USB port MERCEDES-BENZ GLC SUV 2020 Owner's Manual

In
addi tion toprov iding theactual control unit
func tion,th is dat aassis tsthemanuf acturerin
de tecting andrectify ingmal functi onsand opti‐
mizi ngvehicle functions. Themajority ofthis
dat ais temp orar yand isonl ypr ocessed inthe
ve hicle itself. Onlya small portion ofthedat ais
st or ed intheeve ntor fault mem ory.
When your vehicle isser viced, tech nica lda ta
fr om theve hicle canberead out byser vice net‐
wo rkem ployees (e.g. workshops, manufactur‐
er s) or third par ties (e.g. breakdo wnservice s).
Ser vice sinc lude repair services, maintenanc e
pr ocesses ,wa rrant yclaim sand qualit yassur ‐
anc emeas ures, forex am ple. Theread out isper‐
fo rm ed via theleg allypr escr ibed portfo rth e
diagnos ticsconnection intheve hicle. The
re spectiv eser vice networklocations orthird
par ties collec t,pr oces sand usethedat a.The y
documen tte ch nica lst atus esoftheve hicle,
assis tin findi ng ma lfunctio nsand improv ing
qu alit yand aretransm itted tothemanuf acturer,
if neces sary.Fu rther mor e,themanuf actureris
subject toproduct liability .Fo rth is, themanu‐
fa ctur errequ ires tech nica lda ta from vehicles. Fa
ult mem ories intheve hicle canberese tby a
ser vice outle tas par tof repair ormaint enanc e
wo rk.
Dep endingontheselect edequipment, youcan
im por tdat aint ove hicle convenie nce and info‐
ta inm ent func tionsyo urself .
This includes, forex am ple:
R Mult imed iadata suchas music ,fi lms orpho‐
to sfo rpla yba ckinan integratedmultimedia
sy stem
R Address book datafo ruse inconnection with
an integr ated hands-fr eesystem oran inte‐
grat ednavig ation system
R Entere dna vig ation destinations
R Dat aabout theuse ofInt erne tser vices
This datacan besave dlocall yin theve hicle orit
is locat edon ade vice whichyo uha ve connect ed
to theve hicle (e.g.asmar tphone, USBflash
dr ive or MP3 player). Ifth is dat ais stor ed inthe
ve hicle, youcan deleteitat anytim e.This data
is sen tto third par ties onlyat your requ est,par‐
ticular lywhen youuse onlineser vices inacc ord‐
anc ewit hth ese ttings that youha ve select ed. Yo
ucan stor eor chang econ venie nce setting s/
ind ividu aliza tionin theve hicle atanytime.
Depending ontheeq uipment, this inc ludes, for
ex am ple:
R Setting sfo rth eseat andsteer ing wheel posi‐
tion s
R Suspension andclimat econ trol settings
R Cus tomizations suchas interior ligh ting
If yo ur vehicle isaccor dinglyeq uipped ,yo ucan
co nn ect your smar tphon eor ano ther mobile end
de vice totheve hicle. Youcan contro lth is by
means ofthecon trol element sint egrat edinthe
ve hicle. Imagesand audiofrom thesmar tphon e
can beoutput viathemultimedia system. Cer‐
tai ninf orma tionis simu ltane ously trans ferred to
yo ur smar tphon e.
De pen dingon thetype ofintegr ation, this can
inc lude:
R General vehicle data
R Position data
This allowsyouto use selected apps onyour
smar tphon e,suc has navig atio nor musi cpla y‐ Gen
eral no tes 29

USB
portin there ar passe nger comp artment Yo
ucan charge aUS Bde vic e,e.g .a mobi le
phon e,at US Bpor ts1 usin gasuit able charg‐
ing cable .
The devic es can becharge dwit h5 V (up to3A)
and whenth eignition isswitc hedon. Wi
reless chargin gof themobil eph one and
connecti onwit hth eex terior ant enna No
teson wir elessl ych argin gth emobil e
ph one &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stow agespac esand
mobi lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctsth ey cont ain.
The reisarisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,lugg age
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk/ loadcompartmen t. Obser
vetheno teson loadi ngtheve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk offire from placing
objects inthemobile phonestow age
com partment
Ther eis arisk offire ,in par ticular ,if yo u
place moreth an onemobi lephon ein the
mobil ephone stow agecom partment . #
Apar tfr om amobi lephon e,do not
place anyot her object sin themobile
phone stow agecom partment ,espe ‐
ciall yth ose made ofme tal. Seat
sand stow ing 12
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Theme
s Ov
erview ofthemes
Yo ucan configur eth eve hicle settin gsaccor ding
to your prefer en ces and save as ath eme. A
th eme canbecalled upanytime viathehome
scr een. Thereis then no need tomak eth e
desir edsettings again.
Ther ear epr e-def inedthemes available, e.g.
Jour ney,Efficie ncy and Lounge.
Ex am ple forthe use ofthemes
Fo rre cur ring drivi ng situa tions, such aslon g
dr ives on thefree wa y,yo ucan save your prefer‐
re dse ttings inath eme intheve hicle.
Yo ucan save thefo llo wing settings inath eme,
fo rex am ple:
R Displays(e.g. navig ation maportach ome ter)
R Prefer redra dio statio n
R Favoreddr ive pr ogr am
These settings aresa ve dunder thename you
wish when setting upath eme (/page300). On
th ene xt free wa yjo ur ne yyo ucan selectthis
th eme andther eb yre stor eyo ur setting s. Cont
entofath eme
Dep endingonvehicle equipment thefo llo wing
se ttings canbesave din ath eme:
R Setting oftheIns trument Display
(/ page252)
R Setting oftheHead-up Display(/ page263)
R Setting oftheambient lighting(/page13 5)
R Activeau dio sou rce, e.g. radio orUSB
R Startin gsc reen forth emedia display
R Visual style (/ page31 7)
R DYNA MIC SELE CTdrive pr ogr am
(/ page16 6)
R Eco star t/ stop setting (/ page16 4)
R Navig ation system settings
% Atheme contains thecur rently activeset‐
tings intheve hicle.
Calling upthemes
Multi media system:
4 © #
When thehome screen issho wn, swipe up
until THEMES appear s. #
Select ath eme.
Cr eating newthemes
Re quirement s:
R The settings whichar eto be save din the
th eme areactiv e.
The overvie wsho wsthese ttings whichcan
be save din ath eme (/page300).
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
THE MES #
Select 0081Create Theme.
The settings whichar esa ve din theth eme
ar esho wn. #
Select Continue0048. #
Select additional settings whichar eto be
sa ve din theth eme.
R Select Audio, tosave theactiv eaudio set‐
ting sin theth eme.
R Select Navigation (Navigation ),to save
th eactiv ena vig ation settings inthe
th eme. #
Select Continue0048. 300
MBUX multimedia system

Im
por ting/e xportin gda ta
* NO
TELos sof data due toprematur e
re mo val #
Donotre mo vethedat ast or ag e
medium whendatais being expor ted.
Mer cedes- Benzis no tliable foran yloss of
dat a. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle isstatio nary.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
R AUSB device isconn ected.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 System Backup #
Select Import DataorExport Data.
Im por ting #
Select adat ast or ag emedium.
A pr om ptappear sask ing whe ther youre all y
wish tooverwr ite th ecur rent data.If da ta or
iginat esfrom another vehicle, this isrecog‐
nized during data readin g. #
Con firm thepr om pt.
The files areim por ted. The multimedia system is
re star tedonc eth edat ahas been impor ted.
% Current vehicle settin gscan beedit edafte r
th eim por t.
Expor ting
If PIN protect ion isactiv ated, your PIN isrequ es‐
te d. #
Enterth efo ur -di git PIN. #
Select adat ast or ag emedium.
A pr om ptappear sask ing whe ther youre all y
wish tocar ryout theex por t. #
Conf irm thepr om pt.
The datais ex por ted. The dataex por tma y
ta ke severalmin utes.
% Aftersuccessfu lex por t,th edat ais save din
th e"MyMer cedesBac kup" direct orywhic h
can befound onthestor ag emedium. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPI N protection Re
quirement s:
R Tounlo ckthePIN: ther eis an Interne tcon ‐
nect ion.
R AMer cedes meaccoun tex ists at htt p:/ /
www .mercedes.me .
R Anindividual userprofile isactiv e
(/ page299).
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 PIN Protec tion
Se tting thePIN #
Sele ctSet PIN. #
Entera fo ur -di git PIN. #
Enterth efo ur -di git PIN again.
If bo th PINs match,PIN protect ion isactiv e.
Changing thePIN #
Sele ctChang eSet tings. #
Enterth ecur rent PIN . #
Select Chang ePIN . MBUX
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#
Seta ne wPIN .
Ac tiv atin gPI N protection fordat aex por t #
Sele ctProte ctData Export .
Ac tivateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
Un bloc king thePIN viatheMer cedes mepor‐
tal
If th ePIN has been entered incor rectl yth re e
tim es,th ePIN willbebloc ked. Youcan have a
sing le-use passwordsent toyouvia the
Mer cedes meconn ectonline portalto rese tth e
PIN protect ion. #
Select UnlockPIN. #
Enterth esing le-use password.
PIN protect ion isrese t,and youcan seta
ne wPIN. Sof
twareup date Inf
orma tion onsof twareup dates
A sof twareup date consi stsof thre esteps:
R Downloading orcop ying ofthedat are qu ired
fo rins tallation
R Installation oftheupdat e R
Activati on oftheupdat eby restar tin gth e
sy stem
The multimedia system prov ides amess age
when anupdat eis available.
De pen dingon thesour ce,youcan perform vari‐
ous updat es:
Sof twareupd ates Sour
ceofthe
updat e Up
dat etype
Int erne tN avigation map,sys‐
te m upd ates, Digit al
Oper ator's Manua l
Ext ernal stor ag e
medium, e.g.USB
fl ash drive Na
vig ation maps %
Installation cantake severalmin utes and
can cellat ionisno tpossible .If yo udo not
ins tallth esof twareupdat esthen thest atus
of your vehicle willnotbe up-t o-dat e.Dur ing
th eins tallation ,indiv idual functionsor con ‐ tr
ol elemen tsareno tav ailable oronlyavaila‐
ble toalimit eddeg ree.
Ad vantag esofupd ating software
Sof twareupdat esensur eyo ur vehicle's tech nol ‐
ogy isup -to-d ate.
In orde rto improv eth equ alit yof our services
yo uwill recei vefutur eupd ates foryo ur mult ime‐
dia system, theMer cedes meconnect services
and your vehicle's communication module.
These willconvenie ntly besent toyouvia the
mobil ephone connection inyour vehicle and,in
man ycases, installed automat ically.Yo ucan
mon itor thest atus ofyour updat esatanytim e
on theMer cedes meportaland find informa tion
ab ou tpo tentia linno vatio ns.
Yo ur adv antages ataglanc e:
R con venie ntly recei vesof twareupda tesvia
th emobile phonenetwork
R improve sth equ alit yand availabilit yof
Mer cedesme connectser vices
R keeps your mult imed iasystem and comm uni‐
cation module up-to-dat e 32
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R
Telephon enumb er #
Calculat eth ero ute(/ page33 5).
The follo wing functionscan also beselec ted(if
av ailable):
R Sear chforPOIs inthevicinit y.
R Save thedes tinat ion.
R Place acall atthedes tinat ion.
R Shar eth edes tinat ionusing NFCorQR code.
R Call upthewe baddr ess.
R Sho wthedes tinat iononthemap.
Displa yingparking options onthema p
Re quirement s:
R The navig ation services option isavailable,
subsc ribed toand activat ed intheMer cedes
me portal.
R The parkingser vice iswit hin thescope ofthe
na vig ation ser vice . Mu
ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Navigation 5
Z #
ActivatePa rki ng.
The disp lay bu tton isacti vated. The parking
op tion swit hin thevicinit yof thecur rent vehi‐
cle position aresho wn. Dashcam
No
teson theda shca m
* NO
TEBef oreus ing thedashcam Yo
uar eleg allyre sponsible foroper ation and
use ofthedashcam functions.The legal
re qu iremen tsrelatin gto oper ation anduseof
th edashcam canvary dependin gon the
cou ntryin whi chthedashcam isoper ated.
Ther efor e, obser vetheleg alrequ iremen ts,in
par ticular thedat apr otect ion regulations, in
yo ur count ry.
Fo rth is reason ,bef oreusin gth edashcam
inf orm yourself about there gulation details
fo rth ere spectiv ecountr y.
This funct ionisno tper mitt edinall count ries. #
Obser vethecount ry-spe cificregula‐
tions. The
dashcam isavailable inthena vig ation sys‐
te m incombinati onwithth eaugment edrealit y
fun ction .
Select ingaUSB device fora video recor ding
wit hth eda shca m
Re quirement s:
R Atleas tone USB device iscon nectedwit h
th emultimedia system (/ page405).
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Dashc am #
Select theUSB device.
St arting/ stopping videore cor dingwit hth e
da shcam
Re quirement s:
R AUSB device iscon nectedwit hth emultime‐
dia system (/ page405).
R The ignition isswitc hedon. 36
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Edit
ingthefo rm atofaco ntact's name
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Phone 5
Z #
Select General. #
Select NameFormat.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Last Name ,Fir stName
R Last Name FirstName
R FirstName LastName #
Select anoptio n. Ov
ervie wof impor tingcontact s
Contact sfrom various sour ces Sour
ce Requirement s
ò USBdevice TheUSB device is
con nectedwit hth e
USB port.
ñ Bluetooth®
con‐
nectio n If
th esendin gof
vCar dsvia Blue tooth®
is suppor ted, vCar ds
can berecei vedon
mobile phones ornet‐
book s,forex am ple.
Blue tooth®
is act iva‐
te din themultimedia
sy stem and onthe
re spectiv ede vice
(see themanuf actur‐
er's oper ating instruc‐
tion s). Im
por ting contacts intoth econtact smenu
Multi media system:
4 © 5
Phone 5
Z 5
General
5 Import Contacts #
Select amobile phone, from
whic hth econ tacts should be impor ted. #
Select anoption .
Sa ving amobile phonecontact
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Phone 5
g #
Select ó0048 intheline ofthemobile
phone contact. #
Sele ct0062. #
Sele ctSave toVeh icle. #
Sele ctYes .
The cont actsave din themultimedia system
is identif iedbytheq symbol.
Calling acontact
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Phone 5
g #
Select ªSearch forContac ts. MBUX
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#
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.
Wi th Mer cedes-Ben zLink youcan usemob ile
phon efun ction svia themultimedia system. Itis
oper ated using theto uc hsc reen orthevo ice-
opera tedcon trol system. Youcan activat eth e
vo ice- opera tedcon trol system bypressing and
holding the£ buttononthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel.
When usingMercedes- BenzLinkviathevo ice-
opera tedcon trol system, themultimedia system
can still be oper ated via theVo ice Cont rolSy s‐
te m (/ page266).
The Mercedes-Benz Linkcontr olbo xsupp lemen‐
ta ry equipment isrequ ired forth is. This isavaila‐
ble atan aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCent er. On
lyone mobile phoneatatime canbeconn ec‐
te dvia Mer cedes- BenzLink tothemultimedia
sy stem.
When amobile phoneiscon nect edwith
Mer cedes- BenzLink,onl yone additional mobile
phone canbecon nect edusing Bluetooth®
wit h
th emultimedia system when intwophone
mode.
% The Mercedes- BenzLinkcontrol bo xuses
th eAn droid oper ating system.
% The service prov ider isresponsible forth ese
apps andtheser vices andcontent conne c‐
te dto it.
No teson Mer cedes-Benz Link
If amobile phoneisused withMer cedes-B enz
Link ,USB access usingthemedia menuispossi‐
ble forth is mobile phone.
% Onlyone routeguidan cecan beact ive at a
tim e.Ifro uteguidan ceisact ive on themulti‐
media system, itis closed whenrouteguid‐
anc eis star tedon themobile phone. Connecting
Mercedes-Benz Linkwithth e
mu ltim edia system
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withth eMer cedes-
Benz Linkcontrol bo x.
R The Mercedes- BenzLinkappisins talled on
th emobile phone.
R The mobile phoneisswitc hedon.
R Mer cedes- BenzLinkiscon nect edtothemul‐
timedia system viatheç USBportusing
a suit able cable (/page405).
% The firs tacti vatio nof Me rcedes-B enzLink
on themultimedia system mus tbe car ried
out when theve hicle isstatio naryfo rsaf ety
re ason s. MBU
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Con
trol or theSir i®
vo ice- oper ated con trol sys‐
te m. Youcan activat eth evo ice- opera tedcon trol
sy stem bypressing andholding the£ button
on themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
When usingApple CarPla y®
via thevo ice- oper‐
at ed con trol system, themultimedia system can
st ill be oper ated via theVo ice Cont rolSy stem
(/ page266).
Onl yone iPhone ®
at atime canbecon nect edvia
Apple CarPla y®
wit hth emultimedia system.
Also foruse ofApple CarPla y®
wit htw ophone
mode, onlyoneadditional mobilephone canbe
connect edusing Blue tooth®
wit hth emultimedia
sy stem.
The availabilit yof App leCarPla y®
ma yva ry
acc ordin gto thecount ry.
The service prov ider isresponsible forth is appli‐
cat ion and theser vices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Apple CarPla y®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof
Apple Inc. Inf
ormat iononApple CarPla y®
When Apple CarPla y®
is being used,theiPod ®
media sourceisno tav ailable forth ere spectiv e
iPhone ®
.
Onl yone routeguidan cecan beact ive at atim e.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive on themultimedia sys‐
te m, itis closed whenrouteguidan ceisstar ted
on themobile phone.
Connecting aniPhone ®
via Apple CarPla y®
(cable)
Re quirement s:
R The current version ofyour devic e's operat‐
ing system isbeing used(seethemanuf ac‐
tur er's oper ating instruction s).
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nect ionforth efull
ra ng eof func tions forApple CarPla y®
.
R The iPho ne®
is connect edtothemultimedia
sy stem viatheUSB portç using asuit a‐
ble cable (/page405). Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Apple CarPlay
5 Start Apple CarPlay #
Alternativ e:Ifan Apple CarPla y®
application
is activ e(e.g. when music isbeing playedor
ro uteguidan ceisact ive), youcan callupthe
act ive applic ationusin gth e|, zor
002B application buttons (/page296).
% Contr olusing theapplication buttons canbe
switc hedonoroff(/ page38 4).
Ac cep ting/r eject ingtheda ta protection reg‐
ulat ions
Fo rth einitial star tof theapplication: amessag e
wit hth edat apr otect ion prov ision sappear s. #
Selec tAc cept &St art .
Exitin gApp leCar Play® #
Press the00E2 button. MBUX
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connect
edusing Bluetoo th®
wit hth emultimedia
sy stem.
The availabilit yof An droid Autoand Android Auto
apps mayva ry acc ordin gto thecount ry.
The service prov ider isresponsible forth is appli‐
cat ion and theser vices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Inf orma tion onAndr oidAuto
If amobil ephone isused withAndr oidAuto,
USB access usingthemedia menuisno tpossi‐
ble forth is mobile phone.
Onl yone routeguidan cecan beact ive at atim e.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive on themultimedia sys‐
te m, itis closed whenrouteguidan ceisstar ted
on themobile phone.
Connecting amobile phoneviaAndr oidAuto
(wir ed)
Re quirement s:
R The mobile phonesuppor tsAn droid Auto
fr om Andr oid5.0.
R The Andr oidAutoapp isins talled onthe
mobil ephone. R
Inorder touse thete lephon efunc tions,the
mobil ephone mustbe connect edtothemul‐
timedia system viaBlue tooth®
( / pag e369) .
If th er ewa sno prior Interne tconn ection, this
is es tablished withth euse ofthemobile
phone withAn droid Auto.
R The mobile phoneisconn ectedtothemulti‐
media system viatheUSB portç using a
suit able cable (/page405).
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nect ionforth efull
ra ng eof func tions forAndr oidAuto.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Android Auto
5 Start Android Auto #
Alternativ e:Ifan Android Autoapplic ationis
act ive (e. g.when music isbein gpla yedor
ro uteguidan ceisact ive), youcan callupthe
act ive applic ationusin gth e|, zor
002B application buttons (/page296).
% Contr olusing theapplication buttons canbe
switc hedonoroff(/ page386). %
The firs tacti vatio nof Andr oid Au toon the
multime diasystem mus tbe car ried out
when theve hicle isstatio naryfo rsaf etyre a‐
son s.
Ac cep ting/r eject ingtheda ta protection reg‐
ulat ions
Fo rth einitial star tof theapplication: amessag e
wit hth edat apr otect ion prov ision sappear s. #
Selec tAc cept &St art .
Exitin gAndr oidAuto #
Press the00E2 button.
% Android Autostar ts aut omat icallywhen the
mobil ephone isconnect edwithth esy stem
using acable. IfAn droid Autowa sno tdis‐
pla yedin thefo re ground beforedisconn ect‐
ing, theapplication star ts inthebac kground
when reconnect ed.Youcan callupAndroid
Au tointhemain menu. MBUX
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