MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 Owners Manual

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Next trackS tartthe next song/vi deocli p/f ilm Pl
ay sbac kth ene xt tra ck.
Previous track Playthelast song/ track/clip again Pla
ysbac kth epr ev ious trac k.
Repeat this track I'dliketo list en tothis track again The
current trac kis play ed bac kfrom thebeginnin g.
Play similar music I'dlike tohear similar music Pla
ysbac ksimilar tracks.
Play random music Playmearandom track Pla
ysbac kra ndo mtrac ks.
Rand omplaybac kon Turnrandom playbac kon Swi
tches torando mmod e.
Ra ndo mtrac klist off Switch offshu fflemod e Swi
tches offra ndo mmod e.
Wha tam Ilisteni ngto? Whichmu sic is cur rentl ypl ay ing ? The
informa tionab ou tth etra ck cur rentl ypl ay ing isread aloud. Ov
ervie wof mes sagevo ice comm ands Messag
escan becreat ed, edit edand listened to
usin gth emessag evo ice com mand s.The follo w‐ ing
listof fers jus ta sma llsel ecti onofthepossi‐
ble messag ecomm ands.Youwill recei veaddi‐
tio nal sugg estio ns ifyo usa yHel pfor mes sagin g. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 329

Messag
evo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Text message to Iwould liketowrite anew textto
"John Doe's mobile number" Cr
eat esate xt mes sage .All address bookname sar eav ailable.
Tex tmes sage to Iwould likeyou towrit eanew text
to "Jane Doe"with thefoll owin g
te xt:"I am runninglate " Wr
ites ate xt mes sage totheper son ment ioned. Thecontent ofthete xt
can bespo kenimm ediate ly ifonlin evo ice con trol has been activat ed.
Read outnew textmess ages Iwould likeyou toread outthe
new textmess ages Re
ads outnewtext mes sage s.
Read outthelast text message
from I
woul dlike you toread outthelast
text message from"John Doe" Re
ads outthelas tte xt mes sage from theper son ment ioned. Ov
ervie wof vehicl evo ice comm ands Yo
ucan usetheve hicle voice com mand sto
dir ect lycall upthecor responding menusforth e
ve hicle settin gsand oper ateve hicle functions. The
follo wing listof fers jus ta sma llsel ecti onof
th epossible vehicle voice com mand s.Yo uwill
re cei veaddit ionalsugg estio ns ifyo usa yHel p
for veh icle settings orHel pfor veh icle function s.
% Ifno seat orside ismen tionedfo rcom‐
mands that relat eto aseat orside ofvehicle th
en allaction sar ecar ried out automatic ally
fo rth edr iver's seat. 330
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Ve
hicl evo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Temperature colder Iwould liketoreduce thetemper a-
ture Lo
we rsthete mp eratur eof theair con ditionin gsy stem.
Air recirc ulation on Iwould liketoactivat ethe aircirc u-
lation Switc
hesonair recir cul ation mod efo rth eair con ditionin gsy stem.
Autom aticclimate control driver onIwould liketoswitch onthe auto-
matic climate control forthe driv-
er's seat Switc
hesonaut omatic climatecon trol forth edr iver's orfront passeng er
side.
Ambien tlight blue Iwould liketoset the inter iorlight-
ing toblue Switc
hestheambiance light,e.g.toblue.
Wave massage driveron Iwould liketoswitch onthe wave
massage forthe driver' sseat Switc
hesonthewav emassag efo rth edr iver's orfront passeng erseat.
Massage driver'sseatoff Switchthe driver's sidemassage
off Switc
hesoffth emassag efunc tion forth edr iver's orfront passeng erseat.
Seat heating driveron Iwould liketoswitch onthe seat
heating forthe driver's seat Switc
hesontheseat heating forth edr iver's orfront passeng erseat.
Seat heating frontpassenger level
2 Seat
heating front-passenger on
level 2 Se
tstheseat heating forth edr iver's orfront passeng erseat toleve l2. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 33
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Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Current speedlimit Iwould liketohear thespeed limit Calls
upthecur rent spe edlimit.
Ou tsid etemp erature Iwo uld like tofind outwh atthe
temp erature outsid eis like Ca
lls up theoutside temp eratur e.
Aver ageconsumption Whatisthe curren taverage con-
sumption ? Calls
upave rage consu mption.
Veh icleda ta Canyo uplea se disp laythe vehicle
da ta menu ? Ca
lls up theve hicle data.
Range Tellmethe current range Call
sup thecur rent rang eda ta.
Assi stance menu Showmethe driver assista nce set-
ting s Dis
play sth eassis tance settings .
Cl ima tecontro lmenu Iwo uld like tosee theclima tecon-
trol menu Disp
lays theclimat econ trol settings.
Light menu Iwould liketochange thelight set-
ting s Displa
ysthelight settings.
Seats menu Iwould liketoswitch toseat menu Displa
ystheseat adjus tmentse ttings. 332
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Massage menu Iwould liketoswitch tothe mas-
sage seatmenu Displa
ysthemassag ese ttings.
Next servic eT ellme mynextservic eappoint-
ment Calls
upthene xt ser vice duedate. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 333

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
4
MB UX multim ed iasystem

%
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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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

B
Calls uptheair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page17 3)
C Callsup SUG GEST IONS,THEMES and
FAVOR ITES Ce
ntr alco ntr oleleme ntsoverview 1
Touc hCon trol
2 Media displaywit hto uc hfun ction alit y
3 Touc hpad To
uc hCon trol Oper
ating Touc hCon trol (MBUX multimedia
sy stem) 1
© button
Sho wsthehome screen and calls upappli‐
cation s MBUX
multimedia system 33
7

Sho
wssugg estions, themes andfavo rite s:
when thehome screen issho wn, swipe
do wn onTouc hCon trol 2.
2 Touc hCon trol
3 G button
Pr essing brief ly:re tur ns tothepr ev ious dis‐
pla y
4 Cont rolpanel forMBUX multimedia system:
ß rock er switc h
Pr ess down brief ly: sho wsfavo rite s
Pr ess down and hold: addsfavo rite sand
th emes
Contr olkn ob
Tu rn:ad jus tsthevo lume VOL
Pr ess: switc hesoffth esound 0063
0061 rock er switc h
Pr ess up:mak esoraccep tsacall
0076 rock er switc h
Pr ess down: rejects orend sa cal l
Yo ucan navig atein men usand lists via the
to uc h-sen sitive sur face ofTouc hCon trol 2 by
usin ga sing le-fingerswip e. #
Toselect themenu item orentr y:swipe
up, down, leftor right. #
Press Touc hCon trol 2. #
Toent erach aract er:ent erach aract er
usin gth eke yboar d. #
Tomo vethedigita lma p:swipe inany
dir ect ion.
Se tting thesensit ivityfo rthe Touc hCon trol
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Contr ols5
Touch ControlSens itivity #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow .
Se tting acous ticoper ating feedba ckforthe
To uc hCon trol
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Contr ols
The func tion issuppor tedby theselect ionina
lis t. #
Select Acoustic Operatin gFeedback. #
SetNormal, LoudorOff.
If th efunc tion isactiv ated youwill hear a
clic kingsoun dwhen scrolling inalis t.When
th ebeginnin gor end ofthelis tis reac hed
yo uwill hear another clic king sound. To
uc hscr een Oper
ating theto uc hscr een
Ta pping #
Toselect amenu item orentr y:tapon a
symbol oran ent ry. #
Toincr ease thema pscale: taptwice
qu ickl ywit hone fing er. #
Toreduce themap scale :ta pwit htw ofin‐
ge rs. #
Toent ercharact erswi th theke ypad: tap
on abutt on.
Sing le-fingerswipe #
Tonavig atein menus: swipeup,down, left
or right. 338
MBUX multimedia system