2020 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SEDAN tow

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system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis poor visibility ,e.g. due toinsuf fi‐
cie ntillu mina tionofthero ad, ifth er ear e
highl yva riable shade condition sor inrain,
sno w,fogor hea vyspr ay.
R Ifth er eis glar e, e.g .fr om oncom ingtraf fic,
th esun orreflect ions.
R Ifth ewindshield inthear ea ofthemultifunc ‐
tion camer ais dir ty,or ifth ecamer ais fog‐
ge dup, damag edorcovered.
R Ifth er ear eno lane marking s,or several
unc lear lane markingsarepr esen tfo rone
lane, e.g.around roadw orks .
R Ifth elane marking sar ewo rn,dar kor cov‐
er ed.
R Ifth edis tance totheve hicle infront istoo
shor tand thus thelane marking scann otbe
de tected.
R Ifth elane marking sch ang equ ickl y, e.g.
lanes branc hof f,cr oss one another or
mer ge.
R Ifth ero adw ayisvery nar row and wind ing. Ve
hicl eswithout Drivin gAss istanc ePa ck‐
ag e:Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assistuses radar sen‐
sor sto monit orseveralar eas around theve hicle.
If th era dar sensor sin there ar bum peraredir ty
or coveredwit hsno w,thesy stem maybe
im pair edorma yno tfunc tion.If an obs tacle in
th elane inwhic hyo uar edr ivin ghas been detec‐
te d, no lane-c orrecting brak eap plica tion occu rs.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gAc tiv eLan eKe eping
Assis t
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Quick Access
5 Act ive Lane Keeping Assist #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
Se tting Activ eLan eKe eping Assist
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Assist ance
5 Act ive Lane Keeping Assist
Se tting thesensit ivity
% The availabilit yof this func tion isdepen dent
on thecount ry. #
Select Stand ard,Sensi tiveorOff. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe hapticwarning #
Selec tWarnin g.
Ac tivateor deacti vate thefunc tion. Ve
hicl eto wing instruct ions
The vehicle isno tsuit able forth euse oftow bar
sy stems that areused forflat towing ording hy
to wing, forex am ple. Attach ing and using tow bar
sy stems canlead todamag eon theve hicle.
When youar eto wing ave hicle withto w bar sys‐
te ms, safedr iving charact eristic scan notbe
guar anteed forth eto wing vehicle ortheto we d
ve hicle. Thevehicle-tr ailercombination may
sw erve from side toside. Complywithth eper‐
mitt edtowing methods (/page41 3) and the
ins truct ions forto wing withbo th axle son the
gr ou nd (/ page 414). Dr
iving and parking 21
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Estima tedar riva ltim eat next des tination
4 Current road Ex
am ple: chang eof dir ect ion ann oun ced
1 Distance tothech ang eof dir ect ion
2 Road towhic hth ech ang eof dir ect ion leads
3 Chan ge-of-d irection symbo l
4 Recomme ndedlane (whit e)
5 Possible lane
6 Lane notre comme nded(darkgray ) Fu
rther possible displayson theNavigation
menu:
R Direc tionofTravel: displayof dir ect ion of
tra veland road cur rentl ybe ing trave led on.
R New Route. ..or Calculatin gRoute. ..:a ne w
ro uteis bein gcalc ulated.
R Road NotMappe d:th ero ad isunk nown, e.g.
fo rne wly builtro ads.
R NoRout e: no routeco uld becalc ulatedto
th eselect eddes tinat ion.
R Off Map: themap forth ecur rent locati onis
no tav ailable.
R Area ofDe st.Reach ed:when anintermedi ate
des tinatio nis reac hed, theint ermediat edes‐
tinat ionflag will bedispla yedwit hth enum‐
ber oftheint ermediat edes tinat ionÎ.
Af terth is, routeguidan cewill continue .On ce
th edes tinat ionisreac hed, thech eckered
fl ag Í willbedispla yed. Ro uteguidan ce
will nowbe comp lete #
Toexitth emenu :pr ess thebac kbutt onon
th elef t. Ve
hicl eswith theMB UX multim edia system:
Yo ucan also star tna vig atio nto one ofthe
re cent destina tions ontheNavigation menu: #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toselect ades tinat ion:swipe upwards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Ro uteguidan cewill star t.
If ro uteguidan cehas already been activat ed,
a qu erywill appear askingwhether youwish
to end thecur rent routeguidan ce. #
Select Yes. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Ro uteguidan cewill star t. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 223

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teson oper ating safety &
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. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent from
ope rating mob ile comm unicati onequip ‐
ment while th eve hicle isin mo tion
Mobile communication sde vices distract the
dr iver from thetraf fic situ ation. Thiscou ld al
so cau sethedr iver tolose control of the
ve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com‐
municat ionsdevices when theve hicle is
st atio nary. #
Asave hicle occupant, onlyuse mobile
communication sde vices inthear eas
int ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthe
re ar passe nger com partment . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stow agespac esand
mobi lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctsth ey cont ain.
The reisarisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,lugg age
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk/ loadcompartmen t. Fo
ryo ur ow nsa fety,al wa ys obser vethefo llo w‐
ing point swhen operatingmobile communic a‐
tion seq uipmen tand espec iallyyo ur voice con ‐
tr ol system:
R Obser vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecoun‐
tr y in whic hyo uar edr ivin g.
R While drivin g,on lyop eratemobi lecom mun i‐
cat ionseq uipme ntand your voice con trol
sy stem when thetra ffic con dition sper mit it.
Yo uma yot her wise bedistract ed from the
tr af fic condi tions andcausean acci dent,
inju ring yourself and other s. 228
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Navigate to<3 word address> The
exam ple isforth eEn glish lan‐
guag e:
Dr ive toParade. Help.Bleat St
arts routeguidan cetoa3 wo rdaddr essfrom what 3words.
The exam ple men tioned navig ates youto theEm pireSt ateBuild ing.
Obse rveth efo llo wing informatio n:
R 3wo rdaddr esse sar elang uagedepen dent.
R Sear ching fora des tination using 3wo rdaddr esse sis no tposs iblein
all coun tries and inall lang uages.Addition alinf ormation on3wo rd
addr esse sfrom what 3words can befound intheNa vig ation section
under "Entering thedes tinat ionasa3 wo rdaddr ess".
The EmpireSt ateBuild ing,fo rex am ple, hasthefo llo wing 3wo rd
addr esse s:
R English: parade.he lp.bleat
R Frenc h:commu n.verbe.bisq uer
R Spanish: suertes.dig a.pesca
Home Iwould liketogo home/I wantto
drive tomy home address St
arts routeguidan cetothehome address.
Work Iwould liketonavigate towork St
arts routeguidan cetowo rk.
Enter POI Take me toaPOI Ent
ersa POI ,e.g .Br and enb urg Gate.
Naviga teto Navigateto "McDonald's" St
arts routeguidan cetoaPOI . Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 235

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Navigate tothe online POI Navigatetoonline POI"McDon ald'sSear
ches online fora POI and star ts routeguidan ce.
St art rout eguidan ce Beginrout eguidan ce/Can you
st art rout eguidan ce? St
arts routeguidan cetoades tinatio n.
Canc elrout eguidan ce Canyouquit routeguidan ce? Canc
elsrouteguidan ce.
Rest artrout eguidan ce Iwould liketo res ume routeguid-
anc e Con
tinues routeguidan ceafte ra br eak .
Set asintermedi atedes-
tination Set
"9Euclid Avenue inCle vela nd"
as an intermedi atedestina tion Selects
anintermedia tedes tination forth ero ute.
Set as interm ediat edes-
tin atio n Set
"John Doe"as interm ediat edes-
tin atio n Sel
ect san intermed iatedes tinatio nfrom thecon tacts forth ero ute.
Set as interm ediat edest ina-
tio n Set
"Trum pTower "as an interm edi-
ate dest ination Sel
ect sa POI asan intermed iatedes tinatio nfo rth ero ute.
En teraddr essin Iwould liketo entera ne waddr ess
in "Fr anc e" Sel
ect sa des tinatio nin ano ther count ry.
Enter ZIP cod eS tartrou teguidance toanew ZIP
cod e Ent
ersa ZI P cod e.
La st destinati ons Showthe previous destinati ons Sel
ects ade stinat ionfrom thepr ev ious destination s. 236
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Random tracklist off Switchoff shuffle mode Switc
hesoffra ndo mmod e.
Wha tam Ilisteni ngto? Whichmu sic is cur rentl ypl ay ing ? The
informa tionab ou tth etra ck cur rentl ypl ay ing isread aloud. Ov
ervie wof mes sagevo ice comm ands Messag
escan becreat ed, edit edand listened to
usin gth emessag evo ice com mand s.The follo w‐ ing
listof fers jus ta sma llsel ecti onofthepossi‐
ble messag ecomm ands.Youwill recei veaddi‐
tio nal sugg estio ns ifyo usa yHel pfor mes sagin g.
Mess agevo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Text message to Iwould liketowrite anew textto
"John Doe's mobile number" Cr
eat esate xt mes sage .All address bookname sar eav ailable.
Tex tmes sage to Iwould likeyou towrit eanew text
to "Jane Doe"with thefoll owin g
te xt:"I am runninglate " Wr
ites ate xt mes sage totheper son ment ioned. Thecontent ofthete xt
can bespo kenimm ediate ly ifonlin evo ice con trol has been activat ed.
Read outnew textmess ages Iwould likeyou toread outthe
new textmess ages Re
ads outnewtext mes sage s.
Read outthelast text message
from I
woul dlike you toread outthelast
text message from"John Doe" Re
ads outthelas tte xt mes sage from theper son ment ioned. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 24
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The
MBUX Inte rior Assis tantsupportsthefo llo wing interactions: Int
eraction area Interaction Description
In front ofthemedia display/abo vetheto uc h‐
pad Pr
ox imit yto thecon trol element TheMBUX Interior Assis tant recogni zestheappr oachof the
hand towa rdsa cont rolelemen t.
Depe ndingon theactiv eapplication, thedispla ywill be
adjus tedin themedia display.Some functionsdiffer ent iate
be tween driver and front passeng er.
No specif ichand position isrequ ired.
Abo vethecent ercon sole Defined poses With def ined poses afunc tion istrigg ered dependin gon the
applic ationact ive.
Belo wtheinside rear vie wmir rorB rief up and down movements With brief vertical upand down movements belowtheinside
re ar vie wmir rorth ere adin glight forth edr iver or thefront
passeng erisswitc hedonand off.
Fr ont passeng erseat Stretching outth ehand abovethe
fr ont passeng ersea t By
stre tching outth ehand abovethefront passeng erseat
th esear chlight isswitc hedon.Ifth ehand iswit hdr awnfrom
th is area, thesear chlight isswitc hedoffag ain. Oper
ating funct ionsbyprox imit yof thehan d
to theto uc hscr eenand touc hpad
Re quirement s: R
One ofthefo llo wing applicat ionsappear sin
th emedia display: -
Seat settings withdispla ysforth edr iver
and front passeng erseat, e.g.Seat Com-
fort
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MBUX multimedia system

-
Radio menu ormedia menu
- Map inthena vig ation
- ActivePa rking Assist
R Recogni tionoccu rsas thehand approaches
to appr oximat ely4 in (10 cm) from theto uc h‐
pad ortheto uc hsc reen.
Seat adjustm ents bythedr iver or front
pa sseng er
In theseat settings menu, theMBUX Interior
Assis tant detects prox imit yto various cont rol
element sof themultimedia system. Inaddition,
th eMBUX Interior Assis tant detects from which
seat theaction emanat es. Hand
approaching theto uc hsc reen Hand
approaching theto uc hpad #
With theseat setting displa yactiv e,mo vethe
hand towa rdsth eto uc hsc reen ortouc hpad.
The seat oftheper son oper ating, driver's
seat orfront passeng erseat, isenlar gedin
th emedia display.
The appr opriatecont rolelemen tsarepr e-
selec tedaut omatic ally. #
Depen dingonthefunc tion,th eper son oper‐
ating caneither switc hth efunc tion onoroff
dir ect lyor mak eot her settin gs.
Highlighting anapplication onthehom e
scr een
The MBU XInte rior Assis tant detects inwhi ch
ar ea thehand isin front oftheto uc hsc reen. The
displa yof objec tssho wnisadjus tedto improve
or ient ation. #
Moveahan dto wa rdsth eto uc hsc reen.
The symbol forth eapplication isenlar ged.
The quick- acc ess applic ationswill behigh ‐
light ed. #
Con tinue operation ,e.g .selec ta qu ick-
acc ess applic ation.
% Further information aboutthehome screen
(/ page24 9). MBUX
multimedi asy stem 25
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