2018 MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS SUV navigation

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Slide the controller totheright.
% Toshow or hide lo wer menu le vels, swipe or
slide tothe left or right as many times as
necessar y. Destination ent
ryEntering a POI or address
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WARNING Risk of di stra ction from infor‐
mation sy stems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information and communica‐
tion equipment integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you will be distracted from the
traf fic situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Only operate this equipment when the
traf fic situation permits. #
Ifyo u cannot be sure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad and traf
fic conditions and ope rate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y. Yo
u must obse rveth e legal requirements forthe
country in whi chyou are cur rently driving when
operating the multimedia sy stem.
Re quirements:
R For the online sear ch:Mercedes me con‐
nect is available.
R You ha vea user account forth e Mercedes
me por tal.
R The service has been activated at a
Mercedes-Benz service centre.
Fu rther information can be found at: http://
www.mercedes.me
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation #
Show the navigation menu. #
Select ªEnter destination . The count
ryin which theve hicle is located is set
1.
There are two available me thods of destination
entry:
R Free sear ch2
R Sea rchstep-b y-step 3
Me thod 1: free sear ch #
Enter the POI or address in 2. The entries
can be made in any order.
During destination entry , suggestions are
made bythe multimedia sy stem. A selection
of destinations appears in a list. 274
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Ifth eto p line of thech aracter bar is highligh‐
te d, navigate upwards.
The character bar is hidden. City or postcode
is highlighted. Additional ent ryfields, e.g. for
POI, are available. #
Select City or postcode.
The character bar appears. #
Enterth e city or the postcode.
During destination entry , suggestions are
made bythe multimedia sy stem. A selection
of destinations appears in a list.
The address entri es can be made in any
order, forex ample:
R City or postcode, Street,House no.
En ter an intersecting stre et, if available.
R Street, City or postcode
R POI , e.g. Petrol station, City or postcode
% During destination ent ry, use thefo llowing
functions:
R Swit ching tohandwriting recognition
R Switching tocharacter selection
R Deleting an ent ry An entr
y,e.g. POI, can be dele ted with
£ in astep-b y-step sear ch.Na vigate
to the left todo so.
R Calling up the online sear chfunction (if
av ailable)
R Calling up a list
The functions are desc ribed in the free
sear ch. #
Tochange the count ry:select the count ry. #
Enter the count ry.Yo u on ly need toenter the
fi rs tch aracter. #
Select the count ryon the list. #
Toadopt a destination: selectSelect desti-
nation.
If th ere are se veral listings for a destination,
a dis tance-o rientated list appears. #
Select the destination.
The destination address is shown. Selecting pr
evious destinations
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous and other destinations #
Select Previous destinations. #
Select the destination.
The destination address is shown.
or #
Iffavo urites ha vebeen sa ved already
(/ page 289), select From global favourites . #
Select thefa vo urite.
The destination address is shown.
Selecting a POI
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous and other destinations
5 POIs #
Select the categor y.
or #
Select All categories andthe categor y.
If ro ute guidance is not active: the sear ch
begins in the vicinity of the cur rent vehicle 276
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tions are dele
ted. Ro ute guidance tothefill‐
ing station begins.
Set as next intermediate destination: the
selected filling station is set as the next inter‐
mediate destination. Route guidance begins. #
Ifth ere are already four intermediate des‐
tinations: selectYesinthe prom pt.
The selected filling station is entered into
position 1 of the intermediate destinations
menu. Intermediate destination 4 is dele ted.
Ro ute guidance begins.
Entering an intermediate destination
Re quirements:
R A destination is entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 Intermediate destinations and info #
Select Search for an intermediate destina-
tion . #
Ente rth e intermediate destination as a POI
or address (/ page274). #
Select the intermediate destination. #
Select Set as destination.
or #
Select an intermediate destination using
ª Enter destination duringroute guid‐
ance. #
Select Set as next intermediate destination
af te r entering the destination.
Editing intermedia tedestinations
Re quirements:
R The destination and at least one intermediate
destination ha vebeen entered.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 Intermediate destinations and info #
Tocall up the map: highlight the destination
or the intermediate destination. #
Select ¥Map. #
Movethe map (/ page 294). #
Select destination on the map (/ page 280). #
Tochange the order of destinations: high‐
light the destination or the intermediate des‐
tination. #
Select ¥Move . #
Movethe intermediate destination tothe
desired position. #
Press theTo uch Control, the controller or the
to uchpad. #
Todel ete a destination: highlightthe desti‐
nation or the intermediate destination. #
Select ¥Delete.
Calculating a route with intermediate desti‐
nations
Re quirements:
R The destination and at least one intermediate
destination ha vebeen entered. 278
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stem:
4 Navigation
5 Intermediate destinations and info #
Select Start new route guidance.
The route is calculated with the set inter‐
mediate destinations.
Selecting a contact for destination entry
Re quirements:
R A mobile phone is connec tedto the multime‐
dia sy stem (/ page 301).
R Contacts ha vebeen downloaded
(/ page 309).
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous and other destinations
5 Contacts #
Select the conta ct.
The contact de tails are displa yed. #
Select the address. Fi
ltering displa ysfor contacts #
Enter a name or telephone number, forex am‐
ple, into the sear chfield. #
Select ¡.
The firs t contact in the list is highlighted. #
Select the conta ct. #
Select the address.
Entering geo-coordina tes
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation
5 ¬ Previous and other destinations
5 Geo-coordinates #
Ente rge o-coordinates as latitude and longi‐
tude coordinates in degrees, minutes and
seconds.
The map sho ws the position. #
Confirm the entry. #
Tocalculate a route: select Start route
guidance. #
If a route has already been created, select
Start new route guidance orSet as inter-
mediate destination . Entering
the destination as a 3 wordaddress
Re quirements:
R Sear ching for a destination using 3 word
addresses is possible in the online sear ch
( / page 274).
R There is an Internet connection.
% Sear ching for a destination using 3 word
addresses is not possible in all countries.
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation 5
ª Enter destination #
Select Online search. #
Ente rth e destination address as a 3 word
address. Separate each of thewo rds with a
full stop.
The sear chresults are displa yed. #
Select the destination in the list.
The destination address is shown. The route
can be calculated. Multimedia sy
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3wo rdaddresses from what3words are an
alternative addressing sy stem for multilin‐
gual georeferencing of global locations with
a re solution of thre e metres. Using this grid,
locations on the Ear th's sur face are included
whi chdo not ha vea building address such
as stre et and house number, forex ample.
The Brandenburg Gate in Berlin has thefo l‐
lowing language dependent 3 wordaddress,
fo rex ample:
R German: tapfer.ge bäude.verliehen
R Engl ish:that.lands.winning
R French: posteaux.bobineur.ombrant
3 wo rdaddresses are unique, easy to
re member and suf fice for most routine appli‐
cations.
The bidirectional co nversion of 3 word
addresses can be car ried out here:
R atthewe bsite http://what3words.com
R inthe what3words apps Selecting a destination on
the map
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Options #
Select Map menu.
or #
Ifth e map is displa yed in full screen mode,
press the cent ral control element.
The map menu appears. #
Select "mo vemap" in map menu 2
(/ page 293). #
Swipe in any direction on theTo uch Control
or touchpad.
or #
Slide the controller in any direction.
The map mo ves in the cor responding direc‐
tion under the crosshair. The more you mo ve
yo ur finger away from thest arting position
on theto uchpad, thefast erthe map mo ves. #
Press theTo uch Control, the controller or the
to uchpad.
If se veral destinations are located around the
crosshair, a li stsho wstheav ailable POIs and
ro ads. If a destination is located
exact ly on the
crosshair, the destination address is dis‐
pla yed. #
Select the destination in the list.
The destination address is shown.
Setting the map orientation to2D or 3D #
Highlight Map orientation: 2D/3D. #
Press theTo uch Control, theto uchpad or the
controller.
The map will be displ ayed in the selected
map orientation.
Showing traf fic messages in the vicinity of
th e map #
Select Traffic messages for the vicinity.
The map appears. #
Swipe left or right on theto uchpad.
or #
Slide the controller tothe left or right.
The pr evious or next traf fic incident is high‐
lighted on the map. Information on the tra ffic
incident is displa yed. 280
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Traf fic re ports are not available in all coun‐
tries.
Showing POIs in the vicinity of the map #
Select Surrounding POIs . #
Swipe left or right on theto uchpad.
or #
Slide the controller tothe left or right.
The pr evious or next POI is highligh ted on the
map. The name or the address is shown. #
Tofilter the display byPOI categor y:
swipe down on theTo uch Control or the
to uchpad.
or #
Slide the controller down. #
Select the POI categor y.
% User defined allowspersonal POI symbols to
be selected (/ page 294). Ro
ute Calculating a
route
Re quirements:
R The destination has been entered.
R The destination address is shown. #
Ifro ute guidance is not active, select Start
route guidance .
The route tothe destination is calculated.
The map sho ws thero ute. Route guidance
th en begins.
or #
Ifro ute guidance is active, select Start new
route guidance orSet as next intermediate
destination .
Start new route guidance: the selected desti‐
nation address is set as a new destination.
The pr evious destinations and intermediate
destinations are dele ted. Ro ute guidance to
th e new destination begins.
Set as next intermediate destination :the
selected destination address is set as the
next intermedia tedestination. Route guid‐
ance begins. Ta
king alternative routes into conside ration #
Select an al tern ative route (/ page 283).
Other menu functions #
Tosave the destination: select¥Store
in "Previous destinations". #
Todispl ayon the map: select¥Map. #
Tocall a telephone number: select
¥ Call(ifavailable). #
Tocall up an Internet address: select
¥ www(ifavailable).
Selecting a route type
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation 5
À Route and position #
Select Route settings. #
Select thero ute type.
If ro ute guidance is active, the new route is
calculated with the new route type.
If ro ute guidance is not active, the next route
is calculated with the new route type.
Yo u can choose from thefo llowing route types:
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An economical
route is calculated. The jour‐
ney time may be som ewhat longer than for
qu icke rro utes.
The symbol forth e cur rent vehicle position is
displa yed in green.
R Fast route
Aro ute with a quick journey time is calcula‐
te d.
R Short route
Aro ute with a sho rtdriving dis tance is calcu‐
la te d.
Avoid traffic jam automatically can be switched
on O or off ªforth ese route types. If Avoid
traffic jam automatically is switched on, Ask
before changing route to avoid traffic jam can be
selected.
The Avoid traffic jam automatically andAsk
before changing route to avoid traffic jam set‐
tings are not available in every count ry.
The settings enable thefo llowing:
R Avoid traffic jam automatically The
route is calculated with the cur rently set
ro ute type.
Tr af fic messages via Live Traf fic Information
or FM RDS-TMC are take n into account.
Live Traf fic Information and FM RDS-TMC are
not available in all countries.
R Ask before changing route to avoid traffic
jam
A prom ptappears when a new route is de tec‐
te d with a shor ter journey time based on traf‐
fi c re ports. You can continue touse the cur‐
re nt route or use the dynamic route ins tead.
Selecting route options
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation 5
À Route and position
5 Avoid options
Av oiding areas #
Select Areas(/page 296).
Av oiding mo torw ays, ferries, mo torail trains,
tunnels, unpa vedro ads #
Select Oor deselect ªavo id option. Using
routes requiring a special tollst icker #
Select Use vignette roads . #
Select Oor deselect ªAllor countries.
The route take s into account roads in the
selected countries which requ ire youto pay a
time-based fee (vignette). A vignette allo ws
fo rth e use of a route network for a limi ted
time pe riod.
Using tollro ads #
Select Use toll roads. #
Select Payment in cash orElectronic billing
or Off.
The route take s into account roads that
re qu ire the payment of a usage fee (toll).
If Off is selected, tollro ads are not take n into
account.
These route options are not available in every
countr y.
The selected route options cannot alw ays be
implemented. Therefore, a route may include a
fe rry, for ins tance, eventh ough theavo idFerries 282
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option is enabled. A message appears and
you
will hear a cor responding message.
Selecting notifications
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Options
5 Announcements #
Switch an announcement on Oor off ª.
Yo u can choose from thefo llowing announce‐
ments:
R Announce traffic warnings
This function is not available in all countries.
R Announce street names
The multimedia sy stem announces the
names of thero ads that will follow the
upcoming change of direction.
This function is not available in all countries
and languages.
Displ aying destination information
Requ irements:
R A destination is entered. Multimedia sy
stem:
4 Navigation #
Select Intermediate destinations and info.
The following information is displa yed:
R Intermediate destinations and destination
The route can also include up tofour
intermediate destinations.
R Name, addre ss
R Remaining driving dis tance
R Time of ar rival
Selecting an alternative route
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation 5
À Route and position #
Select Alternative route.
The routes are displ ayed in accordance with
th e setting made in thero ute settings.
The cur rently selected route is shown with a
dark blue line. #
Select the alternative route. Swit
ching the automatic filling station
sear chon/off
Multimedia sy stem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Options #
Switch Reserve fuel level onO or off ª.
Switched on O: whenthe fuel reser velevel
is reached, a prom ptappears asking whe ther
yo uwa nttostart sear ching forfilling sta‐
tions.
Using au tomatic filling station sear ch
Re quirements:
The automatic filling station sear chis activated
O (/ page 283).
The prom ptFuel tank reserve level Do you want
to start the search for filling stations? appears. #
Select Yes.
The au tomatic filling station sear chbegins.
The available filling stations along thero ute
or in the vicinity are displa yed. #
Select thefilling station. #
When there is no route, thefilling station is
set as the destination.
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