USB port MERCEDES-BENZ S-CLASS CABRIOLET 2021 Owner's Manual

Se
tting userprofile options
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization #
Highlight apr ofile. #
Select ¥option s.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Renam e
R Delete
R Reset
% The gues tpr ofile can notbe dele tedor
re nam ed. So
ftwa reupdat es Inf
ormation onsof twareupdat es
The multimedi asy stem displa ysacor responding
messag ewhen asof twareupda teisavailable. Depend
ingonthesour ce,youcan perform
va rious updates: Sour
ceofthe
updat e Up
dat etype
Up dat esvia mobile
phone Na
vig ation map,sys‐
te m upd ates, Digit al
Oper ator's Manua l
Up dat esvia anexter‐
nal stor ag emedium,
e.g. aUSB flash drive Na
vig ation maps %
Softwareupd ates via mobil ephone requ ire
an act ive Int erne tcon nection forth eve hicle.
This isno tav ailable inall coun tries. Forfur‐
th er information oncon nect ingtotheInt er‐
ne t,see (/page300).
Ad vantag esofsof twareupd ates
Sof twareupdat esensur eyo ur vehicle's tech nol ‐
ogy isup -to-d ate.
In orde rto cons tantl yimpr ovethequ alit yof our
ser vices youwill recei vefutur esof twareupd ates
fo ryo ur mult imed iasystem, theMer cedes me
con nect services andyour vehicle's communica‐ tion
module. Thesewillbesent toyouvia the
mobil ephone connection inyour vehicle and,as
an option, installed automat ically.Yo ucan mon i‐
to rth est atus ofyour sof twareupdat eson the
Mer cedes mePortal and find informa tionab ou t
po tentia linno vatio ns.
Yo ur adv antages ataglanc e:
R Con venie ntly recei vesof twareupda tesvia
th emobile phonenetwork
R Improve sth equ alit yand availabilit yof
Mer cedesme connectser vices
R Keeps your mult imed iasystem and comm uni‐
cation module up-to-dat e
Fu rther information aboutsoftwareupdat escan
be found athttp s:// login .secur e.merced es-
ben z.co m
Car rying out softwareupd ates
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection
(/ page300).
R Foraut omat icso ftwa reupdat es:your
ve hicle hasaper manent lyins talled com mu‐
nic ation module. Multim
ediasystem 24
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#
Select Synch ronizeContacts .
Cal ling up contacts
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Phone 5
ª Contac ts
Depen dingonthech aract erset,th efo llo wing
op tion scan beused tosear chforcont acts:
R searc hingbyinit ials
R sear ching bynam e
R searching byphone number #
Enterch aract ersint oth esear chfield.
A select ionofpossible contacts appea rs.
Ent ering mor ech aract ersint oth esear ch
fi eld narrows down thenumber ofpossible
select ions. #
Select thecon tact.
A cont actcan cont ain th efo llo wing details:
R phon enumb ers
R navig ation addresses
R geo-coor dinates
R Interne taddr ess Editing
thefo rm atofaco ntact's name
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Phone 5
Z Option s5
Contac ts
5 Name Format
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Last Name ,Fir stName
R Last Name FirstName
R FirstName LastName #
Select anoptio n.
Ov ervie wof impor tingcontact s
Contact sfrom various sour ces Sour
ce Requirement s
ò Memor ycar dT heSD memor ycar d
is inser ted.
ò USBdevice TheUSB device is
inser tedin theUSB
por t. Sour
ce Requirement s
ñ Bluetooth®
con‐
nectio n Blu
etoo th®
is act iva‐
te din themultimedia
sy stem and onthe
re spectiv ede vice
(see themanuf actur‐
er's oper ating instruc‐
tion s).
ó Mobile phone Themobile phoneis
con nect edtothemul‐
timedia system. %
Ifth esendin gof vCar dsvia Blue tooth®
is
suppor ted, vCar dscan berecei vedon
mobile phones ornetbook s,forex am ple.
Im por tingcontact sint oth econtact smenu
Multi media system:
4 Phone 5
Z Option s5
Contac ts #
Select Import. #
Select anoption . 28
4
Multimedia system

#
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. Using
Mercedes-Benz Link,va rious funct ions
and select edmobile phoneappscanbetransf er‐
re dto themedia display.
The Mercedes-B enzLink controlbo xsupplemen ‐
ta ry equipment isrequ ired forth is. Youcan
obt ain this at an aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cen‐
te r.
% The Mercedes-B enzLink controlbo xuses
th eAn droid oper ating system.
% The service prov ider isresponsible forth ese
apps andtheser vices andcontent conne c‐
te dto it.
Connecting Mercedes-B enzLink withth e
mu ltim edia system #
Conn ecttheMer cedes- BenzLinkcontrol bo x
wit hth eç USBportof themultimedia
con nect ionunit using asuit able connect ing
cable. %
Asuit able connect ingcable isavailable sep‐
ar atelyat an aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCen‐
te r.
Using Mercedes-Benz Link
Re quirement s:
R The Mercedes- BenzLink control bo xis con ‐
nec tedwit hth emultimedia system using the
ç USBport.
Multimedi asy stem:
4 Connec t5
Mercedes- BenzLink #
Select MBLink.
The mobile phonefunctionsand apps are
av ailable andshownonthemedia display.
Yo ucan find mor einf orma tionin theMer cedes-
Benz Linkcontrol bo xoper ating instruction s.
Ending Mercedes-Benz Link
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Mercedes- BenzLink #
Select Disconnect.
The connect ionisended. The
mobile phonecontinues tobe supplied
wit helect ricity .
or #
Disco nnect thecon nect ingcable between
th eMer cedes- BenzLinkcontrol bo xand the
multime diasystem.
% Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle
is statio nary. App
leCar Play® Ov
ervie wof App leCar Play® &
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 edfrom the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. 288
Multimedia system

#
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.
iPhone ®
func tionscan beused viathemultime‐
dia system using Apple CarPla y®
.The yar eoper‐
at ed using thecent ralcon trol elemen tor the
Sir i®
vo ice- oper ated con trol system. Youcan
act ivat eth evo ice- oper ated con trol system by
pr essing andholding the00E3 buttononthe
multifu nctionsteer ing wheel.
When usingApple CarPla y®
via thevo ice- oper‐
at ed con trol system, themultimedia system can
st ill be oper ated via theVo ice Cont rolSy stem
(/ page21 5).
On lyone mobile phoneatatime canbeconn ec‐
te dvia Apple CarPla y®
to themultimedia sys‐
te m. The
availabilit yof App leCarPla y®
ma yva ry
acc ordin gto thecount ry.
The service prov ider isresponsible forth is appli‐
cat ion and theser vices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Apple CarPla y®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof
Apple Inc.
Inf ormat iononApple CarPla y®
While usingApple CarPla y®
va rious funct ionsof
th emultimedia system, e.g.telephon yor the
media sourcesBlue tooth®
audio andiPod ®
,ar e
una vailable.
Onl yone 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 aniPhone ®
via Apple CarPla y®
Re quirement s:
R Apple ®
oper atingsy stem version iOS 8.3or
abo veisins talled ontheiPhone ®
.
R AnInterne tcon nect ionisrequ ired forth efull
ra ng eof func tions forApple CarPla y®
. R
The iPho ne®
is connect edtothemultimedia
sy stem viatheUSB portç using asuit a‐
ble cable (/page30 7).
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
Apple CarPlay
Se tting automat icor manu alstar t
A messa geappear swhen connectedfo rth efirs t
tim e. #
Automatic star t:select Automatically.
Start Automatically isactiv ated 0073.
Apple CarPla y®
will nowstar timm ediat ely
af te rth eiPhone ®
is con nect edtothemulti‐
media system using aUSB cable. #
Manua lst ar t:select Manual ly. #
Select theiPhone ®
in 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 Multimedia
system 289

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
ltimed iasystem 29
1

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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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
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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
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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
x49
7

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
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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