2020 MERCEDES-BENZ AMG GT R-ROADSTER Owners Manual

Controller equipment
1 Touch Control
2 Controller To
uch Control Operating
Touch Control #
Tocall up main functions: press button1.
or #
Press and hold button 3. #
Tocall up favo urites: press button 1. #
Swipe down on Touch Control 2. #
Toopen a lis t:press Touch Control 2. #
Toclose a lis t:press button 3.
or #
Swipe right on Touch Control 2. #
Toselect a menu item: swipe up, down, left
or right on Touch Control 2. #
Press Touch Control 2. #
Tomo vethe digital map: swipe in any
direction.
Setting the sensitivity for the Touch Control
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
w Input
5 Touch Control sensitivity #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . Operating
the controller Re
quirements:
R The multimedia sy stem is equipped with a
controller. 18 2
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1
% button
Press brief ly:re turns tothe pr evious display
Press and hold: calls up main functions
2 Cont roller
3 © button
Calls up main functions and favo urites
Controller operating options: #
Turn 3 anti-clockwise or clo ckwise. #
Slide 1 left orright. #
Slide 4 up or down. #
Slide 2 diagonally. #
Press 7brief lyor press and hold. To
uchpad Operating
theto uchpad
Re quirements:
R The multimedia sy stem is equipped with a
to uchpad. 1
% button
Pressing brief ly:re turns tothe pr evious dis‐
play
2 D button
Calls up the control menu of the last active
audio source
3 © button Multimedia sy
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Calls up main functions and
favo urites
4 Touchpad
Yo u can navigate in menus and lists via touch-
sensitive sur face 4 byusing a single-finger
swipe. #
Toopen or close lists: swipe left orright. #
Toselect the menu item: swipe up, down,
left or right. #
Press touchpad 4. #
Tomo vethe digital map: swipe in any
direction.
Use thefo llowing functions with a two-finger
swipe: #
Tocall up main functions and favo urites:
swipe down with two fingers. The swipe mu st
st art in the upper area of theto uchpad. #
Tozoom in and out of the map: movetwo
fi ngers toget her or apart. #
Tocall up the control menu of the last
active audio source: swipe up with twofin‐
ge rs. The swipe must start in the lo wer area
of theto uchpad. Setting
the sensitivity for the touchpad
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
w Input #
Select Touchpad sensitivity . #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . #
Toset the pressure sensitivit y:switch
Touchpad tap onO or off ª.
If th e function is switched on O, atap on
th eto uchpad is enough toselect a menu
item.
Handwriting recognition: swit ching there ad-
aloud function on/off
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
õ Audio
5 System feedback #
Switch Read out handwriting recognition on
O or off ª. Ac
tivating/deactivating haptic ope rating
fe edba ckon theto uchpad
Multimedia sy stem:
4 System 5
w Input
The function supports you when making entries
on theto uchpad and when selecting menus. #
Swit chHaptic operating feedback onO or
off ª.
When the function is activated, a tactile feed‐
back in thefo rm of a vibration is ef fected
when theto uchpad is operated.
Selecting a station and track using the
to uchpad #
Press theD button on theto uchpad.
or #
Swipe up with two fingers. The swipe mu st
st art in the lo wer area of theto uchpad.
The cont rol menu appears forth e audio
source that wa s last selected. #
Use one finger toswipe up or down.
Ra dio: the pr evious or the next station is set.
Media source: the pr evious or the next music
tra ck is selec ted. 184
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Tohide the control menu: swipe down with
two fingers. The swipe mu st start in the
upper area of theto uchpad. Favo
urites Overview of
favo urites
Fa vourites of feryo uqu ick access tofrequently
used applications. It is possible tocreate 20
fa vo urites in tota l.
The following functions are available:
R add pre-defined favo urites fromthefo llow‐
ing categories (/ page185):
- Navigation
- Entertainment
- Telephone
- Connect
- Vehicle
- System settings
R add your ow nfa vo urites (/page 185)
R rename favo urites (/ page185).
R movefavo urites (/ page186). R
dele tefavo urites (/ page186).
R reset all favo urites (/ page186)
Calling up favo urites #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards once.
Na vigating means:
R Swiping on theTo uch Control or the
to uchpad
R Sliding the controller
Leaving thefa vo urites menu #
Press the© button.
Ad ding favo urites
Ad ding prede fined favo urites #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards twice.
The Favourites menu appears. #
Select New favourite.
The categories are displ ayed. #
Select a categor y.
The favo urites are displ ayed. #
Select a favo urite. #
Store thefa vo urite at the desired position.
If a favo urite has already been added at this
position, it will be overwritten.
Example: adding your ow nfa vo urites #
Select Vehicle. #
Select Full screen: Consumption . #
Press and hold the© button until the
fa vo urites are displ ayed. #
Store thefa vo urite at the desired position.
If No function available for saving is shown,the
selected function cannot be added.
Re naming favo urites #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards once. #
Select a favo urite. #
Navigate down wards once.
The Favourites menu appears. Multimedia sy
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Select Rename . #
Enter thech aracters. #
Toconfirm the entr y:select ¡.
Moving favo urites #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards once. #
Select a favo urite. #
Navigate down wards once.
The Favourites menu appears. #
Select Move. #
Movethefa vo urite tothe desired position.
If a favo urite has already been added at this
position, it will be overwritten.
Deleting favo urites #
Press the© button.
The main functions are displa yed. #
Navigate down wards once. #
Select a favo urite. #
Navigate down wards once.
The Favourites menu appears. #
Todel ete: select Delete. #
Select Yes. #
Toresto reall favo urites: selectReset all.
A prom ptappears. #
Select Yes.
The favo urites are reset tothefa ctory set‐
tings. Switching the sound on/off
#
Tomute: pressvolume control 1.
The 8 symbol appears in thest atus line
of the media displa y. Yo
u will also hear traf fic announcements and
navigation announcements even when the
sound is muted. #
Toswitch on: change the media source or
turn volume control 1. Ad
justing the volume Setting with
thevo lume control on the multi‐
function steering wheel #
Turn volume control 1.
The volume of the cur rent radio or media
source is set. The volume of other audio
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just this in thefo llowing situations:
R During a traf fic announcement
R During a navigation announcement
The volume of the navigation announce‐
ment changes in accordance with thevo l‐
ume of the cur rent media sou rce.
R During a telephone call
R When entering or exiting a parking space
while using Active Parking Assist Setting with
therock er switch on the multi‐
media sy stem #
Press rocker switch 1up or down.
The volume is inc reased or reduced.
When adjusting thevo lume, the display but‐
to nto the left of thero ck er switch sho ws the
cur rent volume. Setting in
the menu #
Select System inthe multimedia sy stem. #
Select Audio. #
Select a volume setting. #
Set thevo lume. Entering
characters Using
thech aracter input function &
WARNING Risk of dist raction 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
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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.
Use thech aracter input function in thefo llowing
situations, forex ample:
R Renaming a favo urite
R Entering a POI or address
R Making a phone call
The following functions are available:
R Selecting a character in thech aracter bar
R Writing a character on theto uchpad
Character input can be star ted with a control
element and resumed with ano ther.
The multimedia sy stem is equipped with either a
to uchpad or contro ller. #
On theTo uch Control and controller (if
av ailable): selectthech aracters in thech ar‐
acter bar.
Depending on theta rget entry ,th efo llowing
ch aracters are available:
R The full set of characters is shown
R Onlythose characters which are useful
fo rth e cur rent input string are shown
Other characters are gr eyed out. #
On theto uchpad (if available): selectthe
ch aracters in thech aracter bar.
or #
Write thech aracters on theto uch-sensitive
sur face of theto uchpad.
Handwriting recognition suppo rts yo uby
means of character suggestions and a read-
aloud function.
Examples of character ent ry:
R Renaming a favo urite
R Entering a POI or an address using free or
st ep-b y-step sear ch
R Entering a web address Entering
characters on the touchpad
Re quirements:
R The entered or selected character should be
re ad out: the handwriting recognition read-
aloud function is swit ched on (/ page184).
Exam ple:renaming favo urites #
Call up the "Renaming favo urites" function
(/ page 185). #
Toenter a character: useyour finger to
write characters on theto uchpad.
The character is entered in the input line. If
dif fere nt interpr etations are possible, charac‐
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Toselect a character suggestion: swipe up
or down on theto uchpad. #
Resume character input. #
Toenter a space: swiperight when the cur‐
sor is located in the input line. #
Todel ete a character: swipe left when the
cursor is loca ted in the input line. #
Toconfirm the entr y:press theto uchpad. #
Tofinish character entr y:swipe upwards.
or #
Press the% button.
Example: entering a destination (navigation) #
Ente rth e POI or address (/ page 205). Sy
stem settings Display
Configuring display settings
Multimedia sy
stem:
4 System 5
G Display and styles
Setting the display brightness #
Select Display brightness . #
Select a brightness value.
Switching the display off/on #
Toswitch off: selectDisplay off . #
Toswitch on: press a button, %,for
ex ample.
Displ aydesign #
Select Day/night design. #
Select Automatic, Day design orNight
design.
Ad ditional displ ayarea
Depending on theve hicle, various items of addi‐
tional information can be shown. The additional display area comprises
the left-hand or right-
hand third of the displa y. #
Select Additional display area .
The following display con tent can be selected:
R Dynamic
R Navigation map
R Consumption
R Time and date Ti
me and date Setting the time and date automatically
Multimedia sy
stem:
4 System 5
& Time and date #
Deactivate ªManual time adjustment.
The time and date are set automatically for
th e selected time zone and summer time
option.
% The cor rect time is requ ired forth efo llowing
functions:
R Route guidance with time-dependent
traf fic guidance. Multimedia sy
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