MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2019 Owner's Manual

The
road and traf fic ru les and regulations always
ha ve prior ity ove rmulti media system driving
ins truction s.
The follo wing drivin gins truct ions canbeused:
R Navig ation announcements
R Routeguidan cedispl ays
R Lane recomme ndations
If yo udo notfo llo wthedr iving instruction sor if
yo ulea vethecalculat edroute, ane wrouteis
calc ulatedaut omat ically.
Dr iving instructi ons maydi ffer from theactual
ro ad and traf fic condi tions if:
R The routeis div erted
R The direction ofaone-w aystre et has been
ch ang ed
Fo rth is reason ,yo umus talw aysobser veroad
and traffic ru les and regulations during your
jo ur ne yas wellas thepr eva iling traffic condi ‐
tions .
The routema ydif ferfr om theideal routedue to
th efo llo wing:
R Roadw orks R
Incom pletedigit almap data
No teson GPS recep tion
The correct functi onofthena vig ation system
depends amongstot her things onGPS recep‐
tion. Incer tain situat ionsGPS recep tion canbe
im pa ired, defectiv eor eve nno tpo ssi ble, e.g .in
tunne lsor inpa rking garage s.
Changing direction overview Ther
ear eth re ephases whenchang ingdirect ion:
R Preparation phase
If th er eis enough timebetween thech ang es
of dir ect ion,th emultimedia system prepar es
yo ufo rth eupcoming chang eof dir ect ion.A
na vig atio nann oun cem entisissue d,e.g .
"Pr epar eto tur nright".
The map appear sin full-scr eenmode.
R Ann ouncemen tphase
The multimedia system announ cesthe
upco mingch ang eof dir ect ion,e.g .by
ann oun cing"T ur nright in300 ft(100 m)".
The displa yis split intotw opar ts.The map is
displa yedon thelef t;on theright, ther eis a
de tailed imag eof theint ersect ionora3D
imag eof theupcoming chang eof dir ect ion.
R Chan ge-of-d irecti onpha se
The multimed iasystem announ cestheimmi‐
nen tch ang eof dir ect ion,e.g .by ann oun cing
"No wtur nright".
The displa yis split intotw opar ts.
The vehicle hassuccessfull ych ang eddirec‐
tio nwhen thelight- color barontheright Multimedia
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ops down to0feet (0 m) and thecur rent
ve hicle position symbolhasreac hed the
highlight edchang e-of-dir ect ion poin t.
When thech ang eof dir ect ion iscom plete,
th emap appear sin full-scr eenmode.
% Chang esofdir ect ion arealso showninthe
Ins trument Display.
Lane recomm endationsov ervie w
This displa yappear sfo rmulti -lane roads.
If th edigit almap contains there leva nt data,th e
multime diasystem can displa ylane recomme n‐
da tions forth ene xt twoch ang esofdir ect ion. 1
Recomme ndedlane
2 Possible lane
3 Lanes notre comme nded
The follo wing lanes aredispla yed:
R Recomme ndedlane 1
In this lane, youwill beable tocom plet ebo th
th ene xt chang eof dir ect ion and theone
af te rth at. R
Possible lane2
In this lane, youwill onlybe able tocom plet e
th ene xt chang eof dir ect ion.
R Lan eno tre comme nded3
In this lane, youwill notbe able tocom plet e
th ene xt chang eof dir ect ion without chang ‐
ing lane .
Dur ing thech ang eof dir ect ion,ne wlane sma y
be added.
% Lanere comme ndations canalso be dis‐
pl ay ed intheIns trument Displayand inthe
Hea d-up Display.
Ov ervie wof des tinat ionreac hed
Once thedes tinat ionisreac hed, youwill see the
Í checkeredflag. Routeguidan ceisfinis hed .
Whe nan intermed iate des tination hasbeen
re ac hed, youwill see theint ermediat edes tina‐
tion flag withth enumber ofyour Î inter‐
med iatedes tinatio n.Afterth is, routeguidan ceis
co ntinue d. 260
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Switc
hingnavig ation announcements on/off
Re quirement s:
R Routeguidan ceisact ive. #
Toswitc hof f:pr ess thevo lume control on
th emultifunc tionsteer ing wheel during a
na vig ation announ cement(/ page233).
or #
Press thevo lume control on thecent ercon ‐
sole during ana vig ation announ cement
(/ page233).
The Voice Guidance hasbeen deactivat ed.
messag eappear s.
or #
Sho wthena vig ation menu (/page24 8). #
Select !Voice Guida nce .
The symb olchang esto# . #
Toactiv ate: sele ct# VoiceGuida nce .
The current navig ation anno uncement is
pl ay ed. %
Inthefo llo wing situat ions,na vig ation
ann ounc emen tsareswitc hedonaut omat i‐
call y:
R Ane wrouteguidan ceisstar ted.
R The routeis recal cul ated.
% Youcan add andcallupthis func tion asa
fa vo rite und erVoic eGuidan ceOn/O ff.
Swit ching navig ation announ cement son/of f
dur ing aphone call #
Selec tSyst em. #
Selec tõ Audio. #
Selec tNavigat ionand Traff icAn noun ce-
men ts. #
Swit chVoice Guidance During Callon 0073 or
of f0053.
Ad jus tingthe volum eof navig ation
announ cement s
Re quirement s:
R Routeguidan ceisact ive. #
On themu ltifunct ionsteer ing wheel or
on themu ltim edia system: turnth evo lume con
trol on themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel
dur ing ana vig ation announ cement.
or #
Turn thevo lume control on thecent ercon ‐
sole during ana vig ation announ cement
(/ page233).
% Inthefo llo wing situat ions,th evo lume is
ra ised tothemaximum volume orlowe redto
th eminimum volume:
R Ane wrouteguidan ceisstar ted.
R The routeis recal cul ated.
% The mini mum volume canbeindiv iduall yse t
at an aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cent er. #
Viasy stem settings: selectSyst em. #
Sele ctõ Audio. #
Sele ctNavig ation andTrafficAnnoun ce-
men ts. #
Sele ctVoic eGuidanc eVolume . #
Setth evo lume. #
Toswitc haud iofadeo uton/o ffdur ing
na vig atio nann oun cements :sel ect System . #
Select õ Audio. Mu
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Select Nav igati on and Traffic Announce -
ments . #
Swi tchAud ioFad eou tDuri ngVoi ceGuidance
on 0073 oroff0053.
Re peati ngnavig atio nanno unceme nts
Re quirement s:
R Aro utehas already been creat ed.
R Routeguidan ceisact ive.
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation #
Select !Voice Guidance . #
Select #Voice Guidance .
The current navig ation anno uncement is
re peat ed.
% Youcan add andcallupthis func tion asa
fa vo rite und erRepeat VoiceGuidan ce.
Cancel ingrout eguidanc e
Re quirement s:
R Aro utehas already been creat ed.
R Routeguidan ceisact ive. Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Navigation #
Select %Cancel RouteGuidance .
Ov ervie wof routeguidanc eto an off-r oad
des tinatio n
An off-r oad destinatio nis wit hin thedigit almap.
The map contains noroads that lead tothedes‐
tinat ion.
Yo ucan enterge o-coor dinatesorath re ewo rd
addr essforof f-r oad destinations onthemap.
Ro uteguidan ceguides youfo ras long aspossi ‐
ble withna vig ation announcements anddisplays
on roads that arekn ow nto themultimedia sys‐
te m.
Shor tlybef oreyo ure ac hth elas tkn ow npo sitio n
on themap, youwill hear the"Please follo wthe
dir ect ion arrow "ann oun cem ent.The displ ay
sho wsadir ect ion arrow and thelinear distance
to thedes tinat ion. Ov
ervie wof routeguidanc efrom anoff-r oad
loc ation toades tinatio n
Of f-road position: thecur rent vehicle position is
locat edwithin thedigit almap onroads that are
no tav ailable.
When routeguidan cebegin sth efo llo wing dis‐
pla ysappear :
R The Road NotMapped messageis sho wn.
R Adir ect ion arro w sho wing thelinear direc‐
tion tothePOI.
When theve hicle isbac kon aro ad know nto the
multime diasystem, routeguidan cecontinue sas
no rm al.
Ov ervie wof off-ro ad status during route
guidanc e
Due toroadw orks ,fo rex am ple, ther ema ybe dif‐
fe re nces betwee nth edat aon thedigit almap
and theactual courseofthero ad. Insuc hcas es,
th emultimedia system will temp orarily be
unable tolocat eth eve hicle's current positio non
th edigit almap. Thevehicle isoff-r oad. 262
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When
theve hicle isoff-r oad, thefo llo wing dis‐
pla ysaresho wn:
R theRoad NotMapped message
R adir ect ion arrow showing thelinear direct ion
to thePOI
When theve hicle isbac kon aro ad know nto the
multime diasystem, routeguidan cecontinue sas
no rm al. Des
tination Sa
ving thecur rent vehicl eposi tion
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Navigation #
Ifth emap isdispla yedin full screen mode,
pr ess thecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The map menuappear s. #
Selec t1 onthemap menu (/page266).
The current vehicle position issave dto the
"Pr evious destination s"memo ry. St
oring ama pposit ion
Mult imedia system:
4 Navigation
The map isin full-scr eenmode. #
Press theTo uc hCon trol, thecon troller orthe
to uc hpad. #
Select "mo vemap" inmap menu 2
(/ page266) . #
Select aposi tion onthemap.
If multiple entries areav ailable fora map
posi tion, alis tapp ears. #
Highl ightanentr y. #
Select 0080 Store in"Previ ousDesti na-
tions ".
The map position issave dto the"Pr evious
des tination s"memo ry.
Edit ingthepr ev ious destina tions
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous andOther Destination s
5 Previous Destination s #
Highlight oneofthepr ev ious destination s. #
Tosave asafa vo rite :sel ect 0080 SaveMy
Fav orite.
The favo rite sar edispla yed. #
Movethefa vo rite to thedesir edposition .
If afa vo rite has already been added atthis
posit ion,itwill beove rwritt en. #
Tosave as"Home" address:sele ct0080
Save as"Home ". #
Tosave as"W ork" addr ess:sele ct0080
Save as"Wo rk". #
Todel eteasing leor all des tina tions :
selec t0080 Deleteor Dele teAll.
A pr om ptappear s. #
Select Yes. #
Todispl aydes tina tioninf ormatio n:sel ect
0080 Details.
Usi ngextern al des tinatio ns
Ext ernal destinatio nscan berecei vedfrom the
fo llo wing sources:
R Mer cedes -Benz Apps
R Doo r-to -doo rna vig ation with Com panionapp
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Recei veddes tinations aresa ve din thepr ev i‐
ous destination s.
A pr om ptappear son themedia display. #
Ades tination hasbeen receiv edwit hou t
pict ureinf orma tion :selec tYes . #
Ifro uteguidan ceisno tact ive, sele ctStart
Rout eGuidan ce.
The routeto thedes tinat ioniscalculat ed.
The map showsthero ute. Ro uteguidan ce
th en begins.
or #
Ifro uteguidan ceisact ive, sele ctStart New
Rout eGuidan ceorSet asNex tWay Point.
St art New RouteGuidan ce:th ere cei veddes‐
tin ation addressissetas ane wdes tination.
The prev ious destination sand intermediat e
des tination sar edele ted. Ro uteguidan ceto
th ene wdes tinat ionbegins.
Set asNext WayPoint :th ere cei veddes tina‐
tion addr essissetas thene xt int ermediat e
des tinat ion.Routeguidan cebegin s. #
Ades tination hasbeen receiv edwit hpic‐
tu re informa tion: select Start Route Guid-
ance .
Ro uteguidan cestar ts. Ro
uteguidanc ewith current traf fic re por ts Tr
af fic inf orma tion overview
Tr af fic re por tsarere cei vedusing LiveTr af fic
Inf ormation andareused forro uteguidan ce.
This serviceis una vailable insome countries.
Ther ema ybe differe nces betwee nth etraf fic
re por tsrecei vedand theactual road and traffic
condi tions.
Im por tant informa tionon LiveTr af fic Inf orma‐
tion:
R Current traffic repor tsarere cei vedvia the
Int erne tconnection.
R The traf fic situ ation isup datedat shor t,re gu‐
lar interva ls.
R The subsc ript ion informatio nsho wsthest a‐
tus (/ page26 4). In
fo rm atio non theve hicle's position isregular ly
sent toDai mle rAG .The data isimmed iatelyre n‐
de redanon ymous byDai mle rAG and forw arded
to thetra ffic dat apr ov ider .Usin gth is dat a,traf‐
fi c re por tsreleva nt totheve hicle's position are
sent totheve hicle. Thevehicle actsasasensor
fo rth eflow oftraf fic and helpstoimprove the
qu alit yof thetraf fic re por ts.
If yo udo notwish totrans mityo ur vehicle posi‐
tion, youcan have this ser vice deact ivat ed atan
aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cent er.
Displa yingsubscr iption informa tion
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withLiv eTr af fic
Inf ormation.
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
The subscr iption expir ation dateis aut omatic ally
displa yed:
R one mont hbef oreth eex pir ation date.
R one week bef oreth eex pir ation date.
R ontheex pir ation date. 26
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Todispl aymanu ally:select LiveTraffic Sub-
scription Info.
Depending onthest atus ,on eof thefo llo wing
mess ages appear s:
R theper iod ofvalidity forth esubscr iption
is displa yed.
R thesubscr iption hasexpir ed.
% The subscr iption canbeextende d:
R atan author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er
R viaanMB Infocall totheMer cedes- Benz
Cus tomer Assis tance Center
Di spl aying thetraf fic ma p
Re quirement s:
R ForLiv eTr af fic Inf ormati on:theve hicle is
eq uipped withacommunication modulefea‐
tur ing anact ivat ed, integrat edSIM car d.
R When theve hicle isstar ted, thecomm unica‐
tion module automaticall yes tab lishes an
Int erne tcon nection .Tr af fic inf ormati onis
mad eav ailable shortly af te rw ards. Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely:ifth emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press theTo uc hCon trol, the
contr oller or theto uc hpad.
The map menuappear s. #
Activateº 0073.
Th etraf fic map showsthefo llo wing informatio n,
fo rex am ple:
R traf fic inci dents ,fo rex am ple:
- roadw orks
- road bloc ks
- warning mess ages
The symbols fortr af fic inci dents aredis‐
pl ay ed incolor (onthero ute) or gray (offth e
ro ute).
R traf fic flow informatio n:
- traf fic jam (red line)
- slow-mo ving traf fic (or ang eline)
- hea vytraf fic (yel lo w line) -
free-f lowi ng traf fic (gr een line)
R displ ayfortr af fic del ayson thero utelas ting
at leas ton emin ute
R warning mess agesymbols :
- Ô symbol
- addition alroad safetyno teswhen
appr oaching atraf fic inci dent, e.g.the
end ofatra ffic jam
If th eve hicle approaches adang erarea
on thero ute, awa rning mess ageis dis‐
pla yedon themap. Awa rning mess age
ma yalso beissued (/page266 ).
Displa yingtraf fic incid ents
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Conten t #
Activate0073 TrafficInci dents .
Ro adw orks ,ro ad bloc ks,local area repor ts
(e.g. fog) and warning mess ages aredis‐
pla yed. Multimedia
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tiv atin gfree flowan dtraf fic dis pla y #
Activate0073 FreeFlo wing Tra fficand Traffic
Del ays.
% The traf fic del ayisdispla yedfo rth ecur rent
ro ute. Traf fic del ayslas ting oneminut eor
long eraretak en intocon sider ation.
Displa yingdetails #
Displa ysthetraf fic map (/page 265). #
Movesth emap (/page268). #
When atra ffic repor tsymbol isunder the
cr oss hair,pr ess onthecent ralcon trol ele‐
men t.
The traffic re por tde tails aredispla yed.
or #
Press onthecent ralcon trol elemen t. #
Selec tInf ormat iononTraff icReport s.
The map showsthetraf fic re por tsymbols in
th evicinit y.
Tr af fic re por tinf ormation isdispla yedin the
st atus line:
R Traf fic re por tsymbol R
Reason forth etra ffic repor t,e.g. traffic
con gestion
R Warning mess age(highligh tedin red) #
Toselect atraf fic re por tsymb ol:sel ect
Next orPre vious. #
Press onthecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The traffic re por tde tails aredispla yed.
Issuing hazardwa rnings
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Announc ement s #
Activate0073 Annou nceTrafficWa rnings .
Wa rning mess ages areissued andtailbac ks
whic hpose arisk areannounced. Map
andcom pass Map
andcom pass overview 1
Savesth ecur rent vehicle position
2 Movesth emap
3 Select sth emap orient ation andmap view
4 Select sth efunc tion depending ontheeq uip‐
ment :
• Sends ahazar dwa rning viaCar -to-X . 266
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Fil ters thedispla yof POIs inthevicinit y
accor dingtoPOI categor y
5 Switc hesthedispla yof per sonal POIsym‐
bols onthemap onoroff
6 Switc hesone ofthefo llo wing displa yson or
of fdepending ontheeq uipment :
• We ather informat ion
• Sat ellit emap
• Traf fic inci dents
7 Switches thetra ffic map displa yon oroff
The map andsatellit eimag esaresho wninglobe
pr oject ion.This allowsfora re alis ticmap displa y
in all map scales. Themap uses elevatio nmod el‐
ing .
Dep endingonthemap data,im por tant buildi ngs
in ma nyciti esaredep icted realis ticallyon the
map insmal lmap scale s(e.g. 1/32 mi(20 m),
1/1 6mi (50 m)). Other buildings aresho wnas
model s.
% Youcan setth eunit ofmeasur ementofthe
map scale (/page24 2). If
online informatio nis available, fuelprice sand
th eav ailabilit yof par kingspac esinpar king
ga rage sar edispla yed, forex am ple.
% Requiremen ts:
R Mer cedes meconnectis available.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth e
Mer cedes meportal.
R The service hasbeen activat ed atan
aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cent er.
Fu rther information canbefound at:ht tp :/ /
www .merced es.me
% The onlineinf ormat ionisno tav ailable inall
coun tries.
If Dis play inCOMA NDisact ivat ed inTraf fic Sign
Assi st(/ pag e19 3),sp ee dlim its an dove rtak‐
ing restrictions aredispl ayed on themap.
% Com panylogos displayedon themap are
tra demar ksofthere spectiv ecom panies and
used solely forth epur pose ofindicat ingthe
locat ionsofthese com panies. Theuseof
suc hlogos onthemap does notindicat e
appr oval of, suppo rtof or adv ertising by th
ese com panies forth ena vig ation system
itself.
Se tting thema pscale
Re quirement s:
R The map issho wn.
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation #
Tozoo min: swi pedown ontheTo uc hCon ‐
tr ol.
or #
Turn thecon troller count er-cloc kwise.
or #
Movetwofing ersap arton theto uc hpad. #
Tozoo mout: swipeup on theTo uc hCon trol.
or #
Turn thecon troller clockwise.
or #
Movetwofing ersto ge ther on theto uc hpad.
% Youcan setth eunit ofmeasur ementofthe
map scale (/page24 2). Mul
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Mo
ving thema p
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely,if th emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press thecent ralcon trol ele‐
men t.
The map menuappear s. #
Selec t"Mo vemap" inmap menu 2
(/ page266) . #
Swipe inanydir ection ontheTo uc hCon trol
or touc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller inanydir ect ion.
The map movesin thecor responding direc‐
tion under thecr osshair .The further you
mo veyour fing er aw ay from thest ar tin gposi‐
tio non theto uc hpad, thefa ster themap
mo ves. Selec
tingthema por ientat ion
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely,if th emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press thecent ralcon trol ele‐
men t.
The map menuappear s. #
Inmap menu3 ,selec tN, 2D or
3D( /pag e266 ).
R N:the2D map viewisdispla yedso that
no rth is alw aysat theto p.
R 2D: the2D map viewisaligned tothe
dir ect ion oftrav el.
R 3D: the3D map viewisaligned tothe
dir ect ion oftrav el.
Selecting POIsymbols
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Conten t
POIs include gasst atio nsand hotels whic hcan
be displa yedas symbols onthemap, forex am‐
ple. Notall POI sar eav ailable everywher e. #
Sele ctPOI Symb ols.
The 003Bdo tindic ates thecur rent setting .
Stand arddispl ayssymbols ofpredef ined cat‐
egor iesonthemap.
User Definedallo wsyouto per sonall yselect
th esymbols forth eav ailable categor ies.
Non eswit ches thedispla yof f. #
Select ase tting. #
User Defined:select categor ies.
The POIsymbols oftheselect edcategor ies
ar edispla yed0073 ornotdispla yed0053.
Selecting thedisp layof text inf ormat ionin
th ema p
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Text Information #
Select text informati on.
Cu rrent Streetsho wsthest re et youar ecur ‐
re ntly drivi ng on atthebo ttom ofthedispla y.
When themap ismo ved, thefo llo wing infor‐
matio nappear sunder thecr osshair :
R Street nam e 26
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