MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS CABRIOLET 2021 Owner's Manual

0062
To
switc hto special charact ersand sym‐
bols.
006A To
switc hto upper -case orlowe r-case let‐
te rs.
0054 To
switc hth elanguag e.
v Toswitc hto charact erent ryon theto uc h‐
pad.
% The available editingfunction sdepen don
th eediting task ,th elanguag ese tand the
ch aract erleve l. #
Toconf irm theentr y:select ¡.
Ex am ple: entering ades tination (navigation) #
EnterthePOI oraddr ess(/ page24 3).
Ent eringch aract erson theto uc hpad
Re quirement s:
R The touc hpad isswit ched on (/ page222).
R The entered orselect edcharact ershoul dbe
re ad out :th ehandwr itingrecogni tionread-
aloud function isswit ched on (/ page223). Ex
am ple: renaming favo rite s #
Call upthe"R enaming favo rite s" function
(/ page225). #
Toent erach aract er:use your fing er to
wr ite ch aract erson theto uc hpad.
The charact erisent ered intheinput line. If
dif fere nt interpr etatio nsareposs ible, charac‐
te rsugg estions aredisp laye d. #
Toselect ach aract ersugg estion :swi peup
or down ontheto uc hpad. #
Resume charact erinput. #
Toent eraspa ce:swipe right when thecur‐
sor islocat edintheinput line. #
Todel eteach aract er:swi peleftwhe nth e
cur sor isloca tedin theinput line. #
Toconf irm theentr y:press theto uc hpad. #
Tofinish charact erentr y:swipe upwards.
or #
Press the0038 button.
Ex am ple: entering ades tinat ion(navigation) #
Enterth ePOI oraddr ess(/ page24 3). Sy
stem settings Displa
y Conf
iguringdisp layse ttings
Multi media system:
4 System 5
0043 Display andDesign s
St yles #
Sele ctDes igns. #
Sele ctSpo rt,Classic orProg ressive.
Ad apting theam bient lightingforthe style #
Select Adju stAmb. Lighting .
Ac tivate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Multimedia
system 229

This
funct ionadjus tstheambient lightingfor
th eselect eddispla yst yle.
Se tting thedisp laybr ight ness #
Sele ctDis play Bright ness. #
Sele ctabr ight nessva lue.
Switc hingthedisp layof f/on #
Toswitc hof f:select Display Off. #
Toswitc hon: press abutt on,002B, for
ex am ple.
Displ aydes ign #
Select Day /Nig htDesi gn. #
Select Autom atic,Day DesignorNig ht
Desi gn.
Ad diti onaldispl ayarea
Dependi ngon theve hicle, various items ofaddi‐
tional information canbesho wn. The additional
displa yar ea com prises thelef t-hand orright-
hand third of thedispla y. #
Select Addi tiona lDisp .Area . The
follo wing displa ycon tent can beselect ed:
R Dyna mic
R Navig ation Map
R Consu mpti on
R Time and Date Ti
me and date Se
ttin gthe time anddateaut omat icall y
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate #
Deact ivat e0053 Manual TimeAdjustmen t.
The time anddatear ese taut omaticall yfo r
th eselect edtime zoneand summer time
op tion .
% The correct time isrequ ired forth efo llo wing
func tions:
R Routeguidan cewithtim e-depen dent
traf fic gu idance .
R Calcu lation ofexpect edtime ofarriva l. Se
tting thetim ezone
Multi media system:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
5 Time Zone:
The listof count ries isdispla yed. #
Select acount ry003B.
Dep endingonthecount ry,time zonesare
displa yed. #
Select atime zone.
The time zonese tis displa yedaf te rTime
Zone:.
Se tting summer time
The Automatic Daylight Saving TimeandDay-
lig ht Saving Timeoptions canno tbe sele cted in
all countr ies.
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
Au tomatic ally #
Swi tchAuto matic Day light Saving Time on
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Mu ltimed iasystem

Manuall
y #
Deactiv ate0053 Automatic Daylight Saving
Time. #
Select Daylight Saving Time. #
Select OnorOff.
Se tting thetim eand date form at
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
5 Set Form at #
Setth edat eand time form at003B.
Se tting thetim ema nua lly
Re quirement s:
R The Manual TimeAdjustm entfunc tion is
switc hedon.
Multime diasystem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
5 Set Time #
Setth ehour s. #
Navig ateto theright tosetth eminut es. #
Setth eminut es. #
Conf irm chang eswhen exitin gth emenu.
The dateis setaut omaticall yvia GPS. Connectivity
Switc
hingtransmission oftheve hicl eposi ‐
tion on/off
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity #
Select Transm itVehicle Pos.. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Blue
tooth® Inf
orma tion abou tBlu etoo th®
Bl ue tooth®
tech nol ogy isast andar dfo rshor t-
ra ng ewi reless datatransf erup toappr oximat ely
32. 8ft (10 m).
Yo ucan useBlue tooth®
to connect your mob ile
phon eto themultimedia system and usethefo l‐
lo wing functions,forex am ple:
R Han ds-free system withaccess tothefo llo w‐
ing option s: -
con tacts (/ page 274)
- calllist s(/ page27 6)
- text mes sage (/ pag e27 7)
R Inte rn et connecti on(/ page 291)
R Listening tomusi cvia Blue tooth®
audio
R Trans ferring busine sscar ds(vCar ds)intoth e
ve hicle
Blue tooth®
is are gis tere dtrademar kof Blue‐
to othSpecial Interes tGr oup (SIG) Inc.
% Interne tconn ection viaBlue tooth®
is no t
av ailable inall coun tries.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gBlue tooth®
Re quirement s:
R Deac tivateBlue tooth®
:Appl eCa rPlay®
is no t
act ive.
Multim ediasystem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 Bluetoo th®
. Multimedia
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If
Andr oidAutoisact ive, apr om ptappear sask ‐
ing whe ther Blue tooth®
should bedeactiv ated. #
Select Yes.
Andr oidAutoisclos edand Blue tooth®
is
deact ivat ed. Wi
-Fi Wi
-Fico nne ctio nove rview
Yo ucan useWi-Fi toestablish acon nection with
a Wi -Fi networkand toacc ess theInt erne tor
ot her networkde vices.
The follo wing connection option sar eav ailable:
R Wi-Fi conne ction
The Wi-Fi conne ctionto aWi -Fi-ca pable
de vice ,e.g .th ecus tomer's mobilephone or
a ta ble tPC ises tablished.
R Multimedia system asaWi -Fi hotspo t
Usi ngthis func tion,a ta ble tPC ornotebook
can becon nected, forex am ple.
To establish acon nection ,yo ucan usethefo l‐
lo wing methods:
R WPS PIN The
conn ection toasec ureWi -Fi networkis
mad evia aPIN .
R WPS PBC
The conne ctionto asec ureWi -Fi networkis
mad eby pressing abutt on(push button).
R Secur itykey
The conn ection toasec ureWi -Fi networkis
mad evia asecu rity key.
Se tting upWi-Fi
Re quirement s:
R The device tobe con nectedsuppor tsone of
th eth re emeans ofcon nect iondescr ibed
(/ page232).
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gWi -Fi #
Switc hWi-Fi on0073 oroff0053.
If Wi-Fi isdea ctivated 0053, communi cationvia
Wi -Fi toall devic es isint erru pte d.This also
means that acon nectionto theHERME S
comm unication modulecannotbe estab‐ lished.
Thenfunctionssuc has dynamic route
guidan cewithLiv eTr af fic Inf ormati onareno t
av ailable.
Connect ingthemu ltim edia system witha
de vice viaWi-Fi
Thi sfunction isno tav ailable ifaHE RME Scom ‐
mun ication modul eis ins talled.
The type ofcon nection established mustbe
select edon themultimedia system and onthe
de vice tobe con nected.
% The connection procedur ema ydif fer
dependin gon thede vice. Followtheins truc‐
tion sth at aresho wninthedispla y.Fu rther
inf ormation (seethemanuf acturer'soper at‐
ing instruction s). #
Select Internet Setting s. #
Select Search forWi-Fi Network s.
Using asecur itykey #
Select aWi -Fi networkin thelis t. #
Have thesecur itykeydisp laye don thede vice
to be con nected(see themanuf acturer's
oper ating instruction s). 232
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#
Enterthis secur itykeyon themultimedia sys‐
te m. #
Conf irm theent rywit h¡.
% Alldevic es suppor ta sec urity keyas a
mean sof conn ection .
Usin gaWPS PIN #
Highlig htaWi -Fi networkin thelis t. #
Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PINInput.
The multimedia system gener ates an eight-
di gitPIN . #
Enterthis PIN onthede vice tobe con nected. #
Conf irm theent ry.
Using abutt on
% This function isonl yav ailable inaWi -Fi fre‐
qu ency of2.4 GHz. #
Highlight aWi -Fi networkin thelis t. #
Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PBC. #
Select "Connec tvia WPS PBC" intheop tion s
on thede vice tobe con nected. #
Press theWPS buttonon thede vice tobe
con nected. #
Select Continueinthemultimedia system.
De vice hasalready been connect ed: #
Toaut omatic allyco nne ct:high light aWi -Fi
ne tworkin thelis t. #
Activate¥ Connect Automatica lly0073 . #
Toconnect :high light aWi -Fi networkin the
lis t. #
Selec t¥ Connect.
The connection ises tablished again. These
func tionsar epossible whenthede vice has
alr eady been connect edtotheWi -Fi network.
Se tting upaWi -Fiho tspo t
Re quirement s:
R Forco nn ectio nby pres sin gabutt on:th is
func tion isonl yav ailable inaWi -Fi frequency
of 2.4 GHz. Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity
Conf iguringthemu ltim edia system asaWi -
Fi ho tspo t
The type ofconnection established depends on
th ede vice tobe con nected. The func tion must
be suppor tedby themultimedia system and by
th ede vice tobe con nected. The type ofcon nec‐
tion established mustbe select edon themulti‐
media system and onthede vice tobe con nec‐
te d. #
Select SetUpHot spot. #
Highlight ConnectDevic eto Vehicle Hotspot.
Gener atingaWPS PIN #
Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PINGenera-
tion . #
Enterth ePIN showninthemedia displayon
th ede vice tobe con nectedand confirm .
Connect ingusin gaWPS PIN #
Sele ct¥ ConnectviaWPS PINInput. #
Sele ctEnter WPS PIN. Mult
imedi asy stem 233

#
EnterthePIN that issho wnontheex tern al
de vic e's displa yon themultimedia system. #
Select Continue.
Connecting usingabutt on #
Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PBC. #
Press theWPS buttonon thede vice tobe
con nectedor select Connec t. #
Select Continue inthemultimedia system.
Connecting usingasecur itykey #
Select Connect DevicetoVeh icleHotsp ot.
A secu rity keyis disp laye d. #
Select theve hicle from thede vice tobe con ‐
nec ted. The vehicle isdispla yedwit hth e
SSID MBHotsp otXXX XX. #
Enterthesecur itykeywhic his sho wninthe
media display on thede vice tobe con nected. #
Conf irm theent ry.
Connect ingusin gNFC #
Sele ctConn ection viaNFC. #
ActivateNFC onthemobile device (see the
manuf acturer'soper ating instructions). #
Bring themobile device intoth eNFC area of
th eve hicle (/page27 2). #
Select Done .
The mob ile de vice isno wconnect edtothe
multime diasystem hotspo tvia NFC.
Gener atingane wsecur itykey: #
Select Set UpHotsp ot. #
Select Genera teSecu rityKey.
A connecti onwillbe established withth e
ne wly crea tedsecur itykey. #
Tosave asec urity key:select Save.
When ane wsecur itykeyis save d, all existin g
Wi -Fi conne ctionsareth en discon nected.If
th eWi -Fi conne ctionsarebe ing re-es tab‐
lished, thene wsecur itykeymus tbe entere d. Mana
gingCOMAND Touc hde vic es Re
quirement s:
R The COMAND Touc happ isins talled onthe
ex tern al de vic e(e. g.table tor smar tphon e). R
Wi-Fi isacti vated(/ page232) andthemul‐
timedia system iscon figur edasaWi -Fi hot‐
spo t(/ page 233).
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
COMAND Touch
Connecting andauthor izing ane wde vice #
Select AuthorizeaNew Devic e. #
Select Connec tNew Devic e. #
Enterth esecur itykeyin theex tern al de vic e.
The Please start COMA NDTouc hon your
devi ceand follow theins truct ions.mes sage
appear s. #
Select Con tinue. #
The connectionre qu estfr om thede vice
Acc ept. #
Enterth ePIN shownontheex tern al de vic e.
The devic eis aut hor ized.
Au thorising aconnect eddevice #
Sele ctAut hori zeaNew Device.
The devic es already connectedar edispla yed. 23
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Multimedia system

#
Select Continu eUsi ngConnected Devices.
The Plea se star tCO MAND Touchon your
dev iceand follow the instru ctions .mes sage
appear s. #
Select Con tinue. #
The connectionre qu estfr om thede vice
Acc ept. #
Enterth ePIN shownontheex tern al de vic e.
The devic eis aut hor ized.
De-a uthor izin gth ede vice #
Sele ctan aut hor ized devic efrom thelis t.
A pr om ptwill appear askingwhe ther you
wo uld liketo de-aut horize theselect ed
de vice. #
Select Yes.
The device isde-aut horized. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gch ild safetyloc k Multimedi
asy stem:
4 System 5
Parent alContr ol
Loc king orunloc kinganextern al de vic e #
Select anextern al de vic e. #
Select Lock.
The devic econ nectedvia theCO MAND
To uc happ isloc ked0073 orunloc ked0053. Sy
stem langu age No
teson thesy stem langu age
This function allowsyouto determ ine thelan‐
guag efo rth emenu displaysand thena vig ation
announ cements.The select edlanguag eaf fects
th ech aract ersav ailable forentr y.The navig ation
announc ementsar eno tav ailable inall lan‐
guag es.Ifalang uageis no tav ailable, thena vig a‐
tion announ cementswill beinEn glish. Se
tting thesy stem langu age
Multi media system:
4 System 5
Language #
Setth elanguag e.
% Ifyo uar eusin gArabic mapdata,thete xt
inf ormati oncan also be sho wninArab icon
th ena vig ation map.Todo so, select 

Data
impor tand expor t Dat
aim por t/expor tfunc tion
The follo wing functionsar epossible :
R Trans ferring datafrom one system orvehicle
to ano ther system orvehicle.
R Creating abac kupcop yof your per son aldat a
and loadin git ag ain.
R Protect ing your per son aldat aag ains tun wa n‐
te dex por twit hPIN protect ion.
% Please note that theNTFS file system isno t
suppor ted. The FAT32 file system isrecom‐
mend ed.
Im por ting /expor tingdata
* NO
TELos sof data due toprematur e
re mo val #
Donotre mo vethedat ast or ag e
medium whendatais being expor ted.
Mer cedes- Benzis no tliable foran yloss of
dat a. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The ignition isswitc hedonortheve hicle has
been star ted.
R The SDcardis inser ted(/ page296) orthe
USB device isconnec ted(/ page29 7).
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
System Backup #
Select Import DataorExport Data.
Im por ting #
Select adat ast or ag emedium.
A pr om ptappear sask ing whe ther youre all y
wish tooverwr ite th ecur rent data.If da ta
or iginat esfrom another vehicle, this isrecog‐
nized during data readin g.
The mult imed iasystem isrestar tedonc eth e
dat ahas been impor ted.
% Current vehicle settin gscan beedit edafte r
th eim por t.
Expor ting
If PIN protect ion isactiv ated, your PIN isrequ es‐
te d. #
Enterth efo ur -di git PIN. #
Select adat ast or ag emedium.
The datais ex por ted. The dataex por tma y
ta ke severalmin utes. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPI N protection Re
quirement s:
To unlo ckthePIN:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nect ion.
R AMer cedes meaccount exists at htt ps:/ /
me. secur e.mercedes -benz.com.
R The Perso nalization service isact ive
(/ page23 7).
Multim ediasystem:
4 System 5
PIN Protec tion
Se tting thePIN #
Sele ctSet PIN. #
Entera fo ur -di git PIN. #
Enterth efo ur -di git PIN again.
If bo th PINs match,PIN protect ion isactiv e. 236
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Cha
nging thePIN #
Sele ctChang eSet tings. #
Enterth ecur rent PIN . #
Select Chang ePIN . #
Seta ne wPIN .
Ac tiv atin gPI N protection fordat aex por t #
Sele ctCh ange Setting s.
Co nfirm with thePIN. #
Select ProtectData Export .
Ac tivate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Un bloc king thePIN
If th ePIN has been entered incor rectl yth re e
tim es,th ePIN willbebloc ked. Youcan have a
sing le-use passwordsent toyouvia the
Mer cedes meconn ectonline portalto rese tth e
PIN protect ion. #
Select Unbloc kPIN. #
Enterth esing le-use password.
PIN protect ion isrese t,and youcan seta
ne wPIN. %
The availabilit yof this func tion iscoun try
depen dentandmayno tbe available inyour
co unt ry.
Alt ernati vely,yo ucan have PIN protect ion
re se tat an aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Cen‐
te r. User
profile Se
tting auser profile
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization
Displa yingauser profile when star ting
If th is func tion isact ive, apr om ptappear swhen
st ar tin gth esy stem asking whichuser profile to
use. #
Select Display Profile Select ion afterStart . #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Selecting auser profile #
Select GuestProfile orindividual profile 003B.
% Some settings from theuser profile areonl y
loaded whentheve hicle isstatio naryor
when theignition isswitc hedon. Au
tomatic synchronizat ion
Eac htime theignition isswitc hedoffor on, the
indiv idual userprofiles aresync hroniz edon the
multime diasystem and ontheser ver.This
ensur esthat thelat estuser profiles areav aila‐
ble. #
Select Automat icSyn chron izat ion. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
% Formor einf ormation aboutimpor ting/
ex por tinguser profiles (/ page238 ).
Cr eating auser profile
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization
5 Create Profile #
Entera name. #
Select 0076.
The follo wing informatio nis save din theuser
pr ofile, forex am ple:
R System settings
R Navig ation andtraf fic inf ormati on
The settings differ depending ontheve hicle
eq uipment. Multimedia
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Im
por ting/e xportin gauser profile
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection .
R AMer cedes meacco untexists at htt ps:/ /
me. secur e.mercedes -benz.com.
R The Perso nalization service isact ive.
R The func tion isavailable inyour count ry.
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization
5 Manual Export/ Import
Im por ting auser profile #
Select Import Profiles fromServer.
The Theprofile dataimport overwrit esall
exist ingprofile data.Doyou want tocon -
tinue? messag eappear s. #
Select Yes.
User profiles areim por ted.
Expor tingauser profile #
Select Export Profiles tothe Serv er.
User profiles areex por ted. %
Onlyindividual profiles can beimpor tedor
ex por ted. The individual profiles arealw ays
coll ectiv elyimpor tedor expor ted.
% Certain settings ,suc has addr essbook
ent ries orprev ious destination sfrom the
na vig ation system, areno tex por ted.
Se tting user profile options
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization #
Highlight apr ofile. #
Select ¥option s.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Renam e
R Delete
R Reset
% The gues tpr ofile can notbe dele tedor
re nam ed. So
ftwa reupdat es Inf
ormation onsof twareupdat es
The multimedi asy stem displa ysacor responding
messag ewhen asof twareupda teisavailable.
The availabilit yof this func tion isdepen denton
th ecount ry.
Depen dingon thesour ce,youcan perform
va rious updates: Sour
ceofthe
updat e Up
dat etype
Up dat esvia mobile
phone Na
vig ation map,sys‐
te m upd ates, Digit al
Oper ator's Manua l
Up dat esvia anexter‐
nal stor ag emedium,
e.g. aUSB flash drive Na
vig ation maps %
Softwareupd ates via mobil ephone requ ire
an act ive Int erne tcon nection forth eve hicle.
This isno tav ailable inall coun tries. Forfur‐
th er information oncon nect ingtotheInt er‐
ne t,see (/page29 1). 238
Multimedia system