2019 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV service

music suggestions
andAllow contact sugges-
tions on or off.
If an option is switched on, suggestions for
navigation de stinations, media sources, radio
st ations or con tacts are shown.
If th e option is switched off, no suggestions
are shown. #
Todeactivate the learn function for one
da y:activate Deact. learn. for 24h .
Fo r24 hours no new actions will be trained
and no data recorded forth e active profile.
Suggestions will continue tobe shown. The
re maining time is shown next toDeact.
learn. for 24h .
Before the time runs out, a messa geis
shown that the multimedia sy stem will con‐
tinue the learn function shortl y.
Example: if the option is switched on and a
ro ute toa new destination has been calcula‐
te d, this destination would not be take n into
account forth e learn function. #
Toreset the suggestion his tory:select
Reset suggestion history. %
This process cannot be reve rsed. #
Select Yes. #
Toprotect settings with a PIN: switchon
PIN protection.
If PIN pr otection is switched on, you must
en terth e Mercedes me PIN toset the sug‐
ge stions. This PIN will be set in the Mercedes
me por talfo rth e personalisation service to
pr otect your personal settings.
Re naming suggestions
Only navigation destinations can be renamed. #
Tap on the© symbol in the media displa y.
The home screen is shown. #
Swipe up until theSUGGESTIONS menu is
shown. #
Highlight a navigation destination and press
until theOPTIONS menu is shown. #
Select Rename. #
Ente rth e name. #
Toconfirm the entr y:select Yes. Deleting a suggestion #
Tap on © inthe media displa y.
The home screen is shown. #
Swipe up until theSUGGESTIONS menu is
shown. #
Highlight a suggestion and press until the
OPTIONS menu is shown. #
Select Delete.
The query as towhe ther the suggestion is
dele tedte mp orarily or permanent lyappears. #
Ifth e suggestion should be shown again
at a later time: selectNot now. #
Ifth e suggestion should not be shown
again: selectNever. Favo
urites Overview of
favo urites
Fa vourites of feryo uqu ick access tofrequently
used applications. It is possible tocrea te20
fa vo urites in tota l.
Yo u can select favo urites from categories or you
add favo urites direct lyfrom an application. 372
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#
Swipe up until FAVOURITESis shown.#
Press on a favo urite until theOPTIONS menu
is shown. #
Select Move. #
Movethefa vo urite tothe new position. #
Tap on ø.
Moving thefa vo urites menu in the personali‐
sation #
Tap on © inthe media displa y.
The home screen is shown. #
Swipe up until Set new orderis shown.#
Select Set new order. #
MoveFavourites tothe new position. #
Tap on ø. #
Toclose the menu: selectClose.
Deleting favo urites #
Tap on © inthe media displa y.
The home screen is shown. #
Swipe up until FAVOURITESis shown. #
Press on a favo urite until theOPTIONS menu
is shown. #
Select Delete. #
Select Yes. No
tifications Centre Overvi
ewoftheNo tifications Centre
The following communications are collec ted in
th e Notifications Centre:
R Communications which are generated bythe
ve hicle or from multimedia sy stem.
R Communications which are recei vedth ro ugh
th e use of services.
The following notification types are available for
yo u:
R Navigable destinations and routes
R Messages (t ext messa ges)
R Calendar entries and reminders, e.g. from In
Car Of fice
This function is not available in all countries. R
System information, e.g. Important software
update available.
R Other notifications, e.g. from additional
online services that can be subsc ribed to
The j Notifications Centre can be found on
th e home screen, in menus and at theto pright
of the navigation map (/ page 354).
A star in thej symbol informs you of new
notifications.
Noti fications are normally brie fly shown as they
are recei ved. This occurs for near lyeve ryappli‐
cation that you are cur rently using. If youta ke
no action, these are stored for future access in
th eNoti fications Centre.
The notifications are sor tedchro nologically. The
most recent notifications are at theto p. 374
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A notification sho
wsthefo llowing information:
R Symbol or image 1forth e application
R Title 2, which contains the name, a tele‐
phone number or a navigation destination,
fo rex ample
R The service and additional information 3
R A time stamp 5
R If se veral actions are available, symbol 4to
open or close the notification.
Depending on the type of notification, up tofour
dif fere nt actions 6are available. Examples of actions include:
R Read aloud
R Placing a call
R Reply
R Calling up a web page
R Navigation
Some notifications, e.g. a navigation destination,
are stored longer. Therefore, it is not necessary
to car ryout available actions direct ly onthe
re cei ptofthe notifications. A route guidance can
be star ted at a later time.
% You can start a global sear chintheNoti fica‐
tions Centre (/ page 377).
Calling up no tifications
Opening the Notifications Centre #
On the touchpad: swipe down with two fin‐
ge rs.
or #
On theto uchscreen: tap on thej sym‐
bol forth e Notifications Centre.
or #
On theTo uch Control and on theto uch‐
pad: mark thej symbol forth eNoti fica‐
tions Centre byswiping. #
Press on the control element.
Selecting a notification #
Swipe up or down. #
Tap or press on the control element.
Calling up old notifications
If notifications ha venot been called up af terfo ur
hours, these are stored in the ar chive. #
Swipe upwards and select Archive. #
Select the notification.
Closing theNo tifications Centre #
On the touchpad: swipe up with two fingers.
Selecting actions for a notification
The following options are available:
R Select the action directly in an application
af te r a notification is recei ved and shown.
R Select the action later af ter calling up in the
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An action is available: selectthe action. #
Several actions are available: ifth e notifi‐
cation is not open, select theV symbol. #
Select the action.
The notification is still available. #
IfAdditional information isavailable, select
th e action.
Ad ditional information is shown in a window
as text, ima geortext and ima ge. #
Toclose the windo w:select OK.
Editing notifications #
Call up the Notifications Centre
(/ page 375). #
Tomake settings: selectZ.
% If no settings can be made, a messa ge
appears. #
Select the service. #
Switch the options on or off.
The following options are available:
R Allow notifications
R Display in notification centre R
Show notifications
R Acoustic feedback
When Allow notifications is switched on, the
ot her options cannot be selected. #
Todel ete: touch a message on the
to uchsc reen and slide tothe left or right.
or #
Select there cycle bin. #
Select Delete orDelete all.
Delete deletes a single notification.
Delete all deletes all notifications cur rently
shown. #
With O you will exit dele temode. Global sear
ch Global sear
chove rview
Yo u can use theglobal sear chinthe home
screen and in the notifications.
The global sear chprov ides sear chresults forthe
fo llowing categories and their sub-categories:
R Navigation R
Media
R Telephone, social media, In Car Of fice
In Car Of fice is not available in all countries.
R User inter face and Digi tal Owner's Manual
R Internet
This enables youto sear chforto wns, roads and
to urist att ractions wi th the navigation sy stem,
fo rex ample.
% You can also sear chfor 3 wordaddresses
(/ page 412).
When you en ter a 3 wordaddress in the
gl obal sear ch, separate each of thewo rds
with a space or a full stop.
During the entry process the most likely sugges‐
tions are shown beneath the sear chfield. When
yo u en ter "S", "Stuttgart", "S teak" and "Sandra"
are shown, forex ample. If you select "Stuttgart",
yo ure cei vethe suggestions "S tarbuc ks", "S teak"
and "City railw ay",forex ample.
The sear chresults in the list are shown, sor ted
according tocatego ry. Next tothe category is
th e number of results. You will be shown the
best results from each categor y.Ad ditional 376
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Software update
Information on software upda
tes
A software upda teconsi sts of thre esteps:
R Downloading or copying of the data requ ired
fo r ins tallation
R Installation of the update
R Activation of the update byrestarting the
sy stem
The multimedia sy stem pr ovides a message
when an update is available.
Depending on the source, you can per form vari‐
ous updates: Software updates Source of
the
update Up
date type
Interne tN avigation map, sys‐
te m updates, Digital
Owner's Manual
External storage
medium, e.g. USB
fl ash drive Na
vigation maps %
Installation can take several minutes and
cancellation is not possible. If you do not
ins tallth e software updates then thest atus
of your vehicle will not be up-to-date. During
th e ins tallation, individual functions or con‐
trol elements are not available or on lyavaila‐
ble toa limited deg ree.
Ad vantages of updating software
Software updates ensure your vehicle's tech nol‐
ogy is al ways up-to-date.
In order toimpr oveth equ ality of our services
yo u will recei vefuture updates foryo ur multime‐
dia sy stem, the Mercedes me connect services and
your vehicle's communication module.
These will con veniently be sent to you via the
mobile phone connection in your vehicle and, in
many cases, ins talled automaticall y.Yo u can
monitor thest atus of your updates at any time
on the Mercedes me por tal and find information
about po tential inno vations.
Yo ur advantages at a glance:
R con veniently recei vesoftware update s via
th e mobile phone network
R impr ovesth equ ality and availability of
Mercedes me connect services
R keeps your multimedia sy stem and communi‐
cation module up-to-date
Fu rther information about software updates can
be found at http://me.mercedes-benz.com
Pe rforming a software upda te
Requ irements:
R For online updates: an Internet connection
is es tablished (/ page 487). MBUX multimedia sy
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R
Pelvis #
Select the desired area of the body Ì.
Playback of the tip forth is area of the body
st arts. #
Select Étostop playback of the tip.
% Youre cei vea tip for each option. Tolistento
th e next tip, again select a desired categor y.ENERGIZING CO
ACHFu
nction of the ENERGIZING CO ACH
Re quirements:
R The ENERGIZING COACH (ENERGIZING
CO ACH) service is activated in the Mercedes
me por tal or the Mercedes me app .
Wi th ENERGIZING CO ACHyo u can evaluate the
driving and driver situation. Depending on the
situation, it of fers recommendations forth est art
of an appropriate ENERGIZING com fort prog ram.
The following programs could be sugges ted:
R Vitality As an activating prog
ram in mono tonous driv‐
ing situations or for long journey times, for
ex ample.
In fo rm ation on the vitality program see
(/ page 400).
R Joy
As a balancing prog ram in demanding driving
situations.
Information on the pleasure prog ram see
(/ page 400).
By connecting a GARMIN fitness trac ker,for
ex ample the GARMIN Vívosmart ®
3, additional
information can be entered into theeva luation
fo rth ere commendation of an ENERGIZING com‐
fo rt prog ram. The additional information
includes thest re ss le vel,th at is calculated by
th efitness trac ker.The stre ss le vel is based pri‐
marily on the pulse.
Re quirements forth e integration of additional
information via a GARMIN fitness trac ker:
R Your fitness trac ker is connected with your
GARMIN account. R
Your GARMIN account is connected with your
Mercedes me account.
If yo uwe aryour GARMIN fitness trac ker at night
also, the sleep data is included in theev aluation
of the ENERG IZINGCOACH.
Re quirement forth e integration of the sleep
data:
R The GARMIN fitness trac ker is synchronised
with the GARMIN account before the begin‐
ning of the journe y.
% Only
vehicles with ATTENTION ASSI ST:
If AT TENTION ASSIST de term ines an exces‐
sive lack of attention, ENERG IZINGCOACH
makes no fur ther suggestions. Further infor‐
mation about ATTENTION ASSIST
(/ page 301).
Calling up the ENERGIZING CO ACH display
Multimedia sy stem:
4 © 5
Comfort #
Select ENERGIZING COACH.
Yo ur cur rent pulse as well as an evaluation of
yo ur pulse forth e last 30 minutes driving
time are shown. 404
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♢
Store position
♢ To show Compass
♢ To show Qibla(ava ilable in selec ted coun‐
tries) 5
Quic k-access and settings
• To show Traffic
• To show Parking •
To show Motorway information
• ViaAdvanced optionstouse View ,
Announcements andRoute
% The options are not available in all countries.
% You can en ter 3 wordaddresses in the online
sear ch (/page 412). This op tion is not
av ailable in all countries. Destination ent
ry Note
s on destination entry &
WARNING Risk of di stra ction from oper‐
ating integrated communication equip‐
ment while theve hicle is in motion
If yo u operate communication equipment
integrated in theve hicle when driving, you
will be distracted from the tra ffic situation.
This could also cause youto lose control of
th eve 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.
Entering a POI or addre ss &
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:Me rcedes me con‐
nect is available.
R You ha vea user account forth e Mercedes
me por tal.
R The service is activated. MBUX multimedia sy
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Yo
u can car ryout the activation yourself or
ha ve it car ried out at a Mercedes-Benz
service cent re. Fu
rther information can be found at: http://
www.mercedes.me Multimedia sy
stem:
4 © 5
Navigation 5
ª Where to? On-board sear
chwith theke ypad
De stination ent ryuses the on-board sear chof
th e database stored in the multimedia sy stem.
The count ryin which theve hicle is located is set
1. #
Enter the POI or the address using theke y‐
board (in the image) or using handwriting re
cognition 6in input line 2. The entries
can be made in any order.
During destination entr y,suggestions are
of fere d in 3bythe multimedia sy stem. Des‐ 408
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