ESP MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2020 Manual Online

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Onlyins talla ball couplin gth at mee ts
th eper mitt eddimension sand hasbeen
designed forth etrailer operation
re qu iremen ts. #
Donotmodif yth eball coupling orthe
tr ai le rhi tc h. The
values approvedby themanuf acturercan be
fo und ontheidentif ication platesand inthe
"T ec hn ical data"sec tionunde r"T ra iler hitch"for
th eto wing vehicle (/page565). &
WARNIN GSw erving oftheve hicle/
tr ailer combination duetoinc reased
spee d
If th eve hicle/tr ailercombination swerve s,
yo ucan lose contro lof it.
The vehicle/tr ailercombination caneven tip
ove r. #
Under nocircums tances should yo utry
to inc rease thespeed tostra ight enthe
ve hicle/tr ailercombination. #
Reduce speed anddonotcount er-ste er. #
Ifneces sary,appl yth ebr ak es. *
NO
TEDama getotheengine asare sult
of ove rheating #
Ifyo ure trof itatrai le rhi tc h, mod ifica ‐
tio ns totheengine cooling system may
be neces sary,dependin gon theve hicle
model.
When retrof itti ng atrai le rhi tc h, ob serveth e
fa stening pointson thech assis . Re
trof itti ng atrai le rhi tc his pe rm issible onlyif a
trailer loadisspec ified inyour vehicle docu‐
ments. Ifth is is no tth ecase, theve hicle isno t
appr ovedfo rtr ail er oper ation.
Fu rther information canbeobt ained ataqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop.
If th etrailer coupling isremo vable, itis essent ial
to com plywith theoper ating instruction sof the
tr ai le rcou pling manuf actu rer.
Couple anduncouple thetrailer carefull y.Ifyo u
do notcon nectth etra iler totheto wing vehicle
cor rectl y,thetrailer maybecome detach ed. Obser
vethefo llo wing noteson theto ngu e
we ight :
R Donotuse ato ngu ewe ight that exceed sor
fa lls belo wtheper missible tongu ewe ight
R Use ato ngu ewe ight asclos eas possible to
th emaximum tongu ewe ight
Do notex ceed thefo llo wing values:
R Perm issible trailerload
R Perm issible rear axle load oftheto wing vehi‐
cle
R Perm issible gross weight oftheto wing vehi‐
cle
R Perm issible gros swe ight ofthetra iler
R Maximum permissible speedofthetrailer
En sur eth efo llo wing beforest ar tin gajo ur ne y:
R The tirepr essur eon there ar axle oftheto w‐
ing vehicle issetfo ra maximu mloa d
R The lighting ofthecon nect edtrailer isoper a‐
tion al
In theeve ntofincr eased rear axle load, theve hi‐
cle/tra ilercombination mayno texc eed amaxi‐ Dr
iving andparking 29
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Coup
lingup/uncou plingatrailer &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom theve hicle
le ve lbeing chang ed
Ve hicl eswith leve lcontr olsystem: the
ve hicle leve lma ybe chang edunin tentio nally,
e.g. byother persons. Youma ybec ome trap‐
ped ifyo uco uple uporunc ouple atrailer
while theve hicle leve lis ch ang ing.In addi‐
tio n,other people couldbecome trapped if
th eir limbs arebe tween theve hicle body and
th etir es orunder neathth eve hicle.
When coupling uporuncoupling atrailer ,
mak esur eth at: #
The door sor tailg atear eno topen edor
clos ed. #
Youdo notini tiat eth eleve lcon trol sys‐
te m and donotoper ateth eDY NA MIC
SELE CTswitc h. #
Donotloc kor unloc kth eve hicle. Re
quirement s:
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e. R
The transmission isin position 005D.
The trailer willbecor rectly detected bytheve hi‐
cle onlyif th efo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R The trailer isconn ectedcor rectl y
R The trai le rlighti ngsystem isin wo rking order
The func tionsof thefo llo wing systems areaf fec‐
te dby acor rectl yconnect edtrai le r:
R ActiveLa ne Keeping Assist
R ESP®
tra iler stabiliz ation
R Parking AssistPA RK TRONI C
R ActivePa rking Assist
R Blin dSpo tAss istor ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
R Drive Aw ayAssi st
R Cross Traf fic Aler t
R Rear vie wcam era
R 360° Camer a
Ve hicl eswithout aleve lcontr olsystem: the
ball head height willchang edepen dingon the
ve hicle's load.Inthis case, useatrailer witha
height -adjustable draw bar . Coupling
upatrailer
* NO
TEDama getothest ar terbatt erydue
to full disc harg e Cha
rging thetra iler batt eryusing thepo we r
supply ofthetra iler can damag eth est ar ter
batt ery. #
Donotus eth eve hicle's powe rsupp ly
to charge thetrailer battery. Inf
ormation abouta suit ablebal lnec kfo r
Mer cedes-Ben zve hicles canbeobt ained from a
qu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop, e.g.anaut hor ized
Mer cedes-Benz Center. #
Remo vetheco verfr om theball neckmount
and stor eit in asaf eplace (/page298). #
Position thetra iler onaleve lsur face beh ind
th eve hicle andcouple itup totheve hicle. #
Establish theelectr icalconnect ionbetween
th eve hicle andthetra iler .
% Access oriescan beconnect edtotheper ma‐
nen tpo we rsupp lyup to180W and tothe
po we rsupp lythat isswit ched on via theigni‐
tion lock. Dr
iving and parking 299

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Ve
hicl eswithout Activ eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC :pr ess the00E2 buttontocal l
up themenu baroftheon- boar dcom puter. %
The illustration showstheIns trument Display
in theWi descr eenCockpit. #
Toscr ollinthemenu bar:swipe leftor
ri ght onleft-h and Touc hCon trol 2. #
Tocall upamen uor conf irm aselect ion:
pr ess left-han dTo uc hCon trol 2. #
Toscr ollthrough displa ysorlists on the
menu :swipe upwards ordown wardson left-
hand Touc hCon trol 2. #
Tocall upasub men uor conf irm aselec‐
tion :pr ess left-han dTo uc hCon trol 2. #
Toexitasubm enu:press backbutt onon
th elef t1.
Selecting theHead -upDispla y #
Toswitc hon theHead -upDispla y:switc h
on theHead-up Displayvia themultimedia
sy stem oractiv ateit in themenu barbyswip‐
ing upw ards on left-hand Touc hCon trol 2.
The Head -upDisplaymen uhas been selec‐
te don theHead-up Display. #
Toswitc hto theHead -upDispla y:press
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol 2 orswipe upwards
on left-han dTo uc hCon trol 2. #
Toselect whattheHead -upDispla y
sho ws:sw ipe up wa rdsor down wardson left-
hand Touc hCon trol 2.
Fu ll-scr eenmenu
Yo ucan displ aythefo llo wing menusinfull on
th eIns trument Display:
R Assist ance
R Trip R
Navigation #
Onthecor responding menu,useleft-hand
To uc hCon trol 2 toscr olltotheend ofthe
lis t. #
Press left-hand Touc hCon trol 2.
The selected men uwill bedispl ayedin full. Ad
jus tingthe design of the Instru men tDi s‐
pla y
On-b oard com puter:
4 Designs&Dis p.
Se ttin gthe design #
Swi peupwa rdsor down wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The Instru ment Displa ywil lbe sho wninthe
select eddesign.
The follo wing design scan beselec ted, depend‐
ing ontheve hicle equipment :
R Mer cedes-Ma ybachve hicles: Maybach
R Classi c 30
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Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

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
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 309

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
4
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

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
6
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 LINGUA TRONIC
Switc hingvoice activ ation oftheVo ice Con‐
tr ol Sy stem on/of f #
Sele ctVoic eAc tivation "HeyMercedes".
Dep endingonthepr ev ious status ,th efunc ‐
tion isactiv ated ordeactiv ated.
When thefunc tion isactiv e,the"Hi
Mer cedes" voice com mand canactivat eth e
dialog.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gon line voice contr ol #
ActivateOnl ine VoiceControl .
% Online voice con trol isact ivat ed atthefa c‐
to ry. #
Select Onli neVoi ceControl Subscr..
Yo uwill beconn ect edwithth eMer cedes me
por tal. #
Activateonl ine voice con trol intheMer cedes
me portal. Ac
tiv atin gco ntacts foron line use #
Select Contacts forOnl ine Use .
Wh enthefunc tion isactiv e,con tacts willbe
fo und moreeasil yand accuratelyusin gvo ice
in put. Thequalit yof theenunc iation ofcon ‐
ta ct name sby thesy stem will also be
im prov ed.
Switc hingonvoice interru ption #
Selec tSpeak DuringVoice Output .
If th efunc tion isactiv e,acomm andcanbe
int erjec teddur ing voice output ofthesy s‐
te m. Usin
gth eVo ice Contr olSy stem effectiv ely Vo
ice Contr olSy stem aud ible help functions Usin
gth ecor responding voice com mand syo u
re cei vethefo llo wing informatio nand assis tance
in thefo llo wing cases :
R Forop timal operatio n:sayth eVoice con-
trol tutor ialvoice com mand orcall upthe
Dig ital Op erator' sMa nua lwi th Could yougo
to theVoic eCon trol Sys tem tut orial pleas e?, fo
rex am ple. Thefullextent oftheDigit al
Oper ator's Manual isavailable whentheve hi‐
cle isstatio nary.Her eyo ucan also find
ex planat oryvideos whichint roduce youto
th efunc tionsof theVo ice Cont rolSy stem.
R Cur rent app lication: onthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel, press the£ rock er switc h
up and sayth eHelp voice com mand .Yo uwill
re cei vesugg estions andinformation about
oper ation oftheVo ice Cont rolSy stem forth e
cur rent applica tion.
R Conti nue ddial og:sa yth eHelp voice com ‐
mand during avo ice dialog. Foreve rystep of
th edialog youre cei vematc hinginformation.
R Speci fic fu ncti on:sayth evo ice com mand
fo rth edesir edfunc tion,e.g. with"Hello
Mer cedes, Ineed helpwithth era dio" orafte r
pr essing the£ rock er switc hon themulti‐
func tion steer ing wheel up,sayth eHelp for
the telephon evo ice com mand ,fo rex am ple. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 31
9

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

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

ar
esho wn, forex am ple. Ifyo usele ct"Stut tgar t",
yo ure cei vethesugg estion s"S tarbuc ks","S teak"
and "City railw ay",forex am ple.
The sear chresults inthelis tar esho wn, sorted
acc ordin gto cat ego ry.Ne xtto thecat egor yis
th enumber ofresults. Youwill besho wnthe
bes tre sults from eachcat egor y.Ad dition al
re sults canbefound afte rsele cting there spec‐
tiv ecat egor y.
If yo uco nfirm an entry wit hOK, allcat egor ies
and thenumber ofresults willbesho wnina
summar y.Aftersele cting acat egor yyo ucan
sele ctthesear chresults within thecat egor y.
When yousele ctasear chresult thede tailed
vie wopen s.In thede tailed viewyo ucan choose
whe ther and whic haction syo uwa nttocar ryout
wit hth ere spectiv esear chresult. Forex am ple,
yo ucan star tro uteguidan ceorplac eacall to
somebody .The actions arenamed correspond‐
ing ly.
The sear chcan becar ried out withth efo llo wing
in put methods:
R Entering charact ersusin gth eon- screen key‐
pad R
Entering charact erswit hhan dwr iting recog‐
nitio n
R Dict ation functi on
Usi ngthe global search
Multimedia system:
4 © #
Select ªSearch.
or #
Call uptheno tification s(/ page358). #
Select Search. #
Enterth esear chterm intoth esear chfield.
Dur ing theent ryprocess theth re emos t
lik elysugg estion sar eof fere dbeneat hth e
sear chfield.
In thelis ton theright, theto ptw osear ch
re sults aresho wnforeac hcat egor y.
% Use thech aract erinput function
Alt ernat ivel y, yo ucan usethep dictation
func tion forth esear ch. #
Toacc epta sugg estion :sele ctthesugg es‐
tion .
The thre emos tlik ely sugg estion sar e
of fere d. #
Contin uethesear choraccep ta sugg estion. #
Toacc eptth esecond searchresult :select
th esear chresult.
An action star ts or alis tis sho wn. #
Select asear chresult oran action inthelis t. #
Tosho wall cat egor ies:select OK. #
Tosho wsear chresults fora ca tegor y:
select acat egor y. #
Tosho wde tails: select asear chresult. #
Tostar tan actio n:sele ctan action.
Af tersele ction ofan action, atrac kis pla yed
bac kor thero uteto ades tinatio nis calc ula‐
te d, forex am ple. 360
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