MERCEDES-BENZ GLS 2021 Owners Manual

Smar
tphone integratio n Wi
th Smar tphoneIntegr ation, youcan usecer‐
ta in func tionson your mob ilephon evia themul‐
timedia system displa y.
Onl yone mobile phoneatatime canbeconnec ‐
te dvia Smar tphon eInt egratio nto themultime‐
dia system. Also foruse withtw ophone mode
wit hsmar tphone integr ation, onlyoneadditional
mobil ephone canbeconnect edusing Blue ‐
to oth®
wit hth emultimedia system.
The fullrang eof func tions forSmar tphone Inte‐
gr ation isonly possi blewithan Interne tconnec‐
tion. Theappropr iat eapplication mustbe down‐
loaded onthemobile phonetouse Smartphon e
In te gr ation. Themobile phonemustbe switc hed
on and conn ectedtoaUS Bpor twit hth eç
symbol onthemultimedia system using asuit a‐
ble cable.
Apps forSmar tphone Integr ation
R Mer cedes-Benz Link(impleme ntation ofthe
function using theMer cedes- BenzLinkcon‐
tr ol bo x)
R Apple CarPla y® R
Android Auto
Yo ucan star tSm artphon eIn te gr atio nusin gth e
Mercedes me&Apps menu.
Yo ucan endSm artphon eIn te gr atio nby discon ‐
nec tingth econ nect ingcable between the
mobil ephone andmultime diasystem.
Ov ervie wof transf erre dve hicl edata
When using Smar tphone Integr ation, certain
ve hicle datais transf erredto themobile phone.
This enables youto get thebes tout ofselect ed
mobile phoneservices. Vehicle datais no t
dir ectl yaccessible.
The follo wing system information istransmit ted:
R Softwarere lease ofthemultimedia system
R System ID(anon ymized)
The transf erofthis dat ais used toalter how
con tent isdispl ayed tocor respond tothedr iving
situation .
The follo wing positiondatais transm itted:
R Coor dinat es
R Speed R
Com pass direct ion
R Accel erati on dire ction
Thi sda ta isused bythemobile phoneto
im prove theaccur acyofthena vig ation (e.g.for
continu ation inatunnel ). Mer
cedes -Ben zeme rgency callsystem Inf
orma tion ontheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem Yo
ur vehicle iseq uipped withth eMer cedes- Benz
emer gency callsy stem ("eCall ").This featur ecan
help save lives intheeve ntofan acci dent. eCall
in no wayre places assistance prov ided from
dialing 911.
Mer cedes-Ben zeCal lonl yfunct ionsinareas
wher emobile phonecoverage isavailable from
th ewir eless service prov ider s.Insuf ficie ntnet‐
wo rkcoverage from thewir eless service prov id‐
er sma yre sult inan emerg encycallnotbeing
tr ansmitt ed.
eCal lis ast andar dfeatur ein your Mer cedes-
Ben zve hicle. Inorder tofunction asintended ,
th esy stem relies onthetra nsmiss ionofdat a MBUX
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tailed inthe"Mer cedes- Benzemergency call
sy stem datatra nsmiss ion"sectionthat follo ws
( / pag e31 2).
To disable eCall,acus tomer mustvisit an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzService depar tment
to deactiv ateth eve hicle's communication mod‐
ule.
Deactiv ationofthis mod ulepreve nts the
act ivat ion ofanyand allMer cedes mecon‐
nect services. Afterthe deactivatio nof
eC all,aut omati ceme rgency calland manua l
emer gency callwill notbe availab le.
The igniti onmus tbe swi tched onbef orean auto‐
matic emergency callcan bemade.
% eCallis acti vatedat thefa ct or y.
% eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zdealer .Please note that in
th eeve ntow ner shipof theve hicle istrans‐
fe rred toano ther ow ner inits deacti vated
st at e, eCall willremain deactivated unles s
th ene wow ner visits an author ized
Mer cedes-B enzdealer shiptoreact ivat eth e
sy stem. Ov
ervie wof theMer cedes- Benzemergency
call system eCall
canhelp toreduce thetime between an
acciden tand thear riva lof emer gency service s
at thesit eof theacciden t.Ithelps locatean
acciden tsit ein places that aredif ficul tto
acc ess. However,eve nif ave hicle iseq uipped
wit heCal l,th is does notmean thesy stem isON.
As suc h,eCall doesnotre place dialing 911in the
eve ntofan acci dent.
An eme rgency callcan bemade automatical ly
( / pag e31 0) or ma nua lly(/ page 311) On ly
mak eemer gency callsifyo uor other sar ein
need ofrescue.
Onl ymak eemerg encycallsifyo uor other sar e
in need ofrescue. Donotmak ean emer gency
cal lin theeve ntofabr ea kdo wnorasimil arsit‐
ua tio n.
Mes sageson the displa y
SOS NOT READY :th eignition isno ton oreCall
no tav ailable.
Dur ing anact ive emer gency call,0053 appe ars
in thedispla y. Yo
ucan find mor einf orma tionon there gional
av ailabilit yof eCall at:ht tp s:// www .merced es-
ben z-mobi le.com /extra /eca ll/
% Ifth er eis amalfunct ionintheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callsy stem (e.g. afa ult with
th espeak er,micr ophone, airbag,SOSbut‐
to n), acor responding messageappea rsin
th emultifunc tiondispla yof theins trument
clus ter. Tr
igg ering anaut omat icMer cedes‑B enz
emer gency call Re
quirement s:
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntly charge d.
The Mercedes‑ Benzemer gency callsy stem trig‐
ge rs an emer gency callau tomatical lyin thefo l‐
lo wing cases :
R Afteractiv ation ofthere stra int systems such
as airbags orEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device s
af te ran accide nt
R Afteran automatical lyinitia tedemer gency
st op byActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t 31
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The
emer gency callha sbe en ma de:
R Avo ice con nection ismade tothe
Mer cedes‑Ben zemer gency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes‑ Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes‑B enzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers.
The SOS button intheove rhead control panel
fl ashes untilth eemer gency callis finis hed .
It is no tpo ssi ble to immed iatelyend anaut o‐
matic emergency call.
If no conne ctioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
If an eme rgency callhas been initiat ed:
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traffic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice
con nection ises tablished withth eemer‐
ge ncy callcent eroperator. R
Bas edon thecall, theoper ator decides
whe ther itis neces saryto cal lre scue teams
and/ orthepolice totheacciden tsit e.
R Ifno vehicle occupant answers, an ambu‐
lance issent totheve hicle immediat ely. Tr
igg ering ama nual Mercedes-B enzemer ‐
ge ncy call #
Touse theSOS buttonin theov erhead
contr olpa nel: press and hold theSOS but‐
to nfo rat lea stone second (/page304). #
Touse thevo ice contr olsystem: usethe
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem voice com mand s.
The emer gency callha sbe en ma de:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes-B enzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers. R
Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traffic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice
con nection ises tablished withth eemer‐
ge ncy callcent eroperator .
R Bas edon thecall, theoper ator decides
whe ther itis neces saryto cal lre scue teams
and/ orthepolice totheacciden tsit e.
If no con nect ioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
End inganunin tentionall ytrigg ered manu al
Mer cedes-Benz emergency call #
On themu ltifunct ionsteer ing wheel:
selec t0076. Depress thebutt onforse veral
seconds. MBUX
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Data
trans ferof the Mercedes- Benz emer‐
ge ncy callsystem In
theeve ntofan automatic ormanua lemer‐
ge ncy callth efo llo wing datais transmit ted, for
ex am ple:
R Vehicle's GPSposition data
R GPS position dataon thero ute
( (a few hund redme ters )befor eth einciden t)
R Direct ion oftrav el
R Vehicle identif ication number
R Vehicle drive type
R Number ofpeop lede term ined tobe inthe
ve hicle
R Whe ther Mer cedes meconnect isavailable
or not
R Whe ther theemer gency callwa sinitiat ed
manually oraut omatically
R Time oftheacciden t
R Languag ese tting onthemultimedia system
Dat atransmit tedis vehicle information. Foran y
qu estion sabout thecollect ion,useand shar ing
of theeCall system data,please contact MBU‐ SA
'sCus tomer Assis tance Center at800-F OR-
MER C.
Fo rCa nada ,plea secont actMBC's Customer
Assis tance Center at1-800-38 7-0100.
Cu stomer requ ests forco veredinf ormation
should besubmitt edvia thesame chann els.
Fo raccide ntclar ificatio npur poses ,th efo llo wing
measur escan betake nup toan hour afte rth e
emer gency callha sbe en initia ted:
R The current vehicle position canbedeter‐
mined.
R Avo ice con nection totheve hicle occupants
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Ra
dio &medi a Ov
ervie wof the symb olsand func tions inthe medi amenu Symbo
lD esignation Function
6 PlayS electtostar tor con tinue playbac k.
8 Rest Select topause thepla ybac k.
: Repeating atrac kS electtorepeat thecur rent trac kor theactiv epla ylist.
R Selec tonc e:theactiv epla ylistis repeat ed.
R Select twice:thecur rent trac kis repeat ed.
R Select thre etimes: thefunc tion isdeactiv ated.
9 Rando mplay bac kS electtopla ybac ktra cksin rando morde r.
00F500F6 Skip
forw ards/ backS electtoskip tothene xt or tothepr ev ious trac k.
ß Options Selecttosho wadditional options.
5 Categor ies Selecttosho wor sear chthro ugh available categor ies(e.g.pla ybac klis ts,albums ,
ar tis ts,et c.).
ª SearchS electtosear chintheactiv emenu. Youcan sear chforar tis ts, genres, moo dsor
vid eos ,fo rex am ple. MBU
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Symbol
Designation Function
Z Settings Selecttomak ese ttings.
© HomeSelecttoretur nto thehome screen.
j MessagingSelecttocal lup mess aging.
2 Fullscr een Selectto switc hto full screen mode The
follo wing functionsandsettings are
av ailab lein themed iamenu :
R Conn ecting extern al dat ast or ag emedia with
th emultimedia system (e.g. using USBor
Blue tooth®
)
R Playing backaudio orvideo files Au
thorizing aBlu etoo th®
audio devic efo r
medi apla yba ck Re
quirement s:
R Blue tooth®
is act ivat ed on themultimedia
sy stem and audio equipment. R
The audio equipment supportstheBlue‐
to oth®
audio profiles A2DP and AVRC P.
R The audio equipment is"visible" forot her
de vices.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Media 5
Bluetoot h5
00A5
Wi th Blu etoo th®
audio, youcan playbac kmusi c
fi les from anextern al dat ast or ag emedium, e.g.
yo ur smar tphon e,usin gth eMBUX multimedia
sy stem. #
Topla ybac kaudio files using themultimedia
sy stem, author ize theex tern al dat ast or ag e
medium ontheMBUX multimedia system. Au
thorizing ane wBlu etoo th®
audio devic e #
Select Connect NewDevice . #
Select anaudio device.
Au thor ization star ts.A cod eis displa yedon
th emultimedia system and onthemobile
phone. #
Ifth ecodes areidentic al,con firm onthe
audio equipme nt. #
Select Onlyas Bluet oothAudi oDe vic e.
The Blue tooth®
audio equipme ntiscon nec‐
te dwit hth emultimedia system. 31
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Connect
ingprev iousl yaut hor ized Bluetooth®
audio equipment #
Select aBlue tooth®
audio devic efrom the
lis t.
The connection isbeing established. Ov
ervie wof thesym bols andfunctions inthera dio menu Symbo
lD esignation Function
© HomeSelecttoretur nto thehome screen.
j MessagingSelecttocal lup mess aging.
00F500F6 Skip
forw ards/ backS electtoskip tothene xt or tothepr ev ious statio n.
Z Options Select tohave further option ssho wn. Settings canbemade tothefo llo wing addi‐
tion alfunc tions,forex am ple:
R Navig ation andtraf fic annou ncements
R Freq uency Fixfunc tion
R Radio additional text
R Emerg encywarnings
The setting option sar ecoun try- dependen t. MBUX
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Symbol
Designation Function
HD HD
radio Selecttoswitc hth eHD radio func tion onoroff.
This function isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
0063 Mut
efun ction Select toswitc hof fth esound
0074 St
or ing radio statio ns Select tosave ast atio nin thepr ese ts
4 Statio nlis tS electtohave thest atio nlis tsho wn.
ª Search Select tosear chintheactiv emenu. Youcan sear chforar tis ts, genres, moo dsor
vid eos ,fo rex am ple. Ad
diti onalfunc tions ofTuneIn Radio
% Arelativ elylar ge volume ofdat acan be
transmit tedwhen usingTuneIn Radio. 31
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Symbol
Designation Function
Z Options Thefollo wing addition alsettings areav ailable in
th eTu neIn Radio menu:
R Select ingstre am
R Log gingon to/ou tof theTu neIn account
ß Favorite sS electduring playbac kto save thest atio ncur ‐
re ntl yse tas afa vo rite .
6 Play/S topS electtostar t,stop orcont inue playbac k.
5 Brows eS electtochoose acat egor yand then ara dio
st atio n. Ad
diti onalfunc tions ofthe satellite radio
SIRI USXM®
sat ellite radio offers mor eth an 175
digit al-quality radio chann elsprov iding 100%
commer cial-free musi c,spor ts,news and enter‐
ta inm ent,fo rex am ple. SIRIUS XM®
sat ellit e
ra dio employsaflee tof high-per form anc esat el‐ lit
es tobroadcas tar ound thecloc kth ro ughout
th eUS Aand Canada. Thesatellit era dio progr am
is available fora mont hlyfee. Inf ormation about
th is can beobt ained from aSir ius XM®
Ser vice
Cent erand athtt ps:/ /www .siriusxm .com (USA)
or htt ps:/ /www .siriusxm .ca (Canada). %
Sirius, XMand allrelat ed mar ksand logos
ar etrademar ksofSir ius XM Radio Inc.and
its subsidiar ies.Allother mar ks,ch ann el
nam esand logos areth epr oper tyof their
re spectiv eow ner s.All rights reser ved. MBUX
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Symbol
Designation Function
Z Options Thefollo wing addition alsettings areav ailable in
th esat ellit era dio menu:
R Activatepa rent al contr olto loc kch ann els
wit hadult content
R Setal ar m progr amming formusi cand spor t
ale rts
R Creat eTu neMi xlist sto listento musi cseam‐
lessly
5 Playba ckcontr ols Selectto sho wthetimeline.
Ta pan ypoint onthetimeline toskip forw ards or
bac k.
Na vig ateto theend ofthetimelin eto retur nto
liv emode.
6 PlayS electtostar tor con tinue playbac k.
8 Rest Select topause thepla ybac k. Dep
endingonthefreq uency bandselect ed,dif‐
fe re nt func tions areav ailable toyou. Sel
ect thedesir edfreq uency bandinthera dio
menu headrunner . Cal
ling up TuneIn Radio Re
quirement s: 31
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