USB MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET 2021 User Guide

Inf
orma tion onAndr oidAuto
While usingAndroid Auto,va rious funct ionsof
th emultimedia system, forex am ple themedia
sour ceBlue tooth®
audio, areno tav ailable.
On lyone routeguidan cecan beact ive at atim e.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive on themultimedia sys‐
te m, itis closed whenrouteguidan ceisstar ted
on themobile phone.
Connecting amobile phoneviaAndr oidAuto
Re quirement s:
R The firs tacti vatio nof Andr oid Au to on the
multime diasystem mus tbe car ried out when
th eve hicle isstatio naryfo rsaf etyre ason s.
R The mobi lephon esuppo rts Andr oidAuto
fr om Andr oid5.0.
R The Andr oidAuto app isins talled onthe
mobil ephone.
R Inorder touse thete lephon efunc tions,the
mobil ephone mustbe connect edtothemul‐
timedia system viaBlue tooth®
(/ pag e27 8).
If th er ewa sno prior Interne tconn ection, this
is es tablished withth euse ofthemobile
phone withAn droid Auto. R
The mobile phoneisconn ectedtothemulti‐
media system viatheUSB portç using a
suit able cable (/page30 7).
R AnInterne tcon nect ionisrequ ired forth efull
ra ng eof func tions forAndr oidAuto.
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Android Auto #
Select themobile phonefrom thede vice list.
Ac cep ting/r eject ingtheda ta protection reg‐
ulat ions
A messag ewit hth edat apr otect ion regulations
appear s. #
Select Accept &Start .
or #
Select Decline &End.
Ac tiv atin gaut omati cst ar t #
Select StartAutoma tically0073.
St arting manuall y #
Select themobile phonefrom thede vice list. Exiting
AndroidAuto #
Press the00E2 buttononthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, forex am ple.
% IfAn droid Autowa sno tdispla yedin thefo re ‐
gr ound beforedisconn ecting,theapplication
st ar ts inthebac kground when reconnect ed.
Yo ucan callupAndroid Autointhemain
menu.
Calling uptheAndr oidAutosound settings
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Android Auto 5
Sound #
Select theto ne menu (/page 324).
Endi ngAndr oidAuto
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Android Auto #
Select Disconnect.
The connect ionisended.
The mobile phonecontinues tobe supplied
wit helect ricity .
or Mu
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tr
af fic condi tions.Thi scou ldalso cau seyou
to lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyhandle adat ast or ag emedium
when theve hicle isstatio nary. Pe
rm issible file systems:
R FAT32
R exFA T
R NTFS
Pe rm issible datast or ag emedium:
R SD card
R USB stor ag ede vice
R iPod ®
/iPhone ®
R MTP devices
R Blue tooth®
audio equipme nt
% Obse rveth efo llo wing notes:
R The multimedia system suppor tsatot al
of up to50,000 files.
R Dat ast or ag emedia upto2TB aresup ‐
por ted(32‑ bitaddr essspace). Suppor
tedfo rm ats :
R MP3
R WMA
R AAC
R WAV
R FLAC
R ALAC
% Obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R Due tothelar ge variet yof available
music files rega rding encoder s,sam pling
ra tesand bitrates, pla ybac kcanno t
alw aysbe guar anteed.
R Due tothewide rang eof USB device s
av ailable onthemar ket,play bac kcann ot
be guar anteed forall USB devices.
R Cop y-pr otect edmusic files orDRM
enc rypte dfiles can notbe playedbac k.
R MP3 players mus tsupp ortMedi aTr ans ‐
fe rPr oto col (MT P). Ma
nuf actu redunder licensefrom Dolb yLabor a‐
to ries. Dolb y,Dol byAudio and thedouble-D sym‐
bol aretrademar ksofDolb yLabor ator ies. 30
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Multimedia system

Ov
ervie wof theaud iomod e 1
Activeda ta stor ag emedium
2 Album cover
3 Trac k, artis t,album
4 Trac knum berand num beroftrac ks inthe
tr ac klist
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 eUSB devices. #
Remo vetheUSB device afte ruse and
ta ke itout oftheve hicle. Multimedia
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The
multimedia connection unitisfound inthe
st ow agecom partment unde rth ear mr estand
has twoUSB ports.
Depen dingontheve hicle's equipment, addi‐
tional USBportscan befound inthestow age
com partment ofthecent ercon sole andinthe
re ar passe nger com partment . #
Con nectth eUSB device totheUSB port.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac konl yif
th ecor responding mediadisplayis activ ated.
% Use theUSB portidentif iedbyç touse
Ap ple CarPla y®
and Android Auto.
% Dep endingontheve hicle equipment ther eis
an additional USBportin there ar passe nger
com partment .Po rts th at arelabeled witha
bat tery symbol canonly beused tocharge
USB devices.
Selec tingatrac kin themed iapla yba ck
Multimedia system:
4 Media
Selecting atrac kby skipping toatrac k #
Toskip backwards orforw ards toa
tr ac k: navig ateup ordown. Sel
ecting atrac kusin gth ecur rent trac klis t #
Select 00D3. #
Select Current TrackList. #
Select atra ck.
Selec tingplaybac kop tions
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Z Option s
Pla ying backsimilar trac ks #
Select Play Simi larTra cks.
A trac klist wit hsimilar trac ks iscreat edand
pla yedbac k.
Pla ybac kmode #
Select Random Mode-Current Playlist.
The current trac klist ispla yedin rando m
or de r. #
Select Random Mode-Cu rrent Medium.
All trac ks on theactiv edat ast or ag emedium
ar epla yedin rando morde r. #
Select Norm alTra ckSequ ence.
The current trac klist ispla yedin theor der it
appear son thedat ast or ag emedium. Contr
olling media playbac k
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Y Playback Control
A bar withpla ybac kcon trols issho wn. #
Topause playbac k:sel ect and conf irm
Y with thecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00CF symbol isdispla yed. #
Toresume playbac k:select andconf irm
Y again withth ecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00D0 symbol isdispla yed.
To fast forw ard/r ewind #
Move00CF onthetimeline.
To hide theplaybac kco ntr ols #
Press the0038 button. Vi
deo mode Sw
itchin gto video mode
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select adat ast or ag emedium. 308
Multimedia system

#
Todeac tivatefull -screen 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 picturefo rm ats areav ailable:
R Automat ic
R 16:9
R 4:3
R Zoom #
Select apict urefo rm at.
Ad jus tingthe brightne ssmanu ally
If th eAutom aticpictur efo rm atisswit ched off,
yo ucan adjustth ebr ightn essyourself . #
Select Bright ness. #
Adjus tth ebr ightn ess. Media
search St
arting themed iasear ch
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
ª Search
Depen dingonthecon nect edmedia sourcesand
fi les, thefo llo wing categor iesarelis ted:
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 acat egor y. %
The categor iesareav ailable assoon asthe
ent ire media content hasbe en read inand
anal yzed . Med
iaInt erface Inf
orma tion abou tth eMed iaInt erface
Media Inte rface isauniv ersal interface forth e
connecti onofmob ile au dio equipm ent.Themul‐
time diasy stem has twoUSB ports.The USB
por tsarelocat edinthestow agecom partment
unde rth ear mr est.
Supp ortedde vic es
The Med iaInt erface allo ws youto connect the
fo llo wing datast or ag emedia:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ®
R MP3 player
R USB devices
Fo rde tails and alis tof suppor tedde vices, visit
our websit eat htt ps:/ /www .mercedes-
benz .com/c onnect.Fo llowtheins truction sin
th e"Media Interface" secti on. Mu
ltimed iasystem 31
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Switc
hingtoMedia Interface
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Connec ta dat ast or ag emedium totheUSB
por t(/ page30 7). #
Select amedia device.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac k.
Ov ervie wof Media Interface 31
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Multimedia system

ASS
YSTPL US <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
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00110011>327
Batt erydi sconne ctionpe riods .............3 28
Displ aying theser vice duedate........... 327
Fu nctio n/no tes ................................... 327
Re gular maint enance work <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011> 327
Spec ialser vice requ iremen ts.............. 327
ATA (anti-thef tala rm system) .................. 82
Deac tivatin gth ealar m.......................... 82
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 82
AT TENTI ONASSIST <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 189, 191
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011>189
Se tting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 191
Sy stem limit ations ...............................1 89
At tention assistant
see ATTENTION ASSIST
Au dio mode
Ac tivati ng med iamod e........... .............305
Co nnecti ngUSB devic es ........... .......... 307
Co pyrights ...........................................3 05
Inf ormatio n....... ................................... 303
Inser ting/r emoving anSD card....... ....305
Medi asea rch ....................................... 311
Ov ervie w ......... ................................. ... 307
Pa use and playbac kfun ction ...............3 08 Selecti
ngatrac k ....... .......................... 308
Selecti ngplayba ckoptions ............ ...... 308
Tr ac klis t.............................................. 308
Au thorized Mercedes- BenzCenter
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop
Au thorized workshop
see Qualif iedspecialis two rkshop
Au tomatic activ atio n
Swi tching on/o ff<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 195
Au tomatic distanc eco ntr ol
se eAc tiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
Au tomatic drivin glights ........... ............ ..108
Au tomatic engine star t(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> .......133
Au tomatic engine sto p(E CO star t/
sto pfunc tion) <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> .......133
Au tomatic fron tpass engerfr on tair‐
bag shutoff <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 43,44
Fu nctio nof theaut omatic front
passeng erfront airbag shutoff......... ..... 43
PA SSENGER AIRBAGind icat orlam p.....4 4 Au
tomatic fron tpass engerfr on tair‐
bag shutoff
see Automatic front pass engerfront
airb agshut off
Au tomatic lateral supp ortadjus tment
Se tting ............ .......................................88
Au tomatic mirrorfo lding function
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... .............117
Au tomatic trans mis sion
DIR ECT SELEC Tleve r..... ......................136
Dr ive pr ogr am disp lay ............ ..............135
Dr ive pr ogr ams............ ........................ 135
DY NA MIC SELE CTswitc h.................... 135
Eng aging drive po sitio n............ ........... 138
Eng aging neu tral ............ ...................... 137
Eng aging park position ........................ 138
Eng aging reve rsege ar .........................1 37
Kic kdo wn ............................................. 139
Manual gearshif ting.............................1 38
St eer ing wheel paddle shifters ............ 138
Tr ans miss ionposit iondispla y.............. 136
Tr ans miss ionposit ions........................ 136 Inde
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Inf
ormation ........ ............................. .....3 24
Spar ewheel
see Emer gency sparewheel
Specia lseat beltretract or <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> ..53
Spe ciali st wo rkshop ..................................2 6
Speec hdialog system
see Voice Cont rolSy stem
Speed index(tir es) ..................................3 79
Spee dome ter
Dig ital ............ ............ ..........................208
Spo tlight function
Swi tching on/o ff<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 195
St andb ymode
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ............149
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011>149
St anding lights ........................................ 107
St art-of fassi st
see Optimized acceleration
St art/S topbutt on
Pa rking theve hicle .............................. 142
St artin gth eve hicle ............................. 126 Swi
tching onthepo we rsupp lyor
ignitio n..... ........................................ ... 125
St art/s topfunc tion
see ECOstar t/ stop funct ion
St arterbatt ery
Ch arging (Remo teOnline) .................... 127
St arting assistance
see Jump -sta rt connecti on
St arting theengine
see Vehicle
St arting-o ffaid
see Hillstar tassis t
St ation
Dele ting .......................................... ..... 318
Dir ect freq uency entr y............. ............ 318
Mo ving .................................................3 18
Sea rching ....................................... ...... 318
Se tting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 318
St or ing ............................................. ....3 18
St ation list
Ca lling up ....... ................................... ...318
St ation prese ts
Mana ging.............................................318 ST
EER CONT ROL
Fu nctio n/no tes ................................... 154
Ste ering wheel ........................................ 203
Ad jus ting (electr ica lly)............ ...............93
Butt ons ............ .................................... 203
Op erati ng thememor yfunc tion ............ 95
St eer ing wheel heater............................9 4
Ste ering wheel heater
Swit ching on/ off...................................9 4
Ste ering wheel padd leshif ters .............. 138
St orag ear eas
see Stor ag ecom partmen t
St orag ecom partmen t........... .................... 99
Ar mr est........... ......................................99
Ce nter cons ole ........... ...........................99
Doo r........... ........................................... 99
Gl ove box.............................................. 99
St orag ecom partmen ts
se eSt or ag ecom partmen t
St orag espa ces
USB ports.............................................. 99
St ow ageco mp artment
Ey eg lasses compartment ......................99 Inde
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Opening
.......................................... .......6 6
Opening dimensions ............................4 05
Po we rclosing function ........... ............... 67
Un loc kin g(mec hanic alkey) ............ .......7 1
Tr unk separ ator
Clo sing ................................................ ...74
Opening ............... ........................... .......7 4
Tu neIn ............... ........................................3 02
Ca lling up ....... ................................... ..302
Dele tingstatio ns.................................3 03
Loggi ngout ......................................... 303
Ov ervie w ....... ......................................302
Re gis tering <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>303
Sa ving statio ns.... ................................ 303
Sel ect ing and connectingto ast atio n
.. ...........................................................3 03
Selecti ngstre am .... ........................ .....3 03
Se tting options ....................................303
Te rm sof use ........................................3 03
Tu rn signal indicat or...............................1 08
Tu rn signal light
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ............108
Tw o-w ayradio s
Fr eq uencies ............ ............................. 396 No
teson installation ...........................3 95
Tr ans miss ionoutput (max imum ).........3 96 U
Un its ofmeas urement
Se tting ............................................ .....2 44
Un loc king setting ...................................... 60
Up dat es
Im por tant system updat es...................2 48
Inf ormatio n....... ................................... 247
Pe rfor ming ...........................................2 47
Sof twareup dates ........................... ..... 247
USB devices
Conne cting .................................... ...... 307
User profile .............................................. 245
Cr eat ing .......................................... .....2 46
Im por ting/e xporting ............................ 246
Op tions .......................................... ...... 247
Se tting <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 245
Using thete lephone
see Calls V
Ve hicl e...... ................................................ 127
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating standb y
mode ...................................................1 49
Cor rect use <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> ...............27
Dat aacq uisitio n............ ........................ 29
Dat ast or ag e .......................................... 29
Diagnos ticsconn ection .........................2 5
Eq uipme nt............. ................................22
Li mit edWarrant y...................................2 8
Loc king (automatical ly)......................... 64
Loc king (from inside ).... .........................6 3
Loc king (KEYLESS-GO) .......................... 63
Loc king/unloc king(emerg encykey) .....6 5
Lo we ring <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011>392
Ma intena nce <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>23
Med icalai ds <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011>27
Pa rking foran extende dpe riod ............ 148
Pr oblem notification .............................. 27
QR code rescue card............................. 28
Quali fied specialis two rkshop ................2 6
Ra ising ................................................ 389
St andb ymode function .......................1 49
St artin g(eme rgency operation
mode) .................................................. 127 502
Index