2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS Owners Manual

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Ifth eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX in-
car assis tant, select edfunc tions ofthemul‐
timedia system can beoper ated con tact-fr ee
as wellas turnin gth ere adin glight onoroff
(/ page34 2).
Nu mer ous application, online services, services
and appsar eav ailable foryo u. Youcan call
th ese upusing thehome screen orusing buttons
5 and 6next to theto uc hpad.
Yo ucan convenient lycall upand add favo rite s
usin gth eß rock er switc hon thesteer ing
wheel orusing theß buttonnext to the
to uc hpad. Quick-acc ess inthehome screen and
in theapplications servetoselect functions
mor equ ickl y.
If yo uuse thelear nfunc tion ofthemultimedia
sy stem, youwill recei vesugg estions during oper‐
ation ofthemos tpr obable navig ation destina‐
tion s,media sources, radio statio nsand con‐
ta cts. Theconf iguratio nof thesugg estion sta ke s
place inyour profile. Youcan comp ileyour pro‐
fi le from various vehicle settin gsand settin gsof
th emultimedia system. Youcan creat eth emes
fo rva rious driving situations inthehome screen as
wellas using theß rock er switc hor the
ß button.
The Notificati ons Center coll ects incom ingnotifi‐
cati ons, e.g.abou tan available softwareupdat e.
De pen dingon thetype ofnotification itof fers
va rious actions. Youcan calluptheNo tification s
Cent eron thehome screen and intheapplica‐
tion menus.
Wi th theglobal searchintheve hicle youcan
sear chon-boar dacr oss man ycat egor iesaswell
as onlin ein theInt erne t.Yo ucan usetheglobal
sear chinthehome screen and intheno tifica‐
tion s.
Pr otection agains tth eft
This devic eis eq uipped withte ch nica lpr ov ision s
to protect itag ains tth eft. Fu rther information on
pr otect ion agains tth eftcan beobt ained from an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. No
teson themed iadisp lay Obser
vetheno teson car ing forth eint erior
(/ page492). Au
tomatic temp eratur e-cont rolled switc h-
of ffe atur e:ifth ete mp eratur eis toohigh, the
br ightn essisinitiall yre duced automatic ally.The
media displayma yth en switc hof fcom pletely for
a while.
% Ifyo uar ewe aring polar izedsun glasses ,it
ma ybe difficul tto read themultimedia sys‐
te m disp lay. MBUX
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Home
screen overvie w 1
Onthehome screen: displa ysthefirs tth re e
applic ations
In other displa ys:cal lsup thehome screen
2 Calls upthepr ofile
3 Calls uptheglobal search
4 SOS NOTREAD Ydispl ayonl ywhen the
Mer cedes-Ben zemer gency callsy stem isno t
av ailable 5
Displays,fo rex am ple networkdispla y,bat‐
te ry status ofthemobile phoneconnect ed,
signal stre ngt hof themobile phonenetwork,
tim e
6 Calls up theNo tification sCent er
The star ind icat esnewno tificat ions.
7 Calls upanapplic ationusin gth esymbol 8
Name oftheapplication, beneathth ecur rent
sel ecti onorinforma tion
9 Quick-acce ss(in th eex am ple: calls updes ti‐
nat ion entry,ent ersth edes tinat ionaddr ess
fo rhome)
A Number ofapp lications andcurrently selec‐
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B
Calls uptheair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page17 3)
C Callsup SUG GEST IONS,THEMES and
FAVOR ITES Ce
ntr alco ntr oleleme ntsoverview 1
Touc hCon trol
2 Media displaywit hto uc hfun ction alit y
3 Touc hpad To
uc hCon trol Oper
ating Touc hCon trol (MBUX multimedia
sy stem) 1
© button
Sho wsthehome screen and calls upappli‐
cation s MBUX
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Sho
wssugg estions, themes andfavo rite s:
when thehome screen issho wn, swipe
do wn onTouc hCon trol 2.
2 Touc hCon trol
3 G button
Pr essing brief ly:re tur ns tothepr ev ious dis‐
pla y
4 Cont rolpanel forMBUX multimedia system:
ß rock er switc h
Pr ess down brief ly: sho wsfavo rite s
Pr ess down and hold: addsfavo rite sand
th emes
Contr olkn ob
Tu rn:ad jus tsthevo lume VOL
Pr ess: switc hesoffth esound 0063
0061 rock er switc h
Pr ess up:mak esoraccep tsacall
0076 rock er switc h
Pr ess down: rejects orend sa cal l
Yo ucan navig atein men usand lists via the
to uc h-sen sitive sur face ofTouc hCon trol 2 by
usin ga sing le-fingerswip e. #
Toselect themenu item orentr y:swipe
up, down, leftor right. #
Press Touc hCon trol 2. #
Toent erach aract er:ent erach aract er
usin gth eke yboar d. #
Tomo vethedigita lma p:swipe inany
dir ect ion.
Se tting thesensit ivityfo rthe Touc hCon trol
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Contr ols5
Touch ControlSens itivity #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow .
Se tting acous ticoper ating feedba ckforthe
To uc hCon trol
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Contr ols
The func tion issuppor tedby theselect ionina
lis t. #
Select Acoustic Operatin gFeedback. #
SetNormal, LoudorOff.
If th efunc tion isactiv ated youwill hear a
clic kingsoun dwhen scrolling inalis t.When
th ebeginnin gor end ofthelis tis reac hed
yo uwill hear another clic king sound. To
uc hscr een Oper
ating theto uc hscr een
Ta pping #
Toselect amenu item orentr y:tapon a
symbol oran ent ry. #
Toincr ease thema pscale: taptwice
qu ickl ywit hone fing er. #
Toreduce themap scale :ta pwit htw ofin‐
ge rs. #
Toent ercharact erswi th theke ypad: tap
on abutt on.
Sing le-fingerswipe #
Tonavig atein menus: swipeup,down, left
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Tomo vethedigita lma p:swipe inany
dir ect ion. #
Touse handwr itingtoent ercharact ers:
wr ite th ech aract erwit hon efing er on the
to uc hsc reen.
Tw o-fing erswipe #
Tozoo minand outofthe map: movetwo
fi ng ersto get her orapar t. #
Toenlar georreduce thesize ofase cti on
of awe bsit e:mo vetwofing ersto get her or
apar t. #
Totur nthe map: turncou nter-clo ckwise or
cloc kwis eusing twofing ers.
To uc hing ,holdi ngand moving #
Tomo vethema p:touc hth eto uc hsc reen
and moveyour fing er inanydi re ction. #
Tosetth evo lum eon ascale: touc hth e
to uc hsc reen and movethefing er tothelef t
or right. To
uc hing andholdi ng #
Tosave thedes tina tion inthema p:touc h
th eto uc hsc reen and hold until amessag eis
sho wn. #
Tocall upagl obal menu intheap plica ‐
tions :to uc hth eto uc hsc reen and hold until
th eOPTIONS menuappear s.
Se tting acous ticoper ation feedba ckforthe
to uc hscr een
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Contr ols
The func tion issuppor tedby theselect ionina
lis t. #
Select Acoustic Operatin gFeedback. #
SetNormal, LoudorOff.
If th efunc tion isactiv ated youwill hear a
clic kingsoun dwhen scrolling inalis t.When
th ebeginnin gor end ofthelis tis reac hed
yo uwill hear another clic king sound. To
uc hpad Oper
ating theto uc hpad 1
G button
Pr essi ngbrief ly:re tur ns tothepr ev ious dis‐
pla y
2 ~ button
Pr essin g:calls upthecon trol menu ofthe
las tact ive audio source MBU
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Swi
ping tothelef tof right across ~:
selects thepr ev ious ornext radio statio n/
music track
3 © button
Pr essi ng:sho wsthehome screen and calls
up applications
4 Touc hpad
% Calls upsugg estio ns,th emes andfavo rite s:
when thehome screen issho wn, swipe
do wn ontouc hpad 4.
Yo ucan navig atein men usand lists via the
to uc h-sen sitive sur face oftouc hpad 4byusin g
a sing le-fingerswip e. #
Toselect themenu item orentr y:mo ve
th eselect ionbyswiping up,down, leftor
ri ght. #
Conf irm theselect ionbypressing ontouc h‐
pad 4.
or #
IfTouc hpad Tapisact ivat ed, tapping issuf fi‐
cie nt(/ page 340). #
Toent erach aract er:sele ctach aract eron
th eke yboar d(/ pag e36 3).
or #
Write ach aract eron theto uc hpad withhan d‐
wr iting input . #
Tomo vethedigita lma p:when thedigit al
map issho wnwithth ena vig ation menu,
swipe upwithone fing er. #
Press theto uc hpad.
The digit almap canbemo ved. #
Swipe inall direct ions.
Use thefo llo wing functionswithatw o-f ing er
swipe: #
Tocall uptheNo tificatio nsCenter:sw ipe
do wn with twofing ers. #
Toclose theNo tificatio nsCenter:sw ipe
up with twofing ers. #
Tocall upthecontr olmenu ofthelas t
act ive aud iosour ce:swipe upwithtw ofin‐
ge rs. #
Tozoo minand outofthema p:mo vetwo
fi ng ersto get her orapar t. #
Toenlar georreduce thesize ofase cti on
of awe bsit e:mo vetwofing ersto get her or
apar t.
Se tting thesensit ivityfo rthe touc hpad
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Contr ols5
Touchpad Sensitivit y #
Select Fast,Medium orSlow . #
Tosetth epr essur esensit ivity:switc h
Touchpad Taponoroff.
If th efunc tion isswitc hedon,ata pon the
to uc hpad isen ough toselect amenu item.
Switc hingthere ad-aloud functionforhan d‐
wr iting recognit ionon/of f
Re quirement s:
R The multim ediasystem iseq uipped witha
vo ice con trol system.
R The read-al oudfunction isavailable forth e
select edsystem languag e. 34
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Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System 5
Audio #
Switc hRead OutHandwrit ingRecognit ionon
or off.
If th efunc tion isactiv ated, charact ersar e
re ad aloud asthey arewr itten on theto uc h‐
pad.
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin ghap ticope ratin g
fe edba ckforthe touc hpad
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Contr ols
The func tion suppor tsyouwhen makingentries
on theto uc hpad andwhen selecting men us. #
Swit chHap ticOpe ratingFeed back on oroff.
Whe nth efunc tion isactiv ated, ata ctil efe ed‐
bac kin thefo rm ofavibr ation iseffect ed
whe nth eto uc hpad isoperat ed. Se
tting acou stic oper ating feedba ckforthe
to uc hpad
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Contr ols
The func tion issuppor tedby theselect ionina
lis t. #
Select Acoustic Operatin gFeedback. #
SetNormal, LoudorOff.
If th efunc tion isactiv ated youwill hear a
clic kingsoun dwhen scrolling inalis t.When
th ebeginnin gor end ofthelis tis reac hed
yo uwill hear another clic king sound.
Selecting ast ation andtrac kusin gth e
to uc hpad #
Swip eto thelef tor right over the~ but‐
to n.
Ra dio: thepr ev ious ornext statio nis set.
Media source:thepr ev ious ornext trac kis
selec ted.
or #
Tosho wthecontr olmenu :pr ess the~
butt onontheto uc hpad.
or #
Swip eupw ards usin gtw ofing erson the
to uc hpad.
The contro lmen uappear sfo rth eaudio
sour cethat wa slas tselect ed. #
Swipe leftor right using onefing er.
Ra dio: thepr ev ious ornext statio nis set.
Media source:thepr ev ious ornext trac kis
selec ted. #
Tohide thecontr olmenu :swipe down on
th eto uc hpad usingtw ofing ers. MBUX
Inte rior Assis tant No
teson laser sand laser classif ication &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryfrom laserradi‐
ation from thecamer a
This product usesalaser system. Ifth ehous‐
ing isopened ordamag ed,invisible laser MBUX
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beams
canescape inan uncon trolled man‐
ner .
Laser radiation candamag eyo ur retina . #
Donotop en thehousing. #
Alw aysha ve maint enance workand
re pair scar ried out byaqu alif ied spe‐
cialis two rkshop. This
product complies withth ere qu iremen tsof
th eFD A21 CFR 1040. 10 and 1040. 11with
exc eption oftheva riatio nsacc ordin gto theFD A
Laser Notice No.50from 24.Ju ne 200 7. &
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.
Ov ervie wof theMB UX Interior Assis tant
If th eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX Interior
Assis tant, select edfunc tions ofthemultimedia
sy stem can beoper ated con tact-fr ee.Inaddi‐ tion,
there adin glight orsear chlight canbe
switc hedonoroffcon tact-fr ee.
The MBUX Interior Assi stant can differe ntia te
be tween driver and front passeng erinteraction s.
The MBUX Interior Assis tant recogni zescertain
hand positions(poses) . 34
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