2020 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SEDAN audio

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TEImpairment oftheoper ating effi‐
cie ncy ofthere stra int systems from
ins talling accessor ypar tsor from repair s
or we lding Air
bags andEmerge ncy Tensi oni ng Device s,
as wellas con trol unit sand sensorsfo rth e
re stra int systems, maybe installed inthefo l‐
lo wing areas ofyour vehicle:
R Door s
R Door pillars
R Doo rsi lls
R Sea ts
R Cockpit
R Instrument cluster
R Cen terconsole
R Lateral roof frame #
Donotins tallacc essor ypar tssuc has
audio systems inthese areas. #
Donotcar ryout repair sor we lding. #
Have afte rm arke tins tallation ofacc es‐
sor ies carried out ataqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop. Yo
uco uld jeopar dizeth eoper ating safetyof your
ve hicle ifyo uuse parts,tir es and wheel sas well
as acc essor iesreleva nt tosaf etywhic hha ve not
be en approve dby Mer cedes-Ben z.Saf ety-re le‐
va nt systems, e.g.thebr ak esy stem, maymal‐
func tion.Onl yuse Mercedes- BenzGenuine Parts
or par tsof equal qualit y.Onl yuse tires, wheels
and accessor iesthat have been specif ically
appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle model.
Mer cedes-Ben zGenuine Parts ar esubject to
st rict qualit ycon trol. Eac hpar thas been spe‐
ciall yde veloped, manufactured orselec tedfo r
Mer cedes-Ben zve hicles andfine-tu nedforth em.
Ther efor e, onl yMer cedes- BenzGenuine Parts
should beused.
Mor eth an 300,0 00 differe nt Mer cedes-Be nz
Ge nui ne Parts ar eav ailable forMer cedes-Benz
model s.
All author ized Mercedes-B enzCent ersmaint ain
a supply ofMer cedes-B enzGenuine Parts fo r nece
ssaryser vice andrepair work.In addition,
st ra tegically locatedpar tsdeliv erycent erspr o‐
vide forqu ick and reliable partsser vice .
Alw aysspecify theve hicle identif ication number
(VIN) (/page458) when order ing Mer cedes-
Benz Genuine Parts. Oper
ator's Manual
This Oper ator's Manual describesallmodels and
all standar dand optio nal equipme ntavailable for
yo ur vehicle atthetime ofthis Opera tor's Man‐
ua lgoing topress. Countr y-specif icdif fere nces
ar epo ssi ble. No tethat your vehicle mayno tbe
eq uipped withall featur esdesc ribed. Thisisalso
th ecase forsy stems andfunc tionsre leva nt to
saf ety. Ther efor e, theeq uipment onyour vehicle
ma ydif ferfr om that inthedescr iption sand illus‐
tra tion s.
The original purchase agreement foryo ur vehicle
cont ains alis tof all ofthesy stems inyour vehi‐
cle.
Should youha ve anyqu estion scon cerning
eq uipment andoper ation, please consult an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. Gener
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dat
ais temp oraryand isonl ypr ocessed inthe
ve hicle itself. Onlya small portion ofthedat ais
st or ed intheeve ntor fault mem ory.
When your vehicle isser viced, tech nica lda ta
fr om theve hicle canberead out byser vice net‐
wo rkem ployees (e.g. workshops, manufactur‐
er s) or third par ties (e.g. breakdo wnservice s).
Ser vice sinc lude repair services, maintenanc e
pr ocesses ,wa rrant yclaim sand qualit yassur ‐
anc emeas ures, forex am ple. Theread out isper‐
fo rm ed via theleg allypr escr ibed portfo rth e
diagnos ticsconnection intheve hicle. The
re spectiv eser vice networklocations orthird
par ties collec t,pr oces sand usethedat a.The y
documen tte ch nica lst atus esoftheve hicle,
assis tin findi ng ma lfunctio nsand improv ing
qu alit yand aretransm itted tothemanuf acturer,
if neces sary.Fu rther mor e,themanuf actureris
subject toproduct liability .Fo rth is, themanu‐
fa ctur errequ ires tech nica lda ta from vehicles.
Fa ult mem ories intheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outle tas par tof repair ormaint enanc e
wo rk. Dep
endingontheselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdat aint ove hicle convenie nce and info‐
ta inm ent func tionsyo urself .
This includes, forex am ple:
R Mult imed iadata suchas music ,fi lms orpho‐
to sfo rpla yba ckinan integratedmultimedia
sy stem
R Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integr ated hands-fr eesystem oran inte‐
grat ednavig ation system
R Entere dna vig ation destinations
R Dat aabout theuse ofInt erne tser vices
This datacan besave dlocall yin theve hicle orit
is locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve connect ed
to theve hicle (e.g.asmar tphone, USBflash
dr ive or MP3 player). Ifth is dat ais stor ed inthe
ve hicle, youcan deleteitat anytim e.This data
is sen tto third par ties onlyat your requ est,par‐
ticular lywhen youuse onlineser vices inacc ord‐
anc ewit hth ese ttings that youha ve select ed.
Yo ucan stor eor chang econ venie nce settings /
ind ividu aliza tionin theve hicle atanytime. Depending
ontheeq uipment, this inc ludes, for
ex am ple:
R Setting sfo rth eseat andsteer ing wheel posi‐
tion s
R Suspension andclimat econ trol settings
R Cus tomizations suchas interior ligh ting
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped ,yo ucan
co nn ect your smar tphon eor ano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan contro lth is by
means ofthecon trol element sint egrat edinthe
ve hicle. Imagesand audiofrom thesmar tphon e
can beoutput viathemultimedia system. Cer‐
tai ninf orma tionis simu ltane ously trans ferred to
yo ur smar tphon e.
De pen dingon thetype ofintegr ation, this can
inc lude:
R General vehicle data
R Position data
This allowsyouto use selected apps onyour
smar tphon e,suc has navig atio nor musi cpla y‐
bac k.Ther eis no further interaction between the
smar tphone andtheve hicle; inpar ticular ,ve hi‐
cle datais no tdir ectl yaccessible. Whichtype of 30
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Understated
R Standard Displays Sho
wing displa ycont entontheins trum ent
clus ter
Ve hicl eswith anIns trument Displayin the
Wi des cree nCo ckpit :ad ditiona ldi spl aycont ent
can besho wnontheins trument cluster.
% The displa ycont entontheins trument clus‐
te rada ptsto there spectiv eto pic select ion
in themultimedia system. #
Toselect displaycont ent:swipe tothe
ri ght orlefton thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Swip eupw ards ordown wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol to select there qu ired
displa ycon tent.
Whe nth edispla ycon tent issel ect ed,it wi ll
br iefly be high lighted. 1
The inde xpoint ssho wtheselect eddispla y
con tent.
2 Disp lay cont ent, left (exa mp le:speedom eter)
When thedispla ycon tent issel ect ed2, itwi ll
br iefly be high lighted.
Displa ycon tent sel ecti on, left:
R Spee dometer
R Time/dat e
R Trip com puterFro mStart and FromReset
R Range
R Audio 3
Displa ycon tent, cent er(exa mp le:media
men u)
The inde xpoint ssho wtheselect edmenu
con tent.
The menu contentofthere spectiv emenu from
th emenu baronthemultifunc tiondispla yis dis‐
pla yedin thedispla ycon tent, cent er.
Disp lay cont entmenu selecti on, cent er:
R Assi stanc e
R Telephon e
R Navig ation
R Trip 21
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Swi peupwa rdsor down wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol and select0061 (accept)
or 0076 (rej ect ). #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Yo uma yacc eptor reject thecall using the0061
or 0076 buttononthesteer ing wheel. Se
tting theHead -upDispla yusing theon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 HEAD-UP DISPLA Y
The follo wing Head- upDisp lay se ttings canbe
selec ted:
R Position
R Brightness
R Displa ys
R Messag es
R Assis tance status
R Telephon e
R Audio
R Voice Cont rolSy stem #
Tochoose ase tting: swipe totheright on
th elef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Se tting smen u5 issele cted. #
Tocall uptheSe ttings menu :pr ess the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth eposit ion:swipe upwards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth ebr ight ness: swipe tothelef t
or right onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Tosetmessag es,assis tance status, tele‐
phone, audioand theVo ice Contr olSy s‐
te m: pres sth elef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The listof setting optio ns will bedispl ayed. #
Swipe upwards ordown wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol and selectase tting by
pr essing thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. Select
ingwha tth eHead -upDispla ysho ws (Ex
am ple)
1 Toswitc hth eHead-up Displayon/ off
2 Leftdispla yar ea
Na vig ation system
Av erag econ sum ption
G-me ter
3 Centraldispl ayarea
Se tspee din thedr iver assis tance system,
e.g. cruise control
Wa rnings from driver assis tance systems,
e.g. distance warning
4 Right displa yar ea 226
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af fic Sign Assist
Assi stant displa y
5 Toselect these ttings
6 Inde xpoint s
Displa yar eas 2to4 that areno tre qu ired can
be hidden .
% Inaudio mode, thest atio nnam e,trac kor
las tcalls willbesho wntemp orarily when the
audio sourceisbein gact ivel yoperat ed. #
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. Hea
d-up Disp lay Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y The
Head- upDis playpr oje ctsinf ormat ionabove
th ecoc kpit intoth edr iver's field ofvision, e.g.
th espeed oftheve hicle, information from the
na vig ation system ordriver assis tance systems
and some warning mess ages.
Depe ndingon theve hicle's equipment, differe nt
cont entcan besho wnintheth re edispla yar eas
of theHead-up Display(/ page226). Displa
yelements 1
Navig ation instructions
2 Current speed
3 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
4 Setspe edinthedr iver assis tance system
(e.g. cruise control)
Sy stem limit s
The visib ilityofthedispla yswill beaffect ed by
th efo llo wing condition s:
R Seat position
R Imag eposit ionsetting
R Ambient light R
Wetro adw ay
R Objects onthedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses
% Inextreme sunli ght, sectio nsofthedispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youcan correct this
by deactiv atingandreact ivatin gth eHead-up
Displa y. Switc
hingtheHead -upDispla yon/of fvia the
mu ltim edia system Multi
media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Quick Access #
Select HUD.
The Head-up Displayis activ ated. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 22
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#
Tomo vethedigita lma p:swipe inany
dir ect ion. #
Touse handwr itingtoent ercharact ers:
wr ite th ech aract erwit hon efing er on the
to uc hsc reen.
Tw o-fing erswipe #
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. #
Totur nthe map: turncou nter-clo ckwise or
cloc kwis eusing twofing ers.
To uc hing ,holdi ngand moving #
Tomo vethema p:touc hth eto uc hsc reen
and moveyour fing er inanydi re ction. #
Tosetth evo lum eon ascale: touc hth e
to uc hsc reen and movethefing er tothelef t
or right. To
uc hing andholdi ng #
Tosave thedes tina tion inthema p:touc h
th eto uc hsc reen and hold until amessag eis
sho wn. #
Tocall upagl obal menu intheap plica ‐
tions :to uc hth eto uc hsc reen and hold until
th eOPTIONS menuappear s.
Se tting acous ticoper ation feedba ckforthe
to uc hscr een
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Contr ols
The func tion issuppor tedby theselect ionina
lis t. #
Select Acoustic Operatin gFeedback. #
SetNormal, LoudorOff.
If th efunc tion isactiv ated youwill hear a
clic kingsoun dwhen scrolling inalis t.When
th ebeginnin gor end ofthelis tis reac hed
yo uwill hear another clic king sound. To
uc hpad Oper
ating theto uc hpad 1
G button
Pr essi ngbrief ly:re tur ns tothepr ev ious dis‐
pla y
2 ~ button
Pr essin g:calls upthecon trol menu ofthe
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MBUXmultim ediasystem

Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System 5
Audio #
Switc hRead OutHandwrit ingRecognit ionon
or off.
If th efunc tion isactiv ated, charact ersar e
re ad aloud asthey arewr itten on theto uc h‐
pad.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin ghap ticope ratin g
fe edba ckforthe touc hpad
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Contr ols
The func tion suppor tsyouwhen makingentries
on theto uc hpad andwhen selecting men us. #
Swit chHap ticOpe ratingFeed back on oroff.
Whe nth efunc tion isactiv ated, ata ctil efe ed‐
bac kin thefo rm ofavibr ation iseffect ed
whe nth eto uc hpad isoperat ed. Se
tting acou stic oper ating feedba ckforthe
to uc hpad
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Contr ols
The func tion issuppor tedby theselect ionina
lis t. #
Select Acoustic Operatin gFeedback. #
SetNormal, LoudorOff.
If th efunc tion isactiv ated youwill hear a
clic kingsoun dwhen scrolling inalis t.When
th ebeginnin gor end ofthelis tis reac hed
yo uwill hear another clic king sound.
Selecting ast ation andtrac kusin gth e
to uc hpad #
Swip eto thelef tor right over the~ but‐
to n.
Ra dio: thepr ev ious ornext statio nis set.
Media source:thepr ev ious ornext trac kis
selec ted.
or #
Tosho wthecontr olmenu :pr ess the~
butt onontheto uc hpad.
or #
Swip eupw ards usin gtw ofing erson the
to uc hpad.
The contro lmen uappear sfo rth eaudio
sour cethat wa slas tselect ed. #
Swipe leftor right using onefing er.
Ra dio: thepr ev ious ornext statio nis set.
Media source:thepr ev ious ornext trac kis
selec ted. #
Tohide thecontr olmenu :swipe down on
th eto uc hpad usingtw ofing ers. MBUX
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MBUX multimedia system

R
Startin gsc reen forth emedia display
R Visual style (/ page28 1)
R DYNA MIC SELE CTdrive pr ogr am
(/ page14 0)
R Eco star t/ stop setting (/ page13 8)
R Navig ation system settings
% Atheme contains thecur rently activeset‐
tings intheve hicle.
Calling upthemes
Multi media system:
4 © #
When thehome screen issho wn, swipe up
until THEMES appear s. #
Select ath eme.
Cr eating newthemes
Re quirement s:
R The settings whichar eto be save din the
th eme areactiv e.
The overvie wsho wsthese ttings whichcan
be save din ath eme (/page26 4). Multimedia
system:
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THE MES #
Select 0081Create Theme.
The settings whichar esa ve din theth eme
ar esho wn. #
Select Continue0048. #
Select additional settings whichar eto be
sa ve din theth eme.
R Select Audio, tosave theactiv eaudio set‐
ting sin theth eme.
R Select Navigation (Navigation ),to save
th eactiv ena vig ation settings inthe
th eme. #
Select Continue0048. #
Select anent ryscr een. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select animag e. #
Enterthenames intoth eent ryfield and con‐
fi rm with0076. #
Tosave ath eme: selectSav e. When
thema xim um num berthat can be
sa ve dis reac hed: #
Select 0076from thepr om pt. #
Select ath eme that shoul dbe ove rwritt en.
The setting swh ich ar esa ve din theth eme
ar esho wn. #
Select Continue0048. #
Select additional settings whichar eto be
sa ve din theth eme.
R Select Audio, tosave theactiv eaudio set‐
ting sin theth eme.
R Select Navigation (Navigation ),to save
th eactiv ena vig ation settings inthe
th eme. #
Select Continue0048. #
Select anent ryscr een. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select animag e. #
Enterthenames intoth eent ryfield and con‐
fi rm with0076. #
Tosave ath eme: selectSav e. MBU
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