audio MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS 2021 User Guide

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Select Recepti onVol ume orTra nsmi ssion
Vol ume. #
Setth evo lume.
Fu rther information onthere comme ndedrecep‐
tion andtransm ission volume: https:/ /
www .mercedes-ben z-mobile.co m/
Ad jus tingthe calland ringt one volum e
Multime diasystem:
4 System 5
õ Audio 5
Phone #
Select CallVolume orRington eVolume. #
Setth evo lume.
St arting orsto pping mobilephon evo ice rec‐
ognit ion
Re quirement s:
R The mobile phoneis con nectedto themulti‐
media system (/ page258).
St arting mobi lephone voice recognit ion #
Press and hold the00E3 buttononthemulti‐
func tion steer ing wheel formor eth an one
sec ond.
Yo ucan usemob ilephon evo ice recogni tion. St
opp ingmobil eph one voice recognit ion #
Press the0063 or0076 buttononthemulti‐
func tion steer ing wheel. Calls
Using
thete lephone
Multime diasystem:
4 Phone 5
ª Contac ts
Making acall #
Select Numerical Keypad. #
Enterth enumber . #
Select 0097.
The callismade.
Ac cep tingacall #
Select Accep t.
Re jec tingaca ll #
Select Reject .
En din gaca ll #
Select 005A. Ac
tiv atin gfunc tions dur ingacal l #
Tosho wall functions, navig atedo wn.
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable during a
call:
R EndCall
R Mak eAdd ition alCall
R Keybo ard(sho wto send DTMF tones)
R Swi tchMu teMicon 0073 oroff0053.
R Private Mode(a nacti vecal lin ha nds-fr ee
mod eis transf erredove rto thete lephon e)
Conduct ingcalls withse ve ralpar ticip ants
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an act ive call (/ page262).
R Another call isbeing made.
Switc hingbetw een calls #
Select call003B.
The select edcall isactiv e.The other call is
on hold.
Ac tiv atin gor endin gacal lon hol d #
Select Continu eCa llor End Call. 26
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Mu ltimed iasystem

App
leCar Play® Ov
ervie wof App leCar Play® &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract edfrom the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system.
iPhone ®
func tionscan beused viathemultime‐
dia system using Apple CarPla y®
.The yar eoper‐
at ed using thecent ralcon trol elemen tor the Sir
i®
vo ice con trol system. Youcan activat eth e
vo ice con trol system bypressing andholding the
00E3 buttononthemultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
Onl yone mobile phoneatatime canbecon nec‐
te dvia Apple CarPla y®
to themultimedia sys‐
te m.
The availabilit yof App leCarPla y®
ma yva ry
acc ordin gto thecount ry.
The service prov ider isresponsible forth is appli‐
cat ion and theser vices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Apple CarPla y®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof
Apple Inc.
Inf ormat iononApple CarPla y®
While usingApple CarPla y®
va rious funct ionsof
th emultimedia system, e.g.telephon yor the
media sourcesBlue tooth®
audio andiPod ®
,ar e
una vailable.
Onl yone routeguidan cecan beact ive at atim e.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive on themultimedia sys‐
te m, itis closed whenrouteguidan ceisstar ted
on themobile phone. Connecting
aniPhone ®
via Apple CarPla y®
Re quirement s:
R Apple ®
oper atingsy stem version iOS 8.3or
abo veisins talled ontheiPhone ®
.
R AnInterne tcon nect ionisrequ ired forth efull
ra ng eof func tions forApple CarPla y®
.
R The iPho ne®
is connect edtothemultimedia
sy stem viatheUSB portç using asuit a‐
ble cable (/page285).
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Apple CarPlay
Se tting automat icor manu alstar t
A messa geappear swhen connectedfo rth efirs t
tim e. #
Automatic star t:select Automatically.
Start Automatically isactiv ated 0073.
Apple CarPla y®
will nowstar timm ediat ely
af te rth eiPhone ®
is con nect edtothemulti‐
media system using aUSB cable. #
Manua lst ar t:select Manual ly. #
Select theiPhone ®
in thede vice list. 268
Multimedia system

The
availabilit yof An droid Autoand Android Auto
apps mayva ry acc ordin gto thecount ry.
The service prov ider isresponsible forth is appli‐
cat ion and theser vices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Inf orma tion onAndr oidAuto
While usingAndroid Auto,va rious funct ionsof
th emultimedia system, forex am ple themedia
sour ceBlue tooth®
audio, areno tav ailable.
On lyone routeguidan cecan beact ive at atim e.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive on themultimedia sys‐
te m, itis closed whenrouteguidan ceisstar ted
on themobile phone.
Connecting amobile phoneviaAndr oidAuto
Re quirement s:
R The firs tacti vatio nof Andr oid Au toon the
multime diasystem mus tbe car ried out when
th eve hicle isstatio naryfo rsaf etyre ason s.
R The mobi lephon esuppo rts Andr oidAuto
fr om Andr oid5.0.
R The Andr oidAutoapp isins talled onthe
mobil ephone. R
Inorder touse thete lephon efunc tions,the
mobil ephone mustbe connect edtothemul‐
timedia system viaBlue tooth®
( / pag e258 ).
If th er ewa sno prior Interne tconn ection, this
is es tablished withth euse ofthemobile
phone withAn droid Auto.
R The mobile phoneisconn ectedtothemulti‐
media system viatheUSB portç using a
suit able cable (/page285).
R AnInterne tcon nect ionisrequ ired forth efull
ra ng eof func tions forAndr oidAuto.
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Android Auto #
Select themobile phonefrom thede vice list.
Ac cep ting/r eject ingtheda ta protection reg‐
ulat ions
A messag ewit hth edat apr otect ion regulations
appear s. #
Select Accept &Start .
or #
Select Decline &End. Ac
tiv atin gaut omati cst ar t #
Select StartAutoma tically0073.
St arting manuall y #
Select themobile phonefrom thede vice list.
Exiting AndroidAuto #
Press the00E2 buttonon themultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, forex am ple.
% IfAn droid Autowa sno tdispla yedin thefo re ‐
gr ound beforedisconn ecting,theapplication
st ar ts inthebac kground when reconnect ed.
Yo ucan callupAndroid Autointhemain
menu.
Calling uptheAndr oidAutosound settings
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Android Auto 5
Sound #
Select theto ne menu (/page 297).
Endi ngAndr oidAuto
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Android Auto #
Select Disconnect.
The connect ionisended. 27
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Multimedia system

Se
tting theTu neIn Radio optio ns
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 TuneIn Radio5
Z Option s
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Select Stream: selectth est re am qualit y
R Log into Tune InAc coun t:log into your
Tu neIn user acco unt
R Log Outof Accou nt:log ou tof your TuneIn
us er acco unt #
Select anoptio n. Med
ia Au
dio mode In
fo rm ation ontheaud iomod e &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction whenha n‐
dl ing data stor ag emedia
If yo uhan dleadat ast or ag emedium while
dr iving, your att entio nis div ertedfrom the tr
af fic condi tions.Thi scou ldalso cau seyou
to lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyhandle adat ast or ag emedium
when theve hicle isstatio nary. Pe
rm issible file systems:
R FAT32
R exFA T
R NTFS
Pe rm issible datast or ag emedium:
R SD card
R USB stor ag ede vice
R iPod ®
/iPhone ®
R MTP devices
R Blue tooth®
audio equipme nt
% Obse rveth efo llo wing notes:
R The multimedia system suppor tsatot al
of up to50,000 files.
R Dat ast or ag emedia upto2TB aresup ‐
por ted(32‑ bitaddr essspace). Suppor
tedfo rm ats :
R MP3
R WMA
R AAC
R WAV
R FLAC
R ALAC
% Obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R Due tothelar ge variet yof available
music files rega rding encoder s,sam pling
ra tesand datara tes, pla ybac kcanno t
alw aysbe guar anteed.
R Due tothewide rang eof USB device s
av ailable onthemar ket,play bac kcann ot
be guar anteed forall USB devices.
R Cop y-pr otect edmusic files orDRM
enc rypte dfiles can notbe playedbac k.
R MP3 players mus tsupp ortMedi aTr ans ‐
fe rPr oto col (MT P). 282
Multimed iasystem

Media
search St
arting themed iasear ch
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
ª Search
Depen dingonthecon nect edmedia sourcesand
fi les, thefo llo wing categor iesarelis ted:
R Current TrackList
R Keyword Search
R Playlists
R Artists
R Albums
R Track s
R Folders
R Music Genres
R Year
R Composers
R Podcast s(Apple ®
de vices)
R Audiobook s(Apple ®
de vices) #
Select acat egor y. %
The categor iesareav ailable assoon asthe
ent ire media content hasbe en read inand
anal yzed . Med
iaInt erface Inf
orma tion abou tth eMed iaInt erface
Media Inte rface isauniv ersal interface forth e
connecti onofmob ile au dio equipm ent.Themul‐
time diasy stem has twoUSB ports.The USB
por tsarelocat edinthestow agecom partment
unde rth ear mr est.
Supp ortedde vic es
The Med iaInt erface allo ws youto connect the
fo llo wing datast or ag emedia:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ®
R MP3 player
R USB devices
Fo rde tails and alis tof suppor tedde vices, visit
our websit eat htt ps:/ /www .mercedes-
benz .com/c onnect.Fo llowtheins truction sin
th e"Media Interface" secti on. Sw
itchin gto Media Interface
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Connec ta dat ast or ag emedium totheUSB
por t(/ page285). #
Select amedia device.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac k. 286
Multimedia system

Ov
ervie wof Media Interface 1
Activeda ta stor ag emedium
2 Album cover
3 Artis t,trac kand albu m
4 Trac knum berand num beroftrac ks inthe
tr ac klist
5 Search
6 Play ba ck Control 7
Med iaSou rces
8 Sound
9 Opti ons Blue
tooth®
audio Inf
ormation aboutBluetooth®
audio
Bef oreusi ng your Blue tooth®
audio equipme nt
wit hth emultimedia system forth efirs ttim e,
yo uwill need toaut hor ize it(/ page28 8). Mult
imed iasystem 28
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Blue
tooth®
audio overview 1
Activeda ta stor ag emedium
2 Album cover
3 Trac k, artis t,album
4 Trac knum berand num beroftrac ks inthe
tr ac klist
5 Search
6 Play ba ck Control 7
Med iaSou rces
8 Sound
9 Opti ons Se
arch ing forand author izing aBlue tooth®
audio devic e
Re quirement s:
R Blue tooth®
is act ivat ed on themultimedia
sy stem and audio equipment (/page22 4).
R The audio equipment supportstheBlue‐
to oth®
audio profiles A2DP and AVRC P. 288
Multimedia system

R
The audio equipment is"visible" forot her
de vices.
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources
5 á Bluetoot hAudio
Au thorizing ane wBlu etoo th®
audio devic e #
Select ¥. #
Select AddNew Bluetooth AudioDevice. #
Select StartSearch onSystem .
De tected audio eq uipme ntisdispl ayed inthe
de vice list. #
Select aBlue tooth®
audio devic e.
Au thor ization star ts.A cod eis displa yedon
th emultimedia system and onthemobile
phone. #
Ifth ecodes areidentic al,con firm onthe
audio equipme nt.
The audio equipme ntiscon nectedand play‐
bac kst ar ts. Select
ingprev iousl yaut hor ized Bluetooth®
audio equipment #
Select ¥. #
Select aBlue tooth®
audio devic e.
Es tablis hingaconnect ionfrom theBlu e‐
to oth®
audio equipment
The Blue tooth®
de vice name ofthemultimedia
sy stem isMB BLUE TOOTH XXXXX. #
Select Search fromDevic e. #
Startth eaut hor ization ontheaudio equip‐
ment (seemanuf acturer'soper ating instruc‐
tion s).
A code isdispla yedon themultimedia sys‐
te m and ontheaudio device. #
Conf irm on both devices ifth ecodes are
identic al.
The audio equipment iscon nect edand play‐
bac kst ar ts.
Wi th some audioeq uipment, playbac kmus tbe
initially star tedon thede vice itself sothat the
multime diasystem can playth eaudio files. %
Device -specif icinf ormatio non aut hor izin g
and connectingBlue tooth®
-cap ablemob ile
pho nes can beobtained athtt ps:/ /
www .mercedes-ben z-mobile.co m/oratan
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter.
Ac tiv atin gBlue tooth®
audio
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select áBluetoot hAudio.
The multimedia system activ ates thecon nec‐
te dBlue tooth®
audio equipme nt.
Select ingthemed iapla yeron the Blue tooth®
audio devic e
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Media 5
ª #
Select theBluetoot hAudio Players categor y.
If multip lemedia players arepr esen ton the
Blu etoo th®
audio equipme ntalis tappear s. #
Select amedi apla yer.
Pla ybac kst ar ts.
% The function isno tsuppo rted byeve ry
mobil ephone. Mul
timedi asy stem 289

Sear
ching fora musi ctrac kon the Blue ‐
to oth®
audio devic e
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources
5 á Bluetoot hAudio #
Select ª. #
Select acat egor y.
A trac klist appear s. #
Select atrac k.
% The funct ionisonl yav ailable whenthe
mobil ephone andthemedia playersele cted
on themobile phonesuppor tth is func tion.
Switc hingBluetoo th®
audio equipment via
NFC
Re quirement s:
R Obser vetheno teson using NFC
(/ page26 1).
R The Blue tooth®
audio overview isdispla yed
( / pag e288 ). #
Lightl ypr ess theNFC area on themobile
phone (seethemanuf acturer'soper ating
ins truction s).
If th emobile phonehasalready been author‐
ized onthemultimedia system asBlue tooth®
audio equipme nt,it is no wcon nected.
If th emobile phoneisaut hor ized onthemul‐
timedia system asBlue tooth®
audio equip‐
men tfo rth efirs ttime ,it is conne cted afte r
conf irming theins truction son themobile
phone (seethemanuf acturer'soper ating
ins truction s).
Disconnec tingBluetooth®
audio equipment
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Phone 5
á Media Sources #
Select thei symbol intheline ofthe
mobil ephone.
The disconnection ofthemobile phonetake s
place without acon firm atio npr om pt.The
mob ile pho neremains author ized inthesy s‐
te m. Ra
dio Sw
itchin gon the radio Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 Radio #
Alternativ ely:press the002A button.
The radio displa yappear s.Yo uwill hear the
las tst atio npla yedon thelas tfr eq uency
band select ed. 290
Multimedia system

Disp
laying satellit era dio service informa tion
Multime diasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s #
Select ServiceInformation. Sound
To
ne settings Inf
ormat ionabout thesound system
The soun dsy stem has atot alout put of100W
and iseq uippe dwit hfive speak ers. Itis available
fo rall functions inthera dio and media modes.
% The callcan also bemade from other audi o
sour ces. Replace Media with,forex am ple,
Ra dio inthemenu path.
Calling upthesound menu
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Equal izer
R Balan ceand Fade r R
Automat icVolum eAdj ustmen t
R Other Soun dSet tings #
Select asoun dmen u.
Ad jus tingtreb le,mid- rang eand bass set‐
tings
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Equalizer #
Select Treble, MidRange orBass. #
Chang eth ese ttings.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gaut omati cvo lum e
adj ustm ent
Multime diasystem:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Autom aticVolume Adjustmen t
Au tomatic volume adjustment com pens ates for
dif fering volumes whenchang ingbetween audio
sour ces. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Ad
jus tingthe balanc e/fader
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Balance andFader #
Adjus tth ebalance andfader . #
Toexitth emenu :pr ess the0038 button. Bur
mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem Inf
orma tion abou tth eBu rm ester®
sur round
soun dsy stem
The Burmes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem has a
to ta loutput of590 Wand iseq uipped with13
speak ers. Itis available forall functions inthe
ra dio and media modes.
% The callcan also bemade from other audi o
sour ces. Replace Media with,forex am ple,
Ra dio inthemenu path. Multimedia
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