MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2019 Owner's Manual

The
follo wing system information istra nsmit ted:
R Softwarere lease ofthemultimedia system
R System ID(anon ymized)
The transf erofthis dat ais used tooptimize com‐
munication between theve hicle andthemobile
phone.
To do this, and toassig nse veralve hicles tothe
mobil ephone, ave hicle identif ierisrando mly
ge ner ated .
Thi sha sno conne ctionto theve hicle identif ica‐
tion number (VIN)andisdele tedwhen themulti‐
media system isrese t(/ page24 7).
Th efo llo wing drivin gst atus datais transm itted:
R Trans miss ionposit ionengaged
R Distinction between parking,stands till,ro ll‐
ing and drivin g
R Day/n ight mode oftheins trument cluster
The transf erofthis dat ais used toalter how
con tent isdispl ayed tocor respond tothedr iving
situation . The
follo wing positiondatais transm itted:
R Coor dinat es
R Speed
R Com pass direct ion
R Accel erati on dire ction
Thi sda ta isonl ytransf erredwhile thena vig ation
sy stem isactiv ein order toimprove it(e.g. soit
can continue func tioningwhen inatun nel). Mer
cedes meconnect No
teson Mer cedes meconnect
Mer cedes meconn ectprov ides thefo llo wing
ser vice s:
R Accid ent and brea kdo wnmana gement (me
butt on)
R Concierg eSer vice (whe nth eser vice isacti‐
va ted), appointm entrequ ests or similar (me
butt on)
R Mer cedes- Benzemergency callsy stem (aut o‐
matic emergency callor SOS button) The
Mercede s-BenzCustomer Centerand the
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callcent erareav aila‐
ble foryo uar oun dth ecloc k.
The mebutt onand theSOS buttoncan befound
on theve hicle's overhead control panel
(/ page290).
Yo ucan also calltheMer cedes- BenzCustomer
Cent erusi ng themultimedia system
(/ page290).
Please note that Mer cedesme connectis a
Mer cedes-Ben zser vice.In emer gencie s,alwa ys
cal lth enation alemer gency service sfirs tus ing
th est andar dnat ionalemer gency service phone
num bers.In eme rgenci es,youcan also usethe
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callsy stem
(/ page292).
Obser vethecon ditions ofuse forMer cedes me
connect andother services. These canbe
obt ained intheMer cedes meportal:htt ps:/ /
me. secur e.mercedes -benz.com Multim
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Callin
gth eMer cedes- BenzCustomer Center
usi ng the multi mediasy stem
Re quirement s:
R Youha ve acc ess toaGSM network.
R The cont ract partner' sGSM networkco ver‐
ag eis available inthere spectiv ere gion.
R The ignition isswitc hedonsothat vehicle
dat acan betransf erredaut omatic ally.
Multimedia system:
4 Phone 5
ª Contac ts #
Call Mercedes meconnect.
The callismade.
Then, youcan selectaser viceand becon‐
ne cted toaspec ialistat theMer cedes- Benz
Cus tomer Cent er.
Making acall viatheove rhead contr olpa nel
Re quirement s:
R Youha ve acc ess toaGSM network.
R The cont ract partner' sGSM networkco ver‐
ag eis available inthere spectiv ere gion. R
The ignition isswitc hedonsothat vehicle
dat acan betransf erredaut omatic ally. 1
Service callbutton(me button)
2 SOS buttoncover
3 SOS button #
Tomak ease rvice call: press butt on1. #
Tomak ean eme rgency call:press SOS
butt oncover2 brief lyto open. #
Press and hold SOS button3 forat lea st
one second.
If aser vice callisactiv e,an emer gency callcan
st ill be trigg ered. This hasprior ity ove rall other
activ ecalls.
Ser vice calls areonl ypossible ifamobile phone
ne tworkis available.
Inf orma tion abou tth eser vice callusing the
me butt on
A call totheMer cedes- BenzCustomer Cent er
has been initiatedvia theme butt onintheove r‐
head controlpanel orthemultimedia system.
In theeve ntofabr ea kdo wn, youwill getsu p‐
po rt:
R Aqu alif ied Mer cedes-Ben zte ch nici anpro‐
vid es brea kdo wnassist anc eon siteand/ or
th eve hicle willbetowe dto thenear est
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter.
Yo uma ybe charge dfo rth ese services. 290
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Yo
ucan find informa tionon thefo llo wing topics:
R Activati on ofMe rcedes meconnect
R Oper ating theve hicle
R Near estaut hor ized Mercedes-Ben zCent er
R Other products andservices from Mer cedes-
Benz
Dat ais transf erreddur ing thecon nect iontothe
Mer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Cent er(/ page29 1).
Inf ormation onMer cede sme connectacci ‐
dent manag ement
The Mercedes meconnect accidentmanag e‐
ment isan extensi on oftheMer cedes- Benz
emer gency callsy stem (/ page292).
An emer gency callis ma de totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent erafte ran accide nt:
R Avo ice con nection ismade toacon tact per ‐
son attheMer cedes- Benzemergency call
cent er.
R Ifnece ssary,th econ tact per son atthe
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callcent erfor‐
wa rdsth ecall toMer cedes meconn ectacci‐
dent manag ement. Fo
rw ardin gth ecall isno tpossible inall
count ries.
R Ifneces sary,theve hicle willbetowe dto an
aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCent er.
Ar ranging aser vice appointment via
Mer cedes meconnect
If yo uha ve act ivat ed themaint enanc emanag e‐
ment service, releva nt vehicle datais transf erred
aut omat icallyto theMer cedes- BenzCustomer
Cent er.Yo uwill then recei veindiv idual recom‐
mend ations rega rding themaint enanc eof your
ve hicle.
Re gardless ofwhe ther youha ve conse nted to
th emaint enanc emanag ement service, themulti‐
media system reminds youaf te ra cer tain
amount oftim eth at aser viceis due. Apr om pt
appear sask ing ifyo uwo uld liketo mak ean
app ointment. #
Toarra ng easer vice appointment :select
Call .
Af teryo ur agr eem entth eve hicle datais sent
and aMer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Cent er
em ployeedeals withyo ur appoin tment.The inf
ormat ionisthen sent toyour desir ed
ser viceout let.
This serviceout letwill then con tact you
wit hin 24hour s.
% Ifyo usele ctLat erafte rth eser vice messag e
appear s,themessag eis hidden andreap‐
pear saf te ra cer tain per iod oftim e. Tr
ansf erre ddata during ase rvice call Obser
vethecon ditions ofuse forMer cedes me
connect andother services. These canbe
obt ained intheMer cedes meportal:htt ps:/ /
me. secur e.mercedes -benz.com
When youmak easer vicecall viaMer cedesme
co nn ect ,dat awill betransm itted.
The follo wing datais transmit tedifaser vice call
is made viaMer cedes meconnect:
R Vehicle identif ication number
R Reason forth einitiat ionofthecall Multimedia
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Mer
cede s-Benz emergency callsystem Inf
orma tion ontheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem
Yo ur vehicle iseq uipped withth eMer cedes- Benz
emer gency callsy stem ("eCall ").This featur ecan
help save lives intheev ent ofan acciden t.eCall
in no wayre places assistance prov ided from
dialing 911.
The Mercedes-B enzemer gency callsy stem is
av ailable forat lea sttenye arsst ar tin gfrom the
manuf acturingdate.
Mer cedes-Benz eCallonl yfunctions inareas
wher emobil ephone coverage isavailable from
th ewir eless service prov ider s.Ins ufficie ntnet‐
wo rkcoverage from thewir eless service prov id‐
er sma yre sult inan emerg encycallnotbeing
tr ansmitt ed.
eCal lis ast andar dfeatur ein your Mer cedes-
Ben zve hicle. Inorder tofunction asintended ,
th esy stem relies onthetransmission ofdat a
de tailed inthe"Mer cedes- Benzemergency call
sy stem datatra nsmiss ion"sectionthat follo ws
( / pag e29 4). To
disable eCall,acus tomer mustvisit an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzService depar tment
to deactiv ateth eve hicle's communication mod‐
ule.
Deactiv ationofthis mod ulepreve nts the
act ivat ion ofanyand allMer cedes mecon‐
nect services. Afterthe deactivatio nof
eC all,aut omati ceme rgency calland manua l
emer gency callwill notbe availab le.
The igniti onmus tbe swi tched onbef orean auto‐
matic emergency callcan bemade.
% eCallis acti vatedat thefa ct or y.
% eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zdealer .Please note that in
th eeve ntow ner shipof theve hicle istrans‐
fe rred toano ther ow ner inits deacti vated
st at e, eCall willremain deactivated unles s
th ene wow ner visits an author ized
Mer cedes-B enzdealer shiptoreact ivat eth e
sy stem.
Ov ervie wof theMer cedes- Benzemergency
call system
eCall canhelp toreduce thetime between an
acciden tand thear riva lof emer gency service s at
thesit eof theacciden t.Ithelps locatean
acciden tsit ein places that aredif ficul tto
acc ess. However,eve nif ave hicle iseq uipped
wit heCal l,th is does notmean thesy stem isON.
As suc h,eCall doesnotre place dialing 911in the
eve ntofan acci dent.
The eme rgency callcan bemade automatical ly
( / pag e293) ormanuall y(/ page293 ).Onl y
mak eemer gency callsifyo uor other sar ein
need ofrescue.
Onl ymak eemerg encycallsifyo uor other sar e
in need ofrescue. Donotmak ean emerg ency
call intheeve ntofabr ea kdo wnorasimil arsit‐
ua tio n.
Di spl aysin the media display:
SOS READY :eC allav ailable
SO SNOT READY: theignition isno ton oreCall
is no tav ailable.
Dur ing anact ive emer gency call,0053 appe ars
in thedispla y.
Yo ucan find mor einf orma tionon there gional
av ailabilit yof eCall system at:htt p://
www .mercedes- benz.com /con nect_ecall . 292
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Ifth er eis amalfunct ionintheemer gency
cal lsy stem (e.g. amalfunct ionwithth e
speak er,micr ophone, airbag,SOS button), a
cor responding messageappea rsinthemul‐
tifun ction displa yof theins trument cluster.
Tr igg ering anaut omat icemer gency call
Re quirement s
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntlych arge d.
If re stra int systems suchas airbags orEmer ‐
ge ncy Tensi oni ng Device sha ve been activated
af te ran accide nt,theMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsy stem mayaut omaticall yinitiat ean
emer gency call.
The eme rgency callhas been made:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes-B enzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers. The
SOS button intheove rhead control panel
fl ashes untilth eemer gency callis finis hed .
It is no tpo ssi ble to immed iatelyend anaut o‐
matic emergency call.
If no conne ctioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
If an eme rgency callhas been initiat ed:
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traffic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice
con nection ises tablished withth eemer‐
ge ncy callcent eroperator.
R Bas edon thecall, theoper ator decides
whe ther itis neces saryto cal lre scue teams
and/ orthepolice totheacciden tsit e.
R Ifno vehicle occupant answers, an ambu‐
lance issent totheve hicle immediat ely.
Tr igg ering ama nual emer gency call #
Press and hold theSOS buttonintheove r‐
head controlpanel forat lea stone second. The
emer gency callha sbe en ma de:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes-Be nzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers.
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traffic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice
con nection ises tablished withth eemer‐
ge ncy callcent erser vice prov ider .
R Onthebasis ofthecall, theser vice prov ider
decide swhe ther itis neces saryto cal lre s‐
cue teams and/ orthepolice totheacciden t
sit e.
If no con nect ioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e. Mult
imed iasystem 293

Endin
gan unin tentional emergency call #
Select 0076onthemultifunc tionsteer ing
wheel. Depressbutt onforse veralseco nds.
Data transf eroftheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem
In theeve ntofan automatic ormanua lemer‐
ge ncy callth efo llo wing datais transmit ted, for
ex am ple:
R Vehicle's GPSposition data
R GPS position dataon thero ute(a few
300 feet (hundr edmeters)bef oreth einci‐
dent )
R Direct ion oftra vel
R Vehicle identif ication number
R Vehicle drive type
R Number ofpeop lede term ined tobe inthe
ve hicle
R Whe ther Mer cedes meconnect isavailable
or not
R Whe ther theemer gency callwa sinitiat ed
manually oraut omatically
R Time oftheacciden t R
Languag ese tting onthemultimedia system
Dat atra nsmit tedis vehicle information. Foran y
qu estion sabout thecollect ion,useand shar ing
of theeCall system data,please contact MBU‐
SA 'sCus tomer Assis tance Center at800-F OR-
MER C.
Fo rCa nada ,plea secont actMBC's Customer
Assis tance Center at1-800-38 7-000.
Cu stomer requ ests forco veredinf ormation
should besubmitt edvia thesame chann els.
Fo raccide ntclar ificatio npur poses ,th efo llo wing
measur escan betake nup toan hour afte rth e
emer gency callha sbe en initia ted:
R The current vehicle position canbecalled up
R Avo ice con nection totheve hicle occupants
can beestablished Online
andInterne tfunctions Int
erne tconnection Inf
ormat iononconnecting totheInt erne t &
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. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system. 29
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&
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. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng mob ile comm unicati onequip ment in
th eve hicle.
The Interne tfunct ionscanonlybe used toalimi‐
te ddeg reewhils tdr iving.
Fu nction ofthecomm unicationmodule
On vehicles withabuilt-in communication mod‐
ule, theInt erne tcon nect ionises tablished viaan
int egratedSIM card. To
use Inte rn et acc ess viathecomm unication
module thefo llo wing condition smus tbe met:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withaper manent ly
ins talled com munic ationmodule.
R Mer cedes meconnectis act ive and ready for
oper ation.
R Mer cedes meconn ectisactiv ated forInt er‐
ne taccess.
R Cou ntrydepe ndent :dat avo lume via
Mer cedes meconnectis available.
If th edat avo lume limitisreac hed, theav ailabil‐
ity ofMer cedesme connectser vices islimit ed.
The datavo lume mustbe pur chased via
Mer cedesme connect.
% Con tact an author ized Mercedes-B enzCen‐
te rto find outwh ether itis possible topur‐
ch ase datavo lume inyour count ry.
Es tablish inganInterne tconnect ion
Mult imedia system:
4 Connec t #
Forex am ple, selec tz Browser . %
The mult imed iasystem usually establishes
th eInt erne tcon nect ionautomatic ally.Ifth e
multime diasystem isno tcon nect edtothe
Int erne t,th eInt erne tcon nect ionises tab‐
lished whenanInterne tapplication isused.
% The availabilit yof we bbr ows ersis count ry-
dependen t. Connection
status Co
nne ctio nst atus overview 1
Displa yof existin gcon nection Multim
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Disp
laying theconnecti onstatus
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
ö Connec tivity #
Select Internet Status .
% Inthecase ofacon nect ionviathecomm uni‐
cation module thefo llo wing status informa‐
tio nis sho wn:
R Type ofnetwork
R Status online /offline Mer
cedes-B enzApps Calling
upMer cedes-B enzApps
Re quirement s:
R The regis tration forth euse ofMer cedes-
Benz Apps hasbeen completed.
R The gener alterm sand conditions have been
con firm ed.
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
00C0 Mercedes- BenzApps #
Select anapp. %
The available featur esarecoun try- depend‐
ent .
Licen sefees ma ybe applicable.
Oper ating Mercedes-Benz Appsusing voice
contr ol
Re quirement s:
R The regis tration forth euse ofMer cedes-
Benz Apps hasbeen completed.
R The gener alterm sand conditions have been
con firm ed.
The 0054 symbol indicatesthat aMer cedes-
Ben zapp canbeused viavoice con trol. #
Selec ta Mer cedes -Benz app.
The app men uis displa yed. #
Touse voice contr ol:select 0054Lan-
guage. #
Sayth equ estion orcomm and.
% Voice con trol isno tav ailable inall coun tries
and languages. We
bbr ow ser Calling
upawe bpag e &
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. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system. 296
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Multimedia
system:
4 Connec t5
z Browser
5 z Enter URL #
Entera we baddr ess.
% The func tion iscount ry-de pende nt. #
Tofinish theentr yand callupthewe b‐
sit e:select 0054.
Sho wing/hiding thewe bbr ows ermenu
If yo ucall upawe bsit eby selecting alink ,fo r
ex am ple, thewe bbr ows ermenu ishidden. #
Tosho w/hide: press the0038 button.
% The webbr ows ersuppor tsvideo playbac k.
% Nowebsit esorvideos aredispla yedwhile
th eve hicle isin mo tion. We
bbr ow ser overview 1
URL entry
2 Bookma rks
3 Webpag e,bac k
4 Webpag e,forw ards
5 Options
6 Closes thebr ows er Calling
upwebbr ow ser options
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
z Browser
5 Z Option s
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Refr esh Page /Canc el
R Zoom
R Browser Settings
R DeleteBr owser Data #
Select anoptio n. #
Mak eth edesir edchang estothese ttings.
Calling upthewe bbr ow ser settings
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
z Browser
5 Z Option s5
Browser Setting s
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R BlockPop- Ups
R Activate Javasc ript
R Allo wCook ies #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. Multimedia
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Dele
ting brow ser data
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
z Browser
5 Z Option s5
Delet eBrowser Data
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R All
R Cache
R Cook ies
R Entered URLs
R FormDat a #
Select anoptio n. #
Select Yes.
Ma nagi ngbookm arks
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
z Browser
5 ß Bookmarks
Selecting abookmar k #
Select anent ry. Cr
eat ing abookm ark #
Sele ctAdd New Bookmark. #
Entera URL andaname. #
Select ¡.
Editin gaboo kmar k #
Highl ightabookmar k. #
Select p. #
Select Edit . #
EnteraUR Land aname . #
Select ¡.
De leting abo okmar k #
Highlight aboo kmar k. #
Select p. #
Select Dele te. #
Select Yes.
Cl os ingthe brow ser
Multimedia system:
4 Connec t5
z Browser #
Select åCloseBrowser . Int
erne tra dio Cal
ling up Inte rn et radio
Re quirement s:
R The Interne tra dio service isactiv ated.
R The datavo lume isavailable.
De pen dingon thecount ry,dat avo lume may
need tobe pur chased.
R Afast Int erne tconnection fordat atransmis‐
sion free ofinterfere nce.
The service sar ecou ntry-dependen t.
Fo rmor einf ormation, consultanauthor ized
Mer cedes-B enzCent er.
Multimedia system:
4 Radio 5
Þ Radio Source #
Select TuneIn Radio.
The Interne tra dio displa yappear s.The last
st atio nse tst ar ts pla ying .
% The connectionqu alit ydepen dson thelocal
mobile phonerecep tion. 298
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