2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS Owners Manual

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Enterthesecur itykeyin theex tern al de vic e.
The Please start MBU XTouc hon your device
and follow theins truct ions.mes sage
appear s. #
Select Con tinue. #
The connectionre qu estfr om thede vice
Acc ept. #
Enterth ePIN shownontheex tern al de vic e.
The devic eis aut hor ized.
Au thorizing aconnect eddevice #
Sele ctAut hori zeaNew Device. #
Cont inue UsingConn ectedDev ices
The Please start MBU XTouc hon your devic e
and followtheins truct ions .mess age
appear s. #
Sele ctCont inue. #
The connectionre qu estfr om thede vice
Acc ept. #
Enterth ePIN shownontheex tern al de vic e.
The devic eis aut hor ized. De-a
uthor izin gth ede vice #
Sele ctDE AU THO RIZE DEVICE . #
Sele ctan aut hor ized devic efrom thelis t.
A pr om ptwill appear askingwhe ther you
wo uld liketo de-aut horize theselect ed
de vice. #
Select Continue. #
Select Yes.
The device isde-aut horized.
% The func tion isonl yav ailable forMer cedes-
Ma yba chvehicles. Switc
hingrear displa ysand thech ild safety
loc kfo rthe Rear Seat Entertai nment System
on/of f Multi
media system:
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Set ting s5
System
5 Parent alContr ol
Loc king theMB UX rear tab let #
Select MBUXTabletinRea r. #
Select Lock.
The MBUX rear table tis loc kedor unloc ked.
Loc king anextern al de vic e
This function isonly available forMer cedes-Ma y‐
bac hve hicles. #
Select anextern al de vic e. #
Select Lock.
The devic econ nectedvia theMBUX Remo te
Con trol app isloc kedor unloc ked. Sy
stem langu age No
teson thesy stem langu age
This function allowsyouto determ ine thelan‐
guag efo rth emenu displaysand thena vig ation
announ cements.The select edlanguag eaf fects
th ech aract ersav ailable forentr y.The navig ation
announc ementsar eno tav ailable inall lan‐
guag es.Ifalang uageis no tav ailable, thena vig a‐
tion announ cementswill beinEn glish. MBU
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Se
tting thesy stem langu age
Multi media system:
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Set ting s5
System
5 00A7 Language #
Setth elanguag e.
% Ifyo uar eusin gArabic mapdata,thete xt
inf ormati oncan also be sho wninArab icon
th ena vig ation map.Todo so, select 

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Enterthefo ur -di git PIN. #
Select adat ast or ag emedium.
A pr om ptappear sask ing whe ther youre all y
wish tocar ryout theex por t. #
Conf irm thepr om pt.
The datais ex por ted. The dataex por tma y
ta ke severalmin utes.
% Aftersuccessfu lex por t,th edat ais save din
th e"MyMer cedesBac kup" direct orywhic h
can befound onthestor ag emedium. Ac
tiv atin g/deac tivatin gPI N protection Re
quirement s:
R Tounlo ckthePIN: ther eis an Interne tcon ‐
nect ion.
R AMer cedes meaccount exists at htt ps:/ /
me. secur e.mercedes -benz.com.
R Anindiv idual userprofile isact ive
(/ page35 1). Multim
ediasystem:
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Set ting s5
System
5 PIN Protec tion
Se tting thePIN #
Sele ctSet PIN. #
Entera fo ur -di git PIN. #
Enterth efo ur -di git PIN again.
If bo th PINs match,PIN protect ion isactiv e.
Changing thePIN #
Sele ctChang eSet tings. #
Enterth ecur rent PIN . #
Select Chang ePIN . #
Seta ne wPIN .
Ac tiv atin gPI N protection fordat aex por t #
Select Prote ctData Export .
Ac tivateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
Un bloc king thePIN viatheMer cedes mepor‐
tal
If th ePIN has been entered incor rectl yth re e
tim es,th ePIN willbebloc ked. Youcan have a sing
le-use passwordsent toyouvia the
Mer cedes meconn ectonline portalto rese tth e
PIN protect ion. #
Select UnlockPIN. #
Enterth esing le-use password.
PIN protect ion isrese t,and youcan seta
ne wPIN. Sof
twareup date Inf
orma tion onsof twareup dates
A sof twareup date consi stsof thre esteps:
R Downloading orcop ying ofthedat are qu ired
fo rins tallation
R Installation oftheupdat e
R Activati on oftheupdat eby restar tin gth e
sy stem
The multimedia system prov ides amess age
when anupdat eis available.
De pen dingon thesour ce,youcan perform vari‐
ous updat es: MBUX
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Sof
twareupda tes Sour
ceofthe
updat e Up
dat etype
Int erne tN avigation map,sys‐
te m upd ates, Digit al
Oper ator's Manua l
Ext ernal stor ag e
medium, e.g.USB
fl ash drive Na
vig ation maps %
Installation cantake severalmin utes and
can cellat ionisno tpossible .If yo udo not
ins tallth esof twareupdat esthen thest atus
of your vehicle willnotbe up-t o-dat e.Dur ing
th eins tallation ,indiv idual functionsor con ‐
tr ol elemen tsareno tav ailable oronlyavaila‐
ble toalimit eddeg ree.
Ad vantag esofupd ating software
Sof twareupdat esensur eyo ur vehicle's tech nol ‐
ogy isup -to-d ate.
In orde rto improv eth equ alit yof our services
yo uwill recei vefutur eupd ates foryo ur mult ime‐
dia system, theMer cedes meconnect services and
your vehicle's communication module.
These willconvenie ntly besent toyouvia the
mobil ephone connection inyour vehicle and,in
man ycases, installed automat ically.Yo ucan
mon itor thest atus ofyour updat esatanytim e
on theMer cedes meportaland find informati on
ab ou tpo tentia linno vatio ns.
Yo ur adv antages ataglanc e:
R Con venie ntly recei vesof twareupda tesvia
th emobile phonenetwork
R Improve sth equ alit yand availabilit yof
Mer cedesme connectser vices
R Keeps your mult imed iasystem and comm uni‐
cation module up-to-dat e
Fu rther information aboutsoftwareupdat escan
be found athttp s:// me. mer cedes-ben z.co m
Pe rfor min gasof twareup date
Re quirement s:
R Foron line updat es:an Interne tconne ction
is es tablished (/page44 9).
R Foraut omat icon line updat es:yo ur vehicle
has aper manent lyins talled com munic ation
module. Multim
ediasystem:
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Set ting s5
System
5 Soft ware Update
Au tomatic ally #
ActivateAuto matic Onl ine Update.
Th eup dateswill bedownloaded andinstalled
aut omat ically.
The current status oftheupdat esisdis‐
pla yed.
Manu ally #
Switc hof fAuto matic OnlineUpdate. #
Select anupdat efrom thelis tand star tth e
updat e.
Ac tiv atin gthe softwa reupdat e #
Restar tth esy stem.
The modif ication sfrom thesof twareupdat e
will beactiv e.
Fu nction ofimpor tant system updates
Im por tant system updat esma ybe neces saryfo r
th esecur ityofyour mult imed iasystem's data. 37
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MBUX multimedia system

Ins
tallth ese updat es,orelse thesecur ityofyour
mult imed iasystem cann otbe ensur ed.
% Ifaut omatic softwareupdat esareactiv ated,
th esy stem updat eswill bedownloaded auto‐
maticall y(/ page37 8).
As soon asan upd ateis available fordo wnloa d,
a cor responding messageappea rson themedia
displa y.
Yo uha ve thefo llo wing selectionoption s:
R Accept andInstall
The updat ewill bedownloaded inthebac k‐
gr ound.
R Information
Inf ormation aboutthepending system
updat eis displa yed.
R Later
The updat ecan bedownloaded manuallyata
lat er time (/page37 8).
Dee psy stem updates
Dee psy stem updat esaccess vehicle orsystem
se ttings andcanther efor eonl ybe car ried out when
theve hicle isstatio naryand theignition is
switc hedoff.
If th edo wnload ofadeep system updat eis com‐
ple tedand theupdat eis ready forins tallation ,
yo uwill beinformed ofthis afte rth ene xt igni‐
tion cycle, forex am ple.
% Park theve hicle safely inasuit able location
bef orest ar tin gth eins tallation .
Re quiremen tsforth eins tallation :
R The ignit ionisswitc hedoff.
R Notesand warnings have been read and
acc epted.
R The elect ric pa rking brak eis applied.
If all requ iremen tsareme t,th eupdat ewill be
ins talled. Themultim ediasystem cann otbe
oper ated while theupdat eis being installed and
ve hicle functionsarere strict ed.
If er ro rs should occurduring theins tallation ,th e
multime diasystem automaticall yatt em ptsto
re stor eth epr ev ious version. Ifre stor ation ofthe
pr ev ious version isno tpossible ,a symbol
appear son themedia display.Please consulta qu
alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop toresol vethe
pr oblem. Re
setting themu ltim edia system (rese tfun c‐
tion) Multi
media system:
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Set ting s5
System 5
Reset
Pe rsonal datais dele ted, forex am ple:
R Statio npr ese ts
R Con nectedmobile phones
R Indiv idual userprofiles
% The gues tpr ofile isrese twhen these ttings
ar ere stor ed tothefa ct or yse ttings.
A pr om ptappear sag ain asking whe ther you
re all ywish torese t. #
Select Yes.
The multimedia system isrese tto thefa ct or y
se ttings. Ifyo uha ve seta PIN foryo ur sys‐
te m, this will also berese t. MBUX
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Na
vig ation Switc
hingnavig ation on Multimedia
system:
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Navigation (Navigation ) #
Alternat ivel y: press thez button.
The map appear s.The current vehicle posi‐
tion issho wn. The navig ation menu issho wn.
The navig ation menu ishidden ifro uteguid‐
anc eis act ive. Sho
wing/h iding thena vig ation menu 4
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Navig ation
If ro uteguidan ceisno tact ive th emap appear s.
The navig ation menu issho wn.
The navig ation menu ishidden ifro uteguidan ce
is act ive. #
Tosho w:tapon theto uc hsc reen.
or #
Press theTo uc hCon trol or theto uc hpad. #
Tohide: thena vig ation menu ishidden auto‐
maticall y. 380
MBUX multimedia system

Na
vig ation overview Ex
am ple: digit almap withna vig ation menu
1 Toent eraPOI oraddr essand additional des‐
tinat ionentryoptions
2 Tointerru pt routeguidan ce(ifrouteguid‐
anc eis act ive)
3 Torepeat ana vig ation announ cementand
switc hna vig ation announ cementson oroff
4 Tocal lup theON THE WAY menu •
To sho wRoute Overview
• To select Alternat iveRoutes
• Report TrafficIncident (Car-to-X)
• To cal lup theTRAFF ICmenu
♢ To sho wTraffic Announcements
♢ To sho wArea Alerts
♢ To sho wLive Traffic Subscription Info •
To sho wRoute List
• To cal lup thePOSITI ONmenu
♢ Save Position
♢ To sho wCompass
5 Quic k-acc ess and setting s
• To sho wTraffic
• To sho wParking MBUX
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•
To sho wHighway Information
• ViaAdv ancedoptio ns touse View ,
An nounc eme ntsand Rout e
% The optio ns areno tav ailable inall coun tries.
% Youcan enter3 wo rdaddr esse sin theonline
sear ch(/ pag e38 7). This option isno t
av ailable inall coun tries. Des
tination entry No
teson des tinat ionentr y &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from oper‐
ati ng integr ated commu nication equip‐
ment whiletheve hicle isin mo tion
If yo uoper ateco mm unic ationeq uipme nt
int egrat edintheve hicle when driving, you
will bedistract edfrom thetra ffic situat ion.
This could alsocause youto lose control of
th eve 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.
Ent ering aPOI oradd ress &
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.
Re quirement s:
R Forthe online search :Me rcedes mecon‐
nect isavailable.
R Youha ve setup auser account inthe
Mer cedes meportal.
R The vehicle hasbeen activated foruse of
Mer cedes meconnect andyouha ve acc ep‐
te dth ete rm sand conditions forth eser vice.
Fu rther information canbefound at:
ht tp s:// www .merced es.me
R The serviceis available. 382
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