2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV tow

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teson oper ating safety &
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. &
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 . &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dincor rectl y
If obje ctsintheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stow agespac esand
mobi lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctsth ey cont ain.
The reisarisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,lugg age
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk/ loadcompartmen t. Fo
ryo ur ow nsa fety,al wa ys obser vethefo llo w‐
ing point swhen operatingmobile communic a‐
tion seq uipmen tand espec iallyyo ur voice con ‐
tr ol system:
R Obser vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecoun‐
tr y in whic hyo uar edr ivin g.
R While drivin g,on lyop eratemobi lecom mun i‐
cat ionseq uipme ntand your voice con trol
sy stem when thetra ffic con dition sper mit it.
Yo uma yot her wise bedistract ed from the
tr af fic condi tions andcausean acci dent,
inju ring yourself and other s. 31
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Voice Cont rolSy stem

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Navigate to<3 word address> The
exam ple isforth eEn glish lan‐
guag e:
Dr ive toParade. Help.Bleat St
arts routeguidan cetoa3 wo rdaddr essfrom what 3words.
The exam ple men tioned navig ates youto theEm pireSt ateBuild ing.
Obse rveth efo llo wing informatio n:
R 3wo rdaddr esse sar elang uagedepen dent.
R Sear ching fora des tination using 3wo rdaddr esse sis no tposs iblein
all coun tries and inall lang uages.Addition alinf ormation on3wo rd
addr esse sfrom what 3words can befound intheNa vig ation section
under "Entering thedes tinat ionasa3 wo rdaddr ess".
The EmpireSt ateBuild ing,fo rex am ple, hasthefo llo wing 3wo rd
addr esse s:
R English: parade.he lp.bleat
R Frenc h:commu n.verbe.bisq uer
R Spanish: suertes.dig a.pesca
Home Iwould liketogo home/I wantto
drive tomy home address St
arts routeguidan cetothehome address.
Work Iwould liketonavigate towork St
arts routeguidan cetowo rk.
Enter POI Take me toaPOI Ent
ersa POI ,e.g .Br and enb urg Gate.
Naviga teto Navigateto "McDonald's" St
arts routeguidan cetoaPOI . Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 323

Vo
ice comm and Colloquialexam ple Function
Navigate tothe online POI Navigatetoonline POI"McDon ald'sSear
ches online fora POI and star ts routeguidan ce.
St art rout eguidan ce Beginrout eguidan ce/Can you
st art rout eguidan ce? St
arts routeguidan cetoades tinatio n.
Canc elrout eguidan ce Canyouquit routeguidan ce? Canc
elsrouteguidan ce.
Rest artrout eguidan ce Iwould liketo res ume routeguid-
anc e Con
tinues routeguidan ceafte ra br eak .
Set asintermedi atedes-
tination Set
"9Euclid Avenue inCle vela nd"
as an intermedi atedestina tion Selects
anintermedia tedes tination forth ero ute.
Set as interm ediat edes-
tin atio n Set
"John Doe"as interm ediat edes-
tin atio n Sel
ect san intermed iatedes tinatio nfrom thecon tacts forth ero ute.
Set as interm ediat edest ina-
tio n Set
"Trum pTower "as an interm edi-
ate dest ination Sel
ect sa POI asan intermed iatedes tinatio nfo rth ero ute.
En teraddr essin Iwould liketo entera ne waddr ess
in "Fr anc e" Sel
ect sa des tinatio nin ano ther count ry.
Enter ZIP cod eS tartrou teguidance toanew ZIP
cod e Ent
ersa ZI P cod e.
La st destinati ons Showthe previous destinati ons Sel
ects ade stinat ionfrom thepr ev ious destination s. 32
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Voice Cont rolSy stem

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

The
MBUX Inte rior Assis tantsupportsthefo llo wing interactions : Int
eraction area Interaction Description
In front ofthemedia display/abo vetheto uc h‐
pad Pr
ox imit yto thecon trol element TheMBUX Interior Assis tant recogni zestheappr oachof the
hand towa rdsa cont rolelemen t.
Depe ndingon theactiv eapplication, thedispla ywill be
adjus tedin themedia display.Some functionsdiffer ent iate
be tween driver and front passeng er.
No specif ichand position isrequ ired.
Abo vethecent ercon sole Defined poses With def ined poses afunc tion istrigg ered dependin gon the
applic ationact ive.
Belo wtheinside rear vie wmir rorB rief up and down movements With brief vertical upand down movements belowtheinside
re ar vie wmir rorth ere adin glight forth edr iver or thefront
passeng erisswitc hedonand off.
Fr ont passeng erseat Stretching outth ehand abovethe
fr ont passeng ersea t By
stre tching outth ehand abovethefront passeng erseat
th esear chlight isswitc hedon.Ifth ehand iswit hdr awnfrom
th is area, thesear chlight isswitc hedoffag ain. Oper
ating funct ionsbyprox imit yof thehan d
to theto uc hscr eenand touc hpad
Re quirement s: R
One ofthefo llo wing applicat ionsappear sin
th emedia display: -
Seat settings withdispla ysforth edr iver
and front passeng erseat, e.g.Seat Com-
fort
- Home screen MBUX
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#
Select Dele te.
The queryas towhe ther thesugg estion is
dele tedte mp orarily or per manent lyappear s. #
Ifth esugg estion shou ldbe sho wnagain
at alat er tim e:selec tNot Now. #
Ifth esugg estion shou ldno tbe sho wn
ag ain: selec tNev er. Fa
vo rite s Ov
ervie wof favo rite s
Fa vorite sof feryo uqu ick acc ess tofreq uently
use dapp lications. Itis possi bletocrea te 20
fa vo rite sin tota l.
Yo ucan selectfavo rite sfrom categor iesoryou
add favo rite sdir ectl yfrom anappli cation.
Calling upfavo rite s
In themed iadisp lay #
Tapon ©.
The home screen issho wn. #
Swipe upuntil FAVORITES issho wn. On
thest eer ing wheel ortheto uc hpad #
Press theß rock er switc hon thesteer ing
wheel down.
or #
Press theß buttonnext to theto uc hpad.
Ad ding favo rite s
Selec tingfavo rite sfrom categor ies #
Tapon © inthemedia display.
The home screen issho wn. #
Swipe upuntil FAVO RITES issho wn. #
Select 0081Create Favorite.
The categor iesaredispla yed. #
Select thecat egor y.
The favo rite sar edispla yed. #
Select afa vo rite .
The favo rite isstor ed atthene xt available
posit ion. #
Allposi tionsin thefa vo rite sar etak en:
conf irm themessag esho wnwithOK.
A lis tsho wsallthefa vo rite s. #
Select afa vo rite whic hshould beove rwrit‐
te n. Ad
ding afa vo rite from anapplicatio n
Ex am ples ofadd ingfrom anapp lication are:
R Saving acont act.
R Stor ing ara dio statio n.
R Adding amedia source.
R Saving ana vig ation destination.
R Adding anENE RGIZING comfortpr ogr am (if
av ailable). #
Tosave aco ntact asagl obal favo rite :
sel ect acont act(/ page 429) .
The details aredispla yed. #
Press onate lephon enumb erunt ilth e
OPTIONS menuissho wn. #
Select SaveasFavorite.
The cont actisadded asafa vo rite . #
Tosto reara dio station asagl obal favo r‐
it e: seta ra dio statio n(/ page46 5). #
Press onthera dio statio nunt ilth eOPTIONS
menu issho wn. #
Select SaveasFavorit e.
The radio statio nis added asafa vo rite . 356
MBUX multimedia system

Using
carpool lanes
When usingcarpool lanes, observetheapplica‐
ble legalrequ iremen tsas wellas anycon dition s
per tainin gto when andwher esuc hlanes maybe
used. Carpool lanes mayonl ybe used ifcer tain
condi tions areme t.
Ca rpool lanes areno tav ailable inall coun tries. #
Select Avoid Options. #
Select Carpoo lLan es. #
Select For Two Occupan tsor For 3Oc cu-
pant sor Mor e·.
or #
Select OnRequest ·.
When this op tion isselec tedand acar pool
lane isavailable, apr om ptappear s.Yo ucan
co ntinue touse thecur rent routeor sele cta
ro utewit hth ecar pool lane.
% Ifth eAvoid option isselect ed,then no car‐
pool lanes willbeused forth ero ute.
Select ingnotificat ions forthe rout e
Re quirement s: R
Foran audi blein dic atio nwh en appr oach‐
in gaper sonal POI:th eUSB device contains
per son alPOIs .
R The USB device iscon nectedwit hth emulti‐
media system.
R The categor yin whic hth eper sonal POI
belongs isactiv ated.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced5
Announc ement s #
Switc hNo Drivin gRecomm. onoroff.
No naviga tio nanno unceme ntsareissu ed
wh en thedispla ybutt onisswitc hedon. #
Toselect ana vig ation announcement :
select anoption 003Bunder theDRIVIN GREC-
OMMEN DATION categor y.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Ton eOn ly
In place ofthespok ennavig ation
announ cementyo uhear agon g.The
gon gsign alsanupco mingdr ivin gman eu‐ ve
rand alsosounds during thedr iving
maneuv er.
R Reduced DrivingRecomm.
If ana vig ation announ cementis available,
yo uhear abr ief ann oun cem ent,e.g ."tur n
ri ght".
R Detailed DrivingRecomm.
If ana vig ation announc ementisavailable
and theAn nounc eSt reet Names option is
switc hedon,youhear aco mp lete
ann oun cem ent,e.g ."In 600ft (200 m)at
th eend ofthest re et tur nright intoSt a‐
tio nRo ad". #
Tohave stre et names announced during
a dr iving maneuv er:switc hon Announc e
St reet Names. #
Select Reduced DrivingRecomm. or
Det ailed Drivin gRecomm. .
The name ofthest re et intowhic hyo usho uld
tur nis ann oun ced.
% The optio ns intheDRIVIN GRECOMMEN DA-
TION categor yar eno tav ailable ineve ry
cou ntryand inallla ngua ges. MBUX
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Te
lephone Te
lephon y No
teson telephon 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. &
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. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju rydue toobject s
being stowe dinco rrect ly
If objects intheve hicle interior arestowe d
inc orrectly ,th ey can slide orbe throw n
ar oun dand hitvehicle occupants. Inaddi‐
tion, cupholder s,open stow agespac esand
mobi lephon ere cep tacle scanno tal wa ys
re tain all obje ctsth ey cont ain.
The reisarisk ofinjur y,par ticular lyin the
ev ent ofsudden braking orasudden chang e
in dir ect ion. #
Alw aysst ow object sso that they can‐
no tbe throw nar ou nd insuch situa‐
tions. #
Alw aysmak esur eth at obj ect sdo not
pr otru de from stow agespac es,lugg age
ne ts or stow agene ts. #
Close theloc kable stow agespac es
bef orest ar tin gajo ur ne y. #
Alw aysst ow and securehea vy,har d,
poin ted, shar p-edg ed,fragile orbulky
objec tsinthetrunk/ loadcompartmen t. MBUX
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