radio MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 User Guide

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Switc hto navigation Iwould liketogo tonavigation Switc
hestonavig ation
Swi tch toaddre ssbook Iwo uld like tosw itch tothe
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tches totheaddr essbook
Switc hto telephon eI wouldliketoswit chtothephon e Swit
ches tothete lephon e
Swit chtomess ages Canyouswitc hto mess ages
please? Swit
ches tothete xt mes sage applic ation
Swit chtoradio Iwould liketoswit chtotheradio Swit
ches toradio
Switc hto media Iwould liketoswitch tothe media
application Switc
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Switch tocomfort Iwou ldlike togo tothe comfort
app lication Switc
hestothecomf ortse ttings
Switc hto vehicle info Iwould liketogo tothe vehicle
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hestovehicle information
Switch tosettin gs Iwould liketogo tothe settin gs
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Ov
ervie wand oper ation Ov
ervie wof theMB UX multim edia system &
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. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system.
MBUX stands forMer cedes-Benz UserExper i‐
ence. 1
Touc hCon trol and contro lpanel forth e
MBUX multimedia system
Oper ating Touc hCon trol (/ page33 7)
2 Media displaywit hto uc hfun ction alit y
Hom esc reen ove rview(/ page336)
Opera tingth eto uc hsc reen (/ page338)
3 Touc hpad
Operatin gth eto uc hpad( /pag e33 9) 4
Con trol kn ob
Pr ess and hold:swit ches themultimedia sys‐
te m or disp lay on oroff
Pr ess brief ly:swi tches themut efunc tion
on/ off
Tu rn:ad jus tsthevo lume
5 Buttons forna vig ation, radio/media and
te lephon e
Calling upapplicat ions(/page34 7)
6 Buttons forve hicle functions/sy stem set‐
ting sand favo rite s/t hemes
Call ingupappli cations (/page34 7)
Yo ucan operat eth emultimedia system withth e
fo llo wing central control elemen ts:
R Touc hCon trol 1 and touc hpad 3
The operation forbo th contr oleleme ntsis
ac hie vedby cur sor contr ol.
R Med iadispl ay2
% Alternati vely,yo ucan cond uct adialog with
th eVo ice Cont rolSy stem (/ page31 7). 33
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Ifth eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX in-
car assis tant, select edfunc tions ofthemul‐
timedia system can beoper ated con tact-fr ee
as wellas turnin gth ere adin glight onoroff
(/ page34 2).
Nu mer ous application, online services, services
and appsar eav ailable foryo u. Youcan call
th ese upusing thehome screen orusing buttons
5 and 6next to theto uc hpad.
Yo ucan convenient lycall upand add favo rite s
usin gth eß rock er switc hon thesteer ing
wheel orusing theß buttonnext to the
to uc hpad. Quick-acc ess inthehome screen and
in theapplications servetoselect functions
mor equ ickl y.
If yo uuse thelear nfunc tion ofthemultimedia
sy stem, youwill recei vesugg estions during oper‐
ation ofthemos tpr obable navig ation destina‐
tion s,media sources, radio statio nsand con‐
ta cts. Theconf iguratio nof thesugg estion sta ke s
place inyour profile. Youcan comp ileyour pro‐
fi le from various vehicle settin gsand settin gsof
th emultimedia system. Youcan creat eth emes
fo rva rious driving situations inthehome screen as
wellas using theß rock er switc hor the
ß button.
The Notificati ons Center coll ects incom ingnotifi‐
cati ons, e.g.abou tan available softwareupdat e.
De pen dingon thetype ofnotification itof fers
va rious actions. Youcan calluptheNo tification s
Cent eron thehome screen and intheapplica‐
tion menus.
Wi th theglobal searchintheve hicle youcan
sear chon-boar dacr oss man ycat egor iesaswell
as onlin ein theInt erne t.Yo ucan usetheglobal
sear chinthehome screen and intheno tifica‐
tion s.
Pr otection agains tth eft
This devic eis eq uipped withte ch nica lpr ov ision s
to protect itag ains tth eft. Fu rther information on
pr otect ion agains tth eftcan beobt ained from an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. No
teson themed iadisp lay Obser
vetheno teson car ing forth eint erior
(/ page492). Au
tomatic temp eratur e-cont rolled switc h-
of ffe atur e:ifth ete mp eratur eis toohigh, the
br ightn essisinitiall yre duced automatic ally.The
media displayma yth en switc hof fcom pletely for
a while.
% Ifyo uar ewe aring polar izedsun glasses ,it
ma ybe difficul tto read themultimedia sys‐
te m disp lay. MBUX
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Swi
ping tothelef tof right across ~:
selects thepr ev ious ornext radio statio n/
music track
3 © button
Pr essi ng:sho wsthehome screen and calls
up applications
4 Touc hpad
% Calls upsugg estio ns,th emes andfavo rite s:
when thehome screen issho wn, swipe
do wn ontouc hpad 4.
Yo ucan navig atein men usand lists via the
to uc h-sen sitive sur face oftouc hpad 4byusin g
a sing le-fingerswip e. #
Toselect themenu item orentr y:mo ve
th eselect ionbyswiping up,down, leftor
ri ght. #
Conf irm theselect ionbypressing ontouc h‐
pad 4.
or #
IfTouc hpad Tapisact ivat ed, tapping issuf fi‐
cie nt(/ page 340). #
Toent erach aract er:sele ctach aract eron
th eke yboar d(/ pag e36 3).
or #
Write ach aract eron theto uc hpad withhan d‐
wr iting input . #
Tomo vethedigita lma p:when thedigit al
map issho wnwithth ena vig ation menu,
swipe upwithone fing er. #
Press theto uc hpad.
The digit almap canbemo ved. #
Swipe inall direct ions.
Use thefo llo wing functionswithatw o-f ing er
swipe: #
Tocall uptheNo tificatio nsCenter:sw ipe
do wn with twofing ers. #
Toclose theNo tificatio nsCenter:sw ipe
up with twofing ers. #
Tocall upthecontr olmenu ofthelas t
act ive aud iosour ce:swipe upwithtw ofin‐
ge rs. #
Tozoo minand outofthema p:mo vetwo
fi ng ersto get her orapar t. #
Toenlar georreduce thesize ofase cti on
of awe bsit e:mo vetwofing ersto get her or
apar t.
Se tting thesensit ivityfo rthe touc hpad
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Contr ols5
Touchpad Sensitivit y #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . #
Tosetth epr essur esensit ivity:switc h
Touchpad Taponoroff.
If th efunc tion isswitc hedon,ata pon the
to uc hpad isen ough toselect amenu item.
Switc hingthere ad-aloud functionforhan d‐
wr iting recognit ionon/of f
Re quirement s:
R The multim ediasystem iseq uipped witha
vo ice con trol system.
R The read-al oudfunction isavailable forth e
select edsystem languag e. 34
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Radio menu ormedia menu
- Map inthena vig ation
- ActivePa rking Assist
R Recogni tionoccu rsas thehand approaches
to appr oximat ely4 in (10 cm) from theto uc h‐
pad ortheto uc hsc reen.
Seat adjustm ents bythedr iver or front
pa sseng er
In theseat settings menu, theMBUX Interior
Assis tant detects prox imit yto various cont rol
element sof themultimedia system. Inaddition,
th eMBUX Interior Assis tant detects from which
seat theaction emanat es. Hand
approaching theto uc hsc reen Hand
approaching theto uc hpad #
When theseat settings aresho wn, moveyour
han dto wa rdsth eto uc hsc reen ortouc hpad.
The seat oftheper son oper ating, driver's
seat orfront passeng erseat, isenlar gedin
th emedia display.
The appr opriatecont rolelemen tsarepr e-
selec tedaut omatic ally. #
Depen dingonthefunc tion,th eper son oper‐
ating caneither switc hth efunc tion onoroff
dir ect lyor mak eot her settin gs.
Highlighting anapplication onthehom e
scr een
The MBU XInte rior Assis tant detects inwhi ch
ar ea thehand isin front oftheto uc hsc reen. The
displa yof objec tssho wnisadjus tedto improve
or ient ation. #
Moveyour han dto wa rdsth eto uc hsc reen.
The symbol forth eapplication isenlar ged.
The quick- acc ess applic ationswill behigh ‐
light ed. #
Con tinue operation ,e.g .selec ta qu ick-
acc ess applic ation.
% Further information aboutthehome screen
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Int
eraction area foroper ating thesear chlight #
Toswitc hon: reac hacr oss thefront
passeng erseat withyo ur han d.
The sear chlight isswitc hedonforth edr iver . #
Toswitc hof f:take your han dbac kaw ay
fr om thefront passeng erseat.
The sear chlight isswitc hedoffag ain. Se
ttings forthe MBUX Inte rior Assis tant
Mult imedia system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Interior Assist ant #
Toswitc hon full functionalit yof the
MB UX Interior Assis tant:selec tOn .
The optio nis act ivat ed 003B. #
Toactiv ateaddition alfuncti onsforre ad‐
ing and sear chlight s:select Including
Reading Light.
When theop tion isswitc hedon,thedispla y
butt onisactiv ated.
The func tionsfo rth ere adin gand search
light sar eact ivat ed inaddition tothepr ox im‐
ity func tions. #
Toswitc hof fth eMB UX Interior Assis‐
tant :selec tOff .
The optio nis act ivat ed 003B. Mai
nfun ctions Calling
upapplica tions 1
y button
Calls upvehicle functions
2 z button
Call sup navig ation
3 | button
Call sup radio ormedia
4 002B button
Calls upthete lephon e
5 ß button MBU
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Yo
ucan selectthepr ofile:
R When entering (/ page35 1)
R Using thehome screen (/page336)
The profile settings areactiv ated assoon asa
pr ofile isselect ed.
% When youcall upyour profile, thedr iver's
seat, steer ing wheel andoutside mirrors can
be set.
If yo ucall upyour profile when drivin gth en
th edr iver's seat position willnotbe adjus‐
te d.
Yo ucan cancelthese tting process withth e
fo llo wing actions :
R Tapon thePosition ingSeat andSteering
Wheel… Pleasetaptocanc el.warning on
th emedia display.
R Press one oftheseat operating buttons
in thedr iver's door . Pr
ofile cont ent
Depen dingontheve hicle equipment, thefo llo w‐
ing settings canbestor ed inyour profile, for
ex am ple:
R Driver' sseat ,st eer ing wheel andmirrorse t‐
tings
R Driver's seat memor y
R Radio (including statio nlis t)
R Lastdes tinatio ns
R Climat econ trol
R Ambien tlight ing
R DYNA MIC SELE CTI(individua l)
R Instrument Display,Hea d-up Display and
st yle (displa yst yle of themultimedia system)
R Themes, suggestion sand favo rite s
% Settings fordr iver assi stanc esy stems can‐
no tbe save din thepr ofile. Mer
cedes meconnect profile
If yo uuse apr ofile from Mer cedesme conn ect ,
th efo llo wing onlinefunc tionsar eav ailable, for
ex am ple:
R Youcan configur eth ese ttings intheve hicle
using theMer cedes meapp andthe
Mer cedes meportal.
R Youcan synchronize your profile on
Mer cedesme conn ect withth epr ofile inthe
ve hicle (/page35 1).
R Youcan add aper son alprofile pho tothat is
sho wnintheve hicle.
R Youcan take your profile and someof your
se tting swit hyo uin ne wvehicles.
Re quirement sfo rusi ng Mercedes mecon‐
nect profiles:
Fo rth eve hicle owner :
R Youha ve aMer cedesme user accoun t.
R The vehicle hasbeen connectedwithth e
user accoun t.
R The person alizatio nser viceis act ivat ed. MB
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ActivateSho wPro file Sel ecti onWh enGet-
ting In.
Wh entheve hicle isstar ted, themedia dis‐
pla ysho wstheactiv epr ofile. Them
es Ov
ervie wof themes
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 (/page352). 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
(/ page30 1)
R Setting oftheHead-up Display(/ page31 3)
R Setting oftheambient lighting(/page16 0)
R Activeau dio sou rce, e.g. radio orUSB
R Startin gsc reen forth emedia display
R Visual style (/ page369)
R DYNA MIC SELE CTdrive pr ogr am
(/ page19 8)
R Eco star t/ stop setting (/ page19 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 (/page352).
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. 352
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ermediat edes tination forth eex istin g
ro ute.
Conf iguringsuggestions
Re quirement s:
R Toprotect settings using aPIN: your pro‐
fi le iscon nectedwit hMer cedes meand your
Mer cedesme accoun tis PIN protect ed.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
f Profiles #
Select ufora pr ofile . #
Select SuggestionSettings . #
Toswitc hsugg estions displa yon/of f:
switc hAllow Destination Suggestion s,Allow
Music Suggestion sand Allow Contact Sug-
gestion son oroff.
If an option isswitc hedon,sugg estions for
na vig ation destinat ions ,media sources, radio
st atio nsorcon tacts aresho wn.
If th eop tion isswitc hedoff,no sugg estion s
ar esho wn. #
Todeac tivatethe lear nfunc tionfo ron e
da y:act ivat eDe act ivat e24 hInte lligen t
Lear ning.
Fo r24 hour sno newactions willbetrained
and nodat are cor ded forth eactiv epr ofile.
Sugg estion swill continue tobe sho wn. The
re maini ngtime issho wnnext to 24h Learn-
ing Deact. .
Bef oreth etime runs out,ames sage is
sho wnthat themultimedia system will con‐
tinue thelear nfunc tion shor tly.
Ex am ple: ifth eop tion isswitc hedonand a
ro uteto ane wdes tinatio nhas been calcula‐
te d, this des tination would notbe take nint o
acco untforth elear nfunc tion. #
Torese tth esugg estion history:sel ect
Re set Sug gesti on His tory .
% Thispr oce sscanno tbe reve rsed. #
Select Yes. #
Toprotect settings withaPIN: switchon
PIN Protec tion.
If PIN protect ion isswitc hedon,youmus t
en terth eMer cedes mePIN tosetth esug‐ ge
stions .This PINwillbesetin theMer cedes
me portalfo rth eper sonalizat ionservice to
pr otect your per son alsetting s.
Re naming suggestions
Onl yna vig ation destinat ions canberenam ed. #
Tapon the© symbol inthemedia display.
The home screen issho wn. #
Swipe upuntil theSUGGES TIONSmenuis
sho wn. #
Highlight ana vig ation destinat ionand press
until theOPTIONS menuissho wn. #
Select Rename. #
Enterth ename. #
Toconf irm theentr y:select Yes.
Dele ting asugg estion #
Tapon © inthemedia display.
The home screen issho wn. #
Swipe upuntil theSUGGES TIONSmenuis
sho wn. #
Highlight asugg estion andpress until the
OPTIONS menuissho wn. MBUX
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Select Dele te.
The queryas towhe ther thesugg estion is
dele tedte mp orarily or per manent lyappear s. #
Ifth esugg estion shou ldbe sho wnagain
at alat er tim e:selec tNot Now. #
Ifth esugg estion shou ldno tbe sho wn
ag ain: selec tNev er. Fa
vo rite s Ov
ervie wof favo rite s
Fa vorite sof feryo uqu ick acc ess tofreq uently
use dapp lications. Itis possi bletocrea te 20
fa vo rite sin tota l.
Yo ucan selectfavo rite sfrom categor iesoryou
add favo rite sdir ectl yfrom anappli cation.
Calling upfavo rite s
In themed iadisp lay #
Tapon ©.
The home screen issho wn. #
Swipe upuntil FAVORITES issho wn. On
thest eer ing wheel ortheto uc hpad #
Press theß rock er switc hon thesteer ing
wheel down.
or #
Press theß buttonnext to theto uc hpad.
Ad ding favo rite s
Selec tingfavo rite sfrom categor ies #
Tapon © inthemedia display.
The home screen issho wn. #
Swipe upuntil FAVO RITES issho wn. #
Select 0081Create Favorite.
The categor iesaredispla yed. #
Select thecat egor y.
The favo rite sar edispla yed. #
Select afa vo rite .
The favo rite isstor ed atthene xt available
posit ion. #
Allposi tionsin thefa vo rite sar etak en:
conf irm themessag esho wnwithOK.
A lis tsho wsallthefa vo rite s. #
Select afa vo rite whic hshould beove rwrit‐
te n. Ad
ding afa vo rite from anapplicatio n
Ex am ples ofadd ingfrom anapp lication are:
R Saving acont act.
R Stor ing ara dio statio n.
R Adding amedia source.
R Saving ana vig ation destination.
R Adding anENE RGIZING comfortpr ogr am (if
av ailable). #
Tosave aco ntact asagl obal favo rite :
sel ect acont act(/ page 429) .
The details aredispla yed. #
Press onate lephon enumb erunt ilth e
OPTIONS menuissho wn. #
Select SaveasFavorite.
The cont actisadded asafa vo rite . #
Tosto reara dio station asagl obal favo r‐
it e: seta ra dio statio n(/ page46 5). #
Press onthera dio statio nunt ilth eOPTIONS
menu issho wn. #
Select SaveasFavorit e.
The radio statio nis added asafa vo rite . 356
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