MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS 2020 Owner's Manual

If
th ete mp eratur efluct uat eswidel y,conde nsa‐
tion couldoccu ron theinside ofthescr een. This
can adversely affect thefunc tion.Onl yswitc hon
th ere ar displa yswhen they have adjus tedto the
ambie nttemp eratur e.
Declar ations ofconf ormit y
Obser vethedeclar ationofcon form ity for"wi re‐
less vehicle component s"(/ page25). Re
ar Seat Entertai nment System overview The
Rear Seat Entertainm entSystem can be
oper ated both intheve hicle aswellas outs ide
th eve hicle.
The Rear Seat Entertainm entSystem includes:
R Twore ar displa ys(Dual System) orone rear
displa y(Sin gle Sy stem)
R Connec tionforcorded headphones foreac h
re ar displa y
R Con nections forUSB (type A)and HDMI on
th ere ar displa y
% Forpla yba ck,yo ucan usecomm erciall y
av ailable corded headph ones, Blue tooth® headphones
orBlue tooth®
speak ers(see the
manuf acturer'soper ating instructions).
When using head sets dis turbance topla y‐
bac kma yocc ur.
% The Rear Seat Entertainm entSystem can be
con nect edand oper ated withan extern al
re mo tecontr olvia Bluetoo th®
(see theman‐
uf actur er'soper ating instruction s).
% Tooper ateth eRe ar Seat Entertainm entSys‐
te m outsid eth eve hicle, a12 V(1.5 A)
ada ptercabl efo rpo we rsupp lyis requ ired
(see themanuf acturer'soper ating instruc‐
tion s).
% The func tionsof there mo tecontr ol,the
cor dless headph ones orspe akerscan be
im paired byother radio-based electronic
de vice s,e.g .mob ile pho nes. Re
ar displa ys Ov
ervie wof there ar displa ys
Contr olelemen ts 1
Incr eases thevo lume
2 Touc hsc reen
Displa ytype: TFTLCDwi th 10.1inc h
(25. 7cm) screen size
Re solution (horizont alxve rtical): 1024 x600
pi xe ls
3 Calls upthemain menu
4 Backbutt on Multimedia
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Switches there ar displa yon oroff
6 Lowe rsthevo lume
Po rts 1
Con nection for12 Vpo we rsupp ly(1.5 A) for
oper ation outside theve hicle
2 HDMI socket
3 USB port,type A
4 Socketfo rcor ded head phones with3-pin
jac k(3.5 mm, ster eo)
5 Foot (for inser tingare ar displa yint oth e
conso le) %
The conso lesfo raccommoda tingthere ar
displa ysareloc ated on there ar ofthefront
seats.
Inser tingare ar displa yin theconsole &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rycau sed byfaulty
att achme ntofthedispla y
Inc orrectly attached ordamag edrear dis‐
pla yscan, forex am ple, break looseand be
th ro wn around injuring vehicle occupants in
th efo llo wing situat ions:
R Dur ing heavybrakin g
R Intheeve ntofasu dd en chang eof dir ec‐
tio n
R Intheeve ntofan acci dent #
Beforeev eryjour neych eckth at the
re ar displa ysarefirm lyatt ached. #
Ifnec essar y,inse rtthere ar displa yint o
th econ sole again. #
Donotuse adamag edrear displa y. #
Beforein st alli ng are ar displa y:remo veall
obj ect s,forex am ple clothes hang ers, from
th ehead restra int bar s. #
Hold foot 2 ofthere ar displa yon tocon‐
sol eco ver1.
The coverre leases automat icallywhen itis
com esintocon tact with thefo ot . #
Inser tfo ot 2 ofthere ar displa yint ocon sole
1.
Fo ot 2 eng ages audibly . 34
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mo ving the rear displa yfrom theconsole &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rythro ugh dis‐
pla ysmount edintheve hicle
The rear displa ysins talled intheve hicle
could injureth ere ar seat occupant s,for
ex am ple inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R Dur ing heavybrakin g
R Sudden chang eof dir ect ion
R Intheeve ntofan acci dent #
Remo vethere ar displa ysfrom theve hi‐
cle eac htime afte rusi ng and stor e
saf ely. #
Press butt on3 and remo verear displa yfo ot
2 from console 1.
Swi tching are ar displa yon/ off
Ac tiv atin g #
Swi tchon thepo we rsupp lyor theignition
using thest ar t/ stop butt on(/ page12 9). #
Press and hold button5 onthere ar displa y
unt ilth esymbols attheside light up
(/ page339).
Dur ing thech argin gpr oce ssach argin gsym‐
bol appear sat theto plef tof thest atus line. #
WhentheRe ar Seat Entertai nment Sys‐
te m isuse dfo rthe firs ttime orafte ra
re se tto thefa ct or yse ttings: selectth e
sy stem languag e. #
Setth ede vice searchnam e.
% The device nameconsi stsof between 3and
16 charact ers. The rear displa yshave differ‐
ent names.
Swi tching off #
Press and hold button5 onthere ar displa y
fo rabo utthre esecon ds(/ page339).
Media playbac kis ended andmustbe restar‐
te dwhen itis switc hedon.
% When theve hicle ignition isswitc hedoff,th e
re ar displa ysarealso switched off. Multimedia
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St
arting standb ymode #
On there ar displa y:brief lypress butt on
5.
The signal tothere ar displa yis swit ched off.
Media playbac kis stopped.
Ending standb ymode #
On there ar displa y:press butt on5. #
Cont inue media playbac kwit h00D0.
Eliminat ingproblems withswitc hingon
If no signal appear sin there ar displa y,car ryout
th efo llo wing steps. #
Switc hon theignition .
or #
Chec kth econ nect iontoextern all ycon nec‐
te dde vices.
or #
Remo vethere ar displa yfrom thecon sole
(/ page34 1). #
Clean thecon tacts. #
Inser tth ere ar displa yint oth econ sole
(/ page340). or #
Have thefuses forth eve hicle seatchecked
at an aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCent er.
Oper ating are ar displa y #
Toselect amenu: brief lytapon the
to uc hsc reen. #
Toscr ollinlists: slowlymo vethescr ollbar
up ordown. #
Toexitth emenu :pr ess the0038 button.
Cleaning there ar displa y &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
cau sed byspilli ngliquids onadispla y
Spilled liquids could result inafire or an
electr icshoc k. #
Donotpo ur or sprayan yliq uids onto
th edispla y. #
Swi tchof fth ere ar displa yand letit coo l
do wn. #
Use asof t,lint -fre eclo th,mois tened with
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Ov
ervie wof theRe ar Seat Entertai nment System hom escreen 1
Toacc ess medi afrom aUS Bde vic econ nec‐
te dto are ar displa y
2 Toacc ess medi afrom aUS Bde vic econ nec‐
te dto theot her rear displa y
3 Toacc ess medi afrom ade vic econ nected
via HDMI
4 Toopen abr ow ser
5 Toopen system settings 6
Toopen comfortse ttings (/page345)
7 Tosho wthepictur efrom theot her rear dis‐
pla y(/ page34 5)
8 Toshar eth epictur ewit hth eot her rear dis‐
pla y(/ page34 5) Mult
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Headphone
s Ov
ervie wof headphone sfo rthe Rear Seat
Ent ertai nment System &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tohigh vol‐
ume oftheheadphones
Yo ur hear ingcan bedamag edwhen exposed
to high volumes. #
Mak esur eth at thevo lumes atthere ar
displa ysarese tto acom fortable vol‐
ume beforeputt ingontheheadphones. Fo
reac hre ar displa yyo ucan conn ect thefo l‐
lo wing accessor ies:
R Blue tooth®
headphones oraBlue tooth®
speak er
R Cor ded headphones viaa3-pin ster eo jack,
3.5 mm
% The access ories can beobt ained ataspe‐
cial istshop (seethemanuf acturer'soper at‐
ing instruction s). Connec
tionofcor ded headphones witha3-
pin ster eo jack,3.5 mm
1 Audio L(audio signalforlef tch ann el)
2 Audio R(audio signalforright chann el)
3 Groun d
Connect ingBluetoo th®
headphone swith the
Re ar Seat Entertai nment System #
On thehead phones orspea ker:swit chon
Blue tooth®
. #
Ifnecessar y,act ivat epair ingmode (seethe
manuf acturer'soper ating instructions). #
On there ar displa y:select ©. #
Select Settings. #
Select Pairing. #
Select TurnBluetooth On. #
Select thede vice tobe con nectedin the
Blu etoo th®
de vice list.
When thede vice iscon nect ed,thehead‐
phones symbolappearsat theto pright of
th est atus bar.
Disconnect ingBluetoo th®
headphone sfrom
th eRe ar Seat Entertai nment System #
On there ar displa y:select ©. #
Select Settings. #
Select Pairing. #
Select thede vice tobe discon nectedin the
Blu etoo th®
de vice list. #
Select Disconnect. 34
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Se
tting thevo lum eand bright ness Re
ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 Comfort
Se tting thesound #
Sele ctSoun d. #
Sele ctVolume . #
Setth evo lume.
or #
Selec tEqualiz er. #
Setth etreble andbass.
Ad jus tingthe brightne ss #
Select Bright nes s. #
Setth escr een brightn ess.
% Settings forsound andbrightness canbe
car ried out individuall yfo rbo th rear displa ys. Se
tting thesy stem langu agefo rthe rear dis‐
pla y Re
ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 Setting s5
Language #
The desir edsystem languag eis set. Se
tting theRe ar Seat Entertai nment System
connecti ons Re
ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 Setting s
Wi -Fise ttings #
Sele ctWi-Fi .
The follo wing menusareav ailable:
R Acces sPoin tMode
In this men uyo ucan setth esear chnam e
of thede vice aswellas thepassw ordfo r
Wi -Fi secu rity .Fo rsuf ficie ntsecu rity you
should useapassw ordwit h8-1 6ch arac‐
te rs.
R Wi-Fi Connec tion In
this men uyo ucan switchtheWi -Fi
on/o ffas wellas setaut omat icand man‐
ual con nection toavailable networks .
% Wher eth er eis activ eWi -Fi theö symbol
is sho wnattheto pright ofthest atus bar.
Pa iring settings (Blue tooth®
) #
Select Pairing.
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Activati ng/d eactiv ating Blu etoo th®
R Pairing/ disco nnect ing Blue toothde vices
(e.g. Bluetoothheadphones)
% Ifth eRe ar Seat Entertainm entSystem is
re se tto thefa ct or yse ttings, theWi -Fi and
pa iring settings arealso rese t.
Fu rther information onrese ttin gto thefa c‐
to ry settin gs(/ page346). Shar
ingplaybac kwith are ar displa y Re
quirement sfo rpla yba ckofamobil eend
de vice viathere ar displa y:
R The end device isDLN Acom patible. Multimedia
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R
ADLN Acom patib leap pis ins talled onthe
end device.
Re ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 Wi-Fi 5
Wi-Fi Connec tion
Shar ingplaybac kfrom amobile enddevice
wit hare ar displa y
Using aWi -Fi conne ctionyo ucan playbac k
med iafrom your mob ileendde vic e(e. g.imag es,
vide osormusi c)on are ar displa y. #
Establish theWi -Fi conne ctionbe twee nth e
re ar displa yand theend device. #
ActivateaDLN Acom patib leap pon theend
de vice (see themanuf acturer'sinstruction s). #
Enable thedesir edmedia content on theend
de vice.
The media ispla yedbac kon there ar displa y.
Shar ingplaybac kfrom one rear displa ywi th
th eot her rear displa y #
On thetransm itting rear displa y:select
Act ivate Access Point . #
On there ceiving rear displa y:select the
tr ans mitting rear displa yfrom thelis tof avail‐
able enddevic es and enterthepassw ord.
The connect ionbetween both rear displa ysis
es tablished. #
On thetransm itting rear displa y:select
Share Screen onthehomescr een. #
Select Share. #
On there ceiving rear displa y:select Get
Screen onthehomescr een. #
Select Accept. #
On thetransm itting rear displa y:press the
© button.
The same pictureappear son both rear dis‐
pla ys.
Endin gsha ring ofascr een #
On thetransm itting rear displa y:select
Share Screen. #
Select Cancel. Sear
ching forso ftwa reupdat es Re
ar Seat Entertainm entSystem
4 Setting s #
Select Update.
Ne wsof twareupdat escan besear ched forin
th is men u.Ifne wupdat esareav ailable these
can bedownloaded andinstalled. Re
setting there ar displa yse ttings Re
ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 Setting s #
Select FactoryReset.
In this men uth esy stem can berese tto the
fa ct or yse ttings. Inthepr ocess, allWi-Fi
acce sspoi nts, Bluetoo th devices andcom‐
fo rt settin gsarealso rese t. 34
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Sho
wing system informa tion forthe rear dis‐
pla y Re
ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
4 Setting s #
Select About.
The follo wing informatio nis sho wn:
R Tech nica linf orma tion
R Softwareve rsion
R Memor ypr ese t
R Serialnumb er Media
Inf
orma tion about mediamod ein theRe ar
Seat Entertai nment System
Ther eis one USB port(type A)and one HDMI
con nectionin theRe ar Seat Entertainm entSys‐
te m (/ page339).
Dat ast or ag emedia anddevices suppor tedby
th eRe ar Seat Entertainm entSystem:
R USB stor ag ede vice
R iPod ® R
iPhone ®
R MTP devices
Au dio form ats suppo rted bytheRe ar Seat Enter‐
ta inm ent System:
R MEPG-2
R MP3
R WMA
R ACC
R WAV
R FLAC
R OGG
Vi deo form ats suppo rted bytheRe ar Seat Enter‐
ta inm ent System:
R MEPG-1 andMEPG-4
R DivX
R Xvid
R WMV
R H.2 64
R MKV
R FLV Imag
efo rm ats suppo rted bytheRe ar Seat Enter‐
ta inm ent System:
R JPEG
R GIF
R PNG
R BMP
The Rear Seat Entertainm entSystem suppor tsa
tot alof up to50,000 files.
Fu rther information aboutaudiomode
(/ page31 5). Mul
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Manuf
acturedunder license from Dolb yLabor a‐
to ries. Dolb y,Dol byAudio and thedouble-D sym‐
bol aretrademar ksofDolb yLabor ator ies.
Pla ybac kta ke splace isvia USB stor ag emedia,
th eHDM Icon nect ionorvia theInt erne t. The
term sHDMI andHDMI High-Def initionMulti‐
media Interface, and theHDM ILogo aretrade‐
mar ksorregis tere dtrademar ksofHDMI Licens‐
ing LLCin theUn ited States and other countr ies.
Pla ybac kis car ried out viadevices withan HDM I
con nect ion.
% Playbac kvia Apple ®
de vices, e.g.an
iPhone ®
,re qu ires an MHL adapter.
MHL stands forMobil eHigh-Def initionLink. Fo
rDT SPa tents, seehttp:/ /patents.dts .com.
Ma nuf actu redunder licensefrom DTSLice nsing
Lim ited. DTS,DT S-HD, theSymbol, &DT Sand
th eSymbol toge ther arere gis tere dtrademar ks
of DT S,Inc. ©
DT S,Inc. Allrights reser ved.
Pla ybac kta ke splace isvia USB stor ag emedia,
th eHDM Icon nect ionorvia theInt erne t.
Switc hingtomedi amode onthe Rear Seat
Ent ertai nment System
Media canbeplayedbac kon one rear displa yor
on twore ar displa ysoftheRe ar Seat Entertain‐
men tSy stem. 34
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