2021 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SEDAN phone

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Toensur emor eef ficie ntchargin gand con‐
nec tionwit hth eve hicle's exterior ant enna,
re mo vethepr otect ive co verfr om themobile
phone. Protect ive co vers whic har enec es‐
sar yfo rwir eles sch argin gar eexc luded. Wi
relessl ych argin gamobi lephone Re
quirement s:
R The mobile phoneis suit able forwir eles s
ch argin g.
A lis tof com patible mobi lephon escan be
fo und at:ht tp s:// www .merced es-ben z-
mob ile.com #
Plac eth emobile phoneasclose tothecen‐
te rof themar kedsur face on mat 1aspos ‐
sib lewith thedispla yfa cing upwa rds.
When amessag eis sho wninthemultimedia
sy stem, themobile phoneisbeing charge d.
Malfunct ionsduring thech argin gpr oce ssare
sho wninthemedia display.
% The mat canberemo vedfo rclea ning, e.g.
usi ng clea n,luk ewa rmwater.
St ow ageco mp artment without cover
Mak esur eth emobile phoneisproper lystor ed
and secur edtopreve ntitfrom falling outwhile
yo uar edr ivin g. #
Tosecur eth emobil eph one: swingleve r
2 out. Ins
talling/r emoving thefloor mats &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
object sin thedr iver's foot we ll
Obj ectsin thedr iver's foot we llma yim pede
pedal trav el or bloc kadepr essed pedal.
This jeopar dizestheoper ating androad
saf etyof theve hicle. #
Stow allobj ect sin theve hicle secur ely
so that they canno tget intoth edr iver's
fo ot we ll. #
Alw aysins tallth efloor mats securely
and asprescr ibed inorder toensur e
th at ther eis alw ayssuf ficie ntroom for
th epedals. #
Donotuse loose floor mats anddonot
place floor mats ontopof one another. Seats
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St
arting theve hicl evia Remo teOnline serv‐
ices Cooling
orheating theve hicl eint erior before
co mmenci ngyour jour ney
Ensur eth efo llo wing beforest ar tin gth eengine:
R The legalstipulation sin thear ea wher eyo ur
ve hicle ispar kedallo wengin est ar tin gvia
smar tphon e.
R Itis saf eto star tand runth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu fficien tly full.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntly charge d.
Char ging thest ar terbatt erybe fore star ting
th ejou rney
If th eve hicle batteryis disc harged, youcan
re cei veames sageon your smar tphon e.Youcan
th en star tth eve hicle withth esmar tphon eto
ch arge thebatt ery. The vehicle isaut omaticall y
switc hedoffaf te rte nminu tes. Ensur
eth efo llo wing beforest ar tin gth eengine:
R The legalstipulation sin thear ea wher eyo ur
ve hicle ispar kedallo wengin est ar tin gvia
smar tphon e.
R Itis saf eto star tand runth eengine where
yo ur vehicle ispar ked.
R The fuel tank issu fficien tly full.
St arting theve hicl e(R emo teOnline) &
WARNIN GRisk ofcrus hing orentr ap‐
ment dueto unin tentio nalstar tin gof the
engine
Limbs couldbecrushed ortrapped ifth e
engine isstar tedunint entionall ydur ing
ser vice ormaint enanc ewo rk. #
Alw ayssecur eth eengine agains tunin‐
te ntio nalstar tin gbef orecar rying out
maint enanceorrepair work. Re
quirement s:
R Park position 005Disselect ed.
R The anti- theftalar msystem isno tactiv ated.
R The panic alarmisno tactiv ated. R
The hazar dwa rning light system isswitc hed
of f.
R The hood isclosed.
R The door sar eclosed andlocked.
R The windo wsand slidin gsun roof areclosed. #
Startth eve hicle using thesmar tphon e.
Af tereve ryengine star t,th eengine runs for
te nminu tes.
Yo ucan carryout amaximum oftwoconsec u‐
tiv est ar tin gatt em pts. Yo umus tst ar tth eve hicle
once withth eSmar tKey bef oretrying tostar t
th eengine again withth esmar tphon e.youcan
st op theve hicle again atanytime.
% Further information canbefound inthe
smar tphone app.
Secur ingtheengine agains tst ar ting before
car rying out maintenance orrepair work: #
Swi tchon thehazar dwa rning light system.
or #
Unloc kth edoor s.
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Driving and parking

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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 lightcondition s
R Wetro ad
R Objectson thedispla 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. 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 ordis‐
pla yscan beselect edorsho wn:
R Position R
Brightness
R Messag es
R Assis tance status
R Telephon e
R Audio
R Voice Cont rolSy stem #
Toselect theSe ttings menu :swipe tothe
ri ght onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The Setting smen u5 will besele cted. #
Tocall uptheSe ttings menu :pr ess the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth eposit ion:swipin gup ordown
on thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth ebr ight ness: swipe tothelef t
or right onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Se tting mes sages,assistance status, tele‐
phone, audioand theVo ice Contr olSy stem #
Press thelef 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
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Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

Home
screen overvie w 1
Dep endingonthedispla y,cal lsup thefirs t
th re eapplications orthehome screen
2 Calls upthepr ofile
3 Calls uptheglobal search
4 SOS NOTREAD Y(only when theMer cedes-
Benz emergency callsy stem isno tav ailable)
5 Mercedesme connectact ive 6
Trans miss ionofvehicle position active
7 Signal stre ngt hof themobile phonenetwork,
ne tworkdispl ay,batt eryst atus ofthemobile
phone connect ed,time
8 Calls uptheNo tification sCent er
9 Calls upanapplication usingthesymbol
A Applicat ionand current informa tion B
Quick-acce ss,e.g.ent erhom ead dress
C Inde xpoi nts and select eddispl ayarea
D Calls uptheair con ditionin gmenu
E Calls upSUGGES TIONS,THEMES and
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The service hasbeen activated atan aut hor‐
ized Mercedes-B enzCent er.
Multimedia system:
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Navigation
Displa yingthetraf fic sit uation withLiv eTr af‐
fi c Inf orma tion #
Select Z. #
ActivateTra ffic. #
Select Adva nced. #
Select View . #
Select MapEle ments . #
Swi tchon Tra fficInci dents ,Fre eFlo wing
Tra fficand Delay.
If traf fic inf ormati onhasbee nre cei ved, then
tra ffic inc ident ssuc has roadw orks ,ro ad
bloc ks,local area repor ts(e.g. fog) and warn‐
ing mess ages aredispla yed.
The traffic dela yis displa yedfo rth ecur rent
ro ute. Traf fic del ayslas ting oneminut eor
long erareta ke nint oconsi deratio n. Di
spl aying hazardwa rnings withCar -to-X -
Comm unication
If hazar dwa rnings areav ailable these can be
sho wnassymbols onthemap. Thedispla y
depends onthese ttings forth eTraffic andTraf-
fic Incidents option s. #
Setth eop tion s.
If Traffic isswitc hedoffand Traffic Incidents
is switc hedon,thesymbols aresho wnon
th epr ospect ive ro ute.
Disp laying weather information andother
map contents #
Select Z. #
Select Advanced . #
Select View. #
Select MapElements . #
Scrollup and showtheONLIN EMAP CON-
TENT categor y. #
Swi tchon aser vice ,e.g. Wea ther.
Cu rrent weather informat ionisdispla yedon
th ena vig ation map,e.g.temp eratur eor
cloud cover. Te
lephone Te
lephon y No
teson telephon y &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng integr ated commu nication equip‐
ment whiletheve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper ateco mm unic ationeq uipme nt
int egrat edintheve hicle when driving, you
cou ldbe dist ra cted from thetra ffic situat ion.
This could alsocause youto lose control of
th eve 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. 226
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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 . Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng mob ile comm unicati onequip ment in
th eve hicle. &
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 ctswit hin.
Ther eis arisk 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,parcel
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/ cargocom part‐
ment . Obser
vetheadditional information onstow ing
mobile communic ationsde vice scor rectly:
R Loa ding theve hicle (/page98)
R Stow ing and secur ingthemobile phone
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Blue tooth®
connect ion:
The men uvie wand theav ailable function sin the
te lephon emen uar ein par tdepen dentonthe
Blu etoo th®
pr ofile ofthecon nect edmobile
phone. Fullfunc tionality isonl yav ailable ifth e
mobil ephone supports both ofthefo llo wing
Blue tooth®
pr ofiles:
R PBAP (Phone BookAccess Profile)
- The cont acts onthemobile phoneare
sho wnautomatic allyonthemultimedia
sy stem.
R MAP (Messag eAc cess Profile)
- The mob ile pho nemess agefuncti onscan
be used on themultimedia system.
Ir re spectiv eof this, Blue tooth®
audio function al‐
ity can byused withan ymob ileradio unit. MBUX
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Fo
rinf ormation onthera ng eof func tions ofthe
mobil era dio unit tobe con nected, see theman‐
uf actur er'soper ating instruction s.
Ne tworkco nn ectio n:
The follo wing cases canlead tothecall being
discon nectedwhile theve hicle isin mo tion:
R Youswit chintoatransmissio n/recep tion
st atio n,inwhic hno com mun ication chann el
is free.
R The SIM car dused isno tcom patible withth e
ne tworkav ailable
R Amobi lephon ewit h"T winc ard" islogg ed
int oth ene tworkwit hth esecon dSIM cardat
th esame time
The multimedia system suppor tscalls inHD
Vo ice ®
forim prove dspeec hqu alit y.Arequ ire‐
men tfo rth is isthat themobile phoneandthe
mobil ephone networkpr ov ider oftheper son
yo uar ecalli ngsuppo rtHD Voice ®
.
Depe ndingon thequ alit yof thecon nect ion,the
vo ice qualit yma yfluct uate. Fu
rther information canbeobt ained from an
aut hor ized Mercedes-Ben zCent eror at:
https: //www .mercedes-benz .com/connect 228
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lephone menuoverview 1
Blue tooth®
de vice name ofthecur rently
conne cted mob ile pho ne/o fth emobile
phone
2 Blue tooth®
de vice name ofthecur rently
conne cted mob ile pho ne/o fth emobile
phone (twophone mode)
3 Batt eryst atus ofthecon nect edmobile
phone 4
Signal stre ngt hof themobile phonenetwork
5 Option s
6 Device manag er
7 Messag es
8 Nume rical pad
9 Contact search Te
lephon yoper ating mod esove rview
Depen dingonyour equipme nt,th efo llo wing tel‐
ephon yoper atingmodes areav ailable:
R Amobi lephon eis con nectedto themultime‐
dia system viaBlue tooth®
. MBUX
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