Mercedes-Benz E-Class Cabriolet 2018 Owner's Manual page 330

Activating automatic start
Select Start automatically
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Starting manually
Select the mobile phone from the device list.
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Exiting Android Auto
Press the ò button on the multifunction
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steering wheel, for example.
% If Android Auto was not displayed in the fore‐
ground before disconnecting, the application
starts in the background when reconnected.
You can call up Android Auto in the main
menu.
Calling up the Android Auto sound settings
Multimedia system:
Connect Android Auto
Select the tone menu ( page 355).
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Ending Android Auto
Multimedia system:
Connect Android Auto
Select Disconnect.
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The connection is ended.
The mobile phone continues to be supplied
with electricity.
O.
or
Disconnect the connecting cable between
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the mobile phone and multimedia system.
Mercedes-Benz recommends disconnecting
the connecting cable only when the vehicle is
stationary.
Transferred vehicle data with Android Auto
and Apple CarPlay™
Overview of transferred vehicle data
When using Android Auto or Apple CarPlay™,
certain vehicle data is transferred to the mobile
phone. This enables you to get the best out of
selected mobile phone services. Vehicle data is
Sound
not directly accessible.
The following system information is transmitted:
Software release of the multimedia system
R
System ID (anonymised)
R
The transfer of this data is used to optimise
communication between the vehicle and the
mobile phone.
Multimedia system 327
To do this, and to assign several vehicles to the
mobile phone, a vehicle identifier is randomly
generated.
This has no connection to the vehicle identifica‐
tion number (VIN) and is deleted when the multi‐
media system is reset ( page 282).
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The following driving status data is transmitted:
Transmission position engaged
R
Distinction between parked, standstill, rolling
R
and driving
Day/night mode of the instrument cluster
R
The transfer of this data is used to alter how
content is displayed to correspond to the driving
situation.
The following position data is transmitted:
Coordinates
R
Speed
R
Compass direction
R
Acceleration direction
R