2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS Owners Manual

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Redial Redial/Calllast phone number Mak
esacall tothelas tte lephon enumb erdialed.
Change phoneC ouldyouplease switchtothe sec-
ond phone? Chang
esthepr imar yte lephon e Ov
ervie wof med iapla yervo ice comm ands Media
playervo ice com mand scan also beused
when themedia playerapp lication runs inthe bac
kground andanother application isvisible in
th efo re grou nd .Th efo llo wing listof fers jus ta
sma llsel ecti onofthepossible mediaplayer vo
ice com mand s.Yo uwill recei veaddit ionalsug‐
ge stions ifyo usa yHel pfor medi aor Hel pfor
player .
Med iapla yervo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Play composer s/musicgenres> Play
"Yellow Submarine" The
names ofall available tracks,albums, artis ts, com poser sor genres
ar eacce pteddur ing thesear ch.In thecase ofaclear searchresult the
tr ac kfo und ispla yedbac kimmediat ely.
Play track Playsong "SoWhat" The
available tracksarepla yedbac k.
Play album Playalbum "ANight atthe Opera" The
available albums arepla yedbac k.
Play artist I wanttolist en totheart ist
"Madon na" The
available artis ts arepla yedbac k. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 32
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Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Play composer I'dlike tohear thecomposer "Lud-
wig van Beeth oven" The
available compose rsarepla yedbac k.
Play music genre I'dlike tohear themusic genre
"Bebop" The
available musicgenres are play ed bac k.
Sea rch fortrack Iwo uld like tosea rch forthe song
"Sa iling" The
name sof allav ailable tracksareacc epteddur ing thesear ch.A sel ec‐
tion list appear sfrom whic hyo ucan selectthedesir edmusic. Ifyo uwish
to pla yall thetra cksin aselection list,sa y"Pla yall trac ks".
Sear chfor album S earchforalbum "ANight atthe
Opera" The
names ofall available albums areacc epteddur ing thesear ch.A
sel ecti onlist appear sfrom whic hyo ucan selectthedesir edmusic. Ifyo u
wish topla yall thetra cksin aselection list,sa y"Pla yall trac ks".
Sear chfor artist I wouldliketosearc hfor theart ist
"Elt onJohn " The
nam esofall available artis ts areacc epteddur ing thesear ch.A sel ec‐
tion list appear sfrom whic hyo ucan selectthedesir edmusic. Ifyo uwish
to pla yall thetra cksin aselection list,sa y"Pla yall trac ks".
Sear chfor compo serS earchforcomposer "Beethoven"The
names ofall available compose rsareacc epteddur ing thesear ch.A
sel ecti onlist appear sfrom whic hyo ucan selectthedesir edmusic. Ifyo u
wish topla yall thetra cksin aselection list,sa y"Pla yall trac ks".
Sear chfor musi cgen re gen re> Sear
chfor musi cgen re"Classi cal" The
nam esofall available musicgenres are acce pteddur ing thesear ch.A
sel ecti onlist appear sfrom whic hyo ucan selectthedesir edmusic. Ifyo u
wish topla yall thetra cksin aselection list,sa y"Pla yall trac ks". 328
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Next trackS tartthe next song/vi deocli p/f ilm Pl
ay sbac kth ene xt tra ck.
Previous track Playthelast song/ track/clip again Pla
ysbac kth epr ev ious trac k.
Repeat this track I'dliketo list en tothis track again The
current trac kis play ed bac kfrom thebeginnin g.
Play similar music I'dlike tohear similar music Pla
ysbac ksimilar tracks.
Play random music Playmearandom track Pla
ysbac kra ndo mtrac ks.
Rand omplaybac kon Turnrandom playbac kon Swi
tches torando mmod e.
Ra ndo mtrac klist off Switch offshu fflemod e Swi
tches offra ndo mmod e.
Wha tam Ilisteni ngto? Whichmu sic is cur rentl ypl ay ing ? The
informa tionab ou tth etra ck cur rentl ypl ay ing isread aloud. Ov
ervie wof mes sagevo ice comm ands Messag
escan becreat ed, edit edand listened to
usin gth emessag evo ice com mand s.The follo w‐ ing
listof fers jus ta sma llsel ecti onofthepossi‐
ble messag ecomm ands.Youwill recei veaddi‐
tio nal sugg estio ns ifyo usa yHel pfor mes sagin g. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 329

Messag
evo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Text message to Iwould liketowrite anew textto
"John Doe's mobile number" Cr
eat esate xt mes sage .All address bookname sar eav ailable.
Tex tmes sage to Iwould likeyou towrit eanew text
to "Jane Doe"with thefoll owin g
te xt:"I am runninglate " Wr
ites ate xt mes sage totheper son ment ioned. Thecontent ofthete xt
can bespo kenimm ediate ly ifonlin evo ice con trol has been activat ed.
Read outnew textmess ages Iwould likeyou toread outthe
new textmess ages Re
ads outnewtext mes sage s.
Read outthelast text message
from I
woul dlike you toread outthelast
text message from"John Doe" Re
ads outthelas tte xt mes sage from theper son ment ioned. Ov
ervie wof vehicl evo ice comm ands Yo
ucan usetheve hicle voice com mand sto
dir ect lycall upthecor responding menusforth e
ve hicle settin gsand oper ateve hicle functions. The
follo wing listof fers jus ta sma llsel ecti onof
th epossible vehicle voice com mand s.Yo uwill
re cei veaddit ionalsugg estio ns ifyo usa yHel p
for veh icle settings orHel pfor veh icle function s.
% Ifno seat orside ismen tionedfo rcom‐
mands that relat eto aseat orside ofvehicle th
en allaction sar ecar ried out automatic ally
fo rth edr iver's seat. 330
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Ve
hicl evo ice comm ands Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Temperature colder Iwould liketoreduce thetemper a-
ture Lo
we rsthete mp eratur eof theair con ditionin gsy stem.
Air recirc ulation on Iwould liketoactivat ethe aircirc u-
lation Switc
hesonair recir cul ation mod efo rth eair con ditionin gsy stem.
Autom aticclimate control driver onIwould liketoswitch onthe auto-
matic climate control forthe driv-
er's seat Switc
hesonaut omatic climatecon trol forth edr iver's orfront passeng er
side.
Ambien tlight blue Iwould liketoset the inter iorlight-
ing toblue Switc
hestheambiance light,e.g.toblue.
Wave massage driveron Iwould liketoswitch onthe wave
massage forthe driver' sseat Switc
hesonthewav emassag efo rth edr iver's orfront passeng erseat.
Massage driver'sseatoff Switchthe driver's sidemassage
off Switc
hesoffth emassag efunc tion forth edr iver's orfront passeng erseat.
Seat heating driveron Iwould liketoswitch onthe seat
heating forthe driver's seat Switc
hesontheseat heating forth edr iver's orfront passeng erseat.
Seat heating frontpassenger level
2 Seat
heating front-passenger on
level 2 Se
tstheseat heating forth edr iver's orfront passeng erseat toleve l2. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 33
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Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Current speedlimit Iwould liketohear thespeed limit Calls
upthecur rent spe edlimit.
Ou tsid etemp erature Iwo uld like tofind outwh atthe
temp erature outsid eis like Ca
lls up theoutside temp eratur e.
Aver ageconsumption Whatisthe curren taverage con-
sumption ? Calls
upave rage consu mption.
Veh icleda ta Canyo uplea se disp laythe vehicle
da ta menu ? Ca
lls up theve hicle data.
Range Tellmethe current range Call
sup thecur rent rang eda ta.
Assi stance menu Showmethe driver assista nce set-
ting s Dis
play sth eassis tance settings .
Cl ima tecontro lmenu Iwo uld like tosee theclima tecon-
trol menu Disp
lays theclimat econ trol settings.
Light menu Iwould liketochange thelight set-
ting s Displa
ysthelight settings.
Seats menu Iwould liketoswitch toseat menu Displa
ystheseat adjus tmentse ttings. 332
Voice Cont rolSy stem

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Massage menu Iwould liketoswitch tothe mas-
sage seatmenu Displa
ysthemassag ese ttings.
Next servic eT ellme mynextservic eappoint-
ment Calls
upthene xt ser vice duedate. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 333

Ov
ervie wand oper ation Ov
ervie wof theMB UX multim edia system &
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. Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng themultimedia system.
MBUX stands forMer cedes-Benz UserExper i‐
ence. 1
Touc hCon trol and contro lpanel forth e
MBUX multimedia system
Oper ating Touc hCon trol (/ page33 7)
2 Media displaywit hto uc hfun ction alit y
Hom esc reen ove rview(/ page336)
Opera tingth eto uc hsc reen (/ page338)
3 Touc hpad
Operatin gth eto uc hpad( /pag e33 9) 4
Con trol kn ob
Pr ess and hold:swit ches themultimedia sys‐
te m or disp lay on oroff
Pr ess brief ly:swi tches themut efunc tion
on/ off
Tu rn:ad jus tsthevo lume
5 Buttons forna vig ation, radio/media and
te lephon e
Calling upapplicat ions(/page34 7)
6 Buttons forve hicle functions/sy stem set‐
ting sand favo rite s/t hemes
Call ingupappli cations (/page34 7)
Yo ucan operat eth emultimedia system withth e
fo llo wing central control elemen ts:
R Touc hCon trol 1 and touc hpad 3
The operation forbo th contr oleleme ntsis
ac hie vedby cur sor contr ol.
R Med iadispl ay2
% Alternati vely,yo ucan cond uct adialog with
th eVo ice Cont rolSy stem (/ page31 7). 33
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MB UX multim ed iasystem