ECU MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2019 Owners Manual

Connect
ingUSB devices
* NO
TEDama gecau sed byhigh temp era‐
tur es High
temp eratur escan damag eUSB devices. #
Remo vetheUSB device afte ruse and
ta ke itout oftheve hicle. The
multimedia connection unitisfound inthe
st ow agecom partment unde rth ear mr estand
has twoUSB ports.
Depen dingontheve hicle's equipment, addi‐
tional USBportscan befound inthestow age
com partment ofthecent ercon sole andinthe
re ar passe nger com partment . #
Con nectth eUSB device totheUSB port.
Pla yable music files arepla yedbac konl yif
th ecor responding mediadisplayis activ ated.
% Use theUSB portidentif iedby00C2 touse
Ap ple CarPla y™and Android Auto.
% Dep endingontheve hicle equipment ther eis
an additional USBportin there ar passe nger
com partment .Po rts th at arelabeled witha bat
tery symbol canonly beused tocharge
USB devices.
Selec tingatrac kin themed iapla yba ck
Multimedia system:
4 Media
Selecting atrac kby skipping toatrac k #
Toskip backwards orforw ards toa
tr ac k: navig ateup ordown.
Sel ecting atrac kusin gth ecur rent trac klis t #
Select 00D3. #
Select Current TrackList. #
Select atra ck.
Selec tingplaybac kop tions
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Z Option s
Pla ying backsimilar trac ks #
Select Play Simi larTra cks.
A trac klist wit hsimilar trac ks iscreat edand
pla yedbac k. Pla
ybac kmode #
Select Random Mode-Current Playlist.
The current trac klist ispla yedin rando m
or de r. #
Select Random Mode-Cu rrent Medium.
All trac ks on theactiv edat ast or ag emedium
ar epla yedin rando morde r. #
Select Norm alTra ckSequ ence.
The current trac klist ispla yedin theor der it
appear son thedat ast or ag emedium.
Contr olling media playbac k
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
Y Playback Control
A bar withpla ybac kcon trols issho wn. #
Topause playbac k:sel ect and conf irm
Y with thecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00CF symbol isdispla yed. #
Toresume playbac k:select andconf irm
Y again withth ecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The 00D0 symbol isdispla yed.
To fast forw ard/r ewind #
Move00CF onthetimeline. 30
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Multimedia system

Multimedia
system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio5
Z Option s #
Select ServiceInformation.
The service information screen appear s
sho wing thera dio IDand thecur rent sub‐
scr iptio nstatus . #
Establish ate lephon econ nection . #
Followtheser vice staf f's instruct ions.
The activatio npr oce ssma yta ke up toten
minut es.
% Youcan also have thesat ellit eser vice acti‐
va tedonline. Todo so, please visithttp:// www
.siriusxm. com(USA)orhtt p://
www .siriusxm. ca(Canada).
Switc hingonsat ellit era dio
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source #
Select SiriusXM Radio. Multimedia
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#
Select 0080 Options.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Mark ThisEntry
R Unmar kThis Entry
R Mark AllEntries
R Unmar kAll Entries
R DeleteThis Entry
R DeleteAll Entries #
Select anoptio n. #
Activate Artis t& Son gAle rts 0073.
The alertis setfo rth ecur rent artis tor trac k.
If amatc his found ,a pr om ptappear sask ing
whe ther youwish tochang eto thest atio n.
Se tting aspor taler t #
Select Add New Alert.
or #
Select Man ageSports Ale rts. #
Select Select New Alerts.
or #
Select EditAle rts. #
Select ate am from aleague. #
Activate Spo rts Ale rts 0073.
Inf orma tion onSm artFa vo rite sand Tune
St art
St atio nsinthest atio npr ese tscan beadded as
Sm artFa vorite s. Smar tFa vorite sst atio nsare
aut omat icallysa ve dto temp orar yst or ag ein the
bac kground .If yo uch ang eto aSm artFa vorite s
st atio n,youcan repla y,pause oractiv elyskip
fo rw ardor bac kto broadcas tswhic hyo uha ve
missed .If Tu ne Startis act ivat ed and youch ang e
to ano ther Smar tFa vorite sst atio n,themusic
tra ck cur rentl ypl ay ing onthest atio nis aut omat ‐
icall yre star tedfrom thebeginnin gof thetra ck.
Ad ding ach anne lto Smar tFa vo rite s
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source
5 SiriusXM Radio #
Select theactiv efreq uency band. #
Highlight anent ry. #
Select 0080. #
Select Add Highlighte dCh anne lto Smar t
Favo rites. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gTu neS tart
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Z Option s5
TuneSt art #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
Contr olling playbac k
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Y Playback Control
Yo ucan pause thepla ybac kof thecur rent sta‐
tio nor skip forw ardor bac kwardin thetimelin e.
This leavesliv emode toacc ess theint ernal tem‐
por aryst or ag e. #
Tofast forw ard/r ewind: turnth econ troller
count er-cloc kwise orcloc kwise/swipe leftor
ri ght ontheto uc hpad. #
Tojum pto thepr ev ious/ne xtsong: press
th econ troller leftor right/swipe leftor right
on theto uc hpad. #
Topause playbac k:sel ect 00CF. #
Toretur nto livemod e:navig ateto theend
of thetimeline. 320
Multimedia system

&
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent orinju rydue
to inc orrect mod ifica tions oftheRe ar
Seat Entertainm entSystem
The Rear Seat Entertainm entSystem con‐
ta ins nopar tsthat can bemain tained byyou.
Modi ficati ons totheRe ar Seat Entertainm ent
Sy stem can impair itsfunc tion and/or the
function ofadd itiona llynetworke dcom po‐
nen ts. #
Alw aysha ve maint enance workand
re pair scar ried out ataqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom unsecu red
it ems intheve hicle
If object ssuc has <004B0048004400470053004B00520051004800560012004B0048004400470056
0048> tsor
ex tern al audio/ videosour cesareno t
sec ured intheve hicle interior ,th ey can be
fl ung aroun dand hitvehicle occupants. #
Alw aysst ow these items orsimilar
objec tscar efully sothat they canno tbe
fl ung aroun d,forex am ple inaloc kable
ve hicle stow agecom partment . Obse
rveth eno teson loadi ngtheve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
cau sed byspilli ngliquids onadispla y
Spilled liquids could result inafire or an
electr icshoc k. #
Donotpo ur or sprayan yliq uids onto
th edispla y. *
NO
TEDama getothere ar displa yand/ or
th ere ar ben chseat The
rear displa ysoftheRe ar Seat Entertain‐
men tSy stem and/or there ar ben chseat can
be damag edwhen folding there ar ben ch
seat forw ards. #
Mak esur eth at when folding there ar
ben chseat forw ards itdoes notcom e
int ocon tact with there ar displa ysand
th efront seats. *
NO
TEDama getocom pone ntparts when
adjus tingthefront seats The
rear displa ysoftheRe ar Seat Entertain‐
men tSy stem, thefront seats orother com‐
ponent partscan bedamag edwhen adjust‐
ing thefront seats. #
When adjustingthefront seats andthe
ins talled rear displa ysmak esur eth at
th ey do notcome intocon tact with
ot her com ponent parts. Obser
vetheno teson adjus tingthefront seats.
Fu nction restriction s
Ra dio-based electronic device s,e.g .mob ile
pho nes, caninterfere wit hth eRe ar Seat Enter‐
ta inm ent System and adversely affect thequ alit y
of thepla ybac k.Ke ep thenumber ofthese devi‐
ces intheve hicle totheminimum necessary.
No teson temp eratur es: intheev ent that a
re ar displa yove rheats asaf etyshut offis car ried
out. Protect there ar displa ysfrom cons tant
di re ct sunli ght. Mu
ltimed iasystem 323

Se
tting thevo lum eand bright ness Re
ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 Comfort
Se tting thesound #
Sele ctSoun d. #
Sele ctVolume . #
Setth evo lume.
or #
Selec tEqualiz er. #
Setth etreble andbass.
Ad jus tingthe brightne ss #
Select Bright nes s. #
Setth escr een brightn ess.
% Settings forsound andbrightness canbe
car ried out individuall yfo rbo th rear displa ys. Se
tting thesy stem langu agefo rthe rear dis‐
pla y Re
ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 Setting s5
Language #
The desir edsystem languag eis set. Se
tting theRe ar Seat Entertai nment System
connecti ons Re
ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 Setting s
Wi -Fise ttings #
Sele ctWi-Fi .
The follo wing menusareav ailable:
R Acces sPoin tMode
In this men uyo ucan setth esear chnam e
of thede vice aswellas thepassw ordfo r
Wi -Fi secu rity .Fo rsuf ficie ntsecu rity you
should useapassw ordwit h8-1 6ch arac‐
te rs.
R Wi-Fi Connec tion In
this men uyo ucan switchtheWi -Fi
on/o ffas wellas setaut omat icand man‐
ual con nection toavailable networks .
% Wher eth er eis activ eWi -Fi theö symbol
is sho wnattheto pright ofthest atus bar.
Pa iring settings (Blue tooth®
) #
Select Pairing.
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Activati ng/d eactiv ating Blu etoo th®
R Pairing/ disco nnect ing Blue toothde vices
(e.g. Bluetoothheadphones)
% Ifth eRe ar Seat Entertainm entSystem is
re se tto thefa ct or yse ttings, theWi -Fi and
pa iring settings arealso rese t.
Fu rther information onrese ttin gto thefa c‐
to ry settin gs(/ page33 1). Shar
ingplaybac kwith are ar displa y Re
quirement sfo rpla yba ckofamobil eend
de vice viathere ar displa y:
R The end device isDLN Acom patible. 330
Multimedia system

#
Swi tchon one Rear Seat Entertainm entSys‐
te m scr een.
The homescr eenappears. #
Select adat asour ce. #
Select theMusic ,Videos orPhotos categor y.
All files inthedesir edcat egor yar esho wnin
alphabe ticalorder .
% The Rear Seat Entertainm entSystem can be
oper ated withth ebutt ons onthe
scr een(/ page32 4) or wit hth e
to uc hsc reen.
Media playbac kvia HDM Ide vices canonly
be con trolled using thebutt ons onthe
scr een aswellas on theend device connec‐
te d. Ov
ervie wof media playbac kon theRe ar
Seat Entertai nment System 1
Albumcover
2 Trac k, artis t,album
3 Playbac kmode Sin
gle re peat within thepla ybac klis t
:: Un
limit edrepeats within thepla ybac klis t
9: Ra
ndo mplay bac kwit hin thepla ybac klis t
4 Medianumber andnumber ofmedia in
th epla ybac klis t
5 Currentl yse tvo lume Fo
rvideo playba ck:ad ditiona ldi spl ayof
th ecur rently setbr ightnes s
Fo rimag epla yba ck:only displ ayofthe
cur rentl yse tbr ightnes s
6 Switches tothene xt file
7 Timeli ne
Fo rimag epla yba ck:cur rent ima genum ‐
be r/nu mberof ima gesin theselect ed
fo lder
8 Switches tothepr ev ious file
9 Playbac kmode
00D0 Playbac kis paused. Touc hth e
to uc hsc reen tostar tth efile/slid esho w
00CF Playbac kis act ive. Touc hth eto uc hsc reen
to pause playbac k
% Forpla yba ckofvideo andimag estheinf or‐
mation shownisreduced.
% Forcont entthat istransm itted tothere ar
displa yvia Wi-Fi conne ction:
Ope ratio nis car ried out onthecon nect ed
end device (see themanuf acturer'soper at‐
ing instruction s).The volume canbeset
using thebutt ons onthere ar displa y. 33
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Multimedia system

Secur
ingthewheel tothespa rewheel
br ac ke t #
Use nuts 5tosecur eth edef ective wheel to
th espar ewheel brac ket.Spe cified tigh ten‐
ing torq ue: 14.75 lb-ft(20 Nm) #
Position coverpanel 4again. Makesur e
th at retai ner 6oftheco verpanel engages
in recess 7. #
Attach coverring 3 again and closethe
loc k.
% Mak esur eth at theloc kdoes notco verth e
re ar vie wcam era. Ifnec essar y,tur nco ver
ri ng 3 slig htly . Ve
hicl eswith anemer gency spar ewheel:
Obser vetheno teson theemer gency spare
wheel.
Spa rewheel brac ke twi th protectiv etir e
co ver Re
mo ving the protectiv etir eco ver #
Pullpr otect ive tir eco ver1 onthere ar side
apar tand remo veit Re
mo ving the wheelfr om the spar ewh eel
br ac ke tand secur ingadef ectiv ewh eel #
Remo vewheel nuts2. #
Remo vethespar ewheel. #
Use nuts 2tosecur eth edef ective wheel to
th espar ewheel brac ket.Spe cified tigh ten‐
ing torq ue: 14.75 lb-ft(20 Nm) 356
Brea kdo wnassis tance

Ve
hicl eswith anemer gency spar ewheel:
Re mo vethehal fshell #
Remo vehalf shell 3. #
Remo vewheel nuts2. #
Remo vetheemer gency sparewheel. #
Remo vethere ar half shell. #
Use nuts2 tosecur eth edef ective wheel to
th espar ewheel brac ket.Spe cified tigh ten‐
ing torq ue: 14.75 lb-ft(20 Nm) #
Stow thehalf shells inthecar gocom part‐
ment . Ve
hicl eswith anemer gency spar ewheel:
Obser vetheno teson theemer gency spare
wheel. Ba
tter y(v ehicle) No
teson the12 Vbatt ery &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto
wo rkcar ried out incor rectly onthebat‐
te ry
Wo rkcar ried out incor rectl yon thebatt ery
can, forex am ple, lead toashor tcir cuit .This
can lead tofunction restrictions insaf ety-re l‐
eva ntsystems, forex am ple thelighting sys‐
te m, ABS (anti-lo ckbraking system) orESP®
(Elect ronic Stabilit yPr ogram). Theoper ating
saf etyof your vehicle maybe restrict ed.
Yo uco uld lose contro lof theve hicle inthe
fo llo wing situat ions:
R when brakin g
R intheeve ntofabrupt steer ing maneuv ers
and/or whentheve hicle's speedisno t
adap tedto thero ad con dition s #
Intheeve ntofasho rtcir cui tor asim i‐
la rinci dent, contactaqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop immediat ely. #
Donotcont inue driving. #
Alw aysha ve wo rkon thebatt erycar ried
out ataqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. R
Further information onABS (/page15 9)
R Further information onESP ®
(/ page16 0)
Fo rsaf etyre ason s,Mer cedes-Ben zre comme nds
th at youon lyuse batteries whic hha ve been tes‐
te dand appr ovedfo ryo ur vehicle byMer cedes-
Benz .These batteries prov ide increased impact
pr otect ion topreve ntvehicle occupants from
suf fering acidbu rnsshould thebatt erybe dam‐
ag ed intheeve ntofan acci dent. &
WARNIN GRisk ofexplosion duetoelec‐
tr os tatic charge
Ele ctrostatic charge can causespa rkswhic h
ma yignit eth ehighly flammab legasmixtur e
in thebatt ery. Br
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7

Dur
ing star tin gassis tance orbatter ych arg‐
ing ,bat tery gasma ybe released. #
Alw aysth aw afroz en bat tery out firs t
bef orech argin git or per form ing star t‐
ing assis tance. If
th eindicat or/warning lampsintheins trument
clus terdo notlig ht up atlow temp eratur es,itis
ve ry likelyth at thedisc hargedbatt eryhas fro‐
zen .In this case youma yne ither jump-start the
ve hicle norcharge thebatt ery.
The service life of abatt eryth at has been
th awe dma ybe dramaticall yshor tened .The
st ar tin gch aract eristic sma ybe impair ed,espe ‐
ciall yat low temp eratur es.
It is recomme ndedthat youha ve ath aw ed bat‐
te ry checkedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
* NO
TEDama gecau sed bynum erou sor
ex tende datt em ptsto star tth eengine Nu
me rous orextende datt em ptsto star tth e
engine maydamag eth ecat alytic converter
due tonon-co mbusted fuel. #
Avoid numer ousand extende datt em pts
to star tth eengine. Obser
vethefo llo wing pointsdur ing star tin g
assis tance and when chargin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse undamag edjum per cables/c harg‐
ing cables withasuf ficie ntcross -secti onand
insu late dte rm inal clam ps.
R Non-insulat edpar tsof thete rm inal clam ps
mus tno tcom eint ocon tactwi th other metal
par tswhile thejum per cable/c harging cable
is con nect edtothebatt ery/jum p-start con‐
nectio npoi nt.
R The jumper cable/c harging cable mustno t
com eint ocon tactwi th anypar tswhic hma y
mo vewhen theengine isrunning .
R Alw aysmak esur eth at nei ther youno rth e
batt eryis elect rostatic allych arge d.
R Keep away from fire and open flames .
R Donotlean overth ebatt ery. Obser
vetheadditional follo wing pointswhen
ch argin gth ebatt ery:
R Onlyuse batterych arge rs tested and
appr oved forMer cedes-Benz.
R Read thebatt erych arge r's oper ating instruc‐
tions beforech argin gth ebatt ery.
Obser vetheadditional follo wing pointsdur ing
st ar tin gassis tance:
R Startin gassis tance maybe perfor med using
onl ybatt eries withanominal voltag eof 12 V.
R The vehicles mustno tto uc h.
R Gasoline engine :On lyacc eptst ar tin gassis ‐
ta nce ifth eengine andexhaus tsy stem are
cold. St
arting assistance andchargin gth e12 V
batt ery Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e.
R The transmiss ionisin position 005D. 360
Breakdo wnassis tance

Obser
vethefo llo wing during reco very to avo id
damag eto your vehicle:
R Ifth edr iven wheels gettr ap pe don loose or
mu ddygr ou nd, reco verth eve hicle withth e
utm ostcar e,
Es pec iallyso ifth eve hicle isladen.
R Neveratt em pttoreco vera ve hicle that is
st uc kwit hatrailer attached.
R Pull outtheve hicle that isstuc kbac kwards,
if poss ible, usingth etra cksit made beforeit
became stuc k. To
wing vehicl eaw ay intheeve ntofmalf unc‐
tions No
teson towing away intheev ent ofma l‐
fun ctions
* NO
TEDama gedue toinc orrect att ach‐
ment anduseof old nuts The
vehicle andcomponent sof theve hicle
can bedamag eddue toinc orrect att achment
and useof old nuts. #
Ifyo ure mo vethepr opeller shaft,place
th eM1 0nuts ontheM8 bolts as
spacer sand secur eth em withM8 nuts. #
Alw aysuse newself-loc kingnuts when
ins talling thepr opeller shafts. Obser
vetheno teson towing away
( / pag e362).
% Forfur ther information ,con sult anaut hor‐
ized Mercedes- BenzCenter.
To wing away intheev ent ofma lfun ctions
To wing away intheev ent ofdama getothe
engine, transm ission orelectr ics #
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005C.
To wing away intheev ent oftransf ercase
da ma ge #
Remo vethepr opeller shaftsbetween the
axle sand thetransf ercase. To
wing away intheev ent offront axle dam‐
ag e #
Remo vethepr opeller shaftbe tween there ar
axle andthetransf ercase. #
Tow aw ay theve hicle withara ised front axle.
To wing away intheev ent ofrear axle dam‐
ag e #
Remo vethepr opeller shaftbe tween thefront
axle andthetransf ercase. #
Tow aw ay theve hicle withara ised rear axle
and withwheel roller sunder thefront axle. Loading
theve hicl efo rtr ans port #
Obser vetheno teson towing away
( / pag e362). #
Connec tth eto w bar totheto wing eyein
or der toload theve hicle. #
Shif tth etra nsmiss iontoposition 005C. Br
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