MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2020 Owner's Manual

Ov
ervie wand oper ation Ov
ervie wof themu ltim edia system &
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. 1
Touc hCon trol
Mult imed iasystem butt ongroup onthe
st eer ing wheel (/page21 3)
2 Multimedi asy stem displa y
3 Main function buttongroup (/page24 3)
4 Touc hpad
5 Con trol kn ob
Ad jus tsthevo lume(/ page24 5) Swi
tches themut efunc tion on/off
(/ page24 5)
Me rcedes- AMGvehicles: sets thevo lume
(tur n)and switc hesthemultimedia system
on oroff(pr ess)
6 00D0 button
Switc hesmultimedia system on/ off
Mer cedes- AMGvehicles: sets thevo lume of
th eAMG Perfor mance exhaus tsy stem (see
th esepar ateoper ating instruction s)
7 Contr oller No
teson themed iadisp lay *
NO
TEScr atches onthedispla y The
displa yhas ahighly sensitive, high-g loss
sur face. Thereisarisk ofitbecoming
scr atc hed. #
Avoid touc hin gth edispla y. #
Obser vetheno teson cleaning. Obser
vetheno teson car ing forth eint erior
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Au
tomatic temp eratur e-cont rolled switc h-
of ffe atur e:ifth ete mp eratur eis toohigh, the
br ightn essisinitiall yre duced automatic ally.The
displa yma yth en switc hof fcom pletely fora
whi le.
% Ifyo uar ewe aring polar izedsun glasses ,it
ma ybe difficul tto read thedispla y. Centr
alcontr oleleme ntsoverview 1
Touc hCon trol
2 Con troller
3 Touc hpad To
uc hCon trol Oper
ating Touc hCon trol #
Tocall upmainfuncti ons: press butt on1.
or #
Press and hold button3. #
Tocall upfavo rite s: press butt on1. #
Swipe down onTouc hCon trol 2. #
Toopen alis t:press Touc hCon trol 2. #
Toclose alis t:press butt on3.
or #
Swipe right onTouc hCon trol 2. #
Toselect amenu item: swipe up,down, left
or right onTouc hCon trol 2. #
Press Touc hCon trol 2. #
Tomo vethedigita lma p:swipe inany
dir ect ion.
Se tting thesensit ivityfo rthe Touc hCon trol
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
w Input
5 Touch ControlSens itivity #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . 24
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Oper
ating thecontr oller 1
0038 button
Pr ess brief ly:re tur ns tothepr ev ious displa y
Pr ess and hold: callsupmain functions
2 © button
To cal lup themain functions To
cal lup favo rite s: when themain functions
ar edispla yed, slide controller 3down.
3 Contr oller
Contr olleroperating option s: #
Turn 3 counter-cloc kwiseorcloc kwise. #
Slide 1 left or right. #
Slide 4 upordown. #
Slide 2 diagonally . #
Press 7brief lyor press and hold. To
uc hpad Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gthe touc hpad
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
w Input #
Activate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 theTouchpad .
Oper ating theto uc hpad
Re quirement s:
R Forve hicles withacont roller :th eto uc hpad
is swit ched on (/ page24 1). 1
Touc hpad
2 © button
Calls upmain function sand favo rite s
3 0055 button
Calls upthecon trol menu ofthelas tactiv e
audio source Multimedia
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4
0038 button
Pr essing brief ly:re tur ns tothepr ev ious dis‐
pla y
Yo ucan navig atein men usand lists via touc h-
sen sitive sur face 1 byusin ga sing le-finger
swip e. #
Toopen orclose lists: swipe leftor right. #
Toselect themenu item: swipe up,down,
lef tor right. #
Press touc hpad 1. #
Tomo vethedigita lma p:swipe inany
dir ect ion.
Use thefo llo wing functionswithatw o-f ing er
swipe: #
Tocall upmainfuncti ons and favo rite s:
swipe down withtw ofing ers. #
Tozoo minand outofthe map: movetwo
fi ng ersto get her orapar t. #
Tocall upthecontr olmenu ofthelas t
act ive aud iosour ce:star tin gin thelowe r
ar ea, swipe upwithtw ofing ers. Se
ttin gthe sens itivity forthe touc hpad
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
w Input #
Select Touchpad Sensitivity. #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . #
Tosetth epr essur esensit ivity:switc h
Touchpad Tapon0073 oroff0053.
If th efunc tion isswitc hedon0073, ata pon
th eto uc hpad isen ough toselect amenu
it em.
Handwr itingrecognit ion:swit ching there ad-
aloud functionon/ off
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
õ Audio
5 System Feedback #
Switc hRead OutHandwrit ingRecognit ionon
0073 oroff0053. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin ghap ticope ratin g
fe edba ckon theto uc hpad
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 System 5
w Input
The func tion suppor tsyouwhen makingentries
on theto uc hpad andwhen selecting men us. #
Swit chHap ticOpe ratingFeed back on 0073 or
of f0053.
Whe nth efunc tion isactiv ated, ata ctil efe ed‐
bac kin thefo rm ofavibr ation iseffect ed
whe nth eto uc hpad isoperat ed.
Select ingast ation andtrac kusin gth e
to uc hpad #
Press the0055 buttonon theto uc hpad.
or #
Swip eup withtw ofing ers. The swipe mu st
st ar tin thelowe rar ea oftheto uc hpad.
The contro lmen uappear sfo rth eaudio
sour cethat wa slas tselect ed. #
Use onefing er toswipe upordown.
Ra dio: thepr ev ious orthene xt statio nis set.
Media source:thepr ev ious orthene xt music
tra ck isselec ted. 24
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Tohide thecontr olmenu :swipe down with
tw ofing ers. The swipe mu ststar tin the
upper area oftheto uc hpad. Ma
infunct ions Calli
ngup thema infun ctions 1
00CB button
Calls upnavig ation
2 002A button
Calls upthera dio
3 00FD button
Calls upmedia
4 002B button Calls
upthete lephon e
5 00D4 button
Se tsvehicle functions #
Alternativ ely:press the© buttononthe
To uc hCon trol, contro ller ortheto uc hpad.
The main function sar edispl ayed. #
Select themain function. Fa
vo rite s Ov
ervie wof favo rite s
Fa vorite sof feryo uqu ick acc ess tofreq uently
use dapp lications. Itis possi bletocrea te 20
fa vo rite sin tota l.
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R add pre-d efined favo rite sfrom thefo llo w‐
ing categor ies(/ page24 3):
- Navigat ion
- Enterta inment
- Pho ne
- Connect
- Veh icle -
Sys tem Setti ngs
R addyo ur ow nfa vo rite s(/ pag e24 3)
R renam efa vo rite s(/ page24 4).
R movefavo rite s(/ page24 4).
R delete favo rite s(/ page24 4).
R rese tall favo rite s(/ page24 4)
Call ingupfavo rite s #
Press the© button.
The main functionsar edispla yed. #
Navig atedo wn wardsonce.
Na vig ating means:
R Swipi ngon theTo uc hCon trol or the
to uc hpad
R Slid ingthecon troller
Lea ving thefa vo rite smenu #
Press the© button.
Ad ding favo rite s
Ad ding prede fined favo rite s #
Press the© button.
The main functionsar edispla yed. Multimedia
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#
Navig atedo wn wardstwice.
The Favorite smenu appears. #
Select New Favorite.
The catego ries aredispla yed. #
Select acat egor y.
The favo rite sar edispla yed. #
Select afa vo rite . #
Storeth efa vo rite atthedesir edposition .
If afa vo rite has already been added atthis
posit ion,itwill beove rwritt en.
Ex am ple:addi ngyour ow nfa vo rite s #
Select Veh icle. #
Select FullScree n:Co nsu mpti on. #
Press and holdth e© buttonuntil the
fa vo rite sar edispla yed. #
Storeth efa vo rite atthedesir edposition .
If No func tion available forsaving. issho wn, the
select edfunction cannotbe added.
Re naming favo rite s #
Press the© button.
The main functionsar edispla yed. #
Navig atedo wn wardsonce. #
Select afa vo rite . #
Navig atedo wn wardsonce.
The Favorite smenu appears. #
Select Rename . #
Enterthech aract ers. #
Toconf irm theentr y:select ¡.
Mo ving favo rite s #
Press the© button.
The main functionsar edispla yed. #
Navig atedo wn wardsonce. #
Select afa vo rite . #
Navig atedo wn wardsonce.
The Favorite smenu appears. #
Select Move . #
Movethefa vo rite to thedesir edposition .
If afa vo rite has already been added atthis
posit ion,itwill beove rwritt en.
De letin gfa vo rite s #
Press the© button.
The main functionsar edispla yed. #
Navig atedo wn wardsonce. #
Select afa vo rite . #
Navig atedo wn wardsonce.
The Favorite smenu appears. #
Todel ete: selec tDele te. #
Sele ctYes. #
Toresto reall favo rite s: select ResetAll.
A pr om ptappear s. #
Select Yes.
The favo rite sar ere se tto thefa ct or yse t‐
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Switc
hingthesound on/off On
themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel On
themultimedia system #
Tomut e:pres svo lume control 1.
The 0063 symbol appearsin thest atus line
of themedia display.
Yo uwill also hear traffic annou ncements and
na vig ation annou ncements even when the
sound ismut ed. #
Toswitc hon: chang eth emedia sourceor
tur nvo lume control 1. Ad
jus tingthe volum e Se
tting withth evo lum econtr ol On
themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel Multimedia
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On
themultimedia system #
Turn volume control 1.
The volume ofthecur rent radio ormedia
sour ceisset.The volume ofother audi o
sour cescan beadjus tedsepar ately.
Ad jus tth is in thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Dur ing atraf fic annou ncement
R Dur ing ana vig ation annou ncement The
volume ofthena vig ation announ ce‐
ment chang esinacc ordanc ewit hth evo l‐
ume ofthecur rent med iasou rce.
R Dur ing ate lephon ecall
R When entering orexitin gapar kingspace
while using ActivePa rking Assist
Se tting inthemenu #
Sele ctSyst eminthemultimedia system. #
Select Audio. #
Select avo lume setting. #
Setth evo lume. Ent
ering charact ers Usi
ngthech aract erinput functi on &
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.
Use thech aract erinput function inthefo llo wing
situat ions,fo rex am ple:
R Renam ingafa vo rite
R Entering aPOI oraddres s
R Making aph one call
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Select ing ach aract erinthech aract erbar
R Writin gach aract eron theto uc hpad
Charact erinput can bestar tedwit hacon trol
element andresumed withano ther. 24
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On theTo uc hCon trol and contr oller:
sele ctthech aract ersin thech aract erbar .
De pen dingon theta rget ent ry,th efo llo wing
ch aract ersar eav ailable:
R The fullsetof charact ersis sho wn
R Onlythose charact erswhic har eusef ul
fo rth ecur rent inpu tst ring are shown
Ot her charact ersar egr ay ed out. #
On theto uc hpad: selectthech aract ersin
th ech aract erbar .
or #
Write th ech aract erson theto uc h-sen sitive
sur face oftheto uc hpad.
Han dwriting recogni tionsuppo rts yo uby
means ofcharact ersugg estio ns and are ad-
aloud function .
Ex am ples ofcharact erent ry:
R Renam ingafa vo rite
R Entering aPOI oran address using free or
st ep-b y-step sear ch
R Entering awe baddr ess Ent
ering charact ersusin gth econtr oller
Ex am ple: renaming favo rite s #
Call upthe"R enaming favo rite s" function
(/ page24 4). #
Toent erach aract er:tur n3, slide 4
and press thecon troller .
The charact erisent ered intheinput line.
Use thefo llo wing entryfunctions:
% Todele teach aract er:pr ess thecon trol‐
ler .
To dele tean ent ry:pr ess and holdth e
contr oller unti lth eent ire ent ryisdele ted. 0062
To
switc hto special charact ersand sym‐
bols.
006A To
switc hto upper -case orlowe r-case let‐
te rs.
0054 To
switc hth elanguag e.
v Toswitc hto charact erent ryon theto uc h‐
pad.
% The available editingfunction sdepen don
th eediting task ,th elanguag ese tand the
ch aract erleve l. #
Toconf irm theentr y:select ¡.
Ex am ple: entering ades tination (navigation) #
EnterthePOI oraddr ess(/ page263).
Ent ering charact erson theto uc hpad
Re quirement s
R The touc hpad isswit ched on (/ page24 1).
R Theen tere dor select edcharact ershoul dbe
re ad out :th ehandwr itingrecogni tionread-
aloud function isswit ched on (/ page24 2). Mul
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Ex
am ple: renaming afa vo rite #
Call upthe"R enaming afa vo rite "fun ction
(/ page24 4). #
Toent erach aract er:use your fing er to
wr ite ch aract erson theto uc hpad.
The charact erisent ered intheinput line. If
dif fere nt interpr etatio nsareposs ible, charac‐
te rsugg estions aredisp laye d. #
Toselect ach aract ersugg estion :tur nth e
contr oller. #
Resume charact erinput. #
Toent eraspa ce:swipe right when thecur‐
sor islocat edintheinput line. #
Todel eteach aract er:swi peleftwhe nth e
cur sor isloca tedin theinput line. #
Toconf irm theentr y:press theto uc hpad. #
Tofinish charact erentr y:swipe upwards.
or #
Press the0038 button.
Ex am ple: entering ades tinat ion(navigation) #
Enterth ePOI oraddr ess(/ page263). Sy
stem settings Displa
y Conf
iguringdisp layse ttings
Multi media system:
4 System 5
0043 Display andDesign s
St yles #
Sele ctDes igns. #
Sele ctSpo rt,Classic orProg ressive.
Ad apting theam bient lightingforthe style #
Select Adju stAmb. Lighting .
Ac tivate0073 ordeacti vate 0053 thefunc tion. This
function adjus tstheambient lightingfor
th eselect eddispla yst yle.
Se tting thedisp laybr ight ness #
Sele ctDis play Bright ness. #
Sele ctabr ight nessva lue.
Switc hingthedisp layof f/on #
Off:selec tDis play Off. #
On: press abutt on,002B, forex am ple.
Displ aydes ign #
Select Day /Nig htDesi gn. #
Select Autom atic,Day DesignorNig ht
Desi gn.
Ad diti onaldispl ayarea
Dependi ngon theve hicle, various items ofaddi‐
tional information canbesho wn. The additional
displa yar ea com prises thelef t-hand orright-
hand third of thedispla y. #
Select Addi tiona lDisp .Area .
The follo wing displa ycon tent can beselect ed:
R Dyna mic 24
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