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

RSecurethel oad using thet ie-down eyes and
distribut ethe load evenly.
Interior stow agec om partments
Overvie wofthe front stowage compa rt‐
ments
Observ ethe no tesonl oading thev ehicle
(
→pag e94).
1St ow agec ompartment in thed oors
2Stow age/telephonec ompartment inthe
armres twithm ultimedia connections and
stow agec ompartment ,e.g.f or an MP3
pla yer
3Stow agec ompartment in thef ront center
console wit haUSB por t(depending on the
ve hicle's equipment)
4Glo vebox
Locking/unlocking theg love box
Obser vethen otes on loading thev ehicle
(
→pag e94).
#Turn thee mer gency keyaq uartert urnc lock‐
wise 2(tol ock) or counter-clockwise 1(to
unlock).
Opening thee yeglasses box
Obser vethen otes on loading thev ehicle
(
→pag e94).
#Toopen: press button 1.
Opening thes towa ge compa rtmen tint he
re ar armrest
Observ ethe no tesonl oading thev ehicle
(
→pag e94).
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Seats and stowing

5WIncrease sthe volume
6X Decreases thev olume
Voice prom pting
#To star torc ontinue adialog: pressthe
ó button on them ultifunction steering
wheel.
Yo uc an sa yacomman dafter an acoustic
signal.
#To cor rect an entry :sa yt he Correction
command.
#To select an entr yfromt he selection lis t:
sa yt he line number or thec onte nts.
#Tobrows ethe selection lis t:sa yt he Con-
tinue orBack command.
#Tointer rupt thed ialog: sayt he Pause com‐
mand.
#To cancel thed ialog: sayt he Cancel com‐
mand.
Operable functions
Yo uc an use theV oice Control Sy stem tooperate
th ef ollowing equipment, depending on thev ehi‐
cle's equipment:
RTe lephone
RText message s
RNavigation
RAddress book
RRadio
RAu dio (memor ycard, Media Inter face, USB
and Blu etoo th®audio)
RVe hicle
Command types
Ad istinction is made between thef ollowing
command types:
RGlobal commands can be said at anytime
and rega rdless of thec urrent application,
e.g .the Navigate to ,Call orText message to
commands.
RApplication-specific commands areo nly
av ailable fort he activ eapplication.
1Global commands
2Application-specific commands
On thed ispla ynexttot he activ eapplication,
va rying global commands and thec orresponding
application-specific commands ar edispla yedo n
an autocue. This makes ent ryeasier and sup‐
ports interactiv eoperation. The lis tcan be scrol‐
led or it can be operated byspeec horthe con‐
troller/touchpad.
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usedrega rdless of thea pplication that is cur‐
re ntly acti ve.
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 essage s
Radio To
switc htor adio mode
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
Voice Cont rolS ystem 209

Settingthed istance unit
Multimedia sy stem:,System.Units
#Select kmormi.
#Switch Additional Speedometer onO fora
displa yinthe multifunction displa y.
Data importand export
Dat aimp ort/expor tfunction
The following function sarepossible:
Rtransfer ring da tafrom one sy stem or vehicle
to ano ther sy stem or vehicle.
Rcreating abacku pc opyofy our personal data
and loading it again.
Rpr otecting your personal dat aagains tunw an‐
te de xpo rtwit hP IN pr otection.
Yo uc an either use an SDcardoraU SBstorage
device as temp orar ystora ge . Importing/exporting data
* NO
TEDat aloss
#Do no tremo vethed atas tora ge
medium when dat aisbeingexpor ted.
Mercedes-Benzisn otliable fora ny loss of
data.
Re quirementsRThe vehicle is stationar y.
RThe ignition is switched on or thev ehicle has
been star ted.
RThe SD car disinserted(→pag e257)ort he
USB device is connecte d(→page259).
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‐
nized duri ng datareading.
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.
#En tery our four-digit PIN.
#Select adatas torage medium.
The dat aisexported. The dat aexpo rtmay
ta ke severalm inutes.
Ac tivating/deactivatin gPINprotection for
data export
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.System Backup
#To activate: activatePIN Protection O.
#Enteryour four-digit PIN.
#En tery our four-digit PIN again.
PIN protection is activated when bo thPINs
match.
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%The gues tprofile cann otbe dele tedo r
re named.
Soft wareupdate
Information on softwar eupdates
The multimedi asystemp rovide sam essage
when an updat eisavailable.
Dependingont he source,youc an per form vari‐
ous updates:
Softwar eupdate
Source of the
update Up
dat etype
Interne tN avigation maps, sys‐
te mu pdates
External storage
medium, e.g. USB
st ick Na
vigation maps
Performin gasoftwar eupdat e
Re quirement:
An Interne tconnection is requ ired foru pdates
whi chareo btaine donline (
→pag e249).
Multimedia sy stem:
,System.Software Update
Au tomatic
#Ac tivate Othea utomatic softwar eupdate.
Up dates ar eperform ed.
The cur rent status of theu pdates is dis‐
pla yed.
The automatic softwar eupdat eisn otavaila‐
ble in all countries.
Manual
#Deactivate ªthea utomatic software
update.
#Select an updat efromt he lis tand star tt he
update.
Ac tivatin gthe so ftwa reupdate
#Restar tt he sy stem.
Re setfunction
Multimedia sy stem:,System.Reset
The multimedia sy stem is rese ttot hefactory
settings.
Pe rsonal dat aisdeleted, fore xamp le:
RStatio npresets
RConnec tedm obile phones
#Select Yes.
Ap romp tappear sasking whe ther youw ish
to reset.
No selected: thep rocess is canceled.
#Select Yes.
The multimedia sy stem is rese ttof actory
settings an drestarted.
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Multimedia sy stem

field nar rows down then umber of possible
selections.
#Select thec onta ct.
Ac ontact can contai nthe following de tails:
RPhonen umbers
RNavigation add resses
RGeo-coordinates
Editing thef orma tofac ontact's name
Multimedi asystem:
,Phone.Z Options.Name
Format
The following option sareavailable:
RLast Name,F irst Name
RLast Name First Name
RFirst Name Last Name
#Select an option.
Importin gcontact sintot he contacts menu
Vi aZ Options,y ou can impor tcontactsi nto
th et elephone book as electroni cbusin ess cards
from di fferent sources. Overvie
wofimporting contacts as electronic
business cards
Source Requirements
ò Memor ycardT he SD memor ycard
is inser ted.
ò USB device The USB device is
insertedi ntot he USB
port.
ñ Bluetooth
®con‐
nection If
th es endin gof
vCards is suppor ted
via Blue tooth
®,
vCa rdsc an be
re ceive donm obile
phones or netbooks,
fo re xamp le.
Blue tooth
®is activa‐
te dint he multimedia
sy stem and on the
re spectiv edevice
(see them anufactur‐
er's operating instruc‐
tions).
Saving amobile phone contact
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.ª Contacts
#Call up amobile phone conta ctó
(→page 240).
#Select ¥.
#SelectSave.
The contact sa vedint he multimedia sy stem
is identified bythef symbol.
Calling acontact
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.ª Contacts
#Enterc haracter sintot he sear chfield.
#Select thec onta ct.
#Select atelephone number.
The number is dialed.
Fu rther options in thec ontactsm enu
Multimedia sy stem:
,Phone.ª Contacts
#Select ¥.
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1

EndingApple CarPlay™
Multimedia sy stem:
,Connect.Apple CarPlay
#Select Disconnect .
The connection is ended.
The mobile phone continues tobe supplied
wit he lectri city.
or
#Disconnect thec onnecting cable between
th em obile phone and multimedia sy stem.
Android Auto™
Android Auto™®ove rview
Mobile phonef unctionscan be used with
Android Auto™u sing theA ndroid™ operating
sy stem on them ultimedia sy stem. It is operated
using thec ontroller or thev oice-opera tedc on‐
trol sy stem.
Onl yone mobile phone at atime can be connec‐
te dv ia Android Auto™tot he multimedia sy stem.
The availabilityofA ndroid Au to™a nd Android
Au to™a ppsm ayvary accordingtot he country.The service pr
ovider is responsible fort his appli‐
cation and thes ervices and conte nt connected
to it.
Connecting amobile phone via Android
Au to™
Requ irements
RThefirs ta ctivatio nofA ndroidAuto™ on the
multimedia sy stem mus tbecarried out when
th ev ehicle is stationar yfor saf etyr easons.
RThe mobile phone supports Android Auto™
from Android ™5.0.
RThe Android Auto™A pp is ins talled on the
mobilep hone.
RIn ordertouse thet elephone functions, a
mobile phone mus tbeconnec tedtot he mul‐
timedia sy stem via Blue tooth
®(→page237).
If th er ew as no prior Interne tconnection, this
is es tablished wit hthe use of them obile
phone wit hAndroid Au to™.
RThe ful lrang eoff unctions forA ndroid Auto™
is onl ypossible wit hanInterne tconnection. Multimedia sy
stem:
,Connect.Android Auto
Ac tivatin gautomati cstar t
#Select StartAutomatically O.
St arting automatically
#Connect your mobile phonetot heç USB
por tont he multimedia sy stem using asuita‐
ble cable (
→pag e259).
St arting manually
#Select them obile phone from thed evice list.
Exiting Android Auto™
#Press theò button.
Calling up theA ndroid Auto™t one settings
Multimedia sy stem:
,Connect.Android Auto.Sound
#Select thet one men u(→page 274).
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5

EndingAndroid Auto™
Multimedia sy stem:
,Connect.Android Auto
#Select Disconnect .
The connection is ended.
The mobile phone continues tobe supplied
wit he lectri city.
or
#Disconnect thec onnecting cable between
th em obile phone and multimedia sy stem.
Tr ansfer redv ehicle dat awhenu sing Apple
CarPlay™ and Android Auto™
Note sont ransfer redv ehicle data
Whe nusing Android Auto™orA ppleC arPlay ™,
cer tain vehicle dat aistransfer redtot he mobile
phone. This enables youtog ettheb esto ut of
selected mobile phone services. Vehicle dat ais
no td irectl yaccessible.
Sy stem information:
RVe hicle model
RYear of vehicle manufacture
RSoftwar erelease of them ultimedia sy stem
The transfer of this dat aisusedtooptimize the
communication between thev ehicle and mobile
phone.
To do this, and toassigns everalv ehicles tothe
mobilep hone,avehicle ID is randomly gener‐
ated.
Thi sh asno connectio ntothevehicle identifica‐
tion number (VIN) and is dele tedw hen them ulti‐
media sy stem is rese t(
→pag e232).
Driving status data:
RTransmission position engaged
RDistinction between par ked, standstill, rolling
and driving
RDay/night mode of thei nstrument clus ter
The transfer of this dat aisusedtoalter how
con tent is displ ayed tocor respond tothed riving
situation.
Po sition data:
RGPS coordinates
Rspeed
Rcompass direction
Racceleration direction
Rgyroscopic forc es
This dat aisonlyt ransfer redw hile then avigation
sy stem is activ einorder toimpr oveit (e.g. so it
can continue functioning when in atunnel).
If yo udon otconsenttov ehicle databeing trans‐
fe rred, youc an deactivat ethe automatic star to f
Android Auto™(
→pag
e245) or Apple CarPlay™
(→pag e244)and temp orarily term inat ethe USB
connection between them obile phone and vehi‐
cle.
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Multimedia sy stem

SettingtheI nterne tradio options
Multimedia sy stem:
,Radio.Ý Streaming
Services.TuneIn Radio.Z Options
The following option sareavailable:
RSelect Stream:s electthestre am quality.
RLogin to TuneIn Account :logintoy ourTune In
use raccount.
RLog OutofA ccount:logoutofy ourTuneIn
user account.
RTerms and Conditions:d ispl ay theg ene ral
te rm sa nd conditions.
#Select an option.
Media
Audio mode
Info rm ation on audio mode
&
WARNING Risk of dist raction whe nhan‐
dling data storag emedium
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.
#Onl yhandle adatas tora ge medium
when thev ehicle is stationar y.
Perm issible file sy stems:
RFA T32
RexFA T
RNTFS
Pe rm issible dat astorage medium:
RSD memor ycard
RUSB storag edevice %
The multimedia sy stem supports atotal of
up to50,000 files.
Suppor tedf ormats:
RMP3
RWMA
RAA Cf ormats
% Due tothel arge variet yofa vailable music
fi les rega rding encoders, sampling ratesa nd
bit rates, playbac kcanno talway sbeg uaran‐
te ed.
% Due tothew ide rang eofU SB device savaila‐
ble on them arke t, pl aybac kcann otbe guar‐
anteed fora ll brands of USB devices.
% Cop y-pr otected music files or DRM enc ryp‐
te df iles canno tbeplaye db ack.
% MP3 pla yers mus tsuppor tMediaT rans fer
Pr oto col (MTP).
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Multimedia sy stem

5Search
6Devices
7Sound settings
8Full screen
9Options
AOpera tor's Manual
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 inthe
stow agec ompartment unde rthe armres tand
has tw oUSB ports. Depending on thev ehicle
equipment, afurther USB por tislocated in the
stow agec ompartment in thec enter console at
th ef ront.
#Connec tthe USB device totheU SB port.
Pla yable music files ar eplaye do nlyift he
cor responding media displa yisactivated.
% Use theU SB por tshown as çtouse
Ap ple CarPlay™ and An droid Auto™. Selecting
atrack
Multimedia sy stem:
,Media
Vi as kip function
#Toskip backwards or forw ards toa
track: navigat eupord own.
Vi ac urrent trac klists
#Select è.
#SelectCurrent Track List .
#Selectatrack .
Selecting playbac koptions
Multimedia sy stem:
,Media.Z Options
Playing bac ksimilar trac ks
#SelectPlay Simila rTracks.
At rack list wit hs imilar trac ksis created and
pla yedb ack. Pla
ym ode
#Select Playback Mode.
#SelectNormal Track Sequence.
The cur rent trac klistisp laye dint he order it
appear sonthe dat astora ge medium.
#Select Random Mode -Current Playlist .
The cur rent trac klistisp laye dinr andom
order.
#Select Random Mode -Current Medium.
All trac kson thed atas tora ge medium are
pla yedinr andom order.
Pa use and playbac kfunction
Multimedi asystem:
,Media
#Press thet ouchpad or thec ontroller.
#To pause playback: selectÌ.
#Tocontinue playback :select Ë.
Multimedia sy stem 259