Mercedes-Benz C-Class Saloon, Owner'S Manual

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traffic situation. This could also cause you to
lose control of the vehicle.
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Only operate this equipment when the
traffic situation permits.
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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.
Use the character input function in the following
situations, for example:
R
Renaming a favourite
R
Entering a POI or address
R
Making a phone call
The following functions are available:
R
Selecting a character in the character bar
R
Writing a character on the touchpad
Character input can be started with a control
element and resumed with another.
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On the Touch Control and controller:
select the characters in the character bar.
Depending on the target entry, the following
characters are available:
R
The full set of characters is shown
R
Only those characters which are useful
for the current input string are shown
Other characters are greyed out.
#
On the touchpad: select the characters in
the character bar.
or
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Write the characters on the touch-sensitive
surface of the touchpad.
Handwriting recognition supports you by
means of character suggestions and a read-
aloud function.
Examples of character entry:
R
Renaming a favourite
R
Entering a POI or an address using free or
step-by-step search
R
Entering a web address
Entering characters using the controller
Example: renaming favourites
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Call up the "Renaming favourites" function
(
→
page 283).
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To enter a character: turn 3 , slide 4
and press the controller.
The character is entered in the input line.
Use the following entry functions:
% To delete a character: press the control‐
ler.
To delete an entry: press and hold the
controller until the entire entry is deleted.
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