2020 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SEDAN radio

Selec
tingradio station susin gth eon-boa rd
com puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Radio 1
Freq uency rang e
2 Statio n
3 Name oftrac k
% The illus tration showstheIns trument Display
in theWi descr eenCockpit
When yousele ctast atio nfrom thememor ypr e‐
se ts, thepr ese twill appear next to thest atio n
nam e.When yousele ctasa ve dstatio nin the fr
eq uency rang e, an asterisk will appea rne xt to
th est atio nnam e. #
Toselect ara dio station :swi peupw ards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Select ingthefreq uency rang eor memor y
pr ese t #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Swip eupw ards ordown wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. Ope
ratin gmedi apla yba ckusing theon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Media 1
Media source
2 Trac knum berand current trac k
3 Name ofartis t(e xa mp le)
% The illustration showstheIns trument Display
in theWi descr eenCockpit #
Tochang etrac ks on anact ive med ia
sour ce:swipe upwards ordown wardson the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. 22
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Instru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter

#
Tocor rect an ent ry:sa yth eCorrect ion
vo ice com mand . #
Toselect anentr yfrom theselecti onlist:
sa yth eline number orthecon tents. #
Tobrows eth eselection list:sa yth eNext
or Back voice com mand . #
Tointerru pt thedia log: sayth ePause voice
com mand .
The dialog canbecon tinued withth e"Hello
Mer cedes" voice com mand orby pressing up
th e£ rock er switc hon themultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel. #
Tojum pto thepr eceding dialog: sayth e
Back voice com mand . #
Tojum pbac kto theto pdial ogleve l:sa y
th eHome voice com mand . #
Tocancel thedia log: sayth eClose voice
com mand orpress the0063 or0076 button
on themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel. #
Tointerru pt avo ice outp ut:speak inthe
middl eof avo ice dialog whenthesy stem is
st ill answ ering.
The voice output isshor tened andthecon ‐
clusion isreac hed morequ ickl y.
% The Speak During VoiceOutput option must
be switc hedoninthemultimedia system for
th is (/ page230 ). Ov
ervie wof oper able funct ionsintheVo ice
Contr olSy stem Yo
ucan usetheVo ice Cont rolSy stem tooper ate
th efo llo wing functionsdepen dingontheve hicle
eq uipment :
R Telephon e
R Text mes sage s
R Navig ation
R Address book
R Radio
R Media
R Vehicle functions
R Weather Fu
llfunc tionality isonl yav ailable foryo uwit h
act ivatio nof onlinevo ice con trol (/ page230). No
teson thelangu agese tting Yo
ucan chang eth elanguag eof theVo ice Con‐
tr ol Sy stem viathesy stem languag ese ttings. If
th ese tsy stem languag eis no tsuppor tedby the
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem, English will beselec ted.
The Voice Cont rolSy stem isavailable inEn glish,
Fr enc h,Po rtuguese andSpan ish. Se
tting theVo ice Contr olSy stem (mu ltim e‐
dia system) Re
quirement s:
R Foron line voice contr ol:your vehicle is
conn ectedwithyo ur Mer cedesme user
acc oun t(/ page35 5).
R Ther eis an Inte rn et connecti on
(/ page 359).
R Foron line use ofcontac ts: online voice
con trol isact ivat ed. 230
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Switc
hvo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Switc hto navigation Iwould liketogo tonavigation Switc
hestonavig ation
Swi tch toaddre ssbook Iwo uld like tosw itch tothe
ad dre ssbook Swi
tches totheaddr essbook
Switc hto telephon eI wouldliketoswit chtothephon e Swit
ches tothete lephon e
Swit chtomess ages Canyouswitc hto mess ages
please? Swit
ches tothete xt mes sage applic ation
Swit chtoradio Iwould liketoswit chtotheradio Swit
ches toradio
Switc hto media Iwould liketoswitch tothe media
application Switc
hestomedia
Switch tocomfort Iwou ldlike togo tothe comfort
app lication Switc
hestothecomf ortse ttings
Switc hto vehicle info Iwould liketogo tothe vehicle
application Switc
hestovehicle information
Switch tosettin gs Iwould liketogo tothe settin gs
menu Switc
hestothemenu withth ese tting option s Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 233

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Redial Redial/Calllast phone number Mak
esacall tothelas tte lephon enumb erdialed.
Change phoneC ouldyouplease switchtothe sec-
ond phone? Chang
esthepr imar yte lephon e Ov
ervie wof radio voice comm ands Ra
dio voice com mand scan also beused when
th era dio application runs inthebac kground and ano
ther application isvisible inthefo re grou nd .
Th efo llo wing listof fers jus ta sma llsel ecti onof
th epossible radio voice com mand s.Yo uwill re
cei veaddit ionalsugg estio ns ifyo usa yHel p
for radio .
Ra dio voice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
St ation Iwould liketoselect station"Cool
FM" Select
sth era dio statio n.
Radio frequen cy Gotostatio n/radio frequen cy
"eight ysev enpoin tfiv emeg a-
her tz". En
ters ara dio freq uency ,e.g. intheFM wav eband.
Next radio station Callupthe nextradio station Calls
upthene xt radio statio nfrom thest atio nlis t.
Prev ious statio nS witchto thelast radio station /to
th eprev ious program Swit
ches tothepr ev ious radio statio n. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 239

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Save radio station Savetheradio station, please Sa
vesth era dio statio ncur rently play ing.
Sho wstat ionlist Pleaseshowmethe listofall radio
stat ions Sho
wsthera dio listwit hth era dio statio nsthat can currentl ybe recei ved.
Read outradio stationlist Pleasereadouttheradio program Re
ads outthera dio listwit hth era dio statio nsthat can currently be
re cei ved.
Traffic information on Switchon the trafficinfo Switc
hesontraffic ann ounc emen ts.
Traff icinf ormat ionoff I'dlike toswitc hoff traffic info Swit
ches offtr af fic annou ncements .
Ra dio info on Iwa ntyouto turn onadditiona l
rad iostati ontext Swi
tches onthera dio text informati onforth era dio statio ncur rently play ‐
ing.
Radio infooff Iwant youtoturn offaddition al
radio stationtext Swit
ches offth era dio text informati onforth era dio statio ncur rently play ‐
ing.
Change toradio favorites Pleaseshowmethe listofall favor -
ite radio stations Sho
wsthefa vo rite swit hth esa ve dra dio statio ns. Ov
ervie wof med iapla yervo ice comm ands Media
playervo ice com mand scan also beused
when themedia playerapp lication runs inthe bac
kground andanother application isvisible in
th efo re grou nd .Th efo llo wing listof fers jus ta
sma llsel ecti onofthepossible mediaplayer vo
ice com mand s.Yo uwill recei veaddit ionalsug‐
ge stions ifyo usa yHel pfor medi aor Hel pfor
player . 24
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Voice Cont rolSy stem

Ov
ervie wand oper ation Ov
ervie wof theMB UX multim edia system &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system. 1
Touc hCon trol and contro lpanel forth e
MBUX multimedia system
Oper ating Touc hCon trol (/ page25 0)
2 Media displaywit hto uc hfun ction alit y
Hom esc reen ove rview(/ page24 9)
Oper ating theto uc hsc reen (/ page25 1)
3 Touc hpad
Operatin gth eto uc hpad( /pag e25 2) 4
Con trol kn ob
Pr ess and hold:swit ches themultimedia sys‐
te m or media display on oroff
Pr ess brief ly:swi tches themut efunc tion
on/ off
Tu rn:ad jus tsthevo lume
5 Buttons forna vig ation, radio/media and
te lephon e
Calling upapplicat ions(/page260)
6 Buttons forve hicle functions/sy stem set‐
ting sand favo rite s/t hemes
Cal ling upappli cations (/page260)
Yo ucan operat eth eMBUX multimedia system
wit hth ese control element s:
R Touc hCon trol 1 and touc hpad 3
The oper ationfo rbo th contr oleleme ntsis
ac hie vedby cur sor contr ol.
R Med iadispl ay2
% Alternati vely,yo ucan cond uct adialog with
th eVo ice Cont rolSy stem (/ page229).
Nu mer ous application, online services, services
and appsar eav ailable foryo u. Youcan call MB
UX mult imed iasystem 24
7

th
ese upusing thehome screen orusing buttons
5 and 6next to theto uc hpad.
Yo ucan convenient lycall upand add favo rite s
usin gth eß rock er switc hon thesteer ing
wheel orusing theß buttonnext to the
to uc hpad. Quick-acc ess inthehome screen and
in theapplications servetoselect functions
mor equ ickl y.
If yo uuse thelear nfunc tion ofthemultimedia
sy stem, youwill recei vesugg estions during oper‐
ation ofthemos tpr obable navig ation destina‐
tion s,radio statio nsand contacts. Theconf igu‐
ra tio nof thesugg estion sta ke splace inyour pro‐
fi le. Youcan comp ileyour profile from various
ve hicle settin gsand settin gsofthemultimedia
sy stem. Youcan creat eth emes forva rious driv‐
ing situations inthehome screen aswellas
using theß rock er switc hor theß but‐
to n.
The Notifica tions Center col lects inco ming notifi‐
cati ons, e.g.ab ou tan available softwareupdat e.
De pen dingon thetype ofnotification itof fers
va rious actions. Youcan calluptheNo tification s
Cent eron thehome screen and intheapplica‐
tion menus. Wi
th theglobal searchintheve hicle youcan
sear chon-boar dacr oss man ycat egor iesaswell
as onlin ein theInt erne t.Yo ucan usetheglobal
sear chinthehome screen and intheno tifica‐
tion s.
Pr otection agains tth eft
This devic eis eq uipped withte ch nica lpr ov ision s
to protect itag ains tth eft. Fu rther information on
pr otect ion agains tth eftcan beobt ained from an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. No
teson themed iadisp lay Obser
vetheno teson car ing forth eint erior
(/ page398).
Au tomatic temp eratur e-cont rolled switc h-
of ffe atur e:ifth ete mp eratur eis toohigh, the
br ightn essisinitiall yre duced automatic ally.The
media displayma yth en switc hof fcom pletely for
a while.
% Ifyo uar ewe aring polar izedsun glasses ,it
ma ybe difficul tto read themultimedia sys‐
te m disp lay. 24
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MBUX multimedia system

Swi
ping tothelef tof right across ~:
selects thepr ev ious ornext radio statio n/
music track
3 © button
Pr essi ng:sho wsthehome screen and calls
up applications
4 Touc hpad
% Calls upsugg estio ns,th emes andfavo rite s:
when thehome screen issho wn, swipe
do wn ontouc hpad 4.
Yo ucan navig atein men usand lists via the
to uc h-sen sitive sur face oftouc hpad 4byusin g
a sing le-fingerswip e. #
Toselect themenu item orentr y:mo ve
th eselect ionbyswiping up,down, leftor
ri ght. #
Conf irm theselect ionbypressing ontouc h‐
pad 4.
or #
IfTouc hpad Tapisact ivat ed, tapping issuf fi‐
cie nt(/ page 253). #
Toent erach aract er:sele ctach aract eron
th eke yboar d(/ pag e27 5).
or #
Write ach aract eron theto uc hpad withhan d‐
wr iting input . #
Tomo vethedigita lma p:when thedigit al
map issho wnwithth ena vig ation menu,
swipe upwithone fing er. #
Press theto uc hpad.
The digit almap canbemo ved. #
Swipe inall direct ions.
Use thefo llo wing functionswithatw o-f ing er
swipe: #
Tocall uptheNo tificatio nsCenter:sw ipe
do wn with twofing ers. #
Toclose theNo tificatio nsCenter:sw ipe
up with twofing ers. #
Tocall upthecontr olmenu ofthelas t
act ive aud iosour ce:swipe upwithtw ofin‐
ge rs. #
Tozoo minand outofthe map: movetwo
fi ng ersto get her orapar t. #
Toenlar georreduce thesize ofase cti on
of awe bsit e:mo vetwofing ersto get her or
apar t.
Se tting thesensit ivityfo rthe touc hpad
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Contr ols5
Touchpad Sensitivit y #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . #
Tosetth epr essur esensit ivity:switc h
Touchpad Taponoroff.
If th efunc tion isswitc hedon,ata pon the
to uc hpad isen ough toselect amenu item.
Switc hingthere ad-aloud functionforhan d‐
wr iting recognit ionon/of f
Re quirement s:
R The multim ediasystem iseq uipped witha
vo ice con trol system.
R The read-al oudfunction isavailable forth e
select edsystem languag e. MBUX
multimedia system 253