MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN 2017 W213 Owner's Manual
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RGray radar waves next tovehicle: Blind Spot
Assis tactivated
RGreen radar waves next tovehicle: Blind Spot
Assis tactive
RDispla yofDistan ce Pil otDISTRONIC
(→pa ge 159)
Calling up displa ysintheT ripm enu
On-boar dcomputer:,Trip
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐
vie wf ortheI nstrument Displa yintheWide‐
screen Cockpit (
→pag e195).
#To select adispla y:swipe upwards or down‐
wa rdsont he left-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Dis playsintheTrip menu:
RStandar ddisplay
REnergy flow display
RRangea nd cur rent fue lconsu mption
-Arecuperation displa yisalsoavailable
fo rc ertain engines.
-Ifth er eiso nlyas mall amount of fuel left
in thef uel tank ,the displa yshows avehi‐
cle being refueled ins tead of thea ppr oxi‐
mat erange.
REC Od ispl ay (→pag e133)
RTrip computer FromS tart and FromR eset
RDigital speedomet er
% Instrument Displa
yintheWidescreen
Co ckpit: The digital speedome tero nly
appear sinthe CLASSIC or Spor tdispla yset‐
ting.
Example: standar ddisplay
1Trip dis tance
2To tald ista nce
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Example: trip computer
1Totald ista nce
2Driving time
3Av erag espeed
4Averag efuel consum ption
Re setting values in theT ripm enu of theo n-
boar dcompu ter
On-boar dcomputer:,Trip
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐ vie
wf ortheI nstrument Displa yintheWide‐
screen Cockpit (
→pag e195).
Yo uc an rese tthe values of thef ollowing func‐
tions:
RTr ip dis tance
R"F ro ms tart"t ripc omputer and EC Odisplay
R"Fro mr eset" trip computer
#Toselect thef unction tobe rese t:swipe
upwards or down wardsont he left-hand side
of Touc hC ontrol.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Select Yes.
#Pressthel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
If yo up ress and hold thel eft-hand side of Touch
Control, thef unction will be rese timmediately.
Calling up navigation instructions in theo n-
boar dcompu ter
On-boar dcomputer:,Navigation
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐
vie wf ortheI nstrument Displa yintheWide‐
screen Cockpit (
→pag e195).
Example :nochangeofd irection announced
1Distance tothen extd estination
2Estimated ar riva ltime
3Dis tance tothen extc hang eofd irection
4Current road
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Example:chang eofd irection announced
1Road int owhichthe chang eofd irection
leads
2Dis tance tothec hang eofd irection
3Change -of-direction symbol
4Recommended lane and ne wlaned urin ga
ch ang eofd irection (white)
5Possible lane
6Lane no trecommende d(dark gray )
Fu rther possible displa ysintheNavigation
menu:
RDirection of Travel:d isplayofd irection of
tra vela nd road cur rentl yb eing tr aveled on.
RNew Route... orCalculatin gRoute... :anew
ro uteisc alculated.
RRoad Not Mapped :the road is unknown, e.g.
newl ybuilt roads.
RNo Route:nor outecould be calculated to
th es elected destination.
ROff Map:t he mapfort he cur rent location is
no ta vailable.
RO:y ou ha vereached thed estination or an
intermediat edestination.
#Toexitth em enu: swipe upwards or down‐
wa rdsont he left-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Ve hicles with COMAND: Youc an also star tt he
navigation toone of ther ecentd estinations in
th eNavigation menu:
#Pressthel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Toselect thet arge t:swipe upwards or
down wardsont he left-hand side of Touch
Control.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Ro uteg uidance isstar ted.
Ifro uteg uidance has already been activated,
ar eques twill appear asking whe ther you
wish toend thec urrent routeg uidance.
#Select Yes.
#Pressthel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Ro uteg uidance is star ted.
Selecting radio station susin gthe on-board
co mp uter
On-boar dcomputer:,Radio
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐
vie wf ortheI nstrument Displa yintheWide‐
screen Cockpit (
→pag e195).
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1Frequency range
2St ation
3Na me of track
4Name of artist
5Genre
When yous elect astatio nint he presets, the
prese tappear snexttot he statio nname. When
yo us elect asave dstatio nint he frequency
ra nge, an as terisk appears nexttothes tation
name.
#To select aradio station: swipe upwards or
down wardsont he left-hand side of Touch
Control. Selecting
thef requ ency rang eors tationpre‐
set
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Toselect thef requ ency range/station
prese t:swipe upwards or down wardsont he
left-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Media playback usingtheo n-boa rdcompu ter
On-boar dcomputer:,Media
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐
vie wf ortheI nstrument Displa yintheWide‐
screen Cockpit (
→pag e195).
:Medias ource
;Current trac kand trac knumber
=Name of artist
?Name of album
#To chang etrack sint he activ emedia
source: swipe upwards or down wardsont he
left-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Changing them edia source
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Toselect amedia source: swipe upwards
or down wardsont he left-hand side of Touch
Control.
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#Pressthel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
Dialing telephone number susing theo n-
boar dcompu ter
Re quirementsRMobile phonec onnectedtot he multimedia
sy stem
On-boar dcomputer:
,Phone
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐
vie wf orthei nstrument displa yintheWide‐
screen Cockpit (
→pag e195).
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tions equipment integ ratedint hevehicle
when driving, youw ill be dis tracted from the
traf fics ituation. Thisc ould also cause yout o
lose control of thev ehicle.
#Onl yoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits.
#Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y.
Whentelephoning, youm usto bserv ethe legal
re qu irements fort he countr yinwhichyou are
cur rentl yd riving.
Ve hicles with COMAND: The mostrecentt ele‐
phone connection s(dialed, receive dand missed
calls) ar edispla yedint hePhone menu.
#Toselect atelephone number: swipe
upwards or down wardsont he left-hand side
of Touc hC ontrol.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
The telephonen umber is dialed.
The following displa ysma yappear ins tead of the
te lephonen umbersdialed:
RPlease Wait... :the applicationiss tarting.
When aBluetoot h®connection tothem obile
phone is no testablished, them enu for
authorizin gand connectin gamobile phonei sdispla
yedint he multimedia sy stem
(
→pag e237).
RUpdating data...:t he call listisbeing upda‐
te d.
RImporting Contacts...:t he contacts fromthe
mobil ephone or from astorage medium are
impor ted.
Setting displa ycontent
On-boar dcomputer:,Disp. Content
% This function is onl yavailable forv ehicles
wit haW idescreen Cockpit.
Yo uc an select thef ollowing displa ycontent:
RTa ch ome ter( displa ysettings CLASSIC and
Sport)
RPo we rm eter (displa ysettings CLASSIC and
Sport)
RDat e(displa ysetting Progressiv eonly)
RNavigation displa ys
RECO display
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RConsumption
#Fo rp rogressiv edispla ysetting only: select
Right Display and pressthel eft-hand side of
To uc hC ontrol.
#Toselect displa ycontent: swipe upwards
or down wardsont he left-hand side of Touch
Control.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
The selected displaycontent appea rson the
ri ght-hand side of thei nstrument displa y.
Adjustin gthe Head-up Displ aysettings in the
on-boa rdcompu ter
On-boar dcomputer:,HUD
% The spelling ma ydiffe rint he main menu dis‐
pla yed. Therefore, obser vethem enu over‐
vie wf ortheI nstrument Displa yintheWide‐
screen Cockpit (
→pag e195).
The following Head-up Displa ysettings can be
adjus ted:
RPosition
RBrightness
RDisplay Content
#To select thes etting: swipe upwards or
down wardsont he left-hand side of Touch
Control.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Tosetthe value: swipe upwards or down‐
wa rdsont he left-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
#Press thel eft-hand side of Touc hC ontrol.
:Cur rentl ys elected setting
;Digital speedome ter
=Traf ficS ign Assist
?Navigation displa ys
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Head-up Display
Function of theH ead-up Display
The Head-up Displa yproject sinformation from
th en avigation sy stem and thed rive ra ssis tance
sy stem abo vethed ashboar dintot he driver's
fi eld of vision.
St andar ddispla ycontent
1Na vigation message s
2Current speed
3De tected instructions and traf fics igns
4Setspeed in thed rive ra ssis tance sy stem
(e.g. cruise control) Sy
stem limitations
The visibility is influenced bythef ollowing condi‐
tions:
RSeat position
RThe positioning of thed ispla yimage
RLight conditions
RWe troads
RObject sonthe displa ycover
RPo larization in sunglasses
% If parts of thed ispla yfade in thee vent of
ex treme sunlight, switc hthe Head-up Dis‐
pla yo ffand on again.
Switching theH ead-u pDispla yon/off
#Press button 1.
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Operating safety
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo uo perat einformation and communica‐
tions equipment integ ratedint hevehicle
when driving, youw ill be dis tracted from the
traf fics ituation. Thisc ould also cause yout o
lose control of thev ehicle.
#Onl yoperat ethis equipment when the
traf fics ituation permits.
#Ifyo uc anno tbes ureoft his,stop the
ve hicle whils tpaying attention toroad
and traf ficc onditions and ope rate the
equipment wit hthe vehicle stationar y.
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction from oper‐
ating mobil ecommunication equipment
while thev ehicle is in motion
If yo uo perat emobile communicatio nequip‐
men twhen drivin g,youw ill be dis tracted
fromthet raffic situation. This could also
cause youtol ose control of thev ehicle.
Onl yoperat ethis equipment when thev ehi‐
cle is stationar y.
Fory our owns afet y, alwa ys obser vethef ollow‐
ing points when operating mobile communica‐
tions equipment and especiall yyour voice con‐
trol sy stem:
RObser vethel egal requ irements fort he coun‐
tr yinw hichyou ar edriving.
RWhile driving, only oper atem obile communi‐
cationse quipment and your voice control
sy stem when thet raffic condition spermit it.
Yo um ayotherwise be distracted from the
traf ficc onditions and cause an accident,
injuri ngyourself and others.
RDo no tuse thev oice control sy stem in an
emer gency as your voice can chang eand
yo ur telephonec all can be unnecessarily
dela yed.
RFa miliarize yourself wit hthe voice control
sy stem function sbefor estartin gt he journe y.
Operation
Operating them ultifunction steering wheel
The Voice Cont rolS ystemiso perational appr ox‐
imatel ythirty seconds af tert he ignition is
switched on.
18 Switches thes ound off/on (ends the
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem)
2ó Starts theV oice Control Sy stem
36 Makes/accepts acall
4~ Rejects/end sacall( en ds theV oice
Control Sy stem)
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5WIncrease sthe volume
6X Decreases thev olume
Voice prom pting
#To star torc ontinue adialog: pressthe
ó button on them ultifunction steering
wheel.
Yo uc an sa yacomman dafter an acoustic
signal.
#To cor rect an entry :sa yt he Correction
command.
#To select an entr yfromt he selection lis t:
sa yt he line number or thec onte nts.
#Tobrows ethe selection lis t:sa yt he Con-
tinue orBack command.
#Tointer rupt thed ialog: sayt he Pause com‐
mand.
#To cancel thed ialog: sayt he Cancel com‐
mand.
Operable functions
Yo uc an use theV oice Control Sy stem tooperate
th ef ollowing equipment, depending on thev ehi‐
cle's equipment:
RTe lephone
RText message s
RNavigation
RAddress book
RRadio
RAu dio (memor ycard, Media Inter face, USB
and Blu etoo th®audio)
RVe hicle
Command types
Ad istinction is made between thef ollowing
command types:
RGlobal commands can be said at anytime
and rega rdless of thec urrent application,
e.g .the Navigate to ,Call orText message to
commands.
RApplication-specific commands areo nly
av ailable fort he activ eapplication.
1Global commands
2Application-specific commands
On thed ispla ynexttot he activ eapplication,
va rying global commands and thec orresponding
application-specific commands ar edispla yedo n
an autocue. This makes ent ryeasier and sup‐
ports interactiv eoperation. The lis tcan be scrol‐
led or it can be operated byspeec horthe con‐
troller/touchpad.
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Entering numbers
Entering numbe rs:
RThe number sallowe da rezero tonine .
RTelephonen umberscan be entered as single
digits.
Changing thel anguag esetting
Yo uc an chang ethe languag eoftheVoice Con‐
trol Sy stem via thes ysteml anguag esettings. If
th es etsystem languag eisnotsuppor tedbyt he
Vo ice Cont rolS ystem, En glish will be selecte d.
The Voice Cont rolS ystemisa vailable in En glish,
Fr enc hand Spanish.
Using Voice Control Sy stem ef fectively
Au dibl ehelpf unctions
Your eceiv einformatio nand help for:
ROptima loperation: sayt he Help Voice Con-
trol System command.
RCurrent application: presstheó button
on them ultifunction steering wheel and say
th eHelp command.
RContinued dialog: sayt he Help command
during avoice dialog.
RSpecific sy stem: call up theh elp command
fo rt he desired sy stem, e.g. Help telephone.
Speechquality impr ovement
Ifth eV oice Control Sy stem does no tunder‐
st and you:
ROnly operat ethe Voice Cont rolS ystemf rom
th ed rive r's seat.
RSa ythe commands coherently and clearly,
but do no texaggerat ethe words.
RPr eve nt loud noises ,e.g.t he blo wer,from
inter fering whil eyou mak eanentry.
RSa ythe voice tagw itht he same intonation
when creating voice tags.
If an addre ss book entr yvoice tag is no trec‐
ognized:
ROnly creat esensible address book entries in
th es ystem/mobile phone, e.g. surname and
fi rs tn am eint he cor rect field.
RDo no tuse an yabbr eviations, unnecessary
spaces or special characters.
RCreat easpeaker-dependentv oicetag,ifn ec‐
essar y.
RPress theó button on them ultifunction
st eering wheel when thed esired name is
re ad out.
If as tatio nliste ntr yisn otrecognized:
RSa ve as peaker-dependentv oicetagf or the
st ation.
RSa ythe Read out station list command.
RPresstheó button on them ultifunction
st eering wheel when thed esired statio nis
re ad out.
Essential commands
Switch commands
Switchcommands can be used toopen cer tain
applications .The command selection can be
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Voice Cont rolS ystem