MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV 2020 Owner's Manual

Benef
itsofCa r-to -X-C ommu nication:
R Haza rdsar ere cogni zedautomatical lyin the
bac kground bytheve hicle orma ybe repor‐
te dby thedr iver .These areth en sent tovehi‐
cles withCar -to-X-Communicat ioninthe
immed iatevicin ity.
R Ifav ailable, current details relatin gto hazar d
spo tsnear theve hicle's current positio nar e
re cei ved.
This gives yousuf ficie nttime toadap tyo ur
dr ivin gst yle to thetraf fic condi tions.
The useof Ca r-to -X-C ommu nicationre qu ires the
re gular transmission ofvehicle datato Dai mle r
AG .The data isthen immediat elypseudon y‐
mized byDai mle rAG .The vehicle datais dele ted
af te ran app ropr iat eamount oftime haselapsed
(se veralwe eks) and isno tst or ed per manent ly.
% Datawhic hser vesas identif ication is
re placed during thepseudon ymization proc‐
ess. Inthis wa y,yo ur iden tityis protect ed
ag ains taccess byunaut horizedth ird par ties . Displa
yinghazardwa rnings
Multime diasystem:
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Navigation (Navigation )
If hazar dwa rnings areav ailable these can be
sho wnassymbols onthemap. Thedispla y
depends onthese ttings forth eTraffic andTraf-
fic Incidents option s. #
Setth eop tion s(/ page408).
The follo wing displa ysareav ailable:
R Show allsymbo ls.
The Trafficand TrafficIncide ntsop tio ns are
swit ched on.
R Onlysho wsymbols ontheex pect edroute.
The Trafficoptio nis swit ched off,th eTraffic
Inc idents option isswitc hedon.
R Sho wno symbols.
The Traffic Incidents option isswitc hedoff.
The follo wing hazar dwa rnings aresho wnonthe
map:
R Brok en-do wnvehicles
R Accid ents R
Haza rdous weather
R Gene ralhazar ds
R Haz ardwa rning light s,when switchedon
R Crosswin dwa rning
% Ifth eve hicle isappr oaching ahazar dspo t
wit have hicle speed ofat leas t37 mph
(60 km/ h)thevo ice output "Tra ffic inc ident
ahead" isissued.
The voice output isno tissued forhazardous
we ather .
Send inghazard wa rnings
Au tomatical lyde tected hazar dwa rnings aresen t
by theve hicle. #
Tosend ahaza rdwa rning yoursel f:tapon
th emedia displaywhen themap issho wn.
The navig ation menu issho wn. #
Select ¡. #
Select Report TrafficIncident.
A pr om ptissho wn. #
Selec tYes.
The Thank YouforSuppor tingAc ciden tPre-
ven tion mess ageappear s. MBU
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Map
andcom pass Se
tting thema pscale
Multi media system:
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Navigation
Zooming in #
When themap issho wn, taptwice quickl y
wit hone fing er on themedia displayor the
to uc hpad.
or #
Movetwofing ersap arton themedia display
or on theto uc hpad.
Zoom ingout #
Tapwit htw ofing erson themedia displayor
th eto uc hpad.
or #
Movetwofing ersto ge ther on themedia dis‐
pla yor on theto uc hpad.
% Youcan setth eunit ofmeasur ementofthe
map scale (/page37 6). Mo
ving thema p
Multi media system:
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Navigation #
On theto uc hscr een:mo vethefing er inany
di re ction whenth emap issho wn. #
On theto uc hpad: callupthena vig ation
menu bypressing. #
Swipe your fing er up. #
Press theto uc hpad.
Cr oss hair 1appear s.The map canbe
mo ved. #
Touc hth eto uc hpad andmoveyour fing er in
an ydi re ction.
The map movesin theopposit edir ect ion
under crosshair 1.
When themap hasbeen movedth efo llo wing
inf ormatio nappear sin thest atus line,fo rex am‐
ple:
R Distance 2from theve hicle's current posi‐
tio nis sho wn.
R Informa tionab ou tth ecur rent ma ppo sitio n
is sho wn, e.g.th ename ofthero ad.
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Select ades tinatio non themap
(/ page388).
R Select aPOI (/page385).
R Sho wtra ffic inc ident son themap
(/ page40 7). #
Torese tth ema pto the current vehicl e
posi tion: select3. 41
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Ro
tat ing thema p #
With twofing ers, rotate cou nter-cloc kwiseor
cloc kwiseon themedia displayor theto uc h‐
pad.
Select ingthema por ientat ion
Multi media system:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced #
Select View. #
Select MapOrient ation. #
Select anoption .
The 003Bdo tindicat esthecur rent setting.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R 2DHead ingUpoptio n:the2D map view
is aligned tothedir ect ion oftra vel.
R 2DNort hUp option :th e2D map viewis
displa yedso that north is alw aysat the
to p.
R 3Doption :th e3D map viewisaligned to
th edir ect ion oftrav el.
or #
Touse quick- acc ess:re peat edly tapor
pr ess ontheÄ compass symbol onthe
map.
The viewch ang esintheseq uence 3D,2D
Heading Upto2D North Up.
If th emap ismo ved, itcan switc hbe tween
3D and 2DNort hUp.
Selecting POIsymbols forthe map displa y
Mu ltimed iasystem:
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Navigation 5
Z
POIs include restaur antsand hotels, forex am‐
ple. Thes ecan bedispla yedas symbols onthe
map. Notall POIs areav ailable everywher e.
Pe rsonal POIs aredes tinat ions whichyo uha ve
sa ve don aUSB device, forex am ple.
% The displa yof POI symbo lson themap can
be activ ated ordeactiv ated asafa vo rite . #
Toswitc hon/of fusing quick- acc ess:if
av ailable, switchPOI Symbols onoroff.
The POIsymbols forth eselect edcategor ies
ar esho wnonthemap.
or #
Toswitc hon/of fin themenu :selec t
Adv anced. #
Sele ctView. #
Sele ctMap Elements. #
Sele ctPOI Symb ols0048.
The POISYMB OLSmenuis sho wn. #
Swit chDis play POI son oroff.
Se lecti ng categor ies #
Selec t0048 inthePOI SYMBO LSAllCatego-
ries menu. #
Switc hShow Allon oroff.
When theop tion isswitc hedon,thePOI sym‐
bols forall cat egor iesaresho wnonthemap.
or #
Select thecat egor iesand sub-cat egories(if
av ailable) 0048. #
Activateor deacti vate thecat egor ies.
The POIsymbols forth eselect edcategor ies
ar esho wnonthemap. MBUX
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Selec
tingpersonal POIcategor ies #
Select 0048inthePOI SYMBO LSPerson al
POIs menu. #
Select acat egor y0048. #
Switc hShow onMap onoroff.
When thedispla yis switc hedonand the
ve hicle approaches aper sonal POIinthis
cat egor y,avisual andaudible notificat ion
can beissue d. #
Toseta no tification whenapproac hing :
sele ctacat egor yor aper sonal POIV. #
Switc hVisu alNotifi cation andAcoustic Noti-
ficati ononoroff.
Swi tching displa yof cat ego ries forqu ick-
acc ess on/off #
Switc hacat egor yon oroffin thePOI SYM-
BOLS menu.
Re setting thePOI sym boldisp lay #
Sele ctPOI SYMB OLSReset POIsinthe
menu.
The settings arere se tto thest andar dse t‐
tin gs. Select
ingthedisp layof text inf ormat ionin
th ema p
Multi media system:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced #
Select View. #
Select TextInformation. #
Select anoption intheFOOTE Rcat egor y.
The 003Bdo tindicat esthecur rent setting.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Curre ntStreet optio n
The stre et youar ecur rently onissho wnin
th ebo ttom bar.
When themap ismo ved, thest re et name ,
th ePOI name orthear ea name appear s
under thecr osshair .
R The Geo-coor dinatesoption showsthefo l‐
lo wing informatio nin thebo ttom bar:
- longitude andlatitude
- elevatio n
Th eelev atio nsho wnmayde viat efrom
th eactual elevatio n. R
None optio n
The med iadisp lay sho wsnotext informati on
in thebo ttom bar.
Switc hingfree wa yinf ormation on/off
Multimedia system:
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Navigation 5
Z #
Using quick- acc ess:swi tchHighw ayInfor-
matio non oroff.
The displa ybutt onisactiv ated oroff.
or #
Usingthemenu :selec tAdv anced. #
Sele ctView. #
Sele ctTex tIn for mat ion. #
Swit chHigh wayInforma tiononoroff.
Whe nth edispla ybutt onisswitc hedon,addi‐
tion alinf ormation aboutthefree wa yfa cil ities
ah eadap pea rsdur ing thefree wa yjo ur ne y.
These include parking lots, ser vice statio ns
and free wa yex its, forex am ple.
Displ aying thene xt int ersectin gst re et
Re quirement s:
R Routeguidan ceisno tact ive. 41
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Multimedia
system:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced #
Select View. #
Select TextInformation. #
ActivateNex tInter secting Street.
The disp lay bu tton isacti vated. Ifth eop tion
is switc hedonand thejour neycon tinues
wit hout routeguidan ce,thename ofthene xt
int ersect ingstre et will bedispla yedat the
upper edgeof thedispla y.
Disp laying thema pve rsion
Multime diasystem:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced #
Select View. #
Select MapVersion .
The detailinf ormatio nis displa yed.
% The online mapupdat eser vice from
Mer cedes meconnectcan beused to
updat eth emap data(/ page41 4). A
mes sage issho wninthemedia display
when ane wmap version isavailable.
% Info rm atio nabout newversions ofthedigit al
map canbeobt ained from anaut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCenter.
Ov ervie wof avo iding anarea forthe rout e
Yo ucan define areas alon garo uteth at you
wo uld liketo avoid.
Highw aysor multi-lane highways, whic har e
ro uted thro ugh anarea tobe avo ided areta ke n
int oacc ount forth ero ute.
Av oiding ane warea forthe rout e
Mul timedi asy stem:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced5
Route 5
Avoid Option s
5 Avoid Areas #
Select AvoidNewArea. #
Tostar tin thema p:selec tUsin gMap. #
Movethemap (/page41 0). #
Tostar tvia des tinatio nsear ch:sel ect Via
Add ressEntry . #
Entertheaddr ess(/ page382). #
Select thedes tinat ioninthelis tor accep t
wit h0076.
The map appear s. #
Tosho wan area: tapor press onthecon trol
element .
A redre ctang leap pea rs.Thi sdes ignat esthe
ar ea that shoul dbe avo ided. #
Tochang eth ema pscale: movetwofing ers
ap artor toget her onthemedia displayor on
th eto uc hpad.
The map iszoome din or out . #
Tosetan area: select 0076.
The Avoid areahasbeen set.messag e
appear s.The area isent ered intoth elis t.
Changing anarea tobe avo ided
Multime diasystem:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced5
Route 5
Avoid Option s
5 Avoid Areas #
Select anarea inthelis t. #
Select Edit. MBUX
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#
Tomo vean area on thema p:swipe inany
dir ect ion onthecon trol element . #
Tochang eth esize ofthear ea: tapor press
on thecon trol element . #
Swipe upordown onthecon trol element . #
Select 0076.
The Avoid areahasbeen set.messag e
appear s.The area isent ered intoth elis t. #
Totak eacco untof an area forthe rout e:
sele ctan area from thelis t. #
ActivateAvoi dArea .
The disp lay bu tton isacti vated.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive, ane wrouteis cal‐
culat ed.
If th er eis no routeye t,th ese tting iscar ried
ove rto thene xt routeguidan ce.
The routecan include anarea that isto be
av oided inthefo llo wing cases :
R thedes tinat ionislocat edinan area that
is to be avo ided.
R thero uteinc ludes highways ormulti-lane
ex pressw ayswhic hpass thro ugh anarea
to be avo ided. R
ther eis no sensible alternativ ero ute.
Dele tingan area
Mult imed iasystem:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced5
Route 5
Avoid Option s
5 Avoid Areas #
Todel etean area: selec tan area inthelis t. #
Select Delete. #
Conf irm thepr om ptwit hYes . #
Todel eteall areas: ifat leas ttw oar eas to
av oid arese t,select Delete All. #
Conf irm thepr om ptwit hYes .
Map data update overvie w
Up datin gat the author izedMer cedes -Ben z
Ce nter
The digit almap sge ner ated bythemap software
become outdatedinthesame wayas conven‐
tion alroad maps .Op tim alrouteguidan cecan
on lybe prov ided bythena vig ation system in
con junc tion withth emos tup-t o-dat emap data.
Inf ormation aboutnewversions ofthedigit al map
canbeobt ained from anaut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCenter.
Yo ucan have updat estothedigit almap imple‐
ment edther e.
% Addition alcos tscan beincur redin this con ‐
nec tion .
Online mapupd ate
The onlin emap updat eser vice from Mer cedes
me connectcan beused toupdat eth emap
dat a.
Re quiremen ts:
R Mer cedes meconnectis available.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth eMer cedes
me portal.
R The service isavailable.
R The servicehas been activat ed.
% The online map updat eser viceis no tav aila‐
ble inall coun tries.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable forth e
updat e:
R Forone region (automatic mapupdat e) 41
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If
th eAutom aticOnline Update system set‐
ting isswitc hedoff(/ page37 8), you
re cei veames sageth at amap updat eis avail‐
able. Youcan confirm themessag eand
do wnload themap updat e.
R Forse veralor all regions (manual map
updat e)
The map datawill firs tbe downl oade dont oa
st or ag emedium andthen updat edon the
multime diasystem.
Fu rther information ononline mapupdat esis
av ailable here:
R Atan aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCent er
R Und er:htt ps:/ /www .mercedes. me
Fu rther information onupdat escan befound at:
ht tp s:// man uals. daiml er.com/ baix/cars/
co nn ect me/ en_US /index.ht ml .
Ov ervie wof ma pda ta
Yo ur vehicle issuppli edwithmap dataat thefa c‐
to ry.Depe nding on thecount ry,map datafo r
yo ur region iseit her pre-ins talled orthemap
dat ais supplied onadat ast or ag emedium. If
th emap dataon your vehicle hasbeen instal‐
led atthefa ct or yand youwish toreins tallit, you
do notneed toent ertheactiv ation code.
Fo rmap datath at youha ve pur chased inthe
fo rm ofadat ast or ag emedium, youmus ten ter
th eaccom panying activ ation code.
% Ifyo usa ve themap dataon adat ast or ag e
medium withth eonline mapupdat eser vice,
no ent ryisrequ ired. The activation codeis
st or ed on thedat ast or ag emedium during
th edo wnloading process.
Obser vethefo llo wing when entering theactiv a‐
tion code:
R The activ ation codecanbeused forone vehi‐
cle
R The activ ation codeisno ttr ansf erable
R The activ ation codehassixdigits
In theeve ntofthefo llo wing problems ,please
con tact an author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er:
R The multimedia system does notaccep tth e
act ivatio ncod e
R Youha ve lostth eactiv ation code Displa
yingthecom pass
Multi media system:
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Navigation 5
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Position #
Select Compass.
The com pass displa ysho wsthefo llo wing
inf ormatio n:
R The current dire ction oftrave lwit hbear‐
ing (360 °fo rm at) and compass direct ion
R Lon gitude andlatitude coordinat esin
degr ees, minutes and seco nds
R Heigh t(r ounded )
R Numb erofsat ellit esfrom whic hasignal
can berecei ved
Se tting thema pscale automa tically
Multi media system:
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Z
5 Advan ced #
Select View. #
Select MapOrient ation. MBUX
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#
ActivateAuto Zoom.
The disp lay bu tton isacti vated. The map
scale issetaut omatic allydependin gon your
dr ivin gspee dand thetype ofroad.
% The automat icallyselec tedmap scale canbe
ch ang edman ually.Aftera fe w sec ond s,this
is aut omat icallyre se t.
Displa yingthesat ellit ema p
Multi media system:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced #
Select View. #
Select MapElemen ts. #
Switc hSatellit eMap onoroff.
If th edispla ybutt onisactiv ated, satellit e
maps aredispla yedin map scales from 2mi
(2 km).
If th edispla ybutt onisdeactiv ated, satellit e
maps areno tdispla yedin map scales from
2 mi (2km) to20 mi(20 km).
% The satellite maps forth ese map scales are
no tav ailable inall coun tries. Displ
aying thera ng e
Re quirement s:
R The multim ediasystem suppor tsthefunc ‐
tion .
Multimedia system:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced #
Select View. #
Select MapElemen ts. #
ActivateRa nge.
The disp lay bu tton isacti vated.
The rang eis sho wnonthemap withth efo llo w‐
ing displa ys:
R Forga soline anddiesel vehicles: green dis‐
pla y
When thelowe rre ser vecap acityisreac hed then
th era ng edispl ayon themap isswitc hedoff.
% The rang edispl ayon themap isno tav ailable
in all coun tries. Displ
aying weather information andother
map contents
Re quirement s:
R Mer cedes meconnectis available.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth eMer cedes
me portal.
R The service isavailable.
R The servicehas been activat ed atan aut hor ‐
ize dMer cedes-Ben zCent er.
Mult imed iasystem:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced #
Select View. #
Select MapElemen ts. #
Scrollup and showtheONLIN EMAP CON-
TENT categor y.
The available services aredispla yed. The
ser vices arepr ov ided byMer cedes mecon‐
nect . #
Switc hon aser vice, e.g.Weather.
Cur rent we ather informat ionisdispla yedon
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dco ver.The service information isno t
sho wninall map scales, e.g.weather sym‐
bols.
Fu rther information aboutavailable services and
about displayinginformat ioninthemap scales
can befound intheMer cedes mePortal:
ht tp s:// me. secure.m erced es-ben z.com
Sho wing mapvie win themu ltifunct iondis‐
pla yof theins trum ent clus ter
Multimedia system:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced #
Select View. #
Select MapOrient ation. #
Scrollup and showtheINSTRUME NTCLUS-
TER VIEW categor y. #
Tosetth ema pscale automa tically: switc h
on Auto Zoom.
The displa ybutt onisactiv ated. The map
scale issetaut omatically depending onyour
dr ivin gspee dand thetype ofroad. #
Toselect maporientation: selectanoption.
The 003Bdo tindicat esthecur rent sel ecti on.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R 2DHead ingUpoptio n:the2D map view
is aligned tothedir ect ion oftra vel.
R 2DNort hUp option :th e2D map viewis
displa yedso that north is alw aysat the
to p.
R 3Doption :th e3D map viewisaligned to
th edir ect ion oftrav el. Pa
rking service No
teson thepa rking service &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tonotob ser ving themaximum per‐
mitt edaccess height
If th eve hicle height exceeds themaximum
per mitt edaccess heightforpar king garage s
and unde rground parking lots, theve hicle
ro of as wellas other vehicle partscould be
damag ed. Ther
ecould bearisk ofinjur yto theve hicle
occupants. #
Beforedr iving intoapar king garage or
under ground parking lotobser vethe
locall ysign postedaccess height. #
Ifth eve hicle height, including anyaddi‐
tional equipment, exceed sth emaxi‐
mum permitt edaccess height,donot
dr ive int oth epar king garage orunder‐
gr ound parking lot. This
service isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
Select ingparking options
* NO
TEBef oresel ecti ngthepar king
op tion The
datais based oninformation prov ided by
th ere spectiv eser vice prov ider .
Mer cedes Benzacc epts no liability forth e
acc uracy oftheinf ormation prov ided relatin g
to thepar king garage /pa rking lot. #
Alw aysobser vethelocal Information
and conditions . MBUX
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Re
quirement s:
R The navig ation services option isavailable,
subsc ribed toand activat ed intheMer cedes
me portal.
R The parkingser vice iswit hin thescope ofthe
na vig ation ser vice .
R Parking isacti vated(/ page41 8).
Mul timediasystem:
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Navigation #
Tapon 005D inthemap. #
Select apar king option .
The map showsthepar king option sin the
vicinity .
The follo wing informatio nis displa yed(if
av ailable):
R Destinat ionaddr ess, distance from cur‐
re nt vehicle position andarriva ltim e
R Informatio non thepar king garage /pa rk‐
ing lot
Fo rex am ple, open ingtimes, parking
ch arge s,cur rent occu pancy ,ma ximu m
pa rking time,ma ximu maccess height. The
maxim umaccess height shownby
th epar king service does notre place the
nee dfo robser vatio nof theactual cir‐
cums tances.
R Available paymen top tio ns (Mer cedes
pa y,coins ,ba nk notes, car ds)
R Detailson par kingta riff s
R Numb erofavailable parkingspac es
R Paymen tme thod (e.g. atthepar king
mac hine)
R Services/ facil ities atthepar king option
R Telephon enumb er #
Calculat eth ero ute(/ page39 0).
The follo wing functionscan also beselec ted(if
av ailable):
R Sear chforPOIs inthevicinit y.
R Save thedes tinat ion.
R Place acall atthedes tinat ion.
R Shar eth edes tinat ionusing NFCorQR code.
R Call upthewe baddr ess.
R Sho wthedes tinat iononthemap. Displa
yingparking options onthema p
Re quirement s:
R The navig ation services option isavailable,
subsc ribed toand activat ed intheMer cedes
me portal.
R The parkingser vice iswit hin thescope ofthe
na vig ation ser vice .
Mu ltimed iasystem:
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ActivatePa rki ng.
Th edisp lay bu tton isacti vated. The parking
op tion swit hin thevicin ityofthecur rent vehi‐
cle position aresho wn. Dashcam
No
teson theda shca m
* NO
TEBef oreus ing thedashcam Bef
oreusing anyor all func tionsof theDash‐
cam, please read this Disc laimer carefull y.If
yo udo notacc ept,agr eetoor under stand
th is Disc laimer ,please donotuse theDash‐ 41
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