2020 MERCEDES-BENZ G-CLASS Owner's Manual

Ther
ema ybe differe nces betwee nth etraf fic
re por tsrecei vedand theactual road and traffic
condi tions.
Im por tant informa tionon LiveTr af fic Inf orma‐
tion:
R Current traffic repor tsarere cei vedvia the
Int erne tconnection.
R The traf fic situ ation isup datedat shor t,re gu‐
lar interva ls.
R The subsc ript ion informatio nsho wsthest a‐
tus (/ page27 9).
Inf ormatio non theve hicle's position isregular ly
sent toDai mle rAG .The data isimmed iatelyre n‐
de redanon ymous byDai mle rAG and forw arded
to thetra ffic dat apr ov ider .Usin gth is dat a,traf‐
fi c re por tsreleva nt totheve hicle's position are
sent totheve hicle. Thevehicle actsasasensor
fo rth eflow oftraf fic and helpstoimprove the
qu alit yof thetraf fic re por ts.
If yo udo notwish totrans mityo ur vehicle posi‐
tion, youcan have this ser vice deact ivat ed atan
aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cent er. Displa
yingsubscr iption informa tion
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withLiv eTr af fic
Inf ormation.
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
The subscr iption expir ation dateis aut omatic ally
displa yed:
R one mont hbef oreth eex pir ation date.
R one week bef oreth eex pir ation date.
R ontheex pir ation date. #
Todispl aymanu ally:select LiveTraffic Sub-
scription Info.
Depending onthest atus ,on eof thefo llo wing
mess ages appear s:
R theper iod ofvalidity forth esubscr iption
is displa yed.
R thesubscr iption hasexpir ed.
% The subscr iption canbeextende d:
R atan author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er R
viaanMB Infocall totheMer cedes- Benz
Cus tomer Assis tance Center
Di spl aying thetraf fic ma p
Re quirement s:
R ForLiv eTr af fic Inf ormati on:theve hicle is
eq uipped withacommunication modulefea‐
tur ing anact ivat ed, integrat edSIM car d.
R When theve hicle isstar ted, thecomm unica‐
tion module automatic allyes tab lishes an
Int erne tcon nection .Tr af fic inf ormati onis
mad eav ailable shortly af te rw ards.
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely:ifth emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press theTo uc hCon trol, the
contr oller or theto uc hpad.
The map menuappear s. #
Activate0073 º.
Th etraf fic map showsthefo llo wing informatio n,
fo rex am ple:
R Traf fic inci dents ,fo rex am ple: Mult
imed iasystem 27
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Roadw orks
- Road bloc ks
- Warning mess ages
The symbols fortr af fic inci dents aredis‐
pl ay ed incolor (onthero ute) or gra y(of fth e
ro ute).
R Traf fic flow informatio n:
- Traf fic jam (red line)
- Slow-mo ving traf fic (or ang eline)
- Hea vytraf fic (yel lo w line)
- Free-f lowing traffic (gr een line)
R Disp lay fo rtr af fic del ayson thero utelas ting
at leas ton emin ute
R Warning mess agesymbols :
- Symbo lÔ
- Addition alroad safetyno teswhen
appr oaching atraf fic inci dent, e.g.the
end ofatra ffic jam
If th eve hicle approaches adang erarea
on thero ute, awa rning mess ageis dis‐ pla
yedon themap. Awa rning mess age
ma yalso beissued (/page28 1).
Displa yingtraf fic incid ents
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Conten t #
Activate0073 TrafficInci dents .
Ro adw orks ,ro ad bloc ks,local area repor ts
(e.g. fog) and warning mess ages aredis‐
pla yed.
Ac tiv atin gfree flowan dtraf fic dis pla y #
Activate0073 FreeFlo wing Tra fficand Traffic
Del ays.
% The traf fic del ayisdispla yedfo rth ecur rent
ro ute. Traf fic del ayslas ting oneminut eor
long erareta ke nint oconsi deratio n.
Di spl aying details #
Displa ysthetraf fic map (/page 279). #
Movesth emap (/page282). #
When atra ffic repor tsymbol isunder the
cr oss hair,pr ess onthecent ralcon trol ele‐
men t.
The traffic re por tde tails aredispla yed.
or #
Press onthecent ralcon trol elemen t. #
Selec tInf ormat iononTraff icReport s.
The map showsthetraf fic re por tsymbols in
th evicinit y.
Tr af fic re por tinf ormation isdispla yedin the
st atus line:
R Traf fic re por tsymbol
R Reason forth etraf fic re por t,e.g. traffic
con gestion
R Warning mess age(highligh tedin red) #
Toselect atraf fic re por tsymb ol:sel ect
Next orPre vious. #
Press onthecent ralcon trol elemen t.
The traffic re por tde tails aredispla yed. 280
Multimedia system

Issu
inghazard wa rnings
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Announc ement s #
Activate0073 Annou nceTrafficWa rnings .
Wa rning mess ages areissued andtailbac ks
whic hpose arisk areannounced. Map
andcom pass Map
andcom pass overview 1
Savesth ecur rent vehicle position
2 Movesth emap
3 Select sth emap orient ation andmap view
4 Select sth efunc tion depending ontheeq uip‐
ment :
• Sends ahazar dwa rning viaCar -to-X . •
Filt ersth edispla yof POIs inthevicin ity
accor dingtoPOI categor y
5 Switc hesthedispla yof per sonal POIsym‐
bols onthemap onoroff
6 Switc hesone ofthefo llo wing displa yson or
of fdepending ontheeq uipment :
• We ather informat ion
• Sat ellit emap
• Traf fic inci dents
7 Switches thetra ffic map displa yon oroff
The map andsatellit eimag esaresho wninglobe
pr oject ion.This allowsfora re alis ticmap displa y
in all map scales. Themap uses elevatio nmod el‐
ing .
Dep endingonthemap data,im por tant buildi ngs
in ma nyciti esaredep icted realis ticallyon the
map insmal lmap scale s(e.g. 1/32 mi(20 m),
1/1 6mi (50 m)). Other buildings aresho wnas
model s.
% Youcan setth eunit ofmeasur ementofthe
map scale (/page25 4). Mul
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If
online information isavailable, fuelprice sand
th eav ailabilit yof par kingspac esinpar king
ga rage aredispla yed, forex am ple.
% Requiremen ts:
R Mer cedes meconnectis available.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth e
Mer cedes meportal.
R The service hasbeen activat ed atan
aut hor ized Mercedes -Benz Cent er.
Fu rther information canbefound at:ht tp :/ /
www .merced es.me
% The onlineinf ormat ionisno tav ailable inall
coun tries.
If Dis play inCOMA NDisact ivat ed inTraf fic Sign
Assi st(/ pag e203) ,speed limitsandovertak‐
ing restrictions aredispl ayed on themap.
% Com panylogos displayedon themap are
tra demar ksofthere spectiv ecom panies and
used solely forth epur pose ofindicat ingthe
locat ionsofthese com panies. Theuseof
suc hlogos onthemap does notindicat e
appr oval of, suppo rtof or adv ertising by th
ese com panies forth ena vig ation system
itself.
Se tting thema pscale
Re quirement s:
R The map issho wn.
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation #
Tozoo min: swi pedown ontheTo uc hCon ‐
tr ol.
or #
Turn thecon troller count er-cloc kwise.
or #
Movetwofing ersap arton theto uc hpad. #
Tozoo mout: swipeup on theTo uc hCon trol.
or #
Turn thecon troller clockwise.
or #
Movetwofing ersto ge ther on theto uc hpad.
% Youcan setth eunit ofmeasur ementofthe
map scale (/page25 4). Mo
ving thema p
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely,if th emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press thecent ralcon trol ele‐
men t.
The map menuappear s. #
Selec t"Mo vemap" inmap menu 2
(/ page28 1). #
Swipe inanydir ection ontheTo uc hCon trol
or touc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller inanydir ect ion.
The map movesin thecor responding direc‐
tion under thecr osshair .The further you
mo veyour fing er aw ay from thest ar tin gposi‐
tio non theto uc hpad, thefa ster themap
mo ves. 282
Multimedia system

Selec
tingthema por ientat ion
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Menu #
Alternativ ely,if th emap isdispla yedin full
scr een mode, press thecent ralcon trol ele‐
men t.
The map menuappear s. #
Inmap menu3 ,selec tN, 2D or
3D( /pag e28 1).
R N:the2D map viewisdispla yedso that
no rth is alw aysat theto p.
R 2D: the2D map viewisaligned tothe
dir ect ion oftra vel.
R 3D:th e3D map viewisaligned tothe
dir ect ion oftra vel.
Selecting POIsym bols
Multim ediasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Conten t
POIs include gasst atio nsand hotels whic hcan
be displa yedas symbols onthemap, forex am‐
ple. Notall POI sar eav ailable everywher e. #
Sele ctPOI Symb ols.
The 003Bdo tindic ates thecur rent setting.
Stand arddispl ayssymbols ofpredef ined cat‐
egor iesonthemap.
User Definedallo wsyouto per sonall yselect
th esymbols forth eav ailable categor ies.
Non eswit ches thedispla yof f. #
Select ase tting. #
User Defined:select categor ies.
The POIsymbols oftheselect edcategor ies
ar edispla yed0073 ornotdispla yed0053.
Selecting thedisp layof text inf ormat ionin
th ema p
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Text Information #
Select text informati on.
Cu rrent Streetsho wsthest re et youar ecur ‐
re ntly drivi ng on atthebo ttom ofthedispla y.
When themap ismo ved, thefo llo wing infor‐
matio nappear sunder thecr osshair :
R Street nam e R
POI nam e
R Area nam e
Ge o-co ordinates displ aysth efo llo wing infor‐
matio n:
R Lon gitude andlatitude
R Elevatio n
Th eelev atio nsho wnmayde viat efrom
th eactual elevatio n.
R Number ofsat ellites from whic hasignal
can berecei ved
When themap ismo ved, this inf ormatio n
does notappear .
Climate Controldispla ysthecur rent clima te
contr olsettings.
None switches thedispla yof f.
Displa yingthene xt int ersectin gst re et
Re quirement s:
R Routeguidan ceisno tact ive. Mult
imed iasystem 283

Multimedia
system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s #
Activate0073 NextInter secting Street.
The nam eof thene xt int ersect ingstre et will
be displa yedat theupper edgeof thedispla y.
Disp laying thema pve rsion
Multime diasystem:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s #
Select MapVersion . #
Select Details.
% Information aboutnewversions ofthedigit al
map canbeobt ained from anaut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCenter.
Ov ervie wof avo iding anarea
Yo ucan define areas alon garo uteth at you
wo uld liketo avoid.
The routecan include anarea that isto be avoi‐
ded inthefo llo wing situat ions:
R thedes tinat ionislocat edinan area that isto
be avo ided
R iffree wa ys areloc ated within thear ea that is
to be avoided Fr
ee wa ys arealw aysta ke nint oacco untfor
th ero ute.
R ther eis no sensible alternativ ero ute
Av oiding ane warea
Mult imedia system:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition
5 Avoid Option s5
Areas #
Select AvoidNewArea. #
Tosear chforan area viathe map: select
Usi ngMa p. #
Movethemap.
or #
Tosear chforan area usi ng anaddr ess:
sel ect Add ressEntry . #
Entertheaddr ess. #
Select SelectDestination.
The map appear s. #
Todispl ayan area: press theTo uc hCon trol,
th eto uc hpad orthecon troller .
A redre ctang leap pea rs.Thi sdes ignat esthe
ar ea that shoul dbe avo ided. #
Tochang eth esize ofthear ea: swipe upor
do wn ontheTo uc hCon trol or theto uc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller upordown.
The map scale isenlar gedor reduced and
ch ang esthesize ofthear ea. #
Tosetth ear ea: press theTo uc hCon trol,
th eto uc hpad orthecon troller .
The area isent ered intoth elis t.
Changing anarea
Multimedia system:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition
5 Avoid Option s5
Areas #
Highlight anarea inthelis t. #
Select ¥Edit.
Mo ving thear ea on thema p #
Swipe inanydir ect ion ontheTo uc hCon trol
or touc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller inanydir ect ion. 28
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Multimedia system

Cha
nging thesize ofthear ea #
Tostar t:press theTo uc hCon trol, theto uc h‐
pad orthecon troller . #
Tochang e:swi peup ordown ontheTo uc h
Con trol or theto uc hpad.
or #
Slid eth econ troller upordown. #
Tosto p:press theTo uc hCon trol, theto uc h‐
pad orthecon troller .
Ta king thear ea forthe routeint oacc ount #
Avoid 0073anarea inthelis t.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive, ane wrouteis cal‐
culat ed.
If th er eis no routeye t,th ese tting iscar ried
ove rto thene xt routeguidan ce.
Dele tingone orall areas
Mult imed iasystem:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition
5 Avoid Option s5
Areas #
Highlight anarea inthelis t. #
Select ¥Deleteor ¥ DeleteAll. #
Conf irm thepr om ptwit hYes .
On eor all areas aredele ted.
Map data updateov ervie w
Up datin gat the author izedMer cedes -Ben z
Ce nter
The digit almap sge ner ated bythemap software
become outdatedinthesame wayas conven‐
tion alroad maps .Op tim alrouteguidan cecan
on lybe prov ided bythena vig ation system in
con junc tion withth emos tup-t o-dat emap data.
Inf ormation aboutnewversions ofthedigit al
map canbeobt ained from anaut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCenter.
Yo ucan recei veupdat estothedigit almap ther e.
Online mapupdate
The online mapupdat eser vice from Mer cedes
me connect canbeused toupdat emap data.
% The onlinemap updat eser viceis no tav aila‐
ble inall coun tries.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable forth e
updat e:
R theaut omatic mapupdat eupdat esmap data
fo rone region. Fo
rau tomatic mapupdates Automatic
Online Updatemus tbe activ ated inthesy s‐
te m settings (/page258).
R themanual mapupdat eupdat esmap data
fo rse veralor all regions.
Fu rther information ontheonline mapupdat eis
av ailable atan aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCent er
or athttp :/ /www .merced es.me.
Fu rther information onupdat es:http: //
manuals.daimle r.com/b aix/car s/conne ctme/
en_G B/inde x.html.
Ov ervie wof map data
Yo ur vehicle issuppli edwithmap dataat thefa c‐
to ry.Depe nding on thecount ry,map datafo r
yo ur region iseit her pre-ins talled orthemap
dat ais supplied onadat ast or ag emedium.
If th emap dataon your vehicle hasbeen instal‐
led atthefa ct or yand youwish toreins tallit, you
do notneed toent ertheactiv ation code.
Fo rmap datath at youha ve pur chased inthe
fo rm ofadat ast or ag emedium, youmus ten ter
th eaccom panying activ ation code. Multimedia
system 285

%
Ifyo usa ve themap dataon adat ast or ag e
medium withth eonline mapupdat eser vice,
no ent ryisrequ ired. The activation codeis
st or ed on thedat ast or ag emedium during
th edo wnloading process.
Obser vethefo llo wing when entering theactiv a‐
tion code:
R The activ ation codecanbeused forone vehi‐
cle
R The activ ation codeisno ttr ansf erable
R The activ ation codehassixdigits
In theeve ntofthefo llo wing problems ,please
con tact an author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er:
R The multimedia system does notaccep tth e
act ivatio ncod e
R Youha ve lostth eactiv ation code Displa
yingthecom pass
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
À Route andPosition #
Select Compass.
The com pass displa ysho wsthefo llo wing
inf ormatio n:
R thecur rent dire ction oftrave lwit hbear‐
ing (360 °fo rm at) and compass direct ion
R longitude andlatitude coordinat esin
degr ees, minutes and seco nds
R height (rounded )
R numb erofGPS satellit esfrom whic ha
sign alcan berecei ved
Se tting thema pscale automa tically
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
The map scale issetaut omaticall ydepending on
yo ur drivin gspee d.
Fo rjour neys incit ies withde tailed citymodels ,a
map viewfrom thedr iver's perspect ive is used. #
Switc hAuto Zoom on0073 oroff0053. %
The automaticall yselect edmap scale canbe
ch ang edman uallyfo ra shor ttime. Theset‐
ting isrese taut omatically afte ra fe w sec ‐
ond s.
Displa yingthesat ellit ema p
Multi media system:
4 Navigation 5
Z Option s
5 Map Conten t #
Switc hSatellit eMap on0073 oroff0053.
or #
Ifsat ellit emap displa y6 isavailable inthe
map menu, switchit on 0073 oroff0053
(/ page28 1).
Switc hedon0073: satellite maps aredisp laye d
in map scales of2mi (2km )or less.
Swit ched off0053: satellit emaps areno tdis‐
pla yedin map scales from 2mi (2km) to
10 mi(10 km).
% Satellite maps forth ese map scales areno t
av ailable inall coun tries.
Displ aying weather information
Re quirement s: 286
Multime diasystem