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The voice control is diabolical! - Please can someone try to get it to goto crawley.... It was insistant that i was saying Corley (Where on earth is corley?!) try training the voice control - just don't do it where anyone can see as it looks like you are talking to yourself !!! It gets you to speak numbers, letters and post codes - mine worked much more accurately afer

And again, settings for things. How do you shut the Nav lady up?...
I'm wondering if common sense would be useful for these, like options to say, only speak in the last x miles of the trip - as most people know how to get out of their own drive, but need directions nearer? If you press the voice control button whilst in the nav screen and say guidance instructions off she shuts up, then say guidance instructions on when you need them - you can also shut her up by selecting the voice symbol in the nav screen

Still yet to find a volume for her, and well, at present i'm using my phone as a sat nave - as well - its quiet and just gets on with it. Just turn the volume down when she is speaking either by the sound volume wheel in the centre console or just the down volume on the wheel


My biggest gripe is still the Display in KMPh....
So i normally love having the MPH screen on the display cluster in front of me, however, the sat nave bit looks good. The only problem is, it displays KMPH below, which is utterly useless... This always annoyed me so I specified the HUD !!!

In case you think I am a being smart - my C350e is my 5th Merc and it has taken me this long to work out how Merc arrange things

Most definitley dont think you are being smart, and thank you very much for the replies. As you can probably tell i wrote that whilst annoyed and quite tired.

I really do appreciate the reponse and time taken, and youve pretty much sorted most of it out for me :)

Took the car to the Brighton MB garage today and they've fixed the door quite quickly - despite Chichester garage saying a whole new door mechanism needed!

I've done the voice intro thing, so crossing fingers it will work better now, and will give it a spin during the week.

I'm still intrigued that the sat nav voices don't have extra options such as Mute for first or last x% of the trip - as most people know where they are leaving or coming home from. Would be a good one for the future. But thankfully i've now shut her up :) - even if i do have to do it every time :P


Next Time HUD will be on the list!!! What they should do is place the kph on the left with the dial and allow the MPH showing always. (Probably near where the temp should be but isnt? hehe

The other thing they could do is to allow a split screen a main one and a preferential screen. (Yes aware the screen is split for autos anyway) - but its frustrating that only one thing at a time can be shown. Would be great to be able to create combinations such as Eco modes + Speed or Sat Nav + Speed or MPG + speed. (OK re-occuring theme for me, i miss the speed lol).

Another odd thing, has anyone else noticed that the DAB title + info screen is missing on the radio screen? on all my other DAB cars it would show eitehr the shows title and/or the song being played, guests etc... But on this screen its just the square with the radio station name thats all? (Still hunting options out.)

I feel that the real estate on the screen is heavily underused and they could pack a lot more in to make it more useful :)

Getting used to the hand control, still trying to touch and swipe the main screen! oops! - but slowly and surely getting there.


And thanks to the kind gent who told me about enabling the surround sound / burmeister on each the radio and media menus. Sounding much much better now!

With connect me working as well, i'm starting to feel much more part of the club and quite a bit happier.

Just need the MPG and fuel consumption to edge up a bit and i'll be v happy! :)
 
Lol ... it was the dealer who told me about enabling the Burnmeister on each source during handover otherwise I would have missed that one for sure !


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hehe - makes a difference going to a dealer rather then getting it loaded to you on lease on the back of a truck, i got v little handover :( - might explain a few things :)
 
Just been out on an emergency to locate thermometer batteries for my daughter. Whilst out procuring the batteries I played with Sport+ off some traffic lights...big grin! Feels a lot quicker on a sprint 0-60 than the brochures 5.9secs.


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Can't wait until mine is run in ... taking ages as the engine is off about 1/3 of the time !


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Can't wait until mine is run in ... taking ages as the engine is off about 1/3 of the time !


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Not sure you have to run in modern cars like you used to. When I picked up my previous new to this one, 64 plate Audi, I asked the rep and he said not really needed anymore.


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There was a link to a website on here the other day recommending driving very hard for the first few hundred miles as it beds the piston rings in better which results in more power. Cant find it now? Would be interested in other views.
 
I've read the manual and it says 2/3 revs for first 1500 km

But I know there are two very different schools of thought on this

IMHO I warm up very carefully then keep varying the revs and most important not load the engine at all ... I'd sooner rev it more than load it up and avoid wide open throttle.

Always worked for me in the past so will do the same again ...


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That's what the dealer told me..you have to really drive it hard.


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I am way over 1500km now anyway...


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Another odd thing, has anyone else noticed that the DAB title + info screen is missing on the radio screen? on all my other DAB cars it would show eitehr the shows title and/or the song being played, guests etc... But on this screen its just the square with the radio station name thats all? (Still hunting options out.)

I can help you with this one, when on the station click the wheel down to see the options and there is one I believe called 'Information' - this then shows you the DAB info not just the station.. :thumb:
 
Lol ... it was the dealer who told me about enabling the Burnmeister on each source during handover otherwise I would have missed that one for sure !


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To enable the Burmester do you turn the surround sound on to all seats? Someone told me before I got the car to make sure I selected "surround" in the car and that made all the difference. Is there another setting somewhere that enables the Burmester?

Pardon my ignorance on this but my manual is sitting snug in the glove compartment and the car is snug in the dealership so I can't check it.
 
To enable the Burmester do you turn the surround sound on to all seats? Someone told me before I got the car to make sure I selected "surround" in the car and that made all the difference. Is there another setting somewhere that enables the Burmester?

Pardon my ignorance on this but my manual is sitting snug in the glove compartment and the car is snug in the dealership so I can't check it.

Same discussion in the forum just above this as i had the same problem!

Yup AND the settings you change lets say in MEDIA wont carry through to RADIO, so you need to change them in both.

You will hear the difference the moment you change.

Once in Radio for example, move the mouse gesture thing down to the bottom menu and you will see a musical note on the right side, move to that - and voila - Burmeister settings :)

edit - re-read your message - nope no other setting i can find... (apart from upping the bass! :P )
 
Same discussion in the forum just above this as i had the same problem!

Yup AND the settings you change lets say in MEDIA wont carry through to RADIO, so you need to change them in both.

You will hear the difference the moment you change.

Once in Radio for example, move the mouse gesture thing down to the bottom menu and you will see a musical note on the right side, move to that - and voila - Burmeister settings :)

edit - re-read your message - nope no other setting i can find... (apart from upping the bass! :P )

Cheers noobmonkey! I will have to check that out and see if I set up for my Ipod. I have a feeling I just set up on radio. E-class loaner I have at the moment just has the standard system and the difference with the Burmeister setup is very noticeable.
 
Another odd thing, has anyone else noticed that the DAB title + info screen is missing on the radio screen? on all my other DAB cars it would show eitehr the shows title and/or the song being played, guests etc... But on this screen its just the square with the radio station name thats all? (Still hunting options out.)

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Just need the MPG and fuel consumption to edge up a bit and i'll be v happy! :)

The DAB info is there, I think from memory you press the back button, then scroll to info, this should change the view. There is a quick way too, but can't remember currently, its not intuitive!


I've been experimenting with a different driving style. I've reduced my morning commute B road cruise to 60 from about 65, deliberately coasting bit more coming to 30s/40s.

Over 250 miles or so I'm up to 48 average, albeit with less m'way miles.
 
The DAB info is there, I think from memory you press the back button, then scroll to info, this should change the view. There is a quick way too, but can't remember currently, its not intuitive!


I've been experimenting with a different driving style. I've reduced my morning commute B road cruise to 60 from about 65, deliberately coasting bit more coming to 30s/40s.

Over 250 miles or so I'm up to 48 average, albeit with less m'way miles.

Found it from instruction above, by just moving the mouse control down to the bottom menu and select information. There are no options etc, it just displays the information of the multiple radio stations in a pyramid form.

Yup not intuitive. the "information" button should be "View" or "Change view" IMO.
 
Yup I found that a bit strange.

I've only just discovered the favourites option on the comand system ... which I'm finding useful ... although I wish it had a few more shortcuts available ... ;)
 
Yup I found that a bit strange.

I've only just discovered the favourites option on the comand system ... which I'm finding useful ... although I wish it had a few more shortcuts available ... ;)

I've not quite got to grips with favorites yet :| - probably should investigate at some point.

Just put the car on charge at work, and connect me is working a dream - Only needs an hour to charge from 35% :) - happy with that.

edit: should note, we only have 2 charging ports at HQ at present and currently 4 fully electric cars and 3 hybrids jossling for position! :| :P
 

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