MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS 2020 Owner's Manual

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On theT ouc hControl and contr oller:
sele ctthec har actersi nt he charact erbar .
De pen dingo nthe target ent ry,t he follo wing
ch aract ersa reavailable:
R The fullseto fchar actersi ss hown
R Onlythose charact ersw hicha reusef ul
fo rt he cur rent inpu tstring are shown
Ot her charact ersa regray ed out. #
On thet ouc hpa d:sel ect thec har actersi n
th ec har acterbar .
or #
Writet he charact erso nthe touc h-sen sitive
sur face ofthet ouc hpad .
Handwr itingrecogni tionsuppo rtsy ou by
means ofcharact ersugg estio ns and aread-
aloud function.
Ex am ples ofcharact erent ry:
R Renam ingafavo rite
R Entering aPOIoran address using free or
st ep-b y-step sear ch
R Entering awebaddr ess Ent
ering charact ersu sin gthe con troll er
Ex am ple:renaming favo rite s #
Call upthe" Renaming favo rite s" function
(/ page296). #
Toent erac har acter:tur n3,s lide 4
and press thec ontroller .
The charact erisent ered inthei np ut line.
Use thef ollo wing entryfunctions:
% Todele teac har acter:p ress thec ontrol‐
ler .
To dele tean ent ry:p ress and holdthe
con troller untilth ee ntiree ntry isdele ted. 0062
To
switc htos pecial charact ersa nd sym‐
bols.
006A To
switc htou pper -case orlowe r-case let‐
te rs.
0054 To
switc hthe languag e.
v Toswitc htoc har acterentr yonthe touc h‐
pad.
% The available editingfunction sdepen don
th ee diting task ,the languag esetand the
ch aract erleve l. #
Toconf irmt heent ry:select ¡.
Ex am ple: entering adestination (navigation) #
EntertheP OIoraddr ess(/ page315).
Ent eringc har acterso nthe touc hpad
Re quirement s:
R The touc hpad isswit ched on (/ page293).
R The entered orselect edcharact ershoul dbe
re ad out :the handwr itingrecogni tionread-
aloud function isswit ched on (/ page294). Multimedia
system 299

Ex
am ple: renaming favo rite s #
Call upthe" Renaming favo rite s" function
(/ page296). #
Toent erac har acter:use your fing er to
wr itec har acterso nthe touc hpad.
The charact erisent ered inthei np ut line. If
dif fere nt interpr etatio nsarep oss ible, charac‐
te rs ugg estions ared isplaye d. #
Toselect achar actersugg estion: swipeup
or down onthet ouc hpad . #
Resume charact erinput. #
Toent eras pace: swipe right when thec ur‐
sor islocat edinthei np ut line. #
Todel eteac haracter:swi peleftw hent he
cur sor isloc ated inthei np ut line. #
Toconf irmt heent ry:pr ess thet ouc hpad . #
Tofinish charact erentr y:swipe upwards.
or #
Press the0038 button.
Ex am ple: entering adestinat ion(navigation) #
Entert he POI oraddr ess(/ page315). Sy
stem settings Displa
y Conf
iguringdisp lays ettings
Multi media system:
4 System 5
0043 Display andDesign s
St yles #
Sele ctDes igns. #
Sele ctSpo rt,Classic orProg ressive.
Ad apting thea mb ient light ingfort he style #
Select Adju stAmb. Lighting .
Ac tivate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . This
function adjus tsthea mbient lighting for
th es elect eddispla ystyle.
Se ttin gthe display bright ness #
Sele ctDis play Bright ness. #
Sele ctab right nes svalue.
Switc hingthed isplayo ff/on #
Toswitc hoff:select Display Off. #
Toswitc hon:press abutton, 002B,f or
ex am ple.
Displ aydes ign #
Select Day /Nig htDesi gn. #
Select Autom atic,Day DesignorNig ht
Desi gn.
Ad diti onaldispl ayarea
Dependi ngon thev ehicle, various items ofaddi‐
tional information canbesho wn. The additional
displa yareac om prises thel eft-hand orright-
hand thirdo fthe displa y. #
Select Addi tiona lDisp .Area . 300
Multimed iasystem

The
follo wing displa ycontent can beselect ed:
R Dyna mic
R Navig ation Map
R Consu mpti on
R Time and Date Ti
me and date Se
ttin gthe time anddateautomat icall y
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate #
Deact ivat e0053 Manual TimeAdjustmen t.
The time anddateareseta utomaticall yfor
th es elect edtime zoneand summer time
op tion .
% The correct time isrequ ired fort he follo wing
func tions:
R Routeg uidan cewithtime-depen dent
traf ficg uida nce .
R Calcu lation ofexpect edtime ofarriva l. Se
tting thet imez one
Multi media system:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
5 Time Zone:
The listo fcount ries isdispla yed. #
Select acount ry003B.
Dep endingonthec ount ry,t ime zonesare
displa yed. #
Select atime zone.
The time zonesetisdispla yeda fter Time
Zone :.
Se ttin gsummer time
The Automatic Daylight Saving TimeandDay-
lig ht Saving Timeoptions canno tbes ele cted in
all countr ies.
Mul timedi asystem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
Au tomatic ally #
Swi tchAuto matic Day light Saving Time on
0073 oroff0053. Man
ually #
Dea ctivate0053 Auto matic Day light Saving
Ti me. #
Select Day light Saving Time. #
Select OnorOff.
Se ttin gthe time anddateforma t
Mu ltime diasystem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
5 Set Form at #
Setthe dat eand time form at003B.
Se tting thet imem anua lly
Re quirement s:
R The Manual TimeAdjustm entfunc tion is
switc hedon.
Multime diasystem:
4 System 5
& TimeandDate
5 Set Time #
Setthe hour s. #
Navig atet ot he right tosetthe minut es. #
Setthe minut es. Multimedia
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Con firm chang eswhen exitin gthe menu.
The dateiss etaut omaticall yviaGPS. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gvoice amplif ication
to rear passe nger comp artment Re
quirement s:
R Mer cedes- Maybac hvehicles andvehicles
wit hal ong wheelba seonl y.
R Your vehicle iseq uipped withthe Bur mes ter®
sur round soun dsystemo rthe Bur mes ter®
high-end 3Dsurround soun dsystem.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
R Door s,side windo wsand thep anor ama roof
wit hp owe rtilt/sli dingpanel arec losed .
Mul timedi asyst em:
4 System 5
Audio
5 Voice Amplific ationtoRear
The func tion suppor tscomm unication between
th ed rive r/f ront passe nger and vehicle occu‐
pants inther ear passeng ercom partment .When
vo ice amplif icat ion torear passe nger com part‐ men
tisa ctivat ed, thes ignals pickedu pbythe
micr ophone area mp lifi ed and playedb acko ver
th es peak ersi nt he rear passe nger com part‐
men t,depen dingupon vehicle noise leve ls. An
aut omat icadjus tment occursb ased onspeak er
vo lume andambien tnois eino rder toimprove
speec hintelligi bility andmaint ainthen atura l‐
ness ofspeec h. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Connectivity
Switc
hingtransmission ofthev ehic lepos i‐
tio no n/off
Mul timedi asystem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity #
Select Transm itVehicle Pos.. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion . Blue
tooth® Inf
orma tion abou tBluet oo th®
Bl ue tooth®
tech nol ogy isas tandar dfor shor t-
ra ng ew irel es sd atat ransf erup toappr oximat ely
32. 8ft(10 m).
Yo uc an use Blue tooth®
to connect your mob ile
phon etot he multimedia system and usethef ol‐
lo wing function s,fore xamp le:
R Han ds-free system witha ccess tothef ollo w‐
ing options:
- cont acts (/page346)
- call lists (/ page348)
- text mes sage (/ pag e349)
R Interne tc onnec tion (/page361)
R Listening tomusi cviaBlue tooth®
audio
R Trans ferring business cards(vCar ds)intot he
ve hicle
Blue tooth®
is ar egis tere dt rademar kofBlue‐
to othS pecial Interes tG roup (SIG) Inc.
% Interne tc onn ection viaBlue tooth®
is no t
av ailable inall coun tries. 302
Multimed iasystem

Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gBluetooth®
Re quirement s:
R Deac tivateB luetooth®
:A ppl eC arPlay ™i snot
activ e.
Mul timed iasystem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 Bluetoo th®
.
If Andr oidAutoisact ive, ap romp tappear sask‐
ing whe ther Blue tooth®
should bedeactiv ated. #
Select Yes.
Andr oidAutoisclos edand Blue tooth®
is
deact ivat ed. Wi
-Fi Wi
-Fic on nectio noverview
Yo uc an use Wi-Fi toestablish aconnec tion with
aW i-Finetwo rkand toacc ess theI nter ne to r
ot her networkd evices.
The follo wing connection option sareavailable:
R Wi-Fi conne ction The
Wi-Fi conne ctiontoa Wi-Fi-ca pable
de vice ,e.g.t he cus tomer's mobilephone or
at able tPCise stablish ed.
R Multi media system asaW i-Fihotspo t
Usi ngthis func tion,atable tPCo rnotebook
can becon nect ed,fore xamp le.
To establish aconnec tion ,you can usethef ol‐
lo wing methods:
R WPS PIN
The conn ection toas ecureW i-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaaP IN.
R WPS PBC
The conne ctiontoa secureW i-Finetwo rkis
mad ebypressing abutton (push button).
R Secur itykey
The conn ection toas ecureW i-Finetwo rkis
mad eviaas ecu rity key.
Se tting upWi-Fi
Re quirement s:
R The device tobe con necteds uppor tsone of
th et hree means ofconnect iondescr ibed
(/ page303). Multimedia
system:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gWi-Fi #
Swi tchWi- Fion 0073 oroff0053.
If Wi- Fiisdeacti vated0053 ,communi cationvia
Wi -Fi toall devic es isint erru pte d.This also
means that ac onnec tiont ot he HERMES
communication modulecannotbee stab‐
lishe d.Then functionssucha sdynamic route
guidan cewithL iveT raffic Info rm ation aren ot
av ailable.
Connect ingthem ultim edia system witha
de vice viaWi-Fi
Thi sfunction isavailable ifaH ERME Scom mun i‐
cat ion modul eisn otins talled.
The type ofcon nection established mustbe
select edon them ultimedia system and onthe
de vice tobe con nected.
% The connection procedur emaydiffer
dependin gonthe device. Followt he instruc‐
tions that ares hown inthed ispla y.Fu rther
inf ormation (seethem anuf actur er'soper at‐
ing instruction s). Multimedia
system 303

#
Select Interne tSetting s. #
Select Search forWi-Fi Netw orks.
Usi ngasecurity key #
Select aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Have thes ecur itykeyd isplaye do nthe device
to be con nected( see them anuf actur er's
oper ating instruction s). #
Entert his secur itykeyo nthe multimedia sys‐
te m. #
Conf irmt heentr ywith ¡.
% Alldevic es suppor tasecurity keya sa
mean sofcon nect ion.
Usin gaW PSPIN #
Highlig htaW i-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Select ¥Connec tviaWPS PINInput.
The multimedia system gener ates an eight-
di gitP IN. #
Enterthis PIN onthed evice tobe con nected. #
Conf irmt heentr y. Using
abutton
% This function isonl yavailable inaW i-Fifre ‐
qu ency of2.4 GHz. #
Highlight aWi-Finetwo rkinthel ist. #
Select ¥Connec tviaWPS PBC. #
Select "Connec tviaWPS PBC" intheo ption s
on thed evice tobe con nected. #
Press theW PSbutt ononthed evice tobe
con nected. #
Select Continueinthem ultimedia system.
De vice hasalready been connect ed: #
Toaut omatic allyc onnect:high light aW i-Fi
ne tworki nt he list. #
Activate¥ Connect Automatica lly0073 . #
Toconnect :high light aWi-Finetwo rkinthe
lis t. #
Selec t¥ Connect.
The connection ises tablished again. These
func tionsarepossible whenthed evice has
alr eady been connect edtotheW i-Finetwo rk. Se
tting upaW i-Fih otspo t
Re quirement s:
R Forc onnectionb ypress ingab utton:th is
func tion isonl yavailable inaW i-Fifre quency
of 2.4 GHz.
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity
Conf iguringthem ultim edia system asaW i-
Fi ho tspo t
The type ofconnection established depends on
th ed evice tobe con nected. The func tion must
be suppor tedb ythe multimedia system and by
th ed evice tobe con nected. The type ofcon nec‐
tion established mustbes elect edon them ulti‐
media system and onthed evice tobe con nec‐
te d. #
Select SetUpHot spot. #
Highlight ConnectDevic etoV ehicle Hotspot.
Gener atingaWPSPIN #
Select ¥Connec tviaWPS PINGenera-
tion . 30
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#
EntertheP INsho wninthem edia displa yon
th ed evice tobe con necteda nd con firm .
Connect ingusin gaW PSPIN #
Sele ct¥ ConnectviaWPS PINInput. #
Sele ctEnter WPS PIN. #
Entert he PIN that issho wnonthee xter nal
de vice's disp layo nthe multimedia system. #
Select Continue.
Connecting usingabutton #
Select ¥Connec tviaWPS PBC. #
Press theW PSbutt onon thed evice tobe
con nectedo rselect Connec t. #
Select Continue inthem ultimedia system.
Connecting usingasecur itykey #
Select Connect DevicetoVeh icleH otsp ot.
As ecu rity keyisd isplaye d. #
Select thev ehicle from thed evice tobe con ‐
nec ted. The vehicle isdispla yedw itht he
SSI DMB Hotspot XXXXX. #
Enterthes ecur itykeyw hichiss hown inthe
media displayo nthe device tobe con nected. #
Conf irmt heentr y.
Connect ingusin gNFC #
Sele ctConn ection viaNFC. #
ActivateN FConthem obile device (see the
manuf acturer'soper ating instructions). #
Bring them obile device intot he NFC area of
th ev ehicle (/page344). #
Select Done.
The mobile device isno wc onn ectedtothe
multime diasystem hotspo tviaNFC.
Gener atinganew secur itykey: #
Select Set UpHotsp ot. #
Select Genera teSecu rityKey.
Ac onnecti onwillbe established withthe
ne wly creat edsecur itykey. #
Tosave asecurity key:select Save.
When anew secur itykeyiss ave d,all existin g
Wi -Fi conne ctionsaret hen disconnect ed.If
th eW i-Ficonne ctionsareb eing re-es tab‐
lished, then ew secur itykeym ustb ee nter ed . Ma
nag ingC OMAND Touc hd evices Re
quirement s:
R The COMAND Touc ha pp isins talled onthe
ex tern al de vic e(e.g. table torsmar tphon e).
R Wi-Fi isacti vated( /pag e303) and them ul‐
timedia system iscon figur edasaW i-Fihot‐
spo t(/ page 304).
Mul timedi asystem:
4 System 5
COMAND Touch
Connecting andauthor izing anew device #
Select AuthorizeaNew Devic e. #
Select Connec tNew Devic e. #
Entert he secur itykeyint he extern al de vic e.
The Please start COMA NDTouc honyour
devi ceand follow thei nstruct ions.mes sage
appear s. #
Select Con tinue. #
Accep tth ec onnect ionrequ estfromt henew
de vice. #
EntertheP INsho wnonthee xter nal device.
Th ed evicei sa uthor ized. Mult
imed iasystem 305

Au
thorizing aconnect eddevice #
Sele ctAut hori zeaN ew Dev ice.
The devic es already connecteda redispla yed. #
Select Continue Using Connec tedDevic es.
The Please startCOMAND Touchonyour
device andfollow theinstruct ions. messag e
appear s. #
Select Continue. #
The connection requ estfromt hedevice
Acc ept. #
EntertheP INsho wnonthee xter nal device.
Th ed evicei sa uthor ized.
De-a uthor izin gthe devic e #
Select anaut hor izedd evicef romt helist.
Ap romp twillappear askingwhe ther you
wo uld liket od e-aut horize thes elect ed
de vice. #
Select Yes.
The device isde-aut horized. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gchild safetyl oc k Multimedi
asystem:
4 System 5
Parent alContr ol
Loc king theR ear Seat Entertai nment System #
Sele ctRear Leftor Rear Right. #
Sele ctLoc k.
The Rear Seat Entertainm entSystem is
loc ked0073 orunloc ked0053 .
Switc hingofft he Rear Seat Entertai nment
Sy stem disp lay #
Sele ctRear Leftor Rear Right. #
Sele ctDis play On. #
Swit chthed ispla yon0073or off0053.
Loc king anextern al de vic e #
Select anextern al de vic e. #
Select Lock.
The devic ec onnec tedv iatheC OMAND
To uc ha pp isloc ked0073 orunloc ked0053 . Sy
stem langu age No
teso nthe system langu age
This function allowsyout od eter mine thel an‐
guag efor them enu displa ysand then avigation
announ cements.The select edlanguag eaffects
th ec har actersa vailable fore ntr y.The navig ation
announc ementsarenota vailable inall lan‐
guag es.Ifal ang uageisn otavailable, then aviga‐
tion announ cementswill beinEn glish.
Se tting thes ysteml angu age
Multi media system:
4 System 5
Language #
Setthe languag e.
% Ifyo ua reusin gArabic mapdata,thet ext
inf ormati oncan also be sho wninArab icon
th en avigation map.Todo so, select 

Se
tting thed istance unit Multi
media system:
4 System 5
% Units #
Select kmormi. #
Inthem ultifunc tiondispla yofthe Instrument
Displa y,switc hthe Additional Speedometer
displa yon0073 . Data
impor tand expor t Dat
aimp ort/e xpor tfunc tion
The follo wing functionsarepossible :
R Trans ferring datafromo nesystem orvehicle
to ano ther system orvehicle.
R Creating abacku pc opyo fyour personal data
and loadingitag ain.
R Protect ing your per son aldat aagains tunw an‐
te de xpo rtwit hP INprotect ion.
% Please note that theN TFS file system isno t
suppor ted. The FAT32 file system isrecom‐
mend ed. Im
por ting /expor tingdata
* NO
TELos sofdatad uetoprematur e
re mo val #
Donotremo vethed atas tora ge
medium whendataisb eing expor ted.
Mer cedes- Benzisn otliable fora ny loss of
dat a. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The ignition isswitc hedonorthev ehicle has
been star ted.
R The SDcardisinser ted( /pag e369) orthe
USB device isconnec ted( / pag e370).
Mul timedi asystem:
4 System 5
System Backup #
Select Import DataorExport Data.
Im por ting #
Select adatas torage medium.
Ap romp tappear sasking whe ther your eall y
wish tooverwr itet he cur rent data.Ifd ata or
igin at es from another vehicle, this isrecog‐
nized during data readin g.
The mult imed iasystem isrestar tedo ncet he
dat ahasbeen impor ted.
% Current vehicle settin gscan beedit edafte r
th ei mp ort.
Expor ting
If PIN protect ion isactiv ated, your PIN isrequ es‐
te d. #
Entert he four -digit PIN. #
Select adatas torage medium.
The dataise xpo rted. The dataexpo rtma y
ta ke severalm inut es. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPINprotection Re
quirement s
To unlo cktheP IN:
R Ther eisa nInter ne tc onnect ion.
R AM ercedes meaccoun texis tsat http://
ww w.me rcedes.me.
R The Person alization service isactiv e
(/ page309). Multimedia
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Multimedia
system:
4 System 5
PIN Protec tion
Se tting theP IN #
Sele ctSet PIN. #
Enteraf our-digit PIN. #
Enterthef our -digit PINagain.
If bo th PINs match,PIN protect ion isactiv e.
Changing theP IN #
Sele ctChang eSettin gs. #
Entert he cur rent PIN . #
Select Chang ePIN. #
Setan ewPIN .
Ac tiv atin gPINprotection ford atae xpor t #
Select Change Settings.
Conf irmw itht he PIN. #
Select Protect DataExport .
Ac tivate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
Un bloc king theP IN
If th eP INhas been entered incor rectl ythree
times, theP INwill bebloc ked. Youc an have a sing
le-use passwords ent toyouv iathe
Mer cedes meconn ectonline portaltor ese tthe
PIN protect ion. #
Select Unbloc kPIN. #
Entert he sing le-use password.
PIN protect ion isrese t,and youc an seta
ne wP IN.
% The availabilit yofthis function iscountr y
dependent andmaynotbe available inyour
co unt ry.
Alt ernati vely,y ou can have PIN protect ion
re se ta ta na uthor ized Mercedes-Benz Cen‐
te r. User
profile Se
tting auser profile
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization
Displa yingauser profile when star ting
If th is func tion isact ive, ap romp tappear swhen
st ar tin gt he system asking whichuser profile to
use. #
Select Display Profile Select ion afterStart . #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
Selecting auser profile #
Select GuestProfile orindividual profile 003B.
% Some settings from theu ser profile areo nly
loaded whenthev ehicle isstatio naryor
when thei gnition isswitc hedon.
Au tomatic synchronizat ion
Eac htime thei gnition isswitc hedoffo ro n,the
indiv idual userprofiles ares ync hroniz edon the
multime diasystem and onthes erve r.This
ensur esthat thel ates tu ser profiles area vaila‐
ble. #
Select Automat icSyn chron izat ion. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thef unc tion .
% Form orei nfor mation aboutimpor ting/
ex por tingu ser profiles (/ page309). 308
Multimedia system