audio MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 2020 Owner's Guide

Multimedia
system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources
5 á Bluetoot hAudio
Au thorizing anew Bluetoo th®
audio devic e #
Select ¥. #
Select AddNew Bluetooth AudioDevice. #
Select StartSearch onSystem .
De tected audioe quipme ntisdispl ayed inthe
de vice list. #
Select aBluetooth®
audio devic e.
Au thor ization star ts.Ac odeisd ispla yedo n
th em ultimedia system and onthem obile
phone. #
Ifth ec odes arei dentic al,con firm onthe
audio equipme nt.
The audio equipme ntiscon necteda nd play‐
bac kstarts.
Select ingprev iousl yauthor ized Bluetooth®
audio equipment #
Select ¥. #
Select aBluetooth®
audio devic e. Es
tablis hingaconnect ionfrom theB lue‐
to oth®
audio equipment
The Blue tooth®
de vice name ofthem ultimedia
sy stem isMB BLUE TOOTH XXXXX. #
Select Search fromDevic e. #
Startt he aut hor ization onthea udio equip‐
ment (seemanuf acturer'soper ating instruc‐
tion s).
Ac ode isdispla yedo nthe multimedia sys‐
te ma ndonthea udio device. #
Conf irmo nbothd evices ifth ec odes are
identic al.
The audio equipment iscon nect edand play‐
bac kstarts.
Wi th some audioequipment, playbac kmustb e
initially star tedo nthe device itself sothat the
multime diasystem can playthe audio files.
% Device -specif icinf ormatio nonauthor izin g
and connectingB luetooth®
-cap ablemob ile
pho nes can beobt ained athttps ://
ww w.mer cedes-be nz-mobile.com/ orfrom
an author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er. Ac
tiv atin gBluetooth®
audio
Mul timedi asystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select áBluetoot hAudio.
The multimedia system activ ates thec onnec‐
te dB luetooth®
audio equipme nt.
Select ingthem ediapla yero nthe Blue tooth®
audio devic e
Mul timedi asystem:
4 Media 5
ª #
Select theBluetoot hAudio Players categor y.
If multip lemedia players arep resen tonthe
Blue tooth®
audio equipme ntalista ppear s. #
Select amediap laye r.
Pla ybac kstarts.
% Thef unction isno ts uppo rted byeve ry
mobil ephone. 37
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Multimedia system

Sear
ching foram usictrack on the Blue ‐
to oth®
audio devic e
Mul timedi asystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources
5 á Bluetoot hAudio #
Select ª. #
Select acategor y.
At rack list appear s. #
Select atrac k.
% The funct ionisonl yavailable when the
mobil ephone andthem edia players ele cted
on them obile phone suppor tthis function .
Switc hingBluetooth®
audio equipment via
NFC
Re quirement s:
R Obser vethen otes on using NFC
(/ page344).
R The Blue tooth®
audio overviewi sd ispla yed
( / pag e377). #
Ligh tlyp ress theN FCarea on them obile
phone (seethem anuf actur er'soper ating
ins truction s).
If th em obile phone hasalready been author‐
ized onthem ultimedia system asBlue tooth®
audio equipme nt,iti sn ow con nected.
If th em obile phone isaut hor ized onthem ul‐
timedia system asBlue tooth®
audio equip‐
men tfor thef irst time ,iti sc onne cted afte r
conf irming thei nstruction sfor them obile
phone (seethem anuf actur er'soper ating
ins truction s).
Disconnec tingBluetooth®
audio equipment
Mul timedi asystem:
4 Phone 5
á Media Sources #
Select thei symbol inthel ine ofthe
mobil ephone.
The disconnection ofthem obile phone take s
place without aconfirm atio npromp t.The
mob ilep hone remains author ized inthes ys‐
te m. St
arting cinema mode Mul
timedi asystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources
5 Loudspeaker AudioSource
In cinem amode, amedia sourcecon nect edto
th eR ear Seat Entertainm entSystem issimult a‐
neousl yplaye di nt he multimedia system. #
Select theR ear Seat Entertainm entSystem
de vice.
The media sourceisalso playedo nthe multi‐
media system. Ra
dio Sw
itchin gonthe radio Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 Radio #
Alternativ ely:press the002A button.
The radio displa yappear s.Yo uw illhear the
las tstatio np laye do nthe lastfrequ ency
band select ed. Multimedia
system 37
9

Disp
laying satellit eradio serviceinfor ma tion
Multime diasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s #
Select ServiceInformation. Sound
To
ne settings Inf
ormat ionabout thes ound system
The soun dsystemh asatotal out put of100W
and iseq uippe dwitht en speak ers. Itis available
fo ra llfunctions inther adio andmedia modes.
Calli ngup thes ound menu
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
The follo wing functionsareavailable:
R Equal izer
R Balan ceand Fade r
R Automat icVolum eAdjust men t
R Other Soun dSettin gs #
Select asoun dm enu.
Ad jus tingtreble, mid- rang ea nd bass set‐
tings
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Equalizer #
Select Treble, MidRange orBass. #
Chang ethe settings.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gautomati cvolum e
adj ustm ent
Multime diasystem:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Autom aticVolume Adjustmen t
Au tomatic volume adjustment com pens ates for
dif fering volumes whenchang ingbetween audio
sour ces. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
Ad jus tingthe bal anc e/fader
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Balance andFader #
Adjus tthe balance andfader . #
Toexitth em enu :pr ess the0038 button. Bur
mes ter®
sur round soun dsystem Inf
orma tion abou tthe Bur mes ter®
sur round
soun dsystem
The Burmes ter®
sur round soun dsystemh asa
to ta lo utput of590 Wandiseq uipped with1 3
speak ers. Itis available fora llfunctions inthe
ra dio and media modes.
Calling upthes ound menu inthe
Bu rm ester®
sur round soun dsystem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
The follo wing functionsareavailable:
R Equal izer
R Balan ceand Fade r
R Automat icVolum eAdjust men t
R Surroun dSoun d
R Soun dFocus
R Other Soun dSettin gs #
Select afunction . Mult
imed iasystem 38
7

Ad
jus tingthe treb le,m idand basssettin gs
on the Burmes ter®
sur round soun dsystem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Equalizer #
Select Treble, MidRange orBass. #
Setthe desir edvalues.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gvolum eadjus tm ent
in theB urme ster ®
sur round soun dsystem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Autom aticVolume Adjustmen t
Au tomatic volume adjustment com pens ates for
dif fering volumes whenchang ingbetween audio
sour ces. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
Ad jus tingthe bal anc e/fader inthe
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsystem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Balance andFader #
Adjus tthe balance andfader . #
Toexitth em enu :pr ess the0038 button.
Switc hingsurround soun don/offint he
Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsystem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Surroun dSound #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
Ad jus tingthe sound focus intheB urme ster ®
sur round soun dsystem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Sound Focus #
Adjus tthe sound focus . Bur
mes ter®
high-e nd3D surround soun d
sy stem Inf
orma tion ontheB urme ster ®
hig h-end 3D
sur round soun dsystem
The Burmes ter®
high-end 3Dsurround soun d
sy stem has atotal out put of1590 watts and is
equip pedw ith2 7speak ers. Itis available fora ll
functions inther adio andmedia modes. Calli
ngup the sound menuinthe
Bu rm ester®
high-e nd3D surround soun d
sy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
The follo wing functionsareavailable:
R Equal izer
R Balan ceand Fade r
R Automat icVolum eAdjust men t
R VIP Seat (seat-basedsoun doptim izat ion)
R Soun dProfiles
R Other Soun dSettin gs #
Select asoun dm enu.
Ad jus tingthe treb le,m id-rang ea nd bass set‐
tings ontheB urme ster ®
hig h-end 3Dsur‐
ro und soun dsystem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Equalizer #
Select Treble, MidRange orBass. #
Setthe desir edvalues. 388
Multim ediasystem

Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gvolum eadjus tm ent
in theB urme ster ®
hig h-end 3Dsurround
soun dsystem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Autom aticVolume Adjustmen t
Au tomatic volume adjustment com pens ates for
dif fering volumes whenchang ingbetween audio
sour ces. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
Ad jus tingthe bal anc e/fader inthe
Bur mes ter®
high-e nd3D surround soun d
sy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound
5 Balance andFader #
Adjus tthe balance andfader . #
Toexitth em enu :pr ess the0038 button. Ad
jus tingthe seat-b asedsound optimi zation
in the Burmes ter®
high-e nd3D surround
soun dsystem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
VIP Seat
This setting optimiz esthes ound playbac kfor the
select edseat position. #
Activatet he function 0073. #
Select aseat position .
Selecting thes ound profile inthe
Bu rm ester®
high-e nd3D surround soun d
sy stem
Multi media system:
4 Media 5
à Sound 5
Sound Profiles
The follo wing profiles area vailable:
R Pure
R EasyListeni ng
R Live
R Surroun d
R 3D-Soun d #
Select asoun dprofile. Re
ar Seat Entertai nment System Oper
ating safety &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom laserradi‐
ation from theB lu-r aydrive
The Blu-r aydrivei sac lass1laser product. If
yo uo pen theh ousing oftheB lu-r aydrive,
th er ei sar iskofexposur etoinvisible laser
ra diation.
Laser radiation candamag eyour retina . #
Donoto pent he housing. #
Alw aysh ave maint enance workand
re pair scarried out byaq ualif iedspe‐
cialis tworks hop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom unsecu red
it ems inthev ehicle
If object ssucha sheadphones/headse tsor
ex tern al audio/ videosour ces aren ot
sec ured inthev ehicle interior ,the yc an be
fl ung aroun dand hit vehicle occupants. Multimedia
system 389

R
Pull theh eadphone bandinthed irect ion of
th ea rrow .
Indi catorlam p1 1
LED
color Meaning
Gr een Thebatteries aref ully
ch arge d. The batteries have
been insertedc orrectly .
Re dT hebatt eries area lmos tdis‐
ch arge d.
The LED lights
up. The
cordless headphones
ar es witc hed onand connec‐
te dt oar eardispl ay.
The LED
fl ashes . The
cordless headph ones
ar es ear ching forac onnec‐
tion toarear displ ay.
The LED is
dar k. The
cordless headphones
ar es witc hed off.
The batteries ared ischarg ed. The
headphones automaticall yswitc hoffifth ey
ha ve notreceiv edanaudio signal fora pprox‐ ima
tely thre em inut es.This preser vest he batt er‐
ies.
Switc hingheadphones on/off #
Press 2(/ page393).
Selecting ther ear disp layf or theh ead‐
pho nes #
Moveswitc h1 toL(lef trear displ ay)o rR
(r ight rear displa y). Se
tting thev olum efor headph ones #
Turn volume control 3 (/ page393).
Re plac ingbatt eries( he adphon es)
Re quirement s:
R Ther earetwot ype AAA,1.5Vb atteries for
th ec ordless headphones.
Obser vethes afet ya nd environ men taln ote
( / pag e389).
% The oper ating duration oftheh eadphones
wit has etof batt eries isup to40 hou rs. 39
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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

Blu
-ray Dis c™, Blu-ray ™a ndthel ogos aret rade‐
mar ksoftheB lu-ra yDisc Assoc iation. Ja
va isar egis tere dt rademar kofOracle and/or
its affiliat es. The
term sH DMI andHDMI High-Def initionMulti‐
media Interface, and theH DM ILogo aret rade‐
mar ksorregis tere dt rademar ksofHDMI Licens‐
ing LLCi nthe United States and other countr 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. Manuf
acturedunder license from Dolb yLabor a‐
to ries. Dolb y,Dol byAudio and thed ouble-D sym‐
bol aret rademar ksofDolb yLabor ator ies. Multimedia
system 40
1

Sel
ecting afilm ortrac k
Re ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources 5
Disc #
Call uptheB lu-r ayorDV Dm enu
(/ page 404) .
The Blu-r ayorDV Dm enu appe ars. #
Select thef ilm ortrac k. #
Press the008B butt ononther emo tecontr ol. #
Callup thes elect ionlist. #
Select afilm ortrac k.
Switc hingtoHDMI mode
Re quirement s:
R Am edia sourceiscon nectedt ot he Rear
Seat Entertainm entSystem viatheH DM I
por t(/pag e396).
R Ther eisa nH DM Isignal totheR ear Seat
En tertainm entSystem.
Re ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Tosho wthemen u:press the0059 button. #
Select HDMI.
The Playback contentdispla yappear s. #
Tosho wthemen u:press the0059 button. #
Select FullScreen. Ra
dio Sw
itchin gonthe radio
Re ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 Radio #
Alternativ ely:press the002A buttononthe
re mo tecontr ol.Further information about
ra dio mode (/page380). Sound
Ov
ervie wo fthe Rear Seat Entertai nment
Sy stem sound settings
The equalizer functions ,automat icvolume
adjus tment and dynamic rang ec ontr olarea vail‐
able inthet one men uofthe Rear Seat Entertain‐
men tSystem.
Fu rther information aboutthes ound system
(/ page387). Inf
ormat ionabout dynam icrang elimitation
The dynamic rang eo fthe audio signal canbe
adjus tedf or thep laybac kdevice. The Dynamic
Range Controlfunc tion compensat esford iffe r‐
ences intheq uietest and loudes tsoun ds.This
ra ises thev olume ofquietd ialog comparedto
loud sound effects, fore xamp le.
The follo wing settings area vailable:
R Automat ic
The dynam icrang eiss etautomatical ly.
This setting isonl yavailable forB lu-r aydiscs.
R Standard
The dynamic rang eisr estrict ed toimprov e
th el iste ning exper ience andcomprehension .
R Maximum
The dynamic rang eisn otrestrict ed. The
pl ay bac kvolume isthes ame astheo riginal
soundt rack .
Se tting dynam icrang elimitation
Re quirement s:
R Ther eisn om edia playbac k. Multimedia
system 405

Kic
kdo wn ............................................. 188
Manual gearshif ting. ............................ 186
St eer ing wheel paddle shifters ............ 186
Tr ans miss ionposit iondispla y..............1 84
Tr ans miss ionposit ions........................1 84 B
BA S(Brak eA ssis tSystem) .....................2 02
Batt ery
Cha rging (Remo teOnline) .................... 174
Smar tKey <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 66
Batt ery
see Battery( vehicle )
Batt ery( vehicle) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 436
Ch arging <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 435
Ch arging (Remo teOnline) .................... 174
No tes. ..... ............................................. 431
No tes( star tin ga ssis tance and
ch argin g) .............................................4 33
Re placing ............................................ 436
St artin ga ssis tance <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> .....435
Bel t
see Seatbelt Bel
tairb ag
Ac tivati on ........... ...................................34
Fu nctio n/no tes. ..... ...............................3 8
Bli nd Spo tAssist <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 256
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ............258
Fu nctio n.<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011>256
Sy stem limit ations ........................... ....2 56
Blu-r aydrive( Re ar Sea tEnter tain‐
me ntSystem)
Ov ervie w. ........................................ .... 395
Bl u-ra y/D VDmode
Sel ect ing afilm ortrac k( Re ar Seat
En tertainm entSystem) ........................ 405
Blue tooth®
<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 303
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ........... .303
Inf ormatio n....... ....... ............................ 302
Blue tooth®
audio
Ac tivati ng ........... ................................. 378
De-a uthor izing (de-r egiste ring) the
de vice .................................................. 379
Inf ormation ...................................... .... 376
Ov ervie w. ..... .................................... ... 377
Sea rching forat rack ........................... 379 Sea
rching fora nd author izing the
de vice .................................................. 377
Sel ecting amediaplay er ..................... 378
Swi tching device viaNFC <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 379
Br ak eA ssistS ystem
see BAS(Brak eA ssistSystem)
Br ak ef luid
No tes. ..... ............................................ 486
Br ak ef orce dis tribut ion
EB D( elec tronic brak ef orce distribu‐
tion) ..................................................... 205
Br ak es
ABS (Anti-loc kBraking System) ........... 201
Ac tiveB rake Assi st<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 205
BA S(Brak eA ssistSystem) .................. 202
Dr iving tips.......................................... 177
EBD (electr oni cbrake forc ed istribu‐
tion )...... ............................................... 205
HOLD function .....................................2 25
Limi tedb raking effect (sa lt-tr eated
ro ads) .................................................. 177
Ne w/r epla ced brak epad s/brake
discs .................................................... 175
No teso nb reaking-in anew vehicle ..... 175 560
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