MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 Owners Manual

The
road and traf fic ru les and regulations always
ha ve prior ity ove rmulti media system driving
ins truction s.
Dr iving instruction sar e:
R Navig ation announcements
R Routeguidan cedispl ays
R Lane recomme ndations
If yo udo notfo llo wthedr iving instruction sor if
yo ulea vethecalculat edroute, ane wrouteis
calc ulatedaut omat ically.
Dr iving instructi ons maydi ffer from theactual
ro ad and traf fic condi tions if:
R The routeis div erted
R The direction ofaone-w aystre et has been
ch ang ed
Fo rth is reason ,yo umus talw aysobser veroad
and traffic ru les and regulations during your
jo ur ne yas wellas thepr eva iling traffic condi ‐
tions .
The routema ydif ferfr om theideal routedue to
th efo llo wing:
R Roadw orks R
Incom pletedigit almap data
No teson GPS recep tion
The correct functi onofthena vig ation system
depends amongstot her things onGPS recep‐
tion. Incer tain situat ionsGPS recep tion canbe
im pa ired, defectiv eor eve nno tpo ssi ble, e.g .in
tunne lsor inpa rking garage s.
Changing direction overview
Chang esofdir ect ion aresho wninthefo llo wing
displa ys:
R Detailed imag eof theint ersect ion
The displa yappear swhen youdr ive int oan
int ersec tion.
R 3Dimag e
The displ ayappear swhen drivin gon inter‐
sec tion-free, mult i-lanero ads, forex am ple on
fr ee wa yex its and free wa yin te rchang es. De
tailed imageof theint ersection 1
Current dist anc eto thech ang eof dir ect ion
2 Drivin gman euver
3 Current vehicle position
4 Maneuv erpoint MBUX
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3D
imag e 1
Current dist anc eto thech ang eof dir ect ion
2 Drivin gman euver
3 Current vehicle position
4 Maneuv erpoint
Ther ear eth re ephases whenchang ingdirect ion:
R Preparation phase
If th er eis enough timebetween thech ang es
of dir ect ion,th emultimedia system prepar es
yo ufo rth eupcoming chang eof dir ect ion.A
na vig atio nann oun cem entisissue ddepen d‐
ing onthese ttings fordr iving recomme nda‐
tions ,e.g. "Prepar eto tur nright". Select
navig ation announc ementsfo rdr iving
re comme ndations (/page 393).
The map appearsin ful l-scr een mode .
The status lineshows:th edir ect ion informa‐
tion orthename ofthero ad whic his to be
tur ned intoand thedis tan cetothech ang eof
dir ect ion.
R Announc emen tphase
The mult imed iasystem announ cesthe
upco mingch ang eof dir ect ion depen dingon
th ese ttings fordr iving recomme ndations ,
e.g. byann oun cing"In 600ft (200 m)atthe
end ofthest re et tur nright intoSt atio n
Ro ad".
The displa yis split intotw opar ts.The map is
displa yedon thelef t;on theright, ther eis a
de tailed imag eof theint ersect ionora3D
imag eof theupcoming chang eof dir ect ion.
R Chan ge-of-d irecti onpha se
The multimed iasystem announ cestheimmi‐
nen tch ang eof dir ect ion depen dingon the
se ttin gsfordr iving recomme ndations ,e.g. by
ann oun cing"N ow turnright". The
displa yis split intotw opar ts.
The chang eof dir ect ion take splace whenthe
dis tance tomaneu verpoint 2issho wnwith
0 ft (0 m) and thesymbol forve hicle position
3 has reac hed maneuverpoin t2.
When thech ang eof dir ect ion iscom plete,
th emap appear sin full-scr eenmode.
% Chang esofdir ect ion arealso showninthe
Ins trument Display.
Lane recomm endationsov ervie w
This displa yappear sfo rmulti -lane roads.
The mult imed iasystem can showlane recom‐
mend ations ifth edigit almap contains there le‐
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Recomme ndedlane (whit ear row ,blue back‐
gr ound)
2 Possible lane(whit ear ro w)
3 Laneno tre comme nded(gray arro w)
Ex planat ionofthedispla yedlanes:
R Recomme ndedlane 1
In this lane, youwill beable tocom plet ebo th
th ene xt chang eof dir ect ion and theone
af te rth at.
R Possible lane2
In this lane, youwill onlybe able tocom plet e
th ene xt chang eof dir ect ion.
R Lan eno tre comme nded3 In
this lane, youwill notbe able tocom plet e
th ene xt chang eof dir ect ion without chang ‐
ing lane .
Dur ing thech ang eof dir ect ion,ne wlane sma y
be added.
Bus lanesar ealso shown.
% Lanere comme ndations canalso be dis‐
pl ay ed intheIns trument Displayand inthe
Hea d-up Display.
Using free wa yinf ormation
Re quirement s:
R The Highway Informat ionoption isswitc hed
on (/ page41 2). Wh
endrivin g on thefree wa y,upco mingfree wa y
fa cil ities 1 and available servicefa cil ities 2
ar esho wnintheove rview. These include park‐
ing lots, ser vice statio nsand free wa yex its, for
ex am ple. #
Toopen thedisp lay: select 0048.
The entriesaresor tedaccor dingtoinc reas‐
ing distance from thecur rent vehicle posi‐
tion. #
Toclose thedisp lay: tapon themap.
or #
Touse free wa yinf ormation: selectan
entr y. #
Ifse veralser vice facil ities areav ailable,
selec ta ser vicefa cil ity from thelis t.
The destinat ionaddr essand themap posi‐
tion aresho wn. #
Calculat eth ero ute(/ page39 0).
or #
Sea rchfo ra POI inthevicin ity.
or #
Use other funct ions, e.g.save thedes tinat ion
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Using
quick- acc ess fora des tinatio nin fo rm a‐
tion ,alt ernativ ero uteand POIs
Re quirement s:
R The POIcategor iesforqu ick- acc ess arecon ‐
fi gur ed(/ page385). #
Ifro uteguidan ceisact ive, sele ctthe£
symbol withar riva ltim eand distance tothe
des tination onthemap.
The addr essofthedes tinat ionorthene xt
int ermediat edes tinat ionissho wn.
Using alternativ ero utes #
Select Alternative Route.
The routes aredispl ayed inaccor dance with
th ese tting made inthero utese tting s.
The routes arenum bered. #
Select thealt ernativ ero ute.
Se tting aPOI asan intermed iatedes tination #
Select acat egor ysymb ol,e.g .0045 fora
par king lot. #
Select aPOI from thelis t.
The select iontake splace onthero ute. The
des tinatio naddr essissho wn. The routecan
be calc ulated. #
Touse POIcatego ries forqu ick- acc ess:
sele ctasea rchposition Inthe Vicinity, Near
Destin ationorAlong theRoute. #
Select aPOI from thelis t.
or #
Entera sear chent ryintoth esear chfield and
fi lt er thelis t. #
Select aPOI from thelis t.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
Sa ving thecur rent vehicl eposi tion #
Select SavePosition.
The current vehicle position issave dto the
"Pr evious destination s"memo ry.
Des tinat ion reac hed
Once thedes tinat ionisreac hed, youwill see the
Í checkeredflag. Routeguidan ceisfinis hed .
The navig ation menu issho wn. Whe
nan intermed iate des tination hasbeen
re ac hed, youwill see theint ermediat edes tina‐
tion flag withth enumber ofyour Î inter‐
med iatedes tinatio n.Ro uteguidan ceisco ntin‐
ued.
Swit ching navig ation announ cement son/of f #
Toswitc hof f:tur nth evo lume control on
th esteer ing wheel ornext to theto uc hpad
dur ing ana vig atio nann oun cem ent
(/ page36 1).
The Voic eGuidan cehas been deactivate d.
mes sageappear s.
or #
Show thena vig ation menu (/page380). #
Select !.
The symbol chang esto# . #
Toactiv ate: sele ct# .
The current navig ation anno uncement is
pl ay ed.
The symbol chang esto! .
% This funct ioncan beadded andcalled up
fr om thefa vo rite swit hin thena vig ation cate‐
gor y. 402
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Switc
hingnavig ation announcements onor
of fdur ing aphone call #
Press the© buttononthesteer ing wheel
or on theto uc hpad.
or #
Tapon © inthemedia display. #
Select Setting s. #
Select System . #
Select Aud io. #
Select Nav igati on and Traffic Announce -
ments . #
Swi tchVoi ceGuidance DuringCallon oroff.
Whe nth eop tion isswitc hedon,thedispla y
butt onisactiv ated. #
Tolea vethemenu :selec t0047.
Ad jus tingthe volum eof navig ation
announ cement s
Multime diasystem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System 5
Audio
5 Navigation andTraffic Announc ement s #
Select VoiceGuidance Volume. #
Setth evo lume. #
Tolea vethemenu :selec t0047.
Ro uteguidanc eis activ e #
Turn thevo lume control on thesteer ing
wheel ornext to theto uc hpad during ana vi‐
ga tio nanno unceme nt.
Sw itchin gaudi ofa deo uton oroffdur ing nav‐
ig atio nanno unceme nts #
Press the© buttononthesteer ing wheel
or on theto uc hpad.
or #
Tapon © inthemedia display. #
Select Setting s. #
Select System . #
Select Aud io. #
Swi tchAud ioFad eou ton oroff.
Whe nth eop tion isswitc hedon,thedispla y
butt onisactiv ated. #
Tolea vethemenu :selec t0047.
Re peati ngnavig atio nanno unceme nts
Re quirement s: R
Aro utehas already been creat ed.
R Routeguidan ceisact ive.
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation (Navigation ) #
Selec t!. #
Selec t#.
The current navig ation anno uncement is
re peat ed.
% This function canbeadded andcalled up
fr om thefa vo rite swit hin thena vig ation cate‐
gor y.
Canceli ngrout eguidanc e
Re quirement s:
R aro utehas already been creat ed.
R routeguidan ceisact ive. #
Show thena vig ation menu. #
Select ¤inthena vig ation menu
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Ov
ervie wof routeguidanc eto an off-r oad
des tinatio n
An off-r oad destinatio nis wit hin thedigit almap.
The map contains noroads that lead tothedes‐
tinat ion.
Yo ucan enterge o-coor dinatesora3 wo rd
addr essforof f-r oad destinations onthemap.
Ro uteguidan ceguides youfo ras long aspossi ‐
ble withna vig ation announcements anddisplays
on roads that arekn ow nto themultimedia sys‐
te m.
Shor tlybef oreyo ure ac hth elas tkn ow npo sitio n
on themap, youwill hear the"Please follo wthe
dir ect ion arrow "ann oun cem ent,forex am ple.
The displa ysho wsadir ect ion arrow and thelin‐
ear distance tothedes tinat ion.
Ov ervie wof routeguidanc efrom anoff-r oad
loc ation toades tinatio n
In an off-r oad position, thecur rent vehicle posi‐
tion islocat edwithin thedigit almap onroads
th at areno tav ailable. The
follo wing displa ysappear whenrouteguid‐
anc ebegin s:
R Ames sageappear sth at thero ad isno ton
th emap.
R Adir ect ion arro w sho wing thelinear direc‐
tion tothePOI.
When theve hicle isbac kon aro ad know nto the
multime diasystem, routeguidan cecontinue sas
no rm al.
Ov ervie wof off-ro ad status during route
guidanc e
Due toroadw orks ,fo rex am ple, ther ema ybe dif‐
fe re nces betwee nth edat aon thedigit almap
and theactual courseofthero ad. Insuc hcas es,
th emultimedia system will temp orarily be
unable tolocat eth eve hicle's current positio non
th edigit almap. Thevehicle isoff-r oad.
If th eve hicle isdispla yedas being offroad, the
fo llo wing informatio nappear s:
R Amess ageappear sth at thero ad isno ton
th emap.
R Adir ect ion arro w sho wing thelinear direc‐
tion tothePOI. When
theve hicle isbac kon aro ad know nto the
multime diasystem, routeguidan cecontinue sas
no rm al. Des
tination Sa
ving thecur rent vehicl eposi tion
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Navigation 5
¡ 5
Position #
Select SavePosition .
The current vehicle position issave dto the
"Las tdes tinatio ns"mem ory.
Using quick- acc ess #
Ifro uteguidan ceisact ive, sele ctthe£
symbol withar riva ltim eand distance tothe
des tination onthemap.
The addr essofthedes tinat ionorthene xt
int ermediat edes tinat ionissho wn. #
Select SavePosition .
Editing thepr ev ious destina tions
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Toedit destinat ionsugg estion s:theAllow
Dest ination Suggest ionsoption isactiv ated
(/ page355).
R The multimedia system has gather ed suf fi‐
cie ntdata inorder tosho wdes tination sug‐
ge stions .
Multim ediasystem:
4 © 5
Navigation 5
ª Where to?
5 PREV. DESTINA TIONS
The follo wing entries can beedit ed:
R Des tinat ionsugg estion s
R Des tinat ions
R Routes #
Tono long erdispla ya des tinat ionsugg es‐
tion: select Vfora des tination sugges‐
tion. #
Select NoLonger Suggest.
Sa ving thelas tdes tina tion asafa vo rite
% Aftersa ving, thedes tinat ioncan becalled
up via thefa vo rite s(/ page356). #
Select Vfora des tination. #
Select fSaveasFavorite. #
Tosave asafa vo rite :sel ect Saveas Fav or-
ite . #
Tosave as"Home "addr ess:sele ctSave
as "Home ". #
Tosave as"W ork" addr ess:sele ctSave as
"Wo rk".
De leting apr ev ious destina tion #
Todel eteades tina tion: selectV fora
des tination. #
Select Delete. #
Select Yes. #
Todel eteall des tina tions :selec t0062. #
Sele ctDele teAll. #
Sele ctYes.
Using extern al des tinatio nsand routes
Ext ernal destinations androutes can berecei ved
fr om thefo llo wing sources, forex am ple:
R Mer cedes-Ben zApp s R
door -to- door navig atio nwit hth eCom panion
app (USA)
R acall withth eMer cedes- BenzCustomer
Assis tanceCenter via theme butt on
(/ page44 2)
A pr om ptappear son themedia display.
Re cei veddes tinations androutes aresa ve din
th epr ev ious destination s. #
Ades tina tion hasbeen receiv ed:selec t
Yes . #
Calculat eth ero ute. #
Ifro uteguidan ceisalr eady active, sele ctSet
as Way Pointor Start New RouteGuidan ce.
or #
Ifades tinatio nwa sre cei vedwit hpho to
inf ormatio n,selec tSt art Route Guidance . #
Calculat eth ero ute.
or #
Ifades tinatio nhas been recei vedfrom an
app, select Details. #
Calculat eth ero ute. #
Aro ut ehas beenre ceiv ed:selec tYes. MBU
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Select Start Route Guid.from Beginning of
Ro ute orStart Route Guidance fromCurr.
Pos ition.
Ro uteguidan cestar ts from theselect ed
position . Ro
uteguidanc ewith current traf fic re por ts Tr
af fic inf orma tion overview
Tr af fic re por tsarere cei vedusing LiveTr af fic
Inf ormation andareused forro uteguidan ce.
This serviceis una vailable insome countries.
% Ther ema ybe differe nces betwee nth etraf fic
re por tsrecei vedand theactual road and
traf fic condi tions.
Im por tant informa tionon LiveTr af fic Inf orma‐
tion:
R Current traffic repor tsarere cei vedvia the
Int erne tconnection.
R The traf fic situ ation isup datedat shor t,re gu‐
lar interva ls.
R Informatio nfrom theser vice prov ider canbe
sho wn(/ page406) . Inf
ormatio non theve hicle's position isregular ly
sent toDai mle rAG .The data isimmed iatelyre n‐
de redanon ymous byDai mle rAG and forw arded
to thetra ffic dat apr ov ider .Usin gth is dat a,traf‐
fi c re por tsreleva nt totheve hicle's position are
sent totheve hicle. Thevehicle actsasasensor
fo rth eflow oftraf fic and helpstoimprove the
qu alit yof thetraf fic re por ts.
If yo udo notwa nttotrans mitth eve hicle posi‐
tion, youha ve thefo llo wing option s:
R Youdeac tivateth eser vice intheMer cedes
me portal.
R Youha ve theser vice deactiv ated atan
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter.
Sho wing informat ionfrom theser vice pro‐
vid erforLi ve Traf fic Inf orma tion
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withLiv eTr af fic
Inf ormation. Multime
diasystem:
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Navigation 5
¡ 5
Traffic #
Select Provider Information.
The logo oftheser vice prov ider forLiv eTr af‐
fi c Inf ormati onissho wn.
% Further information onLiveTr af fic Inf orma‐
tion canbecalled up on thehome screen
using Mercedes me&Apps (/page44 5).
% Youha ve thefo llo wing option sfo rex tendi ng
th esubscr iption :
R atan aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter
R withacall totheMer cedes- BenzCus‐
to mer Assis tance Center via theme but‐
to n
Sho wing traf fic inf orma tion
Re quirement s:
R The Traff icdispla yis switc hedon
(/ page408).
R The follo wing traf fic di spl aysar eswitc hedon
(/ page408):
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ay
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © #
Select Navigation.
The map showsthefo llo wing traf fic inf ormati on:
R traf fic inci dents ,fo rex am ple:
- roadw orks
- road bloc ks
- warning mess ages
When routeguidan ceisact ive, thesymbols
fo rtr af fic inci dents willbe sho wnincolo ron
th ero ute. Offth ero uteth ey aregr ay .
R warning mess agesymbols:
- Symbo lÔ
- road safetyno tes, e.g. when approaching
th eend ofatraf fic jam
If th eve hicle approaches adang erarea
on thero ute, awa rning mess ageis dis‐
pla yedon themap. Inaddition, anaudible
no tification canfollo wahazar dwa rning.
R traf fic flow informatio n: -
traf fic jam (red line)
- slow-mo ving traf fic (or ang eline)
- hea vytraf fic (yel lo w line)
- free-f lowi ng traf fic (gr een line)
R displ ayfortr af fic del ayson thero utelas ting
at leas ton emin ute
Disp laying traf fic incid ents
Re quirement s:
R The Traff icInc ident sdispla yis switc hedon
(/ page408 ).
Multime diasystem:
4 © 5
Navigation 5
¡ 5
Traffic #
Select Traffic Announc ement s.
If th er ear etraf fic re por ts,youwill see alis t.
Tr af fic re por tsinclude accidentsand other
tr af fic eve nts, forex am ple. Thelistis sor ted
acc ordin gto dis tance and showsthetraf fic
re por tsrecei vedbo th on and offth ero ute.
A traf fic re por tsho wsthefo llo wing informa‐
tion :
R Street num beror stre et nam e R
Traf fic inci dent symbo l
On thero ute: color
Of fth ero ute: gra y
R Cause
R Street symbol fora traf fic inci dent onthe
ro ute
R Distance from current vehicle position #
Select atraf fic re por t0048.
The detailed informatio nis sho wn, forex am‐
ple thero utesec tion.
Sho wing traf fic incid entsin thevicinit yof
th ema p #
Sele ctatraf fic inci dent symbo lon themap.
The details about thetraf fic inci dent aredis‐
pl ay ed. #
Select 0062. #
Select Traffic Incidents inVicinit y.
The map showsthetraf fic inci dent symbo ls
in thevicinit y.
Tr af fic inci dent informati onisdispl aye din
th est atus line:
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Cause ofthetra ffic inc ident ,e.g. con‐
st ru ction work
R Warning mess age(highligh tedre d) #
Toselect atraf fic incid entsym bol: selec t
0047 or0048. #
Toselect amap section: tapon the
to uc hsc reen.
or #
Press theTo uc hCon trol or theto uc hpad. #
Movethemap. #
Toretur nto thena vig ation map:tap on
G.
or #
Press theG buttonontheTo uc hCon trol
or on theto uc hpad.
Swit ching thetraf fic inf orma tion displa yon
Mult imed iasystem:
4 © 5
Navigation 5
Z #
ActivateTra ffic.
The disp lay bu tton isacti vated. Ac
tiv atin gIn ciden ts,Free Flo wand Dela y #
Sele ctAdv anced. #
Sele ctView. #
Sele ctMap Elements. #
IntheTRAFF ICcat egor y,act ivat eth eTraffic
Inc idents, FreeFlowing TrafficandDelay
ent ries.
The displa ybutt ons areactiv ated.
If tra ffic inf ormatio nhas been recei ved, then
tra ffic inc ident ssuc has roadw orks ,ro ad
bloc ks,local area repor ts(e.g. fog) and warn‐
ing mess ages aredispla yed.
The traffic dela yis displa yedfo rth ecur rent
ro ute. Traf fic del ayslas ting oneminut eor
long erareta ke nint oconsi deratio n.
Sho wing loca lar ea mes sages
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Navigation 5
¡ 5
Traffic #
Select AreaAlerts.
Local area messag esaresho wn, forex am ple
fo gor hea vyrain. #
Selec ta local area mess age.
The details aredispla yed. Car
-to-X -Comm unication Car
-to-X -Comm unication overview
The follo wing requ iremen tsappl yfo rusi ng Car-
to -X-C ommu nication:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withamultimedia
sy stem featur ingnavig atio nand acom mun i‐
cat ion modul ewit han act ivat ed, integrated
SIM card.
R Car-to -X-C ommu nicationis acti vated.
% Car-to-X-Commun icationisavailable in
selec tedcount ries.
The comm unication moduleautomatic allyes tab‐
lishes anInterne tcon nection onceth eignition is
switc hedon.Ifth er ear ean yhazar dwa rnings ,
th ey will beprov ided shortly th er eaf ter.Dep end‐
ing onthemobile phoneconnect ion,thepr ov i‐
sion take splace from within asecond upto
about amin ute. 408
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