2018 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA SUV ECO mode

Your multimediasyste mequipment
These operatin ginstruction sdescribe all th e
standar dan doptional equipment of your multi-
media system, as available at th etime of going
to press. Country-specifi cdifference sare pos -
sible. Bear in min dthat your vehicle may no t
feature all function sdescribed here. Thi salso
applies to safety-relevan tsystems an dfunc-
tions.
Read th einformation on qualifie dspecialis t
workshop sin th evehicle Operator's Manual.
Switchin gon th eradi o
XPress th e$ button.
The Radio men uappears .You will hear th e
last station set on th ewaveban dselecte d
last .
Switching HD Radi oon/of f
XIn radio mode: slid e6 thecontroller .
XSelectOption s.
XSwitchHD RadioonO or of fª .
If HD Radio is switched off, th esyste mdoe sno t
switch to digita lradio an dit is no tpossible to
selec tan ysub-channels.
iHD Radio ™Technology Manufactured
Under License From iBiquit yDigital Corp. U.S.
an dForeign Patents .The HD an dHD Radio
logos are proprietary trademark sof iBiquit y
digital.
Overview
:Main function bar
;Status bar wit hcompass display
=Main display field wit havailable station san d
relevant information
?Display of radio station selecte d
ARadio menubar
The followin gfunction scan be called up in th e
main function bar by selecting th emen uitem
Radio :
RHD Radi oFM:HD FM radio mode
RHD Radi oAM:HD MW radio mode
RSa tRadi o:satellite radio
RInfo on Radi o:information on radio in th e
Digital Operator's Manual
RRadi oStatio nPreset s:10 0preset posi-
tion sfo rradio station s
The followin gfunction sare available usin gth e
radio men ubar :
ROption s:radio option s
Rè:searches fo rstation sby name
RPreset:station preset smen u
RBand:waveban dselection
RInformation:displays additional informa-
tion about th ecurren tstation (radio text or
Artist Experience
®)
Rà :sound settings, Harman Kardon®Logic
7®, Ban g & Beosound
130Overview
Radio

Setting the waveband
XIn radio mode: press the$button.
A menu appears with a selection of HD
Radio FM,HD Radio AM,Sat Radio,Infoon Radioand Radio Station Presets.
XTurn the controller until the required wave-
band is in the center. Press the controller.
Station
Selecting a station
Setting the station in radio mode
All currently available stations are displayed.
XIn radio mode, turn the controller until the
desired station is in the center.
Setting a station from the current sta-
tion list
XIn radio mode, press the controller.
The station list appears with the stations cur- rently available.
XTo select the desired station: turn and press
the controller.
iThe loudspeaker symbol in front of a station
indicates the currently set station.
Entering the station frequency
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
The radio menu bar appears.
XTo select Options: turn and press the con-
troller.
XSelect Enter Frequency.
XEnter the frequency of the desired station in
the entry field.
Finding a station
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
The radio menu bar appears.
XSelect èand enter the first letters of the
required station using the controller.
XPress OKto confirm.
A list with available stations appears.
XTo select stations from the list: turn the con-
troller and press to confirm.
Activating/deactivating the station
presets display
Activating
You can use this function to change to the sta-
tion presets display.
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select StationPresetView:On: press
the controller.
The station preset display appears.
XTo switch between the stored stations: turn
the controller.
Deactivating
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select Station Preset View: Off:
press the controller.
The view of the last heard waveband appears.
Saving a station
Storing current stations
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
The radio menu bar appears.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select the SaveCurrentStation/Chan‐neloption: turn and press the controller.
XTo select the position of the required preset
entry: turn and press the controller.
The currently set station is stored in the selec-
ted preset position. A tone signals a success-
ful preset entry.
Storing a station using the number keypad
XSet the desired station in radio mode.
XPress and hold down the preset number to be assigned on the number keypad until a tone
confirms the storing process.
XIf the preset number has two digits, press the
first digit briefly and then press and hold down the second digit.
A tone confirms that the storing process was
successful.
Station131
Radio

Selecting a channel via the satellite
radio station list
You can select the channel using the station list
displaying the artists and tracks that are cur-
rently playing.
XTo selectOptionsin the radio menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
XTo select Station List with Artist &Title: turn and press the controller.
The channel list appears.
or
XPress the controller in the main display field.
XSelect the desired channel
Keyword search
XTo select the keyword search èin the
menu bar: turn and press the controller.
XTo enter the required search term: turn and
press the controller.
Direct and indirect results are shown.
XSelect the required result.
The relevant channel is played.
Memory functions
There are 100 presets available.
Saving the current channel
XTo select Presetin the radio menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
XTo select Edit Station Preset: turn and
press the controller.
The list of saved channels appears.
XTo select the preset: turn the controller and
press for about two seconds.
The newly saved channel overwrites the exist-
ing preset.
Saving a channel using the controller
XSet the desired channel in satellite radio
mode.
XPress and hold the controller until the preset
list appears.
XTo select the preset number: turn and press
the controller.
A tone confirms that the storing process was
successful. Using quick save
XSet the desired channel in satellite radio
mode.
XPress and hold a number key for two seconds.
The channel is saved to the corresponding
position in the channel presets.
The newly saved channel overwrites the exist-
ing preset.
Deleting the highlighted channel
XTo select Presetin the radio menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
XSelect Edit Station Preset.
XTo select the required preset entry: turn the
controller.
XSlide9the controller.
XTo select the Delete Highlighted Sta‐tion/Channeloption in the additional menu:
turn and press the controller.
or
XPress the $button.
A prompt appears.
XTo select Yes: turn and press the controller.
The highlighted station is deleted.
Activating/deactivating the station
presets display
You can use this function to change to the sta-
tion presets display.
Activating
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select Station Preset View: On: turn
and press the controller.
The station preset display appears.
XTo switch between the stored stations: turn
the controller.
Deactivating
XIn radio mode: slide 6the controller.
XTo select Preset: turn and press the control-
ler.
XTo select StationPresetView:Off: turn
and press the controller.
The view of the last heard waveband appears.
Satellite radio135
Radio

Your multimediasyste mequipment
These operatin ginstruction sdescribe all th e
standar dan doptional equipment of your multi-
media system, as available at th etime of going
to press. Country-specifi cdifference sare pos -
sible. Bear in min dthat your vehicle may no t
feature all function sdescribed here. Thi salso
applies to safety-relevan tsystems an dfunc-
tions.
Read th einformation on qualifie dspecialis t
workshop sin th evehicle Operator's Manual.
Activating medi amode
General notes
There are severa lways to activat emedia sour-
ce susin gth emultimedia system.
The relevant section sof th eOperator's Manual
describe th esimples tway to activat e amedia
source.
Thi ssection describes all option sfo ractivatin g
media sources.
Connections for externa lmedi asour-
ces
The followin gexternal media sources can be
used :
RApple®devices (e.g. iPhon e®)
RUSBdevices (e.g. US Bstick, MP3 player)
Two US Bports are located in th estowag e
spac eunder th earmrest.
RCD
RDV Dvideo
RSD car d
RDevices wit hBluetoot h®connection
Activating medi ausing th ebutton
XPress th eÕ button.
The last media sourc eyou hav eset is dis -
played.
XPress th eÕ buttonagain .
The men uappears wit hth eavailable media
sources.
XTo selec tmedia sources: turn th econtroller
until th edesire dmedia sourc eis in th ecenter.
Press th econtroller .
Dependin gon th evehicle equipment ,th efol-
lowing media sources will be available :
RDisc
RMemory Card
RMediaInterfac e 1
RMediaInterfac e 2
RBluetoothAudi o
Switching on automatically
Whenan external media sourc eis connected,
CD an dSD memor ycar dfunction sare automat -
ically switched on by th emultimedia system.
Whe nusin gwit hUS Bdevices, switch to th e
respective media menu.
If playable music files are found ,they will be
playe dby th emultimedia system.
iIf media playback is active in th emultimedia
system, it is interrupted. The media men uof
th enewly connecte ddevic eappears (except
when usin gwit hUSB/iPo d
®). If another func-
tion ,suc has navigation ,is bein goperated,
th edisplay doe sno tchange.
Activating medi ausing th emain func-
tion ba r
XTo showthemain function bar in media mode:
slid e5 thecontroller .
XTo selectMedi a:press th econtroller .
A men uappears wit hth eavailable media
sources.
XTo selec tth emedia source: turn th econtrol-
ler an dpress to confirm .
If th emedia sourc econtain smusic or video
files, these will be played. The correspondin g
media men uis shown .
138Activating media mode
Media

Activating media using the number
keypad
XTo selectamedia source :press th ecorre-
sponding number key.
If th emedia source contain smusic or video
files, these will be played .The corresponding
media men uis shown.
XTo ente rth etrack number :press th eg
button.
A men uappears.
XUse th enumber keypad to ente rth etrack
number .
The track is played .
Use th es butto nto sho wthetrack infor-
mation for th etrack that is currentl yplaying.
Activating media using the device list
XIn Medi amode, slid e6 thecontroller .
The media men ubar appears.
XTo select Devices:tur nand press th econ-
troller .
The available media source swill be shown.
The #dot indicates th ecurren tsetting .
XSelectth emedia source .
If th emedia source contain smusic or video
files, these will be played .The corresponding
media men uis shown.
iIn Bluetoot h®audio mode, it is no tpossibl e
to select media via th edevice list .
Audio/video mode
Import ant safety notes
GWARNIN G
The CD/DV Ddrive is aclas s 1laser product.
If you open th ehousing of th eCD/DV Ddrive,
there is aris kof exposure to invisible laser
radiation .This laser radiation could damag e
your retina .There is aris kof injury.
Never open th ehousing .Always hav emain -
tenance and repair wor kcarrie dout at aquali-
fie dspecialis tworkshop .
GWARNING
If you handle adisc while driving, you may be
distracte dfrom th etraffic situation .You could
also lose control of th evehicle. There is aris k
of an accident.
Only handle adisc when th evehicl eis sta-
tionary.
Bear in min dthat at aspee dof only 30 mph
(approximately 50 km/h), th evehicl ecover s a
distanc eof 44 ft (approximately 14 m)per sec-
ond.
Notes on audio/video mode
Permissible data carriers
RCD audio, CD-R and CD-RW
RDVD video, DVD-R and DVD-RW (audio for-
mats PCM DTS®and Dolby®Digital)
RSD card
RUSB storage device
RApple®devices
iManufactured under license from Dolby
Laboratories. Dolby and the double-D symbol
are trademarks of Dolby Laboratories.
iFor DTS patents see
http://patents.dts.com. Manufactured
under license from DTS Licensing Limited.
DTS, the Symbol & DTS and the Symbol
together are registered trademarks, and DTS
Digital Surround is a trademark of DTS, Inc.
©
DTS, Inc. All rights reserved.
Permissible file systems
RISO 9660/Joliet standard for CDs
RUDF for video DVDs
RFAT16, FAT32, exFAT and NTFS for SD card
and USB storage media
RHFS and HFS+ for Apple®devices
iWriting access is not possible on NTFS.
Multisession CDs
For multi-session CDs, the content of the first
CD session determines how the multimedia sys-
tem will process the CD. The multimedia system
only plays back one CD session and gives prior-
ity to the first session on the CD.
Audio/video mode139
Media
Z

File structure of a data carrier
When you create adisc wit hcompressed musi c
files, th etrack scan be organize din folders. A
folder may also contain subfolders. The disc
may contain no mor ethan eigh tdirectory levels
(a roo tand seven sub-levels). Files beyon dth e
eighth leve lwill no tbe recognize dby th esys-
tem.
iThe multimedia system support sup to
25,00 0file sfor all of th econnected sources .
Track and file names
When you create adisc wit hcompressed musi c
files, you can assign names to th etrack sand
folders.
You should observ eth efollowin gwhen assign -
ing track names:
RTrac knames must have at least on echaracte r
RTracknames must have an extension of a
supported audio or vide oformat ,e.g. mp3 ,
aac or m4 v
RTheremust be adot between th etrack nam e
and th eextension
Exampl eof acorrect track name:
"Track1.mp3".
Permissible formats
The multimedia system support sth efollowin g
audio and vide oformats:
Audio for -
mat sMP3 ,WMA ,CDA ,AA Cfor -
mat s(.aac, .mp4, .m4a
and .m4b)
Vide ofor -
mat sDVD-V, MPEG, WMV ,M4V ,
AV Iup to 720p
Copy-protected iTunes®musi cfile swit h
th e.m4p file extension are no tsupported.
Permissible sampling and data rates
The multimedia system support sMP3 and WMA
file sof th efollowin gtype:
FormatDat arate
[kbit/s ]Sampling
rates [kHz]
MP332-320
(fixed and varia-
ble datarates)8-48
WMA5-38 4
(fixed and varia-
ble dat arates)8-48
The multimedia system does no tsupport WMA
file sof th efollowin gtype:
RDRM (Digital Right sManagement) encrypted
file s
RWMA Pro
R5.1surroun dsoun d
iOnly use track swit h a datarat eof at least
12 8kbit/s and asamplin grat eof at least
44.1 kHz. Lowe rrates can caus e anoticeable
deterioration in quality. This is especially th e
cas eif you have activated asurroun dsoun d
function .
Selecting an active partition (USB mass
storage devices only)
You can select this function for US Bstorag e
device sif th estorag edevice is partitioned. Up
to nin epartition s(primar yor logical, FAT,
FAT32 ,exFA Tand NTFS) are supported.
Selecting an active partition
XSelec t aUSBstorag edevice (Ypage 138).
XTo select Optionsin themedia men ubar:
tur nand press th econtroller.
XSelec tSelect Active Partition.
Notes on copyright
Audio or vide ofile sthat you creat eor reproduce
yourself for playbac kare generally subject to
copyright protection .
In man ycountries ,reproductions, eve nfor pri-
vat euse, are no tpermitte dwithout th eprio r
consen tof th ecopyright holder.
140Audio/video mode
Media

Pausing/continuing playback
XTo pause playback:in audio or video mode,
slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Ëin the media menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
Playback is interrupted. The display changes
to Ì.
XTo continue playback: in audio or video
mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Ìin the media menu bar: turn
and press the controller.
Playback is continued from the point of inter- ruption. The symbol changes to Ë.
Selecting a track
Selecting a track using the current
track list
XTo display the current track list: press the
controller when audio mode is active.
The category list appears.
XSelect Current Track List.
XTo select a track: turn the controller and press
to confirm.
Selecting a track by skipping to a track
XTo skip forwards or backwards to a track: in
audio mode, turn or briefly slide 1the
controller.
or
XPress the EorF button.
Fast-forwarding or rewinding a track
XIn audio mode, press and hold the Eor
F button until the desired position is
reached.
Searching for a track
XIn Media mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the control-
ler.
The category list is shown.
XSelect a category, e.g. Genres.
After the category has been chosen, sub-cat-
egories appear depending on the music
tracks available.
XSelect a sub-category, e.g. Rock.
XSelect a track in the sub-category for playing.
All of the tracks in this sub-category are
played.
Gracenote®Media Database
General notes
This function is available in CD, MP3 and iPod®
mode.
There is a version of Gracenote®music recog-
nition technology, Emeryville, California, USA on
the multimedia system hard disk. In media
mode, you will recognize this by the logo in the
bottom right-hand corner of the display. If the
audio CD does not contain any CD text informa-
tion, the multimedia system can use the Grace-
note
®Media Database to identify unknown
audio tracks when in CD mode.
In addition, the cover arts for the main display
field, the album list and the "Select by cover"
function from the Gracenote
®Media Database
are displayed for the music files and the iPod®.
This occurs when the cover art is not contained
in the files but in the Gracenote
®Media Data-
base.
Online prompt for metadata
A connection to the Gracenote®server is estab-
lished automatically when an audio CD is inser-
ted. The missing data is loaded, saved in the
multimedia system and shown on the display. If
the search for metadata is unsuccessful, no data
can be displayed. If no phone is connected or
configured for data use, this function is unavail-
able.
An Internet connection is required for this
(
Ypage 124).
144Audio/video mode
Media

The media menu bar appears.
XTo selectSearch: turn and press the control-
ler.
The category list appears.
Category list
XIn Media mode, slide 6the controller.
The media menu bar is shown.
XTo select Search: turn and press the control-
ler.
The category list is shown.
Depending on the connected media sources and
files, the following categories are listed:
RCurrent Track List
RFolder
RSelect By Cover
RKeyword Search
RPlaylists
RArtists
RAlbums
RTracks
RGenres
RYear
RComposers
RStored Audio CDs
RVideos
RPhotos
iThe categories are available as soon as the
entire media content has been read and ana-
lyzed.
If the same device is reconnected with
unchanged media content, these categories
are available more quickly.
When connecting Apple
®devices, the cate-
gories “Folder”, “Year” and “Photos” are not
available.
Searching a track using the current
track list
XTo select Current Track Listin the cate-
gory list: turn and press the controller
(
Ypage 146).
The selection list appears.
XSelect the required track.
Searching for a track via a folder
Playable files can be searched for in the active
data medium's directories.
XTo select Folderin the category list: turn and
press the controller (Ypage 146).
The folder list appears.
XSelect the required folder.
Either the desired track list appears or con-
tinue searching in the folder directory until
the desired track list has been found.
XSelect the required track.
Searching for a track via cover view
XTo select Select By Coverin the category
list: turn and press the controller
(
Ypage 146).
A menu with cover views appears.
XSelect the required cover.
Track playback is started automatically.
iThere is a database for iPod®and for each of
the other media sources (CD, USB, SD card).
During the search the relevant database is
accessed depending on the active media
source.
Searching for a track via music genre
XTo select Genresin the category list: turn and
press the controller (Ypage 146).
The multimedia system searches in all media
sources. A selection list with Genre and media sources appears.
XSelect the desired music genre.
A selection list with music tracks from the
selected genre appears.
XSelect a music track.
The track is played. The display for the active
media source is shown.
XTo exit the selection list: press the %but-
ton.
iThe list is closed automatically once a selec-
tion has been made.
Searching for a track via a keyword
XTo select Keyword Searchin the category
list: turn and press the controller
(
Ypage 146).
146Media search
Media