2018 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS HATCHBACK Owners Manual

The multimedia sy
stem supports thefo llow‐
ing form ats and data media:
Pe rm issible
fi le sy stems FA
T32, exFA T,NTFS
Pe rm issible
data car riers USB devices, iPod
®
/iPhone ®
,
MTP devices, Blue tooth®
audio equipment
Suppor ted
audio form ats MP3, WMA, AAC,
WAV,FLAC,
AL AC
Suppor ted
video form ats MPEG,
AVI, DivX, MKV, MP4,
M4V, WMV %
Obser vethefo llowing no tes:
R The multimedia sy stem supports a total
of up to50,000 files.
R Data storage media up to2 TB are sup‐
por ted (32‑bit address space).
R Due tothe large variet y of available
music and video files rega rding encod‐
ers, sampling rates and data transfer
ra tes, playback cannot be guaranteed. R
Due tothe wide range of USB devices
av ailable on the mar ket, pl ayback cann ot
be guaranteed for all USB devices.
R Videos up toFullHD (1920x1080) are
suppor ted.
R Cop y-pr otected music and video files or
DRM (Digital Rights Management)
enc rypte dfiles cannot be pla yed bac k.
R MP3 pla yers must support Media Trans‐
fe r Pr otocol (MTP).
In fo rm ation on copy right pr otection and
tradema rks
Au dio files which you create yourself (e.g. copies
of data storage media you make yourself) are
ge neral lysubject tocopyright pr otection. In
many count ries, reproductions are not permitted
without the prior consent of the copyright
holder, evenfo r private use. Make sure that you
know about the applicable copyright regulations
and that you co mply wi th th ese. Manufactured under licence from Dolby Laborato‐
ri
es. Dolb y,Dol byAudio and the double-D symbol
are trademar ksof Dolby Laboratories. 406
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Gracen
ote, the Graceno telogo and logotype, "P ow‐
ered byGracen ote", MusicID and Pla ylist Plus are
either regis tere d trademar ksor trademar ksof
Graceno te, Inc. in the United States and/or other
countries. TIDAL and TIDAL logo are
regis tere d trademark of
Aspiro AB in the European Union and other coun‐
tries. Fo
rDT SPa tents, see http://pa tents.dts.com.
Manufactu red under licence from DTS Licensing
Limited. DTS,the Symbol, & DTS and the Symbol
to ge ther are regis tere d trademar ks, and DTSTru‐
Vo lume is a trademark of DTS, Inc. ©
.DT S, Inc.
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Overview of
the media menu 1
Prev ious track or fastrewind
2 Next track or fastforw ard
3 Album co ver
4 Active media sou rce
5 Track and artist 6
Current track number/track in pl ayback list
and active data storage medium
7 Repeat
8 Settings
9 Additional options A
Controls playback
B Timeline
C Cate gories
D Music sear ch
E Random pl ayback 408
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Connecting
the data storage medium tothe
mu ltimedia sy stem Connecting USB devices
* NO
TEDama gecaused byhigh temp era‐
tures High
temp eratures can damage USB devices. #
Remo vethe USB device af ter use and
ta ke it out of theve hicle. The multimedia connection unit is
found in the
stow age compartment under the armrest and
has two type C USB ports. Depending on the
ve hicle's equipment, additional USB ports can
be found in thestow age compartment of the
centre console or rear folding compartment. #
Connect the USB device tothe USB port.
% When connecting se veral Apple ®
devices
simultaneousl y,pay attention tothe order in which
the devices are connected. The multi‐
media sy stem only connects with the device
th at is connec tedfirs t. Ad ditional Apple ®
devices that are connec ted at the same time
are only supplied with po wer.
Sear ching for and authorising a Blue tooth ®
audio device
Requ irements:
R Blue tooth ®
is activated on the multimedia
sy stem and audio equipment.
R The audio equipment supports the Blue‐
tooth ®
audio profiles A2DP and AVRC P.
R The audio equipment is "visible" forot her
devices.
Multimedia sy stem:
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Media .
Bluetooth .
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Au thorising a new Blu etoo th®
audio device #
Select Connect new device .
De tected equipment is displ ayed in the
device list. MBUX multimedia sy
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Select an audio device.
Auth orisation starts. A code is displa yed on
th e multimedia sy stem and on the mobile
phone. #
Ifth e codes are identical, confi rmonthe
audio equipment. #
Select Only as Bluetooth audio device .
The Blue tooth®
audio equipment is connec‐
te d with the multimedia sy stem.
Connecting pr eviously authorised Blue tooth ®
audio equipment #
Select a Blue tooth®
audio device from the
list.
The connection is es tablished. St
arting media playback Re
quirements:
R A data storage medium is connected tothe
multimedia sy stem. Multimedia sy
stem:
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Media #
Select USBorBluetooth asthe media
source. Controlling media playback
Multimedia sy
stem:
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Media #
Topause playback: select8. #
Tocontinue playba ck:select 6. #
Torepeat a track: select:.
Fo rth ere peat function there are thefo llow‐
ing settings:
R Select once: the active pla ylist is repea‐
te d.
R Select twice: the cur rent track is repea‐
te d.
R Select three times: there peat function
is deactivated. #
Toplay back trac ksinrandom order:
select 9. #
Towind a track forw ards or backwards:
ta p on the desired point on the timeline. #
Toselect the next track: selectü. #
Toselect the pr evious track: selectû. #
Toscroll through trac ksquickl y:press and
hold û orü. #
Toshow the cur rent track lis t:select the
track image shown. Ad
ditional options for setting media play‐
back Multimedia sy
stem:
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Media
Calling up additional options #
Select f.
The additional options are shown.
The following options are available:
R Play similar tracks 41 0
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Select du
ring pl ayback of a tra ckin order to
crea tea playlist with similar trac ks.
R Surprise mix
A pl aylist with randomly selected trac ksis
created.
R Add to favourite songs
The cur rent track is added tothefa vo urite
songs.
R Delete from favourite songs
The cur rent track is remo ved from thefa vo ur‐
ite songs. #
Select an option. Media sear
ch Note
s about the sear chfunction in catego‐
ri es
Und er5 you can sear chthro ugh all available
media files. There are se veral categories availa‐
ble for selection. The categories shown depend
on the connected device and data form at. Av
ailable categories with Blue tooth ®
audio:
R Current tracklist
The folders and categories of the connected
device are shown.
Av ailable categories with audio files:
R Current tracklist
R Playlists
R Folder
R Albums
R Artists
R Tracks
R Favourite songs
R Frequently played
R Most recently added
R Mood (→page 412)
R Music ge nres
R Year
R Composers
R Select by cover
R Podcasts (Apple®
devices) R
Audiobooks (Apple®
devices)
Av ailable categories with video files:
R Folder
R Videos
% The categories are available as soon as the
entire media conte nt has beenread in and
anal ysed.
St arting a sear chin categories
Multimedia sy stem:
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Media .
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Select a categor y. #
Select ªand enter a sea rchte rm.
Sorting results shown or playing back all
media found #
Select Ä. #
Toplay back all results found in the cate‐
gor y:select Play all.
If, forex ample, theAlbums category is
active, all albums found bythe desired artist
will be pla yed bac k. MBUX multimedia sy
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#
Tosort results alphabeticall y:select Sort
from A-Z. #
Tosort results in reve rse alphab etical
order: selectSort from Z-A.
% The available options depend on the selec‐
te d category and the connected device.
Using theke yword sear ch
Multimedia sy stem:
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Media
Yo u can look for content using theke yword
sear chwith free text input. #
Select ª.
A ke yboard forch aracter ent ryappears. #
Enterth ete rm sear ched for.
% The sear chbegins with thefirs tch aracter
entered. The more characters entered the
more concr eteth e sear chresults become. #
Select the desired entry fromthere sult list.
If th e selected result is an album, song or a
playback list then playback is star ted. If the selected
result is a new category then this is
opened in the sear ch.
Sear ching for a track acco rding tomood
Multimedia sy stem:
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Media .
5
By sear ching in categories, you can find music
trac kssuitable for a mood. #
Select Mood.
A grid with thefo llowing moods appears:
R Positive
R Calm
R Dark
R Energetic #
Pull the controller tothe desired position.
The sy stem sear ches for trac ksthat are suit‐
able forth e mood entered. Making video settings
Multimedia sy
stem:
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Media .
Z #
Select Video settings. #
Select an aspect ratio.
Setting full sc reen #
Select G. Ra
dio Switching on the
radio Multimedia sy
stem:
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Radio #
Alternatively: press the| button.
The radio display appears. You will hear the
last station pla yed on the last frequency
band selected. 412
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Ra
dio overview 1
Active frequency band
2 Station name or set frequency
3 Artist, title, album and radio text 4
Options
5 Full screen/ DAB slideshow
6 Mutefunction 7
Station list
8 Sear ch MBUX multimedia sy
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