2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV tow

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vetheadditional information onstow ing
mobile communic ationsde vice scor rectly:
R Loa ding theve hicle (/page12 7)
Fu rther information canbeobt ained from an
aut hor ized Mercedes-Ben zCent eror at:
https: //www .mercedes-benz -mobile.com/
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MBUX multim ediasystem

Re
ading messag es
Mul timedi asy stem:
4 © 5
Phone 5

5 l
Using there ad-aloud function #
Select acont act. #
Select ¬toread aloud.
The messageis read aloud.
Dictat ingand send ingane wmes sage
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection .
Multime diasystem:
4 © 5
Phone 5

5 l #
Select ane wmessag eusing r.
Ad ding are cipie nt #
Select 0074. #
Select acon tact. Di
ctating text #
Select p.
The dictating function isstar ted. #
Sayth emessag e.
Af terth evo ice mess agehas been proces sed,
it is sho wnastext.
Se ndi ngames sage #
Select Send .
% Whe nth eve hicle isstatio naryyo ucan use
th eke yboar dto write amess age. No Inte r‐
ne tconnection isrequ ired touse theke y‐
boar d.
Re plyin gto amessag ein themess aging his‐
to ry
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Phone 5

5 l
A messag elis tis sho wn. #
Select 0048next to acon tact.
The mess aging history wit hth is con tact is
sho wn. #
Sele ctp.
The dict ati ng functi onisstar ted. #
Sayth emessag e.
Af terth evo ice mess agehas been proces sed,
it is sho wnastext. #
Select Send .
Us ingmes sagete mp lates
Multime diasystem:
4 © 5
Phone 5

5 l
Using ate mp lateas ane wmessa ge #
Select r towrite ane wmess age. #
Addare cip ient using 0074. #
Sele cta0 temp late.
Answ ering amessa gewit hate mp late #
Selec ta messag eseq uenc ewit hacon tact. #
Sele ctaª temp late. #
Selec ta 0 temp late. 43
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App leCa rPlay®
star ts aut omat icallywhen
th eiPhone ®
is con nect edwithth esy stem
using acable. IfApple CarPla y®
wa sno tdis‐
pla yedin thefo re grou nd before discon nect‐
ing, theapplication star ts inthebac kground
when reconnect ed.Youcan callupApple
CarPla y®
in themain menu.
Calling upApple CarPla y®
sound settings
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Apple CarPlay 5
Z #
Select soundsettings.
Se tting contr olof theap plica tionbuttons
(Apple CarPlay®
)
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Apple CarPlay 5
Z
5 General #
Toswitc hon Control viaApplication Buttons:
activ ateth edispla ybutt on. #
Toswitc hof fControl viaApplication Buttons:
deactiv ateth edispla ybutt on. Ending
AppleCarPla y® #
Toend theconnecti onofApp leCar ‐
Pla y®
(wit hcable): disconnect thecon nec‐
tion viathecon nect ingcable between the
mobil ephone andmultime diasystem.
% Mer cedes- Benzrecomme ndsdisconnecti ng
th econ nect ingcable onlywhen theve hicle
is statio nary. Andr
oidAuto Andr
oidAutoove rview &
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.
Mobile phonefunctionscan beused with
An droid Autousin gth eAn droid oper ating sys‐
te m on themultimedia system. Itis oper ated
using theto uc hsc reen orthevo ice- opera ted
contr olsystem. Youcan activat eth evo ice- oper‐
at ed con trol system bypressing andholding the
£ buttononthemultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
When usingAndroid Autovia thevo ice- opera ted
contr olsystem, themultimedia system can still
be opera tedvia theVo ice Cont rolSy stem
(/ page31 7).
On lyone mobile phoneatatime canbeconn ec‐
te dvia Android Auto wit hth emultimedia sys‐
te m.
Also foruse ofAndr oidAutowit htw ophon e
mode ,onl yone addit ional mobile phonecan be MBU
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connect
edusing Bluetoo th®
wit hth emultimedia
sy stem.
The availabilit yof An droid Autoand Android Auto
apps mayva ry acc ordin gto thecount ry.
The service prov ider isresponsible forth is appli‐
cat ion and theser vices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Inf orma tion onAndr oidAuto
If amobil ephone isused withAndr oidAuto,
USB access usingthemedia menuisno tpossi‐
ble forth is mobile phone.
Onl yone routeguidan cecan beact ive at atim e.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive on themultimedia sys‐
te m, itis closed whenrouteguidan ceisstar ted
on themobile phone.
Connecting amobile phoneviaAndr oidAuto
(wir ed)
Re quirement s:
R The mobile phonesuppor tsAn droid Auto
fr om Andr oid5.0.
R The Andr oidAutoapp isins talled onthe
mobil ephone. R
Inorder touse thete lephon efunc tions,the
mobil ephone mustbe connect edtothemul‐
timedia system viaBlue tooth®
( / pag e42 4).
If th er ewa sno prior Interne tconn ection, this
is es tablished withth euse ofthemobile
phone withAn droid Auto.
R The mobile phoneisconn ectedtothemulti‐
media system viatheUSB portç using a
suit able cable (/page460).
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nect ionforth efull
ra ng eof func tions forAndr oidAuto.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Android Auto
5 Start Android Auto #
Alternativ e:Ifan Android Autoapplic ationis
act ive (e. g.when music isbein gpla yedor
ro uteguidan ceisact ive), youcan callupthe
act ive applic ationusin gth e|, zor
002B application buttons (/page34 7).
% Contr olusing theapplication buttons canbe
switc hedonoroff(/ page44 1). %
Thefirs tacti vatio nof Andr oid Au toon the
multime diasystem mus tbe car ried out
when theve hicle isstatio naryfo rsaf etyre a‐
son s.
Ac cep ting/r eject ingtheda ta protection reg‐
ulat ions
Fo rth einitial star tof theapplication: amessag e
wit hth edat apr otect ion prov ision sappear s. #
Selec tAc cept &St art .
Exitin gAndr oidAuto #
Press the00E2 button.
% Android Autostar ts aut omat icallywhen the
mobil ephone isconnect edwithth esy stem
using acable. IfAn droid Autowa sno tdis‐
pla yedin thefo re ground beforedisconn ect‐
ing, theapplication star ts inthebac kground
when reconnect ed.Youcan callupAndroid
Au tointhemain menu. 44
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MBUX multimedia system

To
act ivat eor deac tivateth eser vices, login
to your user accoun tin theMer cedes me
por tal.
Dele ting aconnection betw een auser
account andtheve hicl e
Re quirement s:
R The (vehicle) profile oftheuser account that
wa sfirs tconne cted with theve hicle isselec‐
te d.
R The profile issync hroniz ed(/ page35 1).
R APIN has been set.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Mercedes me #
Select DeleteVehicle Assignment. #
Enterth ePIN ofthecon nect eduser account .
% Onlyth euser ,whose useraccount wasfirs t
connect edwith theve hicle candeletethe
connecti onbetween allus er acco unts and
th eve hicle. Mer
cedes-Benz emergency callsystem Inf
orma tion ontheMer cedes- Benzemer‐
ge ncy callsystem
Yo ur vehicle iseq uipped withth eMer cedes- Benz
emer gency callsy stem ("eCall ").This featur ecan
help save lives intheev ent ofan acciden t.eCall
in no wayre places assistance prov ided from
dialing 911.
Mer cedes-Ben zeCall onlyfunct ionsinareas
wher emobile phonecoverage isavailable from
th ewir eless service prov ider s.Ins ufficie ntnet‐
wo rkcoverage from thewir eless service prov id‐
er sma yre sult inan emerg encycallnotbeing
tr ansmitt ed.
eCal lis ast andar dfeatur ein your Mer cedes-
Ben zve hicle. Inorder tofunction asintended ,
th esy stem relies onthetransmission ofdat a
de tailed inthe"Mer cedes- Benzemergency call
sy stem datatra nsmiss ion"sectionthat follo ws
( / pag e44 8).
To disable eCall,acus tomer mustvisit an
au thor ized Mercedes-B enzService depar tment
to deactiv ateth eve hicle's communication mod‐
ule. Deactiv
ationofthis mod ulepreve nts the
act ivat ion ofanyand allMer cedes mecon‐
nect services. Afterthe deactivatio nof
eC all,aut omati ceme rgency calland manua l
emer gency callwill notbe availab le.
The igniti onmus tbe swi tched onbef orean auto‐
matic emergency callcan bemade.
% eCallis acti vatedat thefa ct or y.
% eCall canbedeactiv ated byan aut hor ized
Mer cedes-Ben zdealer .Please note that in
th eeve ntow ner shipof theve hicle istrans‐
fe rred toano ther ow ner inits deacti vated
st at e, eCall willremain deactivated unles s
th ene wow ner visits an author ized
Mer cedes-B enzdealer shiptoreact ivat eth e
sy stem.
Ov ervie wof theMer cedes- Benzemergency
call system
eCall canhelp toreduce thetime between an
acciden tand thear riva lof emer gency service s
at thesit eof theacciden t.Ithelps locatean
acciden tsit ein places that aredif ficul tto
acc ess. However,eve nif ave hicle iseq uipped
wit heCal l,th is does notmean thesy stem isON. 44
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MBUX multimedia system

Connect
ingtheda ta sto rage medi umtothe
mu ltim edia system Connecti
ngUSB devices
* NO
TEDama gecau sed byhigh temp era‐
tur es High
temp eratur escan damag eUSB devices. #
Remo vetheUSB device afte ruse and
ta ke itout oftheve hicle. The
multimedia connection unitisfound inthe
st ow agecom partment unde rth ear mr estand
has twotype CUSB ports.Depen dingonthe
ve hicle's equipment, additional USBportscan
be found inthestow agecom partment ofthe
cent erconso leor rear folding compartment . #
Conn ecttheUSB device totheUSB port.
% USB hubs cannotbe con nectedwit hth e
multime diasystem. %
When connect ingseveralApple ®
de vice s
simult aneousl y,pa yatt ent ion totheor der in
whic hth ede vices arecon nect ed.The multi‐
media system onlycon nect swit hth ede vice
th at iscon nectedfirs t. Ad dition alApple ®
de vices that arecon nectedat thesame time
ar eonl ysupplied withpo we r.
Sear ching forand author izing aBlue tooth®
audio devic e
Re quirement s:
R Blue tooth®
is act ivat ed on themultimedia
sy stem and audio equipment.
R The audio equipment supportstheBlue‐
to oth®
audio profiles A2DP and AVRC P.
R The audio equipment is"visible" forot her
de vices. 460
MBUX multimedia system

Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Media 5
Bluetoot h5
00A5
Au thor izing ane wBlue tooth®
audio devic e #
Select Connect NewDevice .
De tected equipme ntisdispl ayed inthe
de vice list. #
Select anaudio device.
Au thor ization star ts.A cod eis displa yedon
th emultimedia system and onthemobile
phone. #
Ifth ecodes areidentic al,con firm onthe
audio equipme nt. #
Select Onlyas Bluet oothAudi oDe vic e.
The Blue tooth®
audio equipme ntiscon nec‐
te dwit hth emultimedia system.
Connecting prev iousl yaut hor ized Bluetooth®
audio equipment #
Select aBlue tooth®
audio devic efrom the
lis t.
The connection ises tablished. St
arting media playbac k Re
quirement s:
R Adat ast or ag emedium isconn ectedtothe
multime diasystem.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Media #
Select USBorBluetoot has themedia
sour ce. Contr
olling media playbac k Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Media #
Topause playbac k:sel ect 8. #
Tocont inue playba ck:sel ect 6. #
Torepeat atrac k: sel ect :.
Fo rth ere peat function ther ear eth efo llo w‐
ing settings :
R Select once:theactiv epla ylistis repea‐
te d. R
Select twice:thecur rent trac kis repea‐
te d.
R Select threetim es: there peat function
is deactiv ated. #
Topla ybac ktrac ks inrandom order:
select 9. #
Towind atrac kfo rw ards orbac kwards:
ta pon thedesir edpoint onthetimelin e. #
Toselect thene xt trac k: selec t00F6. #
Toselect thepr ev ious trac k: select 00F5. #
Toscr ollthrough trac ks quickl y: press and
hold 00F5 or00F6. #
Tosho wthecur rent trac klis t:select the
tr ac kim agesho wn. MBU
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#
Stow thetir esealant bottle and thetir einf la‐
tion compressor . #
Pull away immed iately. #
Stop driving afte rapp roxima tely tenminu tes
and checkth etir epr essur eusing thetir e
inf lation compressor .
The tirepr essur emus tno wbe atleas t
13 0kP a(1 .3 bar/1 9psi) . &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent dueto the
specif iedtirepr essur eno tbeing reac hed
If th especif iedtirepr essur eis no tre ac hed
af te ra br ief drive, thetir eis toobadly dam‐
ag ed. The tiresealant cannotrepair thetir e
in this ins tan ce.
Dama gedtir es and tirepr essur eth at istoo
lo w can significan tly im pair thebr aking prop‐
er ties and thehandling charact eristic s. #
Donotcon tinue drivin g. #
Con sult aqu alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop. In
cases suchas theone ment ioned above,con ‐
ta ct an author ized Mercedes-B enzCent er.Or call
1-80 0-FOR-ME RCedes (intheUS A)or
1-8 00-387-0 100(in Canada). #
Toincr ease thetir epr essur e:swit chon
th etir einf lation compressor . #
Toreduce thetirepr es sur e:press press ure
re lease button1 next to manome ter2. #
When thetir epr essur eis cor rect, unscr ew
th efilling hose from theva lve of thesealed
tir e. #
Screw theva lve cap ontoth eva lve of the
sealed tire. #
Pull thetir esealant bottle out ofthetir e
inf lation compressor .
The filling hose stay son thetir esealant bot‐
tle. #
Drive to thenear estqu alif ied spec ialistwo rk‐
shop andhave thetir e, tiresealant bottle
and filling hose replaced ther e. Bat
tery (vehicle) No
teson the12 Vbatt ery &
WARNIN GRisk ofan acci dent dueto
wo rkcar ried out incor rectly onthebat‐
te ry
Wo rkcar ried out incor rectl yon thebatt ery
can, forex am ple, lead toashor tcir cuit .This
can lead tofunction restrictions insaf ety-re l‐
eva ntsystems, forex am ple thelighting sys‐
te m, ABS (anti-lo ckbraking system) orESP®
(Elect ronic Stabilit yPr og ram). The oper ating
saf etyof your vehicle maybe restrict ed. Br
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