phone MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 User Guide

Oper
ating media playbac kusing theon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Media 1
Media source
2 Trac knum berand current trac k
3 Name ofartis t(e xa mp le)
% The illustration showstheIns trument Display
in theWi descr eenCockpit #
Tochang etrac ks on anact ive med ia
sour ce:swipe upwards ordown wardson the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. Cha
nging amed iasour ce #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toselect amedia source:swipe upwards
or down wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. Diali
ngtelephone numbersusing theon-
boar dcom puter &
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. When
usingthephone, observetheleg al
re qu iremen tsforth ecount ryinwhic hyo uar e
cur rentl ydr ivi ng.
Re quirement s:
R The mobile phoneis con nectedto themulti‐
media system.
On- boar dcom puter:
4 Phone
The mos tre cent telephon ecalls (dialed,
re cei vedand missed calls)aredispla yedon the
Phone menu. #
Toselect anentr y:swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
If th ereis onl yone telephone number
sa ve dto an entr y:thete lephon enumb er
will beselec ted. #
Ifth erear emu ltip letelephone numbers
sa ve dto an entr y:swipe upwards ordown‐ 31
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Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

wa
rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol to
select thedesir edtelephon enumb er. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The telephon enumb erwill bedialed.
The follo wing displa ysma yapp ear instead ofthe
te lephon enumb ersdialed:
R Please Wait:th eapplication isstar tin g.Ifa
Blue tooth®
connecti ontothemobile phone
is no tes tablished, themenu forau thor izing
and conn ectin gamobile phonewillbedis‐
pla yedon themultimedia system
(/ page42 4).
R Updating Data…:th ecall listis being upda‐
te d.
R Import ingCont acts: contacts arebei ng
im por tedfrom themobile phoneorast or ag e
medium.
Ac cep tingor rejec tingan inco min gca ll
Ve hicl eswith Head-up Display:when you
re cei veacall, theInc oming Callmessag ewill
appear ontheHead-up Display. #
Swi peupwa rdsor down wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol and select0061 (Acc ep t)
or 0076 (Reject ). #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Yo uma yacc eptor reject thecall using the0061
or 0076 buttononthesteer ing wheel. Se
tting theHead -upDispla yusing theon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 HEAD-UP DISPLA Y
The follo wing Head- upDisp lay se ttings canbe
selec ted:
R Position
R Brightness
R Displa ys
R Messag es
R Assis tance status
R Telephon e
R Audio
R Voice Cont rolSy stem #
Tochoose ase tting: swipe totheright on
th elef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Se tting smen u5 will besele cted. #
Tocall uptheSe ttings menu :pr ess the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth eposit ion:swipe upwards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth ebr ight ness: swipe tothelef t
or right onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Tosetmessag es,assis tance status, tele‐
phone, audioand theVo ice Contr olSy s‐
te m: pres sth elef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The listof setting optio ns will bedispl ayed. #
Swipe upwards ordown wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol and selectase tting by
pr essing thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 31
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No
teson optima luse oftheVo ice Contr ol
Sy stem No
teson howto improve recogni tion:
R Activateonl ine voice con trol (/ page31 8).
R Onlyoper ateth eVo ice Cont rolSy stem from
th edr iver's seat.
R Sayth evo ice com mand scohe rently and
cle arly,but donotex agg erateth ewo rds.
R Avoid loud noises that caus eint erfere nce
wh ile ma king avo ice com mand entry,e.g.
th eent ertainm ent inthere ar passe nger
com partment .
R Forte lephone oradd ress book entries:
- Onlycr eat esensible addressbook entries
in thesy stem/mo bilephone, e.g.enter
sur name andfirs tnam ein thecor rect
fi eld.
- Donotuse anyabbr eviation s,unn eces ‐
sar yspaces orspec ialcharact ers.
R Forra dio station names: sayth eRead out
stat ionlistvoice com mand andsayth e
desir edstatio nnam ein thewa yth evo ice
output reads aloud toyou. %
Toimprove recogni tion,dependi ngon the
outside temp eratur e,eit her theblo wersfor
ve ntil ation orhea ting arere duced whenthe
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem isstar ted. Inf
ormat ionononline voice contr ol Onlin
evo ice con trol im prov es recogni tionand
mak esadditiona lre sults available asare sult of
ex tern al inf ormat ion,e.g .inf ormat ionabout POIs
and about thewe ather .We ther efor ere com‐
mend that youact ivat eon linevo ice con trol.
Yo uwill need aMer cedesme user accoun tfo r
th is. Ifyo udo notye tha ve auser accoun tyo u
ha ve tocrea te one andconn ectitwit hyo ur vehi‐
cle (/ page350).
Then callupyour Mer cedesme user accoun t.
The Mercedesme services aresho wnand can
be act ivat ed (/ page35 1).
In addit ion,on linevo ice con trol mus tbe act iva‐
te d(/ page31 8). Ess
entialvo ice comm ands No
teson thevo ice comm ands Aside
from theex act voice com mand s(see the
"V oic eco mm and"co lumn inthefo llo wing tables)
to cal lup spe cificfuncti ons,inmos tcase sth e
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem also under stands agr ea t
ma nypar aphr ases from daily usage.Exam ples of
th ese arelis tedin the"Colloq uialexam ples" col‐
umn .Fo rsome languages howe verth ese exam‐
ples areon lyavailable toalimit edextent.
% Content inang led br ac kets, e.g.or
,is apl ace holderwh ich ha sto be
com pletedby youwit hth edesir edterm .The
vo ice com mand Setas interme diate
dest inationcould, forex am ple, becom pleted
wit h:Set Merc edes- BenzAr ena asinterm edi-
ate dest ination. Ov
ervie wof switc hvo ice comm ands Swit
chvoice com mand scan beused toopen
cer tain applicat ions. 320
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Show alternat iveroutes Searchforalternat iveroutes Sho
wsone ofthealt ernativ ero utes calc ulated.
Dr ivin grec omm endat ionson Switchon driv ingrecomm endat ions Swit
ches on voice output forro uteguidan ce.
Dr ivin grec omm endat ionsoff Muteth edriv inginstruct ions Swit
ches offvo ice output forro uteguidan ce.
Sh ow traff icmap Switchon traff icjam info Dis
playstraf fic inf ormati ononthemap.
Hide trafficmap Switchoff the traff icjam messages Hides
thetraf fic inf ormati on.
POI icons on Showmepointofintere sticons on
the map plea se Disp
lays thePOI symbols onthemap.
Hide POIicons Iwould liketohide allPOI symbols Hides
thePOI symbols. Ov
ervie wof telephone voice comm ands Yo
ucan usethete lephon evo ice com mand sto
mak ephone callsor sear chthro ugh theaddr ess book
.The follo wing listof fers jus ta sma llsel ec‐
tio nof thepossible telephon ecom mand s.Yo u will
recei veaddit ionalsugg estio ns ifyo usa y
Hel pfor phon e. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 325

Te
lephone voice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Call Iwould likeyou todial 0171 xxxxxxx Mak
esate lephon ecall byent ering thete lephon enumb erdirect ly.
Call CallJane Smithonher mob ile Mak
esate lephon ecall direct lyby ent ering aname from theaddr ess
book .
Call Mercedes- Benzemergen cy
call cent er Could
youcalltheMercedes- Benz
emergen cycent er? Tr
igg ersan emer gency callto theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
Ca llMer cedesme I’d like youto cal lthe MB break-
do wn assista nce plea se Pl
ace sa cal lwi th Mer cedes-Ben zbr eakdo wnassis tance.
La test calls Showmethe list of mis sed calls Sho
wsthelis tof missed calls.
Previous calls Showmethe last calls The
listsho wsallout goin g,inc omin gand miss edcalls .
In com ingcalls Show me thecalls receive d Sh
ows thelis tof incom ingcalls.
Outgoing calls Showmethe listofoutgoing callsSho
wsthelis tof outgoing calls.
Search forC ouldyouopen thecont act"John
Doe"? Opens
thecon tact data ofacont actintheaddr essbook . 326
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Redial Redial/Calllast phone number Mak
esacall tothelas tte lephon enumb erdialed.
Change phoneC ouldyouplease switchtothe sec-
ond phone? Chang
esthepr imar yte lephon e Ov
ervie wof med iapla yervo ice comm ands Media
playervo ice com mand scan also beused
when themedia playerapp lication runs inthe bac
kground andanother application isvisible in
th efo re grou nd .Th efo llo wing listof fers jus ta
sma llsel ecti onofthepossible mediaplayer vo
ice com mand s.Yo uwill recei veaddit ionalsug‐
ge stions ifyo usa yHel pfor medi aor Hel pfor
player .
Med iapla yervo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Play composer s/musicgenres> Play
"Yellow Submarine" The
names ofall available tracks,albums, artis ts, com poser sor genres
ar eacce pteddur ing thesear ch.In thecase ofaclear searchresult the
tr ac kfo und ispla yedbac kimmediat ely.
Play track Playsong "SoWhat" The
available tracksarepla yedbac k.
Play album Playalbum "ANight atthe Opera" The
available albums arepla yedbac k.
Play artist I wanttolist en totheart ist
"Madon na" The
available artis ts arepla yedbac k. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 32
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Home
screen overvie w 1
Onthehome screen: displa ysthefirs tth re e
applic ations
In other displa ys:cal lsup thehome screen
2 Calls upthepr ofile
3 Calls uptheglobal search
4 SOS NOTREAD Ydispl ayonl ywhen the
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callsy stem isno t
av ailable 5
Displays,fo rex am ple networkdispla y,bat‐
te ry status ofthemobile phoneconnect ed,
signal stre ngt hof themobile phonenetwork,
tim e
6 Calls up theNo tification sCent er
The star ind icat esnewno tificat ions.
7 Calls upanapplic ationusin gth esymbol 8
Name oftheapplication, beneathth ecur rent
sel ecti onorinforma tion
9 Quick-acce ss(in th eex am ple: calls updes ti‐
nat ion entry,ent ersth edes tinat ionaddr ess
fo rhome)
A Number ofapp lications andcurrently selec‐
te ddispla yar ea 336
MBUX multimedia system

If
atime zone issetth etime issetaut omaticall y
using thetime zone.The time canbeadjus tedby
a max imum ofplus ormin us60 min utes. #
Adjus tth etime using theslide control.
Se tting theda te #
Select Set Date . #
Seta da te.
% Invehicles withGPS, adat ecanno tbe set
eve nwi th act ive man ualtimeadjus tment s.
The dateis then setaut omaticall yth ro ugh
th eselect edtime zone. Switc
hingvoice amplif ication tothere ar
on/ off(v ehic leswith long wheelbase) Re
quirement s:
R Your vehicle iseq uipped withth eBur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem ortheBur mes ter®
high-end 3Dsurround soun dsy stem.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
R Door s,side windo wsand thepanor amaroof
wit hpo we rtilt/sli dingpanel areclosed . R
Atleas tone seat beltisfastened onthere ar
ben chseat.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System 5
Audio
5 Voice Amplific ation
The func tion suppor tscomm unication between
th edr iver and front passeng erwit hpasseng ers
in there ar com partment .When voice amplif ica‐
tion tothere ar isact ivat ed, thesignals picked
up bythemicr ophone aream plif ied and played
bac kove rth espeak ersin there ar com partment ,
depen dingupon vehicle noise leve ls. An auto‐
matic adjustment occursbased onspeak ervol‐
ume andambien tnois ein order toimprov e
speec hint elligi bility andmaint ainthenatura l‐
ness ofspeec h. #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
Se tting theint ensit yof thevo ice amplif ica‐
tion #
Selec tVoice Amplificat ion-Int ensit y. #
Setth eint ensit yon thecon trol.
Depen dingontheint ensit yse t,th evo ice
am plif icat ion tothere ar isinc reased or
re duced. Blue
tooth® Inf
orma tion abou tBlu etoo th®
Bl ue tooth®
tech nol ogy isast andar dfo rshor t-
ra ng ewi reless datatransf erup toappr oximat ely
32. 8ft (10 m).
Yo ucan useBlue tooth®
to connect your mob ile
phon eto themultimedia system and usethefo l‐
lo wing functions,forex am ple:
R Han ds-free system withaccess tothefo llo w‐
ing option s:
- con tacts (/ page 429)
- call lists (/ page432)
R Interne tconnection (/page44 9)
R List ening tomusi cvia Blue tooth®
audio
(/ page46 0)
R Trans ferring busine sscar ds(vCar ds)intoth e
ve hicle MBUX
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Sof
twareupda tes 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 informati on
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
Fu rther information aboutsoftwareupdat escan
be found athttp s:// me. mer cedes-ben z.co m
Pe rfor min gasof twareup date
Re quirement s:
R Foron line updat es:an Interne tconne ction
is es tablished (/page44 9).
R Foraut omat icon line updat es:yo ur vehicle
has aper manent lyins talled com munic ation
module. Multim
ediasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Soft ware Update
Au tomatic ally #
ActivateAuto matic Onl ine Update.
Th eup dateswill bedownloaded andinstalled
aut omat ically.
The current status oftheupdat esisdis‐
pla yed.
Manu ally #
Switc hof fAuto matic OnlineUpdate. #
Select anupdat efrom thelis tand star tth e
updat e.
Ac tiv atin gthe softwa reupdat e #
Restar tth esy stem.
The modif ication sfrom thesof twareupdat e
will beactiv e.
Fu nction ofimpor tant system updates
Im por tant system updat esma ybe neces saryfo r
th esecur ityofyour mult imed iasystem's data. 37
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MBUX multimedia system

Ins
tallth ese updat es,orelse thesecur ityofyour
mult imed iasystem cann otbe ensur ed.
% Ifaut omatic softwareupdat esareactiv ated,
th esy stem updat eswill bedownloaded auto‐
maticall y(/ page37 8).
As soon asan upd ateis available fordo wnloa d,
a cor responding messageappea rson themedia
displa y.
Yo uha ve thefo llo wing selectionoption s:
R Accept andInstall
The updat ewill bedownloaded inthebac k‐
gr ound.
R Information
Inf ormation aboutthepending system
updat eis displa yed.
R Later
The updat ecan bedownloaded manuallyata
lat er time (/page37 8).
Dee psy stem updates
Dee psy stem updat esaccess vehicle orsystem
se ttings andcanther efor eonl ybe car ried out when
theve hicle isstatio naryand theignition is
switc hedoff.
If th edo wnload ofadeep system updat eis com‐
ple tedand theupdat eis ready forins tallation ,
yo uwill beinformed ofthis afte rth ene xt igni‐
tion cycle, forex am ple.
% Park theve hicle safely inasuit able location
bef orest ar tin gth eins tallation .
Re quiremen tsforth eins tallation :
R The ignit ionisswitc hedoff.
R Notesand warnings have been read and
acc epted.
R The elect ric pa rking brak eis applied.
If all requ iremen tsareme t,th eupdat ewill be
ins talled. Themultim ediasystem cann otbe
oper ated while theupdat eis being installed and
ve hicle functionsarere strict ed.
If er ro rs should occurduring theins tallation ,th e
multime diasystem automaticall yatt em ptsto
re stor eth epr ev ious version. Ifre stor ation ofthe
pr ev ious version isno tpossible ,a symbol
appear son themedia display.Please consulta qu
alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop toresol vethe
pr oblem. Re
setting themu ltim edia system (rese tfun c‐
tion) Multi
media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System 5
Reset
Pe rsonal datais dele ted, forex am ple:
R Statio npr ese ts
R Con nectedmobile phones
R Indiv idual userprofiles
% The gues tpr ofile isrese twhen these ttings
ar ere stor ed tothefa ct or yse ttings.
A pr om ptappear sag ain asking whe ther you
re all ywish torese t. #
Select Yes.
The multimedia system isrese tto thefa ct or y
se ttings. Ifyo uha ve seta PIN foryo ur sys‐
te m, this will also berese t. MBUX
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