MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 Owners Manual

Contact
s Inf
orma tion abou tth econtact smenu
The contacts menu contains allcont acts from
ex istin gdat asour ces, e.g.mobile phoneor dat a
st or ag emedium.
Depending onthedat asour ce,itis possible to
sa ve /loa dth efo llo wing numb erofcon tacts:
R Perm anen tly sa ve dcon tacts: 3,000 entries
R Contacts loaded from themobile phone:
5,000 entries per mobile phone
Fr om thecon tacts menu ,yo ucan perform the
fo llo wing actions :
R Mak eacall, forex am ple call acon tact
(/ page 430)
R Navig ation (/page38 7)
R Com pose messa ges(/ page434)
R Addition alop tion s(/ page43 1)
If amobile phoneiscon nectedto themultimedia
sy stem (/ page42 4) and automatic callingup
(/ page429) isactiv ated, themobile phone's
con tacts aredispl ayed intheaddr essbook . The
multimedia system can showsugg estion s
based onfreq uentl yused contacts aswellas
inc omin gand outgo ingcalls (/page355) .
These aresho wnattheto pof thecon tact list .
Do wnloa dingmob ilephone conta cts
Mult imediasystem:
4 © 5
Phone 5
<device name>
5 Z #
Select Contac ts&Recent Calls.
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 SynchronizeContac ts.
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) MBU
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Edit
ingthefo rm atofaco ntact&#39;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&#39;s oper ating instruc‐
tion s). Im
por ting contacts intoth econtact smenu
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Phone 5
Z 5
General
5 Import Contacts #
Select amobile phone<device name>, from
whic hth econ tacts should be impor ted. #
Select anoption .
Sa ving amobile phonecontact
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Phone 5
g #
Select ó0048intheline ofthemobile
phone contact. #
Sele ct0062. #
Sele ctSave toVeh icle. #
Sele ctYes .
The cont actsave din themultimedia system
is identif iedbytheq symbol.
Calling acontact
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Phone 5
g #
Select ªSearch forContac ts. 430
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Entercharact ersint oth esear chfield. #
Select thecon tact. #
Sele ctthete lephon enumb er.
The numb erisdialed.
Selecting further options inthecontact s
menu
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Phone 5
g #
Select 0048intheline ofthecon tact. #
Sele ct0062.
Depe nding onthestor ed dat a,thefo llo wing
op tion sar eav ailable:
R Add VoiceTag/ DeleteVoic eTag
R Set Relat ionship /Delet eRelat ionship
R Sen dDT MF Tones(for anum berwithDT MF
to nes)
The func tionis available whenacall isact ive. #
Select anoptio n. Select
ingoption sfo rsug gestions inthecon‐
tacts menu
Re quirement s:
R Apr ofile has been creat ed(/ page350 ).
R The Allow ContactSugges tionsse tting is
switc hedon(/ page355) .
Multime diasystem:
4 © 5
Phone #
Select +Recent Calls. #
Select Vintheline ofasugg estedcon ‐
ta ct.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Sav eas Fav orite
The sugg estio ns aresa ve das global
fa vo rite sand donotappea ron thehome
scr een.
R NoLonger Suggest #
Select anoption .
Dele ting contacts
Re quirement s:
R The contacts aresa ve din theve hicle. R
Todele tean ind ividual contact, this has been
im por tedmanuall yint oth eve hicle.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Phone
Dele ting allcontacts #
Select Z. #
Select General. #
Select DeleteContac ts. #
Select anoption .
Dele ting acontact #
Select g. #
Select 0048intheline ofthecon tact. #
Sele ct0062. #
Sele ctDele teCo ntact . #
Sele ctYes .
Sa vin gaco ntact asafa vo rite
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Phone 5
0074 Add Favorit es #
Select acon tact. MBUX
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Select 0048 intheline ofthecon tact. #
Sele ctthete lephon enumb er.
The contact isstor ed asafa vo rite inthete le‐
phon emen uove rview.
Dele ting favo rite sin thete lephone menu
ove rview
Multime diasystem:
4 © #
Select afa vo rite inthete lephon emen uov er‐
vie w(/ page43 1). #
Press and hold thefa vo rite . #
Select Dele te. #
Select Yes.
De leting allfavo rite s #
Tapon © inthemedia display. #
Select Pho ne. #
Select Z. #
Select thecon nect edtelephon e. #
Selec tCont acts& Recen tCalls. #
Selec tDelet eAll Favo rites.
A pop- upwindo wappear s:Do you want to
delet eall favor ites? #
Selec tYes. Call
list Ov
ervie wof thecall list
Dep endingonwhe ther your mob ilephon esup‐
por tsthePB AP Blue tooth®
pr ofile ornot,th is
can have differe nt effects onthepr esent ation
and func tionsof thecall list.
If th ePB AP Blue tooth®
pr ofile issuppor ted, the
ef fects are asfollo ws :
R The calllists from themobile phonearedis‐
pla yedin themultimedia system.
R When connect ingthemobile phone, youma y
ha ve toconf irm thecon nect ionforth ePB AP
Blue tooth®
pr ofile. If
th ePB AP Blue tooth®
pr ofile isno tsuppor ted,
th eef fects areas follo ws :
R The multimedia system gener ates acal llist
indepe ndently as soon ascalls aremade in
th eve hicle.
R The calllistis no tsync hronized withth ecall
lis ts inthemobile phone.
The multimedia system can showsugg estion s
based onfreq uentl yused contacts aswellas
inc omin gand outgo ingcalls (/page355 ).
These aresho wnattheto pof thecall list.
Making acall from thecall list
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Phone #
Select +Recent Calls. #
Select anent ry.
The callismade.
Calling upadd itional options inthecall list
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Phone #
Select +Recent Calls. 432
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Forpr ev iousl yst or ed cont acts: select 0048
in theline ofan ent ry.
The sear chresults aredispla yed. #
Forcont acts whohave notbe en stor ed:
select i.
Selecting options forsug gestions inthecall
lis t
Re quirement s:
R Apr ofile has been creat ed(/ page350 ).
R The Allow ContactSugges tionsse tting is
switc hedon(/ page355) .
Multime diasystem:
4 © 5
Phone #
Select +Recent Calls. #
Select Vintheline ofasugg estedent ry.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Sav eas Fav orite
R NoLon ger Sugg est #
Select anoptio n. Dele
tingth ecall list
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Phone 5
<device name>
5 Z #
Select Contac ts&Recent Calls. #
Select DeleteRecent Calls. #
Select Yes.
% This function isonl yav ailable ifyo ur mob ile
does notsuppo rtthePB AP Blue tooth®
pr o‐
fi le. Te
xt messag es Ov
ervie wof messag efunctions
In themessag esmenu youcan recei veand send
te xt mes sage s.
If th econ nect edmobile phonesuppor tsthe
Blu etoo th®
MAP profile, themessag efunc tion
can beused onthemultimedia system.
Yo ucan obtain further information aboutset‐
ting sand suppor tedfunc tionsof Blue tooth®
-
cap ablemob ile pho nes from anauthor ized Mer
cedes-B enzCent eror at:htt ps://
www .mercedes-ben z-mobile.com/
Some mobile phones requ ire fur ther settings
af te rbeing connect edtothemultimedia system
(see manuf acturer&#39;soper ating instruction s).
Se tting messag edispla ys
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Phone 5
<device name>
5 Z #
Select Message Display.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R AllMess ages
R New andUnread Mess ages
R Mess agesWhile Drivin g
R Off (the mes sagefun ction isno longer
av ailable. ) #
Select ase tting . MBU
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Re
ading messag es
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Phone 5
<device name>
5 l
Using there ad-aloud function #
Select acont act. #
Select ¬toread aloud.
The messageis read aloud.
Dictat ingand send ingane wmes sage
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection .
Multime diasystem:
4 © 5
Phone 5
<device name>
5 l #
Select ane wmessag eusing r.
Ad ding are cipie nt #
Select 0074. #
Select acon tact. Di
ctating text #
Select p.
The dictating function isstar ted. #
Sayth emessag e.
Af terth evo ice mess agehas been proces sed,
it is sho wnastext.
Se ndi ngames sage #
Select Send .
% Whe nth eve hicle isstatio naryyo ucan use
th eke yboar dto write amess age. No Inte r‐
ne tconnection isrequ ired touse theke y‐
boar d.
Re plyin gto amessag ein themess aging his‐
to ry
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Phone 5
<device name>
5 l
A messag elis tis sho wn. #
Select 0048next to acon tact.
The mess aging history wit hth is con tact is
sho wn. #
Sele ctp.
The dict ati ng functi onisstar ted. #
Sayth emessag e.
Af terth evo ice mess agehas been proces sed,
it is sho wnastext. #
Select Send .
Us ingmes sagete mp lates
Multime diasystem:
4 © 5
Phone 5
<device name>
5 l
Using ate mp lateas ane wmessa ge #
Select r towrite ane wmess age. #
Addare cip ient using 0074. #
Sele cta0 temp late.
Answ ering amessa gewit hate mp late #
Selec ta messag eseq uenc ewit hacon tact. #
Sele ctaª temp late. #
Selec ta 0 temp late. 43
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Fo
rw arding amessag e
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Phone 5
<device name>
5 l
A messag elis tis sho wn. #
Select 0048next to acon tact.
The mess aging history wit hth is con tact is
sho wn. #
Press and holdon amess age. #
Toforw ardamessag e:sele ctForwa rd.
Call ingamessag esen der
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Phone 5
<device name>
5 l
A messag elis tis sho wn. #
Select 0048next to acon tact.
The mess aging history wit hth is con tact is
sho wn. #
Sele ct0062. #
Sele ctCa ll. Usi
ngtelephone numbersor URLs from a
te xt messag e
Re quirement s:
R AnInterne tcon nection isavailable tocal lup
a UR L.
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Phone 5
<device name>
5 l
A messag elis tis sho wn. #
Select 0048next to acon tact.
The mess aging history wit hth is con tact is
sho wn. #
Sele ctate lephon enumb eror aURL inthe
messa ge.
If aURL isselect edthewe bbr ows eropens.
If ate lephon enumb erisselec tedth efo llo w‐
ing option sar eav ailable:
R Call
R New Mess age #
Select anoptio n. Dele
tingames sage
Mult imed iasystem:
4 © 5
Phone 5
<device name>
5 l #
Select acon tact. #
Press and holdon amess age. #
Todel eteth emess age:selec tDele te. Mer
cedes- Benzlink Ov
ervie wof Mer cedes- BenzLink &
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. MBUX
multime diasy stem 435

#
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.
Wi th Mer cedes-Ben zLink youcan usemob ile
phon efun ction svia themultimedia system. Itis
oper ated using theto uc hsc reen orthevo ice-
opera tedcon trol system. Youcan activat eth e
vo ice- opera tedcon trol system bypressing and
holding the£ buttononthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel.
When usingMercedes- BenzLinkviathevo ice-
opera tedcon trol system, themultimedia system
can still be oper ated via theVo ice Cont rolSy s‐
te m (/ page31 7).
The Mercedes -Benz Linkcontr olbo xsup plemen‐
ta ry equipment isrequ ired forth is. This isavaila‐
ble atan aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCent er. On
lyone mobile phoneatatime canbeconn ec‐
te dvia Mer cedes- BenzLink tothemultimedia
sy stem.
When amobile phoneiscon nect edwith
Mer cedes- BenzLink,onl yone additional mobile
phone canbecon nect edusing Bluetooth®
wit h
th emultimedia system when intwophone
mode.
% The Mercedes- BenzLinkcontrol bo xuses
th eAn droid oper ating system.
% The service prov ider isresponsible forth ese
apps andtheser vices andcontent conne c‐
te dto it.
No teson Mer cedes-Benz Link
If amobile phoneisused withMer cedes-B enz
Link ,USB access usingthemedia menuispossi‐
ble forth is mobile phone.
% Onlyone routeguidan cecan beact ive at a
tim e.Ifro uteguidan ceisact ive on themulti‐
media system, itis closed whenrouteguid‐
anc eis star tedon themobile phone. Connecting
Mercedes-Benz Linkwithth 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 (/page460).
% The firs 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. 436
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Multimedia
system:
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. 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 MB
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Con
trol or theSir i®
vo ice- oper ated con trol sys‐
te m. Youcan activat eth evo ice- opera tedcon 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 oper ated via theVo ice Cont rolSy stem
(/ page31 7).
On lyone iPho ne®
at atim ecan becon nectedvia
Apple CarPla y®
wit hth emultimedia system.
Also foruse ofApple CarPla y®
wit htw ophone
mode, onlyoneadditional 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&#39;s operat‐
ing system isbeing used(seethemanuf ac‐
tur er&#39;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 (/page460). Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Apple CarPlay
5 Start Apple CarPlay #
Alternativ e:Ifan Apple CarPla y®
application
is activ e(e.g. when music isbeing playedor
ro uteguidan ceisact ive), youcan callupthe
act ive applic ationusin gth e|, zor
002B application buttons (/page34 7).
% Contr olusing theapplication buttons canbe
switc hedonoroff(/ page439).
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 .
Exitin gApp leCar Play® #
Press the00E2 button. 438
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