2016 MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS SUV Owners Manual

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IntroductionMultimedia system

At
ag lance Oper
ating system Multimedia system with navigation
Function Page
:
Microphone
;
Light sensor 172
=
NAVI
Selects navigation 182
?
MAP
Calls up map view
Repeat
slast navigation mes-
sage 187
A
Back button
Goes back to th
eprevious
view B
USB port 177
C
AU
Xp ort 178
D
V
Control knob Turn:
Changes th
eadjustment
value Highlight
sthe menu item Press:
Selects
ahighlighte dmenu
item E
Touchscreen 170 Function Page
F
V
On/off knob Press and hold:
Switches the multimedi
asys-
tem on/off 170
Turn:
Adjusts the volume 170
Press briefly:
Switches the mute function
on/off
170
Interrupts
atraffic report G
RE
SET Restart
sthe multimedia sys-
tem 173
H
Slot fo
rmicroSD card 177
I
PHONE
Selects the telephone func-
tion
178
J
MEDIA
Selects audi
osource 177
iPod
®
/iPhone ® 178
USB device 177
SD card 177
Bluetooth
®
audi osource 178
AUX function 178At
ag lance
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Function Page
K
TUNER
Selects th
eradio 176
Sets the waveband 176168
At
ag lanceMultimedia system

Multimedia system without navigation
Function Page
:
Microphone
;
Light sensor 172
=
Plays back next track
?
Plays back previous track
A
Back button
Goesb
ack to th eprevious
view B
USB port 177
C
AU
Xp ort 178
D
V
Control knob Turn:
Changes th
eadjustment
value Highlight
sthe menu item Press:
Selects
ahighlighte dmenu
item E
Touchscreen 170 Function Page
F
V
On/off knob Press and hold:
Switches the multimedi
asys-
tem on/off 170
Turn:
Adjusts the volume 170
Press briefly:
Switches the mute function
on/off
170
Interrupts
atraffic report G
RE
SET Restart
sthe multimedia sys-
tem 173
H
Slot fo
rmicroSD card 177
I
PHONE
Selects the telephone func-
tion
178
J
MEDIA
Selects audi
osource 177
iPod
®
/iPhone ® 178
USB device 177
SD card 177
Bluetooth
®
audi osource 178
AUX function 178At
ag lance
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Function Page
K
TUNER
Selects th
eradio 176
Sets the waveband 176
Display overview
:
Statu sbar
; Main display field
= Sound settings
? To cal lupsystem settings
A To cal lupoptions Basi
cfunctions
Switchin gonand off The multimedi
asystem is switched on and off
automatically together with the ignition. You can
also switch the multimedia system on or off
manually.
X To switch on or off manually: press and
hold the on/of fknob.
i If you switch on the multimedia system
while the ignition is switched off, it will switch
itself off automatically after some time. If you
wish to switch on the multimedia system
again, you must turn the ignition to position 2
or briefly start the vehicle.
Adjusting the volume X
Turn the on/of fknob.
Switching the mutef unction on and offX
Press the on/of fknobb riefly.
The sound is switched on/off. Operating the touchscreen Introduction
The basico perating function softhe
touchscree nare given below as an example.
Selecting amenui tem X
Touc hthe touchscreen with one finger.
X Swipe up, down, to the left or right.
The selection on the touchscreen moves
according to the direction of the movements.
You can navigate in lists or menus in this way.
Confirming the selection X
Tap the screen with one finger.
Am enu is opened, an option is selected or an
application is started. 170
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ag lanceMultimedia system

Moving the map (map view)
X
Pres sthe touchscreen with one finger. X
Swipe in any direction.
The map is moved in the direction of move-
ment. System settings
Sound settings
Setting the equaliser Using the
Equalizer Equalizer,y ou can adjust treble,
middle and bass frequencies.
X Callupt he sound settings.
X Select Equalizer
Equalizer.
X Select the desired setting: R
Pop Pop
R Rock Rock
R Classical
Classical
R Jazz
Jazz
R Custom
Custom
If you select Custom
Custom,amenu appears.
X Set the desired valuesu sing arrows:.
The value set is stored.
Setting the centre and balance Center
Center
andBalance
Balance can be used to shift the
surround sound inside the vehicle outwards, to
the centrea nd to the right or left.
X Callupt he sound settings.
X Select Center
Center orBalance Balance.
X Set the desired value using arrows :.
X To save settings: select;.
The menu is exited.
Switchingl oudness on/off If this function is activated, treble and bass fre-
quencies are higher.
X Callupt he sound settings.
X Select Loudness
Loudness.
The #dot indicates that the function is acti-
vated. Time and date settings
Setting the time format X
Select ¯.
X Select Date/Time
Date/Time.
X Select 12h mode
12h mode or24h mode
24h mode.
Depending on the previous setting, the set-
ting switches to 24h mode
24h modeor12h mode
12h mode.
The displayed setting is applied. System settings
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Setting the date
X
Select ¯.
X Select Date/Time
Date/Time.
X Select the date.
An input men uappears.
X Set the date using the arrows.
Setting the time X
Select ¯.
X Select Date/Time
Date/Time.
X Select the time.
An input menu appears.
X Set the time using the arrows. Synchronisin
gthe time
The following functions are available:
R RDS RDS:ift his function is activated, the time will
be regularly compared with the RDS 5
time
signal and adjusted if necessary
R GPS
GPS:ift his function is activated, the time will
be regularly compared with the GPS 6
time
signal and adjusted if necessary
R Manually
Manually:ift his function is activated, the
time set manually is maintained
X Select ¯.
X Select Time synchronizing
Time synchronizing.
X Select the desired setting.
The #dot indicates the current setting. Adjusting the standby time
If this function is activated, the mul timedia sys-
te mr emain sinstandby mod efor th eset time
after th eignition has been switched off .Ifthe
ignition is switched on again during this set time,
th en avigation system, for example, is available
again immediately.
X Select ¯.
X Select Standby
Standby.
X Selec tthe desired setting, 5minutes
5m inutes, 15 15
minutes
minutes, 30 minutes
30 minutes orOff
Off .
The #dot indicates the curren tsetting. Switching the button tone on/off
X Select ¯.
X Select Key tone
Key tone.
X The #dot indicates that the function is acti-
vated. Switching the AM waveband on/off
In order to select the AM waveband in radio
operation, the AM-Tuner AM-Tunermust be activated in
the system settings.
X To switch the AM waveband on/off: select
¯.
X Select AM-Tuner
AM-Tuner.
The #dot indicates that the function is acti-
vated. Display settings
The mul timedia system includes an optimised
display design fo rday and night mode.
X Select ¯.
X Select Day/night mode
Day/night mode.
X Selec tthe desire dsetting.
The #dot indicates th ecurren tsetting.
Wit hthe Auto
Auto setting ,the display design is
automatically adapted to th ebrightness of
th ea mbien tlight.
Afte rselecting Custom
Custom,aday mode bright-
ness scale appears.
X Se tthe desire dbrightness usin gthe arrows.
X Selec tSave ý.
An ight mode brightness scale appears.
X Se tthe desire dbrightness usin gthe arrows.
X Selec tSave ý. Control settings
The function of th econtrol knob in navigation
mod ecan be set in amultimedia system with
navigation.
The control knob can be set so that turning:
R zooms in or out of th emap
R jumps to th enextorp revious statio nortrack
5 Radio Dat aSystem.
6 Global Positionin gSystem. 172
System settingsMultimedia system

X
Select ¯.
X Select Controller setting
Controller setting.
X Select the desire dsetting.
The #dot indicates the current setting.
i If the
Change station/title
Change station/title function is
active and the navigation system is running in
the front, zooming into or ou tofthe map is
only possible via the touchscreen.
i In the 3D display
,you can only zoom ou tof
the map up to acertain scale .Ifyouzoom out
beyond this scale ,the map switches to a2D
display. Settin
gthe system language
X Select ¯.
X Select the Language
Language.
Al ist of available languages appears.
X Select the desired language.
The #dot indicates the active language. Raisin
gorlowering the volume of
audio sources
Yo uc an raise or lowe rthe volume of individual
audi osources relative to the volume set on the
multimedi asystem. For example, yo ucan set
traffic reports to play back louder than the cur-
rentl yset volume.
X Select ¯.
X Select Volume
Volume.
X Select the desire daudio source.
Am enu appears.
X Set the desire dvalue using the arrows.
X Select Save ý.
The menu is closed. Starting
aself diagnosis
The self-diagnosis checksw hether radio and
GPS signals are being received and whether all
loudspeakers are emittings ound.
X Select ¯.
X Select Self-diagnosis Self-diagnosis.
The diagnostics display appears.
X Select TEST
TEST.
The self diagnosis starts. Calling up version info
rmation
X Select ¯.
X Select Versio ninfo
Versio ninfo.
Information on th esoftwar estatus of th emul-
timedia system is displayed. Resettin
gthe multimedi asystem
Resetting to factory settings Thi
sfunction return sthe settings of the multi-
media system to the factor ysettings. This will
delete all personal settings.
X Select ¯.
X Select Factory reset Factory reset.
Ap rompt appears asking whether you wish to
reset the multimedia system.
X To reset: selectYES
YES.
The multimedia system is reset to its factory
settings.
Restarting the multimedia system In the following cases, restarting the multimedia
system may be useful:
R if the multimedia system is not operating cor-
rectly
R if malfunctions occur
R if the vehicl eisdisplayedatani ncorrect loca-
tion on the map
There are two methods of restarting the multi-
media system.
Method 1: restart using the on/off knob
X Remove any devices that may be connected
to the multimedia system.
X Press and hold the on/off knob for five sec-
onds.
The multimedia system restarts.
Method 2: restart using the RESET button on the
front of the device
X Remove any devices that may be connected
to the multimedia system.
X Switch off the ignition.
X Using apointed object, press the RESET but-
ton on the front of the multimedia system.
The multimedia system restarts. System settings
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