
General information7
 current menu.
“Pop-up window”
If you press the function key on the screen, a so-called “pop-up window”   will open 
in which all possible set-up options are displayed.
Briefly press the desired set-up option.  The pop-up window will disappear and the 
newly selected set-up option is displayed in the function key.
“Check box”
Some functions can only be switched on or off.
There is a so-called “Check box” in front of a function which can only be switched on 
or off. A tick in the check box 
 =
 indicates that the function is switched on, an empty 
check box 
 >
, indicates that it is switched off.
Briefly press the corresponding function key for switching on or off.
Input mask for free text inputIn some of the menus you can enter a free text, for example, when entering a new 
destination or while searching for the name of a point of interest.
– Press   to accept a character sequence  offered by the system or press   in 
order to delete the characters in the entry line.
– When in the entry window, press on a character shown on the keypad block to  accept it into the entry line. – You can also delete or change the characte
r sequence in the entry line as well as 
insert additional characters.
Further input possibilities:  - changes from upper case to lower case and vice versa.
 - opens the input mask for digits and special characters. The function key changes 
to  . Press  , to change again to the letter input mask.
 ˜
 - space key for entering spaces.
 - switches to the Cyrillic script.
 or   - moves the character entry cursor (the cursor) in the entry line to the left or 
right.
 - opens a pop-up window with special characters. - deletes characters in the entry line starting from the position of the character 
entry cursor from right to left.
Selecting letters based on specific characters
Some letters in the input masks are also marked with a small triangle “
 a”. This indi-
cates that specific characters based on this letter can be selected.
Continue to press down on the correspondin g function key with your finger until a 
pop-up window with these specific characte rs can be displayed. Press to accept the 
desired character into the entry line - the po p-up window will close. If no entries are 
entered, the pop-up window will clos e automatically after a few seconds.
Input mask for selecting the destination address
AE
AF
Fig. 2  Input mask for free text input
OK
Delete
 : ;A-Z
A-Z
 ~ ‚
 b
ÄÜDelete
Fig. 3  Input mask for selecting the 
destination address
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When entering the destination address, it is  only possible to enter the characters in the 
sequence which corresponds to the destinations stored in the navigation system.Limit destination and select from the list– You can open a list of the selectable dest inations any time by pressing the function 
key   while making entries in the entry line. Only destinations selectable 
from the navigation memory which corres pond to the requirements and the char-
acter sequence in the entry line will be displayed.
– The number of selectable destinations will  be displayed in the entry line if fewer 
than 99 destinations can be selected.
– If fewer than six destinations are selectable, the entry window will close automati- cally and a list of possible de stinations will be displayed.
List/OK
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Range selector key SETUPSound settingsBy pressing the button   and pressing on the function key   in the  RADIO 
mode, you can select the following para meters using the menu control button  :•
 - ,  ,  
and   - Volume when switching on, volu me of incoming traffic announcements, 
volume of navigation announcements an d speed dependent volume adaptation;
•
 - Treble setting;
•
 - Midtone setting;
•
 - Bass setting;
•
 - Setting of the volume ratio between the left and right side;
•
 - Setting of the volume ratio between the front and the rear;
•
* - Setting the equalizer (linear, language, rock, classical, dance);
•
* - Setting of the surround tone.
GALA function
Your radio increases automatically its volume with the increasing vehicle speed. A 
higher setting value results in a stronger volume increase.
Note
You can set the tone parameters using the  menu control button   or the function keys 
 or  .System settingsPress the button   and select the function key  .
You can select between the following parameters:•
 - Menu language for the displa ys and the language messages;
•
 - Keypad layout for text entry;
•
* - if your vehicle is equipped with  climatronic, the setting change 
is displayed when it is activated;
•
 - Setting the brightness of the screen;
•
 - Factory settings;
•
 - the information regarding the complete memory capacity of the 
SD card and the size of the memory assigned to the navigation data is displayed on the 
screen;
•
 - Removing the SD card.
Setup radioPress the button   in the  RADIO mode.Switching the traffic announcements on or off– If you wish to switch the reception of traffi c reports on or off, press the function key 
. Determining the station selection via the arrow buttons – By pressing on   or  , you can select the source from which the  stations are to be selected while in the  RADIO mode using the arrow buttons. If 
 is selected, only stored stations from the preset list are called up using the 
arrow buttons during station relay. The symbol “
 ƒ  C
  „” is displayed on the 
screen.
Switching the RDS function on or off (RDS regional)– Press on the function key   (regional station) and select a set-up in the 
opening pop-up window.
– Press on the button  , doing so always chooses the frequency for the  heard radio station which offers the best reception at the present time.
– When pressing on the button  , the unit  attempts to hold a radio station emit-
ting regionally long enough until the receptio n quality is so bad, that there is a risk 
of a program loss.
SETUP
Sound
A10
Vo lume
Max. switch-on volume
Traffic announcements (TP)
Navigation volume
SDVATre b l eMid-rangeBassBalanceFa d e rEQ settingsSurround
A10
+
-
SETUP
System
LanguageKeypad layout
Air con. displaysScreenFactory settingsSD card statusRemove SD card
SETUP
Traffic announcements (TP)
Arrow buttons
Station list
Presets
Presets
RDS regional
Automatic
Fixed
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Delete stored stations 
– Press the function key   and confirm the following safety interrogation in order  to delete all radio stations stored in the memory list.Setup Telephone*Call up the  Setup Telephone  menu by pressing the range selector key   and the 
range selector key  .Entering the voice mailbox number– If you want to enter the voice mailbox  number (this number depends on the type 
of the mobile phone network) in a mobile phone, press the function key  . The entry of the voice mailbox number is intended for 
listening to the messages left on a mobile phone.Updating telephone book in the unit– Press on the function key   to update all entries in the unit, the 
telephone book of the mobile phone or th e SIM card entered since the last connec-
tion. This procedure can take a few minutes.
– Confirm the following safety interrogatio n. The “old” data in the telephone book 
can still be selected at the unit  while the data is being updated.Delete call lists– Press on the function key  .
– If you confirm the following safety interrogation by pressing  , the stored call  numbers of all calls made  and calls accepted in the unit will be deleted.Deactivating the telephone module– After pressing the function key   the mobile phone 
deregisters from the network  (this function is only available for the universal tele-
phone preinstallation GSM III).Factory settings– Sets the telephone preinstallation to the basic setting.
Note
The selection possibilities of the mobile phone set-up depend on the relevant type of 
the universal telephone preinstallation.Setup traffic programmePress the range selector key   and then the range selector key  .
Switching the traffic announcements on or off 
A tick in the check box 
 =
 indicates that the traffic pr ogramme function is already 
switched on.
Dynamic route 
Opens a pop-up window where it is consider ed if the TMC traffic reports, received 
during the route calculation, are to be entered.
Setup DisplayPress the button   in the  RADIO mode and then the function keys   and 
.Brightness– Press the function key   and select the desired setting for brightness  (5°stages) in a pop-up window.
– A light sensor, which is located in the top ri ght corner of the front panel, is used for 
the automatic correction of the brightness  depending on the light conditions in the 
vehicle.Day/night– Press on the function key   and sele ct a setting in the pop-up window.
– Press the function key   if switching the headlights on and off should also  change the map display from night to day design.
– Press on the function key   or   to manually determine the night and day  design of the map display.
Delete presetsAll
PHONE
SETUP
Enter voice mailbox number
Load telephone bookDelete call lists
Delete
Deactivate the telephone module
TMC
SETUP
Traffic announcements (TP)
 ˜Dynamic routeSETUP
System
Screen
BrightnessDay/Night
Automatic
Day
Night
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Confirmation tone
– Press on the function key   and select a setting in the pop-up 
window.
– Press   or   to switch the tone for confirmation of a function key operation  on the screen on or off.Media set-upsPress the button   in the  MEDIA mode.
Function keys in the menu°-°Media•
 - a tick in the check box 
 =
 means that the function of 
the traffic programme is switched on.
•
 - Check box for setting the play function mode Scan, Mix 
and Repeat incl. sub-folder (“switched on”)  or without sub-folder (“switched off”).
•
 - Setting the volume of the external audio source (audio source AUX 
is located on the unit).
•
* - Setting the volume of the external audio source (the audio source 
MDI is located under the armres t of the front seats or in a storage compartment on the 
front passenger side).
•
* - enables a wireless transfer of MP3 data to the tele-
phone preinstallation. Enables the audio play  function by means of Bluetooth interface 
of portable units (mobile phones)  which support the protocol A2DP.
Navigation settingsPress the button   in the Navigation mode.
Function keys in the menu°-°Navigation•
 - determine the criteria according to which a route is to be calcu-
lated and what types of destinations you wish to assign.
•
,  ,   and   - route 
criteria, dynamic route guidance, route wi thout motorways and route without toll 
roads/ferries.
•
 - Setting the volume of the navigation announcements.
•
 - changes between day and night display, as well as automatic, if the 
map display changes automatically accordin g to the setting of the light switch.
•
 - displays a point of interest on the map.
•
 - changes the map scale automatically depending on the speed and the 
driven route (Motorway trip: small map scale - City center: large map scale). 
•
 - the speed limit for the current section of the route is indicated 
at the top left of the screen.
•
 - during a route guidance, either the arrival or the driving time is 
shown in the map display.
•
 - Enter home address.
•
 - you can start a virtual (apparent)  route guidance in the demo mode. 
Virtual route guidance will be  repeated when reaching the fictive travel destination. 
Stop virtual route guidance normally and de activate the demo mode to restart “real” 
route guidance. As in this case the unit must  first reorient itself it can take some time, 
depending on the number of the currently  tracked satellites, until the unit has again 
found the real location. Drive a short distance.
•
 - Entering a fictive (invented) starting point in the demo 
mode.
•
 - Deleting the destination memory or the list of the last 
destinations.
•
 - Display of information via the  data base on CD or SD card, 
delete the data base of the  SD card or copy the data.
Route criteria 
Fa st : calculates the fastest route to the dest ination, even if a detour is necessary.
Short : calculates the shortest route, even if a longer driving time is necessary. Please 
note that the setting “Short  route” during route guidance  can sometimes lead to unex-
pected results.
Economical : calculates a route with a driving time as minimal as possible and a driving 
distance as short as possible.
Confirmation tone
On
OffSETUP
Traffic announcements (TP)Scan/mix/repeat incl.   AUX volumeMDI volumeActivate Bluetooth audio?
SETUP
Route optionsRoute criteria
Dynamic route
Avoid motorways
Avoid toll roads/ferries
Announcement volumeDay/NightPOIs on mapAutozoomTraffic sign displayTime displayEnter home addressDemo modeDemo mode starting pointDelete destination memoryNavigation data basis
Route criteria
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Range selector key RADIORadio modeRetrieve radio stationCall up main menu RADIO and choose frequency range– Press the range selector key  . The currently heard radio station is displayed 
in the middle of the screen  ⇒page 6, fig. 1  .
– Press the range selector key   to change the frequency range. Alternatively,  you can press on the function key    ⇒fig. 4  in the main menu  RADIO and 
select   or   in the pop-up window.
Changing radio station– By briefly pressing the function keys    or  , you can change to the previous or 
following radio station of th e selected frequency band.
–If the symbol “ TP” is displayed on the screen, you can only change over to the radio 
stations with traf fic announcements.
–If the symbol “
 ƒ  C
  „” is displayed on the screen, you can only change over to 
the stored radio stations.
Select a radio station from the station list– If you wish that all the presently receivab le radio stations are displayed, press on 
the function key   and then on the function key  . The list “skips” 
directly to the display of th e currently heard radio station.
– Select the desired radio statio n using the menu control button  .Change radio station in the memory list– Press the function key   and then the function key   and select 
the desired radio station using the function keys   -  .Manual station finding– If you wish to set the radio station manually using its frequency, press the function  key   and then the function key  .
– Set the radio station using the menu cont rol button   or using the arrows   and 
 on the unit. 
– Briefly press the menu control button to terminate the manual frequency selection  and to display once again the function keys.Scan function– In order to start the  automatic play in the current frequency range, press the func-
tion key   and then the function ke y  . All radio stations with strong 
reception are automatically played for appr oximately five seconds according to the 
sequence in the station list.
Fig. 4  Menu radio: Function key bandFig. 5  FM station list
RADIO
AA
RADIO
Band
FM/List
AM
 ƒ
 „
Band
FM/List
A10
Extras
Dest. memory
1
24
Extras
Manual
A10
 ƒ
 „
Extras
Scan
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– Press on the function key   to end th e automatic play of the currently heard 
radio station.Save radio stationSave radio station– Press the function key   and then the function key   in order to 
open the preset list.
– If you wish to store the displayed radio station in a memory space, press one of the  displayed station keys   to   and hold it pressed for so long until a signal 
sounds. The currently heard radio station is then stored on this station key.Deleting a radio station from the memory list– Press the button   in the  RADIO mode and then the function key 
.
– Select the radio station you wish to de lete and confirm by pressing the menu 
control button  .
– If you wish to delete all the stored radio stations, press on the function key  .
Note
It is alternatively possible to store radio st ations by pressing the menu control button 
.Calling up a radio station
Calling up a station via the station keys– Press the button    ⇒fig. 6  and then the function key   and the function 
key .
– You can select the station stored on one  of the station keys   to   in the main 
menu  RADIO  by briefly pressing the desired station key.Calling up available stations from the memory list– Press the button   and then th e button   and the function key  .
– Select the desired radio statio n using the menu control button  .RDS function– If you wish to switch the display of additional information to a radio station on or 
off, press the button  , the function is displayed in the top right corner of the 
screen by the letter “i”.
RDS (“ Radio  Data  System”) serves to transmit program identification and additional 
services therefore also enabling automatic tracking of stations.
In the event of sufficiently satisfactory reception, the suitable RDS radio stations will 
display the station name instead of the station frequency.
If a radio station sends addi tional information via the RDS function while a station is 
being stored, it can occur that the name of the radio station is later displayed incor-
rectly in the preset list. In this case, the stored station name can be restored by selecting 
the desired radio station, wait until the correct station name is displayed as radio text 
then press the menu control button    and a pop-up window   is 
displayed on the screen.Traffic programme function TPSwitching traffic programme TP (TMC Program) on or off– Press the function key   in the  RADIO mode.
– Briefly press on   in the opening pop-up  window to switch the traffic programme 
function on or off.
ScanExtras
Dest. memory
1 ... 
24 ... 
SETUP
Delete presets
A10
All
A10
Fig. 6  Preset list
RADIO
Extras
Dest. memory
1
24
RADIO
Band
FM/List
A10
 º
A10
Station name stored
Extras
TP
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The display “TP” in combination with a station name (e.g. in the station or preset list), 
indicates a traffic programme station.
Irrespective of which radio st ation is heard, an additional receiver part in the unit 
ensures that a traffic programme station can always be received as long as the traffic 
programme function is switched on.
The functionality of the tr affic programme function “ TP” is displayed at the top right on 
the touch-screen.
If no traffic programme station can be rece ived because, for example, radio reception 
is interrupted in general, “ No TP” will be displayed instead of “ TP”. Remember that car 
parks, tunnels, high building s or mountains can interrupt  the radio signal up to the 
total loss of reception.
Incoming traffic announcement
If you wish to interrupt the transmission  of the traffic announcement, press on the 
function key   in the pop-up window  Traffic announcement. The traffic informa-
tion function remains available and a following traffic announcement is replayed if a 
random source is switched on. Pressing  the function key   will switch off the 
traffic information function permanently.
Cancel
TP off
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