MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN 2018 Owner's Manual

Manually
#Deactivateª$XWRPDWLF 'D\OLJKW 6DYLQJ
7LPH.
#Select 'D\OLJKW 6DYLQJ 7LPH.
#Select2Qor2II.
Setting thet imea nd da teform at
Multimedi asystem:
,6\VWHP.& 7LPH DQG 'DWH.6HW
)RUPDW
#Se tthe dat eand time form at#.
Setting thet imem anually
Re quirement
RThe 0DQXDO 7LPH $GMXVWPHQW function is
switched on.
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.& 7LPH DQG 'DWH.6HW
7LPH
#Se tthe hours.
#Na vigat etot heright tosetthe minutes.
#Se tthe minutes.
#Confir mchanges when exitin gthe menu.
The dat eissetautomaticall yvia GPS.
Connectivity
Switching transmission of thev ehicle posi‐
tio no n/off
Multimedias ystem:
,6\VWHP.ö &RQQHFWLYLW\
#Select 7UDQVPLW 9HKLFOH 3RVLWLRQ .
#Switchthe function on Oor off ª.
Bluetooth®
Information abou tBluet oo th®
Blue toot h®tech nology is astandar dfor short-
ra ng ew ireles sdatat ransfer up toappr oximately
32.8ft( 10m). Youc an use Blue tooth
®tocon‐
nect your mobile phonetot he multimedia sys‐
te ma nd use thef ollowing functions, fore xam‐
ple:
Rhands-free sy stem wit haccess tothef ollow‐
ing options:
-contacts (→pag e278)
-call lists (→pag e281)
-text message s
RInternetconnection
Rlistening tomusi cvia Blue tooth®audio
(→pag e305)
Rtrans ferring business cards (vCards) int othe
ve hicle
Blue tooth
®isar egis tere dt rademar kofBlue‐
toot hSpecial Interes tGroup (SIG) Inc.
% Interne tconnection via Blue tooth
®is not
av ailable in all countries.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gBluetooth
®
Re quirementRApple CarPlay™ is no tactive.
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.ö &RQQHFWLYLW\
#Activate Oor deacti vate ª Bluetoo th®.
Multimedia sy stem 239

If AndroidAutois active, apromp tappear sask‐
ing whe ther Blue tooth®should be deactivated.
#Select <HV.
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:
RWi -Fi connection
The Wi-Fi connectio ntoaWi-Fi-capable
device ,e.g.t he cus tomer&#39;s mobilep hone or
at able tPCise stablished.
Rmultimedia 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:
RWPS PIN The connection
toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaaP IN.
RWPS PBC
The connectio ntoasecureWi-Finetwo rkis
mad ebyp ressing abutton (push button).
Rsecurity key
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaas ecu rity key.
Setting up Wi-Fi
Prerequisite
RThe device tobe connec teds upports one of
th et hree means of connection described
(
→pag e240).
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.ö &RQQHFWLYLW\
Ac tivating/deactivatin gWi-Fi
#Switch :L)LonO or off ª.
If :L)L is deacti vatedª,c ommunicatio 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 Info rmation ar enot
av ailable.
Connecting them ultimedia sy stem wit ha
device via Wi-Fi
Thisf unction is available if aHERMESc ommuni‐
cation moduleisn otins talled.
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&#39;s operat‐
ing instructions).
#Select ,QWHUQHW 6HWWLQJV .
#Select6HDUFK IRU :L)L 1HWZRUNV.
Using aWPS PIN:
#Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist.
#Select ¥&RQQHF WYLD :36 3,1 ,QSXW.
The multimedia sy stem generates an eight-
digitP IN.
240
Multimedia sy stem

#Enterthis PIN on thed evice tobe connec ted.
#Confir mthe entr y.
Using abutton:
Re quirements
RThis function is onl yavailable in aWi-Fifre ‐
qu ency of 2.4 GHz.
#Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist.
#Select ¥&RQQHF WYLD :36 3%&.
#Select &#34;Connec tvia WPS PBC&#34; in theo ptions
on thed evice tobe connec ted.
#Press theW PS button on thed evice tobe
connec ted.
#Select &RQWLQXH inthem ultimedia sy stem.
Using asecurity key:
#Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist.
#Select ¥&RQQHF W8VLQJ 6HFXULW\. H\.
#Have thes ecurity keyd ispla yedont he device
to be connec ted( see them anufacturer&#39;s
operating instructions).
#En tert his security keyo nthe multimedia sys‐
te m.
#Confir mthe entr ywith¡.
% All devices suppor tasecurity keyasa
mean sofconnection.
Device ha salread ybeen connec ted:
#To automaticall yconnect: highlight aWi-Fi
networ kinthe list.
#Activate ¥ &RQQHFW $XWRPDWLFDOO\ O.
#Toconnect: highlightaWi-Finetwo rkinthe
list.
#Select ¥&RQQHFW .
The connection is es tablished again. These
function sarepossible when thed evice has
already been connected totheW i-Finetwo rk.
Setting up aWi-Fih otspot
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.ö &RQQHFWLYLW\
Configuring them ultimedia sy stem as aWi-
Fi hotspot
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 6HW 8S +RWVSRW .
#Highlight&RQQHFW'HYLF HWR9 HKLFOH +RWVSRW .
Generating aWPS PIN
#Select ¥&RQQHF WYLD :36 3,1 *HQHUD
WLRQ .
#Entert he PIN shown in them ultimedia sys‐
te md ispla yont he device tobe connec ted
and con firm .
Connecting usin gaWPS PIN
#Select ¥&RQQHFW YLD :36 3,1 ,QSXW .
#Select(QWHU :36 3,1.
#Entert he PIN that is shown on thee xternal
device&#39;s displa yonthe multimedia sy stem.
#Select &RQWLQXH.
Multimedia sy stem 24
1

Connecting usingabutton
Re quirements
RThis function is onl yavailable in aWi-Fifre ‐
qu ency of 2.4 GHz.
#Select ¥&RQQHF WYLD :36 3%&.
#Press theW PS button on thed evice tobe
connec tedors elect&RQQHFW .
#Select&RQWLQXH inthem ultimedia sy stem.
Connecting using asecurity key
#Select &RQQHFW 'HYLFH WR 9HKLFO H+RWVSRW .
As ecuri tykeyisd isplayed.
#Select thev ehicle from thed evice tobe con‐
nec ted. The vehicle is displa yedw itht he
SSID 0% +RWVSRW ;;;;;.
#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 &RQQHFWLRQ YLD 1)&.
#Activat eNFC on them obile device (see the
manufacturer&#39;s operating instructions).
#Bring them obile device int othe NFC area of
th ev ehicle (→pag e276).
#Select 'RQH.
The mobile device is no wconnected tothe
multimedia sy stem hotspo tvia NFC.
To generat eanewsecurity key:
#Select 6HW 8S +RWVSRW .
#Select*HQHUDWH 6HFXULW\ .H\.
Ac onnection will be es tablished wit hthe
newly created security key.
#Tosave asecurity key:select 6DYH.
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 quirementsRThe COMAND Touc ha pp is installed on the
ex tern al devic e(e.g. table tors martphone).
RWi-Fi is acti vated(→pag e240) and them ul‐
timedia sy stem is confi gured asaWi-Fihot‐
spo t(
→page 241).
Mul timedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.&20$1' 7RXFK
Connecting anew device
#Select $XWKRUL]H D1HZ 'HYLFH.
#Select &RQQHF W1HZ 'HYLFH.
#$FFHSW thec onnection requ estfromt he new
device.
As ecurity keyisd isplayed.
#En tert he security keyint he extern al device.
The devic eisauthorized.
Selecting aconnected device
#Select $XWKRUL]H D1HZ 'HYLFH.
The devices already connec teda redispla yed.
#Select &RQWLQXH 8VLQJ &RQQHFWHG 'HYLFHV.
The 3OHDVH VWDUW &20$1' 7RXFK RQ \RXU
GHYLFH DQG IROORZ WKH LQVWUXFWLRQV message
appears.
24 2
Multimedia sy stem

#Select&RQWLQXH.
Fo llowt he instructions toauthorize the
selected device.
De-authorizing thed evice
#Select aconnec tedd evice from thel ist.
The 3OHDVH VWDUW &20$1' 7RXFK RQ \RXU
GHYLFH DQG IROORZ WKH LQVWUXFWLRQV message
appears.
#Select &RQWLQXH.
Ap romp twill appear asking whe ther you
wo uld liketod e-authorize thes elected
device.
#Select <HV.
The device is de-authorized.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gchild saf etyl ock
Multimedias ystem:
,6\VWHP.3DUHQWDO &RQWURO
Locking an extern al device
#Select an extern al device.
#Select /RFN.
The devic econnec tedv iatheC OMAND
To uc hA ppisloc kedO or 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 En glish.
Setting thes ysteml anguage
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP./DQJXDJH
#Se tthe language.
% Ifyo ua reusingA rabic 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:
,6\VWHP.% 8QLWV
#Select NPorPL.
#Inthem ultifunction displa yofthe Instrument
Displa y,switc hthe $GGLWLRQDO 6SHHGRPHWHU
displa yonO.
Data impor tand export
Dat aimp ort/expor tfunction
The following function sarepossible:
Rtransfer ring da tafrom one sy stem or vehicle
to ano ther sy stem or vehicle.
Rcreating abacku pc opyofy our personal data
and loading it again.
Rpr otecting 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.
Multimedia sy stem 24
3

Importing/exportingdata
* NO
TEDat aloss
#Do no tremo vethed atas tora ge
medium when dat aisbeingexpor ted.
Mercedes-Benzisn otliable fora ny loss of
data.
Re quirementsRThe vehicle is stationar y.
RThe ignition is switched on or thev ehicle has
been star ted.
RThe SD car disinserted(→pag e298) or the
USB device is connecte d(→page300).
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.6\VWHP %DFNXS
#Select ,PSRUW 'DWD or([SRUW 'DWD .
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‐
nized duri ng datareading.
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.
#En tert he four-digit PIN.
#Select adatas torage medium.
The dat aisexported. The dat aexpo rtmay
ta ke severalm inutes.
Activating/deactivatin gPINprotection
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.3,1 3URWHFWLRQ
Setting theP IN
#Select 6HW 3,1.
#Enteraf our-digit PIN.
#Enter thef our-digit PIN again.
If bo thPINs match, PIN pr otection is active.
Changing theP IN
Re quirement
RAc urrent PIN must be set.
#Select&KDQJH 6HWWLQJV.
#Entert he cur rent PIN.
#Select &KDQJH3,1.
#Se tan ewPIN.
Ac tivatin gPINprotection ford atae xport
#Select &KDQJH 6HWWLQJV.
Confir mwitht he PIN.
#Select 3URWHFW 'DWD ([SRUW .
Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
Ac tivatin gPINprotection foro ffline mode
#Select &KDQJH6HWWLQJV .
Confir mwitht he PIN.
#Select 3URWHFW 'HDFWLYDWLRQ RI 2IIOLQH 0RGH .
Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
24 4
Multimedia sy stem

Unblocking theP IN
Re quirements
RTher eisanI nternetconnection.
RAM ercedes me account exists at http://
www.me rcedes.me.
RThe 3HUVRQDOL]DWLRQ service is active
(→pag e245).
If th eP IN has been entered incor rectl ythree
times, theP IN will be bloc ked. Youc an ha vea
single-use passwor dsent to yo uviathe
Mercedes me connect online por taltorese tthe
PIN pr otection.
#Select 8QEORFN3 ,1.
#Entert he single-use password.
PIN pr otection is reset, and youc an se ta
ne wP IN.
% Alternat ivel y, yo uc an ha vePIN pr otection
re se tatana uthorized Mercedes-Benz Cen‐
te r.
User profile
Setting auser profile
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.g 3HUVRQDOL]DWLRQ
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 'LVSOD\ 3UR ILOH6HOHFWLRQ DIWHU 6WDUW .
#Activate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
Selecting auser profile
#Select *XHVW 3URILOH or 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 chronization
Eac htime thei gnition is switched of foron,the
individual user profiles ar esynchronized on the
multimedia sy stem and on thes erve r.This
ensures that thel ates tuser profiles ar ealway s
av ailable.
#Select $XWRPDWLF 6\QFKURQL]DWLRQ .
#Activate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
% Form orei nformation about importing/
ex portin guser profiles (
→pag e245).
Creatin gauserp rofile
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.g 3HUVRQDOL]DWLRQ.&UH
DWH 3URILOH
#En teran ame.
#Select a.
Individua lsettings ar esave dint he user profile,
e.g.:
RSy stem settings
RSettings in theTVt uner&#39;s channel list
RNa vigation and traf fici nformation
The settings diff er depending on thev ehicle
equipment.
Importing/exporting user profiles
Re quirements:
RTher eisanI nternetconnection .
Multimedia sy stem 24
5

RAMercedes me account exists at http://
www.me rcedes.me.
RThe 3HUVRQDOL]DWLRQ service is active.
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.g 3HUVRQDOL]DWLRQ.0DQ
XDO ([SRUW,PSRUW
This function is no tavailable in all countries.
Only individual profiles can be impor tedo r
ex por ted.
The individual profiles ar ealway sc ollectively
impor tedore xported.
#Impor t:select ,PSRUW 3URILOHV IURP 6HUYHU.
The 7KH SURILOH GDWD LPSRUW RYHUZULWHV DOO
H[LVWLQJ SURILOH GDWD 'R \RX ZDQW WR FRQ
WLQXH" messag eappears .
#Select <HV.
Userp rofile sa reimpor ted.
#Expor t:select ([SRUW 3URILOHV WR WKH 6HUYHU.
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:
,6\VWHP.g 3HUVRQDOL]DWLRQ
#Highlight aprofile.
#Select ¥options.
The following option sareavailable:
R5HQDPH
R'HOHWH
R5HVHW
% The gues tprofile canno tbedeletedo r
re named.
Soft wareupdate
Information on softwar eupdates
The multimedias ystemp rovidesam essage
when an updat eisavailable.
Dependingont he 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
Operator&#39;s Manual
External storage
medium, e.g. USB
fl ash drive Na
vigation maps
Softwar eupdates ensur eyour vehicle&#39;s tech nol‐
ogy is al ways up-to-date.
In order tocons tantl yimpr ove theq ualityofo ur
services youw illreceive futureupdates fory our
multimedia sy stem, theM ercedes-Benz mbrace
®
services and your vehicle&#39;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 monito rthe status of your updates at any
tim eont he Mercedes me por tala nd find infor‐
matio nabout potentia linno vations.
24 6
Multimedia sy stem

Your advantages at aglance:
Rcon veniently receive softwar eupdate svia
th em obile phone network
Rthel ong-te rmqualitya ndavailabilityo f
Mercedes-Ben zmbrace®is guaranteed
Rkeep your multimedia system 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 eupdat e
Re quirements
RAn Interne tconnection is requiredfor
updates whichareobtaine donline.
Multimedia system:
,6\VWHP.6RIWZDUH 8SGDWH
Au tomatically
Re quirements
RYour vehicle has abuilt-in communication
module.
#Ac tivate $XWRPDWLF 2QOLQH 8SGDWH O.
Up dates ar eperform ed.
The cur rent status of theu pdates is dis‐
pla yed.
Manually
#Deactivate $XWRPDWLF 2QOLQ H8SGDWHª.
#Select an updat efromt he lis tand star tt he
update.
Sear ching forn ew Up dates
Re quirements
RYour vehicle does no thaveab uilt-in commu‐
nicatio nmodule.
RAn Inte rnet-enabled mobil ephone is connec‐
te dtot he multimedia sy stem (→pag e275).
#Select 6HDUFK IRU 1HZ 8SGDWHV.
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&#39;s data.
Please ins tallth ese updates, or else thes ecurity
of your multimedia sy stem cannot be ensured.
% If automatic softwar eupdates ar eactivated,
th es ystemu pdates will be downloaded auto‐
maticall y(
→page247).
As soo nasanu pdateisa vailable ford ow nload,
ac orresponding messag eappears onthem ulti‐
media sy stem displa y.
Yo uh ave thef ollowing selection options:
R'RZQORDG
The updat ewill be downloaded in theb ack‐
ground.
R'HWDLOV
Information about thep ending sy stem
updat eisdisplayed.
R/DWHU
The updat ecan be downloaded manually at a
later time (
→pag e247).
Mul timedia sy stem 24
7

Ifth 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:
RThe ignition is switched off.
RNo tesa nd warnings ha vebeen read and
accep ted.
RThe elect ricp arkin gb rake is applied.
If all requirements ar emet,t he updat ewill be
ins talled. The multimedia sy stem cannot be
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 ptst o
re stor et he pr evious version. If restoration of the
pr ev ious version is no tpossible,as ymbol
appear sonthe center console displa y.Please
consult aqualified specialis tworks hop to
re solv ethe problem.
Re setfunction
Multimedia sy stem:
,6\VWHP.5HVHW
Pe rsonal dat aisdeleted, fore xamp le:
Rstatio npresets
Rconnec tedm obile phones
#Select <HV.
If PIN pr otection is activated, apromp tappears
asking if youa lso wish torestor et his tothef ac‐
to ry settings during areset.
#Select <HV
#Enterthec urrent PIN.
The PIN is reset.
Or
#Select 1R.
The cur rent PIN stay st he same af terr eset‐
ting.
% Ifyo uh ave forg otteny our PIN ,anauthorized
Mercedes-Ben zCente rcan deactivat eyour
PIN pr otection fory ou. Ap
romp tappear sagain asking whe ther you
re all yw ish toreset.
#Select <HV.
The multimedia sy stem is rese ttot hefactory
settings.
24 8
Multimedia sy stem