MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS 2021 Owners Manual

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andInterne tfunctions Int
erne tconnection Inf
ormat iononconnecting totheInt erne t &
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 ed from 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. &
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.
The Interne tfunct ionscanonlybe used toalimi‐
te ddeg reewhils tdr iving. Fu
nction ofthecomm unicationmodule
On vehicles withabuilt-in communication mod‐
ule, theInt erne tcon nect ionises tablished viaan
int egratedSIM card.
To use Inte rn et acc ess viathecomm unication
module thefo llo wing condition smus tbe met:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withaper manent ly
ins talled com munic ationmodule.
R Mer cedes meconnectis act ive and ready for
oper ation.
R Mer cedes meconn ectisactiv ated forInt er‐
ne taccess.
Fo rmos tMer cedes meconnect services, data
vo lume isavailable whenpurchasin gth eser v‐
ices.
Ad dition aldat avo lume isrequ ired touse som e
fun ction s,e.g .In te rn et radio orWi-Fi hotspo t.
If th edat avo lume limitisreac hed, theav ailabil‐
ity ofMer cedesme connectser vices islimit ed.
The data volume canbepur chased directl y
fr om amob ilephone netw orkpr ov ider viathe
Mer cedes mePortal. Mult
imed iasystem 27
9

%
Visit an aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Centerto
fi nd outwh ether itis possible topur chase
dat avo lume inyour count rydir ectly from a
mobi lephon ene tw orkpr ov ider . Connection
status Co
nne ctio nst atus overview 1
Displa yof thecomm unication modulerecep‐
tion field stre ngt h
2 Disp lay of existin gcon nection Displa
yingtheconnecti onstatus
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity #
Select Internet Status .
% Inthecase ofacon nect ionviathecomm uni‐
cation module thefo llo wing status informa‐
tio nis sho wn:
R Type ofnetwork
R Status online /offline Tu
neIn Radio Cal
ling up TuneIn Radio
Re quirement s:
R The Interne tRa dio service isactiv ated.
R The datavo lume isavailable.
De pen dingon thecount ry,dat avo lume may
need tobe pur chased.
R Afast Int erne tconnection fordat atransmis‐
sion free ofinterfere nce.
The service sar ecou ntry-dependen t. Fo
rmor einf ormation, consultanauthor ized
Mer cedes-B enzCent er.
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source #
Select TuneIn Radio.
The TuneIn Radio displa yappear s.The last
st atio nse tst ar ts pla ying .
% The connectionqu alit ydepen dson thelocal
mobile phonerecep tion. 280
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Ov
ervie wof TuneIn Radio 1
Interne tRa dio prov ider
2 Selec tedcat egor y
3 Displa y(if con nectedto privat euser
accoun t)
4 Datatra nsf errate
5 Current statio nis stor ed asafa vo rite
6 Addition alinf ormation onthecur rent statio n Select
ingand connect ingTuneIn Radio sta‐
tion s
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 TuneIn Radio5
00D3 Search #
Select acat egor y. #
Select ast atio n.
The connectionis es tablished automatic ally.
or #
Select EnterAddress orPOI . #
Enterast atio nnam eusin gth eent ryfield.
% Arelativ elylar ge volume ofdat acan be
transmit tedwhen usingTuneIn Radio.
Sa ving/dele tingaTu neIn Radio station asa
fa vo rite
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 TuneIn Radio #
Select ast atio n. #
Press and hold thecent ralcon trol elemen t
unt ilan audible signalsound s.
The ß symbol appearsby thest atio n
nam e. #
Select ß Favorites.
The listof save dfavo rite statio nsappear s.
or #
Creat ean acc oun tfo rth eonline prov ider
(T uneIn Radio) andthen log inon themulti‐
media system.
Yo ur favo rite sar eim por tedto themultimedia
sy stem.
Dele ting favo rite s #
Select ß Favorites. #
Select ast atio n. #
Press and hold thecent ralcon trol elemen t
unt ilan audible signalsound s.
The ß symbol bythest atio nnam edisap‐
pear s. Mult
imed iasystem 28
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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
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"Made
foriP od" ,and "MadeforiPho ne," mean
th at an elec tron icacc esso ryhas been designed
to connect specifica llytoiPod ®
,or iPhon e®
,
re spectiv ely, and hasbeen certified bythede vel‐
oper tomee tApple perform anc est andar ds.
App le®
is no tre sponsible forth eoper ation of
th is de vice orits com plianc ewit hsaf etyand reg‐
ulat oryst andar ds.Please note that theuse of
th is acc essor ywit hiPod, oriPhon ema yaf fect
wi reless perform anc e.
Fo rthe USA:iPhon e®
,iP od ®
,iP od classic®
,
iP od nano ®
,and iPod touc h®
aretrademar ksof
Apple Inc.,re gis tere din theU. S. and other coun‐
tr ies. Lightning ®
is atrademar kof Apple Inc. Fo
rCa nada :iP hon e®
,iP od ®
,iP od classic®
,iP od
nano ®
,and iPod touc h®
aretrademar ksofApple
Inc .,re gis tere din theU. S. and other countr ies.
Lightning ®
is atrademar kof Apple Inc.
No teson cop yright
Au dio files that youcr eat eor repr oduce yourself
fo rpla yba ckarege ner ally subject tocop yrigh t
pr otect ion. Inman ycount ries, repr oduction s,
eve nfo rpr ivat euse, areno tper mitt edwithout
th epr ior con sent ofthecop yright holder .Mak e
sur eth at youkn ow about theapplicable copy‐
ri ght regulations andthat youco mp lywith these.
Ac tiv atin gmedi amode
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select amedia source.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac k.
Inser ting/r emo ving anSD card &
DANG ER Risk offata linj uryfrom swal‐
lo wing SDcards
SD cardsaresmall parts. The
ycould beswallo wedand lead tochok‐
ing. #
Keep SD cardsout ofthere ac hof chil‐
dr en. #
Seek medic alatt ent ion immed iatelyif
an SD cardhas been swallo wed. *
NO
TEDama gedue tohigh temp eratur es High
temp eratur esma ydamag eth eSD card. #
Remo vetheSD cardaf te ruse and take
it out oftheve hicle. Multimedia
system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources
5 Mem. Card
Inser ting
The multimedia connect ionunit islocat edinthe
st ow agecom partment unde rth ear mr est. #
Inser tth eSD memor ycar dint oth eSD card
slo tuntil iteng ages. The side withth econ ‐
ta cts mus tfa ce down wards.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac k. Multimedia
system 283

Re
mo ving #
Pres sth eSD card. #
Remo vetheSD card.
Ov ervie wof theaud iomod e 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 28
4
Mu ltimed iasystem

Connect
ingUSB devices
* NO
TEDama gecau sed byhigh temp era‐
tur es High
temp eratur escan damag eUSB devices. #
Remo vetheUSB device afte ruse and
ta ke itout oftheve hicle. The
multimedia connection unitisfound inthe
st or ag ecom partmen tunder thear mr estand has
tw oUSB ports.
Depen dingontheve hicle's equipment, addi‐
tional USBportscan befound inthestor ag e
com partmen tof thecent ercon sole andinthe
re ar passe nger com partment . #
Con nectth eUSB device totheUSB port.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac konl yif
th ecor responding mediadisplayis activ ated.
% Depending ontheve hicle equipment ther eis
an additional USBportin there ar passe nger
com partment .Po rts th at arelabeled witha
bat tery symbol canonly beused tocharge
USB devices. Selec
tingatrac kin themed iapla yba ck
Multimedia system:
4 Media
Selecting atrac kby skipping toatrac k #
Toskip backwards orforw ards toa
tr ac k: navig ateup ordown.
Sel ecting atrac kusin gth ecur rent trac klis t #
Select 00D3. #
Select Current TrackList. #
Select atra ck.
Selec tingplaybac kop tions
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Z Option s
Pla ybac kmode #
Select Random Mode-Current Playlist.
The current trac klist ispla yedin rando m
or de r. #
Select Random Mode-Cu rrent Medium.
All trac ks on theactiv edat ast or ag emedium
ar epla yedin rando morde r. #
Select Norm alTra ckSequ ence.
The current trac klist ispla yedin theor der it
appear son thedat ast or ag emedium.
Contr olling media playbac k
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Y Playback Control
A bar withpla ybac kcon trols issho wn. #
Topause playbac k:sel ect and conf irm
Y with thecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00CF symbol isdispla yed. #
Toresume playbac k:select andconf irm
Y again withth ecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00D0 symbol isdispla yed.
To fast forw ard/r ewind #
Move00CF onthetimelin e.
To hide theplaybac kco ntr ols #
Press the0038 button. Multimedia
system 285

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
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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
7

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