ignition MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2019 Owner's Guide

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NO
TEDama getotheve hicle duetoit
ro lling away #
Alw ayssecur eth eve hicle agains tro ll‐
ing away. #
Bring theve hicle toast ands tillby appl ying
th ebr ak epedal. #
Onuphill ordownhill gradients, turnth efront
wheels sothat theve hicle rolls towa rdsth e
curb ifit star ts mo ving. #
App lytheelectr icpar king brak e. #
Engage trans missi on positio n005D inast atio n‐
ar yve hicle withth ebr ak epedal applied
(/ page13 9). #
Switc hof fth eengine andtheignition by
pr essing button1 or2 . #
Release theser vice brak eslo wly. #
Getout oftheve hicle andlockit.
% When youpar kth eve hicle withth etransf er
case inposition LOWRAN GE,theelectr ic
par king brak e(/ page15 5) isau tomatical ly
applied whenengagin gtransm issionposit ion
005D.
% When youpar kth eve hicle, youcan still
opera tetheside windo wsand thesliding
sunr oofforapp roxima tely five minut esifth e
dr iver's door isclosed. Gar
agedoor opener Pr
og rammin gbutt onsfo rthe garage doo r
ope ner &
DANG ER Risk offata linj uries due to
ex haus tga ses
Combus tionengines emitpoisonous exhaus t
ga ses suchas carbon monoxide.Inhaling
th ese exhaus tga ses ishazar dous tohealt h
and canlead topoisonin g. #
Neverlea vetheengine running inan
encl osedspa cewithout sufficie ntventi‐
la tio n. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rywhen opening
or clos ingadoor withth ega rage door
opener
When youoper ateor program thedoor with
th eint egr ated garage door opener ,people in
th era ng eof mo vement ofthedoor may
become trapped orstru ck bythedoor . #
When usingtheint egr ated garage door
opener ,alw aysmak esur eth at nobody 15
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wit hin thera ng eof mo vement ofthe
door . Onl
yoper ateth efo llo wing doorsusing the
ga rage door opener :
R Door swit hasaf etyst op and reve rsing fea‐
tur e.
R Doorswhic hcon form tothecur rent U.S.
sa fety standar ds.
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle hasbeen parkedoutside the
ga rage oroutside thera ng eof mo vement of
th edoor .
R The engine isswitc hedoff.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
% The garage door opener function isalw ays
av ailable whentheignition isswitc hedon. #
Chec kif th etra nsmit terfr eq uency ofthe
re mo tecontr olha sth efreq uency rang eof
280 to868 MHz.
Ra dio equipment approval num ber:
R NZLM UAHL5 (USA)
R 4112 A-MU AHL5 (Canada ) #
Press and hold button1, 2or3 that you
wish toprog ram.
Indicat orlam p4 flashes yello w.
% Itcan take up to20 seconds beforeth eindi‐
cat orlam pflashes yello w. #
Release thepr ev iousl ypr essed button.
Ind icat orlam p4 con tinues toflash yello w. #
Point remo tecontr ol5 from adi st anc eof
1 in (1 cm )to 3in (8 cm) towa rdsbutt ons
1, 2or3. #
Press and hold button6 ofremo tecontr ol
5 unti lone ofthefo llo wing signalsappear s:
R Indicat orlam p4 light sup green contin‐
uousl y.Progr amming iscom plete.
R Indicat orlam p4 flashes green .Pr o‐
gr ammi ngwassuccessful. Addition ally,
sync hronization ofthero lling code with
th edoor system mus talso becar ried out. #
Ifindicat orlam p4 does notlight uporflash
gr ee n: repeat thepr ocedur e. #
Release allofthebutt ons. Dr
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The electr icpar king brak eis onl ysecur ely
applied ifth eindicat orlam pis lit con tinu‐
ously .
Re leasing #
Swit chon theignition . #
Pull handle 1.
The red0049 (USA)or0024 (Canada) indica‐
to rlam pin theins trument clustergoes out.
Emer gency braking #
Press and hold handle 1.
When theve hicle hasbeen brak ed toa
st ands till,th eelectr icpar king brak eis
applied. Thered0049 (USA)or0024 (Can‐
ada) indicat orlam pappear sin theins tru‐
ment cluster. Inf
orma tion ondetectin gda ma geon a
pa rked vehicl e If
acolli sion isde tected whe nth eto w- aw ay
alar misarmed onaloc kedve hicle, youwill
re cei veano tificat ion inthemultimedia system
when youswit chon theignition . Yo
uwill recei veinformatio nabout thefo llo wing
point s:
R The area oftheve hicle that ma yha ve been
damag ed.
R The forc eof theim pact.
The follo wing situat ionscanlead toinadv ertent
acti vatio n:
R Thepa rked vehicle ismo ved, e.g. inatw o-
st or yga rage .
% Dea ctivateth eto w- aw ay alar minorder to
pr eve ntina dvertent acti vatio n.Ifyo udeac ti‐
va te theto w- aw ay alar m,damag ede tection
wi llal so be dea ctivated.
Sy stem limita tions
De tection maybe restrict ed inthefo llo wing sit‐
uation s:
R The vehicle isdamag edwithout impact, e.g.
if an outside mirroris torn offor thepaint is
damag edbyake y.
R Impact occur sat low speed .
R The electr icpar king brak eis no tappl ied. No
teson par king theve hicl efo ran extended
per iod If
yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan
fo ur we eks,thediscon nectedbatt eryma ybe
damag edbydeep discharge.
If yo ulea vetheve hicle parkedfo rlong erthan six
we eks,itma ysuf ferdisu sedama ge.
% Further information canbeobt ained ata
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. St
andb ymode (ext ens ion ofthe star terbat‐
te ry 's per iod out ofuse) St
andb ymode function
% This function isno tav ailable forall model s.
If standb ymode isact ivat ed, theve hicle canbe
par kedfo ran extende dpe riod oftime without
losing powe r.
St andb ymode isch aract erize dby thefo llo wing:
R The star terbatt eryis preser ved.
R The maximum non-opera tionaltime outof
use isdispla yedin themultimedia system
displa y. Dr
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The conn ection toonline services isint erru p‐
te d.
If th efo llo wing condition sar efulf illed, standb y
mode canbeact ivat ed ordeac tivated usin gth e
multime diasystem:
R The engine isswitc hedoff.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
Ex ceeding theve hicle's displayednon -oper a‐
tion altime maycause inconvenie nce, i.e.it can‐
no tbe guarant eedth at thest ar terbatt erywil l
re liabl yst ar tth eengine.
The star terbatt erymus tbe charge dfirs tin the
fo llo wing situat ions:
R The vehicle's non-oper ational timemustbe
ex tende d.
R The Batte ryCh arg eInsu fficie ntfor Stand by
Mod emes sage appear sin themultimedia
sy stem displa y.
% Standb ymode isaut omat icallydeac tivated
when theignition isswitc hedon. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gst andb ymode
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Vehicle 5
î Vehicle Setting s
5 Standby Mode
% This function isno tav ailable forall model s. #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion.
When youact ivat eth efunc tion,a pr om pt
appear s. #
Select Yes.
St andb ymode isact ivat ed. Dr
iving anddriving safetysy stems Dr
iving systems andyour responsibility Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withdr iving systems
whic hassis tyo uin drivin g,par kingand man eu‐
ve ring theve hicle. Thedriving systems areaids
and donotre lie ve youof your responsibili typer‐
ta inin gto road traf fic law. Payatt ention tothe
tr af fic condi tions atalltime sand interve ne
wh en nece ssary.Be awareof thelimit ations
re ga rding thesaf euse ofthese systems. Fu
nction ofthera dar senso rs Some
drivi ng and drivi ng safety systems use
ra dar sensor sto monit orthear ea infront of,
behind ornext to theve hicle (depending onthe
ve hicle's equipment).
Depending ontheve hicle's equipment, thera dar
sensor sar eint egr ated behind thebum pers
and/or behindtheMer cedes star .Ke ep these
par tsfree ofdir t,ice and slush (/page348).
The sensor smus tno tbe covered, forex am ple
by cycle rack s, overhanging loads,sticke rs,fo il
or foils toprotect agains tst one chipping .In the
eve ntofdama getothebum persor radiat orgrill,
or follo wing acollis ionimpact ingthebum persor
ra diat orgrill, have thefunc tion ofthera dar sen‐
sor sch eckedat aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop.
The driver assis tancesystem mayno long er
wo rkproper ly. 15
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R
Fullsy stem perform anc eis no tav ailable fora
fe w sec ond saf te rswitc hingontheignition
or afte rdr iving off.
R Incom plextraf fic situ ations whereobject s
cann otalw aysbe clear lyidentif ied.
R Forpede strians orvehicles ifth ey mo ve
qu ickl yint oth esensor detection rang e.
R Forpede strians who arehidde nby other
object s.
R Ifth etypical outline ofapedes trian cann ot
be distinguished from thebac kground.
R Ifapedes trian isno tde tected assuch ,e.g.
due tospecial clothing orother object s.
R Onbends withatight radius. Se
tting Activ eBr ak eAs sist Multimedia
system:
4 Vehicle 5
k Assist ance
5 Act ive Brak eAssist
The follo wing settings areav ailable:
R Early
R Medium R
Late #
Select ase tting .
% Your sele ction isretained when theve hicle is
ne xt star ted.
Deactiv atingActiv eBr ak eAs sist
% Itis recomme ndedthat youalw ayslea ve
Ac tiveBr ak eAssi stact ivat ed. #
Select Off.
The distance warning func tion andtheaut on‐
omous braking function aredeactiv ated.
When theve hicle isne xt star ted, theMedium
se tting isaut omaticall yselect ed.
% IfAc tiveBr ak eAssi stisdeact ivat ed, the
00D4 symbol appearsinthest atus barofthe
multifu nctiondisplay. Speed
controlcruise contr ol Fu
nction ofcruise contr ol
Cr uise controlre gulat esthespeed totheva lue
selec tedby thedr iver .
If yo uacc elerat eto ove rtak e, forex am ple, the
st or ed speed isno tdele ted. Ifyo ure mo veyour fo
ot from theacceler ator pedal afte rove rtakin g,
cr uise control will resume speed regulation back
to thestor ed speed.
Cr uise controlis oper ated using thecor respond‐
ing steer ing wheel buttons. Youcan stor ean y
speed above15 mp h(2 0km/h) uptothemaxi‐
mum speed.
If yo ufa ilto adap tyo ur drivin gst yle, cruise con‐
tr ol can neither reduce therisk ofan accident
nor override thelaws ofphysics. Itcan nottak e
int oacc ount road, weather ortraf fic condi tions.
Cr uise contr olisonly anaid. Youar ere sponsible
fo rth edis tance totheve hicle infront, forve hi‐
cle speed, forbr aking ingood timeandforst ay ‐
ing inyour lane .
Disp lays on themu ltifunct iondisp lay
The status ofcruise control and thestor ed
speed aresho wninthemultifunc tiondispla y. Dr
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WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite Blind
Spo tAssi st
Bli nd Spo tAssi stdoes notre act tovehicles
appr oaching andovertakin gyo uat agr ea tly
di ffer ent speed.
As are sult, Blind SpotAssis tcanno twa rn
dr iver sin this situat ion. #
Alw ayspa ycar eful attention tothetra f‐
fi c situ ation and maintain asaf edis‐
ta nce attheside oftheve hicle. Blind
SpotAssis tis onl yan aid. Itma yfa ilto
de tect some vehicles andisno ta subs titutefo r
att ent ive dr ivin g.Alw aysensur eth at ther eis suf‐
fi cie ntdist anc eto theside forot her road user s
and obstacle s.
Exi twa rning
The exitwa rning isan addition alfunc tion of
Blin dSpo tAss istand canwarnvehicle occu‐
pants about approaching vehicles whenleaving
th eve hicle when statio nary. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite exit
wa rning
The exitwa rning react snei ther tostatio nary
obj ect sno rto vehicles approaching youat a
gr eat lydif fere nt spe ed.
As are sult, theex itwa rning cannotwa rn
dr iver sin these situation s. #
Alw ayspa ypar ticular attention tothe
tr af fic situ ation whe nope ning thedoor s
and makesur eth er eis suf ficie ntcle ar‐
ance . If
th er eis ave hicle inthemonit oring rang e, this
is indic ated intheoutside mirror.If ave hicle
occupant opensthedoor ontheside withth e
wa rning, awa rning tone sou nds and thewa rning
lam pin theoutside mirrorst ar ts to flash.
This addit ionalfun ction ison lyavailable when
Blin dSpo tAs sis tis act ivat ed and uptoamax i‐
mum ofthre eminut esafte rth eignition has
been switchedoff.The exitwa rning isno long er
av ailable once thewa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorflashes thre etimes. The
exitwa rning isonl yan aid and nota subs ti‐
tut efo rth eatt ent ion ofvehicle occupants. The
re sponsibili tyforopening andclosi ngthedoor s
and forlea ving theve hicle remains withth eve hi‐
cle occupants.
Sy stem limita tions
The system maybe limit edinthefo llo wing situa‐
tion s:
R The sensorsar edir tyor covered.
R Poor visibility ,e.g. due tofog, hea vyrain,
sno wor spr ay.
R Narrow vehicles, e.g.bicycles, arewit hin the
monit oring rang e.
Wa rnings maybe issued inerro rwhen driving
close tocrash barrier sor similar solidlanebor‐
der s.Wa rnings maybe interru pte dwhen driving
alongside longvehicles, forex am ple truc ks,fo ra
pr olong edtime.
Blind SpotAssis tis no toper ationa lwhen reve rse
ge ar iseng aged. 19
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teson oper ating safety &
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
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng mob ile commu nication equipme nt
whi letheve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper atemob ilecomm unic ationeq uip‐
men twhen drivin g,youwill bedistract ed fr
om thetra ffic situat ion.This could also
cause youto lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
ve hicle isstatio nary. Fo
ryo ur ow nsa fety,al wa ys obser vethefo llo w‐
ing point swhen operatingmobile communic a‐
tion seq uipmen tand espec iallyyo ur voice con ‐
tr ol system:
R Obser vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecoun‐
tr y in whic hyo uar edr ivin g.
R While drivin g,on lyop eratemobi lecom mun i‐
cat ionseq uipme ntand your voice con trol
sy stem when thetra ffic con dition sper mit it.
Yo uma yot her wise bedistract ed from the
tr af fic condi tions andcausean acci dent,
inju ring yourself and other s.
R Ifyo uuse thevo ice con trol system inan
emer gency your voice can chang eand your
te lephon ecall, e.g.anemer gency call,can
th er eb ybe unnec essarilydela yed.
R Famili arize yourself withth evo ice con trol
sy stem func tionsbef orest ar tin gth ejour ney. Oper
ation Ov
ervie wof oper ation oftheVo ice Contr ol
Sy stem onthemu ltifunct ionsteer ing wheel The
Voice Cont rolSy stem isoper ational approx‐
imat elyth irty seco ndsafte rth eignition is
switc hedon. Vo
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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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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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