2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLA Owners Manual

Connect
ingamob ilephone
(COMAN D)
Req uiremen ts For
telepho nyvia theBlue toot h®
int erf ace, you
requi reaBlue toot h®
-c apable mobilephon e.
The mob ilephon emust suppo rtHan ds-Free
Pro file 1.0or abov e.
Mult imed iasyst em:
X Sel ect Vehicle Veh
icle007BS ystemSet‐ Sys
tem Set‐
tin gs tin
gs007B ActivateBluetooth Act
ivateBluetooth.
X Ac tivate Blue tooth®
0073.
Mobil ephon e:
X Ac tivate Blue tooth®
and ,if ne ces sary, Blue-
to oth®
vis ibilit yfor other devi ces(see the
man ufacturer'soper atingins truct ions).
The Blue tooth®
devi cenam esfor allofone
man ufacturer'spro duct smigh tbe iden tical. To
mak eit poss ibletocle arly iden tifyyour mobile
phon e,chang eth edevi cenam e(see theman -
ufac turer'soper atingins truct ions).
If th emob ilephon esuppo rts th ePBA P(Pho ne
Book Access Profile)and MAP(Mes sage
Acc ess Profile)Blue tooth®
pro files,thefoll ow-
ing inform ationwill betrans mittedaft eryou
con nect:
R Phon ebook
R Call lists
R Tex tmes sages ande-mail
i Fur
ther inform ationon suit able mobile
phon escan befoun dat: http://
www.m ercedes-benz.com /connect
i In
theUS A,you can getintouch withth e
Mer cedes-Ben zCust omerAs sist anc eCen ter
on 1-80 0-FO R-M ERCe des
(1- 800-36 7-63 72).
In Cana da,you can getintouch withthe
Cus tomer Relations Center on
1-800-3 87-0100 .
Searchin gfor and authorizing (con-
nec ting) amobile phone Before
usingyourmobil ephone withthemulti-
media system forthe first time, youwillneed
to search forthe phone andthen authori ze
(connect) it.Depending onthe mobil ephone,
authori zationeithertakesplacebymeans of Secure
SimplePairing orby entering apass-
key. Themultime diasystem automatically
makes theprocedu rethat isreleva ntfor you r
mobil ephone available. The mobil ephone is
alw ays connected automaticallyafterauthori -
zation. Further information onusing amobil e
phone withthemultime diasystem (seethe
Digital Operator's Manual).
If the multime diasystem doesnotdetect your
mobil ephone, thismay bedue toparticul ar
security settings onyou rmobil ephone (see
the manufacture r'sopera tinginstructions).
Only onemobil ephone canbeconnected to
the multimed iasystem atany one time.
Searchin gfor amobile phone
Multime diasystem:
X Select Tel/ Tel/00A7007BConn. Conn.
Device Device007BSearc
hfor Phones Search
forPhones007BStart Start
Search Search.
The availablemobil ephones aredispl ayed.
Symbols inthe devic elist Sym-
bol Explanatio
n 00D3
New
mobil ephone found, notyet
authori zed. 00DC
Mobil
ephone isauthori zed,butis
not connected. Con
necting amobile phone
Authorization usingSecure SimplePairing:
X Select mobilephone.
A code isdispl ayedin the multime diasys-
tem andonthe mobil ephone.
X Ifcode smatch: selectYes Yes
onthe multime -
dia system.
X Confirm codeonthe mobil ephone. Depend-
ing onthe mobil ephone used,confirm the
connection tothe multime diasystem and
for the PBAP andMAP Bluetooth ®
profil es.
The prompt toconfirm maytake uptotwo
minutes tobe displ ayed(see themanufac-
turer's operatinginstructions).
X Ifthe code sare different: selectNo No
on the
multime diasystem.
The process iscanceled.
Repe atauthori zation. Operating
system
247Multimedia system Z

Auth
orizati onbyente ringapa sske y(p as s-
cod e):
X Sel ect the Bluetoo th®
nam eof the mob ile
pho ne.
The inputmenu forthe passke yis displ ayed .
X Ch oos eaone tosixtee n-digitnum bercom-
bi nati onasapa sske y.
X Enter thepasske yon the multimed iasys-
tem.
X Pre ss0054 toconfi rm.
X Enter andconfi rmthe passke yon the
mob ile pho ne.Dep endingonthe mob ile
pho neused ,confi rmthe conne ctionto the
mu ltimed iasystem andforthe PBAP and
MAP Bluetoo th®
pro files. The prompt to
confi rmmaytake uptotwo minu testobe
di spl ayed (seethe manuf actu rer'sop era ting
ins truc tions) . Co
nnectin gamob ile phon e(A udio
20 )
Requ iremen ts For
telephony viathe Bluetoo th®
inte rface, you
req uire atleas tone Bluetoo th®
-cap ablemob ile
pho nedependi ng on useof on e-te lepho ne
mode ortwo -teleph onemode. Themob ile
pho nemu stsupp ort Hand s-FreePro file 1.0 or
ab ove .
In two -teleph onemode youcan useallthe
fu nctio nsofthe multimed iasystem with the
main teleph one.With the additi onaltel e-
pho ne,yo ucan rece iveinco ming calls.
Mu ltimed iasystem :
X Sel ect Vehicle Veh
icle007BS ystemSet‐ Sys
tem Set‐
tin gs tin
gs007B ActivateBluetooth Act
ivateBluetooth.
X Activa teBlu etoo th®
0073.
Mob ile pho ne:
X Activa teBlu etoo th®
and ,if nece ssary,Blu e-
tooth ®
vis ibility for othe rde vice s(se ethe
ma nuf actu rer'sop era ting instruc tions) .
The Bluetoo th®
de vice namesfor allof one
ma nuf actu rer'spro ducts mig htbe identi cal.To
ma keitpo ssi ble to cle arly identi fyyour mob ile
pho ne,change thedevice name(se ethe man-
uf actu rer'sop era ting instruc tions) . If
the mob ile pho nesupp orts thePBAP (Phone
Bo ok Acce ssPro file) and MAP (Mess age
Acce ssPro file) Blu etoo th®
pro files, the follow-
ing info rma tionis trans mitte dafte ryo ucon-
nect themaintel ephone :
R Pho nebook
R Ca lllists
R Te xt mes sages and e-ma il
i Fur
ther informa tionon suita ble mob ile
pho nes can befou ndat: http:/ /
ww w.me rcedes -benz.c om/ conn ect
i In
the USA, youcan getin tou chwith the
Mer cedes-B enzCustom erAssi stance Center
on 1-800-FO R-MERC edes
(1-8 00-367 -6372).
In Ca nad a,youcan getin tou chwith the
Cu stom erRelatio ns Center on
1-800-3 87-0100.
Searching forand auth orizing (con-
necting) amobile phone Before
usingyourmobile phonewiththemulti-
media system forthe first time, youwillneed
to search forthe phone andthen authorize
(conn ect)it.Depending onthe mobile phone,
authorization eithertakesplacebymeans of
Secure SimplePairing orby enterin gapass-
key. Themultimedia systemautomatically
makes theprocedure thatisrelevant foryour
mobile phoneavailable.Themobile phoneis
alwa ysconn ected automatically afterauthori-
zation. Further information onusing amobile
phone withthemultimedia system(seethe
Digital Operator's Manual).
If the multimedia systemdoesnotdetect your
mobile phone, thismay bedue toparticular
security settingson your mobile phone(see
the manufacturer's operatinginstructions).
Searching foramobile phone
Multimedia system:
X Select Tel/ Tel/00A7007BConn.
Device Conn.
Device007BCon‐ Con‐
nect NewDevice nect
NewDevice.
X Select Connect viaVehicle Connect
viaVehicle.
X Select mobile phone. 248
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ingsystemMultim ediasystem

Connect
ingamob ilephone
X One- telep hone mode:selec tCon nectas Con
nectas
New MainPho ne New
MainPho ne.
X Two- telep hone mode:selec tCon nectas Con
nectas
Add itionalPho ne Add
itionalPho newhen amobi lephon eis
already connected.
X Aut
horization usingSecur eSim plePair -
ing:
A cod eis displayed inthemult imedi asys-
tem andonthemobi lephon e.
X Conf irmcodeon themobi lephon e.Dep end-
ing onthemobi lephon eused, confirm the
con nectionto themult imedi asyst emand
for thePBA Pand MAPBluet ooth®
prof iles.
The prom pttocon firm may takeup totwo
min utes tobe displayed (seetheman ufac-
tur er'soper atingins truct ions).
X Ifth ecod esare differen t:selec tNo No
on the
mult imedi asyst em.
The proc essiscan cele d.
Repeat authorizatio n.
or X Aut
horization byente ringapa sskey
(pa sscod e):enterany one-to six tee n-digit
num bersequen cewhic hyou have chosen
yourse lfint oth epassk eyinput menu.
X Pres s0054 tocon firm.
X En ter and confirm thepassk eyon the
mobi lephon e.Dep endingonthemobi le
phon eused, confirm thecon nectionto the
mult imedi asyst emand forthePBA Pand
MA PBluet ooth®
prof iles. Theprom ptto
con firm may takeup totwo minutes tobe
displayed (seetheman ufacturer'soper ating
ins truct ions).
Sym bols inthedev icemanager The
symbo lsare shown incolo rdepen dingon
th eir use. Sym
bol Expl
anation Mobile
phonecon nected tothe
mult imedi asyst em Main
telephon ewith fullrangeof
fun ction s Add
itional telephon efor incom-
ing calls intwo telephon emode Med
iamod e
Gener alnotes If
you wish toplay extern almedia sources,th e
appro priatemedia modemustalready be
tur ned on.Further inform ationon media mode
(see theDig ital Oper ator'sMan ual).
The follo wing extern almedia sourcescan be
used:
R App le®
devic es(e.g.iPhon e®
)
R US Bdevic es(e.g.US Bstick ,MP3 player)
(Y page 250)
R CD
R DV D(COMA ND)
R SD cards
R Via devic escon nected byBluet ooth®
i In
for mat iononsingle CD/ DVDdriv eor
DV Dchan ger(see theDig ital Oper ator's
Man ual).
Select ingusin gth edev icelist Mult
imedi asyst em:
X Sele ctMed ia Med
ia007B Devices Dev
ices.
The available mediasourceswillbeshown .
The 003Bdot indicatesthecur ren tset ting.
X Sele ctthemedia source.
Playable filesareplayed.
Inser ting/rem ovinganSD card Imp
ortant safety notes G
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SD cardsare small parts.They canbeswal-
lowed andcause choking.This poses an
inc reas edrisk ofinjury oreven fatalinj ury.
Keep theSD cardout ofthereac hof chi l-
dren .If aSD cardis swallowe d,seek medi-
cal attent ion imm ediat ely.
! If
th eSD cardis no longer inuse, you
should takeit out and remove itfro mthe
veh icle.High temperat urescandamage the
car d. Oper
ating syst em
249Multim edia system Z

Inser
tingan SD card
The SDcardslot isloc ate don theco ntrol
pan el.
X Inser tth eSD cardint oth eSD cardslot until
th eSD carden gages .The side withth eco n-
tac tsmust facedown .
Rem oving anSD card
X Pre sstheSD card.
The SDcardis eject ed.
X Remo vetheSD card.
Connect ingUSB devices X
Con nect theUS Bdev icetotheUS Bpor t.
Ther eare two USBpor tsinthest owage
spac eund erthearm rest.
X Sel ect themed iasour ce(Ypage 249). 250
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era ting syst emMultim edia system

Load
ingguid elines G
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If obj ect s,luggage orloads arenot secured
or not secured sufficiently, they could slip,
tip over orbe flun garoun dand thereb yhit
veh icle occupant s.Ther eis arisk ofinjury,
part icular lyin theeven tof sudden braking
or asudden changeindirec tion.
Always store object sso that they can not be
flun garoun d.Sec ure object s,luggage or
loads againstslippin gor tipping beforethe
jo urn ey. G
DANG
ER
Combus tioneng inesemit poiso nous
exh aust gases suchascar bon mon oxide.
Ex haust gases canentertheveh icle interio r
if th etailg ateisopen while theeng ineis
run ning,espec iallyifth eveh icle isin
mot ion.Ther eis arisk ofpoiso ning.
Always switchoff theeng inebefo reopen ing
th etailg ate. Neverdriv ewith thetailg ate
open . G
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The exhaust tailpipe andtailpipe trim can
bec ome veryhot .If you com eint ocon tact
with these partsof theveh icle,you could
burn yourse lf.Ther eis arisk ofburn s.
Always bepart icular lycar eful andsuper vise
chi ldren closely aroun dth eexh aust pipeand
th eexh aust pipetrims. Allowthese com po-
nen tsto coo ldown beforetouchin gth em.
The handlingchar acteris ticsof aladen vehicle
are depen denton thedist ribut ionoftheload
with intheveh icle.
Obse rvethefollo wing noteswhen loadin gand
tr ans port ingaload:
R Nev erexc eed themax imum permissible
gro ssveh icle mass orthegro ssaxle weight
rat ing fortheveh icle (includin gocc upant s).
The values arespec ified ontheveh icle iden - tif
icat ion plat eon theB- pillar ofthedriv er's
door .
R The cargocom partmen tis thepref erred
place tocar ryobj ect s.
R Posit ionheavy loadsasfar forward asposs i-
ble and aslow down inthecar gocom part-
men tas poss ible.
R The load must notprot rude above theupper
edge oftheseat backrests.
R Always placetheload again sttherear or
fro ntseat backrests.Mak esure that the
seat backrestsare securely lockedinto
place .
R Always placetheload behin dunoc cupie d
seat sif poss ible.
R Use thecar gotie-do wn rings and theparc el
net sto trans port loads andluggage .
R Use cargotie-do wn rings and fastening
mat erials appropriatefor theweight and
siz eof theload.
R The maximum loadcapac ityofthest owage
well unde rth ecar gocom partmen tfloo ris
55 lbs (25 kg).
R Se cure the load with sufficiently stron gand
wear- resistant tie-do wns .Pad sharpedges
for prot ection.
! Do
notposit iontheload ononepart ofthe
fold ingcargocom partmen tfloo ron ly. The
max imum loadcapac ityofthefold ingcargo
com partmen tfloo ris 22 0lbs (100kg ).Di s-
tri bu te the weight evenlyto avoid damagin g
th ecar gocom partmen tfloo r.Place asolid
board undertheload ifnec essar y.Please
not eth at theload onthecar gocom part-
men tfloo rwill beincrease dwhen theload
is lashed down. St
owage areas St
owage spaces
Imp ortant safety notes G
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If you transp ortobject sin thevehic leint e-
rior and these arenot adequat elysecured,
th ey could sliporbe flun garoun dand
th ereby strik evehic leocc upant s.In addi-
tio n,cup holder s,open stowage spacesand
mobile phonebrac ketsmay notalways be St
owage areas
251Stowage andfeatures
Z

able
tohold theobj ect splace din them in
th eeven tof an acc iden t.Ther eis arisk of
inj ury, particular lyin theeven tof shar p
brak ingorsudden chang esofdire ction .
R Always stow object sin suc haway that
th ey can notbe tossed about inthese or
simi larsituatio ns.
R Always makesure that obj ect sdo notpro-
tr ude outofthest owage spaces,luggage
net sor stowage nets.
R En sure that clo sable stowage spacesare
shut beforebegin ningyour journ ey.
R Always stow and secure heav y,hard ,poin -
te d, shar p-edged, fragile orlarge object s
in thecar gocom partmen t.
Obse rveth eloadin gguideli nes(Ypage 251).
St owage compartm ent sin thefront Glove
box X
To open :pull handle0043and open glovebox
flap 0044.
X To close: foldglovebox flap 0044upwards
unt ilit eng ages.
Ther eis apen holde rat theto pof theglov e
box flap. Eyegla
ssescomp artm ent X
To open :pres smar king0043.
Mak esure that theeyeglas sescom partmen tis
always closed while theveh icle isin mot ion.
St owage compartm ent inthefront cen-
ter console X
To open :pres sth emar kingon cov er0043.
i De
pen dingon theveh icle equipm ent,
th ere may beanasht rayinthecen tercon -
sole instead ofast orag ecom partmen t.
St owage compartm ent infront ofthe
ar mr est (vehi cleswith autom atic trans -
mis sion) 252
St
owage areasSt owage andfeatures

X
To ope n:pre ssthe mar king oncove r0043.
i Yo
ucan remove thenon-sl ipma tand the
ins ert forcleani ng. Whe nrem oving the
ins ert youwi llha ve toove rcom esom eslig ht
res istance .
Sto wage compartmen tunde rthe arm-
res t X
To ope n:on veh icles with mova ble arm r-
ests ,ma kesure tha tthe arm restis in the
rea rmos tpo sitio n.
X Pre ssbutton 0043and foldthe arm restup .
Dep endingonthe vehicleeq uipme nt,the arm -
res tcan bemove dba ckwa rdsorforw ardsin a
lo ngi tud inaldi recti on.
Dep endingonthe vehicle's equipme nt,the fol-
lo wi ng ma ybe inthe stow agecomp artment:a
mu ltimed iaconne ctorunitwi th an SD card
sl ot and 2USB ports, e.g.for usewi th an
iP od ®
,iP hone ®
or MP3 play er (se ethe Digital
Ope rator'sManua l).
Sto wage compartmen tsinthe rear
pass engerco mpartmen t Sto
wage compartmen tin the rear cente r
co nsole X
To ope n:pulldo wn the top ofstow agecom-
pa rtment 0043bythe edge ofthe handl e.
i Dep
endingonthe vehicle's equipme nt,
ther ema ybe anopen stow agespa ceabove
the stow agecomp artment. Parc
elne ts
Stow agenets arelocate d:
R in the front-p asseng erfoo twe ll
R on the back ofthe driver' sand thefront-
pa sse nger seat
R on the left and right-ha ndside inthe cargo
comp artment
Obs erve theload ing guideline s(Y page 251 )
and thesafety notes regard ing stow age
spa ces (Ypage 251 ). Fo
ldi ng bac kres ton the fron t-
pass engerse at (Canada only) G
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If the backres tof the front-p asseng ersea tis
fol dedforw ard,rea rsea tpa sse nger scan
come inconta ctwith parts ofthe seat
mech anism. particu larly inthe eventofan
acci dent, hea vybra king orasu dd en cha nge
of directi on.Thereisaris kof inju ry.
If apa sse nger travelsin the vehiclewh ile
the front-p asseng ersea tis fol dedforw ard,
they mustsitin the rearsea tbe hind the
dri ver.
The backres tof the front-p asseng ersea tcan
be foldedforw ardsto incre asethe cargocom-
pa rtment capacity.
Once youno longer needthe backres ton the
front-p asseng erside tobe used asaload sur-
fac e,fol dthe backres tba ck into place . Sto
wage areas
253Sto wag ean dfe ature s Z

X
To foldforw ard:gentl ypu sh the backres t
ba ck.
X Pu llrel ease handl e0043 and foldthe backres t
ful lyonto theseatcus hion unti lit enga ges.
X To foldbac k:gentl ypu sh the backres t
do wn and pullrel ease handl e0043.
X Fol dthe seatba ckres tba ck unti lit enga ges. Throu
gh-loadi ngfac ility inthe rear
pass engerco mpartmen t X
To ope n:folddo wn seatarm rest0043.
X Pu llthe cente rhea dres trai nton the rear
be nch seatinto theuppermos tpo sitio n
(Y page 95). X
Sli de locking mechanism 0087inthe directi on
of the arrow .
X Swi ngflap0044 fullyto the side .
Fla p0044 ishel dop en byama gnet.
X To clos e:sw ing flap0044 inthe cargocom-
pa rtment back unti lit enga ges.
X Fol darm rest0043 upfullyifnece ssary.
Obs erve theload ing guideline s(Y page 251 ). Carg
oco mpartmen ten larg eme nt
Impo rtant safetynotes G
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If the rearbe nch seat/rea rsea tand seat
ba ckres tare not enga gedthey couldfol d
forw ards,e.g .wh en bra king sudd enl yor in
the eventofan acci dent.
R The vehicleoccu pant wo uld ther ebybe
pu she dinto theseatbe ltby the rear
be nch seat/rea rsea tor by the seatba ck-
res t.The seatbe ltcan nolonger offerthe
inte ndedlevel ofpro tecti onand could
eve ncau seinju ries.
R Obje ctsorload sin the trunk/ cargocom-
pa rtment cannotbe res trai ned bythe seat
ba ckres t.
The reisan incre ased riskof inju ry.
Befo reeve rytrip ,ma kesure tha tthe seat
ba ckres tsand therearbe nch seat/rea rsea t
are enga ged.
! Befo
refolding the backres tin the rear
comp artmentforw ards,ma kesure tha tthe
rea rcomp artmentarm restand thecup
hol derare foldedin. The yma yothe rwisebe
da ma ged .
Obs erve theload ing guideline s(Y page 251 ).
The left-ha ndand right-ha ndrea rsea tba ckr-
ests canbefoldedforw ardseparatelyto
incre asethe cargocomp artmentcapacity. 25
4 Sto
wage areasSto wag ean dfe ature s