radio MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 Owner's Guide

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Select Electr.Program Guide.
Se tting parental controlforra dio
Mu ltimed iasystem:
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Select ParentalContr ol. #
Determ ine afo ur -di git charact erseq uenc e
and selec t¡.
All chann elswithadult content are lock ed. Un
loc king ach anne l #
Enterthefo ur -di git charact erseq uenc eand
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All chann elswithadult content are unlocked.
Music andspor taler tsfunction
This function enables youto prog ram an alertfor
yo ur favo rite artis ts,tr ac ks orspor tingevents.
Mu sic aler ts can besave dwhils ta tra ck isbeing
pla yedand spor taler tscan besave ddur ing a
liv ega me. Youcan also spec ifyspor taler tsvia
th emenu option .The system then con tinuousl y
sear ches thro ugh allthech ann els. Ifamat chis
fo und withast or ed aler t,yo uwill beinformed .
Se tting music and sportaler ts
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5 Alert s
Ac tiv atin gthe musi cin fo rm ation functi on #
ActivateMu sic Ale rts 0073.
Se ttin gamusi cale rt #
Select Add Alert. MBUX
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Select Artists orSong inthedialog window.
The alertis setfo rth ecur rent artis tor trac k.
If amatc his found ,a pr om ptappear sask ing
whe ther youwish tochang eto thest atio n.
Ac tiv atin gspo rtsinf ormat ion #
Activate0073 Activ ateSpo rtsAlerts.
Se ttin gaspo rtaler t #
Select AddAlert . #
Select thete am nam eor league inthedialog
windo w.
Dele ting ind ivid ualsp orts and music aler ts #
Selec tMan ageMusi cAl ert s.
or #
Selec tMan ageSport sAl ert s. #
Selec tan artist or trac k.
or #
Select ate am. #
Select DeleteSel ect edEntries .
All high light edaler tsaredele ted. Dele
ting allspor tsand music alerts #
Select Manage MusicAlerts.
or #
Select Manage SportsAlert s. #
Select DeleteAll Entries.
All aler tsaredele ted.
Inf ormat ionabout SmartFa vo rite sand
Tu neS tart
Fr om thest atio npr ese tsyoucan setup toeight
st atio nsasSm artFavo rite s. Smar tFavo rite sst a‐
tio ns areaut omat icallysa ve dto temp orar yst or‐
ag ein thebac kground .If yo uch ang eto aSm art
Fa vorite sst atio n,youcan repla y,pause or
activ elyskip forw ardor bac kto broadcas ts
whic hyo uha ve missed .If Tu ne Startis act ivat ed
and youch ang eto ano ther Smar tFa vorite sst a‐
tio n,themusic trac kcur rently play ing onthe
st atio nis aut omat icallyre star tedfrom thebegin‐
ning ofthetrac k. Ad
ding ach anne lto Smar tFavo rite s
Multimedia system:
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Press and hold onthest atio nlogo untilth e
Op tions menu appears. #
Toadd ach anne l:sele ctAdd toSmart
Favori tesinthemenu. #
Toremo veach anne l:sele ctDelete from
Smart Favoritesinthemenu.
Cr eating aTu neMix list
Multimedia system:
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TuneMix Lists
In order tolistento seamless music,youcan put
to ge ther aTu neMi xlist from various statio ns. #
Select Creat eTune MixList. #
Ifnec essar y,limit thenumber ofstatio ns
sho wnusin gth eCategory entry. #
Select thest atio nsho wn0073. #
Press 0047 toconf irm.
A Tu neMi xst atio nlogo iscreat edinthera dio
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MBUX multimedia system

Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gTu neS tart
Multimedia system:
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Switc hTuneSt artonoroff.
Switc hingonsat ellit era dio playbac kco ntr ol
Mu ltimed iasystem:
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Yo ucan pause thepla ybac kof thecur rent sta‐
tio nor skip forw ardor bac kwardin thetimeline.
This leavesliv emode toacc ess theint ernal tem‐
por aryst or ag e. #
Tosho wthetim eline: press 5. #
Tofast forw ard/r ewind: tapan ywher eon
th etimeline. #
Topause playbac k:sel ect 00CF. #
Toretur nto livemod e:navig ateto theend
of thetimeline. Displa
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Multime diasystem:
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Select ServiceInformation. Sound
To
ne settings Inf
ormat ionabout thesound system
The soun dsy stem has atot alout put of125W
and iseq uippe dwit hse venspe akers. Itis availa‐
ble forall functions inthera dio and media
modes.
Calling upthesound menu
Multi media system:
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Media 5
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Sound
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Equal izer
R Balan ceand Fade r
R Volum e #
Select afun ction . Ad
jus tingtreb le,mid- rang eand bass set‐
tings
Multimedia system:
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Media 5
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Sound
5 Equalizer #
SetTREBLE, MIDorBAS S.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gaut omati cvo lum e
adj ustm ent
Multime diasystem:
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Media 5
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Sound
5 Volume
Au tomatic volume adjustment com pens ates for
dif fering volumes whenchang ingbetween audio
sour cesand within anaudio source. #
Swit chAuto matic Adju stme nton oroff. MBUX
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No
teson tech nical data
Mer cedes- AMGvehicl es:besur eto obser ve
th eno tesin theSupplement .Ot her wise, you
ma yfa ilto recogni zedangers.
The data stat ed onlyapplies tovehicles with
st andar deq uipme nt.Yo ucan obtain further
inf ormation from anaut hor ized Mercedes- Benz
Cent er. Ve
hicl eele ctroni cs Tw
o-w ayradio s No
teson installing two-w ayradio s &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto
im proper workon two-w ayradios
The elect romagne ticradiation from two-w ay
ra dios caninterfere wit hth eon- boar delec‐
tr onics ifRF transmit ters areman ipulat edor
re trof itt ed inco rrect ly.
This could jeopar dizetheoper ating safetyof
th eve hicle. #
Yousho uld have all workon electr ical
and electr oniccomponent scar ried out
at aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent from incor ‐
re ct ope ratio nof two-w ayradios
If yo uoper atetw o-wa yra dios incor rectl yin
th eve hicle, theelectr omagne ticradiation
could interfere wit hth eon- boar delectr onics,
e.g. :
R ifth etw o-w ayradio isno tcon nectedto
an exterior ant enna
R ifth eex terior ant enna isno tcor rectly
mou nted orisno tof low reflect ion
This could jeopar diestheoper ating safetyof
th eve hicle. #
Have thelow- reflect ion exterior
ant enna installed ataqu alif ied spec ial‐
is two rkshop. #
When operating two-w ayradios inthe
ve hicle, alwaysconn ectthem tothe
lo w- reflect ion exterior ant enna. *
NO
TEInva lidation oftheoper ating per‐
mit due tofailur eto com plywith the
ins truct ions forins tallation anduse The
oper atingper mit maybe inva lidat edif
th eins truction sfo rins tallation anduseof
tw o-w ayradios areno tobser ved. #
Onlyuse appr oved freq uency bands. #
Obser vethemaximum permissible out‐
put powe rin these freq uency bands. #
Onlyuse appr oved ant enn aposition s. 550
Tech nica lda ta

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Front roof area
2 Rear roof area
3 Rear fende rs
On vehicles withapanor amicsliding sunroof,
ins talling anant enn ato thefront orrear roof
ar ea isno tper mitt ed. On
there ar fende rs,it is recomme ndedthat you
ins tallth eant enn aon theside oftheve hicle
closes tto thecent erofthero ad.
Use Tech nica lSpe cifica tionISO/T S21 609 (Road
Ve hicles –"EMCs forins tallation ofafte rm arke t
ra dio freq uency transmit tingeq uipment ")when
re trof itti ng two-w ayradios. Complywithth e
leg alrequ iremen tsforde tach able parts.
If yo ur vehicle hasinstalling fortw o-w ayradio
eq uipment ,use thepo we rsupp lyand antenn a
con nectors prov ided inthepr e-ins tallation .Be
sur eto obser vethemanuf acturer'ssupplement s
when installing.
Tw o-w ayradio transmi ssion output
The maxi mum transm ission outpu t(PEAK) atthe
base oftheant enn amus tno texc eed theva lues
in thefo llo wing table. Fr
eq uency bandandmaxim um transm ission
out put Fr
eq uency band Maximumtransm is‐
sion output
Sho rtwa ve
3 -54 MHz (1
00 W)
4 m freq uency band
74 -88 MHz (30
W)
2 m frequency band
14 4-17 4MHz (50
W)
tr unk edradio sys‐
te m/T etra
380 -460 MHz (1
0 W)
70 cm freq uency
band
420 -450 MHz (35
W)
Tw o-w ayradio
(2G/3G/ 4G) (1
0 W) Te
ch nica lda ta 55
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The
follo wing canbeused intheve hicle without
re strictions :
R Two-w ayradios withamaximum transmis ‐
sion output ofup to100mW
R RFtransmi tter swit htransmi tter freq uenci es
in the380 -41 0MHz freq uency bandanda
maximu mtransmi ssionoutpu tof up to2W
(tr unk edradio system/T etra )
R Mobile phones (2G/3G/4G)
Ther ear eno restrictions whenpos itioning the
ant enn aon theoutside oftheve hicle forsome
wav ebands.
This applies tothefo llo wing wavebands:
R Trunk edradio system/T etra
R 70cm freq uency band
R 2G/3G /4G Ve
hicl eiden tificati onplat e,VIN and engine
number overview
Ve hicl eiden tificati onplat e Ve
hicle identif ication plate(US Aonl y)
1 Maximum permissible gross vehicle weight
2 Maxim umpermissib lefront axle load
3 Maxim umpermissib lerear axle load
4 Paint code
5 VIN (vehicle identificat ion numb er) 552
Tech nica lda ta

Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
Á Replace KeyBattery *T
heSmar tKey batt eryis disc harged. #
Replace thebatt ery(/ page71 ).
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Ke yNot Detected (whit e
disp lay mes sage) *T
heSmar tKey iscur rently undetect ed. #
Chang eth elocation oftheSmar tKey intheve hicle. #
Ifth eSmar tKey isstill no tre cogni zed,place itin themar kedspace forst ar tin gwit hth eSmar tKey
( / pag e18 2).
Á Ke yNo tDete cted (red dis‐
pl ay messa ge) *T
heSmar tKey canno tbe detected and mayno long erbe intheve hicle.
The Smar tKey isno long erintheve hicle andyouswit choffth eengine:
R Youcan nolongerst ar tth eengine.
R Youcan notcen trall yloc kth eve hicle. #
Ensur eth at theSmar tKey isin theve hicle.
If th eSmar tKey detection functi onhasa mal functi ondueto ast ro ng radio signal source: #
Stop theve hicle immediat elyinaccor dance withth etraf fic condi tions. #
PlacetheSmar tKey inthemar kedspace forst ar tin gth eengine withth eSmar tKey (/ pag e18 2). 57
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Display messa gesand warning/ indic ator lam ps

Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions #
Drive th eve hicle fora whi leto charge the12 Vbatt eryand the48 Vbatt eryaf te rdisconnecting thech arge r
fr om theve hicle.
If th eEn gine CanNow BeStarted displaymessag edoes notappear afte ra fe w min utes: #
Tryto star tth eengine again. #
Ifth eengine doesnotst ar t,con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. Ti
re pres sur emoni tor Disp
laymes sages
Possible causes/conseq uencesand0050 0050
Solutions
Tire Press. MonitorCur-
rent lyUnavailable *T
her eis int erfere nce from apo we rful radio signal source.Asare sult, nosignals from thetir epr essur esensor sar e
being recei ved. The tirepr essur emonit oristemp orarily una vailable. #
Drive on.
The tirepr essur emon itor will restar taut omat icallyas soon asthecause hasbeen rectif ied.
Tir ePre ss. Moni torInope ra-
tive *T
hetirepr essur emonit orismalfunctionin g. &
WARNIN GThe reisarisk ofan accident ifth etir epr essur emonit oring system ismalfunct ioning
If th etir epr essur emonit oring system ismalfunct ioning,itis no table toissue awa rning ifth er eis pressur eloss
in one ormor eof thetir es.
Und erinf lated tires ma y,forex am ple, impair thedr iving, steer ing and braking charact eristic s. 61
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Display messa gesand warning/ indic ator lam ps

ESP
®
(Electr onicStabil ityProg ram) ...... 220
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ........... .224
Fu nctio n/no tes ................................... 220
Ext endable running boards......................7 8
Ext enda blestep
see Running boards
Ex terior light ing
see Light s
Ext erior light ing(Car e)...........................4 90
Ext erior mir rors <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 166, 168
Anti-g lare mode (automatic) ................1 68
Au tomatic mirrorfo lding function ........ 169
Fo lding in/out .....................................1 66
Oper ating thememor yfunc tion ........... 122
Pa rking posit ion...................................1 68
Se tting ................................................. 166
Ext ernal device
Loc king(c hild safetyloc k) ...................3 75 F
Fa tig ue detection
see ATTENTION ASSIST Fa
vo rite s
Ad ding .................................................3 56
Ad ding ades tination ...........................3 89
Ca lling up ....... ................................... ..356
Dele ting .......................................... ..... 357
Home address ................................. ....3 89
Mo ving ................................................ 357
Ov ervie w ....... ................................... ...356
Re nam ing<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011>357
Wo rkaddr ess .................................. .... 389
Flacon Inser ting/r emo ving.............................. 176
Flat tire .....................................................4 94
Chan gingawheel .......................... ...... 538
MOE xten ded tires ................................ 494
No tes ................................................... 494
TIREFIT kit...........................................4 95
Flat towing
see Tow- bar system
Floor mats................................................ 153
Fo ilco vering
Ra dar and ultrasonic sensors.............. 218
Fo lding table ............................................ 129 Fr
ag rance
see Perfume atomiz er
Fr ee driving mode
St artin g...............................................2 68
Fr ee sof tware ............................................ 34
Fr eq uencies
Tw o-w ayradio ...................................... 551
Fr eq uency band
Dialin g(on -boardcom puter) ................ 311
Fr ont airbag (driver ,fr ont passeng er).....4 2
Fr ont passeng erseat .............................. 103
Ad jus ting from thedr iver's seat ..........1 03
Ad jus ting from there ar passe nger
com partment .......................................1 04
Fr ont passeng erseat
see Seat
Fu el ...........................................................5 56
Ad ditiv es.............................................5 56
E1 0 ....... ............................................... 555
Fu elreser ve <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 556
Ga sol ine <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 555
Qua lity (gas oline )<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 555
Re fuel ing ............................................. 206 652
Index

Qualif
iedspecialis two rkshop ................. 28 R
Ra dar and ultrasonic senso rs
Dam age ............ ........................ ........... 218
Ra dio
Ac tivati ng ........... ................................. 463
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating radio text ....... 466
Ca lling upthest atio nlis t.....................4 65
Dele tingstatio ns.................................4 66
Dir ect freq uency entry....... .................465
Displ aying informatio n.........................4 66
Displ aying radio text <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 466
Edi ting statio npr ese ts.................... .....4 66
Menu (on-boa rdcom puter) ...... ............ 311
Mo ving statio ns.............................. .....4 66
Ov ervie w ....... ................................... ...464
Sear ching forst atio ns.........................4 65
Se tting ach ann el................................ 465
Se tting thewa veband .......................... 465
Sho wing acciden tre por ts...................4 66
St or ing radio statio ns.......................... 465
Swit ching theHD Radio func tion
on/ off.... .............................................4 65 Ra
dio station s
Dial ing(on-boa rdcom puter) ..... ...........3 11
Ra inclosing function
Slidin gsunr oof .......................................9 1
Ra ising theve hicl e
Re ar oftheve hicle ...............................2 57
Ra nge
Displa ying....................................... ..... 308
Re ading light
Switc hingon/of fwit hhand move‐
ments ............................................. ..... 346
Re ading light
see Interior lighting
Re alwo od (Car e).....................................4 92
Re ar climat eco ntr ol
Se tting (MBUX) ................................... .174
Re ar door (child safetyloc k) .................... 66
Re ar foglam p
Switc hingon/off............................ .....1 56
Re ar oftheve hicl e
Lo we ring <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011>257
Ra ising .................................................2 57 Re
ar seat
see Seat
see Third rowofseats
Re ar vie wcamer a....... .............................274
Car e.................................................... 490
Fu nctio n<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011>274
Opening thecamer aco ver(360°
Ca mer a)..... ..........................................281
Re ar windo w
Cha nging thewiper blade .................... 165
Re ar windo wdefr oster ............. ...............171
Re ar windo wwi per s
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ............162
Re frig er ant (air conditioni ngsystem)
No tes .................................................. 560
Re frig er ator box
Using ...................................................1 49
Re fueli ng
Re fuel ingtheve hicle ........................... 206
Re mo teOnline
Char ging thebatt ery ............................1 83
Coo ling orhea ting theve hicle inte‐
ri or .......................................................1 83 66
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