2018 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS HATCHBACK navigation

Showing display content on
the instrument
clus ter
Ve hicles with an instrument display in the
widescreen cockpit: additional display content
can be shown on the instrument displa y.1
Displ aycontent, right (e xamp lerev counter)
2 The index points show the selected display
conte nt. #
Toselect display content: swipetothe
ri ght on the left-hand Touch Control. #
Swipe upwards or down wards on the left-
hand Touch Control toselect there qu ired
display con tent.
When the display conte nt is selected1, it is
brie fly highligh ted.
Display con tent selection, le ft:
R Speedom eter
R Time/date
R Trip computer From startandFrom reset
R Range
R Audio
Display con tent selection, centre:
R Assi stant display
R Telephone
R Navigation
R Trip
R Radio
R Media
R Styles and display
R Service Display conte
nt selection,right:
R Rev counter
R Average fuel consum ption
R ECO display
R Navigation
R G-me ter
R Assi stant display 252
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R
Trip computer From startandFrom reset
R ECO displa y(→ page 160) #
Toselect the function tobe rese t:swipe
upwards or down wards on the left-hand
To uch Control. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control. #
Select Yes. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control.
If yo u press and hold the left-hand Touch Con‐
trol, theva lues of the function will be reset
immediatel y. Calling up navigation instructions on
the on-
board compu ter On-board computer:
, Navigation Example: no
change of direction announced
1 Distance tothe next change of direction
2 Distance tothe next destination
3 Estimated ar riva l time at next destination
4 Current road Example:
change of direction announced
1 Distance tothech ange of direction
2 Road towhich thech ange of direction leads
3 Chan ge-of-direction symbol
4 Recommended lane (white)
5 Possible lane
6 Lane not recommended (da rkgrey)
Fu rther possible displa yson theNavigation
menu:
R Direction of travel: display of direction of
tra vel and road cur rently being tr avelled on.
R New route... orCalculating route… : a new
ro ute is being calculated. 256
Instru ment Display and on-board computer

R
Road not mapped :th ero ad is unknown, e.g.
fo r newly built roads.
R No route: no route could be calculated tothe
selected destination.
R Off map: the map forth e cur rent location is
not available.
R Area of destination reached: when an inter‐
mediate destination is reached, the inter‐
mediate destination flag is displa yed with the
number of the intermediate destination
Î. Af terth is, route guidance is continued.
Once the destination is reached, thech eq‐
uered flag Í is displa yed. Ro ute guidance
is finished. #
Toexitth e menu: pressthe back button on
th e left.
Ve hicles with the MBUX multimedia sy stem:
yo u can also start navigation toone of the
re cent destinations on theNavigation menu: #
Press the left-hand Touch Control. #
Toselect a destination: swipe upwards or
down wards on the left-hand Touch Control. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control.
Ro ute guidance is star ted.
If ro ute guidance has already been activated,
a re qu est will appear asking whe ther you
wish toend the cur rent route guidance. #
Select Yes. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control.
Ro ute guidance is star ted. Selecting
radio stations using the on-boa rd
compu ter On-board computer:
, Radio 1
Frequency range
2 Station
3 Name of track
When you select a station from the memory pre‐
sets, the preset will appear next tothest ation
name. When you select a sa vedstation in the
frequency range, an as terisk will appear next to
th est ation name. In
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Selecting what
the head-up display sho ws(Example)
R 1 Switches the head-up display on/off
2 Display area left
- Navigation sy stem
- Average consum ption
- G-me ter
R 3 Displ ayarea centre
- Set speed in the driver assis tance sy stem
(e.g. cruise control)
- Warnings from driver assis tance sy stems
(e.g. dis tance warning) R
4 Display area right
- Traf fic Sign Assi st
- Assi stant display
R 5 Selects the settings
R 6 Index points
Non- requ ired display areas 2to4 can be hid‐
den.
% In audio mode, thest ation name or track will
be shown temp orarily when the audio source
is being actively operated. #
Toselect a displa y:swipe upwards or down‐
wa rds on the left-hand Touch Control. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control. Head-up Display
Fu
nction of the head-up display The head-up display projects impor
tant informa‐
tion in the driver's field of vision, e.g. cur rent
speed. Depending on
theve hicle's equipment, dif fere nt
content can be shown in theth re e display areas
of the head-up display (→ page 259).
Sy stem limitations
The visibility of the displa ysis af fected bythe
fo llowing conditions:
R seat position
R positioning of the display image
R light conditions
R wet car riag ewa ys
R objects on the display co ver
R polarisation in sunglasses
% Inextreme sunlight, sections of the display
may appear washed out. You can co rrect this
by deactivating and reactivating the head-up
displa y. 260
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#
Tointer rupt avo ice output: speak inthe
middle of a voice dialogue when the sy stem
is still answering.
The voice output is shor tened and the con‐
clusion is reached more quickl y.
% The Voice barge-in option must be switched
on in the multimedia sy stem forth is
(→ page 263). Overview of
the LINGU ATRO NIC ope rable
functions Yo
u can use the LINGU ATRO NIC voice control
sy stem tooperate thefo llowing functions
depending on theve hicle equipment:
R Telephone
R Text messa ges
R Navigation
R Address book
R Radio
R Media
R Vehicle functions
R Weather Fu
ll functionality is only available foryo u with
activation of online voice control (→ page 263). Note
s on the language setting Yo
u can change the language of LINGU ATRO NIC
via the sy stem language settings. If the set sys‐
te m language is not suppor tedby LINGUA‐
TRONIC, English will be selected.
LINGU ATRO NIC is available in thefo llowing lan‐
guages:
R German
R English
R French
R Italian
R Dutch
R Polish
R Portuguese
R Russian
R Swedish
R Spanish
R Czech R
Turkish Setting LINGU
ATRO NIC (multimedia sy stem) Requ
irements:
Fo r online voice control:
R Your vehicle is connected with your
Mercedes me user account (→ page 391).
R There is an In tern et connection
(→ page 396).
Fo r activation of contacts for online use:
R Online voice control is activated.
Multimedia sy stem:
, © .
Settings .
System .
LIN-
GUATRONIC
Switching voice activation of LINGU ATRO NIC
on/o ff #
Select Voice activation "Hi Mercedes".
Depending on the pr evious status, the func‐
tion is activated or deactivated. LINGU
ATRO NIC 263

Switch
voice commands Vo
ice command Colloquialexample Function
Switch to navigation I would like to go to navigationSwitches
tonavigation
Switch to address book I would like to switch to the
address bookSwitches
tothe address book
Switch to telephon eI would like to switch to the phone Swit
ches tothete lephone
Switch to messages Can you switch to messages
please?Swit
ches tothete xt messa geapplications
Switch to radio I would like to switch to the radioSwit
ches toradio
Switch to media I would like to switch to the media
applicationSwitches
tomedia
Switch to comfort I would like to go to the comfort
applicationSwitches
tothe comfort settings
Switch to vehicle info I would like to go to the vehicle
applicationSwitches
tovehicle information
Switch to settings I would like to go to the settings
menuSwitches
tothe menu with the setting options 266
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It is not necessary tofirs t call up a menu in
order tooperate a function it contains with
LINGU ATRO NIC. You can operate the func‐
tion directly using voice input, e.g. call a
con tact or enter a destination for navigation. Yo
u can find fur ther information in theove r‐
view tables forvo ice commands. Overview of navigation
voice commands Using
the navigation voice commands you can
en ter POIs and con ventional addresses or navi‐ ga
te to your ow n contacts. You can also car ry
out impor tant navigation settings di rectl y.The
fo llowing list of fers just a small selection of the
possible navigation commands. You will recei ve
additional suggestions if you say Help for naviga-
tion.
Na vigation voice commands Vo
ice command Colloquialexample Function
Navigate to

Vo
ice command Colloquialexample Function
Navigate to Navigate to "McDonald's"St
arts navigation toa POI direct ly
Navigate to the online POI Navigate to online POI "McDonald's Conducts a POI sear
chon the Internet only
Start route guidance I would like to start route guid-
ance/Navigate thereSt
arts route guidance af ter entering a valid destination
Cancel route guidanc eCan you quit route guidance? Cancels
route guidance
Restart route guidance I would like to resume route guid-
anceContinues
route guidance af ter a break
Set