MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS 2021 Owners Manual

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Todispl aymanu ally:select LiveTraffic Sub-
scription Info.
Depending onthest atus ,on eof thefo llo wing
mess ages appear s:
R theper iod ofvalidity forth esubscr iption
is displa yed.
R thesubscr iption hasexpir ed.
% The subscr iption canbeextende d:
R Atan aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCent er
R Viaan MB Info cal lto theMer cedes- Benz
Cus tomer Assis tanceCenter
Di spla yingthe traf fic ma p
Re quirement s:
R ForLiv eTr af fic Inf ormati on:theve hicle is
eq uipped withacommunication modulefea‐
tur ing anact ivat ed, integrat edSIM car d.
R When theve hicle isstar ted, thecomm unica‐
tion module automaticall yes tablishes an
Int erne tcon nection .Tr af fic inf ormati onis
mad eav ailable shortly af te rw ards. Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely:ifth emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press theTo uc hCon trol, the
contr oller or theto uc hpad.
The map menuappear s. #
Activate0073 º.
Th etraf fic map showsthefo llo wing informatio n,
fo rex am ple:
R Traf fic inci dents ,fo rex am ple:
- Roadw orks
- Road bloc ks
- Warning mess ages
The symbols fortr af fic inci dents aredis‐
pl ay ed incolor (onthero ute) or gra y(of fth e
ro ute).
R Traf fic flow informatio n:
- Traf fic jam (red line)
- Slow-mo ving traf fic (or ang eline)
- Hea vytraf fic (yel lo w line) -
Free-f lowing traffic (gr een line)
R Disp lay fo rtr af fic del ayson thero utelas ting
at leas ton emin ute
R Warning mess agesymbols :
- Symbo lÔ
- Addition alroad safetyno teswhen
appr oaching atraf fic inci dent, e.g.the
end ofatra ffic jam
If th eve hicle approaches adang erarea
on thero ute, awa rning mess ageis dis‐
pla yedon themap. Awa rning mess age
ma yalso beissued (/page250) .
Displa yingtraf fic incid ents
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Conten t #
ActivateTra fficInci dents 0073.
Ro adw orks ,ro ad bloc ks,local area repor ts
(e.g. fog) and warning mess ages aredis‐
pla yed. Multimedia
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Ac
tiv atin gfree flowan dtraf fic dis pla y #
ActivateFre eFlo wing Tra fficand Traffic
Del ays0073.
% The traf fic del ayisdispla yedfo rth ecur rent
ro ute. Traf fic del ayslas ting oneminut eor
long eraretak en intocon sider ation.
Displa yingdetails #
Displa yingthetra ffic map (/page24 9). #
Movethemap (/page252). #
When atra ffic repor tsymbol isunder the
cr oss hair,pr ess onthecent ralcon trol ele‐
men t.
The traffic re por tde tails aredispla yed.
or #
Press onthecent ralcon trol elemen t. #
Selec tInf ormat iononTraff icReport s.
The map showsthetraf fic re por tsymbols in
th evicinit y.
Tr af fic re por tinf ormation isdispla yedin the
st atus line:
R Traf fic re por tsymbol R
Reason forth etra ffic repor t,e.g. traffic
con gestion
R Warning mess age(highligh tedin red) #
Toselect atraf fic re por tsymb ol:sel ect
Next orPre vious. #
Press onthecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The traffic re por tde tails aredispla yed.
Issuing hazardwa rnings
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Announc ement s #
Activate0073 Annou nceTrafficWa rnings .
Wa rning mess ages areissued andtailbac ks
whic hpose arisk areannounced. Map
andcom pass Map
andcom pass overview 1
Savesth ecur rent vehicle position
2 Movesth emap
3 Select sth emap orient ation andmap view
4 Select sth efunc tion depending ontheeq uip‐
ment :
• Sends ahazar dwa rning viaCar -to-X . 250
Multim ediasystem

•
Fil ters thedispla yof POIs inthevicinit y
accor dingtoPOI categor y
5 Switc hesthedispla yof per sonal POIsym‐
bols onthemap onoroff
6 Switc hesone ofthefo llo wing displa yson or
of fdepending ontheeq uipment :
• We ather informat ion
• Traf fic inci dents
7 Switches thetra ffic map displa yon oroff
The map andsatellit eimag esaresho wninglobe
pr oject ion.This allowsfora re alis ticmap displa y
in all map scales. Themap uses elevatio nmod el‐
ing .
Dep endingonthemap data,im por tant buildi ngs
in ma nyciti esaredep icted realis ticallyon the
map insmal lmap scale s(e.g. 1/32 mi(20 m),
1/1 6mi (50 m)). Other buildings aresho wnas
model s.
% Youcan setth eunit ofmeasur ementofthe
map scale (/page226) .
If av ailable, online informat ionisdispla yed, e.g.
par kingga rage occupancy . %
Requiremen ts:
R Mer cedes meconnectis available.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth e
Mer cedes mePortal.
R The servicehas been activat ed atan
aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCent er.
Fu rther information canbefound at:
ht tp s:// www .merced es.me
% The onlineinf ormat ionisno tav ailable inall
coun tries.
De pen dingon themap data,speed limitscanbe
displa yedon themap. Thefunc tion fordisp laying
spee dlimi tsisno tav ailable inall coun tries.
% Com panylogos displayedon themap are
tra demar ksofthere spectiv ecom panies and
used solely forth epur pose ofindicat ingthe
locat ionsofthese com panies. Theuseof
suc hlogos onthemap does notindicat e
appr oval of, suppo rtof or adv ertising by
th ese com panies forth ena vig ation system
itself. Se
tting thema pscale
Re quirement s:
R The map issho wn.
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation #
Tozoo min: swi pedown ontheTo uc hCon ‐
tr ol.
or #
Turn thecon troller count er-cloc kwise.
or #
Movetwofing ersap arton theto uc hpad. #
Tozoo mout: swipeup on theTo uc hCon trol.
or #
Turn thecon troller clockwise.
or #
Movetwofing ersto ge ther on theto uc hpad. Mult
imed iasystem 25
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Mo
ving thema p
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely,if th emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press thecent ralcon trol ele‐
men t.
The map menuappear s. #
Selec t"Mo vemap" inmap menu 2
(/ page250) . #
Swipe inanydir ection ontheTo uc hCon trol
or touc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller inanydir ect ion.
The map movesin thecor responding direc‐
tion under thecr osshair .The further you
mo veyour fing er aw ay from thest ar tin gposi‐
tio non theto uc hpad, thefa ster themap
mo ves. Selec
tingthema por ientat ion
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely,if th emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press thecent ralcon trol ele‐
men t.
The map menuappear s. #
Inmap menu3 ,selec tN, 2D or
3D( /pag e250 ).
R N:the2D map viewisdispla yedso that
no rth is alw aysat theto p.
R 2D: the2D map viewisaligned tothe
dir ect ion oftrav el.
R 3D: the3D map viewisaligned tothe
dir ect ion oftrav el.
Selecting POIsymbols
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Conten t
POIs include gasst atio nsand hotels whic hcan
be displa yedas symbols onthemap, forex am‐
ple. Notall POI sar eav ailable everywher e. #
Sele ctPOI Symb ols.
The 003Bdo tindic ates thecur rent setting .
Stand arddispl ayssymbols ofpredef ined cat‐
egor iesonthemap.
User Definedallo wsyouto per sonall yselect
th esymbols forth eav ailable categor ies.
Non eswit ches thedispla yof f. #
Select ase tting. #
User Defined:select categor ies.
The POIsymbols oftheselect edcategor ies
ar edispla yed0073 ornotdispla yed0053.
Selecting thedisp layof text inf ormat ionin
th ema p
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Text Information #
Select text informati on.
Cu rrent Streetsho wsthest re et youar ecur ‐
re ntly drivi ng on atthebo ttom ofthedispla y.
When themap ismo ved, thefo llo wing infor‐
matio nappear sunder thecr osshair :
R Street nam e 25
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Mu ltimed iasystem

R
POI name
R Area name
Geo-coordin atesdispla ysthefo llo wing infor‐
matio n:
R Lon gitude andlatitude
R Elevatio n
The elev atio nsho wnmayde viat efrom
th eactual elevatio n.
R Number ofsat ellites from whichasign al
can berecei ved
When themap ismo ved, this inf ormatio n
does notappear .
Climate Controldispla ysthecur rent clima te
contr olsettings.
None switches thedispla yof f.
Displa yingthene xt int ersectin gst re et
Re quirement s:
R Routeguidan ceisno tact ive. Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s #
Activate0073 NextInter secting Street.
Th enam eof thene xt int ersect ingstre et will
be displa yedat theupper edgeof thedispla y.
Disp laying thema pve rsion
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s #
Select MapVersion . #
Select Details.
% Information aboutnewversions ofthedigit al
map canbeobt ained from anaut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCenter.
Ov ervie wof avo iding anarea
Yo ucan define areas that youwo uld liketo
avo id.
The routecan include anarea that isto be avoi‐
ded inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R The destination islocat edinan area that is
to be avoided.
R Free wa ys areloc ated within thear ea that is
to be avoided. Fr
ee wa ys arealw aysta ke nint oacco untfor
th ero ute.
R Ther eis no pract ical alternat ive ro ute.
Av oiding ane warea
Mult imedia system:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition
5 Avoid Option s5
Areas #
Select AvoidNewArea. #
Tosear chforan area viathe map: select
Usi ngMa p. #
Movethemap.
or #
Tosear chforan area usi ng anaddr ess:
sel ect Add ressEntry . #
Entertheaddr ess. #
Select SelectDestination.
The map appear s. #
Todispl ayan area: press theTo uc hCon trol,
th eto uc hpad orthecon troller .
A redre ctang leap pea rs.Thi sdes ignat esthe
ar ea that shoul dbe avo ided. Multim
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#
Tochang eth esize ofthear ea: swipe upor
do wn ontheTo uc hCon trol or theto uc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller upordown.
The map scale isenlar gedor reduced and
ch ang esthesize ofthear ea. #
Tosetth ear ea: press theTo uc hCon trol,
th eto uc hpad orthecon troller .
The area isent ered intoth elis t.
Changing anarea
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition
5 Avoid Option s5
Areas #
Highlight anarea inthelis t. #
Select ¥Edit.
Mo ving thear ea on thema p #
Swipe inanydir ect ion ontheTo uc hCon trol
or touc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller inanydir ect ion. Changing
thesize ofthear ea #
Tostar t:press theTo uc hCon trol, theto uc h‐
pad orthecon troller . #
Tochang e:swi peup ordown ontheTo uc h
Con trol or theto uc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller upordown. #
Tosto p:press theTo uc hCon trol, theto uc h‐
pad orthecon troller .
Ta king thear ea forthe routeint oacc ount #
Avoid 0073anarea inthelis t.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive, ane wrouteis cal‐
culat ed.
If th er eis no routeye t,th ese tting iscar ried
ove rto thene xt routeguidan ce.
Dele tingone orall areas
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition
5 Avoid Option s5
Areas #
Highlight anarea inthelis t. #
Select ¥Deleteor ¥ DeleteAll. #
Conf irm thepr om ptwit hYes .
On eor all areas aredele ted.
Map data updateov ervie w
The digit almaps gener ated bythemap software
become outdatedinthesame wayas conven‐
tion alroad maps .Op tim alrouteguidan cecan
on lybe prov ided bythena vig ation system in
con junc tion withup-t o-dat emap data.Inf orma‐
tion about newversions ofthedigit almap can
be obt ained from anaut hor ized Mercedes- Benz
Cent er.
Yo ucan also obtain map andsoftwareupdat es
th er e.
% The SDcardcan onlybe installed onana vi‐
ga tio nsy stem. Itis no tpossible toins tallth e
SD card onother navig ation systems.
Fr ee ma pup date afte rfirs tin st alli ng theSD
car d
In some countries map updat esareav ailable as
a do wnlo advia the"SD cardna vig ation" down‐
load manag er.
If th er eis amor ere cent mapupdate,yo ucan
obt ain this, under certain con dition s,free of 25
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ch
arge within 60days oftheSD cardbeing firs t
ins talled.
Yo ucan downlo adthemap updat evia theDo wn‐
load Manag eron your PC.
Ov ervie wof ma pda ta and mapsof tware
Va riant 1:an SD cardfo rna vig ation isprov ided
wit hth eve hicle. TheSDcardcont ains map data
and softwarefo rna vig ation.
Once youins ertth eSD cardint oth eSD card
slo t,th eSD cardis onl ymade available toyour
ve hicle. Itis then no long erpossible touse itin
ano ther vehicle. Youwill see ano te on themedia
displa y.
Va riant 2:ifno SD cardfo rna vig ation isprov i‐
ded withth eve hicle, navig ation canno tbe used.
Yo ucan obtain anSD cardfrom anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zCen terat alat er dat e. Dis
playing thecom pass
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition #
Select Compass.
The com pass displa ysho wsthefo llo wing
inf ormatio n:
R thecur rent dire ction oftrave lwit hbear‐
ing (360 °fo rm at) and compass direct ion
R longitude andlatitude coordinat esin
degr ees, minutes and seco nds
R height (rounded )
R numb erofGPS satellit esfrom whic ha
sign alcan berecei ved
Se tting thema pscale automa tically
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
The map scale issetaut omaticall ydepending on
yo ur drivin gspee d. #
Swit chAuto Zoom on0073 oroff0053.
% The automatical lyselect edmap scale canbe
ch ang edman uallyfo ra shor ttime. Theset‐ ting
isrese taut omatically afte ra fe w sec ‐
ond s.
Displa yingweather information
Re quirement s:
R Mer cedes meconnectis available.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth eMer cedes
me Portal.
R The serviceis available.
R The servicehas been activat ed atan aut hor ‐
ize dMer cedes-Ben zCent er.
Fu rther information canbefound at:ht tp s://
www .merced es.me
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Conten t #
ActivateWe ath erInfo rma tion0073.
or Mu
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Ifwe ather informat iondispla y6 isavailable
in themap menu, activate0073(/ page250)
it.
Cur rent we ather informat ionisdispla yedon
th ena vig ation map,e.g.temp eratur eor
cloud cover.
% Weather informat ionisno tav ailable inall
coun tries. Te
lephone Te
lephon y No
teson telephon y &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng integr ated commu nication equip‐
ment whiletheve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper ateco mm unic ationeq uipme nt
int egrat edintheve hicle when driving, you
cou ldbe dist ra cted from thetra ffic situat ion.
This could alsocause youto lose control of
th eve 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. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent from
ope rating mob ile comm unicati onequip ‐
ment while th eve hicle isin mo tion
Mobile communication sde vices distract the
dr iver from thetraf fic situ ation. Thiscou ld
al so cau sethedr iver tolose control of the
ve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com‐
municat ionsdevices when theve hicle is
st atio nary. #
Asave hicle occupant, onlyuse mobile
communication sde vices inthear eas
int ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthe
re ar passe nger com partment . Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when op
erati ng mob ile comm unicati onequip ment in
th eve hicle.
Fu rther information canbeobt ained from an
aut hor ized Mercedes-Ben zCent eror at:
https: //www .mercedes-benz -mobile.com/ 256
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lephone menuoverview 1
Blue tooth®
de vice name ofthecur rently
conne cted mob ile pho ne
2 Signal stre ngt hof themobile phonenetwork
fo rth ecur rently conne cted and select ed
mob ile pho ne
3 Batt eryst atus ofthecur rently conne cted
and select edmob ile pho ne
4 0071 (tel ep hone ready) or0097 (callactive) 5
Con tacts(/ page26 3)
6 Rece ntCalls (/page26 5)
7 TextMess age
8 Onemobi lephon econ nected: Ac tive Call.
Tw omobile phones connected: chang esview
be tween telephon e1 and 2or ActiveCall
9 Devices (/page258) A
Options
Symbo ls1 to4 areno tsho wnuntilaf te ra
mobil ephone hasbeen connect edtothemulti‐
media system. Thesymbols dependonyour
mob ilephon eand your mob ilephon ene twork
pr ov ider . Multim
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Blue
tooth®
pr ofile ove rview Blue
tooth®
pr ofile
of the mobi lephon eFu
nction
PB AP (Phone Book
Access Profile) Cont
actsar eaut o‐
matic allydispla yedin
th emultimedia sys‐
te m
MAP (Messag e
Access Profile) Messag
efunc tions
can beused Te
lephon yoper ating mod esove rview
Depen dingonyour equipme nt,th efo llo wing tel‐
ephon yoper atingmodes areav ailable:
R Amobi lephon eis con nectedto themultime‐
dia system viaBlue tooth®
(/ pag e258).
R Twomobile phones areconn ectedwithth e
multime diasystem viaBlue tooth®
(tw o
phone mode) (/page259 ). Inf
orma tion ontelephon y
The follo wing situat ionscanlead tothecall
being discon nectedwhile theve hicle isin
mo tion:
R Ther eis insuf ficie ntnetworkco verage inthe
ar ea
R Youmo vefrom one GSM orUMT Stransmit‐
te r/r eceiv erarea (cell )int oano ther and no
comm unication chann elsarefree
R The SIM car dused isno tcom patible withth e
ne tworkav ailable
R Amobi lephon ewit h"T winc ard" islogg ed
int oth ene tworkwit hth esecon dSIM cardat
th esame time
The multimedia system suppor tscalls inHD
Vo ice ®
forim prove dspeec hqu alit y.Arequ ire‐
men tfo rth is isthat themobile phoneandthe
mobil ephone networkpr ov ider oftheper son
yo uar ecalli ngsuppo rtHD Voice ®
.
Depe ndingon thequ alit yof thecon nect ion,the
vo ice qualit yma yfluct uate. Connect
ingamob ilephone (Bluetoo th®
te l‐
ephon y)
Re quirement s:
R Blue tooth®
is act ivat ed on themobile phone
(see themanuf acturer'soper ating instruc‐
tion s).
R Blue tooth®
is act ivat ed on themultimedia
sy stem (/ page22 4).
Multimedia system:
4 Phone 5
00A5 Devic es
Sear ching fora mob ile pho ne #
Select Connect NewDevice. #
Select Star tSea rch onSys tem .
The available mobilephon esaredispla yed. If
a ne wmobile phoneisfound ,it is ind icat ed
by the# symbol.
Connecting amobile phone(authorizat ion
using SecureSim plePairing) #
Selec tth emobile phone.
A code isdispla yedin themultimedia system
and onthemobile phone. 258
Multimedia system