MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV 2021 Owner's Manual

Disp
laycont ent 1
Navig ation instructions
2 Current speed
3 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
4 Setspe edinthedr iving system (e.g. cruise
con trol)
Sy stem limit s
The visib ilityofthedispla yswill beaffect ed by
th efo llo wing condition s:
R Seat position
R Imag eposit ionsetting
R Ambient light R
Wetro ad
R Objectson thedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses
% Inextreme sunli ght, sectio nsofthedispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youcan correct this
by switc hingtheHead-up Displayof fand on
ag ain. Se
tting theHead -upDispla yusing theon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 HEAD-UP DISPLA Y
The follo wing Head- upDisp lay se ttings canbe
selec ted:
R Position
R Brightness
R Displa ys
R Messag es
R Assis tance status
R Telephon e
R Audio R
Voice Cont rolSy stem #
Tochoose ase tting: swipe totheright on
th elef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Se tting smen u5 will besele cted. #
Tocall uptheSe ttings menu :pr ess the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth eposit ion:swipe upwards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth ebr ight ness: swipe tothelef t
or right onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Tosetmessag es,assis tance status, tele‐
phone, audioand theVo ice Contr olSy s‐
te m: pres sth elef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The listof setting optio ns will bedispl ayed. #
Swipe upwards ordown wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol and selectase tting by
pr essing thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. In
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Selec
tingwhat theHead -upDispla ysho ws (Ex
am ple)
1 Switc hestheHead-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. Swit
ching theHead -upDispla yon/of fvia the
mu ltim edia system Multi
media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
Quick Access #
Select HUD.
The Head-up Displayis activ ated. 280
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

Ov
ervie wand oper ation No
teson theMB UX multim edia system &
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. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system. Ov
ervie wof theMB UX multim edia system 1
Touc hCon trol and contro lpanel forth e
MBUX multimedia system
2 Media displaywit hto uc hfun ction alit y
3 Touc hpad
4 Con troller
Tu rning: adjus tsthevo lume Pr
ess brief ly:swi tches themut efunc tion
on/ off
Pr ess and hold: switchesthemultimedia sys‐
te m or media display on oroff
5 Butt ons forna vig ation, radio/media and
te lephon e
6 Buttons forve hicle functions/sy stem set‐
ting sand favo rite s/t hemes
Fu rther oper ating options:
R Conducting avo ice dialog withth eVo ice
Cont rolSy stem.
R Oper ating functionscon tact-free with the
MBUX Interior Assis tant.
% Youcan find further information aboutoper‐
ation aswellas about applicat ionsandserv‐
ices intheDigit alOper ator's Manual.
Anti-t heftpr otection
This devic eis eq uipped withte ch nica lpr ov ision s
to protect itag ains tth eft. Fu rther information on
pr otect ion agains tth eftcan beobt ained from an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. MBUX
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Home
screen overvie w 1
Dep endingonthedispla y,cal lsup thefirs t
th re eapplications orthehome screen
2 Calls upthepr ofile
3 Calls uptheglobal search
4 SOS NOTREAD Y(only when theMer cedes-
Benz emergency callsy stem isno tav ailable) 5
Signal stre ngt hof themobile phonenetwork,
ne tworkdispl ay,batt eryst atus ofthemobile
phone connect ed,time
6 Calls uptheNo tification sCent er
7 Calls upanapplication usingthesymbol
8 Applicat ionand current informa tion
9 Quick-acce ss,e.g.ent erhom ead dress A
Inde xpoi nts and select eddispl ayarea
B Calls uptheair con ditionin gmenu
C Calls upSUGGES TIONS,THEMES and
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Oper
ating theMB UX multim edia system Using
Touc hCon trol 1
© Calls up thehome screen
2 Touc hCon trol
3 G Press ing brief ly:re tur ns tothepr ev i‐
ous displa y
4 ß Pressin gth ero ck er switc hdo wn
br ief ly:sho wsfavo rite s ß
Pressing thero ck er switc hdo wn and
holding: addsfavo rite sand themes
VO L:contr oladjus tsthevo lume orswitc hes
th esound off0063 (press)
0061 Pressing thero ck er switc hup: mak es
or accep tsacall
0076 Pressing thero ck er switc hdo wn:
re jects orend sa cal l
Na vig ation thro ugh themenus iscar ried out with
To uc hCon trol 2 withsin gle-f ing erswipes. #
Toselect amenu option: swipe andpress. #
Tomo vethedigita lma p:swipe inany
dir ect ion.
Using theto uc hscr een #
Select menuoptions, symbolsorcharact ers
by pressing brief ly. #
Tonavig atein menus: swipeup,down, left
or right. #
Touse handwr itingtoent ercharact ers:
wr ite th ech aract erwit hon efing er on the
to uc hsc reen. #
Tozoo minand outofthe map: movetwo
fi ng ersto get her orapar t. #
Tocall upthegl obal menu :pr ess and hold
on theto uc hsc reen until theOPTIONS menu
appear s.
Using theto uc hpad 1
G Retur ns tothepr ev ious displa y
2 ~ Callsuptheaudio control menu MBUX
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Swi
ping tothelef tof right :selects thepr ev i‐
ous ornext radio statio n/music trac k
3 © Callsupthehome screen
4 Touc hpad #
Toselect amenu option: swipe andpress. #
Touse handwr itingrecognit ion:write a
ch aract eron theto uc hpad. #
Toopen orclose theNo tificatio nsCen‐
te r: swip edo wn orup withtw ofing ers. #
Tozoo minand outofthe map: movetwo
fi ng ersto get her orapar t. Calling
upapplications usingbuttons 1
y Callsup vehicle functions
2 z Callsup navig ation
3 | Callsup radio ormedia
4 002B Callsupthete lephon e
5 ß Press brief ly:cal lsup favo rite s
Pr ess and hold: addsafa vo rite or theme #
Alternativ ely,tap © ontheto uc hsc reen.
or #
Press the© buttonontheTo uc hCon trol
or on theto uc hpad.
The hom esc reen appear s. #
Call uptheapplication (/page282). Fu
nctions oftheVo ice Contr olSy stem Wi
th theVo ice Cont rolSy stem, various applica‐
tions intheMBUX multimedia system areoper a‐
ble using voice input. TheVoice Cont rolSy stem
is oper ational approximat elyth irty seco ndsafte r
th eignition isswitc hedonand isavailable for
th edr iver's seat andfront passeng erseat.
The follo wing multim ediasystem applications
can beoper ated:
R Navig ation
R Telephon e
R Radio and TV
R Media player
R Messag es
R Vehicle functions 28
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St
arting theVo ice Contr olSystem #
Press rock er switc h1 up.
or #
Say"He yMer cedes". Ov
ervie wof theMB UX Interior Assis tant &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue tolaser
beams from thecamer a
This product usesaclass 1laser system If
th ehousing isopened ordamag ed,invisible
laser beams coulddamag eyo ur retina . #
Donotop en thehousing. #
Alw aysha ve maint enance workand
re pair scar ried out byaqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. This
product complies withth ere qu iremen tsof
th eFD A21 CFR 1040. 10 and 1040. 11with
exc eption oftheva riatio nsacc ordin gto theFD A
Laser Notice No.50from 24.Ju ne 200 7.
The camer ais locat edintheove rhead control
panel.
If th eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX Interior
Assis tant, select edfunc tions ofthemultimedia
sy stem can beoper ated con tact-fr ee.The MBUX
Int erior Assi stant can differe ntia tebetween
dr iver and front passeng erinteraction sand
de tects specificha nd pos itions (poses ).
Fo rfur ther information onsystem limits, display
messag esand troubleshoo tingnotes, see the
Dig ital Op erator' sMa nua l. MBU
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The
MBUX Inte rior Assis tantsupportsthefo llo wing interactions: Int
eraction area Interaction Description
In front ofthemedia displayor
abo vetheto uc hpad Pr
ox imit yto thecon trol element TheInterior Assis tant recogni zestheappr oachof thehand towa rdsa con‐
tr ol element.
Depending ontheactiv eapplication, thedispla ywill beadjus tedin the
media display. Some functionsdiffer ent iatebe tween driver and front
passeng er.
No specif ichand position isrequ ired.
Abo vethecent ercon sole Defined poses With def ined poses afunc tion istrigg ered dependin gon theapplication
activ e.
Belo wtheinside rear vie wmir rorB rief up and down movements With brief vertical upand down movements belowtheinside rear vie wmir ‐
ro rth ere adin glight forth edr iver or thefront passeng erisswitc hedonand
of f.
Fr ont passeng erseat Stretching outa ha nd above the
fr ont passeng ersea t By
stre tching outa ha nd above thefront passeng erseat thesear chlight is
switc hedon.Ifyo uwit hdra wahan dfrom this area, thesear chlight is
switc hedoffag ain. Switc
hingthere ading light and sear chlight
and onoroff Re
quirement s: R
Forthe reading light:th efunc tion isavaila‐
ble when itis dar k.
R The hand movement take splace intheint er‐
action area belo wtheinside rear vie wmir ror. R
Forthe search light :th efunc tion isavaila‐
ble when itis dar k.
R The hand movement take splace intheint er‐
action area abo vethefront passeng erseat. 286
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R
The seat beltonthefront passeng erseat
mus tno tbe inser tedin theseat beltbuckle.
Switc hingthere ading light on and off #
Brief lymo veahan dup ordown ben eathth e
inside rear vie wmir ror.
The readin glight isswit ched on orofffo rth e
dr iver or front passeng er. Switc
hingthesear chlight onand off #
Toswitc hon: reac hacr oss thefront
passeng erseat withahand.
The sear chlight isswitc hedonforth edr iver . #
Toswitc hof f:take ahan dbac kaw ay from
th efront passeng erseat.
The sear chlight isswitc hedoffag ain. Inf
orma tion onprofiles, themes, suggestions
and favo rite s &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du ring adjus tment ofthedr iver's seat
af te rcall ing upadr iver profile
Selecting apr ofile ma ytrigg eran adju stment
of thedr iver's seat totheposition save d
und erthepr ofile. Youor other vehicle occu‐
pants couldbeinjur edinthepr ocess. #
Mak esur eth at when theposition of
dr iver's seat isbeing adjustedusing the
multime diasystem, nopeople orbody
par tsarein theseat's rang eof mo ve‐
ment.
If th er eis arisk ofsomeone becoming trap‐
ped, stop theadjus tmentpr ocess immedi‐
at ely: #
a)Tapth ewa rning mess ageon the
media display.
or MBUX
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#
b)Press amemor yposition buttonora
seat adjus tmentswitc hon thedr iver's
door .
The adjus tmentpr ocess isstopped. The
driver's seat iseq uipped withan access pre‐
ve nter.
If th edr iver's door isopen, thedr iver's seat will
no tbe setaf te rcall ing upthedr iver's profile.
Pr ofiles stor eyo ur vehicle settin gsand settin gs
fo rth emultimedia system. Ifth eve hicle isused
by severaldr iver s, thedr iver can select their
ow npr ofile wi thout needing tochang eth ese t‐
ting sof other driver s.
% Information onprofiles from Mer cedes me
conn ectcan befound intheDigita lOper a‐
to r's Manua l.
Ve hicle settin gsare, forex am ple, driver' sseat ,
st eer ing wheel andmirrorse ttings, climatecon‐
tr ol and amb ient lighti ng.Forth ese ttings ofthe
multime diasystem, youcan select,fo rex am ple,
ra dio statio ns,pr ev ious destination sas wellas
th emes, suggestion sand favo rite s. Fo
rre cur ring drivi ng situa tions, such aslon g
dr ives on thefree wa y,yo ucan save your prefer‐
re dse ttings inath eme intheve hicle. Inath eme
yo ucan save thedispla yof thedigit almap, your
pr efer redra dio statio nand prefer reddr ive pr o‐
gr am, forex am ple.
The vehicle canlearnth ehabits ofthedr iver .It
th en offers sugg estions forth emos tpr obable
na vig ation destinat ions, media sources, radio
st atio nsorcon tacts. Therequ iremen tsforth at
ar eth eselect ionofapr ofile, your consen tto the
re cor ding ofdata and sufficie ntcoll ecteddata.
Fa vorite spr ov ide quick acc ess toapplic ations
th at areused often. Youcan selectfavo rite s
fr om categor iesoradd them direct lyto an appli‐
cat ion. Conf
iguringprofiles, themes andsugg es‐
tions Multi
media system:
4 © 5
f Profiles
Cr eating ane wprofile #
Select 0081Create Profile. #
Select anavatar. #
Enterth ename andconfirm with0076. #
Sele ctCont inue 0048 . #
Sele ctCurren tSet tings. #
Sele ctSav e. #
ActivateBlu etoo th®
and selec tCon nect
Phon e,to connect amob ile pho newith the
user profile . #
Select Finish.
Select ingprofile optio ns #
Select 0062 fora pr ofile .
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Editing,rese ttin gor dele ting apr ofile
R Resettin gth emes orfavo rite s 288
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