service MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 User Guide

0061
Makes/accep tsacall
0076 Rejects /end sa cal l
5 00E2 Calls up thehome screen
6 Touc hCon trol mult imed iasystem
7 0038 Backbutt on Oper
ating theon-boa rdcom puter
Mer cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers. &
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. Obser
vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecount ry
in whic hyo uar ecur rently drivi ng when operat‐
ing theon- boar dcom puter.
% The on-boar dcom puterdispla yswill appear
on themultifunc tiondispla y(/ page306). The
on-boar dcom puterisoper ated using left-
hand Touc hCon trol 2 and thelef t-hand back/
home button1.
When theon- boar dcom puterisbeing operated,
dif fere nt aco ustic signa lswillsou ndasoperati ng
fe edbac k,e.g. when theend ofalis tis reac hed
or when youar esc rolling thro ugh alis t.
The follo wing menusareav ailable:
R Assist anc e
R Phon e
R Navi gation
R Trip
R Radio
R Media
R Design s& Dis p.
R Service
The men uscan becalle dup from themenu bar
on themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Tocall upthemenu bar:brief lypress back
butt ononthelef t1 until themenu baris
displa yed. Ins
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R
Navig ation
R Trip
R Radio
R Media
R Styles and displa y
R Service 4
Displa ycon tent, right (exa mp le:tac home ter)
Displa ycont entsele ction, right :
R Tach ome ter
R Averag efuel consum ption
R ECOdispla y R
Navig ation
R G-me ter
R Assi stant displa y
R 4MA TIC
R Sus pen sion (equipme nt-de pen dent) Ov
ervie wof dis pla yson themu ltifunct ion
disp lay 1
Outs idetemp eratur e
2 Time
3 Digit alspeed ometer
4 Display section
5 Drive pr ogr am
6 Trans miss ionposit ion 306
Instru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter

Fu
rther displa yson themultifunc tiondispla y:
0097 Gear
shiftre comme ndation (/page 202)
u ActivePa rking Assist(/ page283)
é Parking AssistPA RK TRONI Cdeac tiva ted
( / pag e27 3)
î DSR(/page 233)
h Cruise contr ol(/ page23 1)
ç ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI C
(/ page 235)
ê ActiveBr ak eAssi st(/ pag e23 1)
à ActiveSt eer ing Assis t(/ page24 2)
ð ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist(/ page29 4)
± ActiveLa ne Chang eAssi st(/ pag e24 4)
00D6 ECO
star t/ stop funct ion(/ page19 2)
00D9 HO
LD functio n(/ page 249)
00CE Ad
aptiveHig hbeam Assis t(/ page15 8)
Ve hicl eswith Traf fic Sign Assis t:De tected
ins tructi ons and traf fic sig ns (/ page 289) .
Fo ran overvie wof theindicat orand warning
lam ps,see (/page62 1). Ad
jus tingthe inst ru men tlighti ng #
Turn brightn esscontrol 1 upordown.
The lightin gof theIns trument Displayand in
th econ trol element sof theve hicle interior is
adjus ted. Menus
andsubmenu s Calling
upfunctions ontheSer vice menu of
th eon-boa rdcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Service #
Toselect afunction: swipeupwards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Fu nctio nson theServ icemenu:
R Messag ememor y(/ page56 7)
R Tires :
- Restar tth etir epr essur eloss warning
sy stem (/ page52 1)
- Chec kth etir epr essur ewit hth etir epr es‐
sur emonit or(/ page51 9)
- Restar tth etir epr essur emonit or
(/ page520)
R ASSYST PLUS: calluptheser vice duedate
(/ page47 6)
R Coo lant: cool anttemp eratur edispla y
R Engine OilLevel :engine oilleve l Ins
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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

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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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int
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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Re
naming favo rite s #
Tapon © inthemedia display.
The home screen issho wn. #
Swipe upuntil FAVO RITES issho wn. #
Press onafa vo rite unt ilth eOPTIONS menu
is sho wn. #
Select Rename. #
Enterth ename. #
Select OK.
Mo ving favo rite s
Mo ving favo rite sin thefa vo rite smenu #
Tapon © inthemedia display.
The home screen issho wn. #
Swipe upuntil FAVO RITES issho wn. #
Press onafa vo rite unt ilth eOPTIONS menu
is sho wn. #
Select Move. #
Movethefa vo rite to thene wposition . #
Tapon 00FB. Mo
ving thefa vo rite smenu intheper sonali ‐
za tion #
Tapon © inthemedia display.
The home screen issho wn. #
Swipe upuntil SetNew Order issho wn. #
Select SetNew Order. #
MoveFavo rites tothene wposition . #
Tapon 00FB.
Dele ting favo rite s #
Tapon © inthemedia display.
The home screen issho wn. #
Swipe upuntil FAVO RITES issho wn. #
Press onafa vo rite unt ilth eOPTIONS menu
is sho wn. #
Select Delete. #
Select Yes. No
tificatio nsCenter Ov
erview oftheNo tificatio nsCenter
The follo wing communic ationsar ecollec tedin
th eNo tification sCent er:
R Communicat ionswhichar ege ner ated bythe
ve hicle orfrom multimedia system.
R Communicat ionswhichar ere cei vedth ro ugh
th euse ofser vices.
The follo wing notificat ion types areav ailable for
yo u:
R Navig abl edes tinations androutes
R Mess ages (tex tmes sage s)
R System information ,e.g. Import antSoft ware
Update Available
R Other notification s,e.g. from additional
online services that can besubsc ribed to
The 3 Notificati ons Center can befound on
th ehome screen, inmenus andattheto pright
of thena vig ation map(/page336).
Ne wlyre cei vedmessag eswill beindicat edwith
a st ar inthe3 symbol. MBUX
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No
tifications arenor mally brief lysho wnasthey
ar ere cei ved. This occursfo rnear lyeve ryappli‐
cat ion that youar ecur rently using .If yo uta ke
no acti on, these arestor ed forfutur eaccess in
th eNo tification sCent er.
The notification sar esor tedch ronol ogically.The
mos tre cent notifica tions areat theto p. A
no tification showsthefo llo wing informatio n:
R Symbo lor imag e1 forth eapplication
R Title 2, which cont ains thename, ate le‐
phon enumb eror ana vig ation destination ,
fo rex am ple
R The serviceand addit ionalinf ormat ion3 R
Atim est am p5
R Ifse veralact ions areav ailable, symbol4 to
open orclose theno tification .
Depen dingonthetype ofnotification ,up tofour
dif fere nt acti ons 6areav ailable.
Ex am ples ofact ionsinc lude:
R Read aloud
R Plac ingacall
R Reply
R Calling upawe bpag e
R Navig ation
Some notificatio ns,e.g. ana vig ation destination,
ar estor ed long er.Ther efor e, itis no tnecessar y
to car ryout available actionsdir ect lyon the
re cei ptoftheno tification s.Aro uteguidan cecan
be star tedat alat er time.
% Youcan star ta global searchintheNo tifica‐
tions Center (/ page 360). Call
ingupnotificati ons
Open ingtheNo tificatio nsCenter #
On the touc hpad: swipedown withtw ofin‐
ge rs.
or #
On theto uc hscr een:ta pon the3 sym‐
bol forth eNo tification sCent er.
or #
On theTo uc hCon trol and ontheto uc h‐
pad: markth e3 symbol forth eNo tifica‐
tions Center by swiping. #
Press onthecon trol element .
Selecting ano tification #
Swipe upordown. #
Tapor press onthecon trol element .
Calling upold notifications
If no tification sha ve notbe en called up afte rfo ur
hour s,these arestor ed inthear ch ive. #
Swipe upwards and selec tAr chiv e. #
Selec tth eno tification . 358
MBUX multimedia system

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

•
To sho wHighway Information
• ViaAdv ancedoptio ns touse View ,
An nounc eme ntsand Rout e
% The optio ns areno tav ailable inall coun tries.
% Youcan enter3 wo rdaddr esse sin theonline
sear ch(/ pag e38 7). This option isno t
av ailable inall coun tries. Des
tination entry No
teson des tinat ionentr y &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng integr ated commu nication equip‐
ment whiletheve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper ateco mm unic ationeq uipme nt
int egrat edintheve hicle when driving, you
will bedistract edfrom thetra ffic situat ion.
This could alsocause youto lose control of
th eve 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.
Ent ering aPOI oradd ress &
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.
Re quirement s:
R Forthe online search :Me rcedes mecon‐
nect isavailable.
R Youha ve setup auser account inthe
Mer cedes meportal.
R The vehicle hasbeen activated foruse of
Mer cedes meconnect andyouha ve acc ep‐
te dth ete rm sand conditions forth eser vice.
Fu rther information canbefound at:
ht tp s:// www .merced es.me
R The serviceis available. 382
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