MERCEDES-BENZ E-Class SEDAN 2017 W213 Owner's Manual

#Turn 3 leftorr ight.
#Slide 1 leftorr ight.
#Slide 4 up or down.
#Slide2 diagonally.
#Press 7brief lyor press and hold.
To uchpad
Operating thet ouchpad
Re quirement:
Fo rv ehicles wit hacontro ller:the touchpad is
swit ched on (
→pag e220).
1Touchpad
2© button, calls up main functions and
fa vo rite s
3D button, calls up thea udio menu
4% button, returns tothep reviou sdisplay
Yo uc an navigat einmenus and lists via touch-
sensitiv esurface 1 byusing asingle-finger
swipe.
#To select them enu item: swipe up, down,
lef torr ight.
#Press touchpad 1.
#Toopen or close lists: swipe leftorright.
#Tomo vethed igita lmap:swipe in any
direction.
Use thef ollowing functions wit hatwo-finger
swipe:
#To call up them enu bar: swipe down with
tw of ingers.
#To zoo minand out of the map: movetwo
fi nger stogether or apart.
Setting thes ensitivity
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.Entry
#Select Touchpad Sensitivity.
#SelectFast,Medium orSlow .
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9

Handwritingrecognition: switch ingther ead-
alou dfunction on/off
Multimedi asystem:
,System.Audio
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª Read Out
Handwriting Recognition .
Handwriting recognition: selecting an input
langua ge
#Pressthet ouchpad when entering charac‐
te rs.
#Select B.
#Select an inpu tlan guage.
Main functions
Calling up main functions
#1 ß button, switches navigation on
#2$ button, switches ther adio on
#3 Õ button, switches thea udio source
on
#4 % button, switches telephonem ode
on
#5 Ø button, calls up vehicle functions
Alternativel y:
#Whentheb asic menu of amain function is
shown, press the% button.
#Toselect amain function: swipe leftor
ri ght on thet ouchpad.
#Press thet ouchpad.
Calling up lists and menus on them ultimedia
sy stem
Calling up alist
#Call up amain function (→page220).
#To open alist: swipe lef tonthetouchpad.
The lis tisopened.
#Toselect amenu item: swipe up or down
on thet ouchpad.
#Press thet ouchpad.
Favo rite s
Overvie woffavorites
Fa vorite so ffer youq uicka ccess tofrequently
use dapplications. It is possible tocreate atotal
of 20 favo rite s.
The following function sareavailable:
Radd pre-defined favo rite sfrom thef ollow‐
ing categories:
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-Navigation
-Phone
-Media
-Radio
-Connect
-Vehicle
-System
Raddyour ow nfavorites
Rrenam eafavorite
Rmo veafavo rite
Rdele teafavorite
Rrestor ea llFa vorite ss ettings
Calling up favo rite s
#Press the© button.
The main function saredispla yed.
#Na vigat edownwards once.
Leavingt heFavo rite sm enu
#Press the© button. Ad
ding afavorite
Ad ding apre-de fined favo rite
#Press the© button.
The main function saredispla yed.
#Na vigat edownwards twice.
The Favorite sm enu appears .
#SelectReassign.
The catego ries ar edispla yed.
#Select acategor y.
The favo rite sa redispla yed.
#Select afavo rite .
#Ad daf avorit eatt he desired position.
If af avo rite has already been added at this
position, it will be overwritten.
Ad ding your ow nfavo rite (exa mp le)
#Select Vehicle.
#SelectFull Screen:C onsumption.
#Press and hold the© button until the
fa vo rite sa redispla yed.
#Ad daf avorit eatt he desired position.
Re naming afavorite
#Press the© button.
The main function saredispla yed.
#Na vigat edownwards once.
#Select afavo rite .
#Na vigat edownwards once.
The Favorite sm enu appears .
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#SelectRename .
#Entercharacters.
#To confir mthe ent ry:select ¡.
Moving afavo rite
#Press the© button.
The main function saredispla yed.
#Na vigat edownwards once.
#Select afavo rite .
#Na vigat edownwards once.
The Favorite sm enu appears .
#SelectMove.
#Movethef avo rite to thed esired position.
Deleting afavo rite
#Press the© button.
The main function saredispla yed.
#Na vigat edownwards once.
#Select afavo rite .
#Na vigat edownwards once.
The Favorite sm enu appears .
#Todel ete: select Delete.
#Select Yes.
#Toresto reall favo rite s: select Reset All.
Ap romp tappears.
#Select Yes.
Fa vorite sw ill be restored tofactor ysettings.
Switchin gthe sound on/o ff
#Toswitc hoff:press cont rolk no b1.
The 8 symbol appear sinthestatus line.
Yo uw ill also hear traf fica nnouncements and
navigation announcements even when the
sound is muted.
#To switc hon:chang ethe media source or
adjus tthe volume.
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Adjustin gthe volume
#Turn control knob 1.
The volume of thec urrent radio or media
source is set. Youc an se tthe volume of
ot her sound sources separatel y.
Ad jus tthis in thef ollowing situations:
Rduring atraf fica nnouncement
Rduri nganavigation announcement
The volume of then avigation announce‐
ment changes in accordanc ewitht he vol‐
ume of thec urrent media sou rce.
Rduring atelephone call
#Alternativel y:select System.
#Select Sound.
#Selectvolume settings.
#Se tthe volume.
Entering characters
Using thec haracter input function
The following function sareavailable:
Rselectin gacharacter in thec haracter bar.
Rwriting acharacter on thet ouchpad.
Character input can be star tedw ithac ontrol
and resumed wit hanother.
#On theT ouc hControl and controller:
select acharacter in thec haracter bar.
Depending on thed estination entered, the
fo llowing is available:
Rthef ull se tofcharacters
Rcharacter swhicha reuseful fort he cur‐
re nt inpu tstring
Other character saregray ed out.
#On thet ouchpad: selectacharacter in the
ch aracter bar.
or
#Wr itet he character sonthetouch-sensitive
sur face of thet ouchpad.
Handwriting recognition suppo rtsy ou by
means of character suggestions and aread-
aloud function.
Character scan be entered usingt hefollowing
me thods:
Rusing akeywo rdsear chforat rack or artist
Rconnecting them obile phone tothem ultime‐
dia sy stem byentering thep assk ey
Rentering aphone number
Rentering aweb address
Entering character susin gthe controller
Entering characters
#Turn 3,s lide1 or4 and press
th ec ontroller.
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Usethef ollowing editing functions:
R* orE
Changes toupper-case or lowe r-case letters
RÄ
Changes todigits and symbols
RB
Changes thel anguage
R45
Selectst he input line
R25
Movest he cursor within thei np ut line
RF
Dele tesac haracter or an entry
R&
Cancelsch aracter ent ry
Deleting acharacter or an entry
#Todel eteac haracter: whenFis highligh‐
te d, press thec ontroller.
#To del eteane ntry:when Fis highlighted,
press and hold thec ontroller until thee ntry
has been dele ted.
Confirming an entry
#Select ¡.
Entering character sonthetouchpad
Entering characters
#Use one finger towrit echaracter sonthe sur‐
fa ce.
The character is entered in thei np ut line. If
dif fere nt interpr etations ar epossible, charac‐
te rs uggestions ar edispla yed.
Selecting acharacter suggestion
#Vehicles without acontroller: swipe up or
down on thet ouchpad.
#Ve hicles with acontroller: turnthe control‐
ler.
#Press thet ouchpad.
#Resume character input.
The following editin gfunction scan be used:
R* orE Changes
toupper-case or lo wer-case letters
RÄ
Changes todigits and symbols
RB
Changes thel anguage
Rp
Selectst he input line
Mo vest he cursor within thei np ut line
R&
Cancels character ent ry
Selecting thei np ut line
#Select p.
#Swipe up or down.
Mo vest he cursor within thei np ut line
#Select p.
#Swipetothel eftorr ight.
Deleting characters
#When an input line is selected, swipe left.
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Confirminganentry
#Pressthet ouchpad.
Sy stem settings
Display
Configuring displa ysettings
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.G Display and Designs
Designs
#Select Designs.
#SelectSport,Classic orProgressive.
Ad ditional displ ayarea
Depending on thev ehicle, various items of addi‐
tional information can be shown. The additional
displa yareac omprises thel eft-hand or right-
hand thirdoft he displa y.
#SelectAdditiona lDisp .Area .
The following displa ycontent can be selected:
RDynamic
RNavigation Map
RConsumption
RTime and Date
Displ aybrightness
#Select Display Brightness.
#Selectabrightness value.
Switching thed ispla yoff/on
#Off: select Display off .
#Switchon setting.
#On: press abutton, e.g. %.
Displa ydesign
#Select Day/Night Design.
#SelectAutomatic, Day Design orNight
Design.
Time and date
Setting thet imea nd da teautomatically
Multimedi asystem:
,System.Time and Date.Automatic
Time Settings
The cor rect time is requ ired fort he following
functions:
RRo uteg uidance wit htime-dependentt raffic
guidance
RCalcul ation of expected time of ar riva l
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª thef unction.
Setting thet imez one
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.Time and Date.Time Zone:
Al istofc ountri es is displa yed.
#Select acount ry#.
Depending on thec ount ry,t ime zones are
displa yed.
#Select atime zone.
The time zon esetis displa yeda fter Time
Zone:.
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Setting summer time
TheAutomatic Daylight Saving Time andDay-
light Saving Time options cannotbeselected in
all countries.
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.Time and Date
Au tomatic
#Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª Automatic Day-
light Saving Time.
Manual
#Select Daylight Saving Time.
#SelectOnorOff.
Settin gthe time and dat eformat
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.Time and Date.Set Format
#Se tthe dat eand time form at#.
Setting thet imem anually
Re quirement:
The Automatic Time Settings function is deacti‐
va tedorisn otsuppor tedinat ime zone. Multimedia sy
stem:
,System.Time and Date.Set Time
#Se tthe hours.
#Na vigat etot heright tosetthe minutes.
#Se tthe minutes.
#Confir mchanges when exitin gthe menu.
The dat eissetautomaticall yvia GPS.
Blue tooth®
Blue tooth®settings
Blue tooth®tech nology is astandar dfor short-
ra ng ew ireles sdatat ransfer up toappr oximately
32.8ft( 10m). Youc an use Blue tooth
®tocon‐
nect your mobile phonetot he multimedia sys‐
te ma nd use thef ollowing functions, fore xam‐
ple:
Rhands-free sy stem wit haccess tothef ollow‐
ing options:
-contacts (→pag e240)
-call lists (→pag e242)
-text message s(→page242)
RInterne tconnection (→page 249)
Rlistening tomusi cvia Blue tooth®audio
(→pag e265)
Rtransfer ring business cards (vCards) int othe
ve hicle
Blue tooth
®isar egis tere dt rademar kofBlue‐
toot hSpecial Interes tGroup (SIG) Inc.
% Interne tconnection via Blue tooth
®is not
av ailable in all countries.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gBluetooth
®
Multimedia sy stem:,System.ö Connectivity
#Activate Oor deacti vate ª Bluetoo th.
Wi -Fi
Wi-Fic on nectio noverview
Yo uc an use Wi-Fi toestablish aconnection with
aW i-Finetwo rkand toaccess theI nterne tor
an yo ther networ kdevice.
The following connection option sareavailable:
RWi -Fi connection
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TheWi-Fi connectio nise stablished wit ha
Wi -Fi-enable ddevice ,e.g.tot he cus tomer's
mobilep hone ortable tPC.
RMultimedia sy stem as aWi-Fihotspot
Using this function ,atable tPCorn otebook
fo re xamp le can be connec ted.
To establish aconnection ,you can use thef ol‐
lowing me thods:
RWPS PIN
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaaP IN.
RWPS PBC
The connectio ntoasecureWi-Finetwo rkis
mad ebyp ressing abutton (push button).
RSecurity key
The connection toas ecur eWi-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaas ecu rity key.
Setting up Wi-Fi
Re quirement:
The device tobe connec teds upports one of the
th re em eans of connection described. Multimedia sy
stem:
,System.ö Connectivity
Ac tivating/deactivatin gWi-Fi
#Activate Oor deacti vate ª Wi-Fi.
If Wi-Fi is deactivated ª,communication via
Wi -Fi toall devices is inter rupte d. This also
means that ac onnectio ntothe HERMES
communication module canno tbeestab‐
lished. Functions such as dynamicroute
guidance wit hLiveT raffic Info rmation are
th en una vailable.
Connecting them ultimedia sy stem wit ha
device via Wi-Fi
Thisf unction is available if aHERMESc ommuni‐
cation moduleisn otins talled.
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 .
#SelectSearch for Wi-Fi Networks.
#ViaW PS PIN: highlight aWi-Finetwo rkin
th el ist.
#Select ¥Connec tvia WPS PIN.
The multimedia sy stem generates an eight-
digitP IN.
#Enterthis PIN on thed evice tobe connec ted.
#Confir mthe entr y.
#By pressing abutton: highlight aWi-Finet‐
wo 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-Finet‐
wo rkinthel ist.
#Select ¥Connec tUsing SecurityK ey.
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#Openthe" Tethering" menu on thed evice to
be connec tedino rder todispla ythe security
ke y( see them anufacturer's operating
instructions).
#En tert his security keyo nthe multimedia sys‐
te m.
#Confir mthe entr y.
% All device ssuppo rtas ecurity keyasa
mean sofconnection.
Device ha salread ybeen connec ted
#To automaticall yconnect: highlight aWi-Fi
networ kinthe list.
#Switch ¥Connect Automatically onO.
#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
aWi-Fih otspot
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.ö Connectivity
Configuring them ultimedia sy stem as aWi-
Fi hotspot
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 .
#Togenerat eaW PS PIN: selectGenerate
WPS PIN.
#En tert he PIN shown in them ultimedia sys‐
te md ispla yont he device tobe connec ted.
#Confir mthe PIN.
#Toenter theW PS PIN: selectEnter WPS
PIN.
#En tert he PIN whic hisshown on thee xternal
device's displa yonthe multimedia sy stem.
#Select OK.
#Toconnect bypressin gabutton: select
Connect via WPS PBC.
#Press thep ush button on thed evice tobe
connec ted.
#Select Continue.
#Toconnect via asecurity key:select Con-
nect Using Security Key .
#Selectthev 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.
Fu rther configuration menus
In these menus youc an modify theW i-Fihotspot
settings.
#To generat eanewsecurity key:select
Generate Security Key .
Ac onnection will be es tablished wit hthe
newly created security key.
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Multimedia sy stem