailable.
Onl yone 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 aniPhone ®
via Apple CarPla y®
Re quirement s:
R Apple ®
oper atingsy stem version iOS 8.3or
abo veisins talled ontheiPhone ®
.
R AnInterne tcon nect ionisrequ ired forth efull
ra ng eof func tions forApple CarPla y®
. R
The iPho ne®
is connect edtothemultimedia
sy stem viatheUSB portç using asuit a‐
ble cable (/page29 7).
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Apple CarPlay
Se tting automat icor manu alstar t
A messa geappear swhen connectedfo rth efirs t
tim e. #
Automatic star t:select Automatically.
Start Automatically isactiv ated 0073.
Apple CarPla y®
will nowstar timm ediat ely
af te rth eiPhone ®
is con nect edtothemulti‐
media system using aUSB cable. #
Manua lst ar t:select Manual ly. #
Select theiPhone ®
in 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 .
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Select Decl ine&End .
Ex iting Appl eCarP lay® #
Press the00E2 buttononthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, forex am ple.
% IfApp leCarPla y®
wa sno tdispla yedin the
fo re grou nd before discon necting,theappli‐
cation star ts inthebac kground when recon‐
nect ed.Youcan callupApple CarPla y®
in
th emain menu.
Calling upApple CarPla y®
sound settings
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Apple CarPlay 5
Sound #
Select thesound menu(/page31 3).
Endi ngApple CarPla y®
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Connec t5
Apple CarPlay #
Select Disconnect.
The connect ionisended.
The mobile phonecontinues tobe supplied
wit helect ricity .
or #
Disco nnect thecon nect ingcable between
th emobile phoneandmultimedia system.
Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle is
st atio nary. Andr
oidAuto Andr
oidAutoove rview &
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.
Mobile phonefunctionscan beused with
An droid Autousin gth eAn droid oper ating sys‐
te m on themultimedia system. Itis oper ated
using thecent ralcon trol elemen tor voice con ‐
tr ol system. Youcan activat eth evo ice con trol
sy stem bypressing andholding the00E3 button
on themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
When usingAndroid Autowit hvo ice con trol, the
multime diasystem can still be oper ated using
th eVo ice Cont rolSy stem (/ page206).
Onl yone mobile phoneatatime canbecon nec‐
te dvia Android Auto wit hth emultimedia sys‐
te m.
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. Multim
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Discon nectthecon nect ingcable between
th emobile phoneandmultimedia system.
Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle is
st atio nary. Tr
ansf erre dve hicl edata withAndroidAuto
and Apple CarPla y® Ov
ervie wof transf erre dve hicl edata
When using Andr oidAutoor Apple CarPla y®
,cer‐
ta in vehicle datais transf erredto themobile
phone. Thisenables youto getth ebes tout of
select edmobile phoneservices. Vehicle datais
no tdir ectl yaccessible.
The follo wing system information istransmit ted:
R Softwarere lease ofthemultimedia system
R System ID(anon ymized)
The transf erofthis dat ais used tooptimize com‐
munication between theve hicle andthemobile
phone. To
do this, and toassig nse veralve hicles tothe
mobil ephone, ave hicle identif ierisrando mly
ge ner ated .
Thi sha sno conne ctionto theve hicle identif ica‐
tion number (VIN)andisdele tedwhen themulti‐
media system isrese t(/ page24 0).
The follo wing drivin gst atus datais trans mitted:
R Trans miss ionposit ionengaged
R Distinction between parked, stands till,ro lling
and drivin g
R Day/n ight mode oftheins trument cluster
The transf erofthis dat ais used toalter how
con tent isdispl ayed tocor respond tothedr iving
situation .
The follo wing positiondatais transmit ted:
R Coor dinat es
R Speed
R Com pass direct ion
R Accel erati on dire ction Thi
sda ta isonl ytransf erredwhile thena vig ation
sy stem isactiv ein order toimprove it(e.g. soit
can continue func tioningwhen inatun nel). Mer
cedes mecalls Mak
ingacall viatheov erhead controlpa nel
Re quirement s:
R Youha ve acc ess toaGSM network.
R The cont ract partner' sGSM networkco ver‐
ag eis available inthere spectiv ere gion.
R The ignition isswitc hedonsothat vehicle
dat acan betransf erredaut omatic ally. Multimedia
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An
eme rgency callcan bemade automatical ly
( / pag e289) ormanuall y(/ page289 ).
Onl ymak eemer gency callsifyo uor other sar e
in need ofrescue. Donotmak ean emerg ency
call intheeve ntofabr ea kdo wnorasimil arsit‐
ua tio n.
Di spl aysin themed iadisp lay
SOS READY: eCall available
SO SNOT READY: theignition isno ton oreCall
is no tav ailable.
Dur ing anact ive emer gency call,0053 appe ars
in thedispla y.
Yo ucan find mor einf orma tionon there gional
av ailabilit yof eCall at:ht tp s:// www .merced es-
ben z-mobi le.com /extra /eca ll/
% Ifth er eis amalfunct ionintheemer gency
cal lsy stem (e.g. amalfunct ionwithth e
speak er,micr ophone, airbag,SOS button), a
cor responding messageappea rsinthemul‐
tifun ction displa yof theins trument cluster. Tr
igg ering anaut omat icemer gency call
Re quirement s
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntlych arge d.
If re stra int systems suchas airbags orEmer ‐
ge ncy Tensi oni ng Device sha ve been activated
af te ran accide nt,theMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsy stem mayaut omaticall yinitiat ean
emer gency call.
The eme rgency callhas been made:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes-B enzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers.
The SOS button intheove rhead control panel
fl ashes untilth eemer gency callis finis hed .
It is no tpo ssi ble to immed iatelyend anaut o‐
matic emergency call. If
no conne ctioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
If an eme rgency callhas been initiat ed:
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traffic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice
con nection ises tablished withth eemer‐
ge ncy callcent eroperator.
R Bas edon thecall, theoper ator decides
whe ther itis neces saryto cal lre scue teams
and/ orthepolice totheacciden tsit e.
R Ifno vehicle occupant answers, an ambu‐
lance issent totheve hicle immediat ely.
Tr igg ering ama nual emer gency call #
Press and hold theSOS buttonintheove r‐
head controlpanel forat lea stone second.
The emer gency callha sbe en ma de:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er. Mu
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R
Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes-B enzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers.
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traf fic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice
con nection ises tablished withth eemer‐
ge ncy callcent eroperator .
R Bas edon thecall, theoper ator decides
whe ther itis neces saryto cal lre scue teams
and/ orthepolice totheacciden tsit e.
If no con nect ioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
End inganunin tentional emergency call #
On themu ltifunct ionsteer ing wheel:
selec t0076. Depress thebutt onforse veral
seconds. Data
transf eroftheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem
In theeve ntofan automatic ormanua lemer‐
ge ncy callth efo llo wing datais transmit ted, for
ex am ple:
R Vehicle's GPSposition data
R GPS position dataon thero ute(a few hun‐
dr ed meters bef oreth einciden t)
R Direct ion oftra vel
R Vehicle identif ication number
R Vehicle drive type
R Number ofpeop lede term ined tobe inthe
ve hicle
R Whe ther Mer cedes meconnect isavailable
or not
R Whe ther theemer gency callwa sinitiat ed
manually oraut omatically
R Time oftheacciden t
R Languag ese tting onthemultimedia system
Dat atransmit tedis vehicle information. Foran y
qu estion sabout thecollect ion,useand shar ing
of theeCall system data,please contact MBU‐ SA
'sCus tomer Assis tance Center at800-F OR-
MER C.
Fo rCa nada ,plea secont actMBC's Customer
Assis tance Center at1-800-38 7-0100.
Cu stomer requ ests forco veredinf ormation
should besubmitt edvia thesame chann els.
Fo raccide ntclar ificatio npur poses ,th efo llo wing
measur escan betake nup toan hour afte rth e
emer gency callha sbe en initia ted:
R The current vehicle position canbedeter‐
mined.
R Avo ice con nection totheve hicle occupants
can beestablished 290
Multimedia system

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
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R
Mark AllEnt ries
R Unmark AllEnt ries
R Delete ThisEntry
R Delete AllEnt ries #
Select anoption. #
Activate Artist &Song Alerts 0073.
The alertis setfo rth ecur rent artis tor trac k.
If amatc his found ,a pr om ptappear sask ing
whe ther youwish tochang eto thest atio n.
Se tting aspor taler t #
Select Add New Alert.
or #
Select Man ageSports Ale rts. #
Select Select New Alerts.
or #
Select EditAle rts. #
Select ate am from aleague. #
Activate Spo rts Ale rts 0073. Inf
orma tion onSm artFa vo rite sand Tune
St art
St atio nsinthest atio npr ese tscan beadded as
Sm artFa vorite s. Smar tFa vorite sst atio nsare
aut omat icallysa ve dto temp orar yst or ag ein the
bac kground .If yo uch ang eto aSm artFa vorite s
st atio n,youcan repla y,pause oractiv elyskip
fo rw ardor bac kto broadcas tswhic hyo uha ve
missed .If Tu ne Startis act ivat ed and youch ang e
to ano ther Smar tFa vorite sst atio n,themusic
tra ck cur rentl ypl ay ing onthest atio nis aut omat ‐
icall yre star tedfrom thebeginnin gof thetra ck.
Ad ding ach anne lto Smar tFa vo rite s
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio #
Select theactiv efreq uency band. #
Highlight anent ry. #
Select ¥. #
Select Add Highlighte dCh anne lto Smar t
Favo rites. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gTu neS tart
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Z Option s5
TuneSt art #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Contr olling playbac k
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Y Playback Control
Yo ucan pause thepla ybac kof thecur rent sta‐
tio nor skip forw ardor bac kwardin thetimelin e.
This leavesliv emode toacc ess theint ernal tem‐
por aryst or ag e. #
Tofast forw ard/r ewind: turnth econ troller
count er-cloc kwise orcloc kwise/swipe leftor
ri ght ontheto uc hpad. #
Tojum pto thepr ev ious/ne xtsong: press
th econ troller leftor right/swipe leftor right
on theto uc hpad. #
Topause playbac k:sel ect 00CF. #
Toretur nto livemod e:navig ateto theend
of thetimeline. 31
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Callin
gup thesound menuinthe
Bu rm ester®
sur round soun dsy stem
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 Surroun dSoun d
R Soun dFoc us
R Other Soun dSet tings #
Select afun ction .
Ad jus tingthe treb le,mid andbassse ttin gs
on the Burmes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Equalizer #
Select Treble, MidRange orBass. #
Setth edesir edvalues. Ac
tiv atin gor deac tivatin gvo lum eadj ust‐
ment intheBu rm ester®
sur round soun dsy s‐
te m
Multimedia system:
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 inthe
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Balance andFader #
Adjus tth ebalance andfader . #
Toexitth emenu :pr ess the0038 button. Switc
hingsurround soun don oroffin the
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Surroun dSound #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Ad jus tingthe sound focus intheBu rm ester®
sur round soun dsy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Sound Focus #
Adjus tth esound focus . Ad
vanced sound system Inf
orma tion abou tth eAd vanced sound sys‐
te m
The Advanced soundsystem has atot alout put
of 22 5W and iseq uipped withnin espeak ers. It
is available forall functions inthera dio and
media modes. 31
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Multimedia system

Re
filling engine oil &
WARNIN GRisk ofburnsfrom hotcom‐
ponent partsintheengine compartmen t
Cer tain com pone ntpar tsintheengine com‐
par tmen tcan bevery hot,e.g. theengine,
th ecooler andpartsof theex haus tsy stem. #
Allo wtheengine tocool down and only
to uc hco mp onent partsdescr ibedin
th efo llo wing. &
WARNIN GRisk offire and injuryfrom
eng ineoil
If eng ineoilcom esintocon tact with hot
com ponent partsintheengine compart‐
ment ,it ma yignit e. #
Mak esur eth at no eng ineoilisspille d
ne xt to thefiller open ing. #
Allo wtheengine tocool offand thor‐
oughl yclean theengine oilfrom com po‐
nen tpar tsbef orest ar tin gth eve hicle. *
NO
TEEngi nedama gecau sed byan
inc orrect oil filt er ,inc orrect oil oraddi‐
tiv es #
Donotus eengi neoilsor oil filt er s
whic hdo notcor respond tothespecif i‐
cation sex plicitl ypr escr ibed forth e
ser vice interva ls. #
Followtheins truction son theser vice
int erva ldispla yfo rch ang ingtheengine
oil and obser vethepr escr ibed chang e
int erva ls. #
Donotuse additiv es. *
NO
TEDama gecau sed byrefilling too
muc hengine oil To
omuc hengine oilcan damag eth eengine
or thecat alytic converter . #
Have excess engineoilremo vedat a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. %
Depending ondriving style, theve hicle con‐
sumes upto0.9 USqt(0.8 liter) ofoil per
600 miles(1 000 km).The oilconsum ption ma
ybe higher than this when theve hicle is
ne wor ifyo ufreq uen tly dr ive at high engin e
spee ds. #
Turn cap 1cou nter-cloc kwiseand remo ve
it. #
Addengin eoil. #
Replace cap1and turnit cloc kwise untilit
eng ages. Maint
enanc eand care32
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