MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GT ROADSTER 2018 Owners Manual

Overview and operation
Overview of
the multimedia sy stem &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you will be distracted from the
traf fic situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Only operate this equipment when the
traf fic situation permits. #
Ifyo u cannot be sure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad
and traf fic conditions and ope rate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y. Yo
u must obse rveth e legal requirements forthe
country in whi chyou are cur rently driving when
operating the multimedia sy stem. Equipment with
touchpad
1 Touch Control
Multimedia sy stem button group on the
st eering wheel (/ page167)
2 Media display
3 Press therock er switch up or down: increa‐
ses or decreases thevo lume (/ page184)
4 Displ aybutton sho wsvolume, cur rent vol‐
ume when setting thevo lume or mute Press
the display button: switches the multi‐
media sy stem on/off
5 Touchpad Equipment with cont
roller
1 Touch Control
Multimedia sy stem button group on the
st eering wheel (/ page167)
2 Media display 17 8
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3
Press therock er switch up or down: increa‐
ses or decreases thevo lume (/ page184)
4 Displ aybutton sho wsvolume, cur rent vol‐
ume when setting thevo lume or mute
Press the display button: switches the multi‐
media sy stem on/off
5 Touchpad or cont roller Note
s onthe media display *
NO
TEScratches on the display The display has a highly sensitive, high-gloss
sur face. The reis a risk of it becoming
scratched. #
Avoid touching the displa y. #
Obser vethe no tes on cleaning. Obser
vethe no tes on caring forth e interior
(/ page 263).
Au tomatic temperature-cont rolled switch-
off feature: ifth ete mp erature is too high, the
brightness is initially reduced automatically. The display may
then switch off comple tely for a
while.
% Ifyo u are wearing polarised sun glasses, it
may be dif ficult toread the displa y. Central control elements
overview To
uchpad equipment
1 Touch Control
2 Touchpad Multimedia sy
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Controller equipment
1 Touch Control
2 Controller To
uch Control Operating
Touch Control #
Tocall up main functions: press button1.
or #
Press and hold button 3. #
Tocall up favo urites: press button 1. #
Swipe down on Touch Control 2. #
Toopen a lis t:press Touch Control 2. #
Toclose a lis t:press button 3.
or #
Swipe right on Touch Control 2. #
Toselect a menu item: swipe up, down, left
or right on Touch Control 2. #
Press Touch Control 2. #
Tomo vethe digital map: swipe in any
direction.
Setting the sensitivity for the Touch Control
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
w Input
5 Touch Control sensitivity #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . Operating
the controller Re
quirements:
R The multimedia sy stem is equipped with a
controller. 18 0
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1
% button
Press brief ly:re turns tothe pr evious display
Press and hold: calls up main functions
2 Cont roller
3 © button
Calls up main functions and favo urites
Controller operating options: #
Turn 3 anti-clockwise or clo ckwise. #
Slide 1 left orright. #
Slide 4 up or down. #
Slide 2 diagonally. #
Press 7brief lyor press and hold. To
uchpad Operating
theto uchpad
Re quirements:
R The multimedia sy stem is equipped with a
to uchpad. 1
% button
Press brief ly:re turns tothe pr evious display
Press and hold: calls up main functions
2 D button
Calls up the control menu of the last active
audio source
3 © button Multimedia sy
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Calls up main functions and
favo urites
4 Touchpad
Yo u can navigate in menus and lists via touch-
sensitive sur face 4 byusing a single-finger
swipe. #
Toopen or close lists: swipe left orright. #
Toselect the menu item: swipe up, down,
left or right. #
Press on touchpad 4.
Use thefo llowing functions with a two-finger
swipe: #
Tocall up main functions and favo urites:
swipe down with two fingers. The swipe mu st
st art in the upper area of theto uchpad. #
Tocall up the control menu of the last
active audio source: swipe up with twofin‐
ge rs. The swipe must start in the lo wer area
of theto uchpad. Setting
the sensitivity for the touchpad
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
w Input #
Select Touchpad sensitivity . #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . #
Toset the pressure sensitivit y:switch
Touchpad tap onO or off ª.
If th e function is switched on O, atap on
th eto uchpad is enough toselect a menu
item.
Handwriting recognition: swit ching there ad-
aloud function on/off
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
õ Audio
5 System feedback #
Switch Read out handwriting recognition on
O or off ª. Ac
tivating/deactivating haptic ope rating
fe edba ckon theto uchpad
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
w Input
The function supports you when making entries
on theto uchpad and when selecting menus. #
Swit chHaptic operating feedback onO or
off ª.
When the function is activated, a tactile feed‐
back in thefo rm of a vibration is ef fected
when theto uchpad is operated.
Selecting a station and track using the
to uchpad #
Press theD button on theto uchpad.
or #
Swipe up with two fingers. The swipe mu st
st art in the lo wer area of theto uchpad.
The cont rol menu appears forth e audio
source that wa s last selected. #
Use one finger toswipe up or down.
Ra dio: the pr evious or the next station is set.
Media source: the pr evious or the next music
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#
Tohide the control menu: swipe down with
two fingers. The swipe mu st start in the
upper area of theto uchpad. Favo
urites Overview of
favo urites
Fa vourites of feryo uqu ick access tofrequently
used applications. It is possible tocrea te20
fa vo urites in tota l.
The following functions are available:
R add pre-defined favo urites fromthefo llow‐
ing categories (/ page183):
- Entertainment
- Telephone
- Connect
- Vehicle
- System settings
R add your ow nfa vo urites (/page 183)
R rename favo urites (/ page183).
R movefavo urites (/ page184).
R dele tefavo urites (/ page184). R
reset all favo urites (/ page184)
Calling up favo urites #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards once.
Na vigating means:
R Swiping on theTo uch Control or the
to uchpad
Leaving thefa vo urites menu #
Press the© button.
Ad ding favo urites
Ad ding prede fined favo urites #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards twice.
The Favourites menu appears. #
Select New favourite.
The categories are displ ayed. #
Select a categor y.
The favo urites are displ ayed. #
Select a favo urite. #
Store thefa vo urite at the desired position.
If a favo urite has already been added at this
position, it will be overwritten.
Example: adding your ow nfa vo urites #
Select Vehicle. #
Select Full screen: Consumption . #
Press and hold the© button until the
fa vo urites are displ ayed. #
Store thefa vo urite at the desired position.
If No function available for saving is shown,the
selected function cannot be added.
Re naming favo urites #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards once. #
Select a favo urite. #
Navigate down wards once.
The Favourites menu appears. #
Select Rename. Multimedia sy
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#
Enter thech aracters. #
Toconfirm the entr y:select ¡.
Moving favo urites #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards once. #
Select a favo urite. #
Navigate down wards once.
The Favourites menu appears. #
Select Move. #
Movethefa vo urite tothe desired position.
If a favo urite has already been added at this
position, it will be overwritten.
Deleting favo urites #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards once. #
Select a favo urite. #
Navigate down wards once.
The Favourites menu appears. #
Todel ete: select Delete. #
Select Yes. #
Toresto reall favo urites: selectReset all.
A prom ptappears. #
Select Yes.
The favo urites are reset tothefa ctory set‐
tings. Switching the sound on/o
ff #
Tomute: pressvolume control 1.
The 8 symbol appears in thest atus line
of the media displa y. #
Toswitch on: change the media source or
turn volume control 1. Ad
justing the volume #
On the multifunction steering wheel: turn
vo lume control 1.
The volume of the cur rent radio or media
source is set. The volume of other audio
sources can be adjus ted separatel y.
Ad just this in thefo llowing situations:
R during a traf fic announcement
R during a telephone call
R when entering or exiting a parking space
while using Active Parking Assist 184
Multimedia sy stem

#
On the multimedia sy stem: press rocker
switch 1up or down.
The volume is inc reased or reduced.
When adjusting thevo lume, the display but‐
to nto the left of thero ck er switch sho ws the
cur rent volume.
or #
Select System inthe multimedia sy stem. #
Select Audio. #
Select a volume setting. #
Set thevo lume. Entering
characters Using
thech aracter input function &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you will be distracted from the
traf fic situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Only operate this equipment when the
traf fic situation permits. #
Ifyo u cannot be sure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad
and traf fic conditions and ope rate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y. Yo
u must obse rveth e legal requirements forthe
country in whi chyou are cur rently driving when
operating the multimedia sy stem.
Use thech aracter input function in thefo llowing
situations, forex ample:
R Renaming a favo urite
R Entering a POI or address
R Making a phone call
The following functions are available:
R Selecting a character in thech aracter bar
R Writing a character on theto uchpad
Character input can be star ted with a control
element and resumed with ano ther.
The multimedia sy stem is equipped with either a
to uchpad or cont roller. #
On theTo uch Control and controller (if
av ailable): selectthech aracters in thech ar‐
acter bar.
Depending on theta rget entry ,th efo llowing
ch aracters are available:
R The full set of characters is shown Multimedia sy
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R
Only those characters which are useful
fo rth e cur rent input string are shown
Other characters are gr eyed out. #
On theto uchpad (if available): selectthe
ch aracters in thech aracter bar.
or #
Write thech aracters on theto uch-sensitive
sur face of theto uchpad.
Handwriting recognition suppo rts yo uby
means of character suggestions and a read-
aloud function.
Examples of character ent ry:
R Renaming a favo urite
R Entering a web address
Entering characters on the touchpad
Re quirements:
R The entered or selected character should be
re ad out: the handwriting recognition read-
aloud function is swit ched on (/ page182). Exam
ple:renaming favo urites #
Call up the "Renaming favo urites" function
(/ page 183). #
Toenter a character: useyour finger to
write characters on theto uchpad.
The character is entered in the input line. If
dif fere nt interpr etations are possible, charac‐
te r suggestions are displa yed. #
Toselect a character suggestion: swipe up
or down on theto uchpad. #
Resume character input. #
Toenter a space: swiperight when the cur‐
sor is located in the input line. #
Todel ete a character: swipe left when the
cursor is loca ted in the input line. #
Toconfirm the entr y:press theto uchpad. #
Tofinish character entr y:swipe upwards.
or #
Press the% button. Sy
stem settings Display
Configuring display settings
Multimedia sy
stem:
4 System 5
G Display and styles
Setting the display brightness #
Select Display brightness . #
Select a brightness value.
Switching the display off/on #
Off: select Display off . #
On: press a button, %,forex ample. 18 6
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Display design
#
Select Day/night design . #
Select Automatic, Day design orNight
design .
Ad ditional displ ayarea
% Depending on theve hicle equipment this
setting may not be available.
Depending on theve hicle, various items of addi‐
tional information can be shown. The additional
display area comprises the left-hand or right-
hand third of the displa y. #
Select Additional display area .
The following display con tent can be selected:
R Dynamic
R Consumption
R Time and date Time and date
Setting the time and date automatical
ly
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
& Time and date #
Deactivate ªManual time adjustment.
The time and date are set automatically for
th e selected time zone and summer time
option.
Setting the time zone
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
& Time and date
5 Time zone:
The list of count ries is displa yed. #
Select a count ry#.
Depending on the count ry, time zones are
displa yed. #
Select a time zone.
The time zone set is displa yed af terTime
zone:.
Setting summer time
The Automatic Summer Time andSummer Time
options cannot be selected in all countries. Multimedia sy
stem:
4 System 5
& Time and date
Au tomatically #
Switch Automatic Summer Time onO or off
ª.
Manual ly #
Switch Automatic Summer Time offª. #
Select Summer Time. #
Select OnorOff.
Setting the time and date form at
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
& Time and date
5 Set format #
Set the date and time form at#.
Setting the time manually
Re quirements:
R The Manual time adjustment function is
switched on. Multimedia sy
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