MERCEDES-BENZ C-CLASS SALOON 2018 Owners Manual

0007
Avoid touching the displa y. 0007
Obser vethe no tes on cleaning. Obser
vethe no tes on caring forth e interior
(0013 page 422).
Au tomatic temperature-cont rolled switch-
off feature: ifth ete mp erature is too high, the
brightness is initially reduced automaticall y.The
display may then switch off comple tely for a
while.
0009 Ifyo u are wearing polarised sun glasses, it
may be dif ficult toread the displa y. Central control elements
overview 1
Touch Control
2 Controller
3 Touchpad To
uch Control Operating
Touch Control 0007
Tocall up main functions: press button1.
or 0007
Press and hold button 3. 0007
Tocall up favo urites: press button 1. 0007
Swipe down on Touch Control 2. 0007
Toopen a lis t:press Touch Control 2. 0007
Toclose a lis t:press button 3.
or 0007
Swipe right on Touch Control 2. 298
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0007
Toselect a menu item: swipe up, down, left
or right on Touch Control 2. 0007
Press Touch Control 2. 0007
Tomo vethe digital map: swipe in any
direction.
Setting the sensitivity for the Touch Control
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
w Input
0019 Touch Control sensitivity 0007
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . Operating
the controller 1
0038 button
Press brief ly:re turns tothe pr evious display
Press and hold: calls up main functions
2 00E2 button
Calls up the main functions To
call up favo urites: when the main func‐
tions are displa yed, slide controller 3
down.
3 Controller
Controller operating options: 0007
Turn 0018 anti-clockwise or clo ckwise. 0007
Slide 0016 left orright. 0007
Slide 0019 up or down. 0007
Slide 0017 diagonally. 0007
Press 001Cbrief lyor press and hold. To
uchpad Ac
tivating/deactivating the touchpad
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
w Input 0007
Activate 0073or deacti vate 0053 theTouchpad .
Operating theto uchpad
Re quirements:
R The touchpad is swit ched on
(0013 page 299). Multimedia sy
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1
Touchpad
2 © button
Calls up main functions and favo urites
3 0055 button
Calls up the control menu of the last active
audio source
4 0038 button Press brief
ly:re turns tothe pr evious display
Press and hold: calls up main functions
Yo u can navigate in menus and lists via touch-
sensitive sur face 1 byusing a single-finger
swipe. 0007
Toopen or close lists: swipe left orright. 0007
Toselect the menu item: swipe up, down,
left or right. 0007
Press touchpad 1. 0007
Tomo vethe digital map: swipe in any
direction.
Use thefo llowing functions with a two-finger
swipe: 0007
Tocall up main functions and favo urites:
swipe down with two fingers. The swipe mu st
st art in the upper area of theto uchpad. 0007
Tozoom in and out of the map: movetwo
fi ngers toget her or apart. 0007
Tocall up the control menu of the last
active audio source: swipe up with twofin‐
ge rs. The swipe must start in the lo wer area
of theto uchpad. Setting
the sensitivity for the touchpad
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
w Input 0007
Select Touchpad sensitivity . 0007
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . 0007
Toset the pressure sensitivit y:switch
Touchpad tap on0073 or off 0053.
If th e function is switched on 0073, atap on
th eto uchpad is enough toselect a menu
item.
Handwriting recognition: swit ching there ad-
aloud function on/off
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
õ Audio
0019 System feedback 0007
Switch Read out handwriting recognition on
0073 or off 0053. 300
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Ac
tivating/deactivating haptic ope rating
fe edba ckon theto uchpad
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
w Input
The function supports you when making entries
on theto uchpad and when selecting menus. 0007
Swit chHaptic operating feedback on0073 or
off 0053.
When the function is activated, a tactile feed‐
back in thefo rm of a vibration is ef fected
when theto uchpad is operated.
Selecting a station and track using the
to uchpad 0007
Press the0055 button on theto uchpad.
or 0007
Swipe up with two fingers. The swipe mu st
st art in the lo wer area of theto uchpad.
The cont rol menu appears forth e audio
source that wa s last selected. 0007
Use one finger toswipe up or down.
Ra dio: the pr evious or the next station is set.
Media source: the pr evious or the next music
tra ck is selec ted. 0007
Tohide the control menu: swipe down with
two fingers. The swipe mu st start in the
upper area of theto uchpad. Main functions
Calling up
the main functions 1
00CB button
Calls up navigation
2 002A button
Calls up thera dio
3 00FD button
Calls up media
4 002B button Calls up
thete lephone
5 00D4 button
Sets vehicle functions 0007
Alternatively: press the© button on the
controller, theto uchpad or theTo uch Con‐
trol.
The main functions are displ ayed. 0007
Select the main function. Favo
urites Overview of
favo urites
Fa vourites of feryo uqu ick access tofrequently
used applications. It is possible tocrea te20
fa vo urites in tota l.
The following functions are available:
R add pre-defined favo urites fromthefo llow‐
ing categories (0013 page 302):
- Navigation
- Entertainment
- Telephone
- Connect Multimedia sy
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Vehicle
- System settings
R add your ow nfa vo urites (0013 page 302)
R rename favo urites (0013 page 302).
R movefavo urites (0013 page 302).
R dele tefavo urites (0013 page 303).
R reset all favo urites (0013 page 303)
Calling up favo urites 0007
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. 0007
Navigate down wards once.
Na vigating means:
R Swiping on theTo uch Control or the
to uchpad
R Sliding the controller
Leaving thefa vo urites menu 0007
Press the© button. Ad
ding favo urites
Ad ding prede fined favo urites 0007
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. 0007
Navigate down wards twice.
The Favourites menu appears. 0007
Select New favourite.
The categories are displ ayed. 0007
Select a categor y.
The favo urites are displ ayed. 0007
Select a favo urite. 0007
Store thefa vo urite at the desired position.
If a favo urite has already been added at this
position, it will be overwritten.
Example: adding your ow nfa vo urites 0007
Select Vehicle. 0007
Select Full screen: Consumption . 0007
Press and hold the© button until the
fa vo urites are displ ayed. 0007
Store thefa vo urite at the desired position. If
No function available for saving is shown,the
selected function cannot be added.
Re naming favo urites 0007
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. 0007
Navigate down wards once. 0007
Select a favo urite. 0007
Navigate down wards once.
The Favourites menu appears. 0007
Select Rename. 0007
Enterth ech aracters. 0007
Toconfirm the entr y:select ¡.
Moving favo urites 0007
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. 0007
Navigate down wards once. 0007
Select a favo urite. 0007
Navigate down wards once.
The Favourites menu appears. 0007
Select Move. 302
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0007
Movethefa vo urite tothe desired position.
If a favo urite has already been added at this
position, it will be overwritten.
Deleting favo urites 0007
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. 0007
Navigate down wards once. 0007
Select a favo urite. 0007
Navigate down wards once.
The Favourites menu appears. 0007
Todel ete: select Delete. 0007
Select Yes. 0007
Toresto reall favo urites: selectReset all.
A prom ptappears. 0007
Select Yes.
The favo urites are reset tothefa ctory set‐
tings. Switching the sound on/o
ff On
the multifunction steering wheel On
the multimedia sy stem 0007
Tomute: pressvolume control 1.
The 0063 symbol appears in thest atus line
of the displa y.
Yo u will also hear traf fic announcements and
navigation announcements even when the
sound is muted. Multimedia sy
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Toswitch on: change the media source or
turn volume control 1. Ad
justing the volume On
the multifunction steering wheel On
the multimedia sy stem 0007
Turn volume control 1.
The volume of the cur rent radio or media
source is set. The volume of other audio
sources can be adjus ted separatel y.
Ad just this in thefo llowing situations:
R during a traf fic announcement
R during a navigation announcement The
volume of the navigation announce‐
ment changes in accordance with thevo l‐
ume of the cur rent media sou rce.
R during a telephone call
R when entering or exiting a parking space
while using Active Parking Assist
or 0007
Select System inthe multimedia sy stem. 0007
Select Audio. 0007
Select a volume setting. 0007
Set thevo lume. Entering
characters Using
thech aracter input function 000A
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you will be distracted from the304
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traf
fic situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle. 0007
Only operate this equipment when the
traf fic situation permits. 0007
Ifyo u cannot be sure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad
and traf fic conditions and ope rate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y. Yo
u must obse rveth e legal requirements forthe
country in whi chyou are cur rently driving when
operating the multimedia sy stem.
Use thech aracter input function in thefo llowing
situations, forex ample:
R Renaming a favo urite
R Entering a POI or address
R Making a phone call
The following functions are available:
R Selecting a character in thech aracter bar
R Writing a character on theto uchpad
Character input can be star ted with a control
element and resumed with ano ther. 0007
On theTo uch Control and controller:
select thech aracters in thech aracter bar.
Depending on theta rget entry ,th efo llowing
ch aracters are available:
R The full set of characters is shown
R Onlythose characters which are useful
fo rth e cur rent input string are shown
Other characters are gr eyed out. 0007
On theto uchpad: selectthech aracters in
th ech aracter bar.
or 0007
Write thech aracters on theto uch-sensitive
sur face of theto uchpad.
Handwriting recognition suppo rts yo uby
means of character suggestions and a read-
aloud function.
Examples of character ent ry:
R Renaming a favo urite
R Entering a POI or an address using free or
st ep-b y-step sear ch
R Entering a web address Entering
characters using the controller
Example: renaming favo urites 0007
Call up the "Renaming favo urites" function
(0013 page 302). 0007
Toenter a character: turn0018, slide 0019
and press the controller.
The character is entered in the input line.
Use thefo llowing ent ryfunctions:
% Todele teach aracter: press the control‐
ler.
To dele tean ent ry: press and hold the
controller until the entire entry is deleted. Multimedia sy
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To
switch tospecial characters and sym‐
bols.
006A To
switch toupper-case or lo wer-case let‐
te rs.
0054 To
switch the language.
v Toswitch tocharacter ent ryon theto uch‐
pad.
0009 The available editing functions depend on
th e editing task, the language set and the
ch aracter le vel. 0007
Toconfirm the entr y:select ¡.
Example: entering a destination (navigation) 0007
Enter the POI or address (0013 page 320).
Entering characters on theto uchpad
Requ irements:
R The touchpad is swit ched on
(0013 page 299).
R The entered or selected character should be
re ad out: the handwriting recognition read-
aloud function is swit ched on
(0013 page 300). Example:
renaming favo urites 0007
Call up the "Renaming favo urites" function
(0013 page 302). 0007
Toenter a character: useyour finger to
write characters on theto uchpad.
The character is entered in the input line. If
dif fere nt interpr etations are possible, charac‐
te r suggestions are displa yed. 0007
Toselect a character suggestion: swipe up
or down on theto uchpad. 0007
Resume character input. 0007
Toenter a space: swiperight when the cur‐
sor is located in the input line. 0007
Todel ete a character: swipe left when the
cursor is loca ted in the input line. 0007
Toconfirm the entr y:press theto uchpad. 0007
Tofinish character entr y:swipe upwards.
or 0007
Press the0038 button.
Example: entering a destination (navigation) 0007
Ente rth e POI or address (0013 page 320). Sy
stem settings Display
Configuring display settings
Multimedia sy
stem:
0018 System 0019
0043 Display and styles
Styl es 0007
Select Design. 0007
Select Sport,Classic orProgressive .
Ad apting the ambient lighting for the style 0007
Select Adjust ambient light. .
Ac tivate 0073or deacti vate 0053 the function. 306
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This function adjusts
the ambient lighting for
th e selected display style.
Setting the display brightness 0007
Select Display brightness . 0007
Select a brightness value.
Switching the display off/on 0007
Off: select Display off . 0007
On: press a button, 002B,forex ample.
Displ aydesign 0007
Select Day/night design. 0007
Select Automatic, Day design orNight
design.
Ad ditional displ ayarea
Depending on theve hicle, various items of addi‐
tional information can be shown. The additional
display area comprises the left-hand or right-
hand third of the displa y. 0007
Select Additional display area .
The following display con tent can be selected:
R Dynamic R
Navigation map
R Consumption
R Time and date Ti
me and date Setting the time and date automatically
Multimedia sy
stem:
0018 System 0019
& Time and date 0007
Deactivate 0053Manual time adjustment.
The time and date are set automatically for
th e selected time zone and summer time
option.
0009 The cor rect time is requ ired forth efo llowing
functions:
R Route guidance with time-dependent
traf fic guidance.
R Calculation of expected time of ar riva l. Setting
the time zone
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
& Time and date
0019 Time zone:
The list of count ries is displa yed. 0007
Select a count ry003B.
Depending on the count ry, time zones are
displa yed. 0007
Select a time zone.
The time zone set is displa yed af terTime
zone:.
Setting summer time
The Automatic Summer Time andSummer Time
options cannot be selected in all countries.
Multimedia sy stem:
0018 System 0019
& Time and date
Au tomatically 0007
Switch Automatic Summer Time on0073 or off
0053.
Manual ly 0007
Switch Automatic Summer Time off0053. Multimedia sy
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