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

Ent
ering ades tination Mult
imedia system:
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ª Where to? 1
The feder alstat eor prov inc ein whic hth e
ve hicle islocat ed
2 Entering aPOI oraddr ess
3 Listwit hadditional destination entryop tions
4 Dele tesan entr y 5
0076 Confirms anentr y
6 Switc hestohandwr itingrecogni tion
7 Entersa spa ce
8 Switches tovoice input
9 Setsthewr itten languag e A
Switc hestodigits, special charact ersand
symbo ls
B Swit ches toupper -case orlowe r-case letter s MBUX
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Enterthedes tinat ionin2. The entries can
be made inanyor der .
The follo wing entries can bemade, forex am‐
ple:
R City ,st re et,house number
R Street,cit y
R ZIP code
R POI name orPOI categor y,e.g. Parkin g
R Cont actname #
Select asear chresult inlist3. #
Calculat eth ero ute(/ page22 4).
% Youcan find further information aboutdesti‐
nation entry,e.g. 3wo rdaddr esse s,in the
Dig ital Op erator' sMa nua l.
Ch ang ingco untr y #
Select theindicat orforfe der alstat eor prov ‐
inc e1. #
Selec tth efe der alstat eor thepr ov inc ein
1. #
Enterth ecount ryindic ator. #
Selec tth ecount ryon list3. #
Select thefe der alstat eor thepr ov inc efrom
lis t3.
Using online search
Des tinationentr yus es onl ine mapser vices. If
th eon- boar dsear chfinds nosuitab lede stina‐
tion sor ifyo uch ang ecoun tries, theonline
sear chisavailable.
Fo rth edes tinat ionyoucan enteran add ress, a
POI ora3 wo rdaddr ess. #
Select coun try ind icat or1. #
Select thepr ov ider forth eonline service
fr om thecount ries list.
or #
Ifth eon- boar dsear chdeliv ersno results,
ent erthedes tinat ionininput line 2. #
Select thedes tinat ioninthelis t.
The detailed viewforth ero uteis displ ayed. Calculating
aro ut eand using settings for
ro ut eguidanc e Re
quirement s:
R The destination hasbeen entered. R
The destination addressissho wn.
Multime diasystem:
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¥ Norouteye t.
¦ Aro utehas been mappe d. #
Select ¥.
The routeto thedes tinat ioniscalculat ed.
Ro uteguidan cebegin s.
or #
Select ¦. 22
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Select Set asWa ypoint.
The destina tion address issetas thene xt
int ermediat edes tinat ion.
or #
Select Start New Route Guidance.
The destinat ionaddr essissetas thene w
des tinat ion.Theprev ious destination andthe
int ermediat edes tination sar edele ted. Ro ute
guidan cetothene wdes tinat ionbegins.
Selecting rout ese ttings #
Select Z. #
Select Advanced . #
Select Route. #
Select thero utetyp e. #
Take traf fic inf ormati onintoconsi deration
wi th Dyna micRoute Guidance 0048. #
Select routeop tio ns withAv oid Options. #
ActivateSug gest Alte rnative Route .
Alt ernati veroutes arecalc ulatedforev ery
ro ute. #
ActivateActiv ateCommu terRoute .
If th ere qu iremen tsareme t,th emultimedia
sy stem automaticall yde tects that theve hicle
is on acommut erroute. Ro uteguidan ce
begin swit hout voice output . Using
mapfunct ions Multim
ediasystem:
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Se tting thema pscale #
Tozoo min: taptwice quickl ywit hone fing er
on themedia display. #
Tozoo mout: tapwit htw ofing erson the
media display.
Mo ving thema p #
Moveone fing er inanydi re ction onthe
to uc hsc reen. #
Torese tth ema pto the current vehicl e
posi tion: press \ brief ly. Sel
ecting map orien tatio n #
Tapre peat edlyon theÄ compass symbol
on themap.
The viewch ang esintheseq uence 3D,2D
Heading Upto2D North Up.
Swi tching free wa yinf ormation on/off #
Select Z. #
Swi tchHig hway Inform ation onoroff. Usi
ngservices Re
quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection .
R Mer cedes meconnectis available.
R Youha ve setup auser account inthe
Mer cedes mePortal.
R The vehicle isconn ectedtoauser accoun t
and youha ve acc eptedth econ ditions ofuse
fo rth eser vice.
Fu rther information canbefound at:
ht tp s:// www .merced es.me
R The serviceis available. MBU
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The service hasbeen activated atan aut hor‐
ized Mercedes-B enzCent er.
Multimedia system:
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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
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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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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:
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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®
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Twomobile phones areconn ectedwithth e
multime diasystem viaBlue tooth®
(tw o
phone mode).
- Youcan useallthefunc tionsof themulti‐
media system withth emobile phonein
th efo re ground.
- Youcan recei veinc omin gcalls andmes‐
sag eswit hth emobile phoneinthebac k‐
gr ound.
Yo ucan interch ang eth emobile phonein
th efo re ground andbackground .
Connect ingamob ilephone
Re quirement s:
R Blue tooth®
is act ivat ed on themobile phone
(see themanuf acturer'soper ating instruc‐
tion s).
R Blue tooth®
is act ivat ed on themultimedia
sy stem. Multimedia
system:
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Phone
Sear ching fora mob ile pho ne #
Select í. #
Select Connect NewDevice.
Co nnectin gamob ile pho ne
Au thor ization follo ws usin gsec uresim ple pair‐
ing . #
Select amob ilephon e.
A co de isdispl ayed inthemultimedia system
and onthemobile phone. #
Ifbo th code smatc h,conf irm thecode onthe
mobil ephone.
Fu nctions inthete lephon ymenu
In thete lephon ymen uyo uha ve thefo llo wing
func tions,forex am ple:
R Mak ingcalls ,e.g .:
- R Accep ta cal l
- k EndCall
- i Create Confer. Call -
Accep ting orrejecti ngawa itin gcall
R Managin gcon tacts, e.g.:
- Downl oading mob ile pho necont acts
- Managi ngthefo rm atofacon tact's name
- Saving acont actasafa vo rite
R Recei ving andsend ingmess ages, e.g.:
- Usingthere ad-al oudfunction
- Dictating ane wmes sage Mer
cede sme and apps Mer
cede sme connect Inf
ormation onMer cede sme connect
Mer cedes meconnect consistsof multi pleserv‐
ices.
Yo ucan usethefo llo wing service svia themulti‐
media system and theov erhead control panel,
fo rex am ple:
R Accid ent and Brea kdo wnManag eme nt(me
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