2023 MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS Owners Manual

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Voice Contr oice
Contr olSy st ol
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofdistr action from infor-
mation systems andcommunications
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormation systems andcom-
munication devices integratedin theve hicle
when drivi ng ,yo ucould bedistr acted from the
tr a1 csitu ation. This couldals oca use youto
lose contr olof theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipment whenthe
tr a1 csitu ation pe rm its. #
Ifyo ucanno tbe sureof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attent ion toroad
and tra1c cond itions and oper ateth e
eq uipment withth eve hicle station ary. Fo
ryo ur ow nsa fety,alw aysobser vethefo llo wing
points whenoperating mobile communications
eq uipment andespecia lly yo ur voice contr olsys-
te m:
R Obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth ecoun-
tr y in whic hyo uar edr iving.
R Ifyo uuse thevo ice contr olsystem inan emer -
ge ncy your voice can chang eand your tele-
phone call,e.g.anemer gency call,ca n
th er eb ybe unnecessar ily dela yed.
R Familiar izeyourself withth evo ice contr olsys-
te m fun ctions beforestar ting thejour ney.
Wi th theVo ice Contr olSy stem, various applica-
tions intheMBUX multimedia system areoper a-
ble using voice input. TheVoice Contr olSy stem is
oper ational approximat elyth irty seconds aTerthe
ignition isswitc hedonand isavailabl efo rth e
dr iver's seat andfront passeng erseat.
The follo wing multimedia system applica tionscan
be oper ated:
R Telephone
R Text messag es
R Navigatio n R
Address book
R Radio
R Media
R Vehicle funct ions SS
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GRisk ofinjuryfrom thecam-
er a's laser radiation
This product usesaclassi/c ation1laser sys-
te m. Ifth ehousing isopened ordamag ed,
laser radiation maydamag eyo ur retina. #
Donotopen thehousing. #
Alwaysha ve maint enance workand
re pair scar ried out byaqu ali/ed special -
is two rkshop. This
product complieswit hth ere qu irements of
th eFD A21 CFR 1040.10 and1040.11 with
ex cep tion oftheva riatio nsaccor dingto theFD A
Laser Notice No.50from 24. June 2007. The
camer ais locat edintheove rhead contr ol
panel.
If th eve hicle iseq uipp edwithth eMBUX Interior
Assist ant,select edfunction sof themultimedia
sy stem can beoper ated cont act-fr ee.The MBUX
Int erior Assist antcan di.er entiatebe tween driver
and front passeng erinteractions anddetects spe-
ci/c hand positions(poses).
Sy st Sy
stem limit s,displa em
limit s,displa ymessag y
messag esand not es
and notes f es
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ecti/cation ecti/cation
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfun ction
in thefo llo wing situations:
R The camer ain theove rhead contr olpanel may
heat updue tooper ating condition s.As a
re sult thecamer ama yswitc ho. temp orarily,
par ticular lydur ing long erper iods ofoper ation
and athigh outside temp eratur es.
Do notto uc hor coverth ecamer aand wait
until thecamer ahas cooled down and isavail-
able again. R
The camer ais co vered, dir ty,fo gg ed up or
sc ratched .
Wa ituntil thecamer ahas cooled down before
cleaning thecamer alens.
Clean theoutside ofthecamer alens witha
dr yor dam pco tton cloth.Do notuse micro-
/be rclo ths. Do no no
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re mo vetheco verwhen
cleaning.
R Recogn itioncan beimpair edbyre0ectiv e
clo thing, anadv erse color ofclo thing orby
accessor ies,forex am ple.
R Clothing being worn(hat, shawl,scar f)ma ybe
limi tingth ede tection area ofthecamer a.
Ke ep thecamer a's/eld ofvision clear.
R The camer ais no toper ational.
Consult anaut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Center. MBUX
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ox imity tothecontr olelement TheInterior Assist antrecogn izesth eappr oachof thehand towa rdsa cont rol
element.
Depending ontheactiv eapplication, thedispla ywill beadjust edinthemedia
displa y.Som efunc tions di.e rentiat ebe twee ndr iver andfront passeng er.
No spec i/c ha nd positio nis requ ired.
Ab ove thecent erconsole De/nedpose Afavo rite iscalled upwithade/n edpose.
Belo wtheinside rear vie wmir rorB rief up and down movements With brief up and down movements belowtheinside rear vie wmir rorth ere ad-
ing light forth edr iver or thefront passeng erisswitc hedonoro..
Ab ove thefront passeng erseat Stretching outahand abovethefront
passeng erseat By
stretch ing out ahand abovethefront passeng erseat thesear chlight is
switc hedon.Ifyo uwit hdr aw ahand from this area, thesear chlight is
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The hand movement take splace inthe
int eraction area abo vethefront passeng er
seat.
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ing adju stment ofthedr iver's seat aTer
calling upadr iver pro/le
Selecting auser pro/le maytrigg eran adjust-
ment ofthedr iver's seat totheposition saved
under theuser pro/le. Youor other vehicle
occupan tscould beinjured inthepr ocess. #
Mak esur eth at when theposition ofdriv-
er's seat isbeing adjust edusing themul-
timedia system, nopeople orbody parts
ar ein theseat's rang eof mo vement.
If th er eis arisk ofsomeon ebecomi ngtrap-
ped, stop theadjustmen tpr ocess immedi-
at ely: #
a)Tapth ewa rning messa geon the
media display.
or #
b)Press amemor yposition buttonora
seat adjus tment switchon thedr iver's
door .
The adjustmen tpr ocess willbestopped. MBUX
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The
driver's seatis eq uipp edwithan acces spr e-
ve nter.
If th edr iver's door isopen, thedr iver's seat will
no t no
tbe setaTer calling upthedr iver's pro/le.
Pr o/les stor eyo ur vehicle setting sand setting s
fo rth emultimedia system. Ifth eve hicle isused
by severaldr iver s, thedr iver can select their own
pr o/le without chang ingthestor ed pro/le setting s
of other driver s.
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Ve hicle setting sar e, forex am ple, driver's seat,
st eer ing wheel andmirrorse ttings, climatecontr ol
and ambient lighting.Forth ese tting sof themulti-
media system, youcan select, forex am ple, radio
st ations, prev ious destinations aswellas themes,
sugg estion sand favo rite s.
Fo rre cur ring driving situatio ns,suchas long
dr ives on thefree wa y,yo ucan save your prefer red
se tting sin ath eme intheve hicle. Inath eme you
can save thedispla yof thedigit almap, your pre-
fe rred radio station andprefer reddr ive pr og ram,
fo rex am ple. The
vehicle canlearnth ehabits ofthedr iver .It
th en o.er ssugg estion sfo rth emost probable
na vig ation destin ations, mediasources, radio sta-
tions orcont acts. Therequ irements forth at are
th eselection ofapr o/le, your consent tothe
re cor ding ofdat aand su1cient collecteddat a.
Fa vorite spr ov ide quick acces sto appli catio ns
th at areused oTen. Youcan select favo rite sfrom
cat egor iesoradd them directl yto an appli catio n. Con/gurCon/gur
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Select 0081 Create Profile . #
Select anavatar. #
Enterthename andcon/ rmwith0076. #
Select Continu e0048 . #
Select Current Setting s. #
Select Save . #
ActivateBlue toot h®
and select Connect
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user pro/le . #
Select Finish.
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pr pr
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op op
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Select 0062fora pr o/le.
The follo wing functions areav ailabl e:
R Edit ing,re se tting ordele tingapr o/le
R Resetting themes orfavo rite s
R Con/ guring sugg estions
Con/ gur Con/
guring ing
sugg sugg
es estion
s tions
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Select 0062fora pr o/le. #
Select Suggestion Settings. #
Switc hAllow Destination Suggestions ,Allow
Music Suggestions andAllow Contact Sug-
gestions onoro.. #
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o deactiv o
deactiv at at
et e
the lear he
lear ning function f ning
function for one or
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da y da
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activ ateDeact. Learning for24h.
Fo r24 hour sno newactions willbetrained
and nodat are cor ded forth eactiv epr o/le.
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am ple: ifth eop tion isswitc hedonand a
ro uteto ane wdes tinatio nhas been calcul a-
te d, this destination would notbe take nint o
ac cou ntforth elear ning function .
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themes hemes
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Select ©. #
Select THEMES. #
Select 0081CreateTheme.
The setting swhic har esa vedin theth eme are
sho wn. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select AudioandNaviga tion(Navigation) and
st or eth eactiv ese tting sin theth eme. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select anentr yscr een. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select animag e. #
Enterthenames intoth eentr y/eld andcon-
/r m wit h0076. #
Select Save. Sy
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setting s tting
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vie vie
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of the sy he
syst st
em se em
setting smenu tting
smenu In
thesy stem setting smenu, youcan makese t-
tings inthefo llo wing menus andcontr olele-
ments:
R Displa y
- Styles
- Instr ument lighting
- Displa ybr ightness
- Edg elighting
- Day/night design
R Contr olelements
- Keyboar dlan guageand hand writing recog-
nit ion
- Sen sitiv ityoftheto uc hpad
- Sensitivit yof theTo uc hContr ols
R Voice Contr olSy stem
R Sound
- Entertainment
- Navigatio nand tra1 can no unceme nts -
Telephone
- Voice ampli/ca tiontothere ar
R Con nect ivity
- Wi-Fi,Blue toot h®
,NFC
R Time &dat e
R Langu age
R Units fordist ance
R SoTw areupdat es
R Dataim por t/e xpor t
R PIN protection
R System Reset InfInf
or or
matio non im matio
non impor t por
tant syst ant
system updat em
updat es es
Im
por tant system updates ma ybe nece ssaryfo r
th esecur ityofyour multimedia system's data.
Inst allthese updat es,orelse thesecur ityofyour
multimedia system canno tbe ensur ed.
A sy stem updat econsists ofthre esteps:
R Downloading orcop ying ofthedat are qu ired
fo rinst allation
R Inst allation ofthedo wnloaded system updat e MBUX
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Activation ofthedo wnloaded system updat e
by restar ting thesy stem
% Ifaut omatic soTwareupdat esareactiv ated,
th esy stem updat eswill bedownloaded auto-
maticall y.
The multime diasystem prov ides amessa gewhen
a sy stem updat eis availabl e.
Yo uha ve thefo llo wing selection options:
R Accept andInstall
The system updat ewill bedownloaded inthe
bac kgrou nd.
R Information
Inf ormation aboutthepending system updat e
is displa yed.
R Later
The system updat ecan bedownloaded man-
uall yat alat er time.
Deep syst Deep
system updat em
updat es es
Deep system updat esaccess vehicle orsystem
se tting sand canther efor eonl ybe car ried out
when theve hicle isstation aryand theignition is
switc hedo.. If
th edo wnload ofadeep system updat eis com-
ple tedand thedo wnloaded system updat eis
re ady forinst allation, youwill beinformed ofthis
aTer thene xt ignition cycle, forex am ple.
% Park theve hicle safelyin asuit able locat ion
bef orestar tin gth einst allation.
Re quirements forth einst allation:
R The ignition isswitc hedo..
R Notesand warnings have been read and
accep ted.
R The electr icpar king brak eis applied.
If all requ irements have been ful/lled, thedo wn-
loaded system updat eis inst alled. Themultimedia
sy stem canno tbe oper ated while thedo wnloaded
sy stem updat eis being installed andvehicle func-
tion sar ere str icte d.
If er ror sshould occurduring theinst allation, the
multimed iasystem automaticall yatt em ptsto
re stor eth epr ev ious version. Ifre stor ation of the
pr ev ious version isno tpossible, asymbo lappear s
on themedia display.Consult aqu ali/ed special -
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your vehicle
does notha ve aper mane ntly inst alled com-
munication module.
R The device tobe connect edsuppor tsat least
one ofthetypes ofconnection described.
Multimedia system:
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System
5 Wi-Fi &Bluetooth
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the multimedia syst he
multimedia system wit em
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The type ofconnection established mustbeselec-
te don themultimedia system and onthede vice
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