key MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS ESTATE 2017 Owner's Guide

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Dep ress theb rake pedal and star tt he vehicle
using thes tart/s topb utton.
% The keyisn otneeded fora ny further starts.
An yfurther starts #
Place them obile phone in mar keds pace 1
so that theN FC aerial areas touc he ach
ot her ,and lea veitth er ew hile driving. #
Depress theb rake pedal and star tt he vehicle
using thes tart/s topb utton.
The "Digital Vehicle Key" servic ecan be deacti‐
va tedinM ercedes me connec tath ttp://
www.mercedes.me. The function is then deacti‐
va tedint he smartphone via an online connec‐
tion. If connection totheI nterne tisnotpossible,
e.g. af tert he mobile phone has been stolen, the
ke yf unction can be deacti vatedataM ercedes-
Ben zService Centre.
St arting thev ehicle in eme rgency operation
mode
If th ev ehicle does no tstart and thePlace the
key in the marked space See Owner's Manual
displa ymessag eappear sinthe multifunction displa
y,yo uc an star tt he vehicle in emer gency
operation mode. #
Ensu rethat them arke ds pace 2is em pty. #
Remo vekey 1from thek eyring. #
Layt he key 1inthem arke ds pace 2.
The vehicle will star ta fter as hor twhile.
If yo ur emo vethek ey1 from them arked
space 2,the engine starts again. Forfur‐
th er vehicle starts ,howe ver,key 1mus tbe
located in them arke ds pace 2during the
entir ejourne y. #
Have thek ey1 checkedataq ualified spe‐
cialis tworks hop. If
th ev ehicle doe snotstar t: #
leavethek ey1 inthem arke ds pace 2. #
Vehicles with automatic transmission:
depress theb rake pedal. #
Startt he vehicle using thes tart/s topb utton.
% Youc an also swit chon thep ower suppl yor
th ei gnition wit hthe start/ stop button. St
arting thev ehicle via Remo teOnline serv‐
ices Cooling or heating
thev ehicle interior before
st arting thej ou rney
% This function is no tavailable in all countries.
If yo us tart thev ehicle via your smartphone, the
pr ev iousl yselec teda ir conditioning setting is
active.
Ensur ethe following befor estartin gt he engine:
R thel egal stipulation sinthe area wher eyour
ve hicle is par keda llowe ngin estartin gv ia
smartphone.
R it is saf etostart and runt he engine where
yo ur vehicle is par ked. Driving and parking
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Configuring driv
eprogram I Multimedia sy
stem:
, Vehicle .
e DYNAMIC
SELECT .
Individual #
Select thei ndividual setting. Displaying
vehicl edata Multimedi
asystem:
, Vehicle .
e DYNAMIC SELECT #
Select Vehicle data. Displaying engine data
Multimedia sy
stem:
, Vehicle .
e DYNAMIC SELECT #
Select Engine data.
% The values fore ngine outpu tand engine tor‐
qu em aydeviat efromt he nominal values.
Items that can influence this are, fore xam‐
ple:
R engine speed R
sea le vel
R fuel grade
R outside temp erature Au
tomatic transmission DIREC
TSELECT lever Fu
nction of theD IRECT SELECT le ver &
WARNING Risk of accident and inju ry
due tochildren lef tunat tende dint he
ve hicle
If ch ildren ar eleftu nat tende dint hevehicle,
th ey could:
R Ope ndoors,t hereb yendangering other
persons or road users.
R Getout of thev ehicle and be hit by
oncoming traf fic.
R Ope rate ve hicle equipment. Moreo
ver,ch ildren could also se tthe vehicle
in motion by,for example:
R Releasing thep arking brake.
R Shifting thet ransmission out of park
position j.
R Startin gthe engine. #
Neverlea ve children and animals unat‐
te nde dint hevehicle. #
When leaving thev ehicle, alw ayst ake
th ek eywit hyou and loc kthe vehicle.
This also applies tomobil ephones if the
"Digital Car Keyint he smartphone"
function is activated via theM ercedes
me connect weba pp. #
Keep thek eyso ut of ther eac hofc hil‐
dren. This also applies tomobile
phones if the" Digital Car Keyint he
smartphone" function is activated via
th eM ercedes me connect weba pp. 176
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To
pping up AdBlue ® #
Screw disposable hose 1ontothe filler
nec koft hevehicle until finger-tight. #
Liftu pa nd tip AdBlue ®
re fill canis ter2.
The filling proces sstops when theA dBlue ®
ta nk is compl etelyf ull.
Ad Blue ®
re fill canis ter2 can be remo ved
when it has been onl ypartiall yemp tied. #
Unscr ew and close disposable hose 1and
Ad Blue ®
re fill canis ter2 inreve rseo rder. #
Switc hont he ignition foratl east 60 sec‐
onds. #
Startt he vehicle. %
Avoid storing AdBlue ®
re fill con tainer sper‐
manently in thev ehicle. Pa
rking Switching of
fthe vehicle &
WARNING Risk offire caused byhot
ex haus tsystemp arts
Flammable material suc hasleaves, grass or
twigs ma yignit eift heyc ome int ocontact
wi th hotp arts of thee xhau stsystem or
ex haus tgas flow. #
Park thev ehicle so that no flammable
material can com eintoc ontact wi thhot
ve hicle components. #
In particular ,donotpar kond rygrass‐
land or har vested grain fields. &
WARNING Risk of accident and inju ry
due tochildren lef tunat tende dint he
ve hicle
If yo ul eave children unat tende dint hevehi‐
cle, they ma ybea bletos etthev ehicle in
motion, fore xamp leby:
R Releasing thep arking brake.
R Shifting thet ransmission out of park
position j.
R Startin gthe engine.
In addition, they ma yoperat evehicle equip‐
ment. #
Neverlea ve children and animals unat‐
te nde dint hevehicle. #
When leaving thev ehicle, alw ayst ake
th ek eywit hyou and loc kthe vehicle.
This also applies tomobil ephones if the
"Digital Car Keyint he smartphone"
function is activated via theM ercedes
me connect weba pp. 18 6
Driving and pa rking

Count
ryRadio equipment appr oval
number
South
Africa TA
-20 15/1386
Tu rkey notrequired
Uni ted
Arab Emi‐
ra tes ER4
1849/15
Dealer No: DA35176/14
United
St ates FCC ID
:NZLM UAHL5 Brazil
Es
te equipament ooper aemc aráter secundário,
is to é, não temd ireit oàp roteção contr ainter fer‐
ência prejudicial ,mesmo de es tações do mesmo
tipo ,en ão pod ecausar inter ferê ncia asiste mas
operando em caráter primário.
Pa ra maio resi nformações acessar
www.anatel.go v.br
Fu rther information on thed eclaration of con‐
fo rm ity forw ireles svehicle components
(→ pag e24). Electric parkin
gbrake Electric parking brak
efunction (app lying
automatically) &
WARNING Risk of accident and inju ry
due tochildren lef tunat tende dint he
ve hicle
If yo ul eave children unat tende dint hevehi‐
cle, they ma ybea bletos etthev ehicle in
motion, fore xamp leby:
R Releasing thep arking brake.
R Shifting thet ransmission out of park
position j.
R Startin gthe engine.
In addition, they ma yoperat evehicle equip‐
ment. #
Neverlea ve children and animals unat‐
te nde dint hevehicle. #
When leaving thev ehicle, alw ayst ake
th ek eywit hyou and loc kthe vehicle.
This also applies tomobil ephones if the
"Digital Car Keyint he smartphone" Driving and parking
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App
lying or releasing thee lectric pa rking
brak emanually
Applying #
Push handle 1.
The ! indicator lam pappear sinthe
instrument clus ter. %
The electric parking brak eisonlys ecurely
applied if thei ndicator lam pislit continu‐
ously.
Re leasing #
Swit chthei gnition on. #
Pull handle 1.
The ! indicator lam pinthe instrument
clus terg oes out.
Emer gency braking #
Press and hold handle 1.
When thev ehicle has been braked to a
st andstill, thee lectric parking brak eis
applied. The !indicator lam pappear sin
th ei nstrument clus ter. Information on de
tectin gdamag eona
pa rked vehicle If
ac ollision is de tected whe nthe tow- aw ay pro‐
te ction is acti vatedonal ockedv ehicle, youw ill
re cei venotification:
R onyour smartphone R
inthem ultimedia sy stem when yous wit ch
on thei gnition
Yo uw illrecei veinformatio nabout thef ollowing:
R thea reaoft hevehicle that ma yhave been
damaged
R thef orce of thei mp act
The following situations can lead toinadver tent
acti vation:
R thep arke dv ehicle is mo ved, e.g. in adouble-
dec kerg arage
% Deactivat etow -awa yp rotection in order to
pr eve nt inadver tent acti vation. If youd eacti‐
va te tow- aw ay protection, damag edetection
will also be deacti vated.
Sy stem limitations
De tection ma yberestricted in thef ollowing sit‐
uations:
R thev ehicle is damaged without impact, e.g. if
an outside mir rorist orno ffor thep aint is
damaged byakey
R an impact occur satlowspeed Drivin
gand parking 19 3

Re
mo teParking Assis tsupports them anoeu‐
vring or parking procedur ewhile youa reoutside
yo ur vehicle. Once youh ave selected asuitable
parking space, yout hen exitth ev ehicle and
guide it int othe parking space using asuitable
mobile phone. Remo teParking Assis tchanges
ge ar,a ccelerates, brakes and steer sthe vehicle.
While Remo teParking Assis tisactive, thev ehi‐
cle is loc ked. Youc an inter rupt thep arking proc‐
ess at an ytime wit hthe mobile phone or the
ve hicle keya nd then take ove rthe vehicle your‐
self.
Yo uc an also use your mobile phon etomove
yo ur vehicle backwards and forw ards in the
st ra ight-ahead position (exploration mode). This
is useful, fore xamp le, ifagarag eisson arrow
th at it is dif ficul tori mpossible togetinoro utof
th ev ehicle af terith as been par ked. Re mo te
Pa rking Assis tautomaticall yperform sa ny minor
st eering cor rections that ar erequired.
Re mo teParking Assis tisonlyana id. It is no ta
substitut efor your attentio ntothe sur roundings.
The responsibility fors afem anoeuvring and
parking remains wit hyou. Inter rupt or term inate
th ep arking procedur eifnecessar y.Mak esure th
at no persons, animals or object setc. ar ein
th em anoeuvring range.
Fo rthe Remo teParking Assis tfunction ,you
re qu iream obile phon eand thec urrent Remo te
Pa rking Assis tApp.
The following operatin gsystems ar esuppor ted:
R Android™
R Apple ®
iOS
If th ec onnection between thev ehicle and the
mobil ephone is inter rupte dw hile aparking
manoeuvr eisbeing per form ed, them anoeuvre
can be continued if thec onnection is re-es tab‐
lished within about tw ominutes.
The following scenarios ar esuppor ted:
R Parking in aparkin gspace parallel tothe
direction of tra vel.
R Parking in aparkin gspace at right angles to
th ed irection of tra vel.
R Exitin gaparkin gspace at right angles tothe
direction of tra vel(ex ploration mode).
R Parking in astraight-ahea dposition, e.g. into
ag arag eorc arport(ex ploration mode). R
Exiting aparking space in astraight-ahead
position ,e.g. from agarag eorc arport(ex plo‐
ra tio nm ode).
If am alfunctio norasystem limitation is de tec‐
te dw hile parkin gormanoeuvring (e.g. thep er‐
mitted downhill gradient is exceeded), thef ol‐
lowing actions ar eperform ed automatically:
R The parking manoeuvr eiscancelled.
R The vehicle is brought toas tandstill.
R Transmission position jis engaged.
R thev ehicle is switched off.
R The vehicle remains loc ked.
If th ep arking manoeuvr eiscancelled, acorre‐
sponding messag eisdisplayedont he mobile
phone. Youc an then take ove rand manoeuvre
th ev ehicle int othe parking space yourself .Alter‐
nativel y,yo uc an mo vethev ehicle bac ktoits
original position, if necessar y.
Yo uc an inter rupt thep arking procedur ewith
Ac tiveP arking Assis tinorder totake control of
th ev ehicle wit hRemo teParking Assis tand
manoeuvr eitintoi ts final position. 238
Driving and pa rking

%
Youc an find fur ther information in theo per‐
ating instruction sfor theR emo teParking
Assis tapp http://www.me rcedes.me.
Sy stem limitations
Sn owfa ll or heavy rain ma ylead toap arking
spac ebeingm easured inaccuratel yor,in cer tain
cases ,toconnection problems wi th themobile
phone. Parking spaces that ar epartial ly occu‐
pied bytraile rdrawbar smight no tbeidentified
as suc horbem easured incor rectl y.Onl yuse
Re mo teParking Assis tonalevel, high- grip sur‐
fa ce. The pa rking space mus tbeatleast0.60m
wider than thev ehicle without theo utside mir‐
ro rs.
Do no tuse Remo teParking Assis tinthefollow‐
ing situations:
R Inextreme weather condition ssuchasi ce,
pac keds noworh eavyrain.
R Ifyo ua retransportin gaload that pr otru des
be yond thev ehicle.
R Ifyo uh ave installed sno wchains.
R Ifth ep arking space is on adownhill or uphill
incline. Re
mo teParking Assis tiscancelled if, among
ot her things ,one of thef ollowing actions is car‐
ri ed out:
R Youd eactivat eActiv eParking Assist.
R Youp ress ab uttonont hekey.
R ESP ®
inter venes.
During thep arking procedure, yous hould not
st and mor ethan appr ox.3 .0ma wayfromt he
ve hicle. Atgreater dis tances, thep rocedur ewill
be inter rupte dand acorresponding messag ewill
be displa yedont he mobile phone. If youm ove
closer tothev ehicle, youw ill be able tocontinue
th ep rocedure.
Fu rther information on cancelling thef unction
can be found in theo perating instruction sfor
th eR emo teParking Assis tapp. Operating
Remo tePark ing Assist &
WARNING Risk of accident du eto
object slocated abo veor belo wthe
de tection rang eofA ctiveParking Assist
If th er ea reobjects abo veor belo wthe
de tection range, thef ollowing situations may
arise:
R ActiveP arking Assis tmaysteer tooe arly.
R Vehicles with automatic transmis‐
sion: Thevehicle ma ynotstop in front of
th ese objects.
This could cause acollision. #
Inthese situations, do no tuse Active
Pa rking Assist. Object
slocated abo veor belo wthe de tection
ra ng eoft heParking Assis tare notd etected
when thep arking space is being measured.
These ar ealso no ttaken in toaccount when the
parkin gmanoeuvr eiscalculated, e.g. overhang‐
ing loads, overhang sorl oadin gramps of lor ries
or theb oundaries of parking spaces. In some cir‐ Driving and parking
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Ac
tivating/deactivatin gBluetooth ®
Requ irement:
R Apple CarPlay™ is no tactive.
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
ö Connectivity #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª Bluetoo th®
.
If Android Autois active, apromp tappear sask‐
ing whe ther Blue tooth®
should be deactivated. #
Select Yes.
Android Autois closed and Blue tooth®
is
deactivated. Wi
-Fi Wi
-Fic on nectio noverview
Yo uc an use Wi-Fi toestablish aconnection with
aW i-Finetwo rkand toaccess theI nterne tor
ot her networ kdevices.
The following connection option sareavailable:
R Wi-Fi connection The
Wi-Fi connectio ntoaWi-Fi-capable
device ,e.g.t he cus tomer's mobil ephone or
at able tPCise stablished.
R multimedia sy stem as aWi-Fihotspot
Using this function ,atable tPCorn otebook
can be connected, fore xamp le.
To establish aconnection ,you can use thef ol‐
lowing me thods:
R WPS PIN
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaaP IN.
R WPS PBC
The connectio ntoasecureWi-Finetwo rkis
mad ebyp ressing abutton (push button).
R security key
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaas ecu rity key. Setting up
Wi-Fi
Requ irement:
R The device tobe connec teds upports one of
th et hree means of connection described
(→ pag e298).
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
ö Connectivity
Ac tivating/deactivatin gWi-Fi #
Switch Wi-FionO or off ª.
If Wi-Fi is deacti vatedª,communicatio nvia
Wi -Fi toall devices is inter rupte d. This also
means that ac onnectio ntothe HERMES
communication module canno tbeestab‐
lished. Then function ssuchasd ynamic route
guidance wit hLiveT raffic In form ation ar enot
av ailable.
Connecting them ultimedia sy stem wit ha
device via Wi-Fi
Thi sfunction is available if aHERME Scommuni‐
cation modul eisnotins talled. 298
Multimedia sy stem

The type of connection es
tablished mus tbe
selected on them ultimedia sy stem and on the
device tobe connec ted.
% The connection procedur emaydiffer
dependin gonthe device. Followt he instruc‐
tions that ar eshown in thed ispla y.Fu rther
information (see them anufacturer's operat‐
ing instructions). #
Select Internet settings . #
Select Search for Wi-Fi networks.
Using aWPS PIN: #
Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Select ¥Connec tusing WPS PIN input.
The multimedia sy stem generates an eight-
digi tPIN. #
Enter this PIN on thed evice tobe connec ted. #
Confir mthe entr y.
Using abutton:
Re quirements:
R This function is onl yavailable in aWi-Fifre‐
qu ency of 2.4 GHz. #
Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PBC. #
Select "Connec tvia WPS PBC" in theo ptions
on thed evice tobe connec ted. #
Press theW PS button on thed evice tobe
connec ted. #
Select Continue inthem ultimedia sy stem.
Using asecurity key: #
Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Select ¥Connec tusing securit ykey. #
Have thes ecurity keyd ispla yedont he device
to be connec ted( see them anufacturer's
operating instructions). #
Ente rthis security keyo nthe multimedia sys‐
te m. #
Confir mthe entr ywith¡.
% All devices suppor tasecurity keyasa
mean sofconnection.
Device ha salread ybeen connec ted: #
Toautomaticall yconnect: highlight aWi-Fi
networ kinthe list. #
Activate ¥ Connect automatically O. #
Toconnect: highlightaWi-Finetwo rkinthe
list. #
Select ¥Connect.
The connection is es tablished again. These
function sarepossible when thed evice has
already been connected totheW i-Finetwo rk.
Setting up awifih otspot
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
ö Connectivity
Configuring them ultimedia sy stem as awifi
hotsp ot
The type of connection es tablished depends on
th ed evice tobe connec ted. The function must
be suppor tedbyt he multimedia sy stem and by
th ed evice tobe connec ted. The type of connec‐
tion es tablished mus tbeselected on them ulti‐
media sy stem and on thed evice tobe connec‐
te d. #
Select Set up hotspot. #
Highlight Connectdevice to vehicle hotspot. Multimedia sy
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Genera
tingaW PS PIN #
Select ¥Connect using WPS PIN genera-
tion. #
Enter theP IN shown in them ultimedia sys‐
te md ispla yont he device tobe connec ted
and con firm.
Connecting usin gaWPS PIN #
Select ¥Connect usin gWPS PIN input. #
Select Enter WPS PIN. #
Entert he PIN that is shown on thee xternal
device's displa yonthe multimedia sy stem. #
Select Continue.
Connecting using abutton
Re quirements:
R This function is onl yavailable in aWi-Fifre‐
qu ency of 2.4 GHz. #
Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PBC. #
Press theW PS button on thed evice tobe
connec tedors electConnect. #
Select Continue inthem ultimedia sy stem. Connecting using
asecurity key #
Select Connect device to vehicl ehotspot .
As ecu rity keyisd isplayed. #
Select thev ehicle from thed evice tobe con‐
nec ted. The vehicle is displa yedw itht he
SSID MB Hotspot XXXXX. #
Enter thes ecurity keyw hichiss hown in the
multimedia sy stem displa yonthe device to
be connec ted. #
Confir mthe entr y.
Connecting usin gNFC #
Select Establish aconnectio nvia NFC. #
Activat eNFC on them obile device (see the
manufacturer's operating instructions). #
Bring them obile device int othe NFC area of
th ev ehicle (→ page340). #
Select Done.
The mobile device is no wconnected tothe
multimedia sy stem hotspo tvia NFC.
To generat eanewsecurity key: #
Select Set up hotspot . #
Select Generate security key .
Ac onnection will be es tablished wit hthe
newly created security key. #
Tosave asecurity key:select Save.
When anew security keyiss aved, all existing
Wi -Fi connections ar ethen disconnected. If
th eW i-Ficonnections ar ebeing re-es tab‐
lished, then ew security keym ustbee ntered. Managin
gCOMAND Touc hd evices Re
quirements:
R The COMAND Touc ha pp is ins talled on the
ex tern al devic e(e.g. table tors martphone).
R Wi-Fi is acti vated( →pag e298) and them ul‐
timedia sy stem is confi gured asawifih ot‐
spo t(→ pag e299).
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
COMAND Touch
Connecting anew device #
Select Authorise anew device. #
Select Connec tnew device. 300
Multimedia sy stem