ECO mode MERCEDES-BENZ A CLASS 2023 User Guide

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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofan accid ent due to
Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cbeing
acti vewhen youlea vethedr iver's seat
If yo ulea vethedr iver's seat while theve hicle
is bein gbr ak ed byActiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Conl y,theve hicle canrollaw ay. #
Alwaysdeacti vate Ac tiveDist ance Assist
DIS TRONI Cand secureth eve hicle to
pr ev ent itfrom rolling awaybef oreyo u
lea vethedr iver's seat. #
Select Owithth eleT rock er switc h.
% Ifyo ubr ak e, deactiv ateESP ®
or ifESP ®
int er-
ve nes, ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis
deac tivated.
Incr Incr
easing ordecr eas
ing ordecr easing t eas
ing the spee d he
spee d #
1mp h(1 km /h):pr es sro ck er switc h1 up
M ordown N tothepr essur epoint.
or #
5mp h(1 0km /h):pr es sro ck er switc h1 up
M ordown N beyond thepr essur e
point. or #
Acceler ateth eve hicle tothedesir edspeed
and press rock er switc h1 upM.
Changing t Changing
the he
speci/ed speci/ed
dist dist
ance t ance
to t o
the v he
vehicle in ehicle
in
fr fr
ont ont
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T T
o r o
reduce t educe
the he
speci/ed speci/ed
dist dist
ance: ance:
press the
ri ght rock er switc hup (Ñ). #
T T
o incr o
incr ease t ease
the he
speci/ed speci/ed
dist dist
ance: ance:
press the
ri ght rock er switc hdo wn (Ò).
F F
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eSpeed LimitAssist e
Speed LimitAssist
If ach ang ein thespeed limitof12 mph
(20 km/h )or mor eis de tected and automatic
adop tionofspeed limitsis activ ated, thene w
speed limitisaut omaticall yadop tedas thestor ed
speed (/page181).
The driven speed isadjust edwhen theve hicle is
le ve lwit hth etra1c signatthelat est. Inthecase
of signs indicating entryint oan urban area, the
speed isadap tedaccor dingtothespeed permit-
te dwit hin theurban area. The speed limitdispla y
in theInstr ument Displayis alw aysupdat edwhen
th eve hicle isleve lwit hth etra1c sign. If
th er eis no speed restr iction onanunlimited
str etch ofroad (e.g .on afree wa y), there com-
mende dspeed isaut omatical lyadop tedas the
st or ed spee d. Thesy stem uses thespeed stor ed
on anunlimit edstretch ofroad asthere commen -
ded speed. Ifyo udo notalt er thestor ed speed on
an unlimit edstretch ofroad, there commen ded
speed is80 mph(1 30 km/h).
If Ac tiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Chas been put
int opas sivemode bypressing theacceler ator
pedal, onlyspeed limitswhichar ehigher than the
se tspeed areadop ted.
Obser vetheno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page155) .
Sy st Sy
stem limit s em
limit s
The system limit sof Tra1c Sign Assis tappl yto
th ede tection oftra1c signs(/ page180) .
Spe edlimit sbelo w12 mph(2 0km /h)ar eno t
au tomaticall yadop tedby thesy stem asthestor ed
speed. Temp oraryspeed restr iction s(e .g. fora
cer tain time ordue towe ather cond itions) cannot
be proper lyde tected bythesy stem. Themaxi- Dr
iving andparking
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re
sponsi bleforcom plying withro ad tra1c regula -
tions anddriving atasuit ablespe ed.
The speedada ptatio nmade bythesy stem may
no talw aysbe suit able, particu larlyin thefo llo wing
situations:
R The road's coursenotclear lyvisi ble
R Road nar rowing
R Varying maximum permissible speedsinindi-
vidual lanes, forex am ple attollplazas
R Wetro ad sur faces, snowor ice
In these situations thedr iver must interve ne
ac cor dingl y. &
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ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofaccid ent inspi teof
ro ute-based speedadaptation
Ro ute-based speedadaptation canmalfunc-
tion orbe temp orarily una vailable inthefo l-
lo wing situations:
R Ifth edr iver does notfo llo wthecalculat ed
ro ute
R Ifmap datais no tup-t o-dat eor availabl e R
Intheev ent ofroadw orks
R Inbad weather orroad cond itions
R Ifth eacceler ator pedal isdepr essed
R Intheev ent ofelectr onicall ydispla yed
speed limitations #
Adaptth espeed tothetra1c situation. SeSe
tting r tting
rout out
e-based speedadapt e-based
speedadaptation ation
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis acti va-
te d.
R ECOAssist isactiv e.
Multimedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Assistance
5 Rou te-based Speed #
Activateor dea ctivateth efunction .
When thefunction isactiv e,theve hicle speed
is adju sted depen dingon thero uteev ents
ahead.
% Further informatio non therout e-based speed
adap tation (/page170) . AA
ctiv ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist FF
unction ofA unction
ofActiv ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assist ing
Assist
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist isonl yav ailabl eup toa
speed of130 mph (210 km/h) .The system helps
yo uto stay inthecent erofthelane bymeans of
moder atesteer ing interve ntions .Dep ending on
th espeed driven, ActiveSt eer ing Assist usesthe
ve hicles ahead andlane marking sas are fere nce.
% Dep ending onthecountr y,in thelowe rspeed
ra ng eAc tiveSt eer ing Assist canusethesur -
ro unding tra1c asare fere nce. Ifnece ssary,
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist canthen also prov ide
assist ancewhen driving awayfrom thecent er
of thelane, forex am ple, toform are scue
lane .
If th ede tection oflane marking sand vehicles
ahead isim pair ed,ActiveSt eer ing Assist switches
to passiv emode. Thesystem prov ides nosuppor t
in this case.
St St
atus displa atus
display of A y
of Activ ctiv
eSt e
St eer eer
ing Assis ing
Assist int t
in the he
Ins Instr tr
ument Display ument
Display
R Ø (gra y): acti vatedand passiv e
R Ø (gre en): activ ated and activ e Dr
iving andparking
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Ø (red): system limits detected
R Ø (white,redhands): "handsonthesteer -
ing wheel" prom pt
% Duringthetransition from activ eto passiv e
st atus, theØ symbol issho wnasenlar ged
and 0ashing. Oncethesy stem ispassiv e,the
Ø symbol issho wnasgray intheInstr u-
ment Displa y.
% Depending ontheselect edvehicle setting s,
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist maybe una vailable.
S S
t t
eer eer
ing and t ing
and touc ouc
hde t h
de tection ection
The driver isrequ ired tokeep their hands onthe
st ee ring wheel atall time sand beableto inter-
ve ne atanytime tocor rect thecour seoftheve hi-
cle and keep itin lane. Thedriver must expect a
ch ang efrom activ eto passiv emode orvice versa
at anytime . If
th esy stem detects that thedr iver has not
st eer edtheve hicle fora consider ableperiod of
time orhas remo vedth eir hands from thesteer ing
wheel, display1 appear s.Ifth edr iver still does
no tst eer theve hicle, awa rning tone sou nds in
add itionto thevisual warning messa ge.
If th edr iver does notre act tothewa rning fora
consider ableperiod, thesy stem can initiat ean
emer gency stop (/ page173) .
The warning isno tissued orisstopped whenthe
dr iver giv es con/ rmation tothesy stem:
R The driver steer sth eve hicle. R
Depen dingon t Depen
dingon the coun try he
coun try: :
th edr iver presses
a steer ing wheel buttonoroper ates Touc h
Contr ol
If Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist detects that asy stem
limi thas been reac hed, avisu alwa rning isissued
and awa rning tone sou nds.
Obs erve theno teson drivi ng systems andyour
re sponsi bility;yo uma yot her wise failto recogn ize
dang ers(/ page155).
Sy st Sy
stem limit s em
limit s
Ac tiveSt eer ing Assist hasalimit edsteer ing tor-
qu efo rlat eral guidance. Insome cases,th esteer -
ing interve ntion isno tsu1 cienttokeep theve hi-
cle inthelane ortodrive th ro ugh exits.
The system maybe impair edorma yno tfunction
in thefo llo wing instances:
R Ther eis poor visibility ,e.g. duetosno w,rain,
fo g, hea vyspr ay,gr eatl yva rying ambient light
or strong shad owson thero ad.
R Ther eis glar e,e.g .fr om onco mingtra1c,
dir ect sunl ight orre0ectio ns.
R Insu1 cientroad illumin atio n. 172172
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iving and parking

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t t
es on t es
on the dashc am he
dashc am *
N NO O
TE TE
Bef oreusing thedashc am Yo
uar eleg allyre sponsi bleforoper ation and
use ofthedashc amfunction s.The legal
re qu irements relating tooper ation anduseof
th edashc amcan vary depending onthecoun-
tr y in whic hth edashc amisoper ated. Ther e-
fo re ,obser vetheleg alrequ irements, inpar tic-
ular thedat apr otection regula tions ,in your
countr y.
Fo rth is reason, beforeusin gth edashc am
inf orm yourself about there gula tion details for
th ere specti vecount ry.
This functi onisno tper mitt edinall cou ntries. #
Obs erve thecount ry-sp eci/c regula -
tions . Selec
tingaUSB de Selec
tingaUSB device f vice
for avideo r or
avideo reco r eco
rding with ding
with
t t
he das hcam he
das hcam RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements : ements
:
R Atleast oneUSB device isconnect edwithth e
multimed iasystem . Mult
imedia system:
4 © 5
Merced esme &Apps
5 Dashca m #
Sele cttheUSB device.
% When USBdevices containmultiple partitions,
re cor ded video/les areno talw aysdispla yed
in there cor ding list.
Mer cedes-B enzrecommen dsthat youuse
USB devices withone partition. SS
t t
ar ar
ting orst ting
orstopping videor opping
videorecor ecor
ding wit ding
witht h
the he
dash cam dash
cam RR
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R AUSB device isconnect edwithth emultime-
dia system .
R The vehicle isswitc hedon. Mul
time diasystem:
4 © 5
Mer cedesme &Apps
5 Dash cam #
Ifse veralUSB devices areconnect edwithth e
multimed iasystem, select aUSB device
(/ page234). #
Sele cttheIndividu alRecordi ngorLoop
Recordi ngrecor ding mode.
If Indi vidualRe cordi ngisselect edand the
memor yis full there cor ding stops.
If Loop Recordi nghas been select ed,several
shor tvid eo /les arere cor ded. When themem-
or ylimit isreac hed, theoldest video/leis
dele tedand recor ding iscont inued aut omati-
call y. #
T T
o st o
star t ar
t: :
select StartRecord ing.
The lengt hof there cor ding issho wn. The
Ple ase donot remo vethe stora gemed ium.
messag eappear s.The video/le isstor ed on
th eUSB device. #
T T
o end: o
end: select EndRecordi ng. 234234
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repor tma yappear inthefo llo wing cases :
R Forth eIndividu alRecordi ngrecor ding mode:
th ememor yis full orther ear eonl ya few
minut esrecor ding time availabl e.The video
re cor ding stops orwill bestopped imminently.
Chang eth eUSB device ordele teavid eo /le.
R Ifavid eo recor ding hasstar tedand anational
bor der isde tected, theNational Border
Crossed .Plea seobserve thecountry-spe-
cific regul ations onvideo recording. message
appear s.
This function isno tav ailabl ein all coun tries.
R The camer ais no tfu nct ional,theCame ra
Unavail ablemessag eappear s.
Ha ve thecamer ach eckedin an aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. TT
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elephon y elephon
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t t
es on t es
on telephon y elephon
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ARNIN G ARNIN
GRisk ofdist raction from oper at-
ing integratedcommunication equipment
while theve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper atecommunica tionequipment inte-
gr ated intheve hicle when drivi ng ,yo ucould
be distr acted from thetra1c situation. This
could alsocause youto lose contr olof the
ve 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. &
W W
ARNI NG ARNI
NGRisk ofan accid ent from oper-
atin gmobil ecommun icationequipme nt
while theve hicle isin mo tion
Mobi lecommun ications device sdis tract the
dr iver from thetra1c situation. Thiscould also
cause thedr iver tolose contr olof theve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com-
munications devices when theve hicle is
st ation ary. #
Asave hicle occupan t,onl yuse mobil e
commun ications device sin thear eas
int ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthere ar
passen gercom partment. Yo
umust obser vetheleg alrequ irements forth e
count ryinwhic hyo uar ecur rentl ydr iving when
ope rating mobi lecom munic ationequipme ntin
th eve hicle. &
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AR NIN G AR
NIN GRisk ofinjurydue toobjects
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
incor rectl y,they can slide orbe thro wn aroun d MB
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TT
elephone menuov elephone
menuover er
vie w vie
w 1
Blue toot h®
de vice name ofthecur rentl ycon-
nect edmob ilepho ne/of themobile phone
2 Blue toot h®
de vice name ofthecur rentl ycon-
nect edmob ilepho ne/of themobile phone
(tw ophone mode)
3 Batteryst atus oftheconnect edmobile phone
4 Sign alstr engt hof themobile phonenetwork
5 Options 6
Device manag er
7 Messag es
8 Numer icalpad
9 Cont actsear ch T T
elephon elephon
yoper y
oper ating modes ov atin
gmodes over er
vie w vie
w
Depending onyour equipment, thefo llo wing tel-
ephon yoper ating modes areav ailabl e:
R Amobil ephon eis conn ectedtothemultime-
dia system viaBlue toot h®
. MBUX
multimediasystem
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R
Twomobile phones areconnect edwithth e
multimed iasystem viaBlue toot h®
(tw ophon e
mode ).
- Youcan useallthefunction sof themulti-
media system withth emobile phoneinthe
fo re ground.
- Youcan receiv eincomi ngcalls andmes-
sag eswithth emobile phoneinthebac k-
gr ound.
Yo ucan interch ang eth emobile phonein
th efo re ground andbackground.
Connecting amobile phone Connecting
amobile phone
R R
eq eq
uir uir
ements: ements:
R Blue toot h®
is activ ated on themobile phone
(see themanuf acturer'soper ating instruc-
tion s).
R Bluetoo th®
is activ ated on themultimedia sys-
te m. Mult
imedia system:
4 © 5
Phone
Sear c Sear
ching f hing
for amobile phone or
amobile phone #
Sele ctí. #
Sele ctConnect NewDevice .
Conn ecting amobile phone Conn
ecting amobile phone
Au thor ization follo ws using securesim ple pair ing. #
Select amobile phone.
A code isdispla yedin themultimedia system
and onthemobile phone. #
Ifbo th codes match,con/r mthecode onthe
mobile phone.
F F
uncti onsint uncti
onsinthe t he
telephon elephon
ymenu y
menu
In thete lephon ymenu youha ve thefo llo wing
functions, forex am ple:
R Makin gcalls, e.g.:
- R Accep ta call
- k EndCall
- i Create Confer. Call
- Accep tingor rejec ting awa iting call R
Managing contacts, e.g.:
- Downloading mobilephonecontacts
- Managing thefo rm atof acont act's name
- Savin gacont actasafa vo rite
R Receivi ngand sendi ngmessag es,e.g.:
- Using there ad-al oudfunct ion
- Dict atingane wmessag e 238238
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sy
stem. Also foruse withtw ophone modewith
smar tphone integration, onlyone additiona l
mobi lepho necan beconnec tedusing Bluetoot h®
wit hth emultimedia system.
The fullrang eof functi onsforSmar tphone Inte-
gr atio nis onl ypossibl ewit han Interne tconn ec-
tio n.The appr opriateappli catio nmus tbe down-
loaded onthemobile phonetouse Smar tphone
Int egration. Themobi lepho nemust beswi tched
on and connec tedto aUSB portwit hth eç
symbol onthemultimedia system using asuit able
cable.
Apps forSmar tphone Integration
R Apple CarPla y®
R Andr oidAuto
% Forsaf etyre asons, the/r st activ ation of
Smar tphone Integration onthemultimedia
sy stem must becar ried out when theve hicle
is station aryand thepar king brak eis applied.
Yo ucan star tApple CarPla y®
or Andr oidAuto
fr om thede vice manag er. %
Mercedes-Benz recommen dsdiscon necting
th econnecting cableonlywhen theve hicle is
st ation ary.
Ov Ov
er er
vie vie
wof tr w
of transf ansf
err er
red v ed
vehicle data ehicle
data
When usingSmartphone Integration, certain vehi-
cle datais transf erredto themobile phone. This
enables youto get thebest outofselect edmobile
phone services. Vehicle datais no tdir ectl yacces-
sible .
The follo wing system information istransmitt ed:
R SoTw arere lease ofthemultimedia system
R System ID(anon ymized)
The transf erofthis dat ais used tooptimize com-
munication between theve hicle andthemobile
phone.
To do this, and toassign severalve hicles tothe
mobile phone, ave hicle identi/er israndom lyge n-
er ated.
This hasno conne ctionto theve hicle identi/ca-
tion number(VIN) andisdele tedwhen themulti-
media system isrese t(/ page225). The
follo wing driving status datais transmitt ed:
R Transmi ssionpositionengaged
R Distinctio nbe tween parked, standst ill,rolling
and driving
R Day/night modeoftheinst rument cluster
R Drive type
The transf erofthis dat ais used toalter howcon-
te nt isdis pla yedto cor respond tothedr iving sit-
uation.
The follo wing position datais transmitt ed:
R Coor dinat es
R Speed
R Com pass direction
R Acceler ation directio n
This datais used bythemobile phonetoimprove
th eaccur acyofthena vig ation (e.g.forcontinua-
tion inatunnel). MBUX
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Sym
bol Sym
bol Designa tionF Designation
Function unction
Z Setting sS electtomak ese ttin gs.
© HomeSelectto retur nto thehome screen.
j MessagingSelecttocall upmessagin g.
2 Fullscr een Selecttoswitc hto full screen mode. The
follo wing functions andsettings areav ailabl e
in themedia menu:
R Connecting extern al dat astor ag emedia with
th emultimedia system (e.g. using USBor
Blue toot h®
)
R Playing back audio orvid eo /les AA
ut uthor hor
izing aBlu et izing
aBlue too th oo
th® ®
audio de audio
device f vice
for media or
media
pla pla
ybac k ybac
k RR
eq eq
uir uir
emen ts: emen
ts:
R Bluetoo th®
is activ ated on themultimedia sys-
te m and audio equipment . R
The audio equipment supportstheBlue toot h®
audio pro/les A2DPand AVRC P.
R The audioeq uipm entis"vis ible "fo rot her devi-
ces.
Mul time diasystem:
4 © 5
Med ia5
Blu etoo th5
00A5
Wi th Blue toot h®
audio ,yo ucan playbac kmusic
/les from anextern al dat astor ag emediu m,e.g.
yo ur smar tphone, usingtheMBUX multimedia
sy stem. #
Topla ybac kaudio /lesusing themultimedia
sy stem, author ize theex tern al dat astor ag e
mediu mon theMBUX multimedia system. A A
ut ut
hor hor
izing ane izing
ane wBlue t w
Blue too th oo
th® ®
audio de audio
device vice
#
Select Connect NewDevice. #
Select anaudio device .
Au thor ization star ts. Acode isdispla yedon
th emultimedia system and onthemobile
phone. #
Ifth ecodes areidentical, con/rmonthe
audio equipm ent. #
Select Only asBlu etoo thAud ioDevi ce.
The Bluetoo th®
audio equipme ntisconn ected
wit hth emultimedia system. 250250
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N N
O O
TE TE
Dam agefrom automa ticbrak ing If
one ofthefo llo wing functions isswitc hed
on, theve hicle brak es aut omati callyin cer tain
situations:
R ActiveBr ak eAssi st
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI C
R HOLD function
R ActivePa rking Assist
To avoid damag eto theve hicle, deactivat e
th ese systems inthefo llo wing orsimilar situa-
tions: #
Duringtowing #
Inacar wash *
N NO O
TE TE
Damag edue tounsuit ablecarwash #
Beforedr ivi ng intoacar wash mak esur e
th at thecar wash issuit able forth eve hi-
cle dimen sions. #
Ensu rether eis su1cien tgr ound clear-
ance between theunderbody andthe
guide rails ofthecar wash. #
Ensur eth at theclear ance widthof the
car wash, inpar ticu larthewidt hof the
guide rails, issu1cien t. To
avo iddamag eto your vehicle when usingacar
wa sh, ensu rethefo llo wing beforehand:
R ActiveDist ance AssistDIS TRONI Cis dea ctiva-
te d.
R The HOLD function isswitc hedo..
R The surround viewcamer aor there ar vie w
camer ais switc hedo..
R The side windowsand slidingsunr oofarecom-
ple tely closed.
R The blowerfo rth eve ntila tion andheating is
sw itched o..
R The wind shield wipersw itchis in pos ition005A.
R The Smar tKey isat aminimum distance of
10 T(3 m) away from theve hicle. Other wise,
th etrunk lidcould openunintentionall y.
R Forcar washes withacon veyo rsy stem: -
neutr al005C iseng aged.
- F F
or v or
vehicles wit ehicles
withaut h
aut omatic tr omatic
transmission: ansmission:
If yo ulea vetheve hicle while itis bein g
wa shed, makesur eth eSmar tKey isloca-
te din theve hicle. Theparkposit ion005Dis
ot her wise automati callyeng aged.
% If,aTer thecar wash, youre mo vethewa x
fr om thewindshield andwiper rubber s,this
will prev ent smear ingand reduce wiper noise.
A A
ut ut
omatic carw omatic
carwash mode ash
mode
In car wash mode, theve hicle isprepar edfordr iv-
ing intoth eaut omatic carwash. Car wash mode
can beactiv ated ataspeed ofup to12 mph
(20 km/h )Ac tivate(/ page266) .
The follo wing settings aremade whencarwash
mode isactiv ated:
R The outsi demir rors arefo lded in.
R Toprev ent thewindshield washer system from
st ar tin gup aut omati cally,thera in sensor is
deactiv ated.
R The rear wind owwiper isdeacti vated.
R The aircondition ingsystem isse tto air-recir -
culat ionmode. Main
tenanc eand care
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