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

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Toswitc hon: chang eth emedia sourceor
tur nvo lume control 1. Ad
jus tingthe volum e Se
tting withth evo lum econtr ol On
themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel On
themultimedia system #
Turn volume control 1.
The volume ofthecur rent radio ormedia
sour ceisset.The volume ofother audi o
sour cescan beadjus tedsepar ately.
Ad jus tth is in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Dur ing atraf fic annou ncement
R Dur ing ana vig ation annou ncement The
volume ofthena vig ation announ ce‐
ment chang esinacc ordanc ewit hth evo l‐
ume ofthecur rent med iasou rce.
R Dur ing ate lephon ecall
R When entering orexitin gapar kingspace
while using ActivePa rking Assist
Se tting inthemenu #
Sele ctSyst eminthemultimedia system. #
Select Audio. #
Select avo lume setting. #
Setth evo lume. Ent
ering charact ers Usi
ngthech aract erinput functi on &
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 Multimedia
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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.
Use thech aract erinput function inthefo llo wing
situat ions,fo rex am ple:
R Renam ingafa vo rite
R Entering aPOI oraddress
R Making aph one call
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Select ing ach aract erinthech aract erbar
R Writin gach aract eron theto uc hpad
Charact erinput can bestar tedwit hacon trol
element andresumed withano ther. #
On theTo uc hCon trol and contr oller:
sele ctthech aract ersin thech aract erbar .
De pen dingon theta rget ent ry,th efo llo wing
ch aract ersar eav ailable:
R The fullsetof charact ersis sho wn
R Onlythose charact erswhic har eusef ul
fo rth ecur rent inpu tst ring are shown
Ot her charact ersar egr ay ed out. #
On theto uc hpad: selectthech aract ersin
th ech aract erbar .
or #
Write th ech aract erson theto uc h-sen sitive
sur face oftheto uc hpad.
Han dwriting recogni tionsuppo rts yo uby
means ofcharact ersugg estio ns and are ad-
aloud function .
Ex am ples ofcharact erent ry:
R Renam ingafa vo rite
R Entering aPOI oran address using free or
st ep-b y-step sear ch
R Entering awe baddr ess Ent
ering charact ersusin gth econtr oller
Ex am ple: renaming favo rite s #
Call upthe"R enaming favo rite s" function
(/ page21 7). #
Toent erach aract er:tur n3, slide 4
and press thecon troller .
The charact erisent ered intheinput line.
Use thefo llo wing entryfunctions:
% Todele teach aract er:pr ess thecon trol‐
ler .
To dele tean ent ry:pr ess and holdth e
contr oller unti lth eent ire ent ryisdele ted. 220
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0062
To
switc hto special charact ersand sym‐
bols.
006A To
switc hto upper -case orlowe r-case let‐
te rs.
0054 To
switc hth elanguag e.
v Toswitc hto charact erent ryon theto uc h‐
pad.
% The available editingfunction sdepen don
th eediting task ,th elanguag ese tand the
ch aract erleve l. #
Toconf irm theentr y:select ¡.
Ex am ple: entering ades tination (navigation) #
EnterthePOI oraddr ess(/ page232).
Ent ering charact erson theto uc hpad
Re quirement s:
R The touc hpad isswit ched on (/ page21 4).
R Theen tere dor select edcharact ershoul dbe
re ad out :th ehandwr itingrecogni tionread-
aloud function isswit ched on (/ page21 5). Ex
am ple:re naming favo rite s #
Call upthe"R enaming favo rite s" function
(/ page21 7). #
Toent erach aract er:use your fing er to
wr ite ch aract erson theto uc hpad.
The charact erisent ered intheinput line. If
dif fere nt interpr etatio nsareposs ible, charac‐
te rsugg estions aredisp laye d. #
Toselect ach aract ersugg estion :swi peup
or down ontheto uc hpad. #
Resume charact erinput. #
Toent eraspa ce:swipe right when thecur‐
sor islocat edintheinput line. #
Todel eteach aract er:swi peleftwhe nth e
cur sor isloca tedin theinput line. #
Toconf irm theentr y:press theto uc hpad. #
Tofinish charact erentr y:swipe upwards.
or #
Press the0038 button.
Ex am ple: entering ades tinat ion(navigation) #
Enterth ePOI oraddr ess(/ page232). Sy
stem settings Displa
y Conf
iguringdisp layse ttings
Multi media system:
4 System 5
0043 Display andDesign s
St yles
% Dep endingontheve hicle equipment this
se tting mayno tbe available. #
Select Design s. #
Select Spo rt,Classic orPro gressiv e. Mult
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Ad
apting theam bient lightingforthe style #
Select Adju stAmb. Lighting .
Ac tivate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
This function adjus tstheambient lightingfor
th eselect eddispla yst yle.
Se tting thedisp laybr ight ness #
Sele ctDis play Bright ness. #
Sele ctabr ight nessva lue.
Switc hingthedisp layof f/on #
Toswitc hof f:select Display Off. #
Toswitc hon: press abutt on,002B, for
ex am ple.
Displ aydes ign #
Select Day /Nig htDesi gn. #
Select Autom atic,Day DesignorNig ht
Desi gn.
Ad diti onaldispl ayarea
% Dependi ngon theve hicle equipment this
se tting mayno tbe available. De
pen dingon theve hicle, various items ofaddi‐
tional information canbesho wn. The additional
displa yar ea com prises thelef t-hand orright-
hand third of thedispla y. #
Select Addi tiona lDisp .Area .
The follo wing displa ycon tent can beselect ed:
R Dyna mic
R Navig ation Map
R Consu mpti on
R Time and Date Ti
me and date Se
ttin gthe time anddateaut omat icall y
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate #
Deact ivat e0053 Manual TimeAdjustmen t.
The time anddatear ese taut omaticall yfo r
th eselect edtime zoneand summer time
op tion . %
The correct time isrequ ired forth efo llo wing
func tions:
R Routeguidan cewithtim e-depen dent
traf fic gu idance .
R Calcu lation ofexpect edtime ofarriva l.
Se tting thetim ezone
Multi media system:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
5 Time Zone:
The listof count ries isdispla yed. #
Select acount ry003B.
Dep endingonthecount ry,time zonesare
displa yed. #
Select atime zone.
The time zonese tis displa yedaf te rTime
Zone:.
Se tting summer time
The Automatic Daylight Saving TimeandDay-
lig ht Saving Timeoptions canno tbe sele cted in
all countr ies. 222
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Multimedia
system:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
Au tomatic ally #
Swi tchAuto matic Day light Saving Time on
0073 oroff0053.
Man ually #
Dea ctivate0053 Auto matic Day light Saving
Ti me. #
Select Day light Saving Time. #
Select OnorOff.
Se ttin gthe time anddatefo rm at
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
5 Set Form at #
Setth edat eand time form at003B.
Se tting thetim ema nua lly
Re quirement s:
R The Manual TimeAdjustm entfunc tion is
switc hedon. Multime
diasystem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
5 Set Time #
Setth ehour s. #
Navig ateto theright tosetth eminut es. #
Setth eminut es. #
Conf irm chang eswhen exitin gth emenu.
The dateis setaut omaticall yvia GPS. Connectivity
Switc
hingtransmission oftheve hicl eposi ‐
tion on/off
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity #
Select Transm itVehicle Pos.. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Blue
tooth® Inf
orma tion abou tBlu etoo th®
Bl ue tooth®
tech nol ogy isast andar dfo rshor t-
ra ng ewi reless datatransf erup toappr oximat ely
32. 8ft (10 m).
Yo ucan useBlue tooth®
to connect your mob ile
phon eto themultimedia system and usethefo l‐
lo wing functions,forex am ple:
R Han ds-free system withaccess tothefo llo w‐
ing option s:
- con tacts (/ page 263)
- call lists (/ page265)
R Interne tconnection (/page27 9)
R Listening tomusi cvia Blue tooth®
audio
R Trans ferring busine sscar ds(vCar ds)intoth e
ve hicle
Blue tooth®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof Blue‐
to othSpecial Interes tGr oup (SIG) Inc.
% Interne tconn ection viaBlue tooth®
is no t
av ailable inall coun tries. Mult
imed iasystem 223

Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gBlue tooth®
Re quirement s:
R Deac tivateBlue tooth®
:Appl eCa rPlay®
is no t
act ive.
Multim ediasystem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 Bluetoo th®
.
If Andr oidAutoisact ive, apr om ptappear sask ‐
ing whe ther Blue tooth®
should bedeactiv ated. #
Select Yes.
Andr oidAutoisclos edand Blue tooth®
is
deact ivat ed. Wi
-Fi Wi
-Fico nne ctio nove rview
Yo ucan useWi-Fi toestablish acon nection with
a Wi -Fi networkand toacc ess theInt erne tor
ot her networkde vices.
The follo wing connection option sar eav ailable:
R Wi-Fi conne ction The
Wi-Fi conne ctionto aWi -Fi-ca pable
de vice ,e.g .th ecus tomer's mobilephone or
a ta ble tPC ises tablished.
R Multimedia system asaWi -Fi hotspo t
Usi ngthis func tion,a ta ble tPC ornotebook
can becon nected, forex am ple.
To establish acon nection ,yo ucan usethefo l‐
lo wing methods:
R WPS PIN
The conn ection toasec ureWi -Fi networkis
mad evia aPIN .
R WPS PBC
The conne ctionto asec ureWi -Fi networkis
mad eby pressing abutt on(push button).
R Secur itykey
The conn ection toasec ureWi -Fi networkis
mad evia asecu rity key. Se
tting upWi-Fi
Re quirement s:
R The device tobe con nectedsuppor tsone of
th eth re emeans ofcon nect iondescr ibed
(/ page22 4).
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gWi -Fi #
Switc hWi-Fi on0073 oroff0053.
If Wi-Fi isdea ctivated 0053, communi cationvia
Wi -Fi toall devic es isint erru pte d.This also
means that acon nectionto theHERME S
comm unication modulecannotbe estab‐
lished. Thenfunctionssuc has dynamic route
guidan cewithLiv eTr af fic Inf ormati onareno t
av ailable.
Connect ingthemu ltim edia system witha
de vice viaWi-Fi
Thi sfunction isno tav ailable ifaHE RME Scom ‐
mun ication modul eis ins talled. 22
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The
type ofconn ection established mustbe
select edon themultimedia system and onthe
de vice tobe con nected.
% The connection procedur ema ydif fer
dependin gon thede vice. Followtheins truc‐
tion sth at aresho wninthedispla y.Fu rther
inf ormation (seethemanuf acturer'soper at‐
ing instruction s). #
Select Internet Setting s. #
Select Search forWi-Fi Network s.
Using asecur itykey #
Select aWi -Fi networkin thelis t. #
Have thesecur itykeydisp laye don thede vice
to be con nected(see themanuf acturer's
oper ating instruction s). #
Enterth is secur itykeyon themultimedia sys‐
te m. #
Conf irm theent rywit h¡.
% Alldevic es suppor ta sec urity keyas a
mean sof conn ection . Usin
gaWPS PIN #
Highlig htaWi -Fi networkin thelis t. #
Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PINInput.
The multimedia system gener ates an eight-
di gitPIN . #
Enterthis PIN onthede vice tobe con nected. #
Conf irm theent ry.
Using abutt on
% This function isonl yav ailable inaWi -Fi fre‐
qu ency of2.4 GHz. #
Highlight aWi -Fi networkin thelis t. #
Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PBC. #
Select "Connec tvia WPS PBC" intheop tion s
on thede vice tobe con nected. #
Press theWPS buttononthede vice tobe
con nected. #
Select Continueinthemultimedia system.
De vice hasalready been connect ed: #
Toaut omatic allyco nne ct:high light aWi -Fi
ne tworkin thelis t. #
Activate¥ Connect Automatica lly0073 . #
Toconnect :high light aWi -Fi networkin the
lis t. #
Selec t¥ Connect.
The connection ises tablished again. These
func tionsar epossible whenthede vice has
alr eady been connect edtotheWi -Fi network. Sy
stem langu age No
teson thesy stem langu age
This function allowsyouto determ ine thelan‐
guag efo rth emenu displaysand thena vig ation
announ cements.The select edlanguag eaf fects
th ech aract ersav ailable forentr y.The navig ation
announc ementsar eno tav ailable inall lan‐
guag es.Ifalang uageis no tav ailable, thena vig a‐
tion announ cementswill beinEn glish.
Se tting thesy stem langu age
Multi media system:
4 System 5
Language #
Setth elanguag e. Multimedia
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Ifyo uar eusin gArabic mapdata,thete xt
inf ormati oncan also be sho wninArab icon
th ena vig ation map.Todo so, select 

Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPI N protection Re
quirement s:
To unlo ckthePIN:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nect ion.
R AMer cedes meaccount exists at htt ps:/ /
me. secur e.mercedes -benz.com.
R The Perso nalization service isact ive
(/ page228) .
Multim ediasystem:
4 System 5
PIN Protec tion
Se tting thePIN #
Sele ctSet PIN. #
Entera fo ur -di git PIN. #
Enterth efo ur -di git PIN again.
If bo th PINs match,PIN protect ion isactiv e.
Changing thePIN #
Sele ctChang eSet tings. #
Enterth ecur rent PIN . #
Select Chang ePIN . #
Seta ne wPIN . Ac
tiv atin gPI N protection fordat aex por t #
Select Change Setting s.
Co nfirm with thePIN. #
Select ProtectData Export .
Ac tivate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Un bloc king thePIN
If th ePIN has been entered incor rectl yth re e
tim es,th ePIN willbebloc ked. Youcan have a
sing le-use passwordsent toyouvia the
Mer cedes meconn ectonline portalto rese tth e
PIN protect ion. #
Select Unbloc kPIN. #
Enterth esing le-use password.
PIN protect ion isrese t,and youcan seta
ne wPIN.
% The availabilit yof this func tion iscoun try
depen dentandmayno tbe available inyour
co unt ry.
Alt ernati vely,yo ucan have PIN protect ion
re se tat an aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Cen‐
te r. User
profile Se
tting auser profile
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization
Displa yingauser profile when star ting
If th is func tion isact ive, apr om ptappear swhen
st ar tin gth esy stem asking whichuser profile to
use. #
Select Display Profile Select ion afterStart . #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Selecting auser profile #
Select GuestProfile orindividual profile 003B.
% Some settings from theuser profile areonl y
loaded whentheve hicle isstatio naryor
when theignition isswitc hedon.
Au tomatic synchronizat ion
Eac htime theignition isswitc hedoffor on, the
indiv idual userprofiles aresync hroniz edon the
multime diasystem and ontheser ver.This
ensur esthat thelat estuser profiles areav aila‐
ble. Mult
imed iasystem 22
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Select Autom aticSynch ronization. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
% Formor einf ormation aboutimpor ting/
ex por tinguser profiles (/ page228 ).
Cr eating auser profile
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization
5 Create Profile #
Entera name. #
Select 0076.
The follo wing informatio nis save din theuser
pr ofile, forex am ple:
R System settings
R Navig ation andtraf fic inf ormati on
The settings differ depending ontheve hicle
eq uipment.
Im por ting/e xportingauser profile
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection . R
AMer cedes meacco untexists at htt ps:/ /
me. secur e.mercedes -benz.com.
R The Perso nalization service isact ive.
R The func tion isavailable inyour count ry.
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization
5 Manual Export/ Import
Im por ting auser profile #
Select Import Profiles fromServer.
The Theprofile dataimport overwrit esall
exist ingprofile data.Doyou want tocon -
tinue? messag eappear s. #
Select Yes.
User profiles areim por ted.
Expor tingauser profile #
Select Export Profiles tothe Serv er.
User profiles areex por ted.
% Onlyindividual profiles can beimpor tedor
ex por ted. The individual profiles arealw ays
coll ectiv elyimpor tedor expor ted. %
Certain settings ,suc has addr essbook
ent ries orprev ious destination sfrom the
na vig ation system, areno tex por ted.
Se tting user profile options
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization #
Highlight apr ofile. #
Select ¥option s.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Renam e
R Delete
R Reset
% The gues tpr ofile can notbe dele tedor
re nam ed. So
ftwa reupdat es Inf
ormation onsof twareupdat es
The multimedi asy stem displa ysacor responding
messag ewhen asof twareupda teisavailable.
The availabilit yof this func tion isdepen denton
th ecount ry. 228
Multimedia system