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XSelect the characters of the contact you are
searching for one by one, pressing and con-
firming with the controller each time.
XTo complete the search: slide5the con-
troller repeatedly until the character bar dis-
appears.
or
XTo select ¬: turn and press the controller.
The contacts in the address book are dis-
played.
XTo select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
Information about character entry (
Ypage 30).
Using the touchpad
XCall up the address book (Ypage 104).
XTo switch to the menu bar: glide down.
XSelect Search.
XDraw the letter on the touchpad surface.
The first contact with the selected first char-
acter is highlighted in the address book.
Further information on handwriting recogni-
tion on the touchpad (
Ypage 26).
XDraw additional letters on the touchpad sur-
face one after another.
XTo complete the search and return to the
phone book: press the touchpad.
XTo select and call the contact: glide up or
down and press.
Adding a new contact
You can enter address data directly into the
address book. If you store telephone numbers in
the phone book of the multimedia system, these
are also saved in the address book. If you store
a navigation destination, the multimedia system
creates an address book entry that includes the
complete navigable address data.
XCall up the address book (Ypage 104).
XTo switch to the menu bar: slide 6the con-
troller.
XTo select New: turn and press the controller.
The surname and first name input lines are
displayed.
XEnter characters using the controller
(Ypage 30) or the touchpad (Ypage 26).
XTo save the surname and first name: select
¬.
The details for the contact are displayed.
XTo add a desired entry (e.g. Add E-MailAddress): turn and press the controller.
Depending on the type of entry, the corre-
sponding input menu appears.
XEnter characters using the controller
(Ypage 30) or the touchpad (Ypage 26).
XTo finish and save an entry: select ¬.
Displaying contact details
XCall up the address book (Ypage 104).
XTo select a contact: turn and press the con-
troller.
The details for the contact are displayed.
The entries can be categorized as follows:
\ Business details
6 Home details
iAn address book entry can contain the fol-
lowing information:
Rname
Rfirst name
Rcompany
Rup to five telephone numbers
Rtwo email addresses
RInternet address
Rtwo addresses
Rtwo navigation addresses (transferred from
navigation(Ypage 58))
Rgeo-coordinates
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Adding information to a contact
XCall up theaddress book (Ypage 104).
XTo selectacontact :tur nand press th econ-
troller .
The details for th econtact are displayed.
XTo add adesired entr y(e.g. Add E-MailAddres s): turnand press th econtroller .
Dependin gon th etyp eof entry, th ecorre-
sponding input men uappears.
XEnte rcharacters usin gth econtroller
(Ypage 30) or th etouchpad (Ypage 26).
XTo finish and sav ean entry: select ¬.
A maximum of fiv etelephon enumber scan be
saved for on econtact .
Starting route guidance to an address
or geo-coor dinates
If an address wit h aZIP code is saved, th e
address can be used for rout eguidance .If th e
ZIP code canno tbe assigned to an exact
address ,you can adjust th edestination subse-
quentl yusin gth econtroller .
XCall up theaddress book (Ypage 104).
XTo selectacontact :tur nand press th econ-
troller .
The details for th econtact are displayed.
XTo select an address :tur nand press th econ-
troller .
or
XTo select an entr ywit hgeo-coordinates: tur n
and press th econtroller .
The navigation men uis displayed.
XTo select StartRouteGuidance:slid e6
and press th econtroller .
The rout eto th edestination address is calcu-
lated and rout eguidance starts.
Making a call
XCall up th eaddress book (Ypage 104).
XTo selectacontact :tur nand press th econ-
troller .
The details for th econtact are displayed.
XTo select atelephon enumber :tur nand press
th econtroller .
The number is dialed .Further information
about th efunction sduring acall (
Ypage 98).
Sending text messages
XCall up th eaddress book (Ypage 104).
XTo selectacontact :tur nand press th econ-
troller .
The details for th econtact are displayed.
XTo highligh tth etelephon enumber :tur nth e
controller .
XTo select G:slide9 thecontroller .
XTo select SendTex tMessag e:tur nand
press th econtroller .
The entr yfields for atext message are dis-
played (
Ypage 116).
Observ eth erequirements for th emessage func-
tion (
Ypage 113).
Sending an e-mail
XCall up th eaddress book (Ypage 104).
XSelectan entry: tur nand press th econtroller .
The details for th econtact are displayed.
XTo select an e-mail address :tur nand press
th econtroller .
The entr yfields for an e-mail are displayed
(
Ypage 116).
Observ eth erequirements for th emessage func-
tion (
Ypage 113).
Displaying sub-entry inform ation
XCall up theaddress book (Ypage 104).
XSelectan entry: tur nand press th econtroller .
The details for th econtact are displayed.
XTo highligh tth edesired entry: tur nth econ-
troller .
XTo select G:slide9 thecontroller .
XTo select Details:tur nand press th econ-
troller .
The display is shown in full.
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Received vCards are identifiedby th e®
symbol in th eaddress book .
iIf you switch to another main function ,e.g.
navigation ,while receiving vCards, th erecep-
tion of vCards will be terminated.
Deleting imported contacts
XTo chang eto th emen ubar when in th e
address book or th etelephon emenu: slid e
6 thecontroller .
XTo select Options:tur nand press th econ-
troller .
XTo select Delete Contacts:tur nand press
th econtroller .
XSelecton eof th efollowin goptions:
RInternal Contacts
RImported fro mStorag eDevice
RImported fro mBluetooth Device s
RDownloadedfro mPhone
Turn and press th econtroller .
XTo select Yes:tur nand press th econtroller .
The contact sare deleted.
Closing the address book
XPress th e% buttonon eor mor etimes .
Call lists
Introduction
If your mobile phon esupport sth ePBAP Blue -
toot h®profile ,th ecall list sfrom th emobile
phon eare displayed in th emultimedia system.
When connecting th emobile phone, you may
hav eto confirm th econnection for th ePBAP
Bluetoot h
®profile.
If your mobile phon edoes no tsupport th ePBAP
Bluetoot h
®profile,th emultimedia system gen -
erates it sown call lists. These are no tth esam e
as th ecall list sin your mobile phone.
The call list soption is no tavailable unless a
mobile phon eis connecte dto th emultimedia
system.
If th econtact for an incoming call is no tsaved in
th eaddress book ,you can use th ecall list to
sav eth etelephon enumber .You can sav ethis telephon
enumber as ane wcontact in th e
address book or add it to an existing contact
(
Ypage 111).
iIf you connec t adifferen tmobile phon eto
th emultimedia system, th ecall list sfrom th e
ne wmobile phon eare displayed.
Opening the call list and selecting an
entry
Example: list of selected phone number s
:
Dat eand time (if available)
;Telephon enumber of th ehighlighte dentr y
and symbols (if assigned)
XTo call up th etelephon emenu: press th e
% button.
XTo switch to th emen ubar: slid e6 thecon-
troller .
XTo select CallLists:tur nand press th e
controller .
XTo selectCallsReceivedorCallsDialed:
tur nand press th econtroller .
The relevan tlist is displayed.
XTo select an entr yand mak e acall:tur nand
press th econtroller .
Closin gth ecall list
XTo select &to th elef tof th elist :slid e8
th econtroller and press to confirm .
or
XPress th e% button.
The list is closed.
Displaying details from a list entry
Abbreviated list entries can also be shown in full.
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Door-to-door navigation
Mercedes-Benz Companion
The Mercedes-BenzCompanion app is available
in th eUSA.
Mercedes-Ben zCompanion enable sdoor-to -
doo rnavigation .
Door-to-doo rnavigation means :
RThe currentdestination is transferred from
th evehicle' smultimedia syste mto an exter-
nal devic e(mobile phone or smartwatch).
Thi senable syou to continue navigatin gto a
destination whic his in apedestrian zone ,fo r
example.
RConversely, adestination can be selecte don
th eexternal devic eand transferred to th e
vehicle' smultimedia system.
Other functions:
RNavigatin gto th evehicle' slocation
RDisplayin gvarious information about th evehi-
cl e
Mor einformation on suitable mobile phones:
http://www.mercedes-benz.com/connec t
Further information on Mercedes-Ben zCom -
panion (se eAp pStor edescription).
Web browser
Calling up awebsite
Function restrictions
Internet page scanno tbe shown whil eth evehi-
cl e is in motion .
Enteringaweb address
XCall up Internet function s (Ypage 124).
XTo selectwww:turn and press th econtroller .
An input men ufo rth eweb address is dis -
played.
XEnte rcharacters usin gth econtroller or th e
number keypad.
XTo finish entr yand cal lup awebsite: selec t
¬.
Selecting aweb address from th elist
XWhe nth echaracte rbar is displayed, slid e
5 thecontroller .
XTo selectth edesire dweb address :turn and
press th econtroller .
The web address can still be changed as
desired.
XTo cal lup awebsite: selec t¬.
The websit eis called up.
Navigating th ewebsite
StepResult
XTur nth econtroller .Navigates from on e
selectable item (e.g.
link, text field or
menu) to th enext and
highlight sth erespec -
tive elemen ton th e
website.
Slidin gth econtroller :
XLeftor right 1
XUp or down 4
XDiagonally2
Moves thepointe ron
th epage .
XPress th econtrol-
ler .Opens th eselecte d
item.
XPress %.Calls up th emenu.
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Activating media using the device list
XIn media mode, slide6 thecontroller .
The media men ubar is shown.
XTo select Devices:tur nand press th econ-
troller .
The available media source swill be shown.
The #dot indicates th ecurren tsetting .
XSelectth emedia source .
If th emedia source contain smusic or video
files, these will be played .The corresponding
media men uis shown.
Switching onautomatically
Afte rinserting aCD or DVD, th ecorresponding
media mod eis automatically switched on by th e
multimedia system.
If playable music file sare found, they will be
played by th emultimedia system.
If amedia playbac kfunction is already switched
on in th emultimedia system, this will be inter-
rupted and th eCD or DV Dmod emen uwill
appear .If another function ,suc has navigation ,
is bein goperated, th emedia men udoes no t
change. Only th emusic from th elast inserted
CD or DV Dwill be played .
Audio/video mode
Import ant safety notes
GWARNIN G
The CD/DV Ddrive is aclas s 1laser product.
If you open th ehousing of th eCD/DV Ddrive,
there is aris kof exposure to invisible laser
radiation .This laser radiation could damag e
your retina .There is aris kof injury.
Never open th ehousing .Always hav emain -
tenance and repair wor kcarrie dout at aquali-
fie dspecialis tworkshop .
GWARNING
If you handle adisc while driving, you may be
distracte dfrom th etraffic situation .You could
also lose control of th evehicle. There is aris k
of an accident.
Only handle adisc when th evehicl eis sta-
tionary.
Bear in min dthat at aspee dof only 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), th evehicl ecover s a
distanc eof 44 ft (approximately 14 m)per sec-
ond.
Notes on audio/video mode
Permissible data carriers
RCD audio, CD-R and CD-RW
RDVD-R, DVD-V and DVD-RW
RSD card
RUSB storage device
Permissible file systems
RISO 9660/Joliet standard for CDs
RUDF for video DVDs
RFAT16, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS for SD card
and USB storage media
Multisession CDs
For multisession CDs, the content of the first
session determines how the multimedia system
processes the CD. The multimedia system plays
only one CD session and gives priority to CD
sessions with audio files.
File structure of a data carrier
When you create a disc with compressed music files, the tracks can be organized in folders. A
folder may also contain subfolders. The disc
may contain no more than eight directory levels.
Files beyond the eighth level will not be recog-
nized by the system.
iThe multimedia system supports data carri-
ers with up to 50,000 files.
In the case of a data carrier with more than
64 GB of stored data, only files in folders with the following names are supported: Music,
Pictures, Video.
Track and file names
When you create a disc with compressed music
files, you can assign names to the tracks and
folders.
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Playback problems may occur when playing
copied discs.
There may be playback problems if you play CDs
that you have copied yourself with a storage
capacity of more than 700 MB.
iThe multimedia system is able to play back
audio CDs in multichannel audio format.
Menu overview
:Main function bar
;Media menu bar
=Track display on the disc
?Track number and number of tracks in the
track list
AArtist and album
BNumerical time display
CGraphic time display
DCover view (if available)
Inserting and removing a disc from
the single CD/DVD drive
Before inserting or removing a CD or DVD,
ensure that the cup holder is empty.
Inserting
XPress the þbutton on the single drive.
If there is a disc already inserted, it will be
ejected.
XInsert a disc into the disc slot with the printed
side facing up.
The drive closes and the disc is played.
If the CD or DVD is started in media mode, the
corresponding media menu is shown. If the
CD or DVD is started from another application
(e.g. navigation), the display will not change.
iThe drive may not be able to play discs with
copy protection. Removing
XPress the
þbutton.
The drive ejects the disc.
XRemove the ejected disc from the slot.
If you do not take the disc out of the slot, it is
drawn in again automatically after a short
while.
Inserting and removing an SD card
Important safety notes
GWARNING
SD cards are small parts. They can be swal-
lowed and cause choking. This poses an
increased risk of injury or even fatal injury.
Keep the SD card out of the reach of children. If a SD card is swallowed, seek medical atten-
tion immediately.
!If you are no longer using the SD card, you
should remove it and store it outside the vehi-
cle. High temperatures can damage the card.
The multimedia system supports the following
memory cards:
RSD cards ( SecureDigital)
RSDHC cards (Secure DigitalHighCapacity)
RSDXC cards (Secure Digital eXtendedCapac-
ity)
Inserting an SD card
XInsert the SD card into the SD card slot until
the SD card engages. The side with the con-
tacts must face down.
XSelect the media source (Ypage 138).
If MemoryCardhas been selected as a media
source, the medium is played and the files are
loaded in the background. If there are no sup-
ported audio or video files, you will see a mes-
sage to this effect.
Removing an SD card
XPress the SD card.
The SD card is ejected.
XRemove the SD card.
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