MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2019 Owner's Manual

The
conn ection toasec ureWi -Fi networkis
mad evia aPIN .
R WPS PBC
The conne ctionto asec ureWi -Fi networkis
mad eby pressing abutt on(push button).
R Secur itykey
The conn ection toasec ureWi -Fi networkis
mad evia asecu rity key.
Se tting upWi-Fi
Re quirement s:
R The device tobe con nectedsuppor tsone of
th eth re emeans ofcon nect iondescr ibed
(/ page238).
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gWi -Fi #
Switc hWi-Fi on0073 oroff0053.
If Wi-Fi isdea ctivated 0053, communi cationvia
Wi -Fi toall devic es isint erru pte d.This also
means that acon nectionto theHERME S
comm unication modulecannotbe estab‐ lished.
Thenfunctionssuc has dynamic route
guidan cewithLiv eTr af fic Inf ormati onareno t
av ailable.
Connect ingthemu ltim edia system witha
de vice viaWi-Fi
Thi sfunction isavailable ifaHE RME Scom mun i‐
cat ion modul eis no tins talled.
The type ofcon nection established mustbe
select edon themultimedia system and onthe
de vice tobe con nected.
% The connection procedur ema ydif fer
dependin gon thede vice. Followtheins truc‐
tion sth at aresho wninthedispla y.Fu rther
inf ormation (seethemanuf acturer'soper at‐
ing instruction s). #
Select Internet Setting s. #
Select Search forWi-Fi Network s.
Using asecur itykey #
Select aWi -Fi networkin thelis t. #
Have thesecur itykeydisp laye don thede vice
to be con nected(see themanuf acturer's
oper ating instruction s). #
Enterth is secur itykeyon themultimedia sys‐
te m. #
Conf irm theent rywit h¡.
% Alldevic es suppor ta sec urity keyas a
mean sof conn ection .
Usin gaWPS PIN #
Highlig htaWi -Fi networkin thelis t. #
Select 0080Connec tvia WPS PINInput.
The multimedia system gener ates an eight-
di gitPIN . #
Enterthis PIN onthede vice tobe con nected. #
Conf irm theent ry.
Using abutt on
% This function isonl yav ailable inaWi -Fi fre‐
qu ency of2.4 GHz. #
Highlight aWi -Fi networkin thelis t. #
Select 0080Connec tvia WPS PBC. #
Select "Connec tvia WPS PBC" intheop tion s
on thede vice tobe con nected. #
Press theWPS buttononthede vice tobe
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Select Continu ein themultimedia system.
De vice hasalready been connect ed: #
Toaut omatic allyco nne ct:high light aWi -Fi
ne tworkin thelis t. #
Activate0080 Connect Automatica lly0073 . #
Toconnect :high light aWi -Fi networkin the
lis t. #
Selec t0080 Connect.
The connection ises tablished again. These
func tionsar epossible whenthede vice has
alr eady been connect edtotheWi -Fi network.
Se tting upaWi -Fiho tspo t
Mul timed iasystem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity
Conf iguringthemu ltim edia system asaWi -
Fi ho tspo t
The type ofconnection established depends on
th ede vice tobe con nected. The func tion must
be suppor tedby themultimedia system and by
th ede vice tobe con nected. The type ofcon nec‐
tion established mustbe select edon themulti‐ media
system and onthede vice tobe con nec‐
te d. #
Select SetUpHot spot. #
Highlight ConnectDevic eto Vehicle Hotspot.
Gener atingaWPS PIN #
Select 0080Connec tvia WPS PINGenera-
tion . #
Enterth ePIN showninthemedia displayon
th ede vice tobe con nectedand confirm .
Connect ingusin gaWPS PIN #
Sele ct0080 ConnectviaWPS PINInput. #
Sele ctEnter WPS PIN. #
Enterth ePIN that issho wnontheex tern al
de vic e's displa yon themultimedia system. #
Select Continue.
Connecting usingabutt on
Re quiremen ts
R This function isonl yav ailable inaWi -Fi fre‐
qu ency of2.4 GHz. #
Select 0080Connec tvia WPS PBC. #
Press theWPS buttonon thede vice tobe
con nectedor select Connec t. #
Select Continueinthemultimedia system.
Connecting usingasecur itykey #
Select Connect DevicetoVeh icleHotsp ot.
A secu rity keyis disp laye d. #
Select theve hicle from thede vice tobe con ‐
nec ted. The vehicle isdispla yedwit hth e
SSID MBHotsp otXXX XX. #
Enterthesecur itykeywhic his sho wninthe
media display on thede vice tobe con nected. #
Conf irm theent ry.
Connect ingusin gNFC #
Sele ctConn ection viaNFC. #
ActivateNFC onthemobile device (see the
manuf acturer'soper ating instructions). #
Bring themobile device intoth eNFC area of
th eve hicle (/page27 8). #
Select Done.
The mobi lede vice isno wconnect edtothe
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Gene
ratin gane wse cur itykey: #
Select Set UpHotsp ot. #
Select Genera teSecu rityKey.
A connecti onwillbe established withth e
ne wly crea tedsecur itykey. #
Tosave asec urity key:select Save.
When ane wsecur itykeyis save d, all existin g
Wi -Fi conne ctionsareth en discon nected.If
th eWi -Fi conne ctionsarebe ing re-es tab‐
lished, thene wsecur itykeymus tbe entere d. Mana
gingCOMAND Touc hde vic es Re
quirement s:
R The COMAND Touc happ isins talled onthe
ex tern al de vic e(e. g.table tor smar tphon e).
R Wi-Fi isacti vated(/ page239) andthemul‐
timedia system iscon figur edasaWi -Fi hot‐
spo t(/ page 240). Mul
timediasystem:
4 System 5
COMAND Touch
Connecting andauthor izing ane wde vice #
Select AuthorizeaNew Devic e. #
Select Connec tNew Devic e. #
Enterth esecur itykeyin theex tern al de vic e.
The Please start COMA NDTouc hon your
devi ceand follow theins truct ions.mes sage
appear s. #
Select Con tinue. #
Accep tth econ nect ionrequ estfr om thene w
de vice. #
Enterth ePIN shownontheex tern al de vic e.
The devic eis aut hor ized.
Au thorizing aconnect eddevice #
Sele ctAut hori zeaNew Device.
The devic es already connectedar edispla yed. #
Select Continue Using Connec tedDevic es.
The Please startCOMAND Touchonyour
device andfollow theinstruct ions. messag e
appear s. #
Select Continue. #
The connection requ estfr om thede vice
Acc ept. #
Enterth ePIN shownontheex tern al de vic e.
The devic eis aut hor ized.
De-a uthor izin gth ede vice #
Sele ctan aut hor ized devic efrom thelis t.
A pr om ptwill appear askingwhe ther you
wo uld liketo de-aut horize theselect ed
de vice. #
Select Yes.
The device isde-aut horized. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gch ild safetyloc k Multimedi
asy stem:
4 System 5
Parent alContr ol
Loc king theRe ar Seat Entertai nment System #
Sele ctRear Leftor Rear Right. #
Sele ctLoc k.
The Rear Seat Entertainm entSystem is
loc ked0073 orunloc ked0053. Multimedia
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Switc
hingoffth eRe ar Seat Entertai nment
Sy stem disp lay #
Sele ctRear Leftor Rear Right. #
Sele ctDis play On. #
Swit chthedispla yon 0073 oroff0053.
Loc king anextern al de vic e #
Select anextern al de vic e. #
Select Lock.
The devic econ nectedvia theCO MAND
To uc happ isloc ked0073 orunloc ked0053. Sy
stem langu age No
teson thesy stem langu age
This function allowsyouto determ ine thelan‐
guag efo rth emenu displaysand thena vig ation
announ cements.The select edlanguag eaf fects
th ech aract ersav ailable forentr y.The navig ation
announc ementsar eno tav ailable inall lan‐
guag es.Ifalang uageis no tav ailable, thena vig a‐
tion announ cementswill beinEn glish. Se
tting thesy stem langu age
Multi media system:
4 System 5
Language #
Setth elanguag e.
% Ifyo uar eusin gArabic mapdata,thete xt
inf ormati oncan also be sho wninArab icon
th ena vig ation map.Todo so, select 

Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The ignition isswitc hedonortheve hicle has
been star ted.
R The SDcardis inser ted(/ page30 1) or the
USB device isconnec ted(/ page304).
Multimedia system:
4 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.
The mult imed iasystem isrestar tedonc eth e
dat 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.
The datais ex por ted. The dataex por tma y
ta ke severalmin utes. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPI N protection Multi
media system:
4 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
Re quiremen ts
R Acur rent PIN mustbe set. #
Select Change Settings. #
Enterth ecur rent PIN . #
Select Chang ePIN . #
Seta ne wPIN . Ac
tiv atin gPI N protection fordat aex por t #
Select Change Setting s.
Co nfirm with thePIN. #
Select ProtectData Export .
Ac tivate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Un bloc king thePIN
Re quiremen ts:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection .
R AMer cedes meaccount exists at htt p:/ /
www .mercedes.me .
R The Person alization service isactiv e
(/ page24 4).
If th ePIN has been entered incor rectly thre 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 Unbloc kPIN. #
Enterth esing le-use password.
PIN protect ion isrese t,and youcan seta
ne wPIN. Mult
imed iasystem 24
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%
Alternati vely,yo ucan have PIN protect ion
re se tat an aut hor ized Mercedes-Benz Cen‐
te r. User
profile Se
tting auser profile
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization
Displa yingauser profile when star ting
If th is func tion isact ive, apr om ptappear swhen
st ar tin gth esy stem asking whichuser profile to
use. #
Select Display Profile Select ion afterStart . #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Selecting auser profile #
Select GuestProfile orindividual profile 003B.
% Some settings from theuser profile areonl y
loaded whentheve hicle isstatio naryor
when theignition isswitc hedon. Au
tomatic synchronizat ion
Eac htime theignition isswitc hedoffor on, the
indiv idual userprofiles aresync hroniz edon the
multime diasystem and ontheser ver.This
ensur esthat thelat estuser profiles arealw ays
av ailable. #
Select Automat icSyn chron izat ion. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
% Formor einf ormation aboutimpor ting/
ex por tinguser profiles (/ page24 4).
Cr ea tin gause rpr ofile
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 System 5
g Person alization
5 Create Profile #
Entera name. #
Select 0076.
The follo wing informatio nis save din theuser
pr ofile, forex am ple:
R System settings
R Settings intheTV tune r'schann ellist
R Navig ation andtraf fic inf ormati on The
settings differ depending ontheve hicle
eq uipment.
Im por ting/e xportinguser profiles
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection .
R AMer cedes meacco untexists at htt p:/ /
www .mercedes.me .
R The Person alization service isactiv e.
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization
5 Manual Export/ Import
This function isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
On lyindi vidu alprofiles can beimpor tedor
ex por ted.
The individual profiles arealw ayscollectiv ely
im por tedor expor ted. #
Impor t:select Import Profiles fromServer.
The Theprofile dataimport overwrites all
existing profiledata.Doyou want tocon-
tinue? messag eappea rs. 24
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#
Select Yes.
Use rpr ofiles areim por ted. #
Expor t:select Export Profiles tothe Server.
User profiles areex por ted.
% Certain settings ,suc has addr essbook
ent ries orprev ious destination sfrom the
na vig ation system, areno tex por ted.
Se tting user profile options
Multimedia system:
4 System 5
g Person alization #
Highlight apr ofile. #
Select 0080option s.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Renam e
R Delete
R Reset
% The gues tpr ofile can notbe dele tedor
re nam ed. So
ftwa reupdat e Inf
ormation onsof twareupdat es
The multimedi asy stem prov ides amess age
when anupdat eis available.
De pen dingon thesour ce,youcan perform vari‐
ous updat es:
Sof twareupd ate Sour
ceofthe
updat e Up
dat etype
Up dat esvia mobile
phone Na
vig ation map,sys‐
te m upd ates, Digit al
Oper ator's Manua l
Up dat esvia anexter‐
nal stor ag emedium,
e.g. aUSB flash drive Na
vig ation maps %
Updat esvia mobile phonerequ ire an act ive
Int erne tcon nection forth eve hicle. Thisis
no tav ailable inall coun tries. Forfur ther
inf ormation oncon nect ingtotheInt erne t,
see (/page29 4). Ad
vantag esofupd ating software
Thank sto thesof twareupdat e,your vehicle sta‐
tus isup-t o-dat e.
In order tocons tantl yimpr ovethequ alit yof our
ser vices youwill recei vefutur eupd ates foryo ur
mult imed iasystem, theMer cedes meconnect
ser vices andyour vehicle's communication mod‐
ule. These willconvenie ntly besent toyouvia
th emobile phoneconnect ioninyour vehicle
and, asan option, installed automat ically.Yo u
can moni torth est atus ofyour updat eson the
Mer cedes meportaland find informa tionab ou t
po 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
Fu rther information aboutsoftwareupdat escan
be found athttp :/ /m e.m erced es-ben z.co m Mult
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Pe
rfor min gasof twareup date
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection
(/ page29 4).
R Foraut omat icupdat es:yo ur vehicle hasa
per manent lyins talled com munic ationmod‐
ule.
Multim ediasystem:
4 System 5
Soft ware Update
Au tomatic update #
Swi tchAuto matic Onl ine Update on 0073.
Up dat esareper form ed.
The current status oftheupdat esisdis‐
pla yed.
Manu alupd ate #
Deact ivat e0053 Auto matic OnlineUpdate. #
Select anupdat efrom thelis tand star tth e
updat e.
Ac tiv atin gthe softwa reupdat e #
Restar tth esy stem. Fu
nction ofimpor tant system updates
Im por tant system updat esma ybe neces saryfo r
th esecur ityofyour mult imed iasystem's data.
Please installth ese updat es,orelse thesecur ity
of your mult imed iasystem cann otbe ensur ed.
% Ifaut omatic softwareupdat esareactiv ated,
th esy stem updat eswill bedownloaded auto‐
maticall y(/ page24 6).
As soon asan upd ateis available fordo wnloa d,
a cor responding messageappea rson themedia
displa y.
Yo uha ve thefo llo wing selectionoption s:
R Down load
The updat ewill bedownloaded inthebac k‐
gr ound.
R Det ails
Inf ormation aboutthepending system
updat eis displa yed.
R Later
The updat ecan bedownloaded manuallyata
lat er time (/page24 6). If
th edo wnload iscom pletedand theupdat eis
re ady forins tallation ,yo uwill beinformed ofthis
af te rth ene xt ignition cycle, forex am ple.
% Park theve hicle safely inasuit able location
bef orest ar tin gth eins tallation .
Re quiremen tsforth eins tallation :
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The engin eis no tru nning .
R Notesand warnings have been read and
acc epted.
R The parkingbr ak eis applied.
If all requ iremen tsareme t,th eupdat ewill be
ins talled. Themultim ediasystem cann otbe
oper ated while theupdat eis being installed and
ve hicle functionsarere strict ed.
If er ro rs should occurduring theins tallation ,th e
multime diasystem automatic allyatt em ptsto
re stor eth epr ev ious version. Ifre stor ation ofthe
pr ev ious version isno tpossible ,a symbol
appear son thecent ercon sole displa y.Please
cons ultaqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop to
re solv eth epr oblem. 24
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setfunction Multimedia
system:
4 System 5
Reset
Pe rsonal datais dele ted, forex am ple:
R Statio npr ese ts
R Con nectedmobile phones #
Select Yes.
If PIN protect ion isactiv ated, apr om ptappear s
ask ing ifyo ualso wish torestor eth is to thefa c‐
to ry settin gsdur ing are se t. #
Select Yes. #
Enterthecur rent PIN .
The PINisrese t.
or #
Select No.
The current PIN stay sth esame afte rre se t‐
ting.
% Ifyo uha ve forg ottenyo ur PIN ,an aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zCen tercan deactivateth e
PIN protect ion foryo u. A
pr om ptappear sag ain asking whe ther you
re all ywish torese t. #
Select Yes.
The multimedia system isrese tto thefa ct or y
se ttings. Na
vig ation Switc
hingnavig ation on Multimedia
system:
4 Navigation #
Alternativ ely:press the00CB button.
The map appear sand showscurrent vehicle
position 1. Multimedia
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%
Ifaclimat econtr olsetting isch ang ed, acli‐
mat ebar appear sbr ief ly. Sho
wing/ hiding thena vig ation menu Re
quirement s:
R The map displa ysthecur rent vehicle posi‐
tion. Multimedia
system:
4 Navigation #
Tosho w:swipe lefton theto uc hpad orthe
To uc hCon trol.
or #
Slid eth econ troller tothelef t. #
Tohide: swiperight ontheto uc hpad orthe
To uc hCon trol. or #
Slid eth econ troller totheright.
% Tosho wor hide lowe rmenu leve ls, swipe or
slide tothelef tor right asman ytimes as
necessar y. Des
tinat ion entry Ent
ering aPOI oraddress &
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 24
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