USB port MERCEDES-BENZ A-CLASS SEDAN 2020 Owner's Manual

dat
ais temp oraryand isonl ypr ocessed inthe
ve hicle itself. Onlya small portion ofthedat ais
st or ed intheeve ntor fault mem ory.
When your vehicle isser viced, tech nica lda ta
fr om theve hicle canberead out byser vice net‐
wo rkem ployees (e.g. workshops, manufactur‐
er s) or third par ties (e.g. breakdo wnservice s).
Ser vice sinc lude repair services, maintenanc e
pr ocesses ,wa rrant yclaim sand qualit yassur ‐
anc emeas ures, forex am ple. Theread out isper‐
fo rm ed via theleg allypr escr ibed portfo rth e
diagnos ticsconnection intheve hicle. The
re spectiv eser vice networklocations orthird
par ties collec t,pr oces sand usethedat a.The y
documen tte ch nica lst atus esoftheve hicle,
assis tin findi ng ma lfunctio nsand improv ing
qu alit yand aretransm itted tothemanuf acturer,
if neces sary.Fu rther mor e,themanuf actureris
subject toproduct liability .Fo rth is, themanu‐
fa ctur errequ ires tech nica lda ta from vehicles.
Fa ult mem ories intheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outle tas par tof repair ormaint enanc e
wo rk. Dep
endingontheselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdat aint ove hicle convenie nce and info‐
ta inm ent func tionsyo urself .
This includes, forex am ple:
R Mult imed iadata suchas music ,fi lms orpho‐
to sfo rpla yba ckinan integratedmultimedia
sy stem
R Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integr ated hands-fr eesystem oran inte‐
grat ednavig ation system
R Entere dna vig ation destinations
R Dat aabout theuse ofInt erne tser vices
This datacan besave dlocall yin theve hicle orit
is locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve connect ed
to theve hicle (e.g.asmar tphone, USBflash
dr ive or MP3 player). Ifth is dat ais stor ed inthe
ve hicle, youcan deleteitat anytim e.This data
is sen tto third par ties onlyat your requ est,par‐
ticular lywhen youuse onlineser vices inacc ord‐
anc ewit hth ese ttings that youha ve select ed.
Yo ucan stor eor chang econ venie nce settings /
ind ividu aliza tionin theve hicle atanytime. Depending
ontheeq uipment, this inc ludes, for
ex am ple:
R Setting sfo rth eseat andsteer ing wheel posi‐
tion s
R Suspension andclimat econ trol settings
R Cus tomizations suchas interior ligh ting
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped ,yo ucan
co nn ect your smar tphon eor ano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan contro lth is by
means ofthecon trol element sint egrat edinthe
ve hicle. Imagesand audiofrom thesmar tphon e
can beoutput viathemultimedia system. Cer‐
tai ninf orma tionis simu ltane ously trans ferred to
yo ur smar tphon e.
De pen dingon thetype ofintegr ation, this can
inc lude:
R General vehicle data
R Position data
This allowsyouto use selected apps onyour
smar tphon e,suc has navig atio nor musi cpla y‐
bac k.Ther eis no further interaction between the
smar tphone andtheve hicle; inpar ticular ,ve hi‐
cle datais no tdir ectl yaccessible. Whichtype of 30
Gener alno tes

Using
the12 Vso cket inthetrunk Re
quirement s:
R Onlycon nectde vices uptoamax imum of
18 0W (15 A). #
Liftup cap 1ofthesoc ketand insertth e
plug ofthede vice. USB
portin there ar passe nger comp artment %
Dependi ngon theve hicle equipment, the
design ofthestow agecom partment and the
num berof USB ports in there ar passe nger
com partment centerconsole mayva ry. If
th eignition isswitc hedonyoucan charge a
USB device, e.g.amobile phone, atUSB ports
1 using asuit able chargin gcable . Wi
reless chargin gof themobil eph one and
connecti onwit hth eex terior ant enna No
teson wir elessl ych argin gth emobil e
ph one &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dinco rrect ly
If objects intheve 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 ctsth ey cont ain.
The reisarisk 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,lugg age
ne ts or stow agene ts. Seat
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#
ActivateSyn chro nize Profiles Auto matica lly.
The profiles intheve hicle areaut omatically
sync hronized withth epr ofiles onMer cedes
me connect when theignition isswitc hedon
and off.
or #
Select Synchroniz eProfiles Now.
Af tersele cting this op tion ,th epr ofiles inthe
ve hicle aresync hronized withth epr ofiles on
Mer cedes meconnect .
% During sync hroniz ation thepr ofile listand
th epr ofile func tionsar ebloc ked.
% Noteon data protection: ifyo udo notwish
to shar eyo ur dat awit hMer cedesme, make
sur eth at theaut omatic synchroniz ation is
switc hedoffand donotselect Synchroniz e
Profiles Now.
Sho wing thepr ofile selection whenentering
Re quirement s:
R Atleas tone profile has been creat ed. Multim
ediasystem:
4 © 5
f Profiles
If th eop tion isactiv ated, youcan seeapr ofile as
soo nas youget in. #
Selec tGener alSet tings. #
ActivateSho wPro file Sel ecti onWh enGet-
ting In.
Wh entheve hicle isstar ted, themedia dis‐
pla ysho wstheactiv epr ofile. Them
es Ov
ervie wof themes
Yo ucan configur eth eve hicle settin gsaccor ding
to your prefer en ces and save as ath eme. A
th eme canbecalled upanytime viathehome
scr een. Thereis then no need tomak eth e
desir edsettings again.
Ther ear epr e-def inedthemes available, e.g.
Jour ney,Efficie ncy and Lounge. Ex
am ple forthe use ofthemes
Fo rre cur ring drivi ng situa tions, such aslon g
dr ives on thefree wa y,yo ucan save your prefer‐
re dse ttings inath eme intheve hicle.
Yo ucan save thefo llo wing settings inath eme,
fo rex am ple:
R Displays(e.g. navig ation maportach ome ter)
R Prefer redra dio statio n
R Favoreddr ive pr ogr am
These settings aresa ve dunder thename you
wish when setting upath eme (/page265). On
th ene xt free wa yjo ur ne yyo ucan selectthis
th eme andther eb yre stor eyo ur setting s.
Cont entofath eme
Dep endingonvehicle equipment thefo llo wing
se ttings canbesave din ath eme:
R Setting oftheIns trument Display
(/ page21 4)
R Setting oftheHead-up Display(/ page226)
R Setting oftheambient lighting(/page11 8)
R Activeau dio sou rce, e.g. radio orUSB 26
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MBUX multimedia system

Im
por ting/e xportin gda ta
* NO
TELos sof data due toprematur e
re mo val #
Donotre mo vethedat ast or ag e
medium whendatais being expor ted.
Mer cedes- Benzis no tliable foran yloss of
dat a. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
R AUSB device isconn ected.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 System Backup #
Select Import DataorExport Data.
Im por ting #
Select adat ast or ag emedium.
A pr om ptappear sask ing whe ther youre all y
wish tooverwr ite th ecur rent data.If da ta or
iginat esfrom another vehicle, this isrecog‐
nized during data readin g. #
Con firm thepr om pt.
The files areim por ted. The multimedia system is
re star tedonc eth edat ahas been impor ted.
% Current vehicle settin gscan beedit edafte r
th eim por t.
Expor ting
If PIN protect ion isactiv ated, your PIN isrequ es‐
te d. #
Enterth efo ur -di git PIN. #
Select adat ast or ag emedium.
A pr om ptappear sask ing whe ther youre all y
wish tocar ryout theex por t. #
Conf irm thepr om pt.
The datais ex por ted. The dataex por tma y
ta ke severalmin utes.
% Aftersuccessfu lex por t,th edat ais save din
th e"MyMer cedesBac kup" direct orywhic h
can befound onthestor ag emedium. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPI N protection Re
quirement s:
R Tounlo ckthePIN: ther eis an Interne tcon ‐
nect ion.
R AMer cedes meaccoun tex ists at htt p:/ /
www .mercedes.me .
R Anindividual userprofile isactiv e
(/ page263).
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 PIN Protec tion
Se tting thePIN #
Sele ctSet PIN. #
Entera fo ur -di git PIN. #
Enterth efo ur -di git PIN again.
If bo th PINs match,PIN protect ion isactiv e.
Changing thePIN #
Sele ctChang eSet tings. #
Enterth ecur rent PIN . #
Select Chang ePIN . MBUX
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#
Seta ne wPIN .
Ac tiv atin gPI N protection fordat aex por t #
Sele ctProte ctData Export .
Ac tivateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
Un bloc king thePIN viatheMer cedes mepor‐
tal
If th ePIN has been entered incor rectl yth re e
tim es,th ePIN willbebloc ked. Youcan have a
sing le-use passwordsent toyouvia the
Mer cedes meconn ectonline portalto rese tth e
PIN protect ion. #
Select UnlockPIN. #
Enterth esing le-use password.
PIN protect ion isrese t,and youcan seta
ne wPIN. Sof
twareup date Inf
orma tion onsof twareup dates
A sof twareup date consi stsof thre esteps:
R Downloading orcop ying ofthedat are qu ired
fo rins tallation
R Installation oftheupdat e R
Activati on oftheupdat eby restar tin gth e
sy stem
The multimedia system prov ides amess age
when anupdat eis available.
De pen dingon thesour ce,youcan perform vari‐
ous updat es:
Sof twareupd ates Sour
ceofthe
updat e Up
dat etype
Int erne tN avigation map,sys‐
te m upd ates, Digit al
Oper ator's Manua l
Ext ernal stor ag e
medium, e.g.USB
fl ash drive Na
vig ation maps %
Installation cantake severalmin utes and
can cellat ionisno tpossible .If yo udo not
ins tallth esof twareupdat esthen thest atus
of your vehicle willnotbe up-t o-dat e.Dur ing
th eins tallation ,indiv idual functionsor con ‐ tr
ol elemen tsareno tav ailable oronlyavaila‐
ble toalimit eddeg ree.
Ad vantag esofupd ating software
Sof twareupdat esensur eyo ur vehicle's tech nol ‐
ogy isup -to-d ate.
In orde rto improv eth equ alit yof our services
yo uwill recei vefutur eupd ates foryo ur mult ime‐
dia system, theMer cedes meconnect services
and your vehicle's communication module.
These willconvenie ntly besent toyouvia the
mobil ephone connection inyour vehicle and,in
man ycases, installed automat ically.Yo ucan
mon itor thest atus ofyour updat esatanytim e
on theMer cedes meportaland find informa tion
ab ou tpo tentia linno vatio ns.
Yo ur adv antages ataglanc e:
R Con venie ntly recei vesof twareupda tesvia
th emobile phonenetwork
R Improve sth equ alit yand availabilit yof
Mer cedesme connectser vices
R Keeps your mult imed iasystem and comm uni‐
cation module up-to-dat e 288
MBUX multimedia system

Au
tomatic ally #
Ifth eSync hroniz eContac tsAutom atically
func tion isno tactiv e:activ ateth efunc tion
by pressing once.
Manu ally #
Ifth eSync hroniz eContac tsAutom atically
func tion isactiv e:deactiv ateth efunc tion by
pr essing once. #
Select SynchronizeCont acts.
Yo ucan seefrom thest atus ofcon troller tothe
ri ght oftheSync hroniz eContac tsAutom atically
displa yte xt wh ether thefunc tion isactiv e.
Calling upcontacts
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Phone 5
g
The follo wing option scan beused tosear chfor
cont acts:
R searching byinit ials
R sear ching bynam e
R searching byphone number #
Enterch aract ersint oth esear chfield. #
Select thecon tact.
A cont actcan cont ain th efo llo wing details:
R phon enumb ers
R navig ation addresses
R geo-coor dinates
R Interne taddr ess
R e-mail addresses
R voice tag(if set)
R relation (ifset)
Edit ingthefo rm atofaco ntact's name
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Phone 5
Z #
Select General. #
Select NameFormat.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Last Name ,Fir stName
R Last Name FirstName
R FirstName LastName #
Select anoptio n. Ov
ervie wof impor tingcontact s
Contact sfrom various sour ces Sour
ce Requirement s
ò USBdevice TheUSB device is
con nectedwit hth e
USB port.
ñ Bluetooth®
con‐
nectio n If
th esendin gof
vCar dsvia Blue tooth®
is suppor ted, vCar ds
can berecei vedon
mobile phones ornet‐
book s,forex am ple.
Blue tooth®
is act iva‐
te din themultimedia
sy stem and onthe
re spectiv ede vice
(see themanuf actur‐
er's oper ating instruc‐
tion s). 34
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MBUX multimedia system

Connect
ingMer cedes- BenzLinkwithth e
mu ltim edia system
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withth eMer cedes-
Benz Linkcontrol bo x.
R The Mercedes- BenzLinkappisins talled on
th emobile phone.
R The mobile phoneisswitc hedon.
R Mer cedes- BenzLinkiscon nect edtothemul‐
timedia system viatheç USBportusing
a suit able cable (/page37 0).
% Thefirs tacti vatio nof Me rcedes-B enzLink
on themultimedia system mus tbe car ried
out when theve hicle isstatio naryfo rsaf ety
re ason s. Mult
imed iasystem:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Mercedes- BenzLink
5 Start Mercedes- BenzLink
Ac cep ting/r eject ingtheda ta protection reg‐
ulat ions
Fo rth einitial star tof theapplication: amessag e
wit hth edat apr otect ion prov ision sappear s. #
Selec tAc cept &St art .
Quit ting Mercedes-B enzLink #
Press the00E2 button.
% Mer cedes- BenzLinkstar ts aut omat ically
when itis con nectedwit hth esy stem using a
cable. IfMer cedes- BenzLinkwasno tdis‐
pla yedin thefo re ground beforedisconn ect‐
ing, theapplication star ts inthebac kground
when reconnect ed.Youcan callup
Mer cedes-Ben zLin kusin gth emain menu.
Yo ucan find mor einf orma tionin theMer cedes-
Benz Linkcontrol bo xoper ating instruction s. Calling
upMer cedes-Benz Linksound set‐
tings
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Mercedes- BenzLink
5 Z #
Select soundsettings.
Ending Mercedes-Benz Link #
Disc onnect thecon nect ingcable between
Mer cedes- BenzLinkandthemultimedia sys‐
te m.
% Mer cedes-Benz recomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle
is statio nary. MBUX
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App
leCar Play® Ov
ervie wof App leCar Play® &
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 edfrom 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.
iPhone ®
func tionscan beused viathemultime‐
dia system using Apple CarPla y®
.The yar eoper‐
at ed using theto uc hsc reen, touc hpad, Touc h Con
trol or theSir i®
vo ice- oper ated con trol sys‐
te m. Youcan activat eth evo ice- oper ated con trol
sy stem bypressing andholding the£ button
on themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
When usingApple CarPla y®
via thevo ice- oper‐
at ed con trol system, themultimedia system can
st ill be opera tedvia theVo ice Cont rolSy stem
(/ page229).
Onl yone iPhone ®
at atime canbecon nect edvia
Apple CarPla y®
wit hth emultimedia system.
Also foruse ofApple CarPla y®
wit htw ophone
mode, onlyone additional mobilephone canbe
connect edusing Blue tooth®
wit hth emultimedia
sy stem.
The availabilit yof App leCarPla y®
ma yva ry
acc ordin gto thecount ry.
The service prov ider isresponsible forth is appli‐
cat ion and theser vices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Apple CarPla y®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof
Apple Inc. Inf
ormat iononApple CarPla y®
When Apple CarPla y®
is being used,theiPod ®
media sourceisno tav ailable forth ere spectiv e
iPhone ®
.
Onl yone routeguidan cecan beact ive at atim e.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive on themultimedia sys‐
te m, itis closed whenrouteguidan ceisstar ted
on themobile phone.
Connecting aniPhone ®
via Apple CarPla y®
(cable)
Re quirement s:
R The current version ofyour devic e's operat‐
ing system isbeing used(seethemanuf ac‐
tur er's oper ating instruction s).
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nect ionforth efull
ra ng eof func tions forApple CarPla y®
.
R The iPho ne®
is connect edtothemultimedia
sy stem viatheUSB portç using asuit a‐
ble cable (/page37 0). 34
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Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system.
Mobile phonefunctionscan beused with
An droid Autousin gth eAn droid oper ating sys‐
te m on themultimedia system. Itis oper ated
using theto uc hsc reen orthevo ice- opera ted
contr olsystem. Youcan activat eth evo ice- oper‐
at ed con trol system bypressing andholding the
£ buttononthemultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
When usingAndroid Autovia thevo ice- opera ted
contr olsystem, themultimedia system can still
be opera tedvia theVo ice Cont rolSy stem
(/ page229).
Onl yone mobile phoneatatime canbecon nec‐
te dvia Android Autowit hth emultimedia sys‐
te m.
Also foruse ofAndr oidAutowit htw ophon e
mode ,onl yone addit ional mobile phonecan be
con nectedusing Bluetooth®
wit hth emultimedia
sy stem.
The availabilit yof An droid Autoand Android Auto
apps mayva ry acc ordin gto thecount ry. The
service prov ider isresponsible forth is appli‐
cat ion and theser vices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Inf orma tion onAndr oidAuto
If amobil ephone isused withAndr oidAuto,
USB access usingthemedia menuisno tpossi‐
ble forth is mobile phone.
Onl yone routeguidan cecan beact ive at atim e.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive on themultimedia sys‐
te m, itis closed whenrouteguidan ceisstar ted
on themobile phone.
Connecting amobile phoneviaAndr oidAuto
(wir ed)
Re quirement s:
R The mobile phonesuppor tsAn droid Auto
fr om Andr oid5.0.
R The Andr oidAutoapp isins talled onthe
mobil ephone.
R Inorder touse thete lephon efunc tions,the
mobil ephone mustbe connect edtothemul‐
timedia system viaBlue tooth®
( / pag e334 ). If
th er ewa sno prior Interne tconn ection, this
is es tab lished withth euse ofthemobile
phone withAn droid Auto.
R The mobile phoneisconn ectedtothemulti‐
media system viatheUSB portç using a
suit able cable (/page37 0).
R Thereis an Inte rn et connecti onforth efull
ra ng eof func tions forAndr oidAuto.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Android Auto
5 Start Android Auto #
Alternativ e:Ifan Android Autoapplic ationis
act ive (e. g.when music isbein gpla yedor
ro uteguidan ceisact ive), youcan callupthe
act ive applic ationusin gth e|, zor
002B application buttons (/page260).
% Contr olusing theapplication buttons canbe
switc hedonoroff(/ page35 1).
% The firs tacti vatio nof Andr oid Au toon the
multime diasystem mus tbe car ried out
when theve hicle isstatio naryfo rsaf etyre a‐
son s. 350
MBUXmult imed iasystem

The
multi mediasy stem supportsthefo llo w‐
ing form ats and data media:
Pe rm issible
fi le systems FA
T32, exFA T,NTFS
Pe rm issible
dat acar rier s USB
devices, iPod ®
/iPhon e®
,
MTP devices, Bluetooth®
audio equipme nt
Supp orted
audio form ats MP3
,WMA ,AA C,WA V,FLAC ,
AL AC %
Obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R The multimedia system suppor tsatot al
of up to50,000 files.
R Dat ast or ag emedia upto2TB aresup ‐
por ted(32‑ bitaddr essspace).
R Due tothelarg eva riet yof available
music andvideofiles rega rding encod‐
er s, sam pling ratesand datatransf er
ra tes, pla ybac kcanno tbe guar anteed. R
Due tothewide rang eof USB device s
av ailable onthemar ket,play bac kcann ot
be guar anteed forall USB devices.
R Videos uptoFullHD (1920 x1080 )ar e
suppor ted.
R Cop y-pr otect edmusic andvideo files or
DRM (DigitalRights Management)
enc rypte dfiles can notbe playedbac k.
R MP3 players mus tsupp ortMedi aTr ans ‐
fe rPr oto col (MT P).
In fo rm ation oncopyright protection and
tr ad ema rks
Au dio files whic hyo ucr eat eyo urself (e.g.copies
of dat ast or ag emedia youmak eyo urself )ar e
ge ner ally subject tocop yrigh tpr otect ion. In
man ycount ries, repr oduction sar eno tper mitt ed
wit hout thepr ior con sent ofthecop yright
holder ,eve nfo rpr ivat euse. Makesur eth at you
kno wab ou tth eapplicable copyright regulations
and that youco mp lywith these. Manuf
acturedunder license from Dolb yLabor a‐
to ries. Dolb y,Dol byAudio and thedouble-D sym‐
bol aretrademar ksofDolb yLabor ator ies. MBUX
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