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Old 06-01-2018, 09:20 PM
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Just purchased a 2015 S550 and have discovered most of the "how to's". I like to drive with the "navi" on but no radio, no CD, etc just quiet. I can't seem to find an "off" command for the radio? Anyone help?
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Push the volume control knob down on the center console
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The radio is an integral part of the system, as it is for many other cars. It is used to power many other systems, such as navigation. If you do not want the radio to be playing a music/station you must mute it by pressing the volume button once. You can turn off the radio and the other systems by turning the center screen OFF by using the on/off button on the console; it turns navigation off too.
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all wrong, there is an off botton on the center console upper right, push it off and the whole ceneter screen also shuts push again and back on.
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all wrong, there is an off botton on the center console upper right, push it off and the whole ceneter screen also shuts push again and back on.
The console on/off button also turns off navigation, which is not what the original poster wanted.
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oops misread that.
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Another trick would be to fool the car by just selecting USB as a music source under Media Menu without actually plugging any USB disk
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It appears you can press the volume thumbwheel (2) to mute the sound...

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Thank you all....... The Mute button seems to do the trick.
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Isn’t it fascinating that our cars are so complicated that in 2018 you have to:
- use (own) a computer
- connect to Internet
- formulate a question
- wait for a reply
- several hundred humans read it/think about it
- a couple of them answer
- few days later you know how to turn off a radio
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Originally Posted by Jan AMG
Isn’t it fascinating that our cars are so complicated that in 2018 you have to:
- use (own) a computer
- connect to Internet
- formulate a question
- wait for a reply
- several hundred humans read it/think about it
- a couple of them answer
- few days later you know how to turn off a radio
Not complicated -- poor UI design. I swear whoever designed the infotainment UI for the 2018 needs to be sentenced to a life of actually using it. I agree the 2014-2017 menus weren't great, especially with the double-menus for Nav, Radio, Media, BUT the 2018 design is a mess. An attractive mess, but still a mess.
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Originally Posted by Jan AMG
Isn’t it fascinating that our cars are so complicated that in 2018 you have to:
- use (own) a computer
- connect to Internet
- formulate a question
- wait for a reply
- several hundred humans read it/think about it
- a couple of them answer
- few days later you know how to turn off a radio
Or you could just read the owners manual.
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Or you could just read the owners manual.
If you need to read manuals to figure out simple things, the UX (user experience) and UI (user interface) is badly designed.
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Originally Posted by BeachBunny
Not complicated -- poor UI design. I swear whoever designed the infotainment UI for the 2018 needs to be sentenced to a life of actually using it. I agree the 2014-2017 menus weren't great, especially with the double-menus for Nav, Radio, Media, BUT the 2018 design is a mess. An attractive mess, but still a mess.
HAHA. Great response. And you are right, I agree.
Sometimes you wonder WHO and WHY designed things the way they did and how could it make its way into production.
I'm deeply involved in UX/UI/R&D of consumer retail products so of course my original post was an exaggeration and I meant to be funny.

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