USB MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 2020 User Guide

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Onlyoper atet his equipme ntwhen the
tr af fics ituation per mits. #
Ifyo uc anno tb es ureo fthis, stop the
ve hicle whilstpaying attention toroad
and trafficc ondi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withthe vehicle statio nary. Yo
um usto bse rvet he legalrequ iremen tsfort he
countr yinw hich youa recur rentl yd rivi ng when
op erati ng them ultimedia system.
iPhone ®
func tionscan be used viathem ultime‐
dia system using Apple CarPla y®
.T he ya reoper‐
at ed using thec ent ralc on trol elemen torthe
Sir i®
vo ice- oper ated con trol system. Youc an
act ivat et he voice- oper ated con trol system by
pr essing andholding the00E3 buttononthe
multifu nctionsteer ing wheel.
When usingApple CarPla y®
via thev oice-oper‐
at ed contr olsystem, them ultimedia system can
st ill be oper ated via theV oice Contr olSy stem
(/ page277).
On lyone mobile phoneatat ime canbeconn ec‐
te dv iaApple CarPla y®
to them ultimedia sys‐
te m. The
availabilit yofAppleCarPla y®
ma yvary
acc ordin gtot he countr y.
The service prov ider isresponsible fort his appli ‐
cation andthes ervices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Apple CarPla y®
is ar egis tere dt rademar kof
Apple Inc.
Inf ormat iononApple CarPla y®
While usingApple CarPla y®
va rious funct ionsof
th em ultimedia system, e.g.telephon yorthe
media sourcesBlue tooth®
audio andiPod ®
,a re
una vailable.
Onl yone routeg uidan cecan beact ivea tat ime.
If ro uteg uidan ceisact iveo nthe multimedia sys‐
te m, itis closed whenrouteg uidan ceisstar ted
on them obile phone.
Connecting aniPhone ®
via Apple CarPla y®
Re quirement s:
R Apple ®
oper atingsystemv ersion iOS8.3or
abo veisins talled onthei Phone ®
.
R AnInterne tc onnect ionisrequ ired fort he full
ra ng eo ffunc tions forA pple CarPla y®
. R
The iPho ne®
is connect edtothem ultimedia
sy stem viatheU SBpor tç using asuita‐
ble cable (/page370).
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Connec t5
Apple CarPlay
Se tting automat icor manu alstar t
Am essa geappear swhen connectedf or thef irst
time. #
Automatic star t:select Automatically.
Start Automatically isactiv ated 0073.
Apple CarPla y®
will nows tart imm ediat ely
af te rt he iPhone ®
is connect edtothem ulti‐
media system using aUSBcable. #
Manua lstar t:select Manual ly. #
Select thei Phone ®
in thed evice list.
Ac cep ting/r eject ingthed atap rotection reg‐
ulat ions
Am essag ewitht he dat aprotection regulations
appear s. #
Select Accept &Start .
or 352
Multimedia system

#
Press and hold thec ent ralc on trol elemen t
unt ilan audible signalsound s.
The ß symbol appearsbythe statio n
nam e. #
Select ß Favorites.
The listo fsave dfavo rite statio nsappear s.
or #
Creat eana ccoun tfor theo nline prov ider
(T uneIn radio) andthen log inon them ulti‐
media system.
Yo ur favo rite sa reimpor tedt ot he multimedia
sy stem.
Dele ting favo rite s #
Select ß Favorites. #
Select astatio n. #
Press and hold thec ent ralc on trol elemen t
unt ilan audible signalsound s.
The ß symbol bythes tatio nn amed isap‐
pear s. Se
tting Interne tR adio options
Multi media system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 TuneIn Radio5
Z Option s
The follo wing option sareavailable:
R Select Stream:s electthe stre am qualit y.
R Login toTuneIn Account :log into your
Tu neIn user acco unt.
R Log OutofA ccou nt:logouto fyour TuneIn
us er acco unt. #
Select anoptio n. Med
ia Au
dio mode In
fo rm ation onthea udiomod e &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction whenhan‐
dl ing data stor ag em edia
If yo uh andle adatas torage medium while
dr iving, your att entio nisd iver tedf romt he tr
af ficc ondi tions .Thisc ouldalso cau seyou
to lose control of thev ehicle. #
Onlyhandle adatas tora ge medium
when thev ehicle isstatio nary. Pe
rm issible file systems:
R FAT32
R exFA T
R NTFS
Pe rm issible datastorage medium:
R SD card
R USB stor ag ed evice
R iPod ®
/iPhone ®
R MTP devices
R Blue tooth®
audio equipme nt
% Obse rvet he follo wing notes:
R The multimedia system suppor tsat otal
of up to50,000 files.
R Dat astorage media upto2T Ba resup ‐
por ted( 32‑ bitaddr essspace). Multimedia
system 36
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Sup
portedf ormats:
R MP3
R WMA
R AAC
R WAV
R FLAC
R ALAC
% Obser vethef ollo wing notes:
R Due tothel arge variet yo favailable
music files rega rding encoder s,sam pling
ra tesa nd dat arates, playba ckcanno t
alw aysb eg uar anteed.
R Due tothew ide rang eo fUSB device s
av ailable onthem arke t,play bac kcann ot
be guar anteed fora llUSB devices.
R Cop y-pr otect edmusic files orDRM
enc rypte dfiles cannotb ep laye db ack.
R MP3 players mus tsupp ortM ediaTrans ‐
fe rP rotocol (MT P). Ma
nuf actu redu nder license from Dolb yLabor a‐
to ries. Dolb y,Dol byAudio and thed ouble-D sym‐
bol aret rademar ksofDolb yLabor ator ies. Gr
aceno te,t he Graceno telogo andlogotype,
"P ow ered byGracen ote", MusicID andPlaylist
Plus aree ither regis tere dt rademar ksortrade‐
mar ksofGraceno te,Inc .int he United States
and/ orother countr ies. 368
Multimedia system

Ov
ervie wo fthe audio mode 1
Actived atas tora ge medium
2 Album cover
3 Trac k, artis t,album
4 Trac kn um ber and num beroftrac ks inthe
tr ac kl ist
5 Search
6 Play ba ck Control 7
Med iaSou rces
8 Sound
9 FullScree n(for vid eo play bac k)
A Option s Connecting
USBdevices
* NO
TEDama gecau sed byhigh temp era‐
tur es High
temp eratur escan damag eUSBdevices. #
Remo vetheU SBdevice afte ru se and
ta ke itout ofthev ehicle. 37
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Multimedia system

The
multimedia connection unitisfound inthe
st ow agec om par tment unde rthe armr esta nd
has twoU SBpor ts.
Depen dingonthev ehicle's equipment, addi‐
tional USBportscan befound inthes towa ge
com partment ofthec ent ercon sole andinthe
re ar passe nger com partment . #
Con nectthe USB device totheU SBpor t.
Pla yable music files arep laye db acko nlyi f
th ec orresponding mediadisplayisa ctiv ated.
% Use theU SBpor tidentif iedbyç touse
Ap ple CarPla y™and Android Auto.
% Dep endingonthev ehicle equipment ther ei s
an additional USBportint he rear passe nger
com partment .Ports that arel abeled witha
bat tery symbol canonly beused tocharge
USB devices.
Selec tingatrack inthem ediapla yba ck
Multimedia system:
4 Media
Selecting atrack by skipping toatrack #
Toskip backwards orforw ards toa
tr ac k: navig ateu po rdow n. Sel
ecting atrack usin gthe cur rent trac kl ist #
Select 00D3. #
Select Current TrackList. #
Select atrack .
Selec tingplaybac koptions
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Z Option s
Pla ying backsimilar trac ks #
Select Play Simi larT racks.
At rack list wit hs imilar trac ks iscreat edand
pla yedb ack.
Pla ybac kmode #
Select Random Mode-Current Playlist.
The current trac kl isti sp laye di nr and om
or der . #
Selec tRand omMode-Current Medium.
All trac ks on thea ctiv edatas torage medium
ar ep laye di nr and om order . #
Selec tNo rma lTrack Sequ ence.
The current trac kl isti sp laye di nt he order it
appear sonthe dat astora ge medium. Contr
olling media playbac k
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Y Playback Control
Ab arwit hp laybac kcontrols issho wn. #
Topause playbac k:sel ect and conf irm
Y with thec ent ralc on trol elemen t.
The 00CF symbol isdispla yed. #
Toresume playbac k:select andconf irm
Y again withthe cent ralc on trol elemen t.
The 00D0 symbol isdispla yed.
To fast forw ard/r ewind #
Move00CF onthet imelin e.
To hide theplaybac kcontrols #
Press the0038 button. Vi
deo mode Sw
itchin gtov ideo mode
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select adatas torage medium. Multimedia
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Todeac tivatef ull-sc reen mod e:press the
to uc hpad.
Cha nging videosettings
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Media 5
Z Option s
5 Picture Format
The follo wing picturef ormats area vailable:
R Automat ic
R 16:9
R 4:3
R Zoom #
Select apicturef ormat.
Ad jus tingthe brightne ssmanu ally
If th eAutom aticpictur eformat isswitc hedoff,
yo uc an adj ustthe brightness yourself . #
Select Bright ness. #
Adjus tthe brightness. Media
search St
arting them ediasear ch
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
ª Search
Depen dingonthec onnect edmedia sourcesand
fi les, thef ollo wing categor iesarel iste d:
R Current TrackList
R Keyword Search
R Playlists
R Artists
R Albums
R Track s
R Folders
R Music Genres
R Year
R Composers
R Videos
R Podcast s(Apple ®
de vices)
R Audiobook s(Apple ®
de vices) #
Select acategor y. %
The categor iesarea vailable assoon asthe
ent irem edia content hasb eenr ead inand
analyzed . Media
Interface Inf
orma tion abou tthe Media Interface
Media Inte rface isau niversal interface fort he
con nection ofmobile audioequipm ent.Themul‐
time dias ystemh astwoU SBpor ts.The USB
por tsarel ocat edinthes towa ge com partment
unde rthe armr est.
Suppor tedd evices
The Med iaInt erface allo ws yout oc onnect the
fo llo wing datastorage media:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ®
R MP3 player
R USB devices
Fo rd etails and alisto fsuppor tedd evices, visit
our websit eathttp:// www .mercedes-
benz .com/c onnect.Follo wthe instructions in
th e" Media Interface" secti on. 37
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Multimedia system

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Alw ayss towt hese items orsimilar
objects carefully sothat they canno tbe
fl ung aroun d,fore xamp lein aloc kable
ve hicle stow agec om par tment . Obse
rvet he noteso nloadi ngthev ehicle.
Re plac ingbatt eries( Re ar Sea tEnter tain‐
me ntSystem)
Bat teries arer equir ed fort he remo tecontr oland
th ec ordless headphones. &
DANG ER Serious damag etoh ealt h
caused byswallo wing batteries
Batt eries cont aintoxic and corrosiv es ub‐
st anc es.Swallo wing batteries ma ycause
ser ious damag etoh ealt h.
Ther eisar iskoffata linj ur y. #
Keep batt eries out ofther eac hofchil‐
dr en. #
Ifbatt eries ares wallowe d,seek medical
att ent ion immediat ely. +
ENVIR
ONMEN TALN OTEEn vironme ntal
da ma gecau sed byimproper disposal of
batt eries Bat
teries con tain polluta nts. Itis
illeg alto dispose ofthem withthe household
ru bbish. #
Dispose
ofbatt eries inan
en vironmen tallyr esponsibl emanner .
Ta ke disc hargedb atteries toaq ualif ied
spec ialistworks hop ortoac ollec tion
poin tfor used batteries. Re
ar Seat Entertai nment System overview The
Rear Seat Entertainm entSystem includes:
R Twor ear displ ays
R Twor emo tecontr ols R
Uptotwoc ordle ssheadph one s
R Blu-ray drive
R Portsf or USB (two)and HDMI
% The funct ionofther emo tecontr oland the
cor dless headph ones canbeimpaired by
ot her radio-based electronic device s,e.g .
mob ilep hones. 39
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Mu ltimed iasystem

R
between ther ear shelf andthro ugh- load ski
bag Ov
ervie wo fRear Seat Entertai nment System
por ts 1
HDMI por t
2 USB ports Dep
endingonthev ehicle equipment, thep orts
ar el ocat edinthef ollo wing positions:
R inthes towa ge boxb etwe en ther ear seats or
R inther ear armr est Re
ar seats Ad
jus tingthe rear seats
Re ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 System 5
a Seat #
Select SideBolst ersorLumbar . #
Select thes etting.
Memor yfunction #
Save thes eat adjus tmentswit hthe memor y
function (/page121).
Sel ecting them assag eprogram fort he rear
seats
Re ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 System 5
a Seat #
Select Massage. #
Select amassag eprogram.
The massag eprogram runs fora pproxima tely
8t o1 8m inutes,depe nding onthes etting. #
Tosetthe massag eintensit y:switc hHigh
Int ensit yon 0073 oroff0053.
Ov ervie wo fmassa geand workout prog ram
Ov ervie wo fmassag eand workout progr ams
(/ page114).
Re setting rear seat settings
Re ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 System 5
a Seat 5
Reset #
Select YesorNo. Se
tting ther ear climat econtrol Re
ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 System 5
b Climate Control
Ac tiv atin gthe SYNC functio n #
Select SYNC. #
Switc hthe function on0073 oroff0053. 396
Multimedia system

Media
Inf
ormation aboutmedia modeinther ear
pa sseng ercom partment
The Rear Seat Entertainm entSystem includes a
Blu-ra ydrive (/ pag e395), twoU SBpor tsand
an HDM Iport(/pag e396).
Depen dingonthev ehicle model andequipment
le ve l,th eB lu-ra ydrive isfound :
R atther ear ofthec ent ercon sole under the
aut omat icclim atec ontrol pane l
R between ther ear shelf andthro ugh- load ski
bag
Dat astora ge media anddevices suppor tedb y
th eR ear Seat Entertainm entSystem:
R SD cards
R USB stor ag ed evice
R Audio CD
R Dat aCD
R Dat aDVD
R Video DVD
R BD (Blu-r ay disc) video R
iPod ®
R iPhone ®
R MTP devices
R Blue tooth®
audio
Blue tooth®
audio equipme ntcan onlybe
aut hor izedu singthe multimedia system.
The Rear Seat Entertainm entSystem suppor tsa
tot alof up to50,000 files. The Rear Seat Enter‐
ta inm ent System can also access files onthe
multime diasystem.
Fu rther information aboutaudiomode
(/ page367).
Fu rther information aboutBluetooth®
audio
(/ page376). is
at rade mar kofDVD Form at/ Log o
Lic ens ing Corporation . 400
Multimed iasystem

Assis
tance
Men u(on-bo ardc om puter) .................. 268
Assis tance systems
see Drivin gsafet ys ystem
ASS YSTP LUS<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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00110011>407
Batt eryd isconne ctionperiods ......... ....4 08
Displ aying thes ervice duedate...... ..... 407
Fu nctio n/no tes. ..... ............................. 407
Re gular maint enance work <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 407
Spec ials ervice requ iremen ts.............. 407
ATA (anti-thef talarm system) .................. 93
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating thei nter ior
mo tion sensor ....................................... 95
Ar ming/ disarming thet ow -awa y
alar m. .............................................. ...... 94
Dea ctivating thea larm. ..... .................... 93
Fu nctio n.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 93
Fu nctio nofthe interior motion sensor ..94
The tow- aw ay alar mfunction .......... .......9 4
AT TENTI ONASSIST <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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Fu nctio n.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 250
Se tting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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00110011001100110011001100110011> 251
Sy stem limit ations ...............................2 50 At
tention assistant
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Au dio mode
Ac tivati ng med iamod e........... ........... ..369
Co nnecti ngUSB devic es ........... .......... 370
Cop yright s........................................... 369
In fo rm atio n....... ....... ............................ 367
Inser ting/r emoving anSD card....... .... 369
Medi asearch. ..... ........................... ...... 374
Ov ervie w. ..... .................................... ... 370
Pa use and playbac kfunction ...............3 71
Sel ecting atrack <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 371
Sel ecting play bac koption s............. .....3 71
Tr ac kl ist. .............................................3 71
Au thorized Mercedes- BenzCenter
see Qualif iedspec ialistworks hop
Au thorized workshop
see Qualif iedspecialis tworks hop
Au tomatic activ atio n
Swi tching on/o ff<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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0011> 255
Au tomatic distanc ec ontrol
se eA ctiv eDista nce AssistDIS TRONI C
Au tomatic drivin gl ights ........... ............ ...151 Au
tomatic engine star t( EC Os tart/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> ........180
Au tomatic engine sto p(EC Os tart/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> ........180
Au tomatic fron tp ass engerfront air‐
bag shutoff <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 44,45
Fu nctio nofthe aut omatic front
passeng erfront airbag shutoff. ..... ........ 44
PA SSENGER AIRBAGi ndicat orlam p..... 45
Au tomatic fron tp ass engerfront air‐
bag shutoff
see Automatic front pass engerfront
airb agshut off
Au tomatic lateral supp orta djus tmen t
Se tting ............ .....................................114
Au tomatic mirrorf olding function
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ............162
Au tomatic trans mis sion
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve r.......... .................184
Dr ivep rogram disp lay. ........... ............ ..183
Eng aging drivep ositio n. ........... ........... 186
Eng aging neu tral ............ ...................... 185
Eng aging park position ........................ 186
Eng aging reve rseg ear .........................1 85 Inde
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