2021 MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SEDAN Owner's Manual

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tspe edinthedr iver assis tance system,
e.g. cruise control
Wa rnings from driver assis tance systems,
e.g. distance warning
4 Right displa yar ea
Tr af fic Sign Assist
Assi stant displa y
5 Toconf igurethese ttings
6 Inde xpoint s
Displa yar eas 2to4 that areno tre qu ired can
be hidden .
% Inaudio mode, thest atio nnam eor trac kwill
be sho wntemp orarily when theaudio source
is being activelyoper ated. Inaddition, the
lat estcalls willbedispla yedwhen thete le‐
phon elis ton theIns trument Displayis
activ elyoper ated. #
Toselect adispla y:swiping upordown on
th elef t-hand Touc hCon trol. Swit
ching theHead -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 20
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Ov
ervie wand oper ation No
teson theMB UX multim edia system &
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. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system. Ov
ervie wof theMB UX multim edia system 1
Touc hCon trol and contro lpanel forth e
MBUX multimedia system
2 Media displaywit hto uc hfun ction alit y
3 Touc hpad
4 Con troller
Tu rn:ad jus tsthevo lume Pr
ess brief ly:swi tches themut efunc tion
on/ off
Pr ess and hold: switchesthemultimedia sys‐
te m or media display on oroff
5 Butt ons forna vig ation, radio/media and
te lephon e
6 Buttons forve hicle functions/sy stem set‐
ting sand favo urites/ themes
Fu rther oper ating options:
R Conducting avo ice dialog withth eVo ice
Cont rolSy stem.
R Oper ating functionscon tact-free with the
MBUX Interior Assis tant.
% Youcan find further information aboutoper‐
ation aswellas about applicat ionsandserv‐
ices intheDigit alOper ator's Manual.
Anti-t heftpr otection
This devic eis eq uipped withte ch nica lpr ov ision s
to protect itag ains tth eft. Fu rther information on
pr otect ion agains tth eftcan beobt ained from an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. 208
MBUX multimedia system

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
FAV ORITES MBUX
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IfMer cedes meconnect isactiv e5, the
ve hicle islink edwithMer cedes meconn ect.
Ve hicle datais then transmit tedto thebac k-
end system. What datais tra nsmit ted
depends onwhic hser vices areactiv ated.
Fu rther details can befound intheMer cedes
me connect term sand conditions anddata
pr otect ion information .The func tion iscoun‐
tr y- dependen t.
If tra nsmis sionofvehicle position isactiv e
6, Mercedes meconn ectservices have
been activated forth is vehicle whichaccess
th eve hicle's geoposition. Inwhic hins tances
th ege oposition istransmitt eddepends on
th epar ticular services. Further details can
be found intheMer cedes meconnect term s
and condition sand datapr otect ion informa‐
tion .The func tion iscount ry-de pende nt. Ope
ratin gthe MBUX multimediasy stem Using
Touc hCon trol 1
© Calls up thehome screen
2 Touc hCon trol
3 G Press ing brief ly:re tur ns tothepr ev i‐
ous displa y
4 ß Pressin gth ero ck er switc hdo wn
br ief ly:sho wsfavo urites ß
Press ing thero ck er switc hdo wn and
holding: addsfavo urites and themes
VO L:contr oladjus tsthevo lume orswitc hes
th esound off0063 (press)
0061 Pressing thero ck er switc hup: mak es
or accep tsacall
0076 Pressing thero ck er switc hdo wn:
re jects orend sa cal l
Na vig ation thro ugh themenus iscar ried out with
To uc hCon trol 2 withsin gle-f ing erswipes. #
Toselect amenu option: swipe andpress. #
Tomo vethedigita lma p:swipe inany
dir ect ion.
Using theto uc hscr een #
Select menuoptions, symbolsorcharact ers
by pressing brief ly. #
Tonavig atein menus: swipeup,down, left
or right. #
Touse handwr itingtoent ercharact ers:
wr ite th ech aract erwit hon efing er on the
to uc hsc reen. 21
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#
Tozoo minand outofthe map: movetwo
fi ng ersto get her orapar t. #
Tocall upthegl obal menu :pr ess and hold
on theto uc hsc reen until theOPTIONS menu
appear s.
Using theto uc hpad 1
G Retur ns tothepr ev ious displa y
2 ~ Callsuptheaudio control menu Swiping
tothelef tof right :selects thepr ev i‐
ous ornext radio statio n/music trac k
3 © Callsupthehome screen
4 Touc hpad #
Toselect amenu option: swipe andpress. #
Touse handwr itingrecognit ion:write a
ch aract eron theto uc hpad. #
Toopen orclose theNo tificatio nsCen‐
te r: swip edo wn orup withtw ofing ers. #
Tozoo minand outofthe map: movetwo
fi ng ersto get her orapar t. Calling
upapplications usingbuttons 1
y Callsup vehicle functions
2 z Callsup navig ation
3 | Callsup radio ormedia
4 002B Callsupthete lephon e
5 ß Press brief ly:cal lsup favo urites
Pr ess and hold:adds afa vo urite or theme #
Alternativ ely,tap © ontheto uc hsc reen. #
Call uptheapplication (/page209). MBUX
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Fu
nctions oftheVo ice Contr olSy stem Wi
th theVo ice Cont rolSy stem, various applica‐
tions intheMBUX multimedia system areoper a‐
ble using voice input. TheVoice Cont rolSy stem
is oper ational approximat elyth irty seco ndsafte r
th eignition isswitc hedonand isavailable for
th edr iver's seat andfront passeng erseat.
The follo wing multim ediasystem applications
can beoper ated:
R Navig ation
R Telephon e
R Media player
R Messag es
R Vehicle functions St
arting theVo ice Contr olSystem #
Press rock er switc h1 up.
or #
Say"Hello Mercedes". Ov
ervie wof theMB UX Interior Assis tant &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom thecam‐
er a's laser radiation
This product usesaclassif ication 1laser sys‐
te m. Ifth ehousing isopened ordamag ed,
laser radiation maydamag eyo ur retina . #
Donotop en thehousing. #
Alw aysha ve maint enance workand
re pair scar ried out byaqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. This
product complies withth ere qu iremen tsof
th eFD A21 CFR 1040. 10 and 1040. 11with
exc eption oftheva riatio nsacc ordin gto theFD A
Laser Notice No.50from 24.Ju ne 200 7.
The camer ais locat edintheove rhead control
panel.
If th eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX Interior
Assis tant, select edfunc tions ofthemultimedia
sy stem can beoper ated con tact-fr ee.The MBUX
Int erior Assi stant can differe ntia tebetween
dr iver and front passeng erinteraction sand
de tects specificha nd pos itions (poses ). 21
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Sy
stem limit s,disp laymess ages and notes
fo rre ctif icat ion
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunc tion
in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R The camera intheove rhead control panel
ma yheat updue tooper ating condit ions.As
a re sult thecamer ama yswitc hof fte mp ora‐
ri ly ,par ticular lydur ing long erper iods of
oper ation andathigh outside temp eratur es.
Do notto uc hor coverth ecamer aand wait
unt ilth ecamer ahas cooled down and is
av ailable again. R
The cam erais co veredor dir ty,fo gg ed up or
scr atc hed.
Wa itunt ilth ecamer ahas cooled down
bef orecleanin gth ecamer alens.
Clean theoutside ofthecamer alens witha
dr yor dam pco tton cloth.Do notus emicr o‐
fi ber cloths. Do notre mo vetheco verwhen
clea ning.
R Recogni tioncanbeimpa ired byreflect ive
clo thing, anadv erse color ofclo thing orby
acc esso ries, forex am ple. R
Clothing being worn(hat, shawl,scar f)ma y
be limitin gth ede tection area ofthecamer a.
Ke ep thecamer a'sfield ofvision clear.
R The camer ais no toper ational.
Consult anaut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCen‐
te r. MBUX
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The
MBUX Inte rior Assis tantsupportsthefo llo wing interactions: Int
eraction area Interaction Description
In front ofthemedia displayor
abo vetheto uc hpad Pr
ox imit yto thecon trol element TheInterior Assis tant recogni zestheappr oachof thehand towa rdsa con‐
tr ol element.
Depending ontheactiv eapplication, thedispla ywill beadjus tedin the
media display. Some functionsdiffer ent iatebe tween driver and front
passeng er.
No specif ichand position isrequ ired.
Abo vethecent ercon sole Defined pose Afavo rite iscalled upwithadef ined pose.
Belo wtheinside rear vie wmir rorB rief up and down movements With brief vertical upand down movements belowtheinside rear vie wmir ‐
ro rth ere adin glight forth edr iver or thefront passeng erisswitc hedonand
of f.
Abo vethefront passeng erseat Stretching outa ha nd above the
fr ont passeng ersea t By
stre tching outa ha nd above thefront passeng erseat thesear chlight is
switc hedon.Ifyo uwit hdra wahan dfrom this area, thesear chlight is
switc hedoffag ain. 21
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