2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS Owners Manual

As
such ,eCall doesnotre place dialing 911in the
eve ntofan acci dent.
An eme rgency callcan bemade automatical ly
( / pag e44 7) or manu ally (/ page44 8). Onl y
mak eemer gency callsifyo uor other sar ein
need ofrescue.
Onl ymak eemerg encycallsifyo uor other sar e
in need ofrescue. Donotmak ean emer gency
cal lin theeve ntofabr ea kdo wnorasimil arsit‐
ua tio n.
No tificatio nin the multi mediasy stem dis‐
pla y:
SOS NOT READY :th eignition isno ton oreCall
no tav ailable.
Dur ing anact ive emer gency call,0053 appe ars
in thedispla y.
Yo ucan find mor einf orma tionon there gional
av ailabilit yof eCall at:ht tp s:// www .merced es-
ben z-mobi le.com /extra /eca ll/
% Ifth er eis amalfunct ionintheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callsy stem (e.g. amalfunc‐
tion withth espeak er,micr ophone, airbag,
SOS button), acor responding message appea
rsinthemultifunc tiondispla yof the
ins trumen tclus ter.
Tr igg ering anaut omat icMer cedes‑B enz
emer gency call
Re quirement s
R The ignit ionisswitc hedon.
R The star terbatt eryis suf ficie ntlych arge d.
The Mercedes‑ Benzemer gency callsy stem trig‐
ge rs an emer gency callau tomatical lyin thefo l‐
lo wing cases :
R Afteractiv ation ofthere stra int systems such
as airbags orEmer gency Tensi oni ng Device s
af te ran accide nt.
R Afteran automatical lyinitia tedemer gency
st op byActiveEmerg encyStop Assis t.
The emer gency callha sbe en ma de:
R Avo ice con nection ismade tothe
Mer cedes‑Ben zemer gency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes‑ Benzemergency callcent er. The
Mercedes‑B enzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent ers.
The SOS button intheove rhead control panel
fl ashes untilth eemer gency callis finis hed .
It is no tpo ssi ble to immed iatelyend anaut o‐
matic emergency call.
If no conne ctioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
If an eme rgency callhas been initiat ed:
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traffic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice
con nection ises tablished withth eemer‐
ge ncy callcent eroperator.
R Bas edon thecall, theoper ator decides
whe ther itis neces saryto cal lre scue teams
and/ orthepolice totheacciden tsit e.
R Ifno vehicle occupant answers, an ambu‐
lance issent totheve hicle immediat ely. MBUX
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Tr
igg ering ama nual Mercedes-B enzemer ‐
ge ncy call #
Touse theSOS buttonin theov erhead
contr olpa nel: press theSOS buttonatleas t
one secon dlong . #
Touse voice contr ol:use theVo ice Cont rol
Sy stem voice com mand s(/ page325 ).
The emer gency callha sbe en ma de:
R Avo ice con nection ismade totheMer cedes-
Benz emergency callcent er.
R Ames sage withacc iden tdat ais transm itted
to theMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er.
The Mercedes-B enzeme rgency callcent er
can trans mit theve hicle position datato one
of theemer gency callcent er.
R Remain intheve hicle ifth ero ad and traf fic
condi tions permit youto do sountil avo ice
con nection ises tablished withth eemer‐
ge ncy callcent erser vice prov ider .
R Onthebasis ofthecall, theser vice prov ider
decide swhe ther itis neces saryto cal lre s‐
cue teams and/ orthepolice totheacciden t
sit e. If
no con nect ioncan bemade totheemer gency
ser vice sei th er,a cor responding message
appea rsinthemedia display. #
Dialth elocal emergency num beron your
mob ilephon e.
End inganunin tentionall ytrigg ered manu al
Mer cedes-Benz emergency call #
Select 0076onthemultifunc tionsteer ing
wheel. Depressthebutt onforse veralsec‐
onds .
Data transf eroftheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem
In theeve ntofan automatic ormanua lemer‐
ge ncy callth efo llo wing datais transmit ted, for
ex am ple:
R Vehicle's GPSposition data
R GPS position dataon thero ute(a few
(hun dred meters )be fore theinciden t)
R Direct ion oftra vel
R Vehicle identif ication number
R Vehicle drive type R
Number ofpeop lede term ined tobe inthe
ve hicle
R Whe ther Mer cedes meconnect isavailable
or not
R Whe ther theemer gency callwa sinitiat ed
manually oraut omatically
R Time oftheacciden t
R Languag ese tting onthemultimedia system
Dat atra nsmit tedis vehicle information. Foran y
qu estion sabout thecollect ion,useand shar ing
of theeCall system data,please contact MBU‐
SA 'sCus tomer Assis tance Center at800-F OR-
MER C.
Fo rCa nada ,plea secont actMBC's Customer
Assis tance Center at1-800-38 7-0100.
Cu stomer requ ests forco veredinf ormation
should besubmitt edvia thesame chann els.
Fo raccide ntclar ificatio npur poses ,th efo llo wing
measur escan betake nup toan hour afte rth e
emer gency callha sbe en initia ted:
R The current vehicle position canbecalled up. 44
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R
Avo ice con nection totheve hicle occupants
can beestablished Online
andInterne tfunctions Int
erne tconnection Inf
ormat iononconnecting totheInt erne t &
WARNIN GRisk ofdist ra ction from infor‐
mati onsystems andcomm unication s
eq uipment
If yo uoperat einf ormat ionand comm unic a‐
tio neq uipme ntintegrat edintheve hicle
when driving, youwill bedistract edfrom 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. &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent from
ope rating mob ile comm unicati onequip ‐
ment while th eve hicle isin mo tion
Mobile communication sde vices distract the
dr iver from thetraf fic situ ation. Thiscou ld
al so cau sethedr iver tolose control of the
ve hicle. #
Asthedr iver ,onl yoper atemobile com‐
municat ionsdevices when theve hicle is
st atio nary. #
Asave hicle occupant, onlyuse mobile
communication sde vices inthear eas
int ended forth is pur pose, e.g.inthe
re ar passe nger com partment . Yo
umus tobse rveth eleg alrequ iremen tsforth e
cou ntryin whi chyouar ecur rentl ydr ivi ng when
op erati ng mob ile comm unicati onequip ment in
th eve hicle.
The Interne tfunct ionscanonlybe used toalimi‐
te ddeg reewhils tdr iving. Fu
nction ofthecomm unicationmodule
On vehicles withabuilt-in communication mod‐
ule, theInt erne tcon nect ionises tablished viaan
int egratedSIM card.
To use Inte rn et acc ess viathecomm unication
module thefo llo wing condition smus tbe met:
R Mer cedes meconn ectisactiv eand ready for
oper ation.
R Mer cedes meconn ectisactiv ated forInt er‐
ne taccess.
R Insome countr ies:datavo lume viaMer cedes
me connectis available.
In som ecoun tries: ifth edat avo lume limitis
re ac hed, theav ailabilit yof Mer cedesme con‐
nec tser vices islimit ed.The datavo lume must
be pur chased viaMer cedesme connect.
% Con tact an author ized Mercedes-B enzCen‐
te rto find outwh ether itis possible topur‐
ch ase datavo lume inyour count ry. MBUX
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Es
tablish inganInterne tconnect ion
Mult imedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps #
Forex am ple, selec tz Browser .
% The mult imed iasystem usually establishes
th eInt erne tcon nect ionautomaticall y.Ifth e
multime diasystem isno tcon nect edtothe
Int erne t,th eInt erne tcon nect ionises tab‐
lished whenanInterne tapplication isused.
% The availabilit yof thefunc tion isdependent
on thecount ry. Connect
ionstatus Co
nne ctio nst atus overview 1
Displa yof existin gcon nection (double arro w)
and recep tion field stre ngt hof thecomm uni‐
cation module Displa
yingtheconnecti onstatus
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System
5 Wi-Fi &Bluetoot h #
Select Internet Status .
% Inthecase ofacon nect ionviathecomm uni‐
cation module thefo llo wing status informa‐
tio nis sho wn:
R Type ofnetwork
R Status online /offline We
bbr ow ser Calling
upawe bpag e &
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. 450
MBUX multimedia system

#
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.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser
Calling upane wwe bpag e #
Select ä. #
Entering awe baddr ess #
Select 0054.
% The func tion iscount ry-de pende nt.
% Websit escann otbe sho wnwhile theve hicle
is in mo tion. Calling
upawe bsit efrom thebr ows erhis‐
to ry #
Tocal lup thepr ev ious ornext pag efrom the
his tory:sel ect 0095or 0096. MBUX
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We
bbr ow ser overview 1
URL entry
2 Bookma rks
3 Webpag e,bac k
4 Webpag e,forw ards
5 Torefresh/s top
6 Options Calling
upwebbr ow ser options
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser 5
Z
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Boo kmark s
R Opt ionswit hth ese ttings: -
Browser Setting s
- Delet eBrowser Data #
Select anoption . #
Chang eth ese ttings. 452
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Callin
gup thewe bbr ow ser settings
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser 5
Z
5 Browser Setting s
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R BlockPop- ups
R Activate Javasc ript
R Allo wCook ies #
Toswitc hafunction on:activ ateth edis‐
pla ybutt on. #
Toswitc hafunction off:deactiv ateth edis‐
pla ybutt on.
Dele ting Interne this tory
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser 5
Z
5 Delet eBrowser Data
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R All
R Cache R
Cook ies
R History
R Entered URLs
R FormDat a #
Select anoptio n. #
Select Yes.
Ma nagi ngbookm arks
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser #
Select ?.
Selecting abookmar k #
Select anent ry.
Cr eat ing abookm ark #
Sele ctAdd Curre ntPage toBoo kmark s.
The book markis creat ed.
Edit ingabookm ark #
Sele ct0048 afte ra bookmar k. #
Select Edit . #
Enterthename. #
Select 0076.
Dele ting abookmar k #
Select 0048afte ra bookmar k. #
Select Dele te. #
Select Yes.
Cl os ingthe brow ser
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 z Browser #
Select ©. Tu
neIn radio Cal
ling up TuneIn radio
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle isconn ectedwithth eMer cedes
me account .
R The TuneIn radio service isactiv ated inthe
Mer cedes meportal.
R The datavo lume isavailable. MBU
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Dep
endingonthecount ry,dat avo lume may
need tobe pur chased.
R Afast Int erne tconnection fordat atransmis‐
sion free ofinterfere nce.
% Newda ta volumes canbepur chased inthe
Mer cedes meportal
% The funct ionsandservices arecount ry-
dependen t.Fo rmor einf ormation, consultan
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzCent er.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Radio #
Select TuneIn Radio.
The TuneIn menu appe ars. The last statio n
se tst ar ts pla ying .
% The connectionqu alit ydepen dson thelocal
mobile phonerecep tion. 45
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