MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 Owners Manual

Pr
essing brief lydele testh elas tch aract er
ent ered
Pr essi ngand holdi ngdele testh eent ry
5 Entersa sp ace
6 Switche sto input using theke yboar d
7 Accep tsan entr y
8 Writes charact erson thedr aw ing surface
If av ailable, thep symbol allowsyouto
ch ang eto voice input. #
Call upthech aract erent ryto rename a
fa vo rite ,fo rex am ple (/ page35 7). #
When theke yboar dis disp laye d, select v. #
Write th ech aract erwit hon efing er on the
to uc hsc reen.
The charact erisent ered ininput line 1.
Sugg estio ns aresho wnin2. #
Toselect asugg estion: select oneofthe
ent ries. #
Ifav ailable, displayaddit ionalsugg estio ns
wit h0047 or0048. #
Resume charact erinput. Theletter scan be
wr itten next to eac hot her orabo veeac h
ot her . #
Toend charact erentr y:press brief lyon
G.
Se tting theke yboar dfo rch aract erentr y
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 Setting s5
System 5
Contr ols
5 Keyboards andHandwrit ing #
Conf irm Select keyboards.
Select theke yboar dlan guag ein thelis t. Sy
stem settings Displa
y Conf
iguringdisp layse ttings
Multi media system:
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Set ting s5
System
5 Design s& Display
Se tting thedesig n #
Sele ctDes igns. #
Sele ctClassic ,Spo rtor Prog ressive.
The mult imedia system displa ych ang es
depen dingon thest yle select ed.Ifyo ure ve rt
to thefa ct or yse ttings, theClassic style is
se t. #
Toadjus tth eam bient lightingtoast yle:
selec tAm bien tLight ingAdjustm ent.
This function adjus tstheambient lightingfor
th eselect eddispla yst yle.
Se tting thedisp laybr ight ness #
Sele ctDis play Bright ness. #
Sele ctabr ight nessva lue.
Switc hingthedisp laysur round lighting
on/ off #
Select Illuminate DisplayIndirectly.
The indir ectlighting isswi tched onoroff.
Swi tching thedisp layof f/on #
Off:selec tDis play Off. #
On: press abutt on,002B, forex am ple.
Select ingthedisp laydesig n #
Sele ctDay/ Night Design. MBU
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Select Autom atic,Day DesignorNig ht
Desi gn.
Sw itchin gthe temp eratur edisp layon/of f #
Sele ctTempe rature Display. #
Sele ctOuts ideTemp. orCoolan tTemp. .
The selec tedte mp eratur eis displa yedin the
ins trumen tclus ter. Ti
me and date Se
tting thetim eand date aut omatic ally
Mul timedi asy stem:
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Set ting s5
System
5 Time andDate #
Deact ivat eManual TimeAdjustmen t.
The time anddatear ese taut omaticall yfo r
th eselect edtime zoneand summer time
op tion .
% The correct time isrequ ired forth efo llo wing
func tions:
R Routeguidan cewithtim e-depen dent
traf fic gu idance .
R Calcu lation ofexpect edtime ofarriva l. Se
tting thetim ezone
Re quirement s:
R Forthe manu altime zone:Auto matic Time
Zo ne issw itchedof f.
Mu ltimed iasystem:
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Set ting s5
System
5 Time andDate
Se tting thetim ezone manua lly #
Sele ctTime Zone:.
The listof coun tries isdispla yed.
% Ifth er ear ese veraltim ezon esavailable ina
coun try, these willbesho wnafte rth ecoun‐
tr y is select ed. #
Select acount ryand, ifre qu ired, atim e
zon e.
The timezon ese tis displa yedaf te rTime
Zone:.
Se tting thetim ezone automa tically #
ActivateAuto matic Time Zone. Se
ttin gthe time anddatefo rm at
Mul timedi asy stem:
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Set ting s5
System
5 Time andDate 5
Set Form at #
Setth edat eand time form at003B.
Se tting thetim eand date manu ally
Re quirement s:
R The Manual TimeAdjustm entfunc tion is
switc hedon.
R Forse ttin gthe datemanu ally:no GPSis
ins talled intheve hicle.
Multimedia system:
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Set ting s5
System
5 Time andDate
Se tting thetim e(wit hout timezone) #
Sele ctSet Time. #
Seta tim e.
Se tting thetim e(wit htim ezone) #
Sele ctSet Time. 37
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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:
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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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Blu
etoo th®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof Blue‐
to othSpecial Interes tGr oup (SIG) Inc.
% Interne tconn ection viaBlue tooth®
is no t
av ailable inall coun tries.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gBlue tooth®
Multimedia system:
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Set ting s5
System
5 Wi-Fi &Bluetoot h #
Switc hBluetoot hon oroff. Wi
-Fi Wi
-Fico nne ctio nove rview
Yo ucan useWi-Fi toestablish acon nection with
a Wi -Fi networkand toacc ess theInt erne tor
ot her networkde vices.
The follo wing connection option sar eav ailable:
R Wi-Fi conne ction
The Wi-Fi conne ctionto aWi -Fi-ca pable
de vice ,e.g .a mob ile pho neorata ble tPC is
es tab lished.
R Multim ediasystem asaWi -Fi hotspo t Usi
ngthis func tion,a ta ble tPC ornotebook
can becon nected, forex am ple. Theconnec‐
te dde vice canusethedat ata riff of theve hi‐
cle. Amaximum ofthre ede vices canbecon ‐
nect edwithth eho tspo tat thesame time.
% The useoftheve hicle datata riff by extern al
de vic es isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
To estab lish acon nection ,yo ucan usethefo l‐
lo wing methods:
R WPS PIN
The conn ection toasec ureWi -Fi networkis
mad evia aPIN .
R WPS PBC
The conne ctionto asec ureWi -Fi networkis
mad eby pressing abutt on(push button).
R Secur itykey
The conn ection toasec ureWi -Fi networkis
mad evia asecu rity key.
Se tting upWi-Fi
Re quirement s: R
Tosetup theWi -Fico nne ctio nof themu l‐
tim edia system withne wde vices: ther eis
no comm unication moduleinstalled.
R The device tobe con nectedsuppor tsone of
th eth re emeans ofcon nect iondescr ibed.
Multimedia system:
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Set ting s5
System
5 Wi-Fi &Bluetoot h
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gWi -Fi #
Sele ctWi-Fi .
If Wi -Fi issw itched on,youcan conn ect the
multime diasystem withex tern al ho tspo ts.If
Wi -Fi isde acti vated, comm unicationviaWi-Fi
to all devic es isint erru pte d.This also means
th at acon nectionto thecomm unication
module cannotbe established. Thensome
func tionssuc has dynamic routeguidan ce
wit hLiv eTr af fic Inf ormati onareno tav aila‐
ble.
Connect ingthemu ltim edia system witha
ne wde vice viaWi-Fi
Thi sfunction isavailable ifacom mun ication
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The
type ofconn ection established mustbe
select edon themultimedia system and onthe
de vice tobe con nected.
% The connection procedur ema ydif fer
dependin gon thede vice. Followtheins truc‐
tion sth at aresho wninthedispla y.Fu rther
inf ormation (seethemanuf acturer'soper at‐
ing instruction s). #
Select Internet Setting s. #
Select Connec tvia Wi-Fi. #
Select AddHotspot.
Connecting usingasecur itykey #
Select theop tion s0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Select Connect UsingSecu rityKey. #
Have thesecur itykeydisp laye don thede vice
to be con nected(see themanuf acturer's
oper ating instruction s). #
Enterth is secur itykeyon themultimedia sys‐
te m. #
Conf irm theent rywit h¡. %
Alldevic es suppor ta sec urity keyas a
mean sof conn ection .
Connec ting using aWPS PIN #
Selec tth eop tion s0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Select Connect viaWPS PINInpu t.
The multime diasy stem gener ates an eight-
di gitPIN . #
Enterthis PIN onthede vice tobe con nected. #
Conf irm theent ry.
Connect ingusin gabut ton #
Select theop tion s0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Select Connect viaWPS PBC. #
Select "Connect viaWPS PBC"in theop tion s
on thede vice tobe con nected(see theman‐
uf actur er'soper ating instruction s). #
Press theWPS buttononthede vice tobe
con nected. #
Select Continueinthemultimedia system. Ac
tiv atin gaut omati cco nn ectio n #
Select Connect viaWi-Fi. #
Select theop tion s0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
ActivatePe rma nent InternetConnecti on.
Co nnectin gwi th akno wnWi-Fi #
Sele ctConnect viaWi-Fi . #
Sele ctaWi -Fi network.
The conn ection ises tablished again.
Se tting upaWi -Fiho tspo t
Mul timed iasystem:
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Set ting s5
System
5 Wi-Fi &Bluetoot h
Conf iguringthemu ltim edia system asaWi -
Fi ho tspo t
The type ofconnection established depends on
th ede vice tobe con nected. The func tion must
be suppor tedby themultimedia system and by
th ede vice tobe con nected. The type ofcon nec‐
tion established mustbe select edon themulti‐
media system and onthede vice tobe con nec‐
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#
Select Veh icleHotsp ot. #
Select Connect DevicetoVeh icleHotsp ot.
Co nne cting using WPS PIN ge ner ation #
Select Connec tvia WPS PINGeneration. #
Enterth ePIN showninthemedia displayon
th ede vice tobe con nectedand confirm .
Connect ingusin gWPS PINentr y #
Sele ctConn ectviaWPS PINInput. #
Enterth ePIN that issho wnontheex tern al
de vic e's displa yon themultimedia system.
Connecting usingabutt on #
Select Connec tvia WPS PBC. #
Press thepush buttononthede vice tobe
con nected(see themanuf acturer'soper ating
ins truction s). #
Select Continue.
Connecting usingasecur itykey #
Select Connect DevicetoVeh icleHotsp ot.
A secu rity keyis disp laye d. #
Select theve hicle from thede vice tobe con ‐
nec ted. The vehicle isdispla yedwit hth eMB
Hot spot XXXXX networkname. #
Enterth esecur itykeywhic his sho wninthe
media display on thede vice tobe con nected. #
Conf irm theent ry.
Connect ingusin gNFC #
Sele ctConn ectviaNFC. #
ActivateNFC onthemobile device (see the
manuf acturer'soper ating instructions). #
Bring themobile device intoth eNFC area of
th eve hicle (/page426). #
Select Finished.
The mobile device isno wconn ectedtothe
multime diasystem hotspo tvia NFC.
Gener atingane wsecur itykey #
Select Veh icleHotsp ot. #
Select Genera teSecu rityKey.
A connecti onwillbe established withth e
ne wly crea tedsecur itykey. #
Tosave asec urity key:select Save.
When ane wsecur itykeyis save d, all existin g
Wi -Fi conne ctionsareth en discon nected.If
th eWi -Fi conne ctionsarebe ing re-es tab‐
lished, thene wsecur itykeymus tbe entere d. Mana
gingMBUX Touc hde vic es Re
quirement s:
R The MBUX Touc happ isins talled onthe
ex tern al de vic e(e. g.table tor smar tphon e).
R Wi-Fi isacti vated(/ page37 2) and themul‐
timedia system iscon figur edasaWi -Fi hot‐
spo t(/ page 373).
Mul timediasystem:
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Set ting s5
System
5 MBUX Touch
Connecting andauthor izing ane wde vice #
Select AuthorizeaNew Devic e. #
Select AddNew Devic eto List. 37
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#
Enterthesecur itykeyin theex tern al de vic e.
The Please start MBU XTouc hon your device
and follow theins truct ions.mes sage
appear s. #
Select Con tinue. #
The connectionre qu estfr om thede vice
Acc ept. #
Enterth ePIN shownontheex tern al de vic e.
The devic eis aut hor ized.
Au thorizing aconnect eddevice #
Sele ctAut hori zeaNew Device. #
Cont inue UsingConn ectedDev ices
The Please start MBU XTouc hon your devic e
and followtheins truct ions .mess age
appear s. #
Sele ctCont inue. #
The connectionre qu estfr om thede vice
Acc ept. #
Enterth ePIN shownontheex tern al de vic e.
The devic eis aut hor ized. De-a
uthor izin gth ede vice #
Sele ctDE AU THO RIZE DEVICE . #
Sele ctan aut hor ized devic efrom thelis t.
A pr om ptwill appear askingwhe ther you
wo uld liketo de-aut horize theselect ed
de vice. #
Select Continue. #
Select Yes.
The device isde-aut horized.
% The func tion isonl yav ailable forMer cedes-
Ma yba chvehicles. Switc
hingrear displa ysand thech ild safety
loc kfo rthe Rear Seat Entertai nment System
on/of f Multi
media system:
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Set ting s5
System
5 Parent alContr ol
Loc king theMB UX rear tab let #
Select MBUXTabletinRea r. #
Select Lock.
The MBUX rear table tis loc kedor unloc ked.
Loc king anextern al de vic e
This function isonly available forMer cedes-Ma y‐
bac hve hicles. #
Select anextern al de vic e. #
Select Lock.
The devic econ nectedvia theMBUX Remo te
Con trol app isloc kedor unloc ked. Sy
stem langu age No
teson thesy stem langu age
This function allowsyouto determ ine thelan‐
guag efo rth emenu displaysand thena vig ation
announ cements.The select edlanguag eaf fects
th ech aract ersav ailable forentr y.The navig ation
announc ementsar eno tav ailable inall lan‐
guag es.Ifalang uageis no tav ailable, thena vig a‐
tion announ cementswill beinEn glish. MBU
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Se
tting thesy stem langu age
Multi media system:
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Set ting s5
System
5 00A7 Language #
Setth elanguag e.
% Ifyo uar eusin gArabic mapdata,thete xt
inf ormati oncan also be sho wninArab icon
th ena vig ation map.Todo so, select 

#
Enterthefo ur -di git PIN. #
Select adat ast or ag emedium.
A pr om ptappear sask ing whe ther youre all y
wish tocar ryout theex por t. #
Conf irm thepr om pt.
The datais ex por ted. The dataex por tma y
ta ke severalmin utes.
% Aftersuccessfu lex por t,th edat ais save din
th e"MyMer cedesBac kup" direct orywhic h
can befound onthestor ag emedium. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPI N protection Re
quirement s:
R Tounlo ckthePIN: ther eis an Interne tcon ‐
nect ion.
R AMer cedes meaccount exists at htt ps:/ /
me. secur e.mercedes -benz.com.
R Anindiv idual userprofile isact ive
(/ page35 1). Multim
ediasystem:
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Set ting s5
System
5 PIN Protec tion
Se tting thePIN #
Sele ctSet PIN. #
Entera fo ur -di git PIN. #
Enterth efo ur -di git PIN again.
If bo th PINs match,PIN protect ion isactiv e.
Changing thePIN #
Sele ctChang eSet tings. #
Enterth ecur rent PIN . #
Select Chang ePIN . #
Seta ne wPIN .
Ac tiv atin gPI N protection fordat aex por t #
Select Prote ctData Export .
Ac tivateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
Un bloc king thePIN viatheMer cedes mepor‐
tal
If th ePIN has been entered incor rectl yth re e
tim es,th ePIN willbebloc ked. Youcan have a sing
le-use passwordsent toyouvia the
Mer cedes meconn ectonline portalto rese tth e
PIN protect ion. #
Select UnlockPIN. #
Enterth esing le-use password.
PIN protect ion isrese t,and youcan seta
ne wPIN. Sof
twareup date Inf
orma tion onsof twareup dates
A sof twareup date consi stsof thre esteps:
R Downloading orcop ying ofthedat are qu ired
fo rins tallation
R Installation oftheupdat e
R Activati on oftheupdat eby restar tin gth e
sy stem
The multimedia system prov ides amess age
when anupdat eis available.
De pen dingon thesour ce,youcan perform vari‐
ous updat es: 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:
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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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