Mercedes-Benz

Entering a POI or address

WARNING Risk of distraction from information systems and communications equipment

If you operate information and communication equipment integrated in the vehicle when driving, you will be distracted from the traffic situation. This could also cause you to lose control of the vehicle.

Only operate this equipment when the traffic situation permits.

If you cannot be sure of this, stop the vehicle whilst paying attention to road and traffic conditions and operate the equipment with the vehicle stationary.

You must observe the legal requirements for the country in which you are currently driving when operating the multimedia system.

Requirements:

For the online search: Mercedes me connect is available.
You have a user account for the Mercedes me portal.
The service has been activated at a Mercedes-Benz service centre.

Further information can be found at: Mercedes me Homepage

Multimedia system:

Show the navigation menu.

Select

Enter destination .

The country in which the vehicle is located is set .

There are two available methods of destination entry:

Free search
Search step-by-step

Method 1: free search

Enter the POI or address in

. The entries can be made in any order.

During destination entry, suggestions are made by the multimedia system. A selection of destinations appears in a list.

Enter these address elements, for example:

City, street, house number
Street, town
Postcode
POI name
POI category, e.g. Petrol station
City, POI name

Examples of destination entry:

If you are searching for Königsstraße in Stuttgart, for example, you can enter STUT and KÖN.
If you are searching for a POI in the United Kingdom, for example, you can enter THE SHARD.
To try both examples, the country setting must also be changed (method 2).

To switch to handwriting recognition:

select

Write the character on the touchpad.

To switch to character selection:

press the

button.

Press the touchpad.

To delete an entry:

select

(if available).

Use the following options:

Press briefly: deletes the last character entered or the last suggestion adopted.
Press and hold: deletes the entire entry.

To set the language:

select

Select the language.

This function is useful for countries in which several character sets are supported. An example is Russia, which uses Cyrillic and Latin characters.

To call up the online search function:

select Online search

Once an Internet connection is established, a list appears. It shows online destinations related to the previous entry.

Online destinations are provided by the Internet service provider.

Select the online destination.

Enter the online destination or a 3 word address in the input line.

Enter a 3 word address More.

Online search is not available in all countries.

To call up the list:

press the

button.

If the top line of the character bar is highlighted, navigate upwards.

Select the destination in the list.

To adopt a destination:

select

Select destination .

If there are several listings for a destination, a list appears.

Select the destination.

The destination address is shown.

Method 2: search step-by-step

Press

button.

If the top line of the character bar is highlighted, navigate upwards.

The character bar is hidden. City or postcode is highlighted. Additional entry fields, e.g. for POI, are available.

Select City or postcode.

The character bar appears.

Enter the city or the postcode.

During destination entry, suggestions are made by the multimedia system. A selection of destinations appears in a list.

The address entries can be made in any order, for example:

City or postcode, Street, House no.
Enter an intersecting street, if available.
Street, City or postcode
POI, e.g. Petrol station, City or postcode

During destination entry, use the following functions:

Switching to handwriting recognition
Switching to character selection
Deleting an entry
An entry, e.g. POI, can be deleted with in a step-by-step search. Navigate to the left to do so.
Calling up the online search function (if available)
Calling up a list

The functions are described in the free search.

To change the country:

select the country.

Enter the country. You only need to enter the first character.

Select the country on the list.

To adopt a destination:

select Select destination.

If there are several listings for a destination, a distance-orientated list appears.

Select the destination.

The destination address is shown.