MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS ESTATE 2017 Owners Manual

Ac
tivating/deactivatin gBluetooth ®
Requ irement:
R Apple CarPlay™ is no tactive.
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
ö Connectivity #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª Bluetoo th®
.
If Android Autois active, apromp tappear sask‐
ing whe ther Blue tooth®
should be deactivated. #
Select Yes.
Android Autois closed and Blue tooth®
is
deactivated. Wi
-Fi Wi
-Fic on nectio noverview
Yo uc an use Wi-Fi toestablish aconnection with
aW i-Finetwo rkand toaccess theI nterne tor
ot her networ kdevices.
The following connection option sareavailable:
R Wi-Fi connection The
Wi-Fi connectio ntoaWi-Fi-capable
device ,e.g.t he cus tomer's mobil ephone or
at able tPCise stablished.
R multimedia sy stem as aWi-Fihotspot
Using this function ,atable tPCorn otebook
can be connected, fore xamp le.
To establish aconnection ,you can use thef ol‐
lowing me thods:
R WPS PIN
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaaP IN.
R WPS PBC
The connectio ntoasecureWi-Finetwo rkis
mad ebyp ressing abutton (push button).
R security key
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaas ecu rity key. Setting up
Wi-Fi
Requ irement:
R The device tobe connec teds upports one of
th et hree means of connection described
(→ pag e298).
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
ö Connectivity
Ac tivating/deactivatin gWi-Fi #
Switch Wi-FionO or off ª.
If Wi-Fi is deacti vatedª,communicatio nvia
Wi -Fi toall devices is inter rupte d. This also
means that ac onnectio ntothe HERMES
communication module canno tbeestab‐
lished. Then function ssuchasd ynamic route
guidance wit hLiveT raffic In form ation ar enot
av ailable.
Connecting them ultimedia sy stem wit ha
device via Wi-Fi
Thi sfunction is available if aHERME Scommuni‐
cation modul eisnotins talled. 298
Multimedia sy stem

The type of connection es
tablished mus tbe
selected on them ultimedia sy stem and on the
device tobe connec ted.
% The connection procedur emaydiffer
dependin gonthe device. Followt he instruc‐
tions that ar eshown in thed ispla y.Fu rther
information (see them anufacturer's operat‐
ing instructions). #
Select Internet settings . #
Select Search for Wi-Fi networks.
Using aWPS PIN: #
Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Select ¥Connec tusing WPS PIN input.
The multimedia sy stem generates an eight-
digi tPIN. #
Enter this PIN on thed evice tobe connec ted. #
Confir mthe entr y.
Using abutton:
Re quirements:
R This function is onl yavailable in aWi-Fifre‐
qu ency of 2.4 GHz. #
Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PBC. #
Select "Connec tvia WPS PBC" in theo ptions
on thed evice tobe connec ted. #
Press theW PS button on thed evice tobe
connec ted. #
Select Continue inthem ultimedia sy stem.
Using asecurity key: #
Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Select ¥Connec tusing securit ykey. #
Have thes ecurity keyd ispla yedont he device
to be connec ted( see them anufacturer's
operating instructions). #
Ente rthis security keyo nthe multimedia sys‐
te m. #
Confir mthe entr ywith¡.
% All devices suppor tasecurity keyasa
mean sofconnection.
Device ha salread ybeen connec ted: #
Toautomaticall yconnect: highlight aWi-Fi
networ kinthe list. #
Activate ¥ Connect automatically O. #
Toconnect: highlightaWi-Finetwo rkinthe
list. #
Select ¥Connect.
The connection is es tablished again. These
function sarepossible when thed evice has
already been connected totheW i-Finetwo rk.
Setting up awifih otspot
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
ö Connectivity
Configuring them ultimedia sy stem as awifi
hotsp ot
The type of connection es tablished depends on
th ed evice tobe connec ted. The function must
be suppor tedbyt he multimedia sy stem and by
th ed evice tobe connec ted. The type of connec‐
tion es tablished mus tbeselected on them ulti‐
media sy stem and on thed evice tobe connec‐
te d. #
Select Set up hotspot. #
Highlight Connectdevice to vehicle hotspot. Multimedia sy
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Genera
tingaW PS PIN #
Select ¥Connect using WPS PIN genera-
tion. #
Enter theP IN shown in them ultimedia sys‐
te md ispla yont he device tobe connec ted
and con firm.
Connecting usin gaWPS PIN #
Select ¥Connect usin gWPS PIN input. #
Select Enter WPS PIN. #
Entert he PIN that is shown on thee xternal
device's displa yonthe multimedia sy stem. #
Select Continue.
Connecting using abutton
Re quirements:
R This function is onl yavailable in aWi-Fifre‐
qu ency of 2.4 GHz. #
Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PBC. #
Press theW PS button on thed evice tobe
connec tedors electConnect. #
Select Continue inthem ultimedia sy stem. Connecting using
asecurity key #
Select Connect device to vehicl ehotspot .
As ecu rity keyisd isplayed. #
Select thev ehicle from thed evice tobe con‐
nec ted. The vehicle is displa yedw itht he
SSID MB Hotspot XXXXX. #
Enter thes ecurity keyw hichiss hown in the
multimedia sy stem displa yonthe device to
be connec ted. #
Confir mthe entr y.
Connecting usin gNFC #
Select Establish aconnectio nvia NFC. #
Activat eNFC on them obile device (see the
manufacturer's operating instructions). #
Bring them obile device int othe NFC area of
th ev ehicle (→ page340). #
Select Done.
The mobile device is no wconnected tothe
multimedia sy stem hotspo tvia NFC.
To generat eanewsecurity key: #
Select Set up hotspot . #
Select Generate security key .
Ac onnection will be es tablished wit hthe
newly created security key. #
Tosave asecurity key:select Save.
When anew security keyiss aved, all existing
Wi -Fi connections ar ethen disconnected. If
th eW i-Ficonnections ar ebeing re-es tab‐
lished, then ew security keym ustbee ntered. Managin
gCOMAND Touc hd evices Re
quirements:
R The COMAND Touc ha pp is ins talled on the
ex tern al devic e(e.g. table tors martphone).
R Wi-Fi is acti vated( →pag e298) and them ul‐
timedia sy stem is confi gured asawifih ot‐
spo t(→ pag e299).
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
COMAND Touch
Connecting anew device #
Select Authorise anew device. #
Select Connec tnew device. 300
Multimedia sy stem

#
Accept thec onnection requ estfromt he new
device.
As ecurity keyisd isplayed. #
Ente rthe security keyint he extern al device.
The devic eisauthorised.
Selecting aconnected device #
Select Authorise anew device.
The devices already connec teda redispla yed. #
Select Continue using connected devices.
The Please start COMAND Touch on your
device and follow the instructions. message
appears. #
Select Continue.
Fo llowt he instructions toauthorise the
selected device.
De-authorising thed evice #
Select aconnec tedd evice from thel ist.
The Please start COMAND Touch on your
device and follow the instructions. message
appears. #
Select Continue.
Ap romp twill appear asking whe ther you
wo uld lik etodeauthorise thes elected
device. #
Select Yes.
The device is deauthorised. Ac
tivating/deactivatin gparenta lcon trol Multimedia sy
stem:
, System .
Parental control
Locking an extern al device #
Select an extern al device. #
Select Lock.
The devic econnec tedv iatheC OMAND
To uc hA ppis loc kedOor unloc kedª. Sy
stem language Note
sont he system language
This function allo wsyoutod etermine thel an‐
guag efor them enu displa ysand then avigation
announcements. The selected languag eaffects
th ec haracter savailable fore ntr y.The navigation announcement
sarenota vailable in all lan‐
guages. If alanguag eisnotavailable, then aviga‐
tion announcements will be in Engl ish.
Setting thes ysteml anguage
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
Language #
Setthe language.
% Ifyo ua reusin gArabic map data, thet ext
information can also be shown in Arabic on
th en avigation map. Todo so, select ةيبرعلاas
th el anguag efromt he languag elist. Naviga‐
tion announcements ar ethen also made in
Arabic. Setting
thed istance unit Multimedia sy
stem:
, System .
% Units #
Select kmormi. #
Inthem ultifunction displa yofthe instrument
displa y,switc hthe Additional speedometer
displa yonO. Multimedia sy
stem 301

Data impor
tand export Dat
aimp ort/expor tfunction
The following function sarepossible:
R transfer ring da tafrom one sy stem or vehicle
to ano ther sy stem or vehicle.
R creating abacku pc opyofy our personal data
and loading it again.
R protecting your personal dat aagains tunw an‐
te de xpo rtwit hP IN pr otection.
% Please no tethat theN TFS file sy stem is not
suppor ted. The FAT32 file sy stem is recom‐
mended.
Importing/exporting data
* NO
TEDat aloss #
Do no tremo vethed atas tora ge
medium when dat aisbeingexpor ted.
Mercedes-Ben zisnotliable fora ny loss of
data. Re
quirements:
R The vehicle is stationar y. R
The ignition is switched on or thev ehicle has
been star ted.
R The SD car disinserted( →pag e366) or the
USB device is connecte d(→ pag e369).
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
System backup #
Select Import data orExport data.
Importing #
Select adatas torage medium.
Ap romp tappear sasking whe ther your eally
wish to overwrit ethe cur rent da ta.Ifd ata
originates from an other vehicle, this is recog‐
nise ddurin gdatar eading.
The multimedia sy stem is restar tedo ncet he
dat ahas been impor ted.
% Current vehicle settings can be edited af ter
th ei mp ort.
Exporting
If PIN pr otection is activated, your PIN is reques‐
te d. #
Ente rthe four-digit PIN. #
Select adatas torage medium.
The dat aisexported. The dat aexpo rtmay
ta ke severalm inutes. Ac
tivating/deactivatin gPINprotection Multimedia sy
stem:
, System .
PIN protection
Setting theP IN #
Select Set PIN. #
Enteraf our-digit PIN. #
Enter thef our-digit PIN again.
If bo thPINs match, PIN pr otection is active.
Changing theP IN
Re quiremen t:
R Acurrent PIN mu stbe set. #
Select Change settings. #
Ente rthe cur rent PIN. #
Select ChangePIN. #
Setan ewPIN. 302
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Ac
tivatin gPINprotection ford atae xport #
Select Change settings .
Confir mwitht he PIN. #
Select Protect data export.
Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
Ac tivatin gPINprotection foro ffline mode #
Select Changesettings .
Confir mwitht he PIN. #
Select Protect deactivation of offline mode.
Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
Un blocking theP IN
Re quirements:
R Ther eisanI nternetconnection.
R AM ercedes me account exists at http://
www.me rcedes.me.
R The Personalisation (→pag e303)service is
activated.
If th eP IN has been entered incor rectly three
times ,the PIN will be bloc ked. Youc an ha ve a
single-use passwor dsent to yo uviathe Mercedes me connect online por
taltor esetthe
PIN pr otection. #
Select Unbloc kPIN. #
Ente rthe single-use password.
PIN pr otection is reset, and youc an se ta
ne wP IN.
% Alternativel y,yo uc an ha vePIN pr otection
re se tata Mercedes-Benz Service Centre. User profile
Setting
auser profile
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
g Personalisation
Displaying auser profile when starting
If th is function is active, apromp tappear swhen
st artin gthe sy stem asking whic huser profile to
use. #
Select Display profile list after start . #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
Selecting auser profile #
Select Guestor individual profile #.%
Some settings from theu ser profile ar eonly
loaded when thev ehicle is stationar yor
when thei gnition is switched on.
Au tomatic syn chronisation
Eac htime thei gnition is switched of foron,the
individual user profiles ar esynchronised on the
multimedia sy stem and on thes erve r.This
ensures that thel ates tuser profiles ar ealways
av ailable. #
Select Automatic synchronisation. #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
% Form orei nformation about importing/
ex portin guser profiles (→ page304).
Creating auser profile
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
g Personalisation .
Cre-
ate profile #
Ente ran ame. #
Select a.
Individuals ettings ar esave dint he user profile,
e.g.:
R System settings Multimedia sy
stem 303

R
settings in theTVt uner's channel list
R Navigation and traf fici nformation
The settings di ffer depending on thev ehicle
equipment.
Importing/exporting user profiles
Requ irements:
R Ther eisanI nternetconnection .
R AM ercedes me account exists at http://
www.me rcedes.me.
R The Personalisation service is active.
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
g Personalisation .
Man-
ual export/import
This function is no tavailable in all countries.
On lyindividual profiles can be impor tedor
ex por ted.
The individual profiles ar ealway sc ollectively
impor tedore xported. #
Impor t:select Import profiles from the
server.
The The profile import overwrites the exist-
ing profiles. Do you want to continue? mes‐
sag eappears. #
Select Yes.
Use rprofile sa reimpor ted. #
Expor t:select Export profiles to the server.
User profiles ar eexpo rted.
% Certain settings ,suc hasa ddress book
ent ries or pr evious destination sfromt he
navigation sy stem, ar enot ex ported.
Setting user profile options
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
g Personalisation #
Highlight aprofile. #
Select ¥options.
The following option sareavailable:
R Rename
R Delete
R Reset %
The gues tprofile canno tbedeletedor
re named. So
ftwa reupdate Information on softwar
eupdates
The multimedi asystemp rovide sam essage
when an updat eisavailable.
Dependin gonthe source, youc an per form vari‐
ous updates:
Softwar eupdate Source of
the
update Up
dat etype
Interne tN avigation map, sys‐
te mu pdates, Digital
Owner's Manual
External storage
medium, e.g. USB
fl ash drive Na
vigation maps Softwar
eupdates ensur eyour vehicle's tech nol‐
ogy is al ways up-to-date. 304
Multimedia sy stem

In order
tocons tantl yimpr ove theq ualit yofo ur
services youw illrecei vefutur eupdates fory our
multimedia sy stem, theM ercedes me connect
services and your vehicle's communication mod‐
ule. These will con veniently be sent to youvia
th em obile phone connection in your vehicle
and, in man ycases, ins talled automaticall y.Yo u
can moni tort he status of your updates at any
tim eont he Mercedes me por tala nd find infor‐
matio nabout potentia linno vations.
Yo ur advantages at aglance:
R con veniently recei vesoftwar eupdate svia
th em obile phone network
R thel ong-te rmqualit yand availabilit yof
Mercedes me connec tisguaranteed
R keep your multimedia sy stem and communi‐
cation module up-to-date
Fu rther information about softwar eupdates can
be found at http://me.mercedes-benz.com
Pe rformin gasoftwar eupdate
Re quirements:
R An Interne tconnection is requiredfor
updates whic hareobtaine donlin e. Multimedia sy
stem:
, System .
Software update
Au tomatically
Re quirements:
R Your vehicle has abuilt-in communication
module. #
Activate OAutomatic online updates.
Up dates ar eperform ed.
The cur rent status of theu pdates is dis‐
pla yed.
Manually #
Deactivate ªAutomatic online updates. #
Select an updat efromt he lis tand star tt he
update.
Sear ching forn ew Up dates
Re quirements:
R Your vehicle does no thave abuilt-in commu‐
nicatio nmodule.
R An In tern et-enabled mobil ephone is connec‐
te dtot he multimedia sy stem (→ page337). #
Select Search for new updates.
The lis tofavailable updates is refreshed. #
Select an updat eand star tt he update.
The selected updat eisdownloaded via the
connected mobil ephone.
Ac tivatin gthe so ftwa reupdate #
Restar tt he sy stem.
Important sy stem upda tes
Impor tant sy stem updates ma ybenecessar yfor
th es ecurity of your multimedia sy stem's data.
Please ins tallth ese updates, or else thes ecurity
of your multimedia sy stem cann otbe ensured.
% If automatic softwar eupdates ar eactivated,
th es ystemu pdates will be downloaded auto‐
maticall y(→ pag e305).
As soon as an updat eisavailable ford ow nload,
ac orresponding messag eappears onthem ulti‐
media sy stem displa y.
Yo uh ave thef ollowing selection options:
R Download
The updat ewill be downloaded in theb ack‐
ground. Multimedia sy
stem 305

R
Details
Informatio nabout thep ending sy stem
updat eisdisplayed.
R Later
The updat ecan be downloaded manually at a
later time (→ page305).
If th ed ownload is comple teda nd theu pdat eis
re ady fori ns tallation ,you will be informed of this
af te rt he next ignition cycle, fore xamp le.
Re quirements fort he ins tallation:
R The ignition is switched off.
R Notesa nd warnings ha vebeen read and
accep ted.
R The elect ricp arkin gb rake is applied.
If all requ irements ar emet,t he updat ewill be
ins talled. The multimedia sy stem cann otbe
operated while theu pdat eisb eing ins talled and
ve hicle functions ar erestricted. If er
rors should occur during thei nstallation ,the
multimedia sy stem automaticall yattem ptsto
re stor et he pr evious version. If restoration of the
pr ev ious version is no tpossible ,asymbol
appear sonthe centre console displ ay.P lease
consult aqualified specialis tworks hop to
re sol vethep roblem. Re
setfunction Multimedia sy
stem:
, System .
Reset
Pe rsonal dat aisdeleted, fore xamp le:
R statio npresets
R connec tedm obile phones #
Select Yes. If PIN pr
otection is activated, apromp tappears
asking if youa lso wish torestor et his tothef ac‐
to ry settings during areset. #
Select Yes #
Enter thec urrent PIN.
The PIN is reset.
Or #
Select No.
The cur rent PIN stay st he same af terr eset‐
ting.
% Ifyo uh ave forg otteny our PIN ,aMercedes-
Ben zServic eCentr ecan deactivat eyour PIN
pr otection fory ou.
Ap romp tappear sagain asking whe ther you
re all yw ish toreset. #
Select Yes.
The multimedia sy stem is rese ttot hefactory
settings. 306
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ENERGIZIN
Gcomfort ENERGIZIN
Gcomfor tprogram overview Prog
ramo verview Prog
rams Function
Re fresh
Can maketarget ed changes tothei nterior climat etorefresh vehicle occupants. Cooling air flow and ionisa‐
tio np urify thea ir.T he vehicle interior is illuminated wit hcool colour sand thes eats ar eventilated.
Wa rmth
Can increase thec omfor tleve loft he occupants. The vehicle's panel, seat and steering wheel heater pro‐
duce acosy warmth.T he ai risp urifie dusing ionisation and apleasant fragrance is released. The vehicle
interior is illuminated wit hwarml ighting.
Vi tality
Can countera ct fatigue in mono tonou sdriving situations. Fast-paced musi cand avitalizing massa gepro‐
vide invigorating stimulatio nfor thev ehicle occupants. The air is purified using ionisation and apleasant
fragrance is released. The vehicle interior is illuminated in astimulating hu eand thes eat is ventilated.
Pleasure Canp romo teap ositiv emoodint he occupants. Moderatel yfastm usicisp laye da nd am assag eprogram is
activated. The air is purified using ionisation and apleasant fragrance is released. The vehicle interior is
illuminated wit hamicable lighting. Multimedia sy
stem 307