navigation MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS SUV 2018 Owner's Manual

De-authorising
the device #
Select an authorised device from the list.
A prom ptwill appear asking whe ther you
wo uld like todeauthorise the selected
device. #
Select Yes.
The device is deauthorised. Ac
tivating/deactivating child saf ety lock Multimedia sy
stem:
4 System 5
Parental control
Locking theRe ar Seat Entertainment Sy stem #
Select Rear left orRear right . #
Select Lock.
The Rear Seat En tertainment Sy stem is
loc kedO or unloc kedª.
Switching off theRe ar Seat Entertainment
Sy stem display #
Select Rear left orRear right . #
Select Display on. #
Swit chthe display on Oor off ª. Locking an
extern al device #
Select an extern al device. #
Select Lock.
The device connec ted via theCO MAND
To uch App is loc kedO or unloc kedª. Sy
stem language Note
s onthe sy stem language
This function allo wsyouto determ ine the lan‐
guage forth e menu displa ysand the navigation
announcements. The selected language af fects
th ech aracters available for entr y.The navigation
announcements are not available in all lan‐
guages. If a language is not available, the naviga‐
tion announcements will be in Engl ish.
Setting the sy stem language
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
Language #
Set the language.
% Ifyo u are using Arabic map data, thete xt
information can also be shown in Arabic on
th e navigation map. Todo so, select 

#
Select Protect data export .
Ac tivate Oor deacti vate ª the function.
Un blocking the PIN
Re quirements:
R There is an Internet connection.
R A Mercedes me account exists at http://
www.me rcedes.me.
R The Personalisation service is active
(/ page 269).
If th e PIN has been entered incor rectly three
times, the PIN will be bloc ked. You can ha ve a
single-use password sent to you via the
Mercedes me connect online por talto reset the
PIN pr otection. #
Select Unblock PIN. #
Ente rth e single-use password.
PIN pr otection is reset, and you can set a
new PIN.
% Alternativel y,yo u can ha vePIN pr otection
re set at a Mercedes-Benz service centre. User profile
Setting a user profile
Multimedia sy
stem:
4 System 5
g Personalisation
Displaying a user profile when starting
If th is function is active, a prom ptappears when
st arting the sy stem asking which user profile to
use. #
Select Display profile list after start . #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª the function.
Selecting a user profile #
Select Guestor individual profile #.
% Some settings from the user profile are only
loaded when theve hicle is stationary or
when the ignition is switched on.
Au tomatic syn chronisation
Each time the ignition is switched off or on, the
individual user profiles are synchronised on the
multimedia sy stem and on the ser ver.This
ensures that the latest user profiles are alw ays
av ailable. #
Select Automatic synchronisation. #
Activate Oor deacti vate ª the function.
% For more information about importing/
ex porting user profiles (/ page270).
Creating a user profile
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
g Personalisation
5 Create profile #
Ente r a name. #
Select a.
The following information is sa ved in the user
profile, forex ample:
R System settings
R Settings in theTV tuner's channel list
R Navigation and traf fic information
The settings di ffer depending on theve hicle
equipment. Multimedia sy
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Importing/exporting user profiles
Re
quirements:
R There is an Internet connection
(/ page 326).
R A Mercedes me account exists at http://
www.me rcedes.me.
R The Personalisation service is active.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
g Personalisation
5 Manual export/import
This function is not available in all countries.
On ly individu al profiles can be impor ted or
ex por ted.
The individual profiles are alw ays collectively
impor ted or expor ted. #
Impor t:select Import profiles from the
server.
The The profile import overwrites the exist-
ing profiles. Do you want to continue? mes‐
sage appears. #
Select Yes.
User profiles are impor ted. #
Expor t:select Export profiles to the server.
User profiles are expor ted.
% Certain settings, such as address book
ent ries or pr evious destinations from the
navigation sy stem, are not expor ted.
Setting user profile options
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
g Personalisation #
Highlight a profile. #
Select ¥options.
The following options are available:
R Rename
R Delete
R Reset
% The guest profile cannot be dele ted or
re named. So
ftwa reupdate Information on software updates
The multimedia sy
stem pr ovides a message
when an update is available. Depending on
the source, you can per form vari‐
ous updates:
Software update Source of
the
update Up
date type
Up dates via mobile
phone Na
vigation map, sys‐
te m updates, Digital
Owner's Manual
Up dates via an exter‐
nal storage medium,
e.g. a USB flash drive Na
vigation maps %
Updates via mobile phone requ ire an active
Internet connection forth eve hicle. This is
not available in all countries. For fur ther
information on connecting tothe Internet,
see (/ page 325).
Ad vantages of updating software
Thanks tothe software update, your vehicle sta‐
tus is up-to-date.
In order tocons tantly impr ovethequ ality of our
services you will recei vefuture updates foryo ur 270
Multimedia sy stem

Na
vigation Switching navigation on
Multimedia sy
stem:
4 Navigation #
Alternatively: press theß button.
The map appears and sho wscurrent vehicle
position 1. %
If a climate contro l setting ischanged, a cli‐
mate bar appears brief ly. Showing/hiding
the navigation menu Re
quirements:
R The map displa ys the cur rent vehicle posi‐
tion. Multimedia sy
stem:
4 Navigation #
Tosho w:swipe left on theto uchpad or the
To uch Control.
or #
Slide the controller tothe left. #
Tohide: swipe right on theto uchpad or the
To uch Control. Multimedia sy
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or
#
Slide the controller totheright.
% Toshow or hide lo wer menu le vels, swipe or
slide tothe left or right as many times as
necessar y. Destination ent
ryEntering a POI or address
&
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you will be distracted from the
traf fic situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Only operate this equipment when the
traf fic situation permits. #
Ifyo u cannot be sure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad and traf
fic conditions and ope rate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y. Yo
u must obse rveth e legal requirements forthe
country in whi chyou are cur rently driving when
operating the multimedia sy stem.
Re quirements:
R For the online sear ch:Mercedes me con‐
nect is available.
R You ha vea user account forth e Mercedes
me por tal.
R The service has been activated at a
Mercedes-Benz service centre.
Fu rther information can be found at: http://
www.mercedes.me
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation #
Show the navigation menu. #
Select ªEnter destination . The count
ryin which theve hicle is located is set
1.
There are two available me thods of destination
entry:
R Free sear ch2
R Sea rchstep-b y-step 3
Me thod 1: free sear ch #
Enter the POI or address in 2. The entries
can be made in any order.
During destination entry , suggestions are
made bythe multimedia sy stem. A selection
of destinations appears in a list. 274
Multimedia sy stem

#
Ifth eto p line of thech aracter bar is highligh‐
te d, navigate upwards.
The character bar is hidden. City or postcode
is highlighted. Additional ent ryfields, e.g. for
POI, are available. #
Select City or postcode.
The character bar appears. #
Enterth e city or the postcode.
During destination entry , suggestions are
made bythe multimedia sy stem. A selection
of destinations appears in a list.
The address entri es can be made in any
order, forex ample:
R City or postcode, Street,House no.
En ter an intersecting stre et, if available.
R Street, City or postcode
R POI , e.g. Petrol station, City or postcode
% During destination ent ry, use thefo llowing
functions:
R Swit ching tohandwriting recognition
R Switching tocharacter selection
R Deleting an ent ry An entr
y,e.g. POI, can be dele ted with
£ in astep-b y-step sear ch.Na vigate
to the left todo so.
R Calling up the online sear chfunction (if
av ailable)
R Calling up a list
The functions are desc ribed in the free
sear ch. #
Tochange the count ry:select the count ry. #
Enter the count ry.Yo u on ly need toenter the
fi rs tch aracter. #
Select the count ryon the list. #
Toadopt a destination: selectSelect desti-
nation.
If th ere are se veral listings for a destination,
a dis tance-o rientated list appears. #
Select the destination.
The destination address is shown. Selecting pr
evious destinations
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous and other destinations #
Select Previous destinations. #
Select the destination.
The destination address is shown.
or #
Iffavo urites ha vebeen sa ved already
(/ page 289), select From global favourites . #
Select thefa vo urite.
The destination address is shown.
Selecting a POI
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous and other destinations
5 POIs #
Select the categor y.
or #
Select All categories andthe categor y.
If ro ute guidance is not active: the sear ch
begins in the vicinity of the cur rent vehicle 276
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tions are dele
ted. Ro ute guidance tothefill‐
ing station begins.
Set as next intermediate destination: the
selected filling station is set as the next inter‐
mediate destination. Route guidance begins. #
Ifth ere are already four intermediate des‐
tinations: selectYesinthe prom pt.
The selected filling station is entered into
position 1 of the intermediate destinations
menu. Intermediate destination 4 is dele ted.
Ro ute guidance begins.
Entering an intermediate destination
Re quirements:
R A destination is entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 Intermediate destinations and info #
Select Search for an intermediate destina-
tion . #
Ente rth e intermediate destination as a POI
or address (/ page274). #
Select the intermediate destination. #
Select Set as destination.
or #
Select an intermediate destination using
ª Enter destination duringroute guid‐
ance. #
Select Set as next intermediate destination
af te r entering the destination.
Editing intermedia tedestinations
Re quirements:
R The destination and at least one intermediate
destination ha vebeen entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 Intermediate destinations and info #
Tocall up the map: highlight the destination
or the intermediate destination. #
Select ¥Map. #
Movethe map (/ page 294). #
Select destination on the map (/ page 280). #
Tochange the order of destinations: high‐
light the destination or the intermediate des‐
tination. #
Select ¥Move . #
Movethe intermediate destination tothe
desired position. #
Press theTo uch Control, the controller or the
to uchpad. #
Todel ete a destination: highlightthe desti‐
nation or the intermediate destination. #
Select ¥Delete.
Calculating a route with intermediate desti‐
nations
Re quirements:
R The destination and at least one intermediate
destination ha vebeen entered. 278
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Multimedia sy
stem:
4 Navigation
5 Intermediate destinations and info #
Select Start new route guidance.
The route is calculated with the set inter‐
mediate destinations.
Selecting a contact for destination entry
Re quirements:
R A mobile phone is connec tedto the multime‐
dia sy stem (/ page 301).
R Contacts ha vebeen downloaded
(/ page 309).
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous and other destinations
5 Contacts #
Select the conta ct.
The contact de tails are displa yed. #
Select the address. Fi
ltering displa ysfor contacts #
Enter a name or telephone number, forex am‐
ple, into the sear chfield. #
Select ¡.
The firs t contact in the list is highlighted. #
Select the conta ct. #
Select the address.
Entering geo-coordina tes
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous and other destinations
5 Geo-coordinates #
Ente rge o-coordinates as latitude and longi‐
tude coordinates in degrees, minutes and
seconds.
The map sho ws the position. #
Confirm the entry. #
Tocalculate a route: select Start route
guidance. #
If a route has already been created, select
Start new route guidance orSet as inter-
mediate destination . Entering
the destination as a 3 wordaddress
Re quirements:
R Sear ching for a destination using 3 word
addresses is possible in the online sear ch
( / page 274).
R There is an Internet connection.
% Sear ching for a destination using 3 word
addresses is not possible in all countries.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation 5
ª Enter destination #
Select Online search. #
Ente rth e destination address as a 3 word
address. Separate each of thewo rds with a
full stop.
The sear chresults are displa yed. #
Select the destination in the list.
The destination address is shown. The route
can be calculated. Multimedia sy
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%
3wo rdaddresses from what3words are an
alternative addressing sy stem for multilin‐
gual georeferencing of global locations with
a re solution of thre e metres. Using this grid,
locations on the Ear th's sur face are included
whi chdo not ha vea building address such
as stre et and house number, forex ample.
The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin has thefo l‐
lowing language dependent 3 wordaddress,
fo rex ample:
R German: tapfer.ge bäude.verliehen
R Engl ish:that.lands.winning
R French: posteaux.bobineur.ombrant
3 wo rdaddresses are unique, easy to
re member and suf fice for most routine appli‐
cations.
The bidirectional co nversion of 3 word
addresses can be car ried out here:
R atthewe bsite http://what3words.com
R inthe what3words apps Selecting a destination on
the map
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Options #
Select Map menu.
or #
Ifth e map is displa yed in full screen mode,
press the cent ral control element.
The map menu appears. #
Select "mo vemap" in map menu 2
(/ page 293). #
Swipe in any direction on theTo uch Control
or touchpad.
or #
Slide the controller in any direction.
The map mo ves in the cor responding direc‐
tion under the crosshair. The more you mo ve
yo ur finger away from thest arting position
on theto uchpad, thefast erthe map mo ves. #
Press theTo uch Control, the controller or the
to uchpad.
If se veral destinations are located around the
crosshair, a li stsho wstheav ailable POIs and
ro ads. If a destination is located
exact ly on the
crosshair, the destination address is dis‐
pla yed. #
Select the destination in the list.
The destination address is shown.
Setting the map orientation to2D or 3D #
Highlight Map orientation: 2D/3D. #
Press theTo uch Control, theto uchpad or the
controller.
The map will be displ ayed in the selected
map orientation.
Showing traf fic messages in the vicinity of
th e map #
Select Traffic messages for the vicinity.
The map appears. #
Swipe left or right on theto uchpad.
or #
Slide the controller tothe left or right.
The pr evious or next traf fic incident is high‐
lighted on the map. Information on the tra ffic
incident is displa yed. 280
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%
Traf fic re ports are not available in all coun‐
tries.
Showing POIs in the vicinity of the map #
Select Surrounding POIs . #
Swipe left or right on theto uchpad.
or #
Slide the controller tothe left or right.
The pr evious or next POI is highligh ted on the
map. The name or the address is shown. #
Tofilter the display byPOI categor y:
swipe down on theTo uch Control or the
to uchpad.
or #
Slide the controller down. #
Select the POI categor y.
% User defined allowspersonal POI symbols to
be selected (/ page 294). Ro
ute Calculating a
route
Re quirements:
R The destination has been entered.
R The destination address is shown. #
Ifro ute guidance is not active, select Start
route guidance .
The route tothe destination is calculated.
The map sho ws thero ute. Route guidance
th en begins.
or #
Ifro ute guidance is active, select Start new
route guidance orSet as next intermediate
destination .
Start new route guidance: the selected desti‐
nation address is set as a new destination.
The pr evious destinations and intermediate
destinations are dele ted. Ro ute guidance to
th e new destination begins.
Set as next intermediate destination :the
selected destination address is set as the
next intermedia tedestination. Route guid‐
ance begins. Ta
king alternative routes into conside ration #
Select an al tern ative route (/ page 283).
Other menu functions #
Tosave the destination: select¥Store
in "Previous destinations". #
Todispl ayon the map: select¥Map. #
Tocall a telephone number: select
¥ Call(ifavailable). #
Tocall up an Internet address: select
¥ www(ifavailable).
Selecting a route type
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation 5
À Route and position #
Select Route settings. #
Select thero ute type.
If ro ute guidance is active, the new route is
calculated with the new route type.
If ro ute guidance is not active, the next route
is calculated with the new route type.
Yo u can choose from thefo llowing route types:
R Eco route Multimedia sy
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