Connecting Your Mobile Phone to Mercedes-Benz Hands-Free System via Bluetooth

Prerequisites

For a connection between your mobile phone and your Mercedes-Benz hands-free system to be successful, Bluetooth® must be turned on in your mobile phone. Please make sure to also read the operating and pairing instructions of the mobile phone. Please follow the steps below to connect your mobile phone Samsung Galaxy Note 5 with the mobile phone application of your Mercedes-Benz hands-free system using Bluetooth®.

Step 1: Prepare Your Samsung Galaxy Note 5

From the main screen of your mobile phone:

1. Push the "Applications" button and then find the “Settings".
2. Select "Settings".
3. Select the option "Bluetooth".
4. Select the option to turn on Bluetooth®.
5. If your device does not already show "Your phone is currently visible to nearby devices," then make your Samsung Galaxy Note 5 visible by selecting its name at the top of the screen or by selecting "Make phone visible".

Step 2: Access the Telephone Screen

To get to the telephone screen of your Mercedes-Benz hands-free system, press the “TEL” key on the center console or select "Tel".

Visual Description: The screen shows the Mercedes-Benz hands-free system interface with options for Audio, Tel, and System. The telephone screen displays "Ready for Bluetooth telephony... (no telephone authorised)" and a keypad.

Step 3: Connect Device

Select the application "Connect Device" located in the lower left corner.

Visual Description: The screen shows the Mercedes-Benz hands-free system interface with options for Audio, Tel, and System. The telephone screen displays "Ready for Bluetooth telephony..." and a keypad. The "Connect device" button is highlighted in the lower left.

Step 4: Search for Phones

Select "Search for phones".

Visual Description: The screen displays "Search for phones" with an option "Search via telephone" and a list of "Telephones:".

Step 5: Start Search

Select "Start search".

Visual Description: A prompt appears stating "Before searching, please ensure that your phone is switched on, Bluetooth is activated and your device is visible via Bluetooth. For further instructions, see your mobile phone operating instructions or visit www.mercedes-benz.com/connect". Options are "Back" and "Start search".

Step 6: System Search

The system will now search for any Bluetooth® compatible phones. This may take some time depending on how many devices are found by the system.

Visual Description: The screen shows "Searching for Bluetooth phones..." with a "Cancel" button.

Step 7: Select Your Phone

Once the system completes searching, select your mobile phone (example "My Phone") from the list.

Visual Description: The screen displays "Search for phones" with "Search via telephone" and a list of "Telephones:". "My Phone" is listed, with a message "My phone was not found." below it.

Step 8: Verify Passkey

The pairing process will generate a 6-digit passcode and display it on the screen. Verify that the same 6 digits are shown on the display of your Samsung Galaxy Note 5.

Visual Description: A pop-up window on the Mercedes-Benz system asks "Does the passkey 618 785 match the passkey on My Phone ?" with "Yes" and "No" options.

Step 9: Confirm Pairing on Your Phone

There will be a pop-up "Bluetooth Pairing request: Confirm passkey is ### ### to pair with 'MB Bluetooth'." Select "Pair" or "OK" on your Samsung Galaxy Note 5 if the codes match.

Visual Description: The Mercedes-Benz system displays "Waiting for passkey 618 785 to be confirmed on My Phone..." with "Cancel" and "Back" options.

Step 10: Authorization

After the passcode is verified on both the mobile and the Mercedes-Benz hands-free system, the phone will begin to be authorized.

Visual Description: The screen shows "Connecting profiles..." with a "Cancel" button.

Step 11: Grant Permissions on Your Phone

If the authorization was successful, the Bluetooth screen will now show "MB Bluetooth" and "Connected".

1. If there is a pop-up "Contacts/phonebook request: MB Bluetooth would like to access your contacts and call history. Allow MB Bluetooth access?/Give access to MB Bluetooth?" select "OK".
2. If there is an additional pop-up "MAP/message access request: MB Bluetooth would like to access your messages. Give access to MB Bluetooth?" select "OK".

Step 12: Connection Confirmed

After your mobile phone is successfully connected via Bluetooth® to your Mercedes-Benz hands-free system, the name of your mobile phone (example "My Phone") will be displayed in the lower left corner.

Visual Description: The screen shows the Mercedes-Benz hands-free system interface with "CHINA MOBILE 10000" displayed. The "Tel" screen shows "My Phone" listed under the "Name" field, indicating a successful connection. Options for Tel, Connect device, SMS, and Call lists are visible.