Mercedes-Benz

Entering a POI or address

WARNING Risk of distraction from information systems and communications equipment

If you operate information systems and communication devices integrated in the vehicle when driving, you could 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 in the portal.
- The service is available.
- The service has been activated at a Mercedes-Benz service centre.

Further information can be found at: Mercedes me Portal

Multimedia system:

Using the on-board search

Destination entry uses the on-board search of the database stored in the multimedia system.

The country in which the vehicle is located is set .

Enter the POI or the address using the keyboard (in the image) or using handwriting recognition

. The entries can be made in any order.

During destination entry, suggestions are made under by the multimedia system. Destination selection takes place in list or with .

If the multimedia system is equipped with a small display, calling up list is carried out using a list symbol at the top right.

The following entries can be made, for example:

Town, street, house number
Street, town
Postcode
POI name
POI category, e.g. Filling station
Town, POI name
Telephone number, if this is available for the POI
Contact name

Example of quick address 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, you can, for example, enter THE SHARD.
If you would like to try out both examples, you may also need to change the country.

Alternatively, use voice input

To switch to handwriting recognition:

select

Write the character on the touchscreen. The letters can be written next to each other or above each other More.

To return to entry using the keyboard:

select

To delete an entry:

select

The characters are deleted individually.

If characters have been entered in

, select

next to the input line.

The complete entry is deleted.

To switch to upper-case or lower-case letters:

select

To switch to digits, special characters and symbols:

select

123 changes to ABC.

Display changes to #+=.

Select

and switch to additional special characters.

To enter a space:

select

Setting the written 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.

Changing the country

Select country indicator

Enter the country indicator, e.g. F for France.

The list is filtered.

Select the country on list

The destination can be entered.

Accepting a destination

Select the destination in list

If the destination is ambiguous, select the destination in the list.

The destination address is shown.

Calculate the route.

Using online search

Requirements: the media display shows an Internet connection with a double-arrow symbol in the status line.

Online search is not available in all countries.

Destination entry uses online map services. If the on-board search finds no suitable destinations or if you change countries, the online search is available.

For the destination you can enter an address, a POI or a three-word address.

Select country indicator

Select the provider for the online service from the countries list.

If the on-board search delivers no search results, enter the destination in the input line. The entry order is not relevant, e.g. street and town. Use the functions described for the on-board search.

The search results are displayed.

Select the destination in the list.

The detailed view for the route is displayed.