2020 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SEDAN Owner's Manual

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Forolde rmobil ephone models,ent eraone
to sixt een-digit numbercodeonthemobile
phone andonthemultimedia system for
aut hor izat ion.
% Upto15 mobil ephones canbeauthor ized
on themultimedia system.
Au thor ized mobile phones arere connect ed
au tomatical ly.
% The conn ectedmobile phonecanalso be
used asBlue tooth®
audio equipme nt
(/ page37 0).
Con nectingase co nd mob ile phon e(tw o
phon emode )
Re quirement s:
R Atleas tone mobile phoneis alr eady connec‐
te dto themultimedia system viaBlue tooth®
.
Multimedia system:
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Phone #
Select í. #
Select Connec tNew Devic e. #
Select themobile phone. #
Select Devicename 1+Devic ename 2.
The select edmobile phoneiscon nect edto
th emultimedia system.
Int erch angi ngmobi lephone s(tw ophone
mode)
Mul timedi asy stem:
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Phone
Bo th mobil ephones aresho wnindivi duallyin
sepa rate tabs. #
Select theta bwit hth edesir edmobile
phone.
The mobile phoneintheselect edtabis the
mobil ephone inthefo re grou nd .
Wi th theexc eption oftelephon ese ttings ,th e
submenus inthete lephon emen ure lat eto
th emobile phoneinthefo re grou nd .In the
te lephon ese ttings ,se ttings canbemade for
bo th mobil ephones.
Changi ngthefun ction ofamobil eph one
Re quirement s:
R Atleas tone mobile phoneis con nectedto
th emultimedia system viaBlue tooth®
( / pag e334). Multimedia
system:
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Phone
Ac tiv atin gafunc tion #
Select theí device manag er. #
Select agr ay symbol intheline ofamobile
phone.
The corresponding functionisactiv ated.
Deactiv atingafunction #
Select theí device manag er. #
One function isactiv e:select thecolor
symbol intheline ofamobile phone.
The mobile phoneisdiscon nectedfrom the
multime diasystem. #
Severalfunct ionsareactiv e:select acolor
symbol intheline ofamobile phone.
The corresponding functionisdeactiv ated.
Re plac ingmobi lephon es
Mu ltimed iasystem:
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Phone #
Select í. MBUX
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No author ized mobi lephone availab le:
sele ctConnect NewDevice . #
Select amobi lephone. #
Newly author ized mobi lephone :conf irm
th enumber codeonthemobile phone.
Using insing letelephone mode #
Selec tDev icename.
A ne wlyaut hor ized mobile phoneis con nec‐
te din sing letelephon emode.
If th emobile phonehasalready been author‐
ized andconnect edinsing letelephon e
mode, itis con nectedag ain insing letele‐
phon emode.
If amobile phonehas already been author‐
ized andconnectedin twophone modewith
ano ther mobile phone, itwill becon nect edin
futur ein sing letelephon emode.
Using intw ophon emod e #
Selec tDev icename 1+Dev icename 2.
A ne wlyaut hor ized mobile phoneis con nec‐
te dwit hth eselect edmobile phoneintwo
phone mode. If
th emobile phonehasalready been author‐
ized andconnect edinsing letelephon e
mode, itwill becon nectedin futur ewit hth e
select edmobile phoneintwophone mode.
If th emobile phonewaspr ev iousl ycon nec‐
te dwit hano ther mobile phone, this con nec‐
tion iscan celed.
Disconnecting/d e-authorizing amobi le
ph one
Multi media system:
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Phone #
Select í. #
Select 0062intheline ofthemobile phone. #
Todisc onnect: select Disco nnect .
If ap plica ble, themobile phonewillbeaut o‐
maticall yre connect edwhe nth eve hicle is
ne xt star ted. #
Tode-author ize:sel ect Dea utho rize.
In fo rm ation onNearField Comm unication
(NFC)
NFC enabl esshor t-ra ng ewi reless datatransf er
or (re)con nection ofamobile phonewit hth e
multime diasystem. The
follo wing functionsar eav ailable without
ha vin gaut hor izedamobi lephon e:
R Trans ferring aURL oracon tact to be viewe d
in themultimedia system (see themanuf ac‐
tur er's oper ating instruction s).
R Setting uptheve hicle's Wi-Fi acce ssdata via
th esy stem settings (/page285).
Fu rther information canbeobt ained at:https: //
www .mercedes-benz -mobile.com/
Using themobil eph one withNe arField Com‐
mu nicat ion(NFC)
Re quirement s:
R NFC isact ivat ed on themobile phone(see
th emanuf acturer'soper ating instruction s)
R The mobile phone's screen isswitc hedon
and unloc ked(see themanuf acturer'soper‐
ating instruction s) 336
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Toconnect amob ilephone: holdtheNFC
ar ea ofthemobile phone(seemanuf actur‐
er's oper ating instruction s)on mat 1or
place themobile phoneonit. #
Followtheadditional prom ptson themedia
displa yto connect themobile phone. Con‐
nect themobile phoneinsing letelephon e
mode (/page334 ).Conn ectthemobile
phone intwophone mode(/page335). #
Toreplac eamobi lephon e:hol dth eNFC
ar ea ofthemobile phone(seemanuf actur‐
er's oper ating instruction s)on mat 1or
place themobile phoneonit. #
Followtheadditional prom ptson themedia
displa yto replace themobile phoneinone or
tw ophone mode(/page335). #
Ifre qu ired, confirm thepr om ptson your
mob ilephon e(see themanuf acturer'soper‐
ating instruction s).
% Ifyo ur mob ilephon esuppo rts wir eless
ch argin g,itwill beaut omat icallych arge dvia
NFC when itis con nectedor replaced. A
re qu iremen tfo rth is isthat themobile phone
is on themat (/page11 0).
If yo uwa nttocharge amobi lephon ewit hout
con nectingit to themultimedia system, lay it on
th emat without beforehand unblockingthe
scr een.
Fu rther information canbefound at:ht tp s://
www .merced es-ben z-mob ile.com/
Se tting there cep tion andtrans mis sion vol‐
um e
Re quirement s:
R Amobile phoneis con nected(/ page334) . Multimedia
system:
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Phone 5

5 Z
This function ensur esoptimal languag equ alit y.
% Please note that there spectiv emobile
phone mustbe select edforadju stment of
th ere cep tion andtransm ission volume. #
Selec tVolume. #
Setth ere cep tion andtransm ission volume
using Recept ionand Tran smiss ion.
Fu rther information onthere comme ndedrecep‐
tion andtransm ission volume: http:/ /
www .mercedes-ben z.com/ connect
Se tting theringt one
Multimedia system:
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Phone 5

5 Z #
Select Rington es. #
Setth eringt one. MBUX
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Ifth emobile phonesuppor tsthetra nsf erof
th eringt one, youwill hear theringt one of
th emobile phoneinstead ofthat oftheve hi‐
cle audi osy stem.
St arting/ stopping mobilephon evo ice recog‐
nit ion
Re quirement s:
R The mobile phonein thefo re ground iscon‐
nect edwithth emultimedia system
(/ page334).
St arting mobi lephone voice recognit ion #
Press and hold the£ buttononthemulti‐
func tion steer ing wheel formor eth an one
sec ond.
Yo ucan usemob ilephon evo ice recogni tion.
St opp ingmobil eph one voice recognit ion #
Press the0063 or0076 buttononthemulti‐
func tion steer ing wheel.
% Ifamobile phoneiscon nect edvia Smar t‐
phone Integr ation, thevo ice recogni tionof
th is mobile phoneis star tedor stopped. Calls
Using
thete lephone
Multime diasystem:
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Phone
Making acall byent ering thenum bers #
Sele ct_. #
Entera number . #
Select R.
The callismade .
Ac cep tingacall #
Select R Accep t.
Re jec tingaca ll #
Select k Reject .
En din gaca ll #
Select k.
Ac tiv atin gfunc tions dur ingacal l
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable during a
call:
k EndCall m
Microph oneOff
_ NumericKeypad (showto send DTMF
to nes)
0081 AddCall
h Transfe rto Pho ne(anacti vecal lin ha nds-
fr ee mod eis transf erredove rto thete le‐
phon e) #
Selec ta func tion.
Condu ctingcallswithse ve ralpar ticip ants
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an act ive call (/ page338 ).
R Another call isbeing made.
Switc hingbetw een calls #
Select thecon tact.
The select edcallis acti ve.The other call is
on hold.
Ac tiv atin gacal lon hol d #
Select thecon tact of thecall onhold. 338
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Condu
ctingaconf erence call #
Sele cti CreateConf er.Call.
The newpar ticipant isinc luded inthecon fer‐
ence call.
Endin gan activ ecall #
Select kEndCall.
% Onsome mobilephones, thecall onhold is
activ ated assoon astheactiv ecall isended.
Ac cep ting/r eject ingawa iting call
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an act ive call (/ page338 ).
If yo ure cei veacall while already inacall, a
mes sageis displa yed.
Depen dingonthemobile phoneandmobile net‐
wo rkoper ator youwill hear acall- waitin gsound .
In addition ,in twophon emode youwill hear an
aco ustic sign alwhen thecall goes thro ugh tothe
ot her (notye tacti ve)mobile phone. #
Selec tR Accept.
The incomin gcall isactiv e. If
onl yone mobile phoneiscon nectedwit h
th emultimedia system, thepr ev ious callwill
be put onhold.
If dur ing acall youacc epta call withth e
ot her mobile phonewhenintwophone mode
th en theex istin gcall isended . #
Selec tk Reject.
% This function andbeha viordepen dson your
mob ilephon ene tworkpr ov ider andthe
mobil ephone (seethemanuf acturer'soper‐
ating instruction s). Contacts
Inf
ormat ionabout thecontact smenu
The contacts menu contains allcont acts from
ex istin gdat asour ces, e.g.mobile phoneor dat a
st or ag emedium.
Depending onthedat asour ce,itis possible to
sa ve /loa dth efo llo wing numb erofcon tacts:
R Perm anen tly sa ve dcon tacts: 3,000 entries
R Contacts loaded from themobile phone:
5,000 entries per mobile phone Fr
om thecon tacts menu ,yo ucan perform the
fo llo wing actions :
R Mak eacall, forex am ple call acon tact
(/ page 341)
R Navig ation (/page29 7)
R Com pose messa ges(/ page34 4)
R Addition alop tion s(/ page34 1)
If amobile phoneiscon nectedto themultimedia
sy stem (/ page334) andautomatic callingup
(/ page339) isactiv ated, themobile phone's
con tacts aredispl ayed intheaddr essbook .
The multimedia system can showsugg estion s
based onfreq uentl yused contacts aswellas
inc omin gand outgo ingcalls (/page26 7).
These aresho wnattheto pof thecon tact list .
Do wnloa dingmob ilephone conta cts
Mult imediasystem:
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Phone 5

5 Z #
Select Contac ts&Recent Calls. MBUX
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tomatic ally #
Ifth eSync hroniz eContac tsAutom atically
func tion isno tactiv e:activ ateth efunc tion
by pressing once.
Manu ally #
Ifth eSync hroniz eContac tsAutom atically
func tion isactiv e:deactiv ateth efunc tion by
pr essing once. #
Select SynchronizeCont acts.
Yo ucan seefrom thest atus ofcon troller tothe
ri ght oftheSync hroniz eContac tsAutom atically
displa yte xt wh ether thefunc tion isactiv e.
Calling upcontacts
Multimedia system:
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Phone 5
g
The follo wing option scan beused tosear chfor
cont acts:
R searching byinit ials
R sear ching bynam e
R searching byphone number #
Enterch aract ersint oth esear chfield. #
Select thecon tact.
A cont actcan cont ain th efo llo wing details:
R phon enumb ers
R navig ation addresses
R geo-coor dinates
R Interne taddr ess
R e-mail addresses
R voice tag(if set)
R relation (ifset)
Edit ingthefo rm atofaco ntact's name
Mul timedi asy stem:
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Phone 5
Z #
Select General. #
Select NameFormat.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Last Name ,Fir stName
R Last Name FirstName
R FirstName LastName #
Select anoptio n. Ov
ervie wof impor tingcontact s
Contact sfrom various sour ces Sour
ce Requirement s
ò USBdevice TheUSB device is
con nectedwit hth e
USB port.
ñ Bluetooth®
con‐
nectio n If
th esendin gof
vCar dsvia Blue tooth®
is suppor ted, vCar ds
can berecei vedon
mobile phones ornet‐
book s,forex am ple.
Blue tooth®
is act iva‐
te din themultimedia
sy stem and onthe
re spectiv ede vice
(see themanuf actur‐
er's oper ating instruc‐
tion s). 34
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Im
por tingcontact sint oth econtact smenu
Multi media system:
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Phone 5
Z 5
General
5 Import Contacts #
Select amobile phone, from
whic hth econ tacts should be impor ted. #
Select anoption .
Sa ving amobile phonecontact
Multimedia system:
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Phone 5
g #
Select ó0048intheline ofthemobile
phone contact. #
Sele ct0062. #
Sele ctSave toVeh icle. #
Sele ctYes .
The cont actsave din themultimedia system
is identif iedbytheq symbol.
Calling acontact
Multimedia system:
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Phone 5
g #
Select ªSearch forContac ts. #
Enterch aract ersint oth esear chfield. #
Select thecon tact. #
Sele ctthete lephon enumb er.
The numb erisdialed.
Selecting further options inthecontact s
menu
Multi media system:
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Phone 5
g #
Select 0048intheline ofthecon tact. #
Sele ct0062.
Depe nding onthestor ed dat a,thefo llo wing
op tion sar eav ailable:
R Add VoiceTag/ DeleteVoic eTag
R Set Relat ionship /Delet eRelat ionship
R Sen dDT MF Tones(for anum berwithDT MF
to nes)
The func tionis available whenacall isact ive. #
Select anoptio n. Select
ingoption sfo rsug gestions inthecon‐
tacts menu
Re quirement s:
R Apr ofile has been creat ed(/ page262 ).
R The Allow ContactSugges tionsse tting is
switc hedon(/ page26 7).
Multime diasystem:
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Phone #
Select +Recent Calls. #
Select Vintheline ofasugg estedcon ‐
ta ct.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Sav eas Fav orite
The sugg estio ns aresa ve das global
fa vo rite sand donotappea ron thehome
scr een.
R NoLonger Suggest #
Select anoption .
Dele ting contacts
Re quirement s:
R The contacts aresa ve din theve hicle. MBUX
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Todele tean ind ividual contact, this has been
im por tedmanually intoth eve hicle.
Multimedia system:
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Phone
Dele ting allcontacts #
Select Z. #
Select General. #
Select DeleteContac ts. #
Select anoption .
Dele ting acontact #
Select g. #
Select 0048intheline ofthecon tact. #
Sele ct0062. #
Sele ctDele teCo ntact . #
Sele ctYes .
Sa vin gaco ntact asafa vo rite
Multimedia system:
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Phone 5
0074 Add Favorit es #
Select acon tact. #
Sele ct0048 intheline ofthecon tact. #
Sele ctthete lephon enumb er.
The contact isstor ed asafa vo rite inthete le‐
phon emen uove rview.
Dele ting favo rite sin thete lephone menu
ove rview
Multime diasystem:
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Select afa vo rite inthete lephon emen uov er‐
vie w(/ page342). #
Press and hold thefa vo rite . #
Select Dele te. #
Select Yes.
De leting allfavo rite s #
Tapon © inthemedia display. #
Select Pho ne. #
Select Z. #
Select thecon nect edtelephon e. #
Selec tCont acts& Recen tCalls. #
Selec tDelet eAll Favo rites.
A pop- upwindo wappear s:Do you want to
delet eall favor ites? #
Selec tYes. Call
list Ov
ervie wof thecall list
Dep endingonwhe ther your mob ilephon esup‐
por tsthePB AP Blue tooth®
pr ofile ornot,th is
can have differe nt effects onthepr esent ation
and func tionsof thecall list.
If th ePB AP Blue tooth®
pr ofile issuppor ted, the
ef fects are asfollo ws :
R The calllists from themobile phonearedis‐
pla yedin themultimedia system.
R When connect ingthemobile phone, youma y
ha ve toconf irm thecon nect ionforth ePB AP
Blue tooth®
pr ofile. 34
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