radio MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS 2021 User Guide

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

Ra
dio overview 1
Activefreq uency band
2 Statio nnam eor setfr eq uenc y
3 Artis t,tit le, album andradio text
4 Statio nlis t
5 Pres ets
6 Radio Source
7 Soun d 8
Options Mult
imed iasystem 29
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Switc
hingtheHD Radio func tionon /o ff Multimedia
system:
4 Radio 5
Z Option s5
HD Radio #
Switc hth efunc tion on0073 oroff0053.
% HDRadio Tech nol ogy manuf actu redunder
license from iBiquity Digit alCor poration.
U. S. and Foreign Patents. HDRadio™ and
th eHD, HDRadio and "Arc"logos arepr opr i‐
et ar ytrademar ksofiBiq uity Digit alCor p. Se
tting thewa veband Multimedia
system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
HD Radio FMHDRadio AMand SiriusXM Radio
can beselect ed. #
Select afreq uency band. Selecting
ara dio station Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 Radio #
Navig ateup ordown. Call
ingupthera dio station list Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 Radio 5
00D3 #
Select ast atio n. Sear
ching forra dio station susin gst ation
names ordir ectfr eq uenc yentr y Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 Radio 5
00D3 #
Entera st atio nnam eor freq uenc y. #
Select 0076.
The searchre sults aredispla yed. #
Select ast atio n. St
oring radio station s Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 Radio 5
ß Preset s #
Select Store Current Station inthe Preset s. Managing
radio station prese ts Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 Radio 5
ß Preset s
Mo ving station s: #
Highl ightapr ese tentr yand navig ateto the
lef t. 292
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#
Select Move Highlighte dStati on. #
Select amemo ryprese t.
Dele ting station s: #
Highl ightapr ese tentr yand navig ateto the
lef t. #
Selec tDelet eHighlig htedSt ation. #
Selec tYes. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gra dio text Multimedia
system:
4 Radio 5
Z Option s
5 Display RadioTextInformation #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Sat
ellit era dio In
fo rm ation onthesat ellit era dio
SIRI USXM®
sat ellite radio offers mor eth an 175
digit al-quality radio chann elsprov iding 100%
commer cial-free musi c,spor ts,news and enter‐
ta inm ent,fo rex am ple. SIRIUS XMsatellit era dio
em ploysaflee tof high-per form anc esat ellit esto br
oadcas tar ound thecloc kth ro ughout theUS A
and Canada. Thesatellit era dio progr am isavail‐
able fora mont hlyfe e. Inf ormation aboutthis
can beobt ained from aSir ius XM®
Ser vice Cen‐
te rand athttps://www .siriusxm.com (USA)or
https://www .siriusxm.ca (Canada ).
% Sirius ,XM and allrelat ed mar ksand logos
ar etrademar ksofSir ius XM Radio Inc.and
its subsidiar ies.Allother mar ks,ch ann el
nam esand logos areth epr oper tyof their
re spectiv eow ner s.All rights reser ved.
Sat ellit era dio restriction s
Sat ellit era dio mode maybe temp orarily una vail‐
able orinterru pte dfo ra va riet yof reason s.
Thes einc lude environ men talor topog raphical
con dition sbe yond thecon trol of Mer cedes- Benz
US A,LLC. Thus, operation atcer tain locat ions
ma yno tbe possible .
Re gis tering sat ellit era dio
Re quirement s:
R Satellit era dio equipment
R Regis tration withasat ellit era dio prov ider R
Ifre gis tration isno tincluded whenpurchas‐
ing thesy stem, your credit cardde tails will
be requ ired toact ivat eyo ur acc oun t.
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s #
Select ServiceInformation.
The service information screen appear s
sho wing thera dio IDand thecur rent sub‐
scr iptio nstatus . #
Establish ate lephon econ nection . #
Followtheser vice staf f's instruct ions.
The activatio npr oce ssma yta ke up toten
minut es.
% Youcan also have thesat ellit eser vice acti‐
va tedonline. Todo so, please visithttps:/ /
www .siriusxm. com(USA)orhtt ps:/ /
www .siriusxm. ca(Canada).
Switc hingonsat ellit era dio
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source #
Select SiriusXM Radio. Multimedia
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Ov
ervie wof thesat ellit era dio 1
Activefreq uency band
2 Logoor coverpictur efo rth esong (ifavaila‐
ble)
3 Categor y
4 Chan nelnam e
5 Artis t,trac kand album
6 SiriusXM RadioChannels 7
Pres ets
8 Radio Source
9 Soun d
A Playbac kCon trol
B Options Select
ingasat ellit era dio category
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio
5 00D3 SiriusXM RadioChannels 5
Category #
Select acat egor y. 29
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Multimedia system

Selec
tingasat ellit era dio channe l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio #
Navig ateup ordown.
Sa ving ordele ting asat ellite ra dio channe l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
ß Preset s #
Select Store Current Station inthe Preset s.
Mo ving ach anne l #
Select Options. #
Select MoveHighlightedStation. #
Select amemor ypr ese t.
De leting ach anne l #
Select Options. #
Select Delete HighlightedStation . #
Select amemor ypr ese t. Di
spla ying EPGinformation forthe current
ch anne l
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s #
Select EPGInformation aboutCurrent Chan-
nel.
Se tting parental controlforra dio
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s
5 Parent alContr ol #
Activateth efunc tion 0073. #
Determ ine afo ur -di git charact erseq uenc e
and selec t¡.
All chann elswithadult content are lock ed.
Un loc king ach anne l #
Enterthefo ur -di git charact erseq uenc eand
selec t¡.
All chann elswithadult content are unlocked. Music
andspor taler tsfunction
This function enables youto prog ram an alertfor
yo ur favo rite artis ts,tr ac ks orspor tingevents.
Mu sic aler ts can besave dwhils ta tra ck isbeing
pla yedand spor taler tscan besave ddur ing a
liv ega me. Youcan also spec ifyspor taler tsvia
th emenu option .The system then con tinuousl y
sear ches thro ugh allthech ann els. Ifamat chis
fo und withast or ed aler t,yo uwill beinformed .
Se tting music and sportaler ts
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s
5 Alert forArtist, Son g& Sport ingEven t
Se tting amusic alert #
Select AddNew Alert.
or #
Select Manage Artist &Son gAlert s. #
Select ¥Option s.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Mark ThisEntry
R Unmar kThis Entry Mult
imed iasystem 295

R
Mark AllEnt ries
R Unmark AllEnt ries
R Delete ThisEntry
R Delete AllEnt ries #
Select anoption. #
Activate Artist &Song Alerts 0073.
The alertis setfo rth ecur rent artis tor trac k.
If amatc his found ,a pr om ptappear sask ing
whe ther youwish tochang eto thest atio n.
Se tting aspor taler t #
Select Add New Alert.
or #
Select Man ageSports Ale rts. #
Select Select New Alerts.
or #
Select EditAle rts. #
Select ate am from aleague. #
Activate Spo rts Ale rts 0073. Inf
orma tion onSm artFa vo rite sand Tune
St art
St atio nsinthest atio npr ese tscan beadded as
Sm artFa vorite s. Smar tFa vorite sst atio nsare
aut omat icallysa ve dto temp orar yst or ag ein the
bac kground .If yo uch ang eto aSm artFa vorite s
st atio n,youcan repla y,pause oractiv elyskip
fo rw ardor bac kto broadcas tswhic hyo uha ve
missed .If Tu ne Startis act ivat ed and youch ang e
to ano ther Smar tFa vorite sst atio n,themusic
tra ck cur rentl ypl ay ing onthest atio nis aut omat ‐
icall yre star tedfrom thebeginnin gof thetra ck.
Ad ding ach anne lto Smar tFa vo rite s
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio #
Select theactiv efreq uency band. #
Highlight anent ry. #
Select ¥. #
Select Add Highlighte dCh anne lto Smar t
Favo rites. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gTu neS tart
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Z Option s5
TuneSt art #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Contr olling playbac k
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Y Playback Control
Yo ucan pause thepla ybac kof thecur rent sta‐
tio nor skip forw ardor bac kwardin thetimelin e.
This leavesliv emode toacc ess theint ernal tem‐
por aryst or ag e. #
Tofast forw ard/r ewind: turnth econ troller
count er-cloc kwise orcloc kwise/swipe leftor
ri ght ontheto uc hpad. #
Tojum pto thepr ev ious/ne xtsong: press
th econ troller leftor right/swipe leftor right
on theto uc hpad. #
Topause playbac k:sel ect 00CF. #
Toretur nto livemod e:navig ateto theend
of thetimeline. 296
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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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No
teson tech nical data
* NO
TEMercede s-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. The
data stat ed onlyapplies tovehicles with
st andar deq uipme nt.Yo ucan obtain further
inf ormation from anaut hor ized Mercedes- Benz
Cent er. Ve
hicl eele ctroni cs Tw
o-w ayradio s No
teson installing two-w ayradio s &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
im proper workon two-w ayradios
If tw o-w ayradios aremanipulat edorretrof it‐
te dincor rectl y,theelectr omagne ticradiation
fr om thetw o-w ayradios caninterfere wit h
th eve hicle electr onics andjeopar dizethe
oper ating safetyof theve hicle. #
Yousho uld have all workon electr ical
and electr oniccomponent scar ried out
at aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
im proper opera tionoftwo-w ayradios
If yo uuse two-wa yra dios intheve hicle
im proper ly,th eir electr omagne ticradiation
can disruptth eve hicle's electronics. Thisis
th ecase inthefo llo wing situat ions,in par tic‐
ular :
R The two-w ayradio isno tcon nectedto an
ex terior ant enna.
R The exterior ant enna isins talled incor‐
re ctly orisno ta low- reflect ion antenn a.
This could jeopar dizetheoper ating safetyof
th eve hicle. #
Have thelow- reflect ion exterior
ant enna installed ataqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop. #
When operating two-w ayradios inthe
ve hicle, alwaysconn ectthem tothe
lo w- reflect ion exterior ant enna. *
NO
TEInva lidation oftheoper ating per‐
mit due tofailur eto com plywith the
ins truct ions forins tallation anduse The
oper atingper mit maybe inva lidat edif
th eins truction sfo rins tallation anduseof
tw o-w ayradios areno tobser ved. #
Onlyuse appr oved freq uency bands. #
Obser vethemaximum permissible out‐
put powe rin these freq uency bands. #
Onlyuse appr oved ant enn aposition s. On
vehicles withapanor amicsliding sunroof,
ins talling anant enn ato thefront orrear roof
ar ea isno tper mitt ed.
Use Tech nica lSpe cifica tionISO/T S21 609 (Road
Ve hicles –"EMCs forins tallation ofafte rm arke t
ra dio freq uency transmit tingeq uipment ")when
re trof itti ng two-w ayradios. Complywithth e
leg alrequ iremen tsforde tach able parts. 366
Tech nica lda ta

If
yo ur vehicle hasinstallation sfo rtw o-w ayradio
eq uipment ,use thepo we rsupp lyand antenn a
con nectors prov ided inthepr e-ins tallation .
Obser vethemanuf acturer'ssupplement swhen
ins talling.
Tw o-w ayradio transmi ssion output
The maxi mum transm ission outpu t(PEAK) atthe
base oftheant enn amus tno texc eed theva lues
in thefo llo wing table.
Fr eq uency bandandmaxim um transm ission
out put Fr
eq uency band Maximumtransm is‐
sion output
Sho rtwa ve
3 -54 MHz (1
00 W)
4 m freq uency band
74 -88 MHz (30
W)
2 m frequency band
14 4-17 4MHz (50
W) Fr
eq uency band Maximumtransm is‐
sion output
Te rres trial Trunk ed
Ra dio (TETRA)
380 -460 MHz (1
0 W)
70 cm freq uency
band
420 -450 MHz (35
W)
Tw o-w ayradio
(2G/3G/ 4G) (1
0 W) The
follo wing canbeused intheve hicle without
re strictions :
R Two-w ayradios withamaximum transmis ‐
sion output ofup to100mW
R RFtransmi tter swit htransmi tter freq uenci es
in the380 -41 0MHz freq uency bandanda
maximu mtransmi ssionoutpu tof up to2W
(TETR A)
R Mobi lephones (2G/3G/4G) There
areno restrictions whenpos itioning the
ant enn aon theoutside oftheve hicle forth efo l‐
lo wing freq uenc ybands :
R Terres trial Trunk edRadio (TETRA)
R 70cm freq uency band
R 2G/3G/ 4G Ra
dio ope ratin gper mits forve hicl eco mp o‐
nent s
Manuf acturer informat ionabout wireless vehicle
com ponent scan befound usingth eke yphr ase
"R adio operating per mits"intheDigit alOper a‐
to r's Manua lin theve hicle, ontheInt erne tand
in theapp. Te
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