MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2020 Owner's Manual

Ov
ervie wof theaud iomod e 1
Activeda ta stor ag emedium
2 Album cover
3 Trac k, artis t,album
4 Trac knum berand num beroftrac ks inthe
tr ac klist
5 Search
6 Play ba ck Control 7
Med iaSou rces
8 Sound
9 FullScree n(for vid eo play bac k)
A Option s Connecting
USBdevices
* 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. Multimedia
system 31
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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 iedbyç 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.
To hide theplaybac kco ntr ols #
Press the0038 button. Vi
deo mode Sw
itchin gto video mode
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select adat ast or ag emedium. 320
Multimedia system

#
Sea rchfo rand selectvideo files orpla ylists
wit hvideo files.
Pla yable video files arepla yedbac k.
The multimedia system suppor tsthefo llo wing
fo rm ats :
R MPE G
R AVI,DivX, MKV
R MP4, M4V
R WMV
% Ifth eve hicle istrave ling faster than 3mp h
(5 km/ h)thevideo imageis hidden from the
dr iver .If av ailable, thech ann eland prog ram
inf ormatio nis con tinuousl ydispla yed.
Due tothelar ge variet yof available video
fi les rega rding encoder s,sam pling ratesand
dat atransf errates, pla ybac kcanno tbe guar‐
ant eed.
Vi deos uptoFullHD (1920 x1080 )ar esup‐
por ted.
Cop y-pr otect edvideo files orDRM (Digital
Rights Management)enc rypte dfiles can not
be playedbac k. Multimedia
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Ov
ervie wof video mode 1
Activeda ta stor ag emedium
2 Album cover
3 Trac k, artis t,album
4 Trac knum berand num beroftrac ks inthe
tr ac klist
5 Search
6 Play ba ck Control 7
Med iaSou rces
8 Sound
9 FullScree n(for vid eo play bac k)
A Option s Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gful l-scree nmode
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select adat ast or ag emedium.
Pla yable video files arepla yedbac k. #
Toactiv atefull-s cree nmode: select#
Full Screen. 322
Multimedi asy stem

#
Todeac tivatefull -screen mod e:press the
to uc hpad.
Cha nging videosettings
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Media 5
Z Option s
5 Picture Format
The follo wing picturefo rm ats areav ailable:
R Automat ic
R 16:9
R 4:3
R Zoom #
Select apict urefo rm at.
Ad jus tingthe brightne ssmanu ally
If th eAutom aticpictur efo rm atisswit ched off,
yo ucan adjustth ebr ightn essyourself . #
Select Bright ness. #
Adjus tth ebr ightn ess. Media
search St
arting themed iasear ch
Multimedia system:
4 Media 5
ª Search
Depen dingonthecon nect edmedia sourcesand
fi les, thefo llo wing categor iesarelis ted:
R Current TrackList
R Keyword Search
R Playlists
R Artists
R Albums
R Track s
R Folders
R Music Genres
R Year
R Composers
R Videos
R Podcast s(Apple ®
de vices)
R Audiobook s(Apple ®
de vices) #
Select acat egor y. %
The categor iesareav ailable assoon asthe
ent ire media content hasbe en read inand
anal yzed . Med
iaInt erface Inf
orma tion abou tth eMed iaInt erface
Media Inte rface isauniv ersal interface forth e
connecti onofmob ile au dio equipm ent.Themul‐
time diasy stem has twoUSB ports.The USB
por tsarelocat edinthestow agecom partment
unde rth ear mr est.
Supp ortedde vic es
The Med iaInt erface allo ws youto connect the
fo llo wing datast or ag emedia:
R iPod ®
R iPhone ®
R MP3 player
R USB devices
Fo rde tails and alis tof suppor tedde vices, visit
our websit eat htt p:// www .mercedes-
benz .com/c onnect.Fo llowtheins truction sin
th e"Media Interface" secti on. Mu
ltimed iasystem 323

Switc
hingtoMedia Interface
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Connec ta dat ast or ag emedium totheUSB
por t(/ page31 9). #
Select amed iade vice .
Pl ay able music files arepla yedbac k.
Ov ervie wof Media Interface 32
4
Mult imed iasystem

1
Activeda ta stor ag emedium
2 Album cover
3 Artis t,trac kand albu m
4 Trac knum berand num beroftrac ks inthe
tr ac klist
5 Search
6 Play ba ck Control
7 Med iaSou rces
8 Sound
9 FullScree n(vi deo play bac konl y)
A Option s Blue
tooth®
audio Inf
ormation aboutBluetooth®
audio
Bef oreusi ng your Blue tooth®
audio equipme nt
wit hth emultimedia system forth efirs ttim e,
yo uwill need toaut hor ize it(/ page32 6). Mult
imed iasystem 325

Blue
tooth®
audio overview 1
Activeda ta stor ag emedium
2 Album cover
3 Trac k, artis t,album
4 Trac knum berand num beroftrac ks inthe
tr ac klist
5 Search
6 Play ba ck Control 7
Med iaSou rces
8 Sound
9 FullScree n(vi deo play bac konl y)
A Option s
Sear ching forand author izing aBlue tooth®
audio devic e
Re quirement s: R
Blue tooth®
is act ivat ed on themultimedia
sy stem and audio equipment (/page250).
R The audio equipment supportstheBlue‐
to oth®
audio profiles A2DP and AVRC P.
R The audio equipment is"visible" forot her
de vices. 326
Multimedia system

Multimedia
system:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources
5 á Bluetoot hAudio
Au thorizing ane wBlu etoo th®
audio devic e #
Select ¥. #
Select AddNew Bluetooth AudioDevice. #
Select StartSearch onSystem .
De tected audio eq uipme ntisdispl ayed inthe
de vice list. #
Select aBlue tooth®
audio devic e.
Au thor ization star ts.A cod eis displa yedon
th emultimedia system and onthemobile
phone. #
Ifth ecodes areidentic al,con firm onthe
audio equipme nt.
The audio equipme ntiscon nectedand play‐
bac kst ar ts.
Select ingprev iousl yaut hor ized Bluetooth®
audio equipment #
Select ¥. #
Select aBlue tooth®
audio devic e. Es
tablis hingaconnect ionfrom theBlu e‐
to oth®
audio equipment
The Blue tooth®
de vice name ofthemultimedia
sy stem isMB BLUE TOOTH XXXXX. #
Select Search fromDevic e. #
Startth eaut hor ization ontheaudio equip‐
ment (seemanuf acturer'soper ating instruc‐
tion s).
A code isdispla yedon themultimedia sys‐
te m and ontheaudio device. #
Conf irm on both devices ifth ecodes are
identic al.
The audio equipment iscon nect edand play‐
bac kst ar ts.
Wi th some audioeq uipment, playbac kmus tbe
initially star tedon thede vice itself sothat the
multime diasystem can playth eaudio files.
% Device -spe cificinf ormatio non aut hor izin g
and connectingBlue tooth®
-cap ablemob ile
pho nes can beobt ained athttp://
ww w.mer cedes-be nz.com/c onnectorfrom
an author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er. Ac
tiv atin gBlue tooth®
audio
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources #
Select áBluetoot hAudio.
The multimedia system activ ates thecon nec‐
te dBlue tooth®
audio equipme nt.
Select ingthemed iapla yeron the Blue tooth®
audio devic e
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Media 5
ª #
Select theBluetoot hAudio Players categor y.
If multip lemedia players arepr esen ton the
Blu etoo th®
audio equipme ntalis tappear s. #
Select amedi apla yer.
Pla ybac kst ar ts.
% The function isno tsuppo rted byeve ry
mobil ephone. Mul
timedi asy stem 32
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Sear
ching fora musi ctrac kon the Blue ‐
to oth®
audio devic e
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources
5 á Bluetoot hAudio #
Select ª. #
Select acat egor y.
A trac klist appear s. #
Select atrac k.
% The funct ionisonl yav ailable whenthe
mobil ephone andthemedia playersele cted
on themobile phonesuppor tth is func tion.
Switc hingBluetoo th®
audio equipment via
NFC
Re quirement s:
R Obser vetheno teson using NFC
(/ page292).
R The Blue tooth®
audio overview isdispla yed
( / pag e326 ). #
Lightl ypr ess theNFC area on themobile
phone (seethemanuf acturer'soper ating
ins truction s).
If th emobile phonehasalready been author‐
ized onthemultimedia system asBlue tooth®
audio equipme nt,it is no wcon nected.
If th emobile phoneisaut hor ized onthemul‐
timedia system asBlue tooth®
audio equip‐
men tfo rth efirs ttime ,it is conne cted afte r
conf irming theins truction sfo rth emobile
phone (seethemanuf acturer'soper ating
ins truction s).
Disconnec tingBluetooth®
audio equipment
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Phone 5
á Media Sources #
Select thei symbol intheline ofthe
mobil ephone.
The disconnection ofthemobile phonetake s
place without acon firm atio npr om pt.The
mob ile pho neremains author ized inthesy s‐
te m. St
arting cinema mode Mul
timedi asy stem:
4 Media 5
à Media Sources
5 Loudspeaker AudioSource
In cinem amode, amedia sourcecon nect edto
th eRe ar Seat Entertainm entSystem issimult a‐
neousl ypla yedin themultimedia system. #
Select theRe ar Seat Entertainm entSystem
de vice.
The media sourceisalso playedon themulti‐
media system. Ra
dio Sw
itchin gon the radio Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 Radio #
Alternativ ely:press the002A button.
The radio displa yappear s.Yo uwill hear the
las tst atio npla yedon thelas tfr eq uency
band select ed. 328
Multimedia system