Mercedes-Benz E User manual

Mercedes - Benz
Audio System Operator’s Manual

Welcome to the Audio system!
Please make yourself familiar with your au-
dio system and read the instructions in this
manual before operating the audio system.
This will help you derive a greater benefit
from the system. Please also follow the in-
structions and warnings contained in this
manual. Ignoring them could result in dam-
age to the vehicle or personal injury to you
or others.
Your audio system may have some or all of
the equipment described in this manual.
Therefore, you may find explanations for
optional equipment not installed in your
vehicle. If you have any questions about
the operation of any equipment, your au-
thorized Mercedes-Benz Center will be
glad to demonstrate the proper proce-
dures.
We continuously strive to improve our
product and ask for your understanding
that we reserve the right to make changes
in design and equipment. Therefore, infor-
mation, illustrations and descriptions in
this manual might differ from the equip-
ment installed in your vehicle. As such, the
information, illustrations and descriptions
contained in this manual may not be rea-
sonably relied upon in making any claims
with respect to the actual performance of
the product.
These operating instructions form an inte-
gral part of the vehicle and should there-
fore always be kept inside the vehicle and
passed on to the new owner if the vehicle
is sold.
We extend our best wishes for many miles
of safe, pleasurable driving.
Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
A DaimlerChrysler Company

Contents
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Where to find it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
Symbols . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Operating safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
At a glance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Radio operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Cassette operating elements . . . . . . . . 10
CD operating elements . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Telephone operating elements. . . . . . . 14
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 16
Getting started. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Menu system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
General operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Switching on/off . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Volume . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Balance and Fader . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Bass and Treble . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Additional sound functions*. . . . . . 22
Audio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Audio main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Calling up Audio main menu . . . . . . 26
Changing audio source . . . . . . . . . 26
Mute function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Radio operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Switching to radio mode. . . . . . . . . 27
FM or AM main menu . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Switching wavebands . . . . . . . . . . 27
Selecting stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Storing stations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Weather band . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Cassette operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Switching to cassette mode . . . . . 34
Opening cassette cover . . . . . . . . . 34
Closing cassette cover . . . . . . . . . . 34
Inserting cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Ejecting cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Tape main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Switching cassette side . . . . . . . . 35
Fast forward/rewind. . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Skip blank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Dolby B NR Noise Reduction . . . . . 38
CD operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
General information . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Switching to CD mode . . . . . . . . . . 39
CD drive in the audio
system control unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
CD changer* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Loading CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Ejecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
CD main menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Selecting CDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Selecting track . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Audible fast forward or
fast reverse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Playback options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 52
Telephone* . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Important notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Telephone operation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Switching on telephone . . . . . . . . . 57
Switching off telephone . . . . . . . . 57
“911” emergency calls . . . . . . . . . . 58
Entering unlock code . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Switching to telephone mode . . . . 59
Missed or unanswered calls . . . . . . 60
Telephone main menu . . . . . . . . . 60
Incoming call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Contents
Outgoing call. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Active call . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Phone book. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
SMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SMS menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Multifunction steering wheel . . . . . . . . 71
Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
System menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Calling up the System menu . . . . . . 74
Adjusting display settings. . . . . . . 74
Setting the language. . . . . . . . . . . 75
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

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Where to find it
Introduction
Where to find it
This Operator's Manual is designed to pro-
vide support information for you, the audio
system operator. Each chapter has its own
guide color to provide fast access to infor-
mation.
At a glance
This chapter will give you an overview of all
audio system control elements and system
components.
Getting started
Here, you will find a description of the
menu system and the general operating
functions (e.g. switching on/off, volume
and sound settings).
If you are operating the audio system for
the first time or if you have rented or bor-
rowed this vehicle, this is the chapter you
should read first.
Audio
Here you will find detailed information on
how to use the radio, cassette player, sin-
gle CD player, CD changer* and the multi-
function steering wheel.
Telephone*
Here you can learn in detail about the
many functions of the telephone.
Service
This chapter provides information on how
to use the system menu.
Indexes
The glossary explains the most important
technical terms.
The table of contents and index will help
you quickly locate the information you
need.

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Introduction
Symbols
Symbols
The following symbols are used in this
Operator’s Manual:
*An asterisk identifies optional equip-
ment. Since the audio system will vary
according the items ordered with it,
certain descriptions and illustrations
may be different.
This symbol points to instructions for
you to follow.
A number of these symbols appearing
in succession indicates a multiple-step
procedure.
 The continuation symbol marks
an interrupted procedure which
will be continue on the next
page.
 page 7 This symbol tells you where to
look for additional information
on a subject.
Warning G
A warning draws your attention to possible
danger to your safety or the safety of others.
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Helpful hints or additional information
you may find useful.

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Introduction
Operating safety
Operating safety
Warning G
In order to avoid distraction which could
lead to an accident, system settings should
be entered with the vehicle at a standstill
and the system should be operated by the
driver only when road and traffic con-
ditions permit.
Bear in mind that at a speed of just 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), your car is cover-
ing a distance of 50 feet (approximately
14 m) every second.
Warning G
Any alterations made to electronic compo-
nents can cause malfunctions.
The radio, CD player, CD changer*, tele-
phone* and sound system* are intercon-
nected. When one of the components is not
operational or has not been removed/re-
placed properly, the function of other com-
ponents may be impaired.
This condition might seriously impair the op-
erating safety of your vehicle.
We recommend that you have any service
work on electronic components carried out
by an authorized Mercedes-Benz Center.

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