2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV USB port

Con
trol or theSir i®
vo ice- oper ated con trol sys‐
te m. Youcan activat eth evo ice- opera tedcon trol
sy stem bypressing andholding the£ button
on themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
When usingApple CarPla y®
via thevo ice- oper‐
at ed con trol system, themultimedia system can
st ill be oper ated via theVo ice Cont rolSy stem
(/ page31 7).
On lyone iPho ne®
at atim ecan becon nectedvia
Apple CarPla y®
wit hth emultimedia system.
Also foruse ofApple CarPla y®
wit htw ophone
mode, onlyoneadditional mobilephone canbe
connect edusing Blue tooth®
wit hth emultimedia
sy stem.
The availabilit yof App leCarPla y®
ma yva ry
acc ordin gto thecount ry.
The service prov ider isresponsible forth is appli‐
cat ion and theser vices andcontent conne cted
to it.
Apple CarPla y®
is are gis tere dtra demar kof
Apple Inc. Inf
ormat iononApple CarPla y®
When Apple CarPla y®
is being used,theiPod ®
media sourceisno tav ailable forth ere spectiv e
iPhone ®
.
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 aniPhone ®
via Apple CarPla y®
(cable)
Re quirement s:
R The current version ofyour devic e's operat‐
ing system isbeing used(seethemanuf ac‐
tur er's oper ating instruction s).
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nect ionforth efull
ra ng eof func tions forApple CarPla y®
.
R The iPho ne®
is connect edtothemultimedia
sy stem viatheUSB portç using asuit a‐
ble cable (/page460). Multimedia
system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Smart phone 5
Apple CarPlay
5 Start Apple CarPlay #
Alternativ e:Ifan Apple CarPla y®
application
is activ e(e.g. when music isbeing playedor
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(/ page439).
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 gApp leCar Play® #
Press the00E2 button. 438
MBUX multimedia system

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

The
multi mediasy stem supportsthefo llo w‐
ing form ats and data media:
Pe rm issible
fi le systems FA
T32, exFA T,NTFS
Pe rm issible
dat acar rier s USB
devices, iPod ®
/iPhon e®
,
MTP devices, Bluetooth®
audio equipme nt
Supp orted
audio form ats MP3
,WMA ,AA C,WA V,FLAC ,
AL AC %
Obser vethefo llo wing notes:
R The multimedia system suppor tsatot al
of up to50,000 files.
R Dat ast or ag emedia upto2TB aresup ‐
por ted(32‑ bitaddr essspace).
R Due tothelarg eva riet yof available
music andvideofiles rega rding encod‐
er s, sam pling ratesand datatransf er
ra tes, pla ybac kcanno tbe guar anteed. R
Due tothewide rang eof USB device s
av ailable onthemar ket,play bac kcann ot
be guar anteed forall USB devices.
R Videos uptoFullHD (1920 x1080 )ar e
suppor ted.
R Cop y-pr otect edmusic andvideo files or
DRM (DigitalRights Management)
enc rypte dfiles can notbe playedbac k.
R MP3 players mus tsupp ortMedi aTr ans ‐
fe rPr oto col (MT P).
In fo rm ation oncopyright protection and
tr ad ema rks
Au dio files whic hyo ucr eat eyo urself (e.g.copies
of dat ast or ag emedia youmak eyo urself )ar e
ge ner ally subject tocop yrigh tpr otect ion. In
man ycount ries, repr oduction sar eno tper mitt ed
wit hout thepr ior con sent ofthecop yright
holder ,eve nfo rpr ivat euse. Makesur eth at you
kno wab ou tth eapplicable copyright regulations
and that youco mp lywith these. Manuf
acturedunder license from Dolb yLabor a‐
to ries. Dolb y,Dol byAudio and thedouble-D sym‐
bol aretrademar ksofDolb yLabor ator ies. MBUX
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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

&
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
th ro ugh oper ationof theMBUX rear tab‐
le toutside theve hicle
If th eMBUX rear table tis oper ated outside
th eve hicle, seats canbemo vedusing the
seat control.Ve hicle occupants andanimals
could become trapped bytheseat adjus t‐
ment . #
Onlyoper ateth eseat control when
inside theve hicle. &
WARNIN GRisk ofinju ryas are sult of
th eMBUX rear table tno tbeing secured
in theve hicle
If th eMBUX rear table tis loose intheve hicle
int erior ,it could bethrow nar ou nd and
th er eb yhit vehicle occupants. #
Alw ayssecur elylockth eMBUX rear
ta ble tin thebr ac ketint end edforth at
pur pose . The
MBU Xre ar table tcon sistsof atab let
(/ page47 4) andabrac ketint egr ated inthe
bac kres t(/ page47 5).
If th eta ble thas been pairedwithth emultimedia
sy stem, theMBUX rear table tcan makese ttings
on themultimedia system from there ar
passe nger com partment .
% The function ofoperatin gth emultimedia
sy stem withth epair edtable t,can be
bloc kedin themultimedia system.
The MBUX rear table tcan also beused outside
th eve hicle. Ov
ervie wof theMB UX rear tab let 1
Home button
2 On/of fbutt on
3 Loud er/quiet er butt on
4 SDcardslo t
5 USB port
The MBUX rear table tis an Android Samsun g
ta ble t.The vehicle's multimedia system can be
oper ated withth eMBUX rear table t.Oper ation
of theta ble tis car ried out using theto uc hdis‐
pla y(see themanuf acturer'soper ating instruc‐
tion s). 47
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MBUX multimedia system

Cha
nging awheel
Pr eparation .........................................5 38
Ra ising theve hicle ........................... ... 539
Changing awheel
see Emer gency sparewheel
Chan ginggears ....... ................................. 201
Manu ally <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 201
Cha nginghub caps <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 539
Cha racter ent ry
On theto uc hpad .... .............................3 63
Char ging
Batt ery(v ehi cle) .................................. 503
Mobi lephone (wireless) .................. .....1 51
USB port.......................................... ....1 48
Chil dsaf etyloc k
Re ar door .............................................. 66
Re ar side windows <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 67
Swi tching on/of f(R ea rSea tEnt er‐
ta inm ent System )...............................3 75
Child seat
At tach ing (notes) ................................... 56
Basic instructions ..................................5 1
Fr ont- passeng erseat (notes) ......... ........ 64 LA
TC H-type (ISOFIX )(ins talling) ...... ...... 58
No teson risk sand dang ers ............ .......5 2
Secu ring on thefront passeng erseat ....6 5
Secu ring on there ar seat .............. ........ 63
To pTe ther ....................................... .......6 2
Child ren
Av oiding dangersin theve hicle .............5 2
Basi cins tructi ons <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> ..............51
Speci alsea tbel tre tract or ........... .......... 58
Ch ock ........... ............................................ 537
St or ag elocation .............................. ....5 37
Choc k
see Choc k
Cleani ng
see Care
Clim atecontr ol........................................ 171
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating ........... ............172
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating theA/C
func tion (cont rolpanel) .......................1 73
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating theA/C
func tion (multimedia system) .............. 173
Ac tivati ng/d eactiv ating thesync hro‐
nizat ionfunc tion (cont rolpanel) .......... 174 Ac
tivati ng/d eactiv ating thesync hro‐
nizat ionfunc tion (multimedia sys‐
te m) ..................................................... 175
Air dist ribution settings .......................1 73
Air -reci rculati onmod e.........................1 75
Au tomatic control..... ........................... 173
Au tomatic control(rear pass enger
com partment) ...................................... 173
Callin gup theair con ditionin gmenu ...173
Con trol pan elfor3-zone automatic
clima tecontr ol<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> .........171
Con trol pan elfordua l-zone auto‐
matic climatecontr ol<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011001100110011> 171
Defr osting thewindshield .................... 171
Fil ling cap acityforPA Goil ...................5 61
Fr ont airvents <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> .............177
Glo veboxair vent <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> ........179
Inser ting/r emoving theflacon (fra‐
gr anc esy stem) .................................... 176
Ionization ............................................. 175
No te <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011> 171
Re ar air vents <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> ...............178
Re ar oper atingunit .............................. 172
Re ar passe nger com partment resid‐
ual heat ................................................ 175
Re frig er ant .......................................... 560 64
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St
or ing aspeed .............................. ..... 232
Switc hingoff.................................... ... 232
Switc hingon....................................... 232
Sy stem limit ations ........................... ....2 31
Cup holder................................................ 143
Re ar passe nger com partment .....1 29,144
Swi tching thecooling/ heatingfunc‐
tion on/off.......................................... 144
Using (cockpit) .................................... 143
Cush ionba g................................................ 42
Cus tomer Assist ance Center (CAC ).........2 9
Cus tomer Relat ions Depar tment .............2 9 D
Dam agede tection (parked vehicl e)...... .2 17
Dash board
see Cockpit
Dashboar dlighting
see Instrument clusterlig hting
Dashc am
Conf iguring these ttings ......................4 20
Dele tingavide ore cor ding <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011> 420
No tes ................................................... 418 Sel
ecting aUSB device <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 419
St artin g/s topping videorecor ding ....... 419
Data acquisition
Ve hicle ............................................. ..... 30
Data impor t/expor t................................. 376
Fu nctio n/no tes .................................... 376
Im por ting/e xporting ............................ 376
Data storage
Ele ctroni ccontr oluni ts ............. ............ 30
Onl ine services ............. ......................... 32
Ve hicle ............................................. ..... 30
Dat e
Se ttin gth etime anddateaut omati‐
call y................................................ ..... 370
Da ytim eru nning lampmode
see Daytime running lights
Da ytime running lights ........................... 159
Swi tching on/of f<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011> 159
Deact ivat ing theala rm (ATA ).................... 98
Dealer ship
see Qualif iedspec ialistwo rkshop
Dec laration ofconf ormity
Wi reless vehicle component s......... .......2 7 Decor
ative fo il(cleaning instructions)
.. .................................................................4 88
De finitions (tiresand loading) ................5 31
Design s
Men u(on -boar dco mp uter) .................. 304
Des tination .............................................. 404
Ed iting intermed iatedes tinatio ns........ 394
Ed iting thepr ev ious destination s........ 404
Ex tern al ...............................................4 05
Quic k-acc ess todes tination informa‐
tion ...................................................... 402
Sa ving (current vehicle position) ......... 404
Sa ving asglobal favo rite <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011> 404
De stinat ionentr y.................................... 382
En tering a3 wo rdaddr ess ...................3 87
Ent ering aPOI oraddress ............ ........382
Ent ering anintermed iate des tination ...3 94
Ent ering geo-coor dinates..................... 387
No tes .................................................. 382
Selecting acont act.............................. 387
Selecting aPOI .................................... 385
Selecting are cei veddes tination .........3 89
Selecti ngfrom favo rite s ......................3 89
Selecti ngfrom themap ....................... 388 64
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Couplin
gup/un couplin gatrailer ........ 299
Tr aile roper ation
Ac tiveBli nd Spo tAssi st<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011> 292
Ac tiveLa ne Keeping Assist............ ...... 294
At tach ing theball neck........................ 298
Coupling up/uncoupling atra iler ........ 299
Tr aile rst abil izatio n
Fu nctio n/no tes ................................... 224
Tr aile rto w hit ch
Axle load <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011>.....566
Ca re <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 490
Ge ner alno tes ...................................... 565
No tes .................. ................................ 296
To ngu ewe ight .....................................5 66
To wing capac ity...................................5 65
Tr ansf ercase
HIGH RANG E....... ............................ .... 204
LO WRANGE ........................................2 04
Shif ting .......................................... ...... 205
Tr ansf erre dve hicl edata
Andr oidAuto <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
00110011001100110011001100110011> 441
App leCa rPlay®
<0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011001100110011> 441
Tr ansmis sionposi tion displa y....... .........199 Tr
anspo rting
Ve hicle ............................................. ... 508
Tr ead weargrade .....................................526
Tr im element (Care)................................ 492
Tr ip
Menu (on-boar dcom puter) ............ ...... 308
Tr ip com puter
Displa ying...................................... ...... 308
Re settin g............................................. 309
Tr ip dis tance ............................................ 308
Displa ying...................................... ...... 308
Re settin g............................................. 309
Tr ip odom eter
see Trip dis tance
Tr unk lid
see Tailg ate
Tu neIn
Calling up....................................... ..... 453
Calling upthest atio nlis t(cat egor y
las tselec ted) .......................................4 56
Dele tingstatio ns.................................4 56
Loggi ngout ......................................... 456
Ov ervie w ....... ................................... ...455 Re
gis tering <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
001100110011001100110011001100110011> <0011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011001100110011
0011>456
Sa ving statio ns.................................... 456
Sel ect ing and connectingto ast atio n
.. ...........................................................4 55
Selecti ngstre am .................................4 56
Se tting options ....................................456
Te rm sof use ........................................4 56
Tu neMix
Cr eating alis t...................................... 470
Tu rn signal indicat or
see Turn signals
Tu rn signals ..............................................1 56
Switc hingon/of f....... .......................... 156
Tw o-w ayradio s
Fr eq uencies ......................................... 551
No teson installation ...........................5 50
Tr ans miss ionoutput (max imum ).......... 551 U
Un its ofmeas urement
Se tting .................................................3 76
Un loc king setting ...................................... 70
USB port...................................................1 48 67
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