MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV 2020 Owner's Manual

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Tofilt er thedisp layaccor dingtothePOI
cat egor y:scr ollon thecon trol element . #
Select thePOI categor y.
Selec tingades tination from favo rite s
Re quirement s:
R Des tination sar esa ve das favo rite s.
Sa ve apr ev ious destination orades tination
sugg estion asafa vo rite (/ pag e404).
Multimedia system:
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5 FAV ORITES #
Select afa vo rite .
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable inthefa vo r‐
it es menu:
R Saving addresses forhome andwork
R Creat ing favo rite s
R Deleting favo rite s #
Ifno address hasbeen save dfo rhome
and work:sel ect Home orWo rk. #
Confirm thepr om ptwit hYes . #
Enterth efa vo rite as aPOI oraddr ess
(/ page38 2). #
Tosave afa vo rite :sel ect Add Favorites. #
Enterthefa vo rite as aPOI oraddr ess
(/ page38 2).
or #
Ifall theposition sin thefa vo rite sar efull,
fi rs tse lect afa vo rite whic his to be ove rwrit‐
te n(/ page 356). #
Followtheins truction spr ov ided. #
Todel eteafa vo rite :sel ect V fora des ti‐
nation. #
Select Delete.
or #
Press onafa vo rite unt ilth eOPTIONS menu
is sho wn. #
Select Delete.
Selecting receiv eddes tinations
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection .
R Ades tination hasbeen senttotheve hicle. Multimedia
system:
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5 REC. DESTINA TIONS
The vehicle canrecei vedes tinations from serv‐
ices orapps. #
Select ades tination.
The destination addressissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
% Youcan save are cei veddes tination inthe
fa vo rite s(/ page404).
Yo uha ve fast acc ess tothedes tinat ions via
th efa vo rite s(/ page389).
Dele ting are ceiv eddes tination #
Todel eteades tina tion: selectV fora
des tination. #
Select Delete. #
Select Yes. #
Todel eteall des tina tions :selec t0062. #
Sele ctDele teAll. #
Sele ctYes. MBU
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Ro
ute Calc
ulating aro ut e
Re quirement s:
R The destination hasbeen entered.
R The destination addressissho wn. 1
¥ Norouteye t
¦ Aro utehas been mapp ed #
Select ¥.
The routeto thedes tinat ioniscalculat ed.
The map showsthero ute. Ro uteguidan ce
th en begins.
or #
Select ¦.
If aro uteis alr eady mapp ed,apr om ptis
sho wn. #
Selec tSet asWay Point .
The selec teddes tination addressissetas
th ene xt int ermediat edes tinat ion.Route
guidan cebegin s.
If th er ear ealr eady four intermed iatedes tina‐
tio ns,th emultimedia system askswhe ther
int ermediat edes tinat ion4should bedele ted.
Conf irm thepr om ptwit hYes .
or #
Sele ctStart New Route Guidanc e.
The selec teddes tination addressissetas a
ne wdes tination. Theprev ious destination
and theint ermediat edes tinat ions are
dele ted. Ro uteguidan cetothene wdes tina‐
tion begins.
Sear ching forPO Isin the vicini ty of the des‐
tin atio nsho wn
% The POIsymbo lsto theright ofPOIs inthe
Vicinity showthefirs tth re ecat egor iesfor
qu ick- acc ess. Youcan configur eth ese cate‐
gor ies (/ page385). #
Select aPOI symbol.
The sear chresults aredispla yed. #
Select aPOI.
The destination addressissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
or #
Select POIsin theVic inity 0048. #
Sea rchusing categor ies,enterasear chent ry
or sear chfora per sonal POI(/page385) . #
Select aPOI.
The destination address issho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
Ot her men ufu nct ions #
Tosave thedes tina tion: selectf. #
Sele ctan optio n.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Sav ein "Prev iousDestinat ions"
R Sav eas Fav orite
R Sav eas "Hom e"
R Sav eas "Wor k" 390
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Tocall thedes tina tion: ifate lephon enum‐
ber isavailable, selectCall . #
Toshar eth edes tina tion using NFCorQR
code: selectShar evia NFC orQR Code . #
Hold theNFC area ofthemobile phone(see
manuf acturer'soper ating instruction s)on the
mat orpla cethemobile phoneonit
(/ page426).
or #
Hold themobile phoneneartothemultime‐
dia system and scan theQR code. #
Tocall upanInterne tad dress: ifawe b
addr essisavailable, selectwww . #
Tosho won thema p:selec tSho won Map .
Selecti ngaro ut etype
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Route #
Select thero utetyp e.
If no routehas been creat ed, thene xt route
is calc ulatedon thebasis ofthene wroute
typ e. If
aro utehas already been creat ed, thero ute
is calc ulatedon thebasis ofthene wroute
typ e.
The follo wing routetype sar eav ailable:
R Fast
A ro utewit haqu ick jour neytim eis calc ula‐
te d.
R Shor t
A ro utewit hasho rtdriving distance iscal cu‐
la te d.
R Eco
An econ omical routeis calc ulated. The jour‐
ne ytim ema ybe som ewhat long erthan for
qu icke rro utes.
R Trail er
The optio nis available ifatrailer hasbeen
coup ledwithth eve hicle.
A pr om ptissho wninthemultimedia system.
Conf irm thepr om pt.
The routeis op tim izedfo rtr ail er oper ation
wit hamaximu mspee dof 50 mph
(80 km/ h). Tr
af fic inf orma tion canbetake nint oaccount
fo rthe routetypes: #
Select Dynami cRou teGu ida nce 0048. #
Select Automati c,On Req uestor Off .
Explana tionoftheop tion s:
R Autom atic
The routeis calc ulatedwithth ecur rentl yse t
ro utetyp e.
Tr af fic re por tsvia LiveTr af fic Inf ormati onare
ta ke nint oacco unt(/ page 406).
Liv eTraf fic Inf ormati onisno tav ailable inall
coun tries.
R OnRequest
A pr om ptappear swhen ane wrouteis de tec‐
te dwit hashor terjour neytime basedon traf‐
fi c re por ts.Youcan continue touse thecur‐
re nt routeor use thedynamic routeins tead
(/ page39 2).
R Off
No traf fic re por tsareta ke nint oacco untfor
th ero ute. MB
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Calcu
lating alternat ive ro utes #
ActivateSug gest Alte rnative Route .
The disp lay bu tton isacti vated. Alt ernativ e
ro utes arecalc ulatedforeve ryroute. #
Select analternat ive ro ute(/ page39 5).
Ac cep tingade tour recomm endationafte ra
pr om pt
Re quirement s:
R OnRequest isswitc hedon(/ page39 1) in
th eDYNA MICROUTE GUIDANCEmenu.
R Routeguidan ceisact ive.
R Ther ear etraf fic re por tsforth ecur rent
ro ute.
If ane wroutewit hasho rter driving timeis
de term ined, thecur rent and newroutes will be
sho wn.
The notificat ion issho wninano ther application.
Conf irm theno tification . #
Toacc eptth ene wrout e: sele ctAccept
Recom mended Detour. #
Tomain tain the curre ntrout e: sele ctKeep
to Cu rrent Route. Sel
ecting rout eop tions
Mul timedi asy stem:
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Av oiding areas #
Sele ctAvoid Options. #
Sele ctAvoid Areas (/page41 3).
Av oiding orusing highways,fe rries, tunnels,
mo torailtrains, unpavedro ads #
Select AvoidOptions. #
Activateor deacti vate theavo idop tion .
To avoid: thedispla ybutt onisactiv ated. The
ro uteav oids highw ays, forex am ple.
To use: thedispla ybutt onisoff.The route
ta ke shighw aysint oconsider ation,forex am‐
ple.
Thes ero uteop tio ns areno tav ailable ineve ry
cou ntry.
The select edrouteop tio ns can notalw aysbe
ta ke nint oacco unt.Therefore ,a ro utema y
inc lude afe rry, forins tance, eventh ough the
Avoi dFerr iesav oid option isenabled. Ames‐ sag
eth en appear sand youwill hear aco rre‐
spondin gmessag e.
Av oiding orusing tollro ads #
Select AvoidOptions. #
Select TollRoa ds. #
Switc hAvoid Allon oroff.
To avoid: thedispla ybutt onisactiv ated. The
ro uteav oids alltollro ads.
To use: thedispla ybutt onisoff.The route
ta ke sint oaccount allroads that requ ire th e
pa yment ofausag efe e(toll).
or #
Toavoid aty pe ofpaym ent :selec tAv oid.
The routeav oids alltollro ads withth eselec‐
te dme thod ofpayment. #
Touse atype ofpayment :sele ctUse.
The routeta ke sint oaccount alltollro ads
wit hth eselect edmethod ofpayment.
These routeop tio ns areno tav ailable ineve ry
cou ntry. 392
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Using
carpool lanes
When usingcarpool lanes, observetheapplica‐
ble legalrequ iremen tsas wellas anycon dition s
per tainin gto when andwher esuc hlanes maybe
used. Carpool lanes mayonl ybe used ifcer tain
condi tions areme t.
Ca rpool lanes areno tav ailable inall coun tries. #
Select Avoid Options. #
Select Carpoo lLan es. #
Select For Two Occupan tsor For 3Oc cu-
pant sor Mor e·.
or #
Select OnRequest ·.
When this op tion isselec tedand acar pool
lane isavailable, apr om ptappear s.Yo ucan
co ntinue touse thecur rent routeor sele cta
ro utewit hth ecar pool lane.
% Ifth eAvoid option isselect ed,then no car‐
pool lanes willbeused forth ero ute.
Select ingnotificat ions forthe rout e
Re quirement s: R
Foran audi blein dic atio nwh en appr oach‐
in gaper sonal POI:th eUSB device contains
per son alPOIs .
R The USB device iscon nectedwit hth emulti‐
media system.
R The categor yin whic hth eper sonal POI
belongs isactiv ated.
Multimedia system:
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Announc ement s #
Switc hNo Drivin gRecomm. onoroff.
No naviga tio nanno unceme ntsareissu ed
wh en thedispla ybutt onisswitc hedon. #
Toselect ana vig ation announcement :
select anoption 003Bunder theDRIVIN GREC-
OMMEN DATION categor y.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Ton eOn ly
In place ofthespok ennavig ation
announ cementyo uhear agon g.The
gon gsign alsanupco mingdr ivin gman eu‐ ve
rand alsosounds during thedr iving
maneuv er.
R Reduced DrivingRecomm.
If ana vig ation announ cementis available,
yo uhear abr ief ann oun cem ent,e.g ."tur n
ri ght".
R Detailed DrivingRecomm.
If ana vig ation announc ementisavailable
and theAn nounc eSt reet Names option is
switc hedon,youhear aco mp lete
ann oun cem ent,e.g ."In 600ft (200 m)at
th eend ofthest re et tur nright intoSt a‐
tio nRo ad". #
Tohave stre et names announced during
a dr iving maneuv er:switc hon Announc e
St reet Names. #
Select Reduced DrivingRecomm. or
Det ailed Drivin gRecomm. .
The name ofthest re et intowhic hyo usho uld
tur nis ann oun ced.
% The optio ns intheDRIVIN GRECOMMEN DA-
TION categor yar eno tav ailable ineve ry
cou ntryand inallla ngua ges. MBUX
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Selec
tingmessag esforTRAF FIC #
Activateames sage .
The displa ybutt onisactiv ated.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Traf ficIncide nts
Tr af fic inci dents areannou nced,e.g.
ro adw orks and road bloc ks.
This funct ionisno tav ailable inall coun ‐
tr ies and languages.
R Announc eTraf ficWarn ings
Wa rning mess ages areann ounc ed,e.g.
bef oreta ilbac ksthat pose arisk (ifavaila‐
ble).
This function isno tav ailable inall coun ‐
tr ies and languages.
Au dibl eindi cati onwhe nappr oachingaper‐
so nal POI #
Select thePerson alPOIs option inthe
ALER TScatego ry. #
Activateacat egory.
The displa ybutt onisactiv ated. When
appr oaching aper sonal POIinthis cat egor y
an audible indication willbeissued.
Sho wing destina tion informa tion forthe
ro ut e
Re quirement s:
R Ades tination isent ered.
Multime diasystem:
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Select RouteOverview .
When routeguidan ceisact ive, thedes tina‐
tion andintermediat edes tinat ions are
sho wn, ifth ese have been entered and not
ye tbe en passe d.
The routecan include uptofour intermed iate
des tinatio ns. #
Select ades tinatio nor an intermed iatedes ti‐
nat ion.
The follo wing informatio nis displa yed:
R Remaini ngdriving distance
R Time ofarriva l R
Remaini ngjour neytime
R Name, destination address
R Phone number (ifavailable)
R Webaddr ess(ifavailable)
Pla nning routes
Mul timedi asy stem:
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Route Overview #
Select SetWay Point . #
Enterth eint ermediat edes tinat ionasaPOI
or addr ess, forex am ple (/ page38 2). #
Select theint ermediat edes tinat ion.
Af tersele ction ofan intermedi atedes tina‐
tion, thero uteove rview issho wnagain. #
Calculat eth ero utewit hint ermedi atedes ti‐
nat ions(/ page39 5)
% Ifth er ear ealr eady four intermedi atedes ti‐
nat ions,dele tean intermedi atedes tinatio n
(/ page39 4).
Edit ingaro ut ewith intermediat edes tina‐
tions
Re quirement s: 39
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The destinat ionand atleas tone intermediat e
des tinat ionhave been entered.
Multimedia system:
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5 ¡ 5
Route Overview #
Tochang eth eseq uence ofdes tina tions :
selec tV fora des tination.
A menu opens. #
Select Move.
00FB ishighl ighted. #
Movetheint ermediat edes tinat ionorthe
des tination with005E or0049 tothedesir ed
position . #
Tapon 00FB. #
Todel eteades tina tion: selectV foran
int ermedia tedes tination ordes tination. #
Select Delete.
The destination isdele ted.
Calculat ingaro ut ewith intermediat edes ti‐
nation s
Re quirement s: R
The destination andatleas tone intermediat e
des tination have been entered.
Multimedia system:
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5 ¡ 5
Route Overview #
Select Start Route Guidance.
or #
Ifth ero utehas been edited,sele ctTo Nav i-
gat ion G. #
Con firm thepr om ptwit hYes .
The routeis calc ulated. Routeguidan ce
begin s.
Disp laying thero utelis t
Mul timedi asy stem:
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¡ #
Select RouteList.
The routesec tions aredispl ayed. The current
ve hicle position ismar kedon themap.
The current vehicle position issho wnwith
th efo llo wing informatio n:
R The a symbol forth ecur rent vehicle
position isdispla yed. R
The name ofthero ad on whic hyo uar e
cur rentl ydr ivi ng issho wn.
R The road num berofthero ad on whic h
yo uar ecur rently drivi ng issho wn.
The routelis tis updat eddur ing thejour ney. #
Tosho wrout esec tions :swi peup ordown
on thecon trol element .
The routesec tionis sho wnonthemap.
Selecting analternativ ero ut e
Re quirement s:
R The Sugges tAlt ern ative Route option is
switc hedon(/ page39 1).
Multime diasystem:
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Select Alternativ eRoutes.
The routes aredispl ayed inaccor dance with
th ese tting made inthero utese tting s.
The routes arenum bered. #
Select thealt ernativ ero ute. #
Tosho wthero ut eon thema p:selec t
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Movethemap (/page41 0). #
Setth emap scale (/page41 0). #
Toavoid oruse routeop tions :sele ct0062. #
Switc hth ero uteop tio n,e.g .Hig hways ,on or
of f.
To avoid: thedispla ybutt onisactiv ated. The
alt ernativ ero uteavo ids highw ays.
To use: thedispla ybutt onisoff.The alterna‐
tiv ero uteuses highways.
Ac tiv atin gaco mmut errout e
Re quirement s:
R Youha ve crea tedapr ofile (/ page350 ).
R The Allow Destination Suggest ionsoption is
switc hedon(/ page355).
R The Activat eCommuter Routeoption is
switc hedon.
R The multimedia system has gather ed suf fi‐
cie ntdata inorder tosho wdes tination sug‐
ge stions .
R Routes have been learned forth ese destina‐
tion sugg estion s. %
This comm uter routeis no tav ailable inall
coun tries.
Mult imed iasystem:
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Route #
ActivateActiv ateCommu terRoute .
The disp lay bu tton isacti vated. The navig a‐
tion system automaticall yde tects that the
ve hicle ison acommut erroute. Itaut omat i‐
call yst ar ts aro uteguidan cewithout voice
output .
Fo rth edail ycomm uter route, traf fic inci ‐
dents onthero utear ealso repor tedwhen
dr iving without activero uteguidan ce.
Swit ching theaut oma ticgasst ation search
on/of f
Mult imedia system:
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Vehicle #
Switc hGas Station Search onoroff.
When thefuel reser veleve lis reac hed, and
th edispla ybutt onisswitc hedon,amessag e
appear sto star tsear ching forga sst atio ns. St
arting anaut omatic gasst ation search
Re quirement s:
R The automat icga sst atio nsear chisact ivat ed
(/ page396) .
Dr iving situation
The fuel leve lin thefuel tank reac hes the
re ser vefuel leve l.
The follo wing notificat ion issho wninthemedia
displa yReserve FuelTaphere tosearch forgas
stat ions. #
Conf irm theno tification .
The automatic gasst atio nsear chbegins. The
av ailable gasst atio nsalon gth ero uteor in
th evicinit yof theve hicle's current positio n
ar edispl ayed. #
Select aga sst atio n.
The addr essofthega sst atio nis displa yed. #
Calculat eth ero ute(/ page39 0).
The gasst atio nis setas thedes tinat ionor
th ene xt int ermediat edes tinat ion. 396
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Ifth erear ealr ead yfo ur intermediat edes‐
tinatio ns:sele ctYes inthepr om pt.
The gasst atio nis ent ered inthero uteov er‐
vie w. Intermedia tedes tination 4is dele ted.
Ro uteguidan cebegin s.
St arting theaut oma ticser vice station
sear ch
Re quirement s:
R ATTENTION ASSISTand theSuggest Rest
Area function areactiv ated (/ page288).
R Ther ear eser vice statio nsalon gth ero ute
sec tionahead.
Dr iving situatio n
The follo wing notificat ion issho wninthemedia
displa yATTE NTION ASSISTTap here tosearch
for rest areas. #
Conf irm theno tification .
The service statio nsear chstar ts.The availa‐
ble servicest atio nsalon gth ero uteor inthe
vicinity oftheve hicle's current positio nar e
di spl ayed. #
Select aser vice statio n.
The servicest atio naddr essisdispla yed. #
Calculat eth ero ute(/ page39 0).
The servicest atio nis setas thedes tinat ion
or thene xt int ermediat edes tinat ion. #
Ifth erear ealr ead yfo ur intermediat edes‐
tinatio ns:sele ctYes inthepr om pt.
The service statio nis ent ered inthero ute
ove rview. Intermedia tedes tination 4is
dele ted. Ro uteguidan cebegin s.
Sho wing ast or ed rout eon thema p
Re quirement s:
R AUSB device withstor ed routes isco nn ec‐
te dwit hth emultimedia system
(/ page460).
R The routeis stor ed inthe"R out es" folder
wit hth eGPS Exch ang efo rm at(.gpx) .
Mult imed iasystem:
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5 SAVED ROUTES #
Select aro ute. #
Select Show onMap. #
Movethemap (/page41 0). St
arting asa ve dro ut e
Re quirement s:
R AUSB device withstor ed routes isco nn ec‐
te dwit hth emultimedia system
(/ page460).
R The routeis stor ed inthe"R out es" folder
wit hth eGPS Exch ang efo rm at(.gpx) .
Mult imed iasystem:
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ª Where to?
5 SAVED ROUTES #
Select aro ute. #
Select Start Rout eGuid. from Beginning of
Rout eor Start Rout eGuidan cefrom Curr .
Posi tion.
Ro uteguidan cestar ts.
% The routecan besave dwit hf inthe
menu (/page390) .
Re cor dingaro ute
Re quirement s:
R AUSB device iscon nectedwit hth emultime‐
dia system (/ page460). MBUX
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5 SAVED ROUTES #
Tostar tre cor ding:selec tSt art Reco rdinga
New Route.
A redre cor ding symbo lis sho wn.
The routeis stor ed on theUSB device. #
Tosto pre cor ding:selec tEn dReco rding.
Sa ving are cor ded rout e
Re quirement s:
R AUSB device iscon nectedwit hth emultime‐
dia system (/ page460).
Multimedia system:
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ª Where to?
5 SAVED ROUTES #
Select aro ute. #
Select f. #
Select Savein "Pre vious Destinat ions".
The routeis stor ed inthe"Pr evious destina‐
tion s"memo ryand canbecalle dup from
th er efo rro uteguidan ce. Edit
ingasto redro ute
Re quirement s:
R AUSB device withstor ed routes isco nn ec‐
te dwit hth emultimedia system
(/ page460).
Multimedia system:
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5 SAVED ROUTES #
Select aro utewit hV. #
Toent eranam e:selec tChang eName . #
Enterth ename. #
Select OK.
or #
When thename hasbeen chang ed, press the
G button. #
Select Yes. #
Todel etearo ut e: sele ctDelete. #
Select Yes. Ro
uteguidanc e No
teson rout eguidanc e &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng integr ated commu nication equip‐
ment whiletheve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper ateco mm unic ationeq uipme nt
int egrat edintheve hicle when driving, you
will bedistract edfrom thetra ffic situat ion.
This could alsocause youto lose control of
th eve 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. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system.
Ro uteguidan cebegin son ce aro utehas been
calc ulated. 398
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