phone MERCEDES-BENZ C CLASS 2021 Owner's Guide

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.
Exiting AppleCarPla y® #
Press the00E2 buttononthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, forex am ple.
% IfApp leCarPla y®
wa sno tdispla yedin the
fo re grou nd before discon necting,theappli‐
cation star ts inthebac kground when recon‐
nect ed.Youcan callupApple CarPla y®
in
th emain menu.
Calling upApple CarPla y®
sound settings
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Apple CarPlay 5
Sound #
Select thesound menu(/page29 7). Ending
AppleCarPla y®
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Apple CarPlay #
Select Disconnect.
The connect ionisended.
The mobile phonecontinues tobe supplied
wit helect ricity .
or #
Disco nnect thecon nect ingcable between
th emobile phoneandmultimedia system.
Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle is
st atio nary. Andr
oidAuto Andr
oidAutoove rview &
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.
Mobile phonefunctionscan beused with
An droid Autousin gth eAn droid oper ating sys‐
te m on themultimedia system. Itis oper ated
using thecent ralcon trol elemen tor voice con ‐
tr ol system. Youcan activat eth evo ice con trol
sy stem bypressing andholding the00E3 button
on themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
Onl yone mobile phoneatatime canbecon nec‐
te dvia Android Autowit hth emultimedia sys‐
te m. Mul
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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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The
mobile phonecontinues tobe supplied
wit helect ricity .
or #
Disco nnect thecon nect ingcable between
th emobile phoneandmultimedia system.
Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle is
st atio nary. Tr
ansf erre dve hicl edata withAndroidAuto
and Apple CarPla y® Ov
ervie wof transf erre dve hicl edata
When using Andr oidAutoor Apple CarPla y®
,cer‐
ta in vehicle datais transf erredto themobile
phone. Thisenables youto getth ebes tout of
select edmobile phoneservices. Vehicle datais
no tdir ectl yaccessible.
The follo wing system information istransmit ted:
R Softwarere lease ofthemultimedia system
R System ID(anon ymized) The
transf erofthis dat ais used tooptimize com‐
munication between theve hicle andthemobile
phone.
To do this, and toassig nse veralve hicles tothe
mobil ephone, ave hicle identif ierisrando mly
ge ner ated .
Thi sha sno conne ctionto theve hicle identif ica‐
tion number (VIN)andisdele tedwhen themulti‐
media system isrese t(/ page230).
The follo wing drivin gst atus datais trans mitted:
R Trans miss ionposit ionengaged
R Distinction between parked, stands till,ro lling
and drivin g
R Day/n ight mode oftheins trument cluster
The transf erofthis dat ais used toalter how
con tent isdispl ayed tocor respond tothedr iving
situation .
The follo wing positiondatais transmit ted:
R Coor dinat es
R Speed
R Com pass direct ion
R Accel erati on dire ction Thi
sda ta isonl ytransf erredwhile thena vig ation
sy stem isactiv ein order toimprove it(e.g. soit
can continue func tioningwhen inatun nel). Mer
cedes mecalls Mak
ingacall viatheov erhead controlpa nel
Re quirement s:
R Youha ve acc ess toaGSM network.
R The cont ract partner' sGSM networkco ver‐
ag eis available inthere spectiv ere gion.
R The ignition isswitc hedonsothat vehicle
dat acan betransf erredaut omatic ally. Multimedia
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1
mebutt onforser vice orinformation calls
2 SOS buttoncover
3 SOS button
Maki ngaMer cedes mecall #
Press button 1. Maki
nganeme rgency call #
Toopen theco verof SOS button2, press it
br ief ly. #
Press and hold SOS button3 forat lea st
one second.
If aMer cedes mecall isactiv e,an emer gency
cal lcan still be trigg ered. This hasprior ity ove r
all other activ ecalls.
Inf ormat ionabout theMer cedes mecall
using theme button
A cal lto theMer cedes- BenzCustomer Cent er
has been initiatedvia theme butt onintheove r‐
head controlpanel orthemultimedia system.
Using thevo ice con trol system, youcan select
on eof thefo llo wing service s:
R Accid ent and brea kdo wnmana gement
(/ page27 5)
R Mercedes-B enzCustomer Cent erforge ner al
inf orma tionab ou tth eve hicle
Yo ucan find informa tionon thefo llo wing topics:
R Activati on ofMe rcedes meconnect
R Oper ating theve hicle R
Near estaut hor ized Mercedes-Ben zCent er
R Other products andservices from Mer cedes-
Benz
Dat ais transf erreddur ing thecon nect iontothe
Mer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Cent er(/ page27 4).
Call ingtheMer cedes- BenzCustomer Center
usi ng the multi mediasy stem
Re quirement s:
R Youha ve acc ess toaGSM network.
R The cont ract partner' sGSM networkco ver‐
ag eis available inthere spectiv ere gion.
R The ignition isswitc hedonsothat vehicle
dat acan betransf erredaut omatic ally.
Multimedia system:
4 Phone 5
ª Contac ts #
Call Mercedes meconnect.
The callismade.
Af terconf irmation, themultimedia system
sends there qu ired vehicle data.The data
tr ansf erissho wninthemedia display. 27
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em
ployeedeals withyo ur appoin tment.The
inf ormat ionisthen sent toyour desir ed
ser viceout let.
This willcontact youto conf irm theappoint‐
ment andifneces sarycon sult about the
de tails.
% Ifyo usele ctLat erafte rth eser vice messag e
appear s,themessag eis hidden andreap‐
pear sat alat er tim e.
Tr ansf erre ddata during aMer cedes mecall
If yo uini tiat easer vicecall usin gMer cedesme,
dat ais transf erredto enable targeted advice and
an efficie ntser vice .
The follo wing requ iremen tsmus tbe fulf illed for
th etransf erofthedat a:
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
R The requ ired dat atransf ertech nol ogy issu p‐
po rted bythemobile phonenetworkpr o‐
vider .
R The qualit yof themobile connect ionissuf fi‐
cie nt. Mu
lti-sta ge trans ferdepe ndsonthefo llo wing
fa ct or s:
R Reason forth einitiat ionofthecall
R The available mobilephon etransm ission
te ch nol ogy .
R The activatedMer cedes meconnectser v‐
ices.
R The service select edinthevo ice con trol sys‐
te m.
Dat atransf erifMer cede sme connectser v‐
ice sar eno tactiv ated
If no Mer cedes meconnect services areactiv a‐
te d, thefo llo wing datais transf erred:
R Vehicle identif ication number
R Time ofthecall
R Reason forth einitiat ionofthecall
R Conf irmation ofthedat apr otect ion prom pt
R Coun try ind icat oroftheve hicle
R Setlanguag efo rth emultimedia system
R Telephon enumb erofthecomm unication
platf orm ins talled intheve hicle If
acall ismade fora ser vice appointment via
th eser vice reminder ,th efo llo wing datais also
transmit ted:
R Cur rent mil eage and main tenance data
If acall ismade afte rau tomatic accide ntor
br eakdo wndetection using themultimedia sys‐
te m, thefo llo wing datais also transm itted:
R Cur rent mil eage and main tenance data
R Cur rent vehicle location
If Ac cid ent and Brea kdo wnManag eme ntis
cal led via thevo ice con trol system and no
ser vice hasbeen activated, thefo llo wing data
can also becalled upfrom theve hicle bythe
Mer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Cent er:
R Current vehicle location
Data transf erifMer cedes meconne ctser v‐
ices areactiv ated
Onl yif th ere spectiv eser vice isactiv ated will
additional incident-specificdat abe transmitt ed
in thesecon dstag eto enable anoptimal
ser vice. 27
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Mor
einf ormation aboutMercedes meconn ect
ser vices canbeobt ained intheMer cedes me
Po rtal: http s:// me. secure.m erced es-ben z.com
Data trans ferre ddur ing Mer cedes mecon‐
ne ct cal lse rvices
The datatransf erreddur ing aMer cedes mecon‐
nec tcall depends on:
R The reason forinitia tionofthecall
R The service that isselec tedin thevo ice con ‐
tr ol system
R The activ ated Mer cedes meconnect services
Whic hdat ais transf erredfo rth eser vices canbe
ta ke nfrom thecur rentl yva lid term sof use.
These canbeobt ained intheMer cedes mepor‐
ta l:htt ps:/ /me .secure.m ercedes -benz.com Mer
cedes-B enzemer gency callsystem Inf
orma tion ontheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem
Yo ur vehicle iseq uipped withth eMer cedes- Benz
emer gency callsy stem ("eCall ").This featur ecan
help save lives intheeve ntofan acci dent. eCall in
no wayre places assistance prov ided from
dialing 911.
The Mercedes-B enzemer gency callsy stem is
av ailable forat lea sttenye arsst ar tin gfrom the
manuf acturingdate.
Mer cedes-Benz eCallonly functions inareas
wher emobil ephone coverage isavailable from
th ewir eless service prov ider s.Ins ufficie ntnet‐
wo rkcoverage from thewir eless service prov id‐
er sma yre sult inan emer gency callno tbe ing
tr ans mitt ed.
eC allis ast andar dfeatur ein your Mer cedes-
Ben zve hicle. Inorder tofunction asintended ,
th esy stem relies onthetransmission ofdat a
de tailed intheTr ans mittedDat asect ionthat fol‐
lo ws (/ pag e27 8).
To disable eCall,acus tomer mustvisit an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzService depar tment
to deactiv ateth eve hicle's communication mod‐
ule.
Deactiv ationofthis mod ulepreve nts the
act ivat ion ofanyand allMer cedes mecon‐
nect services. Afterthe deactivatio nof eC
all,aut omati ceme rgency calland manua l
emer gency callwill notbe availab le.
The igniti onmus tbe swi tched onbef orean auto‐
matic emergency callcan bemade.
% eCallis acti vatedat thefa ct or y.
% eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zdealer .Please note that in
th eeve ntow ner shipof theve hicle istrans‐
fe rred toano ther ow ner inits deacti vated
st at e, eCall willremain deactivated unles s
th ene wow ner visits an author ized
Mer cedes-B enzdealer shiptoreact ivat eth e
sy stem.
Ov ervie wof theMer cedes- Benzemergency
call system
eCall canhelp toreduce thetime between an
acciden tand thear riva lof emer gency service s
at thesit eof theacciden t.Ithelps locatean
acciden tsit ein places that aredif ficul tto
acc ess. However,eve nif ave hicle iseq uipped
wit heCal l,th is does notmean thesy stem isON.
As suc h,eCall doesnotre place dialing 911in the
eve ntofan acci dent. 27
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An
eme rgency callcan bemade automatical ly
( / pag e27 7) or ma nua lly(/ page 277).
Onl ymak eemerg encycallsif yo uor other sar e
in need ofrescue. Donotmak ean emer gency
cal lin theeve ntofabr ea kdo wnorasimil arsit‐
ua tio n.
Di spl aysin themed iadisp lay
SOS READY: eCall available
SO SNOT READY: theignition isno ton oreCall
is no tav ailable.
Dur ing anact ive emer gency call,0053 appe ars
in thedispla y.
Yo ucan find mor einf orma tionon there gional
av ailabilit yof eCall at:ht tp s:// www .merced es-
ben z-mobi le.com /extra /eca ll/
% Ifth er eis amalfunct ionintheemer gency
cal lsy stem (e.g. amalfunct ionwithth e
speak er,micr ophone, airbag,SOS button), a
cor responding messageappea rsinthemul‐
tifun ction displa yof theins trument cluster. Tr
igg ering anaut omat icemer gency call
Re quirement s
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntlych arge d.
If re stra int systems suchas airbags orEmer ‐
ge ncy Tensi oni ng Device sha ve been activated
af te ran accide nt,theMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsy stem mayaut omaticall yinitiat ean
emer gency call.
The eme rgency callhas been made:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes-B enzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers.
The SOS button intheove rhead control panel
fl ashes untilth eemer gency callis finis hed .
It is no tpo ssi ble to immed iatelyend anaut o‐
matic emergency call. If
no conne ctioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
If an eme rgency callhas been initiat ed:
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traffic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice
con nection ises tablished withth eemer‐
ge ncy callcent eroperator.
R Bas edon thecall, theoper ator decides
whe ther itis neces saryto cal lre scue teams
and/ orthepolice totheacciden tsit e.
R Ifno vehicle occupant answers, an ambu‐
lance issent totheve hicle immediat ely.
Tr igg ering ama nual emer gency call #
Press and hold theSOS buttonintheove r‐
head controlpanel forat lea stone second.
The emer gency callha sbe en ma de:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er. Mu
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Online
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
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%
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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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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