ECO mode MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET 2021 User Guide

The
driven speed isadjus tedwhen theve hicle is
le ve lwit hth etraf fic sig nat thelat est.In the
case ofsig ns indi cati ngentr yint oan urb anarea ,
th espeed isadap tedaccor dingtothespeed
per mitt edwithin theurban area. The speed limit
displa yin theIns trument Displayis alw aysupda ‐
te dwhen theve hicle isleve lwit hth etra ffic sign .
If th er eis no speed restriction onanunlimited
st re tchof road (e.g.on afree wa y), there com‐
mend edspe edisau tomatical lyadop tedas the
st or ed speed. Thesystem uses thespeed stor ed
on anunlimit edstre tchof road asthere com‐
mend edspe ed. Ifyo udo notalt er thestor ed
speed onanunlimit edstre tchof road, there c‐
omme ndedspeedis80 mph(1 30 km/h) .
If Ac tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cha sbe en
pu tint opa ssi ve mode bypressing theacceler a‐
to rpeda l,onl yspee dlimi tswhi charehigh er
th an these tspeed areadop ted.
Obser vetheno teson driving systems andyour
re sponsibili ty;yo uma yot her wise failto recog‐
nize dangers(/ page 150). Sy
stem limit s
The system limits ofTraf fic Sign Assistappl yto
th ede tection oftraf fic sig ns (/ page 175).
Speed limitsbel ow 12mp h(20 km/h) areno t
aut omaticall yadop tedby thesy stem asthe
st or ed speed. Temp oraryspeed restrictions (e.g.
fo ra cer tain tim eor due towe ather condition s)
can notbe proper lyde tected bythesy stem. The
maximum permissible speedapplying toave hi‐
cle withatrailer isno tde tected bythesy stem.
Ad jus tth espeed inthese situation s. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto Active
Spe edLimi tAssi stadap tingth eve hicle's
speed
The speed adoptedby ActiveSpe edLimi t
Assi stma ybe toohigh orincor rect insome
indi vidualcase s,su ch as:
R atspee dlimit sbelo w12 mp h(20 km/h)
R inwe tcond itions orinfog
R when towing atrailer #
Ensur eth at thedr iven speed complies
wit htraf fic re gulations. #
Adjus tth edr iving speed tosuit current
tr af fic and weather condition s. Fu
nction ofrout e-base dspee dadap tation
When ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti ‐
va ted, theve hicle speed willbeadap tedaccor d‐
ing lyto thero uteev ent sahead. Dependingon
th edr ive pr og ram sele cted, theve hicle negoti‐
at es aro uteeve ntaheadin an eco nomi cal,com‐
fo rtable ordynam icman ner.When thero ute
eve nthasbe en passe d,theve hicle acceler ates
ag ain tothestor ed speed. Thesetdis tance to
th eve hicle infront, vehicles detected aheadand
spe edrestrictions aheadar eta ke nint oacco unt.
Yo ucan activat eand deac tivatero ute-based
spee dadap tatio nin themultimedia system
(/ page16 5).
The follo wing routeeve nts areta ke nint o
acco unt:
R Curves
R T-int ersect ions,ro und about sand tollplazas
R Turnsand exits 16
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Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Speed Adjustmen t #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Ac
tiv eSte ering Assis t Fu
nction ofActiv eSte ering Assis t
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis tis onl yav ailable uptoa
speed of130mp h(210 km/h) .The system helps
yo uto stay inthecent erofthelane bymeans of
moder atesteer ing interve ntio ns.Dep endingon
th espeed driven, ActiveSt eer ing Assis tuses the
ve hicles ahead andlane markings asare fer‐
ence.
% Dependi ngon thecount ry,in thelowe r
speed rang eAc tiveSt eer ing Assis tcan use
th esur round ingtraf fic as are fere nce. Ifnec‐
ess ary, Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis tcan then also
pr ov ide assis tance when drivi ng away from
th ecent erofthelane, forex am ple, toform a
re scue lane.
If th ede tection oflane mar kings andvehicles
ahead isim pair ed,ActiveSt eer ing Assis t switc
hestopassiv emode. Thesystem prov ides
no suppor tin this case.
St atus displa yof Activ eSte ering Assis tin
th emu ltifunct iondisp lay
R Ø (gra y): act ivat ed and pass ive
R Ø (gre en): activ ated and activ e
R Ø (red): system limits detected
R Ø (whit e,redhands): "handsonthesteer‐
ing wheel" prom pt
% During thetransition from activ eto passiv e
st atus ,th eØ symbol issho wnas
enlar gedand flashin g.On ce thesy stem is
passiv e,theØ symbol issho wnasgray in
th emultifunc tiondispla y.
% Dep endingontheselect edvehicle settin gs,
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assis tma ybe una vailable.
Ste ering and touc hde tection
The driver isrequ ired tokeep their hands onthe
st eer ing wheel atall times andbeable tointer‐
ve ne atanytime tocor rect thecour seofthe
ve hicle andkeep itin lane. Thedriver mus t
ex pect ach ang efrom active to passiv emode or
vice versaat anytim e. If
th esy stem detects that thedr iver has not
st eer edtheve hicle fora consider ableper iod of
time orhas remo vedth eir hands from thesteer‐
ing wheel, display1 appear s.Ifth edr iver still
does notst eer theve hicle, awa rning tone
sou nds inad ditio nto thevisual warning mes‐
sag e.
If th edr iver does notre act tothewa rning fora
consider ableper iod, thesy stem can initiat ean
emer gency stop (/ page16 8).
The warning isno tissued orisstopped whenthe
dr iver giv es con firm atio nto thesy stem:
R The driver steer sth eve hicle. 16
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alt ernat ive addr essingsystem formulti lin‐
gua lge orefer encin gof global locations with
a re solution ofthre eme ters.Usi ngthis grid,
locat ionsontheEar th's sur face areincl uded
whi chdo notha ve abuildin gaddr esssuch
as ast re et and house number,fo rex am ple.
The EmpireSt ateBuild inghas this languag e
depen dent3wo rdaddr ess:
R English: parade.he lp.bleat
R Frenc h:commu n.verbe.bisq uer
R Spanish: suertes.dig a.pesca
3 wo rdaddr esse sar euniq ue,easy to
re member andsuffice formos tro utin eappli‐
cat ions.
Yo ucan conve rtaddr esse sto 3wo rd
addr esse sand backag ain:
R Atthewe bsit ehtt ps:/ /what3 words.com
R Inthewhat3w ords apps Selecting
ades tinat iononthema p
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s #
Select MapMenu.
or #
Ifth emap isdispla yedin full screen mode,
pr ess thecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The map menuappear s. #
Selec t"mo vemap" inmap menu 2
(/ page26 1). #
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 moreyo umo ve
yo ur fing er aw ay from thest ar tin gposit ion
on theto uc hpad, thefa ster themap moves. #
Press theTo uc hCon trol, thecon troller orthe
to uc hpad.
If se veraldes tination sar elocat edaround the
cr oss hair,a list sho wstheav ailable POIsand
ro ads. If
ades tinatio nis loc ated exact lyon the
cr oss hair,th edes tinat ionaddr essisdis‐
pla yed. #
Select thedes tinat ioninthelis t.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn.
Se tting thema por ientat ionto2D or3D #
Highlight MapOrient ation: 2D/3D. #
Press theTo uc hCon trol, theto uc hpad orthe
contr oller.
The map willbe displ ayed intheselect ed
map orient ation.
Sho wing traf fic mes sagesinthevicinit yof
th ema p #
Sele ctTraf ficMess agesfortheVic init y.
The map appear s. #
Swipe leftor right ontheto uc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller tothelef tor right.
The prev ious ornext traf fic inci dent ishig h‐
li ght edon themap. Information onthetra ffic
inc ident isdispla yed. Multimedia
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Multimedia
system:
4 Navigation #
Select %Cancel RouteGuidance .
Ov ervie wof routeguidanc eto an off-r oad
des tinatio n
An off-r oad destinatio nis wit hin thedigit almap.
The map contains noroads that lead tothedes‐
tinat ion.
Yo ucan enterge o-coor dinatesorath re ewo rd
addr essforof f-r oad destinations onthemap.
Ro uteguidan ceguides youfo ras long aspossi ‐
ble withna vig ation announcements anddisplays
on roads that arekn ow nto themultimedia sys‐
te m.
Shor tlybef oreyo ure ac hth elas tkn ow npo sitio n
on themap, youwill hear the"Please follo wthe
dir ect ion arrow "ann oun cem ent.The displ ay
sho wsadir ect ion arrow and thelinear distance
to thedes tinat ion. Ov
ervie wof routeguidanc efrom anoff-r oad
loc ation toades tinatio n
Of f-road position: thecur rent vehicle position is
locat edwithin thedigit almap onroads that are
no tav ailable.
When routeguidan cebegin sth efo llo wing dis‐
pla ysappear :
R The Road NotMapped messageis sho wn.
R Adir ect ion arro w sho wing thelinear direc‐
tion tothePOI.
When theve hicle isbac kon aro ad know nto the
multime diasystem, routeguidan cecontinue sas
no rm al.
Ov ervie wof off-ro ad status during route
guidanc e
Due toroadw orks ,fo rex am ple, ther ema ybe dif‐
fe re nces betwee nth edat aon thedigit almap
and theactual courseofthero ad. Insuc hcas es,
th emultimedia system will temp orarily be
unable tolocat eth eve hicle's current positio non
th edigit almap. Thevehicle isoff-r oad. If
th eve hicle isdispla yedas being offroad, the
fo llo wing displa ysappear :
R The Road NotMapped message
R Adir ect ion arro w sho wing thelinear direc‐
tion tothePOI
When theve hicle isbac kon aro ad know nto the
multime diasystem, routeguidan cecontinue sas
no rm al. Des
tination Sa
ving thecur rent vehicl eposi tion
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Navigation #
Ifth emap isdispla yedin full screen mode,
pr ess thecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The map menuappear s. #
Selec t1 onthemap menu (/page26 1).
The current vehicle position issave dto the
"Pr evious destination s"memo ry. Multimedia
system 25
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St
oring ama pposit ion
Multi media system:
4 Navigation
The map isin full-scr eenmode. #
Press theTo uc hCon trol, thecon troller orthe
to uc hpad. #
Select "mo vemap" inmap menu 2
(/ page26 1). #
Select aposi tion onthemap.
If multiple entries areav ailable fora map
posi tion, alis tapp ears. #
Highl ightanentr y. #
Select ¥ Store in"Previ ousDesti na-
tions ".
The map position issave dto the"Pr evious
des tination s"memo ry.
Edit ingthepr ev ious destina tions
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous andOther Destination s
5 Previous Destination s #
Highlight oneofthepr ev ious destination s. #
Tosave asafa vo rite :sel ect ¥ SaveMy
Fav orite.
The favo rite sar edispla yed. #
Movethefa vo rite to thedesir edposition .
If afa vo rite has already been added atthis
posit ion,itwill beove rwritt en. #
Tosave as"Home "addr ess:sele ct¥
Save as"Home ". #
Tosave as"W ork" addr ess:sele ct¥
Save as"Wo rk". #
Todel eteasing leor all des tina tions :
selec t¥ Deleteor Dele teAll.
A pr om ptappear s. #
Select Yes. #
Todispl aydes tina tioninf ormatio n:sel ect
¥ Details.
Usi ngextern al des tinatio ns
Ext ernal destinatio nscan berecei vedfrom the
fo llo wing sources:
R Mer cedes -Benz Apps
R Doo r-to -doo rna vig ation with Com panionapp
(US A) %
Recei veddes tinations aresa ve din thepr ev i‐
ous destination s.
A pr om ptappear son themedia display. #
Ades tination hasbeen receiv edwit hou t
pict ureinf orma tion :selec tYes . #
Ifro uteguidan ceisno tact ive, sele ctStart
Rout eGuidan ce.
The routeto thedes tinat ioniscalculat ed.
The map showsthero ute. Ro uteguidan ce
th en begins.
or #
Ifro uteguidan ceisact ive, sele ctStart New
Rout eGuidan ceorSet asNex tWay Point.
St art New RouteGuidan ce:th ere cei veddes‐
tin ation addressissetas ane wdes tination.
The prev ious destination sand intermediat e
des tination sar edele ted. Ro uteguidan ceto
th ene wdes tinat ionbegins.
Set asNext WayPoint :th ere cei veddes tina‐
tion addr essissetas thene xt int ermediat e
des tinat ion.Routeguidan cebegin s. 258
Multimed iasystem

%
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.
If Dis play inCOMA NDisact ivat ed inTraf fic Sign
Assi st(/ pag e17 6), spee dlimi tsand overtak‐
ing restrictions aredispl ayed on themap.
% 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. 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
(/ page26 1). #
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. 262
Multimedia system

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Ifyo usa ve themap dataon adat ast or ag e
medium withth eonline mapupdat eser vice,
no ent ryisrequ ired. The activation codeis
st or ed on thedat ast or ag emedium during
th edo wnloading process.
Obser vethefo llo wing when entering theactiv a‐
tion code:
R The activ ation codecanbeused forone vehi‐
cle
R The activ ation codeisno ttr ansf erable
R The activ ation codehassixdigits
In theeve ntofthefo llo wing problems ,please
con tact an author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er:
R The multimedia system does notaccep tth e
act ivatio ncod e
R Youha ve lostth eactiv ation code Displa
yingthecom 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.
Fo rjour neys incit ies withde tailed citymodels ,a
map viewfrom thedr iver's perspect ive is used. #
Switc hAuto Zoom on0073 oroff0053. %
The automaticall yselect edmap scale canbe
ch ang edman uallyfo ra shor ttime. Theset‐
ting isrese taut omatically afte ra fe w sec ‐
ond s.
Displa yingthesat ellit ema p
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Conten t #
Switc hSatellit eMap on0073 oroff0053.
or #
Ifsat ellit emap displa y6 isavailable inthe
map menu, switchit on 0073 oroff0053
(/ page26 1).
Switc hedon0073: satellite maps aredisp laye d
in map scales of2mi (2km )or less.
Swit ched off0053: nosatellit emaps aredis‐
pla yed.
% Satellit emaps forth ese map scales areno t
av ailable inall coun tries.
Displ aying weather information
Re quirement s:
R Mer cedes meconnectis available. 266
Multimed iasystem

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 e269).
R Twomobile phones areconn ectedwithth e
multime diasystem viaBlue tooth®
(tw o
phone mode) (/page27 0). Inf
ormation 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 (Bluetooth®
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 (/ page23 1).
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. Multimedia
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#
Ifth ecodes match: con firm thecode on
th emobile phone.
Connecting amobile phone(authorizat ion by
ent ering apa ssk ey) #
Select themobile phone. #
Choose aone tosixt een-digit numbercombi‐
nation asapassk ey. #
On themu ltim edia system: enterthepass‐
ke yand select0076. #
On themobil eph one: enterthepassk ey
ag ain and confirm .
% Upto15 mobil ephones canbeauthor ized
on themultimedia system.
Au thor ized mobile phones arere connect ed
au tomatical ly.
Connect ingasecond mobilephone (two
ph one mod e)
Re quirement s:
R Atleas tone mobile phoneis alr eady connec‐
te dto themultimedia system viaBlue tooth®
. Multimedia
system:
4 Phone 5
00A5 Devic es #
Select Connec tNew Devic e. #
Select Start Search onSystem.
The available mobilephon esaredispla yed. #
Select themobile phone. #
Answ ertheHow would youliketocon nect
the new device? prom pt. #
Toreplac ethe currentl yconnect ed
mobile phone:selectPhone 1.
The currentl yconne cted mob ile pho neis
re placed bythene wmobile phone.
or #
Toconnect thesecond mobileph one:
selec tPhon e2.
The newmobile phoneis con nectedas
Phone 2.Iftw omobile phones have already
been connected, thesecon dte lephon eis
re placed bythene wmobile phone.
or #
Touse themobil eph one asan aud io
sour ce:selec tAudio Source(/ page30 3). %
Amobile phonecan beoperat edboth as an
audio sourceaswellas telephon ein par allel.
% The type ofcon nection forth econ nect ed
mobile phone, forex am ple asPhon e1,
Phon e2 or as Audi oSour ce,can berede‐
fi ned atanytime .(/ page 270).
Fu nctions ofthemobil eph one intw oph one
mod e
Fu nctions overview Mobile
phoneinthe
fo re gr ound Mobile
phone inthe
bac kground
Fu llra ng eof func ‐
tio ns Incom
ingcalls In
te rchangi ngmobil ephone s(tw ophone
mode)
Re quirement s:
R The mobile phonesareaut hor ized
(/ page269) . 27
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#
Select Recepti onVol ume orTra nsmi ssion
Vol ume. #
Setth evo lume.
Fu rther information onthere comme ndedrecep‐
tion andtransm ission volume: https:/ /
www .mercedes-ben z-mobile.co m/
Ad jus tingthe calland ringt one volum e
Multime diasystem:
4 System 5
õ Audio 5
Phone #
Select CallVolume orRington eVolume. #
Setth evo lume.
St arting orsto pping mobilephon evo ice rec‐
ognit ion
Re quirement s:
R The mobile phoneis con nectedto themulti‐
media system (/ page269).
St arting mobi lephone voice recognit ion #
Press and hold the00E3 buttononthemulti‐
func tion steer ing wheel formor eth an one
sec ond.
Yo ucan usemob ilephon evo ice recogni tion. St
opp ingmobil eph one voice recognit ion #
Press the0063 or0076 buttononthemulti‐
func tion steer ing wheel. Calls
Using
thete lephone
Multime diasystem:
4 Phone 5
ª Contac ts
Making acall #
Select Numerical Keypad. #
Enterth enumber . #
Select 0097.
The callismade.
Ac cep tingacall #
Select Accep t.
Re jec tingaca ll #
Select Reject .
En din gaca ll #
Select 005A. Ac
tiv atin gfunc tions dur ingacal l #
Tosho wall functions, navig atedo wn.
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable during a
call:
R EndCall
R Mak eAdd ition alCall
R Keybo ard(sho wto send DTMF tones)
R Swi tchMu teMicon 0073 oroff0053.
R Private Mode(a nacti vecal lin ha nds-fr ee
mod eis transf erredove rto thete lephon e)
Condu ctingcallswithse ve ralpar ticip ants
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an act ive call (/ page27 3).
R Ano ther call isbeing made.
Switc hingbetw een calls #
Select call003B.
The select edcall isactiv e.The other call is
on hold.
Ac tiv atin gor endin gacal lon hol d #
Select Continu eCa llor End Call. Mu
ltimed iasystem 27
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