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Overview and operation
Overview of
the multimedia sy stem 000A
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you will be distracted from the
traf fic situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle. 0007
Only operate this equipment when the
traf fic situation permits. 0007
Ifyo u cannot be sure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad
and traf fic conditions and ope rate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y. Yo
u must obse rveth e legal requirements forthe
country in whi chyou are cur rently driving when
operating the multimedia sy stem. 1
Touch Control
Multimedia sy stem button group on the
st eering wheel (0013 page270)
2 Media display
3 Main fu nction button group
(0013 page 301)
4 Touchpad
5 Control knob •
Ad justs thevo lume (0013 page 304)
• Swit ches the sound on/off
(0013 page 303)
Fo r Mercedes-AMG vehicles with AMG Per‐
fo rm ance exhaust sy stem:
• Turn: adjusts thevo lume
• Press: switches the multimedia sy stem
on/off
6 00D0 button
• Switches multimedia sy stem on/off
Fo r Mercedes-AMG vehicles with AMG Per‐
fo rm ance exhaust sy stem:
• Sets thevo lume of the AMG Performance
ex haust sy stem
7 Controller Note
s onthe media display 000E
NO
TEScratches on the display The display has a highly sensitive, high-gloss
sur
face. The reis a risk of it becoming
scratched. Multimedia sy
stem 297

0007
Avoid touching the displa y. 0007
Obser vethe no tes on cleaning. Obser
vethe no tes on caring forth e interior
(0013 page 422).
Au tomatic temperature-cont rolled switch-
off feature: ifth ete mp erature is too high, the
brightness is initially reduced automaticall y.The
display may then switch off comple tely for a
while.
0009 Ifyo u are wearing polarised sun glasses, it
may be dif ficult toread the displa y. Central control elements
overview 1
Touch Control
2 Controller
3 Touchpad To
uch Control Operating
Touch Control 0007
Tocall up main functions: press button1.
or 0007
Press and hold button 3. 0007
Tocall up favo urites: press button 1. 0007
Swipe down on Touch Control 2. 0007
Toopen a lis t:press Touch Control 2. 0007
Toclose a lis t:press button 3.
or 0007
Swipe right on Touch Control 2. 298
Multimedia sy stem

0007
Toselect a menu item: swipe up, down, left
or right on Touch Control 2. 0007
Press Touch Control 2. 0007
Tomo vethe digital map: swipe in any
direction.
Setting the sensitivity for the Touch Control
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
w Input
0019 Touch Control sensitivity 0007
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . Operating
the controller 1
0038 button
Press brief ly:re turns tothe pr evious display
Press and hold: calls up main functions
2 00E2 button
Calls up the main functions To
call up favo urites: when the main func‐
tions are displa yed, slide controller 3
down.
3 Controller
Controller operating options: 0007
Turn 0018 anti-clockwise or clo ckwise. 0007
Slide 0016 left orright. 0007
Slide 0019 up or down. 0007
Slide 0017 diagonally. 0007
Press 001Cbrief lyor press and hold. To
uchpad Ac
tivating/deactivating the touchpad
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
w Input 0007
Activate 0073or deacti vate 0053 theTouchpad .
Operating theto uchpad
Re quirements:
R The touchpad is swit ched on
(0013 page 299). Multimedia sy
stem 299

1
Touchpad
2 © button
Calls up main functions and favo urites
3 0055 button
Calls up the control menu of the last active
audio source
4 0038 button Press brief
ly:re turns tothe pr evious display
Press and hold: calls up main functions
Yo u can navigate in menus and lists via touch-
sensitive sur face 1 byusing a single-finger
swipe. 0007
Toopen or close lists: swipe left orright. 0007
Toselect the menu item: swipe up, down,
left or right. 0007
Press touchpad 1. 0007
Tomo vethe digital map: swipe in any
direction.
Use thefo llowing functions with a two-finger
swipe: 0007
Tocall up main functions and favo urites:
swipe down with two fingers. The swipe mu st
st art in the upper area of theto uchpad. 0007
Tozoom in and out of the map: movetwo
fi ngers toget her or apart. 0007
Tocall up the control menu of the last
active audio source: swipe up with twofin‐
ge rs. The swipe must start in the lo wer area
of theto uchpad. Setting
the sensitivity for the touchpad
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
w Input 0007
Select Touchpad sensitivity . 0007
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . 0007
Toset the pressure sensitivit y:switch
Touchpad tap on0073 or off 0053.
If th e function is switched on 0073, atap on
th eto uchpad is enough toselect a menu
item.
Handwriting recognition: swit ching there ad-
aloud function on/off
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
õ Audio
0019 System feedback 0007
Switch Read out handwriting recognition on
0073 or off 0053. 300
Multimedia sy stem

0062
To
switch tospecial characters and sym‐
bols.
006A To
switch toupper-case or lo wer-case let‐
te rs.
0054 To
switch the language.
v Toswitch tocharacter ent ryon theto uch‐
pad.
0009 The available editing functions depend on
th e editing task, the language set and the
ch aracter le vel. 0007
Toconfirm the entr y:select ¡.
Example: entering a destination (navigation) 0007
Enter the POI or address (0013 page 320).
Entering characters on theto uchpad
Requ irements:
R The touchpad is swit ched on
(0013 page 299).
R The entered or selected character should be
re ad out: the handwriting recognition read-
aloud function is swit ched on
(0013 page 300). Example:
renaming favo urites 0007
Call up the "Renaming favo urites" function
(0013 page 302). 0007
Toenter a character: useyour finger to
write characters on theto uchpad.
The character is entered in the input line. If
dif fere nt interpr etations are possible, charac‐
te r suggestions are displa yed. 0007
Toselect a character suggestion: swipe up
or down on theto uchpad. 0007
Resume character input. 0007
Toenter a space: swiperight when the cur‐
sor is located in the input line. 0007
Todel ete a character: swipe left when the
cursor is loca ted in the input line. 0007
Toconfirm the entr y:press theto uchpad. 0007
Tofinish character entr y:swipe upwards.
or 0007
Press the0038 button.
Example: entering a destination (navigation) 0007
Ente rth e POI or address (0013 page 320). Sy
stem settings Display
Configuring display settings
Multimedia sy
stem:
0018 System 0019
0043 Display and styles
Styl es 0007
Select Design. 0007
Select Sport,Classic orProgressive .
Ad apting the ambient lighting for the style 0007
Select Adjust ambient light. .
Ac tivate 0073or deacti vate 0053 the function. 306
Multimedia sy stem

This function adjusts
the ambient lighting for
th e selected display style.
Setting the display brightness 0007
Select Display brightness . 0007
Select a brightness value.
Switching the display off/on 0007
Off: select Display off . 0007
On: press a button, 002B,forex ample.
Displ aydesign 0007
Select Day/night design. 0007
Select Automatic, Day design orNight
design.
Ad ditional displ ayarea
Depending on theve hicle, various items of addi‐
tional information can be shown. The additional
display area comprises the left-hand or right-
hand third of the displa y. 0007
Select Additional display area .
The following display con tent can be selected:
R Dynamic R
Navigation map
R Consumption
R Time and date Ti
me and date Setting the time and date automatically
Multimedia sy
stem:
0018 System 0019
& Time and date 0007
Deactivate 0053Manual time adjustment.
The time and date are set automatically for
th e selected time zone and summer time
option.
0009 The cor rect time is requ ired forth efo llowing
functions:
R Route guidance with time-dependent
traf fic guidance.
R Calculation of expected time of ar riva l. Setting
the time zone
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
& Time and date
0019 Time zone:
The list of count ries is displa yed. 0007
Select a count ry003B.
Depending on the count ry, time zones are
displa yed. 0007
Select a time zone.
The time zone set is displa yed af terTime
zone:.
Setting summer time
The Automatic Summer Time andSummer Time
options cannot be selected in all countries.
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
& Time and date
Au tomatically 0007
Switch Automatic Summer Time on0073 or off
0053.
Manual ly 0007
Switch Automatic Summer Time off0053. Multimedia sy
stem 307

Using a WPS PIN
0007
Highlight a Wi-Fi network in the list. 0007
Select 0080Connect using WPS PIN input.
The multimedia sy stem generates an eight-
digit PIN. 0007
Enter this PIN on the device tobe connec ted. 0007
Confirm the entry.
Using a button
0009 This function is only available in a Wi-Fi fre‐
qu ency of 2.4 GHz. 0007
Highlight a Wi-Fi network in the list. 0007
Select 0080Connect via WPS PBC. 0007
Select "Connect via WPS PBC" in the options
on the device tobe connec ted. 0007
Press the WPS button on the device tobe
connec ted. 0007
Select Continue inthe multimedia sy stem.
Device has already been connected: 0007
Toautomatically connect: highlight aWi-Fi
network in the list. 0007
Activate 0080 Connect automatically0073. 0007
Toconnect: highlight a Wi-Fi network in the
list. 0007
Select 0080Connect.
The connection is es tablished again. These
functions are possible when the device has
already been connected totheWi -Fi networ k.
Setting up a Wi-Fi hotspot
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
ö Connectivity
Configuring the multimedia sy stem as a Wi-
Fi hotspot
0009 The availability of this function is dependent
on the count ry.
The type of connection es tablished depends on
th e device tobe connec ted. The function must
be suppor tedby the multimedia sy stem and by
th e device tobe connec ted. The type of connec‐
tion es tablished must be selected on the multi‐
media sy stem and on the device tobe connec‐
te d. 0007
Select Set up hotspot. 0007
Highlight Connect device to vehicle hotspot.
Generating a WPS PIN 0007
Select 0080Connect using WPS PIN genera-
tion . 0007
Ente rth e PIN shown in the media display on
th e device tobe connec ted and con firm.
Connecting using a WPS PIN 0007
Select 0080Connect using WPS PIN input. 0007
Select Enter WPS PIN. 0007
Enterth e PIN that is shown on theex tern al
device's display on the multimedia sy stem. 0007
Select Continue.
Connecting using a button
Re quirements:
R This function is only available in a Wi-Fi fre‐
qu ency of 2.4 GHz. 0007
Select 0080Connect via WPS PBC. 0007
Press the WPS button on the device tobe
connec ted or select Connect. 0007
Select Continue inthe multimedia sy stem. 310
Multimedia sy stem

Connecting using a security
key0007
Select Connect device to vehicle hotspot .
A secu rity key is displa yed. 0007
Select theve hicle from the device tobe con‐
nec ted. The vehicle is displa yed with the
SSID MB Hotspot XXXXX .0007
Enter the security key which is shown in the
media display on the device tobe connec ted. 0007
Confirm the entry.
Connecting using NFC 0007
Select Establish a connection via NFC. 0007
Activate NFC on the mobile device (see the
manufacturer's operating instructions). 0007
Bring the mobile device into the NFC area of
th eve hicle (0013 page 352). 0007
Select Done.
The mobile device is now connected tothe
multimedia sy stem hotspot via NFC.
Generating a new security key: 0007
Select Set up hotspot . 0007
Select Generate security key .
A connection will be es tablished with the
newly crea ted security key. 0007
Tosave a security key:select Save.
When a new security key is sa ved, all existing
Wi -Fi connections are then disconnected. If
th eWi -Fi connections are being re-es tab‐
lished, the new security key must be en tere d. Managing COMAND
Touch devices Re
quirements:
R The COMAND Touch app is ins talled on the
ex tern al device (e.g. tablet or smartphone).
R Wi-Fi is acti vated (0013 page 309) and the
multimedia sy stem is confi gured as a Wi-Fi
hotspot (0013 page 310).
Mul timedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
COMAND Touch
Connecting and authorising a new device 0007
Select Authorise a new device. 0007
Select Connect new device. 0007
Ente rth e security key in theex tern al device.
The Please start COMAND Touch on your
device and follow the instructions. message
appears. 0007
Select Continue. 0007
Accept the connection requ est from the new
device. 0007
Ente rth e PIN shown on theex tern al device.
The device is authorised.
Au thorising a connected device 0007
Select Authorise a new device.
The devices already connec ted are displa yed. 0007
Select Continue using connected devices.
The Please start COMAND Touch on your
device and follow the instructions. message
appears. 0007
Select Continue. 0007
The connection requ est from the device
Accept. 0007
Ente rth e PIN shown on theex tern al device.
The device is authorised. Multimedia sy
stem 311

0007
Select Protect data export .
Ac tivate 0073or deacti vate 0053 the function.
Un blocking the PIN
Re quirements:
R There is an Internet connection.
R A Mercedes me account exists at http://
www.me rcedes.me.
R The Personalisation service is active
(0013 page314).
If th e PIN has been entered incor rectly three
times, the PIN will be bloc ked. You can ha ve a
single-use password sent to you via the
Mercedes me connect online por taltoreset the
PIN pr otection. 0007
Select Unblock PIN. 0007
Ente rth e single-use password.
PIN pr otection is reset, and you can set a
new PIN.
0009 Alternativel y,yo u can ha vePIN pr otection
re set at a Mercedes-Benz service centre. User profile
Setting a user profile
Multimedia sy
stem:
0018 System 0019
g Personalisation
Displaying a user profile when starting
If th is function is active, a prom ptappears when
st arting the sy stem asking which user profile to
use. 0007
Select Display profile list after start . 0007
Activate 0073or deacti vate 0053 the function.
Selecting a user profile 0007
Select Guestor individual profile 003B.
0009 Some settings from the user profile are only
loaded when theve hicle is stationary or
when the ignition is switched on.
Au tomatic syn chronisation
Each time the ignition is switched off or on, the
individual user profiles are synchronised on the
multimedia sy stem and on the ser ver.This
ensures that the latest user profiles are alw ays
av ailable. 0007
Select Automatic synchronisation. 0007
Activate 0073or deacti vate 0053 the function.
0009 For more information about importing/
ex porting user profiles (0013 page315).
Creating a user profile
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
g Personalisation
0019 Create profile 0007
Ente r a name. 0007
Select 0076.
The following information is sa ved in the user
profile, forex ample:
R System settings
R Settings in theTV tuner's channel list
R Navigation and traf fic information
The settings di ffer depending on theve hicle
equipment. 314
Multimedia sy stem