2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS COUPE AMG Owner's Manual

No
teson theIns trum ent Displa yand on-
boar dcom puter
Ad dition alno tesre ga rding your Mer cedes-AM G
ve hicle:
R Vehicl eswith anIns trument Display
(s tandar d):ifyo uact ivat eman ualgearshif t‐
ing ,(/ page13 )th eupshif tbar will appear
on themultifunc tionorHead-up Display.In
addi tion, thetransmission set-up M(manual)
and thecur rent gear will appear onthetra ns‐
mission position displayof themultifunc tion
displa y.
R Addition alno te rega rding theindicat orand
wa rning lam ps:theve hicle isalso equipped
wit hth eES P®
00E5, ESP®
OFF 00BB and
ES P®
SPOR TÆ indicat orand warning
lam ps(/ page41 ). Oper
atingth eon-boa rdcom puter &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoper ateinf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegratedin theve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract ed from the
tr af fic situ ation. Thiscou ldalso cau seyouto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Onlyoper ateth is eq uipmen twhen the
tr af fic situ ation per mits. #
Ifyo ucan notbe sur eof this, stop the
ve hicle whilstpa ying attention toroad
and traffic condi tions andoperate the
eq uipment withth eve hicle statio nary. Obser
vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecount ry
in whic hyo uar ecur rently drivi ng when operat‐
ing theon- boar dcom puter.
% The on-boar dcom puterdispla yswill appear
on themultifunc tiondispla y. The
on-boar dcom puterisoper ated using left-
hand Touc hCon trol 3 and left-han dbac k/
hom ebut ton2.
Whe nth eon- boar dcom puterisbeing operated,
dif fere nt aco ustic signa lswillsou ndasoperati ng
fe edbac k,e.g. when theend ofalis tis reac hed
or when youar esc rolling thro ugh alis t.
The follo wing menusareav ailable:
R Service In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 23

R
Driv eAssist
R Perfo rma nce
R Trip
R Navig ation
R Radio
R Media
R Pho ne
R Hea d-upDis p.
R Vehicl eswith anIns trument Displayin
th eWi des cree nCo ckpit: Desi gns
Ve hicl eswith anIns trument Display(s tand‐
ar d) onl y:Ifyo usele ctthePerform ancemenu,
th eupshif tbar ,th etransmission set-up M(man‐
ual) and thecur rent gear will appear onthemul‐
tifun ction displa y.
The menus canbecalled upfrom themenu bar
on themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Tocall upthemenu bar:press backbutt on
on thelef t2 until themenu barisdis‐
pla yed. #
Toscr ollinthemenu bar:swipe leftor
ri ght onleft-h and Touc hCon trol 3. #
Tocall upamen uor conf irm aselect ion:
pr ess left-han dTo uc hCon trol 3. #
Toscr ollthrough displa ysorlists on the
menu :swipe upwards ordown wardson left-
hand Touc hCon trol 3. #
Tocall upasub men uor conf irm aselec‐
tion :pr ess left-han dTo uc hCon trol 3. #
Toexitasubm enu:press backbutt onon
th elef t2. Selecting
theHead -upDispla y #
Ifth eHead -upDispla yis switc hedoff:
pr ess butt on1.
The Head- upDis playwill beswit ched on.
or #
Ifth eHead -upDispla yis switc hedon:
swipe upwards on left-hand Touc hCon trol
3.
The Head -upDisplaywill beact ivat ed. #
Toselect whattheHead -upDispla y
sho ws:sw ipe up wa rdsor down wardson left-
hand Touc hCon trol 3. Calli
ngup displa yson thePe rfor ma nce
menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
4 Performance #
Toselect adispla y:swipe upwards ordown‐
wa rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Dis playson thePerform ancemenu:
R Warm-up
R SETUP 24
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

R
G-M eter
R RACETIME R(vehicles without AMG TRACK
PA CE)
R Engin edat a Wa
rm-up (exa mp le)
1 Digit alspeedom eter
2 Gear displa y
3 Engine oiltemp eratur e 4
Trans miss ionoiltemp eratur e
5 Boos tpr essur e
If th eengine ortransmission isno tat oper ating
te mp eratur e,themultifunc tiondispla ywill show
te mp eratur e3 or4 inblue. Avoid using the
full engine powe routpu tdur ing this tim e. Ex
am ple: SETUP
1 Drive sy stem setting:
Re duced/Moder ate/Spo rt/Dyna mic/Race
2 Exhau stsystem:
Balanced/ Powe rful
3 ESP®
status : On
/O ff
4 Trans miss ionposit ion:
D/ M
5 Suspen sion tuning:
Comf ort/ Spo rt/Spor t+ G-me
ter(e xa mp le)
While theve hicle isin mo tion, theG-me ter
sho wsthefo rc es that areex ertedon theve hicle
occupants both laterally and inthedir ect ion of
tra vel.The maxim umvalues appear inredin the
coordinat esy stem. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 25

#
Torese tth eG-m eter: press thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. #
Select Yes . #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
If yo upr ess and hold thelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol, thefunc tion willberese timmediat ely. Engine
data(e xa mp le)
1 Current powe routpu t
2 Current torq ue Dis
playin gand star ting RACE TIMER onthe
Pe rfor ma nce menu
On -bo ardcom puter:
4 Performance
% The RACE TIME Rfun ction isavailable onlyin
ve hicles without AMG TRACKPACE.
The follo wing functionsar epossible intheRA CE
TIMER:
R Select ingdispla ysand star tin g
R Stopping
R Startin gane wlap
R Displaying lapstatis tics
R Resettin g 1
Lap
2 Lap time
RA CE TIMER isint ended onlyfo ruse ondesi gna‐
te dra ce trac ks.Do notus eth efunc tion onpub‐
lic roads. #
Toselect adispla yand star t:swipe upor
do wn onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select Start and press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. #
Tosto p:sel ect Stop andpress thelef t-hand
To uc hCon trol. 26
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#
Tostar ta ne wlap: afte rth efirs tst or ed lap,
pr ess thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select New Lap.
A max imum of32 laps maybe stor ed. Ex
am ple: RACE TIMER
1 Lap
2 Elapsed time
3 Averag espeed
4 Distance covered #
Todispl aythelap statis tics:af te rat lea st
tw ostor ed laps, press thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol. #
Select Lap List.
The lapstatis ticswill bedispla yed. #
Displa yth est atis ticsfo rth ene xt lap byswip‐
ing upordown onthelef t-hand Touc hCon ‐
tr ol.
The fastes tlap isindicat edbyflashin gte xt
1. #
Torese t:stop RACE TIMER andpress the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Select Reset andpress thelef t-hand Touc h
Con trol.
All laps willbedele ted. Fu
nction oftheHead -upDispla y
The Head- upDis playpr oje ctsth efo llo wing con‐
te nt intoth edr iver's field ofvision:
R Information from thena vig ation system
R Information from thedr iver assis tancesys‐
te ms
R Some warning mess ages Mer
cedes- AMGdisplaycont ent 1
Protect ion from reac hin gth eov errevving
ra ng e
2 Current engine speed
3 Current spe ed
4 Current lyselect edgear,ge arshif top tio ns
wit hman ualshif ting
5 Detected instructi ons and traf fic sig ns
Depe nding ontheve hicle's equipment, youcan
sele ctfur ther AMG displa ysinaddition tothe
st andar ddispla yson theDisplay Contentmenu.
If yo usele ctRA CET IMER,theHead-up Display
will showthelap and laptime. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 27

In
vehicles withAMG TRACKPACE, youcan also
displ ayaddit ionalcon tent dependi ng on these t‐
ting :
R Speed andgear displa y
R Lap and sectortimes
R Accel erati on and braki ng
R Trac klayo ut graphics
When youre cei veacall, the0061 Incoming Call
messag ewill appear ontheHead-up Display.
In aud iomode, thest atio nnam eor trac kwill be
sho wntemp orarily when theaudio sourceis
being activelyoper ated.
Sy stem limita tions
The visib ilityisinf luenc edbythefo llo wing condi‐
tion s:
R Seat position
R The posit ioningof thedispla yimag e
R Light conditions
R Wetro ads
R Objectson thedispla yco ver
R Polar izat ion insung lasses %
Inextreme sunli ght, sectio nsofthedispla y
ma yappear washed out.Youcan correct this
by switc hingtheHead-up Displayof fand on
ag ain. 28
Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

AMG
TRAC KPA CE Gener
alinf orma tion Wi
th AMG TRAC KPA CE, thedr iving charact eris‐
tic son race trac ks can beana lyzed and opti‐
mize d.Youcan drive pr ev iousl yst or ed race
tr ac ks (e.g. Hockenhei mring ),or newtrac ks can
be recor ded andstor ed. The driven lap times are
st or ed forev erytra ck.The secan beana lyzed
and compar edtoother laptimes toachie vethe
bes tpossible race results. Addition ally,acc eler a‐
tio nand brakin gpr oce durescan bemeas ured
and stor ed.
Please note:Use AMG TRACKPACE onlyon
closed-of fro utes out side thepublic traffic area.
Ad aptyo ur drivin gst yle to your per son alabilit ies
and theen vironmen talcon dition s.As thedr iver ,
yo uar esole lyresponsible fordr iving your vehi‐
cle. Park your vehicle safely beforeoper ating the
applic ation. Se
tting Trac kRa ce Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
TRACK PACE5
Track Race
Re cor dingatrac k #
Select Reco rdTrac k. #
Atthedesir edstar tin gpoin t,selec tSt art
Reco rd.
The trackre cor ding star ts at this point .Dur‐
ing trac kre cor ding, sect orscan besetto
de term ine interva ls. #
Tofinis htrac kre cor ding, select Stop orcross
th est ar tin gline again. #
Enterth ewe ather and thetrac kname.
Sear ching bytrac kname #
Select AllTra cks . #
Select ª Search. #
Enterthetra ck nam e.
Tr ac ks wit hth esear ched name aredis‐
pla yed. Measur
ingthetim eon thetrac k #
Sele ctTimin g.
An ove rview of near bytrac ks appear s.
The distance and dire ction tothest ar tin g
line ofthetrac kis displa yed. #
Select thedesir edtrac k.
If yo uha ve already driven on this trac k, you
can select adr iven time asare fere nce time .
Ti mek eepi ngbegi nsautomatical lywhen the
st ar tin gline hasbeen cross ed.
% When Zoomisselec ted, thetra ck displa y
can beswitc hedfrom 2Dto3D.
Di spla ying theana lysis #
Select LapTimes.
An ove rview of all thedr iven tracksappea rs. #
Select atrac k.
The follo wing datais displa yed:
R Lap and sectortimes
R Averag eand maximum permissible speed
R Driver
R Vehicle Multimedia
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R
Date
R Weather #
Select adesir edlap.
The analysis isdispla yed. 1
Parame ter1 (e.g. speed)
2 Parame ter2 (e.g. steer ing ang le)
3 Speed trend (Par ame ter1)
4 Steer ing ang letrend (Par ame ter2)
5 Time differe nce betwee nlap A and B(only
wh en twolaps aresel ect ed). %
The follo wing values canbesetfo rpar ame‐
te rs 1and 2,forex am ple:
R Spe ed
R Lon gitudin al/lat eral acc eler ation
R Steer ing ang le
R Engine speed
R Engine oil/tir ete mp eratur e
Based ontheanal ysis yo ucan checkand opti‐
mize driving charact eristic sfo ran yposi tion on
th etra ck.
Expor tingtrac ks orraces (USB ) #
Select AllTrac ks.
An ove rview of all stor ed trac ks and races
ap pea rs. #
High light desired trac ks orraces. #
Sele ctÜ Options . #
Sele ctExport .
The select edtrac ks orraces can beexpor ted
to aUS Bstor ag ede vice conn ectedtothe
ve hicle. Editing
trac ks and recor dings #
Select AllTrac ks. #
Highligh tth edesir edtrac k. #
Select Ü options . #
Select Rename orDele te.
or #
Select atrac k. #
High light thedesir edrecor ding. #
Sele ctÜ options . #
Sele ctWea ther orDele te. Se
tting Drag Race Mult
imed iasystem:
4 Vehicle 5
TRACK PACE5
Drag Race
Measur ingacceler ation #
Select Acceleration.
Measur ementbegins whentheve hicle accel‐
er ates. Measur ementisincr ement al,insteps
of 30 mph(50 km/h) toamax imum of
18 0mp h(300 km/h) orup tothese tmaxi‐
mum speed. 30
Multimedia system