MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 Owners Manual

St
andar ddispla y(e xa mp le)
1 Trip dis tance
2 Totaldis tance Tr
ip com puter(exa mp le)
1 Totaldis tance
2 Driving time
3 Averag espeed
4 Averag efuel consum ption Re
setting values ontheTr ip menu oftheon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Trip
% The spelli ngon themain menu displayed
ma ydif fer. Ther efor e, obser vethemenu ove
rview forth eIns trument Display
(/ page303).
Yo ucan rese tth eva lues ofthefo llo wing func‐
tion s:
R Trip dis tance
R Trip com puterFro mStart and FromReset
R ECOdispla y(/ page19 4) #
Toselect thefun ction tobe rese t:swipe
upw ards ordown wardson thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select Yes. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
If yo upr ess and hold thelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol, theva lues ofthefunc tion willberese t
immediat ely. Ins
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Callin
gup navig ation instruct ions ontheon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Navigation
The follo wing displa ysareav ailable inthena vig a‐
tion menu:
R Navig ation view
R Map view
R Full-sur face map view Ex
am ple: no chang eof dir ect ion ann oun ced
1 Distance tothene xt chang eof dir ect ion
2 Distance tothene xt des tinat ion 3
Estimat edarriva ltim eat next des tination
4 Current road Ex
am ple: chang eof dir ect ion ann oun ced
1 Distance tothech ang eof dir ect ion
2 Road towhic hth ech ang eof dir ect ion leads
3 Chan ge-of-d irection symbo l
4 Recomme ndedlane (whit e)
5 Possible lane
6 Lane notre comme nded(darkgray ) Fu
rther possible displayson theNavigation
menu:
R Direc tionofTravel: displayof dir ect ion of
tra veland road cur rentl ybe ing trave led on.
R New Route. ..or Calculatin gRoute. ..:a ne w
ro uteis bein gcalc ulated.
R Road NotMappe d:th ero ad isunk nown, e.g.
fo rne wly builtro ads.
R NoRout e: no routeco uld becalc ulatedto
th eselect eddes tinat ion.
R Off Map: themap forth ecur rent locati onis
no tav ailable.
R Area ofDe st.Reach ed:when anintermedi ate
des tinatio nis reac hed, theint ermediat edes‐
tinat ionflag will bedispla yedwit hth enum‐
ber oftheint ermediat edes tinat ionÎ.
Af terth is, routeguidan cewill continue .On ce
th edes tinat ionisreac hed, thech eckered
fl ag Í willbedispla yed. Ro uteguidan ce
will nowbe comp lete #
Toexitth emenu :pr ess thebac kbutt onon
th elef t. 31
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Ve
hicl eswith theMB UX multim edia system:
Yo ucan also star tna vig atio nto one ofthe
re cent destina tions ontheNavigation menu: #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toselect ades tinat ion:swipe upwards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Ro uteguidan cewill star t.
If ro uteguidan cehas already been activat ed,
a qu erywill appear askingwhether youwish
to end thecur rent routeguidan ce. #
Select Yes. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Ro uteguidan cewill star t. Select
ingradio station susin gth eon-boa rd
com puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 Radio 1
Freq uency rang e
2 Statio n
3 Name oftrac k
% The illus tration showstheIns trument Display
in theWi descr eenCockpit
When yousele ctast atio nfrom thememor ypr e‐
se ts, thepr ese twill appear next to thest atio n
nam e.When yousele ctasa ve dstatio nin the fr
eq uency rang e, an asterisk will appea rne xt to
th est atio nnam e. #
Toselect ara dio station :swi peupw ards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Select ingthefreq uency rang eor memor y
pr ese t #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Swip eupw ards ordown wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. In
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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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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
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Selec
tingwhat theHead -upDispla ysho ws (Ex
am ple)
1 Toswitc hth eHead-up Displayon/ off
2 Leftdispla yar ea
Na vig ation system
Inc lination ,gr adient andcompass
Av erag econ sum ption
G-me ter
3 Centraldispl ayarea
Se tspee din thedr iver assis tance system,
e.g. cruise control
Wa rnings from driver assis tance systems,
e.g. distance warning 4
Right displa yar ea
Tr af fic Sign Assist
Ve hicle leve l
Dif fere ntia l
Assi stant displa y
5 Toadjus tth eposition ,br ightn essand lowe r
displa yar ea
6 Inde xpoint s
7 Lowe rdisp lay ar ea
Displa yar eas 2to4 that areno tre qu ired can
be hidden .
% Inaudio mode, thest atio nnam eor trac kwill
be sho wntemp orarily when theaudio source
is being activelyoper ated. Inaddition, the
lat estcalls willbedispla yedwhen thete le‐
phon elis ton theIns trument Displayis
activ elyoper ated. #
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards on the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. Hea
d-up Disp lay Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y The
Head- upDis playpr oje ctsinf ormat ionabove
th ecoc kpit intoth edr iver's field ofvision, e.g.
th espeed oftheve hicle, information from the
na vig ation system ordriver assis tance systems
and some warning mess ages.
Depe ndingon theve hicle's equipment, differe nt
cont entcan besho wnintheth re edispla yar eas
of theHead-up Display(/ page31 3). 31
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Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

Disp
layelem ents 1
Navig ation instructions
2 Current speed
3 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
4 Setspe edinthedr iver assis tance system
(e.g. cruise control)
Sy stem limit s
The visib ilityofthedispla yswill beaffect ed by
th efo llo wing condition s:
R Seat position
R Imag eposit ionsetting
R Ambient light R
Wetro adw ay
R Objects onthedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses
% Inextreme sunli ght, sectio nsofthedispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youcan correct this
by switc hingtheHead-up Displayof fand on
ag ain. Switc
hingtheHead -upDispla yon/of fvia the
mu ltim edia system Multi
media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Quick Access #
Select HUD.
The Head-up Displayis activ ated. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 31
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No
teson oper ating safety &
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. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent from
ope rating mob ile comm unicati onequip ‐
ment while th eve hicle isin mo tion
Mobile communication sde vices distract the
dr iver from thetraf fic situ ation. Thiscou ld al
so cau sethedr iver tolose control of the
ve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com‐
municat ionsdevices when theve hicle is
st atio nary. #
Asave hicle occupant, onlyuse mobile
communication sde vices inthear eas
int ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthe
re ar passe nger com partment . &
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. Fo
ryo ur ow nsa fety,al wa ys obser vethefo llo w‐
ing point swhen operatingmobile communic a‐
tion seq uipmen tand espec iallyyo ur voice con ‐
tr ol system:
R Obser vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecoun‐
tr y in whic hyo uar edr ivin g.
R While drivin g,on lyop eratemobi lecom mun i‐
cat ionseq uipme ntand your voice con trol
sy stem when thetra ffic con dition sper mit it.
Yo uma yot her wise bedistract ed from the
tr af fic condi tions andcausean acci dent,
inju ring yourself and other s. 31
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Voice Cont rolSy stem

R
Ifyo uuse thevo ice con trol system inan
emer gency your voice can chang eand your
te lephon ecall, e.g.anemer gency call,can
th er eb ybe unnec essarilydela yed.
R Famili arize yourself withth evo ice con trol
sy stem func tionsbef orest ar tin gth ejour ney.
R Com plywit hth eloading guidelines
(/ page12 7). Oper
ation Ov
ervie wof oper ating themu ltifunct ion
st eer ing wheel The
Voice Cont rolSy stem isoper ational approx‐
imat elyth irty seco ndsafte rth eignition is
switc hedon. 1
Press thero ck er switc hup: £ star ts the
dialog
2 Press thecon trol kn ob: 0063 switchesthe
sound offor on (ends thedialog)
Tu rn thecon trol kn ob up/do wn:increases/
decr eases thevo lume
3 Press thero ck er switc hdo wn: 0076 rejects /
end sa cal l(e nds thedialog) Conducting
adialog Fo
rth edialog withth eVo ice Cont rolSy stem,
yo ucan usecomp lete sent ences ofcolloq uial
langua geasvoice com mand s,suc has, forex am‐
ple, "Please showme thelis tof thelas tcalls" or
"Ho wwa rm isitouts ide?". Itis no tnec essar yto
fi rs tch ang eto there leva nt applica tionsu ch as
"T eleph one" or"Vehic lefun ction ". #
Toactiv ateor continue dialogby using a
ke yw ord: say"Hello Mercedes" toact ivat e
th eVo ice Cont rolSy stem. Voice activation
mus tbe switc hedoninthemultimedia sys‐
te m (/ page31 8).Fo rth is, itis no tnec es‐
sar yto press upthe£ rock er switc hon
th emultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
Vo ice activation canalso bedirect lycom ‐
bined withavo ice com mand ,e.g. "Hi
Mer cedes ,ho wfast can Idr ive?" .
or #
Press the£ rock er switc hup on themul‐
tifun ction steer ing wheel.
Yo ucan saya vo ice com mand afte ran
acou stic sign al. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 317

#
Tocor rect an ent ry:sa yth eCorrect ion
vo ice com mand . #
Toselect anentr yfrom theselecti onlist:
sa yth eline number orthecon tents. #
Tobrows eth eselection list:sa yth eNext
or Back voice com mand . #
Tointerru pt thedia log: sayth ePause voice
com mand .
The dialog canbecon tinued withth e"Hello
Mer cedes" voice com mand orby pressing up
th e£ rock er switc hon themultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel. #
Tojum pto thepr eceding dialog: sayth e
Back voice com mand . #
Tojum pbac kto theto pdial ogleve l:sa y
th eHome voice com mand . #
Tocancel thedia log: sayth eClose voice
com mand orpress the0063 or0076 button
on themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel. #
Tointerru pt avo ice outp ut:speak inthe
middl eof avo ice dialog whenthesy stem is
st ill answ ering.
The voice output isshor tened andthecon ‐
clusion isreac hed morequ ickl y.
% The Speak During VoiceOutput option must
be switc hedoninthemultimedia system for
th is (/ page31 8). Ov
erview ofoper able functions intheVo ice
Contr olSy stem Yo
ucan usetheVo ice Cont rolSy stem tooper ate
th efo llo wing functionsdepen dingontheve hicle
eq uipment :
R Telephon e
R Text mes sage s
R Navig ation
R Address book
R Radio
R Media
R Vehicle functions
R Weather Fu
llfunc tionality isonl yav ailable foryo uwit h
act ivatio nof onlinevo ice con trol (/ page31 8). No
teson thelangu agese tting Yo
ucan chang eth elanguag eof theVo ice Con‐
tr ol Sy stem viathesy stem languag ese ttings. If
th ese tsy stem languag eis no tsuppor tedby the
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem, English will beselec ted.
The Voice Cont rolSy stem isavailable inEn glish,
Fr enc h,Po rtuguese andSpan ish. Se
tting theVo ice Contr olSy stem (mu ltim e‐
dia system) Re
quirement s:
R Foron line voice contr ol:your vehicle is
conn ectedwithyo ur Mer cedesme user
acc oun t(/ page44 5).
R Thereis an Inte rn et connecti on
(/ page 449).
R Foron line use ofcontac ts: online voice
con trol isact ivat ed. 31
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