2018 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SALOON steering

If a course-cor
recting brake application occu rs,
th ere dwa rning lamp flashes in the outside mir‐
ro r and a warning tone sounds. In addition, dis‐
pl ay 1 indicating the danger of a side collision
appears in the multifunction displa y.
In rare cases, the sy stem may make an inappro‐
priate brake application. This brake application
may be inter rupte d at any time if yousteer
slightly in the opposite direction or accelera te.Sy
stem limitations
Either a course-cor recting brake application
appropria teto the driving situation, or none at
all, may occur in thefo llowing situations:
R Vehicles or obs tacles, e.g. crash ba rriers, are
located on bo thsides of your vehicle.
R Ave hicle approaches too closely on the side.
R You ha veadop ted a sporty driving style with
high cornering speeds.
R You brake or accelerate significantl y.
R A driving sa fety sy stem inter venes, e.g. ESP ®
or Active Brake Assi st.
R ESP ®
is deacti vated.
R A loss of tyre pressure or a defective tyre is
detected.
R You are driving with a trailer and the electri‐
cal connection tothe trailer hitch has been
cor rectly es tablished. Ac
tivating/deactivating Blind Spot Assi stor
Ac tive Blind Spot Assi st
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance #
Activate or deacti vate Blind Spot Assist . Ac
tive Lane Keeping Assist Fu
nction of Active Lane Keeping Assist Ac
tive Lane Keeping Assist monitors the area in
front of your vehicle bymeans of multifunction
camera 1. It ser vesto protect you against unin‐
te ntional lyleaving your lane. You will be warned
by vibration pulses in thesteering wheel and gui‐ Driving and parking
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Displ aycontent, right (e xamp le:rev counter)
Display content selection, right:
R Rev counter
R Average fuel consum ption
R ECO display
R Navigation
R G-me ter
R Assi stant display Overview of displa
yson the multifunction
display 1
Outside temp erature
2 Time
3 Digital speedome ter
4 Displ aysection
5 Drive program
6 Transmission position %
Ve
hicles with standard instrument dis‐
pla y:the position of the displa ysdiffers from
th ose shown here.
Fu rther displa yson the multifunction display:
Z Gearshift
recommendation
(/ page 172)
u Active Parking Assist activated
(/ page 232)
é Parking Assist PARKTRONIC deacti vated
( / page 222)
¯ Cruise control (/
page 201)
È Limiter (/
page 202)
ç Active Dis tance Assi stDISTRONIC
(/ page 205)
æ Ac
tive Brake Assi st(/ page 201)
è Active Steering Assis t(/ page211)
à Ac
tive Lane Keeping
Assist(/ page245)
± Active Lane Change
Assi st(/ page213)
è ECO
start/ stop function(/ page162) Instrument Displ
ayand on-board computer 259

The
following displa ysmay appear ins tead of the
te lephone numbers dialled:
R Please wait :th e application is starting. If a
Blue tooth ®
connection tothe mobile phone
is not es tablished, the menu for auth orising
and connecting a mobile phone will be dis‐
pla yed on the multimedia sy stem
(/ page378).
R Updating data :th e call list is being updated.
R Importing contacts : contacts are being
impor ted from the mobile phone or a storage
medium.
Ac cepting/rejecting a call
Ve hicles with head-up displa y:When you
re cei vea call, theIncoming call message will
appear on the head-up displa y.#
Swipe up wards or down wards on the left-
hand Touch Control and select 6(Accept)
or ~ (Reject). #
Press the left-hand Touch Control.
Yo u may accept/ reject the call using button
6 or~ onthesteering wheel. Setting
the head-up display using the on-
board compu ter On-board computer:
4 HEAD-UP DISPLAY
The following head-up display settings can be
selec ted:
R Position
R Brightness
R Displa ys #
Toselect a setting: swipe upwards or down‐
wa rds on the left-hand Touch Control. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control. #
Toadjust the position: swipe upwards or
down wards on the left-hand Touch Control. #
Toadjust the brightness: swipetothe left
or right on the left-hand Touch Control. #
Press the left-hand Touch Control. Selecting what
the head-up display sho ws (Example)
1
Toswitch the head-up display on/off
2 Left display area
Navigation sy stem
Av erage consum ption
G-me ter
3 Central displ ayarea
Set speed in the driver assis tance sy stem
(e.g. cruise control)
Wa rnings from driver assis tance sy stems
(e.g. dis tance warning)
4 Right display area 266
Instrument Display and on-board computer

1
Press therock er switch up: £starts the
dialogue
2 Press the control knob: 8switches the
sound off or on (ends the dialogue)
Tu rn the control knob up/down: increases/
decreases thevo lume
3 Press therock er switch down: ~rejects/
ends a call (ends the dialogue) Conducting a dialogue
Fo
rth e dialogue with LINGU ATRO NIC, you can
use co mplete sentences of colloquial language
as voice commands, such as, forex ample,
"Please show me the list of the last calls" or
"How warm is it outside?". It is not necessary to
fi rs tch ange tothere leva nt application su chas
"Telephone" or "Vehicle function". #
Toactivate or continue dialogue byusing
a ke yword: say "Hello Mercedes" toactivate
LINGU ATRO NIC. Voice activation must be
switched on in the multimedia sy stem
(/ page270). Forth is, it is not neces‐
sary topress up the£ rock er switch on
th e multifunction steering wheel.
Vo ice activation can also be direct lycom‐
bined wi thavo ice command, e.g. "Hi
Mercedes, how fastcan I drive?".
or #
Press the£ rocker switch up on the mul‐
tifunction steering wheel.
Yo u can say a voice command af ter an
acou stic signal. #
Tocor rect an ent ry:say theCorrection
vo ice command. #
Toselect an entry from the selection lis t:
say the line number or the conte nts. #
Tobrows eth e selection lis t:say theNext
or Back voice command. #
Tointer rupt the dialogue: saythePause
vo ice command.
The dialogue can be continued with the
"Hello Mercedes" voice command or by
pressing up the£ rock er switch on the
multifunction steering wheel. #
Tojump tothe preceding dialogue: saythe
Back voice command. #
Tojump back totheto p dialogue le vel:
say theHome voice command. #
Tocancel the dialogue: saytheClose voice
command or press the8 or~ button
on the multifunction steering wheel. LINGU
ATRO NIC 269

Multimedia sy
stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System
5 LINGUATRONIC
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.
If th e function is active, the dialogue can be
activated byusing the "Hello Mercedes"
vo ice command.
Switching on voice inter ruption #
Select Voice barge-in.
If th e function is active, a command can be
interjecte d duringvoice output of the sys‐
te m.
Ac tivating/deactivating online voice control #
Activate Online recognition.
% Online voice control is activated at thefa c‐
to ry. #
Select Online recognition subscrip..
Yo u will be connected with the Mercedes me
por tal. #
Activate online voice control in the Mercedes
me por tal.
Ac tivating contacts for online use #
Select Contact upload for online recognition.
When the function is active, conta cts will be
fo und more easily and accurately using voice
input. The quality of the enunciation of con‐
ta ct names bythe sy stem will also be
impr oved. Using LINGU
ATRO NIC ef fectively Help functions
Yo
ure cei veinformation and help for:
R For optimal ope ration: saytheVoice con-
trol tutorial voice command or call up the
Digital Owner's Manual wi thCould you go to
the LINGUATRONIC tutorial please? ,for
ex ample. The full extent of the Digital Own‐
er's Manual is available when theve hicle is st
ationar y.Here you can also find explana‐
to ry videos which introduce youto the func‐
tions of LINGU ATRO NIC.
R Cur rent application: onthe multifunction
st eering wheel, press the£ rocker switch
up and say theHelp voice command. You will
re cei vesuggestions and information about
operation of LINGU ATRO NIC forth e cur rent
application.
R Continued dialogue: saytheHelp voice
command during a voice dialogue. Foreve ry
st ep of the dialogue youre cei vematching
information.
R Speci fic function: saythevo ice command
fo rth e desired function, e.g. with "Hello
Mercedes, I need help with thera dio" or af ter
pressing the£ rock er switch on the multi‐
function steering wheel up, say theHelp for
the telephone voice command, forex ample. LINGU
ATRO NIC 271

th
ese up using the home screen or using buttons
5 and 6next totheto uchpad.
Yo u can co nveniently call up and add favo urites
using theß rocker switch on thesteering
wheel or using theß button next tothe
to uchpad. Quic k-access in the home screen and
in the applications ser vetoselect functions
more quickl y.
If yo u use the learn function of the multimedia
sy stem, you will recei vesuggestions during oper‐
ation of the most probable navigation destina‐
tions, radio stations and con tacts. The configu‐
ra tion of the suggestions take s place in your pro‐
fi le. You can co mpileyour profile from various
ve hicle settings and settings of the multimedia
sy stem. You can create themes forva rious driv‐
ing situations in the home screen as well as using
theß rocker switch or theß but‐
to n.
The Notifications Centre collects incoming notifi‐
cations, e.g. about an available software update.
Depending on the type of notification it of fers
va rious actions. You can call up the Notifications
Centre on the home screen and in the applica‐
tion menus.
Wi th th eglobal sear chintheve hicle you can
sear chon-board across many categories as well
as online in the Internet. You can use theglobal
sear chinthe home screen and in the notifica‐
tions.
Anti-theft pr otection
This device is equipped with tech nical pr ovisions
to protect it against theft. More de tailed informa‐ tion about anti-theft pr
otection can be obtained
at a qualified specialist workshop. Note
s onthe media display Obser
vethe no tes on caring forth e interior
(/ page444).
Au tomatic temperature-cont rolled switch-
off feature: ifth ete mp erature is too high, the
brightness is initially reduced automaticall y.The
media display may then switch off comple tely for
a while.
% Ifyo u are wearing polarised sun glasses, it
may be dif ficult toread the multimedia sys‐
te m displa y. 288
MBUX multimedia sy stem

Changing
the ar rangement of applications on
th e home screen #
Call up the home screen. #
Touch and hold an application on the
to uchsc reen until symbols appear. #
Tap on = or; and mo vethe applica‐
tion in the menu. #
Tap on ø. Profile
Note
s on profiles &
WARNING Risk of becoming trapped
du ring adjustment of the driver's seat
af te r calling up a driver profile
Selecting a profile may trigger an adju stment
of the driver's seat tothe position sa ved
under the profile. You or other vehicle occu‐
pants could be injured in the process. #
Make sure that when the position of
driver's seat is being adjus ted using the
multimedia sy stem, no people or body parts are in
the seat's range of mo ve‐
ment.
If th ere is a risk of someone becoming trap‐
ped, stop the adjustment process immedi‐
ately: #
a)Tapth ewa rning message on the
media displa y.
or #
b) Press a memory position button or a
seat adjustment switch in the driver's
door.
The adjustment process is stopped. The driver's seat is equipped with an anti-entrap‐
ment feature.
If th e driver's door is open, the driver's seat will
not be set af ter calling up the driver's profile.
Overview of profiles
Using the multimedia sy stem up toseven pro‐
fi les can be created in theve hicle.
Profiles store your personal vehicle settings and
settings forth e multimedia sy stem. If
th eve hicle is used byseveral drivers, the
driver can select their profile before the journe y,
without changing the settings of other drivers.
Yo u can select the profile:
R when entering (/ page 299)
R using the home screen (/ page 289)
The profile settings are activated as soon as a
profile is selected.
% When you call up your profile, the driver's
seat and outside mir rors can be set.
If yo u call up your profile when driving then
th e driver's seat position will not be adjus‐
te d.
Yo u can cancel the setting process with the
fo llowing actions:
R Tap on thePositioning seat and steering
wheel. Please tap to cancel. warning on
th e media displa y.
R Press one of the seat operating buttons
in the driver's door. 296
MBUX multimedia sy stem

#
Activate Blu etoo th®
and select Connect
phone, toconnect a mobile phone wi th the
user profile (/ page378).
Yo u can also set up a user profile without regis‐
te ring a mobile phone. #
Select Finished.
The user profile is sa ved.
Selecting profile options
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
f Profiles #
Select Äfor a profile. #
Toedit a profile: selectEdit profile . #
Select an avatar. #
Chan gethe name, if necessar y.#
Select Save. #
Toconfigure suggestions: selectSugges-
tions settings (/page 302). #
Resetting favo urites or themes: select
Reset favourites to factory settings orReset
themes to the factory settings . #
Select Yes. #
Toreset a profile: selectReset profile to
factory settings. #
Select Yes. #
Todel ete a profile: selectDelete profile . #
Select Yes.
% The guest profile cannot be dele ted.
Selecting a profile
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
f Profiles
% When you call up your profile, the driver's
seat and outside mir rors can be set.
Yo u can cancel the setting process with the
fo llowing actions:
R Tap on thePositioning seat and steering
wheel. Please tap to cancel. warning on
th e media displa y.
R Press one of the seat operating buttons
in the driver's door. #
Select a profile. #
Press thea button toconfirm the mes‐
sage.
The profile is loaded and activated.
% Alternatively, the profile can already be
selected when theve hicle is entered
(/ page 299).
Synchronising a profile
Requ irements:
R You ha vea Mercedes me user account.
R The vehicle is connected with your Mercedes
me user account.
R The personalisation service is activated on
Mercedes me connect.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
f Profiles
5 General settings
Synchronisation enables thefo llowing:
R You can configure theve hicle settings using
th e Mercedes me app.
R The profile on Mercedes me connect and the
profile in theve hicle are aligned (profile man‐
agement). 298
MBUX multimedia sy stem