USB MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS ESTATE 2017 Owners Manual

USB por
tintherear Yo
uc an charge aU SBdevice, e.g .amobile
phone, at US Bports 1usin gas uitable charg‐
ing cable .The devices can be charge dw ith5V
(2. 1A)a nd when thei gnition is switched on. Wire
lesschargin goft he mobile phone and
connection with thee xterior aerial Note
sonw ireless chargin goft he mobile
phone &
WARNING Risk of inju rydue toobjects
being stowedincor rectly
If objects in thev ehicle interior ar estowed
incor rectly ,the yc an slide or be thrown
aroun dand hit vehicle occupants. In addi‐
tion, cup holders, open stowages paces and
mobile phon ebrack etsc ann otalw aysr etain
all object stheyc ontain.
The reisar isk of inju ry,p articularly in the
ev ent of sudden braking or asudden change
in direction. #
Alw ayss towo bjectssot hatthey can‐
no tb ethrow na roun dins uchs itua‐
tions. #
Alw aysm akes uret hat objectsdon ot
pr otru de from stowages paces, luggage
nets or stowagen ets. #
Close thel oc kable stow ages paces
befor estartin gaj ourney. #
Stow and secur eobject sthat ar eheavy,
hard, poin ted, sharp-edged, fragile or
to ol arge inthel oad compartment. Obser
vethen otes on loading thev ehicle. &
WARNING Risk offire from placing
objects in them obile phone stowage
compartment
If yo up laceo bject sinthe mobile phone
stow agec ompartment ,the ym ayheat up
exc essively and evencatc hfire. #
Do no tplace additional objects ,espe‐
ciall ythose mode of me tal, in the
mobil ephone stowagec ompartment. Seat
sand stow ing 131

Conductin
gadialogue #
Tostar torc ontinue adialogue: pressthe
ó button on them ultifunction steering
wheel.
Yo uc an sa yavoice command af teran
acou stic signal. #
Tocor rect an ent ry:sayt he Correction
vo ice command. #
Toselect an entr yfromt he selection lis t:
sa yt he line number or thec ontents. #
Tobrows ethe selection lis t:sa yt he Next
or Back voice command. #
Tointer rupt thed ialogue: sayt he Pause
vo ice command. #
Tocancel thed ialogue: sayt he Cancel
vo ice command or press the8 button on
th em ultifunction steering wheel. Operable functions
Yo
uc an use theL INGU ATRO NIC voice control
sy stem tooperat ethe following equipment
depending on thef eatures: R
Telephone
R Text messa ges
R Navigation
R Address book
R Radio
R Audio (memor ycard, Media Inter face, USB
and Blu etoo th®
audio)
R TV
R Vehicle Overvie
woftypes of voice commands Ad
istinction is made between thef ollowing
vo ice commands:
R Global voice commands can be said at any
time and rega rdless of thec urrent applica‐
tion, e.g .the voice commands Navigateto,
Call orText message to.
R Application-specific voice commands are
onl yavailable fort he activ eapplication. 1
Global voice commands
2 Application-specific voice commands
On thed ispla ynexttot he activ eapplication,
ex amples of global voice command sand thec or‐
re sponding application-specific voice commands
ar ed ispla yedonana utocue. This makes ent ry
easier and supports interactiv eoperation. The
lis tc an be scrolled or it can be operated by
speec horthe controller/touchpad. Nu
mbe rentry functions R
The numbe rsallo weda rezero tonine . LING
UATRONIC 275

Vo
ice command Function
Navigation To
switc hton avigation mode
Map To
switc htom ap display
Address book To
switc htoa ddress book
Telephone To
switc htot elephone mode
Text message To
switc htot extm essa ges
Radio To
switc htor adio mode
TV To
switc htoTVm ode
Media To
switc htom edia mode
USB To
switc htoU SB
Memory card To
switc htom emorycard
Internet application To
star taM ercedes-Ben zonline application. The applicatio nmustbec alledupbyt ouchoncep rior
to use.
Mercedes-Ben zApps To
switc htoM ercedes-BenzA pps
Connect To
switc htoInterne tmode LINGU
ATRO NIC 277

Data impor
tand export Dat
aimp ort/expor tfunction
The following function sarepossible:
R transfer ring da tafrom one sy stem or vehicle
to ano ther sy stem or vehicle.
R creating abacku pc opyofy our personal data
and loading it again.
R protecting your personal dat aagains tunw an‐
te de xpo rtwit hP IN pr otection.
% Please no tethat theN TFS file sy stem is not
suppor ted. The FAT32 file sy stem is recom‐
mended.
Importing/exporting data
* NO
TEDat aloss #
Do no tremo vethed atas tora ge
medium when dat aisbeingexpor ted.
Mercedes-Ben zisnotliable fora ny loss of
data. Re
quirements:
R The vehicle is stationar y. R
The ignition is switched on or thev ehicle has
been star ted.
R The SD car disinserted( →pag e366) or the
USB device is connecte d(→ pag e369).
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
System backup #
Select Import data orExport data.
Importing #
Select adatas torage medium.
Ap romp tappear sasking whe ther your eally
wish to overwrit ethe cur rent da ta.Ifd ata
originates from an other vehicle, this is recog‐
nise ddurin gdatar eading.
The multimedia sy stem is restar tedo ncet he
dat ahas been impor ted.
% Current vehicle settings can be edited af ter
th ei mp ort.
Exporting
If PIN pr otection is activated, your PIN is reques‐
te d. #
Ente rthe four-digit PIN. #
Select adatas torage medium.
The dat aisexported. The dat aexpo rtmay
ta ke severalm inutes. Ac
tivating/deactivatin gPINprotection Multimedia sy
stem:
, System .
PIN protection
Setting theP IN #
Select Set PIN. #
Enteraf our-digit PIN. #
Enter thef our-digit PIN again.
If bo thPINs match, PIN pr otection is active.
Changing theP IN
Re quiremen t:
R Acurrent PIN mu stbe set. #
Select Change settings. #
Ente rthe cur rent PIN. #
Select ChangePIN. #
Setan ewPIN. 302
Multimedia sy stem

R
settings in theTVt uner's channel list
R Navigation and traf fici nformation
The settings di ffer depending on thev ehicle
equipment.
Importing/exporting user profiles
Requ irements:
R Ther eisanI nternetconnection .
R AM ercedes me account exists at http://
www.me rcedes.me.
R The Personalisation service is active.
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
g Personalisation .
Man-
ual export/import
This function is no tavailable in all countries.
On lyindividual profiles can be impor tedor
ex por ted.
The individual profiles ar ealway sc ollectively
impor tedore xported. #
Impor t:select Import profiles from the
server.
The The profile import overwrites the exist-
ing profiles. Do you want to continue? mes‐
sag eappears. #
Select Yes.
Use rprofile sa reimpor ted. #
Expor t:select Export profiles to the server.
User profiles ar eexpo rted.
% Certain settings ,suc hasa ddress book
ent ries or pr evious destination sfromt he
navigation sy stem, ar enot ex ported.
Setting user profile options
Multimedia sy stem:
, System .
g Personalisation #
Highlight aprofile. #
Select ¥options.
The following option sareavailable:
R Rename
R Delete
R Reset %
The gues tprofile canno tbedeletedor
re named. So
ftwa reupdate Information on softwar
eupdates
The multimedi asystemp rovide sam essage
when an updat eisavailable.
Dependin gonthe source, youc an per form vari‐
ous updates:
Softwar eupdate Source of
the
update Up
dat etype
Interne tN avigation map, sys‐
te mu pdates, Digital
Owner's Manual
External storage
medium, e.g. USB
fl ash drive Na
vigation maps Softwar
eupdates ensur eyour vehicle's tech nol‐
ogy is al ways up-to-date. 304
Multimedia sy stem

If
am obilep hone is connected tothem ultimedia
sy stem (→ page337)and automatic calling up
(→ pag e343) is activated, them obile phone's
conta cts ar edispl ay ed in thea ddress book.
Downloading mobile phone contacts
Multimedia sy stem:
, Telephone .
Z Options
Au tomatically #
Activate OSynchronis econtacts automati-
cally.
Manual ly #
Deactivate ªSynchronis econtacts auto-
matically. #
Select Synchronis econtacts .
Callin gupc ontacts
Multimedia sy stem:
, Telephone .
ª Contacts
Depending on thec haracter set, thef ollowing
options can be used tosear chforc ontacts:
R sear ching byinitials
R sear ching byname R
searching byphone number #
Ente rcharacter sintot he sear chfield.
As election of possible conta cts appears.
Entering mor echaracter sintot he sear ch
fi eld nar rows down then umber of possible
selections. #
Select thec ontact.
Ac ontact can contai nthe following de tails:
R phon enumbers
R navigation addresses
R geo-coordinates
R Interne taddress
Editing thef orma tofac ontact's name
Multimedi asystem:
, Telephone .
Z Options .
Name
format
The following option sareavailable:
R Surname, first name
R Surnam eFirst name
R First nam eSurname #
Select an option.
Overvie wofimportin gcontacts
Importin gcontact saselectronic business
cards Source
Requirements:
ò Memor ycardT he SD memor ycard
is inser ted.
ò USB device The USB device is
insertedint he USB
port. Multimedia sy
stem 343

R
Display participants
R Set up call/Connect now #
Select afunction.
Markin ganentry in the to-do lis tascomple‐
ted
Multimedia sy stem
, In Car Office #
Select an entry inthet o-do list O.
Ac cepting/rejecting an incoming call fora
te lephone conference #
Toaccep t:select Accept. #
Toreject: select Reject. Apple CarPl
ay™ Overvie
wofApple CarPlay™
iPhone ®
functions can be used via them ultime‐
dia sy stem using Apple CarPlay™. The yareoper‐
ated using thec ontroller or theS iri®
vo ice-oper‐
ated control sy stem. Youc an activat ethe voice-
operated control sy stem bypressing and holding
the ó button on them ultifunction steering
wheel. When using Apple CarPlay™ via
thev oice-oper‐
ated control sy stem, them ultimedia sy stem can
st ill be operated via LINGU ATRO NIC
(→ pag e274).
On ly one mobile phone atat imec an be connec‐
te dv ia Apple CarPlay™ tothem ultimedia sys‐
te m.
The availabilit yofApple CarPlay™ ma yvary
accordin gtothe countr y.
The service pr ovider is responsible fort his appli‐
cation and thes ervices and conte nt connected
to it.
Information on Apple CarPlay™
While using Apple CarPlay™ various functions of
th em ultimedia sy stem, e.g. telephon yorthe
media sources Blue tooth®
audio and iPod ®
,a re
una vailable.
Onl yone routeg uidance can be activ eatatime.
If ro uteg uidance is activ eonthe multimedia sys‐
te m, it is closed when routeg uidance is star ted
on them obile phone. Connecting an iPhone
®
via Apple CarPlay™
Re quirements:
R Apple ®
operatin gsystemv ersion iOS 8.3 or
abo veis ins talled on thei Phone ®
.
R Ther eisanI nternetconnection fort he full
ra ng eoff unctions forA pple CarPlay™.
R The iPhone ®
is connected tothem ultimedia
sy stem via theU SB port çusing asuita‐
ble cable (→ page369).
Multimedia sy stem:
, Connect .
Apple CarPlay
Setting automatic or manual start
Am essa geappear swhen connec tedf or thef irst
time. #
Automatic star t:select Automatically.
Start automatically is activatedO.
Apple CarPlay™ will no wstart immediately
af te rt he iPhone ®
is connected tothem ulti‐
media sy stem using aUSB cable. #
Manua lstar t:select Manually . #
Select thei Phone ®
in thed evice list. 348
Multimedia sy stem

Setting
theI nterne tradio options
Multimedia sy stem:
, Radio .
Þ Radio source .
TuneIn
Radio .
Z Options
The following option sareavailable:
R Select Stream:s electthe stre am qualit y.
R Login to TuneIn Account :log in to your
Tu neIn user account.
R Log Ou tofAccount :log outofy ourTuneIn
user account. #
Select an option. Media
Au
dio mode In
fo rm ation on thea udio mode &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction whe nhan‐
dling da tastorag emedia
If yo uh andle adatas torage medium while
driving, your attentio nisdivertedf romt he traf
ficc onditions .Thisc ould also cause you
to lose control of thev ehicle. #
Onlyhandle adatas tora ge medium
when thev ehicle is stationar y. Pe
rm issible file sy stems:
R FAT32
R exFAT
R NTFS
Pe rm issible dat astorage medium:
R SD card
R USB storag edevice
R iPod ®
/iPhone ®
R MTP devices
R Blue tooth ®
audio equipment
% R
The multimedia sy stem supports atotal
of up to50,000 files.
R Dat astorage media up to2TBa resup‐
por ted( 32-bit address space). Suppor
tedf ormats:
R MP3
R WMA
R AAC
R WAV
R FLAC
R ALAC
% Obser vethef ollowing no tes:
R Due tothel arge variet yofa vailable
music files rega rding encoders, sampling
ra tesa nd dat arates, playba ckcannot
alw aysbeg uaranteed.
R Due tothew ide rang eofU SB devices
av ailable on them arke t, pl aybac kcann ot
be guaranteed fora ll USB devices.
R Cop y-pr otected music files or DRM
enc rypte dfiles canno tbeplaye db ack.
R MP3 pla yers mus tsuppor tMediaTrans‐
fe rP rotocol (MTP). Multimedia sy
stem 365

Connecting USB devices
* NO
TEDama gecaused byhigh temp era‐
tures High
temp eratures can damag eUSB devices. #
Remo vetheU SB device af teru se and
ta ke it out of thev ehicle. The multimedia connection unit is
found in the
stow agec ompartment unde rthe armres tand
has tw oUSB ports. Depending on thev ehicle's
equipment, additional USB ports can be found in
th es towa ge compartment of thec ent reconsole
or rear folding compartment. #
Connect theU SB device totheU SB port.
Pla yable music files ar eplaye db acko nlyif
th ec orresponding media displa yisactivated.
% Use theU SB por tidentified byç touse
Apple CarPlay™ and Android Auto. Selecting
atrack
Multimedia sy stem:
, Media
Selecting atrack byskipping toatrack #
Toskip backwards or forw ards to a
track: navigat eupord own.
Selecting atrack usingthe cur rent trac klist #
Select è. #
Select Current trac klist. #
Select atrack.
Selecting playbac koptions
Multimedia sy stem:
, Media .
Z Options
Playing bac ksimilar trac ks #
Select Play similar tracks.
At rack list wit hs imilar trac ksis created and
pla yedb ack. Playbac
kmode #
Select Random playback of the current track
list.
The cur rent trac klistisp laye dinr andom
order. #
Select Random playback of th ecurrent
medium.
All trac kson thea ctiv edatas torage medium
ar ep laye dinr andom order. #
Select Normaltrack sequence .
The cur rent trac klistisp laye dint he order it
appear sonthe dat astora ge medium.
Controlling media playback
Multimedia sy stem:
, Media .
►||Playback control
Ab ar wit hplaybac kcontrols is shown. #
Topause playback:p ress thec ontroller.
The Ë symbol is displa yed. #
Toresume playback:p ress thet ouchpad
again.
The Ì symbol is displa yed. Multimedia sy
stem 369

Ac
tivating/deactivatin gfull-scree nmode
Multimedia sy stem:
, Media .
à Media sources #
Select adatas torage medium.
Pla yable video files ar eplaye db ack. #
Toactivat efull-screenm ode:select #
Full screen. #
Todeactivat efull-sc reen mode: pressthe
to uchpad.
Changing video settings
Multimedia sy stem:
, Media .
Z Options .
Picture for-
mat
The following pictur eformats ar eavailable:
R Automatic
R 16:9
R 4:3
R Zoom #
Select apictur eformat. Ad
justin gthe brightness manually #
Select Brightness . #
Adjus tthe brightness. Media sear
ch St
arting them edia sear ch
Multimedia sy stem:
, Media .
ª Search
Depending on thec onnected media sources and
fi les, thef ollowing categories ar eliste d:
R Current trac klist
R Keyword search
R Playlists
R Artists
R Albums
R Tracks
R Folder
R Music genres
R Year
R Composers R
Videos
R Podcasts (Apple®
devices)
R Audiobooks (Apple®
devices) #
Select acategor y.
% The categories ar eavailable as soon as the
entir emedia conte nt hasbeenr ead in and
analysed. Media Inter
face Information abou
tthe Media Inter face
Media In terface is auniversal inter face fort he
connection of mobile audioe quipment. The mul‐
timedi asystemh as tw oUSB ports. The USB
ports ar elocated in thes towa ge compartment
unde rthe armrest.
Suppor tedd evices
The Media Inter face allo wsyoutoc onnect the
fo llowing dat astorage media:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ®
R MP3 pla yer 372
Multimedia sy stem