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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 set up a user account in the Mercedes me Portal.
The vehicle has been activated for use of Mercedes me connect and you have accepted the terms and conditions for the service.
Further information can be found at: Mercedes me Homepage
The service has been activated.

Multimedia system:

On-board search with keyboard

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

in input line

. The entries can be made in any order.

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

The following entries can be made, for example:

Town, street, house number
Street, town
Postcode
POI name
POI categories, e.g. Parking
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, for example, you can enter THE SHARD.
If you would like to try out both examples, you may also need to change the country.

Alternatively, use voice input

Input via handwriting recognition

Select handwriting recognition

Write the characters next to or above each other on the touchpad More.

Input using the keyboard

Select keyboard

Press the touchpad.

Deleting characters and inserting spaces

Select

to delete the entry.

The characters are deleted individually.

If characters have been entered in

, select

next to the input line.

The complete entry is deleted.

Select

to enter spaces.

Switching to upper-case or lower-case letters

To switch to upper-case or lower-case letters, select

Switching to digits, special characters and symbols

To switch to digits, special characters and symbols, select

123 changes to ABC.

Display changes to #+=.

To switch to additional special characters, select

Setting the written language

Select

to set the written language.

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 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. The route can be calculated.

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 3 word address. The entry order is not relevant, e.g. street and town. Use the functions described for the on-board search.

Enter a 3 word address More.

Enter the destination in the input line.

The search results are displayed.

Select the destination in the list.

The detailed view for the route is displayed.

Select country indicator

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

Enter the destination in the input line.

Select the destination in the list.