phone MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN 2018 Owner's Guide
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Settingthes ensitivityf or thetouchpad
Multimedia sy stem:
, 6 \ V W H P.w , Q S X W
#Select 7 R X F K S D G 6 H Q V L W L Y L W \.
#Select ) D V W, 0 H G L X P or 6 O R Z .
#Tosetthe pressur esensitivity: switch
7 R X F K S D G 7 D S onO or off ª.
If th ef unction is switched on O,atap on
th et ouchpad is enough toselect amenu
item.
Handwriting recognition: switch ingther ead-
alou dfunction on/off
Multimedias ystem:
, 6 \ V W H P.õ $ X G L R. 6 \ V W H P ) H H G
E D F N
#Switch 5 H D G 2 X W + D Q G Z U L W L Q J 5 H F R J Q L W L R Q on
O or off ª. Ac
tivating/deactivatin ghaptic feedba ckfor
operation on thet ouchpad
Multimedia sy stem:
, 6 \ V W H P.w , Q S X W
The function supports youw hen making entries
on thet ouchpad and when selecting menus.
#Switch + D S W L F 2 S H U D W L Q J ) H H G E D F N on or off.
When thef unction is activated, atactile feed‐
bac kint heform ofav ibration is ef fected
whe nthe touchpad is operated.
Selecting astatio nand trac kusingt he
to uchpad
#Press theD button on thet ouchpad.
or
#Swipe upwards using tw ofinger sont he
to uchpad.
The cont rolm enua ppear sfor thea udio
source that wa slasts elected.
#Use one finger toswipe up or down.
Ra dio: thep reviousort he nextstatio niss et.
Media source: thep reviousort he next music
tra ck is selecte d.
#Tohide thec ontrol menu: swipe down on
th et ouchpad using tw ofingers.
Main functions
Calling up th emain functions
1ß button
To cal lupn avigation
2$ button
To cal lupt heradio
3Õ button
To cal lupm edia
4%button
To cal lupt hetelephone
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#Tomute: pressvolume control 1.
The 8 symbol appear sinthestatus line.
Yo uw illalso hear traf fica nnouncements and
navigation announcements even when the
sound is muted.
#To switc hon:chang ethe media source or
adjus tthe volume.
Ad justin gthe volume
On them ultimedia sy stem
#Tu rn volume control 1.
The volume of thec urrent radio or media
source is set. The volume of other audio
sources can be adjus teds eparatel y.
Adjus tthis in thef ollowing situations:
Rduring atraf fica nnouncement
Rduri nganavigation announcement
The volume of then avigation announce‐
ment changes in accordanc ewitht he vol‐
ume of thec urrent media sourc e.
Rduringatelephone call
Rwhen entering or exitin gap arkin gspace
while using ActiveP arking Assist
or
#Select 6 \ V W H P.
#Select $ X G L R.
#Selectavolume setting.
#Setthe volume.
% The volume can also be se tonthe multifunc‐
tion steering wheel (
→pag e204).
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Manually
#Deactivateª $ X W R P D W L F ' D \ O L J K W 6 D Y L Q J
7 L P H.
#Select ' D \ O L J K W 6 D Y L Q J 7 L P H.
#Select 2 Qor 2 I I.
Setting thet imea nd da teform at
Multimedi asystem:
, 6 \ V W H P.& 7 L P H D Q G ' D W H. 6 H W
) R U P D W
#Se tthe dat eand time form at#.
Setting thet imem anually
Re quirement
RThe 0 D Q X D O 7 L P H $ G M X V W P H Q W function is
switched on.
Multimedia sy stem:
, 6 \ V W H P.& 7 L P H D Q G ' D W H. 6 H W
7 L P H
#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 \ V W H P.ö & R Q Q H F W L Y L W \
#Select 7 U D Q V P L W 9 H K L F O H 3 R V L W L R Q .
#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 \ V W H P.ö & R Q Q H F W L Y L W \
#Activate Oor deacti vate ª Bluetoo th®.
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Connecting usingabutton
Re quirements
RThis function is onl yavailable in aWi-Fifre ‐
qu ency of 2.4 GHz.
#Select ¥ & R Q Q H F W Y L D : 3 6 3 % &.
#Press theW PS button on thed evice tobe
connec tedors elect & R Q Q H F W .
#Select & R Q W L Q X H inthem ultimedia sy stem.
Connecting using asecurity key
#Select & R Q Q H F W ' H Y L F H W R 9 H K L F O H + R W V S R W .
As ecuri tykeyisd isplayed.
#Select thev ehicle from thed evice tobe con‐
nec ted. The vehicle is displa yedw itht he
SSID 0 % + R W V S R W ; ; ; ; ;.
#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 & R Q Q H F W L R Q Y L D 1 ) &.
#Activat eNFC on them obile device (see the
manufacturer's operating instructions).
#Bring them obile device int othe NFC area of
th ev ehicle (→pag e276).
#Select ' R Q H.
The mobile device is no wconnected tothe
multimedia sy stem hotspo tvia NFC.
To generat eanewsecurity key:
#Select 6 H W 8 S + R W V S R W .
#Select * H Q H U D W H 6 H F X U L W \ . H \.
Ac onnection will be es tablished wit hthe
newly created security key.
#Tosave asecurity key:select 6 D Y H.
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 \ V W H P. & 2 0 $ 1 ' 7 R X F K
Connecting anew device
#Select $ X W K R U L ] H D 1 H Z ' H Y L F H.
#Select & R Q Q H F W 1 H Z ' H Y L F H.
# $ F F H S W 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 $ X W K R U L ] H D 1 H Z ' H Y L F H.
The devices already connec teda redispla yed.
#Select & R Q W L Q X H 8 V L Q J & R Q Q H F W H G ' H Y L F H V.
The 3 O H D V H V W D U W & 2 0 $ 1 ' 7 R X F K R Q \ R X U
G H Y L F H D Q G I R O O R Z W K H L Q V W U X F W L R Q V message
appears.
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RAMercedes me account exists at http://
www.me rcedes.me.
RThe 3 H U V R Q D O L ] D W L R Q service is active.
Multimedia sy stem:
, 6 \ V W H P.g 3 H U V R Q D O L ] D W L R Q. 0 D Q
X D O ( [ S R U W , P S R U W
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 , P S R U W 3 U R I L O H V I U R P 6 H U Y H U.
The 7 K H S U R I L O H G D W D L P S R U W R Y H U Z U L W H V D O O
H [ L V W L Q J S U R I L O H G D W D ' R \ R X Z D Q W W R F R Q
W L Q X H " messag eappears .
#Select < H V.
Userp rofile sa reimpor ted.
#Expor t:select ( [ S R U W 3 U R I L O H V W R W K H 6 H U Y H U.
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 \ V W H P.g 3 H U V R Q D O L ] D W L R Q
#Highlight aprofile.
#Select ¥options.
The following option sareavailable:
R 5 H Q D P H
R ' H O H W H
R 5 H V H W
% 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'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.
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'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.
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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 \ V W H P. 6 R I W Z D U H 8 S G D W H
Au tomatically
Re quirements
RYour vehicle has abuilt-in communication
module.
#Ac tivate $ X W R P D W L F 2 Q O L Q H 8 S G D W H O.
Up dates ar eperform ed.
The cur rent status of theu pdates is dis‐
pla yed.
Manually
#Deactivate $ X W R P D W L F 2 Q O L Q H 8 S G D W Hª.
#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 6 H D U F K I R U 1 H Z 8 S G D W H V.
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 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 ' R Z Q O R D G
The updat ewill be downloaded in theb ack‐
ground.
R ' H W D L O V
Information about thep ending sy stem
updat eisdisplayed.
R / D W H U
The updat ecan be downloaded manually at a
later time (
→pag e247).
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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 \ V W H P. 5 H V H W
Pe rsonal dat aisdeleted, fore xamp le:
Rstatio npresets
Rconnec tedm obile phones
#Select < H V.
If PIN pr otection is activated, apromp tappears
asking if youa lso wish torestor et his tothef ac‐
to ry settings during areset.
#Select < H V
#Enterthec urrent PIN.
The PIN is reset.
Or
#Select 1 R.
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 < H V.
The multimedia sy stem is rese ttot hefactory
settings.
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#Select an intermediatedestination using
ª ( Q W H U ' H V W L Q D W L R Q duringrouteg uid‐
ance.
#Select 6 H W D V 1 H [ W , Q W H U P H G L D W H ' H V W L Q D W L R Q
af te re ntering thed estination.
Editing intermedia tedestinations
Re quirements:
RAd estination is entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
, 1 D Y L J D W L R Q. : D \ 3 R L Q W V D Q G , Q I R
#To chang ethe order of destinations: high‐
light thed estination or thei ntermediat edes‐
tination.
#Select ¥ 0 R Y H.
#Movethei ntermediat edestination tothe
desired position.
#Press theT ouc hControl, thec ontroller or the
to uchpad.
#To call up them ap:highlight thed estination
or thei ntermediat edestination.
#Select ¥ 0 D S.
#Movethem ap (→page268).
#Select destination on them ap (→page255).
#Todel etead estination: highlightthed esti‐
nation or thei ntermediat edestination.
#Select ¥ ' H O H W H .
Calculating arout ew ith intermediat edesti‐
nations
Re quirements
RThe destination and at leas tone intermediate
destination ha vebeen entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
, 1 D Y L J D W L R Q. , Q W H U P H G L D W H ' H V W L Q D W L R Q V
D Q G , Q I R
#Select 6 W D U W 1 H Z 5 R X W H * X L G D Q F H.
The routeisc alculated withthe se tinter‐
mediat edestinations.
Selecting acontact
Re quirements
Ram obile phoneisc onnectedtot he multime‐
dia sy stem (→pag e275). Multimedias
ystem:
, 1 D Y L J D W L R Q. 3 U H Y L R X V D Q G 2 W K H U ' H V W L
Q D W L R Q V. & R Q W D F W V
#Select thec onta ct.
The contact de tails ar edispla yed.
#Select thea ddress.
Alternativel yfiltering th edispla ybyc ontacts
#Enteran ame or telephonen umber,for exam‐
ple, int othe sear chfield.
#Select ¡.
The firs tc ontact in thel istish ighlighted.
#Select thec onta ct.
#Select thea ddress.
Entering geo-coordina tes
Multimedia sy stem:
, 1 D Y L J D W L R Q. 3 U H Y L R X V D Q G 2 W K H U ' H V W L
Q D W L R Q V. * H R F R R U G L Q D W H V
#En terg eo-coordinates as latitude and longi‐
tude coordinates in degrees, minutes and
seconds.
The map sho ws theposition.
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Route
Calculating aroute
Re quirements:
RThe destination has been entered.
RThe destination address is shown.
#Ifro uteg uidance isno ta ctive, select 6 W D U W
5 R X W H * X L G D Q F H.
The routetot he destination is calculated.
The map sho ws theroute. Routeg uidance
th en begins.
or
#If ro uteg uidance isact ive, select 6 W D U W 1 H Z
5 R X W H * X L G D Q F H or 6 H W D V 1 H [ W , Q W H U P H G L D W H
' H V W L Q D W L R Q .
6 W D U W 1 H Z 5 R X W H * X L G D Q F H:the selected des‐
tination address is se tasanewdestination.
The pr evious destination sand intermediate
destination saredele ted. Ro uteg uidance to
th en ew destination begins.
6 H W D V 1 H [ W , Q W H U P H G L D W H ' H V W L Q D W L R Q:t he
selected destination address is se tasthe
next intermediat edestination. Routeg uid‐
anc ebegins. Ta
king alternativ eroutes int oconsidera tion
#Select an al tern ativ erout e(→pag e258).
Other men ufunctions
#To save thed estination: select¥ 6 W R U H
L Q 3 U H Y L R X V ' H V W L Q D W L R Q V .
#Todispl ayon them ap:select ¥ 0 D S.
#Tocall atelephone number: select¥
& D O O .
#Tocall up an Interne taddress: select
¥ Z Z Z(ifavailable).
Selecting arout etype
Multimedias ystem:
, 1 D Y L J D W L R Q.À 5 R X W H D Q G 3 R V L W L R Q
#Select 5 R X W H 6 H W W L Q J V.
#Selectther out etype.
Ar out ehas already been created: ther oute
is calculated on theb asis of then ew route
type.
Ar out ehas no tbeen created: then extroute
is calculated on theb asis of then ew route
type.
R ( F R 5 R X W H
An economical routeisc alculated. The
jo urne ytimem aybe somew hat longer
th an forq uic kerroutes.
The symbol fort he cur rent vehicle posi‐
tion is displa yeding reen.
R ) D V W 5 R X W H
Ar out ew ithaq uickjourne ytimeisc al‐
culated.
R 6 K R U W 5 R X W H
Ar out ew ithas hort driving dis tance is
calculated.
$ X W R P D W L F 7 U D I I L F - D P $ Y R L G D Q F H can be
switched on Oor off ªfort hese route
types. If $ X W R P D W L F 7 U D I I L F - D P $ Y R L G D Q F H is
switch ed on, $ V N L Q W K H ( Y H Q W R I 7 U D I I L F - D P
$ Y R L G D Q F H can be selected.
The routet ypes $ X W R P D W L F 7 U D I I L F - D P $ Y R L G
D Q F H and $ V N L Q W K H ( Y H Q W R I 7 U D I I L F - D P
$ Y R L G D Q F H aren otavailable in everyc ount ry.
R $ X W R P D W L F 7 U D I I L F - D P $ Y R L G D Q F H
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destinationÎ.After this, routeg uidance is
continue d.
Switch ing navigation announcement son/off
Re quirements:
Rarout ehas already been created.
Rrouteg uidance isact ive.
#To switc hoff:press the8 button on the
multifunction steering wheel during anaviga‐
tion announcement.
or
#Press on thev olume control tother ight of
th ec ontroller during anavigation announce‐
ment (
→pag e234).
The 9 R L F H * X L G D Q F H K D V E H H Q G H D F W L Y D W H G
messag eappears.
or
#Sho wthe navigation menu (→pag e249).
#Select ! 9 R L F H * X L G D Q F H.
The symbol changes to#.
#To activate: select# 9 R L F H * X L G D Q F H.
The cur rent navigation announcement is
pl ay ed. %
Inthef ollowing situations, navigation
announcements ar eswitched on automati‐
cally:
RAn ew routeg uidance is star ted.
RThe routeisr ecalculated.
% Youc an access and add this function as a
fa vo rite under 9 R L F H * X L G D Q F H 2 Q 2 I I .
Switch ing navigation announcement son/off
during aphone call
#Select 6 \ V W H P.
#Selectõ $ X G L R .
#Select 1 D Y L J D W L R Q D Q G 7 U D I I L F $ Q Q R X Q F H
P H Q W V.
#Swit ch 9 R L F H * X L G D Q F H ' X U L Q J & D O O onO or
off ª.
Ad justin gthe volumeofn avigation
announcements
Re quirements:
Rarout ehas already been created.
Rrouteg uidance isactive. On
them ultifunction steering wheel or on
th em ultimedia sy stem
#Press theW orX button on them ulti‐
function steering wheel during anavigation
announcement.
or
#Tu rn thev olume control tother ight of the
controller duri nganavigation announcement
(
→pa ge 235).
% Inthef ollowing situations, thev olume is
ra ised tothem inimum volume or lo weredt o
th em aximum volume:
RAn ew routeg uidance is star ted.
RThe routeisr ecalculated.
% The minimum volume can be individuall yset
at an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.
Vi as ystems ettings
#Select 6 \ V W H P.
#Selectõ $ X G L R .
#Select 1 D Y L J D W L R Q D Q G 7 U D I I L F $ Q Q R X Q F H
P H Q W V.
#Select 9 R L F H * X L G D Q F H 9 R O X P H .
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