MERCEDES-BENZ E-CLASS SEDAN 2021 Owner's Manual

The
on-boar dcom puterisoper ated using the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol and thelef t-hand back/
home button.
When theon- boar dcom puterisbeing operated,
dif fere nt aco ustic signa lswillsou ndasoperati ng
fe edbac k,e.g. when theend ofalis tis reac hed
or when youar esc rolling thro ugh alis t.
% Tooper ateTo uc hCon trol 3 inthemos t
ef fectiv ewa y,use thetip ofyour thumb if
poss ible.
The follo wing menusareav ailable:
R Assist anc e
R Phon e R
Navi gation
R Trip
R Radio
R Media
R Service
R Vehicl eswith anIns trument Displayin
th eWi des cree nCo ckpit :Desi gns
% Youcan find informa tionab ou tth epossible
se ttings andselect ionsonthemenus inthe
Dig ital Op erator' sMa nua l. #
Tocall upthemenu bar:press thelef t-hand
bac kbutt onuntil themenu barisdispla yed.
% Ve
hicl eswithout Activ eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC :pr ess the00E2 buttontocal l
up themenu baroftheon- boar dcom puter. #
Toscr ollinthemenu bar:swipe leftor
ri ght onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Tocall upamen u,sub men uor poss ible
se ttings onthemenu ,or conf irm aselec‐
tion orsetting: press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. #
Toscr ollthrough displa ysorlists on the
menu ,or select displaycont ent,afun c‐
tion, anentr yor adisp lay: swiping upor
do wn onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toexitasubm enu:press thelef t-hand back
butt on.
Selecting theHead -upDispla y #
Toswitc hon theHead -upDispla y:switc h
on theHead-up Displayvia themultimedia
sy stem oractiv ateit in themenu barbyswip‐
ing upw ards on thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The Head -upDisplaymen uwill besele cted
on theHead-up Display. #
Toswitc hto theHead -upDispla y:press
th elef t-hand Touc hCon trol or swipe
upw ards on thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Tosetth eth reedisp layra ng es ofthe
Head -upDispla y:swiping upordown onthe
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 229

Fu
ll-scr eenmenu s
Yo ucan displ aythefo llo wing menusfull-s creen
on theIns trument Display:
R Assist ance
R Trip
R Navigation #
Onthecor responding menu,usethelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol to scr olltotheend ofthe
lis t. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The selected men uwill bedispl ayedfull-
scr een. Ov
ervie wof displa yson themu ltifunct ion
disp lay
Dis playson themultifunc tiondispla y
u ActivePa rking Assistact ivat ed
(/ page22 1)
é Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cdeac tiva ted
( / pag e21 8)
h Cruis econtr ol(/ page 180) ç
ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 182)
ê ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ pag e19 8)
à ActiveSt eer ing Assis t(/ page19 0)
¬ ActiveTraf fic Ja m Assi st(/ pag e18 9)
00B0 Ac
tiveLa ne Keeping Assist(/ page205)
± ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st(/ pag e19 2)
00D6 EC
Ostar t/ stop funct ion(/ page15 2)
00D9 HO
LD functio n(/ page 177)
00CE Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assis t(/ page12 6)
Ad aptiveHig hbeam Assis tPlus
(/ page12 7)
Ve hicl eswith Traf fic Sign Assis t:De tected
ins tructi ons and traf fic sig ns (/ page 198).
Fo ran overvie wof theindicat orand warning
lam ps,see (/page399 ). Head
-upDispla y Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y *
NO
TEMercede s-AMG vehicles #
Obser vetheno tesin theSupplement .
Yo uco uld other wise failto recogni ze
da ngers. The
Head-upDisp lay pr ojects thefo llo wing infor‐
matio nint oth edr iver's field ofvision abovethe
coc kpit, forex am ple:
R The vehicle speed
R Information from thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iving systems and
dr iving safetysy stems
R Some warning mess ages
Depe ndingon theve hicle's equipment, differe nt
cont entcan besho wnintheth re ear eas ofthe
Hea d-up Display (/ page 231). 230
Instrument Displayand on-bo ardcom puter

Disp
laycont ent 1
Navig ation instructions
2 Current speed
3 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
4 Setspe edinthedr iving system (e.g. cruise
con trol)
Sy stem limit s
The visib ilityofthedispla yswill beaffect ed by
th efo llo wing condition s:
R Seat position
R Imag eposit ionsetting
R Ambient lightcondition s R
Wetro ad
R Objectson thedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses
% Inextreme sunli ght, sectio nsofthedispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youcan correct this
by switc hingtheHead-up Displayof fand on
ag ain. Se
tting theHead -upDispla yusing theon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 HEAD-UP DISPLA Y
The follo wing Head- upDisp lay se ttings ordis‐
pla yscan beselect edorsho wn:
R Position
R Brightness
R Messag es
R Assis tance status
R Telephon e
R Audio
R Voice Cont rolSy stem #
Toselect theSe ttings menu :swipe tothe
ri ght onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The Setting smen u5 will besele cted. #
Tocall uptheSe ttings menu :pr ess the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth eposit ion:swipin gup ordown
on thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth ebr ight ness: swipe tothelef t
or right onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Se tting mes sages,assistance status, tele‐
phone, audioand theVo ice Contr olSy stem #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The listof setting optio ns will bedispl ayed. #
Swipe upwards ordown wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol and selectase tting by
pr essing thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 23
1

Selec
tingwhat theHead -upDispla ysho ws (Ex
am ple)
1 Toswitc hth eHead-up Displayon/ off
2 Leftdispla yar ea
Na vig ation system
Av erag econ sum ption
G-me ter
3 Centraldispl ayarea
Spe edom eter
Se tspeed inthedr iver assis tance system,
e.g. cruise control
Wa rnings from driver assis tance systems,
e.g. distance warning 4
Right displa yar ea
Tr af fic Sign Assist
Assi stant displa y
5 Toadjus tth eposition ,br ightn essand lowe r
displa yar ea
6 Inde xpoint s
7 Lowe rdisp lay ar ea (exa mp le:leftdispla y
ar ea)
Disp lay ar eas 2to4 that areno tre qu ired can
be hidden .
% Inaudio mode, thest atio nnam eor trac kwill
be sho wntemp orarily when theaudio source
is being activelyoper ated. Inaddition, the
lat estcalls willbedispla yedwhen thete le‐
phon elis ton theIns trument Displayis
activ elyoper ated. #
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards on the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. Swit
ching theHead -upDispla yon/of fvia the
mu ltim edia system Multi
media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Quick Access #
Select HUD.
The Head-up Displayis activ ated. 232
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

Ov
ervie wand oper ation No
teson theMB UX multim edia system &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system. Ov
ervie wof theMB UX multim edia system 1
Touc hCon trol and contro lpanel forth e
MBUX multimedia system
2 Media displaywit hto uc hfun ction alit y
3 Con trol pan elforte lephon e,navig ation ,
ra dio/media, vehicle functions/sy stem set‐
ting sand favo urites/ themes
4 Touc hpad 5
Con troller
Tu rn:ad jus tsthevo lume
Pr ess: switc hessound onoroff
6 00D0 Switches theMBUX multimedia system
or media displayon oroff
Fu rther oper ating options:
R Conducting avo ice dialog withth eVo ice
Cont rolSy stem.
R Oper ating functionscon tact-free with the
MBUX Interior Assis tant.
% Youcan find further information aboutoper‐
ation aswellas about applicat ionsandserv‐
ices intheDigit alOper ator's Manual.
Anti-t heftpr otection
This devic eis eq uipped withte ch nica lpr ov ision s
to protect itag ains tth eft. Fu rther information on
pr otect ion agains tth eftcan beobt ained from an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. MBUX
multimedia system 233

Home
screen overvie w 1
Dep endingonthedispla y,cal lsup thefirs t
th re eapplications orthehome screen
2 Calls upthepr ofile
3 Calls uptheglobal search
4 SOS NOTREAD Y(only when theMer cedes-
Benz emergency callsy stem isno tav ailable)
5 Mercedesme connectact ive 6
Trans miss ionofvehicle position active
7 Signal stre ngt hof themobile phonenetwork,
ne tworkdispl ay,batt eryst atus ofthemobile
phone connect ed,time
8 Calls uptheNo tification sCent er
9 Calls upanapplication usingthesymbol
A Applicat ionand current informa tion B
Quick-acce ss,e.g.ent erhom ead dress
C Inde xpoi nts and select eddispl ayarea
D Calls uptheair con ditionin gmenu
E Calls upSUGGES TIONS,THEMES and
FAV ORITES 23
4
MBUX multimedia system

%
IfMer cedes meconnect isactiv e5, the
ve hicle islink edwithMer cedes meconn ect.
Ve hicle datais then transmit tedto thebac k-
end system. What datais tra nsmit ted
depends onwhic hser vices areactiv ated.
Fu rther details can befound intheMer cedes
me connect term sand conditions anddata
pr otect ion information .The func tion iscoun‐
tr y- dependen t.
If tra nsmis sionofvehicle position isactiv e
6, Mercedes meconn ectservices have
been activated forth is vehicle whichaccess
th eve hicle's geoposition. Inwhic hins tances
th ege oposition istransmitt eddepends on
th epar ticular services. Further details can
be found intheMer cedes meconnect term s
and condition sand datapr otect ion informa‐
tion .The func tion iscount ry-de pende nt. Ope
ratin gthe MBUX multimediasy stem Using
Touc hCon trol 1
© Showsthehome screen
2 Touc hCon trol
0059006300D0 0064swipe inthedir ect ion
of thear row (navigate)
0076 Press (con firm )
3 G Retur ns tothepr ev ious displa y
4 0061 Makesoracc epts acall
0076 Rejects orend sa cal l
5 Increase volume: swipe upwards
Re duce volume: swipe down 0063
Switchoffth esound: press
6 £ Starts theVo ice Cont rolSy stem
ß Callsupfavo urites (press brief ly)or
adds favo urites and themes (press and hold)
% Forop timum operation ofTouc hCon trol 2,
use thetip ofyour thumb ifposs ible.
Na vig ation thro ugh themenus iscar ried out with
To uc hCon trol 2 withsin gle-f ing erswipes. #
Toselect amenu option: swipe andpress. #
Tomo vethedigita lma p:swipe inany
dir ect ion.
Using theto uc hscr een #
Select menuoptions, symbolsorcharact ers
by pressing brief ly. #
Tonavig atein menus: swipeup,down, left
or right. #
Touse handwr itingtoent ercharact ers:
wr ite th ech aract erwit hon efing er on the
to uc hsc reen. #
Tozoo minand outofthe map: movetwo
fi ng ersto get her orapar t. MBUX
multimedia system 235

#
Tocall upthegl obal menu :pr ess and hold
on theto uc hsc reen until theOPTIONS menu
appear s.
Using theto uc hpad 1
G Retur ns tothepr ev ious displa y
2 ~ Callsuptheaudio control menu
3 © Callsupthehome screen
4 Touc hpad #
Toselect amenu option: swipe andpress. #
Touse handwr itingrecognit ion:write a
ch aract eron theto uc hpad. #
Toopen orclose theNo tificatio nsCen‐
te r: swip edo wn orup withtw ofing ers. #
Tozoo minand outofthema p:mo vetwo
fi ng ersto get her orapar t.
Calling upapplications usingbuttons 1
002B buttoncalls upthete lephon e
2 z buttoncalls upnavig ation
3 | buttoncalls upradio ormedia
4 y buttoncalls upvehicle functions 5
ß button
Pr ess brief ly:cal lsup favo urites
Pr ess and hold:adds afa vo urite or creat esa
ne wtheme #
Alternativ ely,tap © ontheto uc hsc reen. #
Call uptheapplication (/page234). Fu
nctions oftheVo ice Contr olSy stem Wi
th theVo ice Cont rolSy stem, various applica‐
tions intheMBUX multimedia system areoper a‐
ble using voice input. TheVoice Cont rolSy stem
is oper ational approximat elyth irty seco ndsafte r
th eignition isswitc hedonand isavailable for
th edr iver's seat andfront passeng erseat.
The follo wing multim ediasystem applications
can beoper ated:
R Navig ation
R Telephon e
R Radio and TV
R Media player
R Messag es 236
MBUX multimedia system

R
Vehicle functions St
arting theVo ice Contr olSystem #
Press 1.
or #
Say"Hello Mercede s". Ov
ervie wof theMB UX Interior Assis tant &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom thecam‐
er a's laser radiation
This product usesaclassif ication 1laser sys‐
te m. Ifth ehousing isopened ordamag ed,
laser radiation maydamag eyo ur retina . #
Donotop en thehousing. #
Alw aysha ve maint enance workand
re pair scar ried out byaqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. This
product complies withth ere qu iremen tsof
th eFD A21 CFR 1040. 10 and 1040. 11with
exc eption oftheva riatio nsacc ordin gto theFD A
Laser Notice No.50from 24.Ju ne 200 7.
The camer ais locat edintheove rhead control
panel.
If th eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX Interior
Assis tant, select edfunc tions ofthemultimedia
sy stem can beoper ated con tact-fr ee.The MBUX
Int erior Assi stant can differe ntia tebetween
dr iver and front passeng erinteraction sand
de tects specificha nd pos itions (poses ). Sy
stem limit s,disp laymess ages and notes
fo rre ctif icat ion
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R The camera intheove rhead control panel
ma yheat updue tooper ating condit ions.As
a re sult thecamer ama yswitc hof fte mp ora‐
ri ly ,par ticular lydur ing long erper iods of
oper ation andathigh outside temp eratur es.
Do notto uc hor coverth ecamer aand wait
unt ilth ecamer ahas cooled down and is
av ailable again.
R The cam erais co veredor dir ty,fo gg ed up or
scr atc hed.
Wa itunt ilth ecamer ahas cooled down
bef orecleanin gth ecamer alens.
Clean theoutside ofthecamer alens witha
dr yor dam pco tton cloth.Do notus emicr o‐
fi ber cloths. Do notre mo vetheco verwhen
clea ning.
R Recogni tioncanbeimpa ired byreflect ive
clo thing, anadv erse color ofclo thing orby
acc esso ries, forex am ple. MBU
Xmult imed iasystem 23
7

R
Clothing being worn(hat, shawl,scar f)ma y
be limitin gth ede tection area ofthecamer a. Ke
ep thecamer a'sfield ofvision clear.
R The camer ais no toper ational. Consult
anaut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCen‐
te r.
The MBUX Inte rior Assis tantsupportsthefo llo wing interactions : Int
eraction area Interaction Description
In front ofthemedia displayor
abo vetheto uc hpad Pr
ox imit yto thecon trol element TheInterior Assis tant recogni zestheappr oachof thehand towa rdsa con‐
tr ol element.
Depending ontheactiv eapplication, thedispla ywill beadjus tedin the
media display. Some functionsdiffer ent iatebe tween driver and front
passeng er.
No specif ichand position isrequ ired.
Abo vethecent ercon sole Defined poses With def ined poses afunc tion istrigg ered dependin gon theapplication
activ e.
Belo wtheinside rear vie wmir rorB rief up and down movements With brief vertical upand down movements belowtheinside rear vie wmir ‐
ro rth ere adin glight forth edr iver or thefront passeng erisswitc hedonand
of f.
Abo vethefront passeng erseat Stretching outa ha nd above the
fr ont passeng ersea t By
stre tching outa ha nd above thefront passeng erseat thesear chlight is
switc hedon.Ifyo uwit hdra wahan dfrom this area, thesear chlight is
switc hedoffag ain. 238
MBUXmultim ediasystem