2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV service

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Ifth erear ealr ead yfo ur intermediat edes‐
tinatio ns:sele ctYes inthepr om pt.
The gasst atio nis ent ered inthero uteov er‐
vie w. Intermedia tedes tination 4is dele ted.
Ro uteguidan cebegin s.
St arting theaut oma ticser vice station
sear ch
Re quirement s:
R ATTENTION ASSISTand theSuggest Rest
Area function areactiv ated (/ page288).
R Ther ear eser vice statio nsalon gth ero ute
sec tionahead.
Dr iving situatio n
The follo wing notificat ion issho wninthemedia
displa yATTE NTION ASSISTTap here tosearch
for rest areas. #
Conf irm theno tification .
The service statio nsear chstar ts.The availa‐
ble servicest atio nsalon gth ero uteor inthe
vicinity oftheve hicle's current positio nar e
di spl ayed. #
Select aser vice statio n.
The servicest atio naddr essisdispla yed. #
Calculat eth ero ute(/ page39 0).
The servicest atio nis setas thedes tinat ion
or thene xt int ermediat edes tinat ion. #
Ifth erear ealr ead yfo ur intermediat edes‐
tinatio ns:sele ctYes inthepr om pt.
The service statio nis ent ered inthero ute
ove rview. Intermedia tedes tination 4is
dele ted. Ro uteguidan cebegin s.
Sho wing ast or ed rout eon thema p
Re quirement s:
R AUSB device withstor ed routes isco nn ec‐
te dwit hth emultimedia system
(/ page460).
R The routeis stor ed inthe"R out es" folder
wit hth eGPS Exch ang efo rm at(.gpx) .
Mult imed iasystem:
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Navigation 5
ª Where to?
5 SAVED ROUTES #
Select aro ute. #
Select Show onMap. #
Movethemap (/page41 0). St
arting asa ve dro ut e
Re quirement s:
R AUSB device withstor ed routes isco nn ec‐
te dwit hth emultimedia system
(/ page460).
R The routeis stor ed inthe"R out es" folder
wit hth eGPS Exch ang efo rm at(.gpx) .
Mult imed iasystem:
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Navigation 5
ª Where to?
5 SAVED ROUTES #
Select aro ute. #
Select Start Rout eGuid. from Beginning of
Rout eor Start Rout eGuidan cefrom Curr .
Posi tion.
Ro uteguidan cestar ts.
% The routecan besave dwit hf inthe
menu (/page390) .
Re cor dingaro ute
Re quirement s:
R AUSB device iscon nectedwit hth emultime‐
dia system (/ page460). MBUX
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1
Recomme ndedlane (whit ear row ,blue back‐
gr ound)
2 Possible lane(whit ear ro w)
3 Laneno tre comme nded(gray arro w)
Ex planat ionofthedispla yedlanes:
R Recomme ndedlane 1
In this lane, youwill beable tocom plet ebo th
th ene xt chang eof dir ect ion and theone
af te rth at.
R Possible lane2
In this lane, youwill onlybe able tocom plet e
th ene xt chang eof dir ect ion.
R Lan eno tre comme nded3 In
this lane, youwill notbe able tocom plet e
th ene xt chang eof dir ect ion without chang ‐
ing lane .
Dur ing thech ang eof dir ect ion,ne wlane sma y
be added.
Bus lanesar ealso shown.
% Lanere comme ndations canalso be dis‐
pl ay ed intheIns trument Displayand inthe
Hea d-up Display.
Using free wa yinf ormation
Re quirement s:
R The Highway Informat ionoption isswitc hed
on (/ page41 2). Wh
endrivin g on thefree wa y,upco mingfree wa y
fa cil ities 1 and available servicefa cil ities 2
ar esho wnintheove rview. These include park‐
ing lots, ser vice statio nsand free wa yex its, for
ex am ple. #
Toopen thedisp lay: select 0048.
The entriesaresor tedaccor dingtoinc reas‐
ing distance from thecur rent vehicle posi‐
tion. #
Toclose thedisp lay: tapon themap.
or #
Touse free wa yinf ormation: selectan
entr y. #
Ifse veralser vice facil ities areav ailable,
selec ta ser vicefa cil ity from thelis t.
The destinat ionaddr essand themap posi‐
tion aresho wn. #
Calculat eth ero ute(/ page39 0).
or #
Sea rchfo ra POI inthevicin ity.
or #
Use other funct ions, e.g.save thedes tinat ion
addr essoftheser vice facil ity . MBUX
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Select Start Route Guid.from Beginning of
Ro ute orStart Route Guidance fromCurr.
Pos ition.
Ro uteguidan cestar ts from theselect ed
position . Ro
uteguidanc ewith current traf fic re por ts Tr
af fic inf orma tion overview
Tr af fic re por tsarere cei vedusing LiveTr af fic
Inf ormation andareused forro uteguidan ce.
This serviceis una vailable insome countries.
% Ther ema ybe differe nces betwee nth etraf fic
re por tsrecei vedand theactual road and
traf fic condi tions.
Im por tant informa tionon LiveTr af fic Inf orma‐
tion:
R Current traffic repor tsarere cei vedvia the
Int erne tconnection.
R The traf fic situ ation isup datedat shor t,re gu‐
lar interva ls.
R Informatio nfrom theser vice prov ider canbe
sho wn(/ page406) . Inf
ormatio non theve hicle's position isregular ly
sent toDai mle rAG .The data isimmed iatelyre n‐
de redanon ymous byDai mle rAG and forw arded
to thetra ffic dat apr ov ider .Usin gth is dat a,traf‐
fi c re por tsreleva nt totheve hicle's position are
sent totheve hicle. Thevehicle actsasasensor
fo rth eflow oftraf fic and helpstoimprove the
qu alit yof thetraf fic re por ts.
If yo udo notwa nttotrans mitth eve hicle posi‐
tion, youha ve thefo llo wing option s:
R Youdeac tivateth eser vice intheMer cedes
me portal.
R Youha ve theser vice deactiv ated atan
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter.
Sho wing informat ionfrom theser vice pro‐
vid erforLi ve Traf fic Inf orma tion
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withLiv eTr af fic
Inf ormation. Multime
diasystem:
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Navigation 5
¡ 5
Traffic #
Select Provider Information.
The logo oftheser vice prov ider forLiv eTr af‐
fi c Inf ormati onissho wn.
% Further information onLiveTr af fic Inf orma‐
tion canbecalled up on thehome screen
using Mercedes me&Apps (/page44 5).
% Youha ve thefo llo wing option sfo rex tendi ng
th esubscr iption :
R atan aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter
R withacall totheMer cedes- BenzCus‐
to mer Assis tance Center via theme but‐
to n
Sho wing traf fic inf orma tion
Re quirement s:
R The Traff icdispla yis switc hedon
(/ page408).
R The follo wing traf fic di spl aysar eswitc hedon
(/ page408):
Traffic Incident s
Free Flowing Traffic 406
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Tomo vean area on thema p:swipe inany
dir ect ion onthecon trol element . #
Tochang eth esize ofthear ea: tapor press
on thecon trol element . #
Swipe upordown onthecon trol element . #
Select 0076.
The Avoid areahasbeen set.messag e
appear s.The area isent ered intoth elis t. #
Totak eacco untof an area forthe rout e:
sele ctan area from thelis t. #
ActivateAvoi dArea .
The disp lay bu tton isacti vated.
If ro uteguidan ceisact ive, ane wrouteis cal‐
culat ed.
If th er eis no routeye t,th ese tting iscar ried
ove rto thene xt routeguidan ce.
The routecan include anarea that isto be
av oided inthefo llo wing cases :
R thedes tinat ionislocat edinan area that
is to be avo ided.
R thero uteinc ludes highways ormulti-lane
ex pressw ayswhic hpass thro ugh anarea
to be avo ided. R
ther eis no sensible alternativ ero ute.
Dele tingan area
Mult imed iasystem:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced5
Route 5
Avoid Option s
5 Avoid Areas #
Todel etean area: selec tan area inthelis t. #
Select Delete. #
Conf irm thepr om ptwit hYes . #
Todel eteall areas: ifat leas ttw oar eas to
av oid arese t,select Delete All. #
Conf irm thepr om ptwit hYes .
Map data update overvie w
Up datin gat the author izedMer cedes -Ben z
Ce nter
The digit almap sge ner ated bythemap software
become outdatedinthesame wayas conven‐
tion alroad maps .Op tim alrouteguidan cecan
on lybe prov ided bythena vig ation system in
con junc tion withth emos tup-t o-dat emap data.
Inf ormation aboutnewversions ofthedigit al map
canbeobt ained from anaut hor ized
Mer cedes- BenzCenter.
Yo ucan have updat estothedigit almap imple‐
ment edther e.
% Addition alcos tscan beincur redin this con ‐
nec tion .
Online mapupd ate
The onlin emap updat eser vice from Mer cedes
me connectcan beused toupdat eth emap
dat a.
Re quiremen ts:
R Mer cedes meconnectis available.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth eMer cedes
me portal.
R The service isavailable.
R The servicehas been activat ed.
% The online map updat eser viceis no tav aila‐
ble inall coun tries.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable forth e
updat e:
R Forone region (automatic mapupdat e) 41
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ActivateAuto Zoom.
The disp lay bu tton isacti vated. The map
scale issetaut omatic allydependin gon your
dr ivin gspee dand thetype ofroad.
% The automat icallyselec tedmap scale canbe
ch ang edman ually.Aftera fe w sec ond s,this
is aut omat icallyre se t.
Displa yingthesat ellit ema p
Multi media system:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced #
Select View. #
Select MapElemen ts. #
Switc hSatellit eMap onoroff.
If th edispla ybutt onisactiv ated, satellit e
maps aredispla yedin map scales from 2mi
(2 km).
If th edispla ybutt onisdeactiv ated, satellit e
maps areno tdispla yedin map scales from
2 mi (2km) to20 mi(20 km).
% The satellite maps forth ese map scales are
no tav ailable inall coun tries. Displ
aying thera ng e
Re quirement s:
R The multim ediasystem suppor tsthefunc ‐
tion .
Multimedia system:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced #
Select View. #
Select MapElemen ts. #
ActivateRa nge.
The disp lay bu tton isacti vated.
The rang eis sho wnonthemap withth efo llo w‐
ing displa ys:
R Forga soline anddiesel vehicles: green dis‐
pla y
When thelowe rre ser vecap acityisreac hed then
th era ng edispl ayon themap isswitc hedoff.
% The rang edispl ayon themap isno tav ailable
in all coun tries. Displ
aying weather information andother
map contents
Re quirement s:
R Mer cedes meconnectis available.
R Youha ve auser accoun tfo rth eMer cedes
me portal.
R The service isavailable.
R The servicehas been activat ed atan aut hor ‐
ize dMer cedes-Ben zCent er.
Mult imed iasystem:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced #
Select View. #
Select MapElemen ts. #
Scrollup and showtheONLIN EMAP CON-
TENT categor y.
The available services aredispla yed. The
ser vices arepr ov ided byMer cedes mecon‐
nect . #
Switc hon aser vice, e.g.Weather.
Cur rent we ather informat ionisdispla yedon
th ena vig ation map,e.g.temp eratur eor 41
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dco ver.The service information isno t
sho wninall map scales, e.g.weather sym‐
bols.
Fu rther information aboutavailable services and
about displayinginformat ioninthemap scales
can befound intheMer cedes mePortal:
ht tp s:// me. secure.m erced es-ben z.com
Sho wing mapvie win themu ltifunct iondis‐
pla yof theins trum ent clus ter
Multimedia system:
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Navigation 5
Z
5 Advan ced #
Select View. #
Select MapOrient ation. #
Scrollup and showtheINSTRUME NTCLUS-
TER VIEW categor y. #
Tosetth ema pscale automa tically: switc h
on Auto Zoom.
The displa ybutt onisactiv ated. The map
scale issetaut omatically depending onyour
dr ivin gspee dand thetype ofroad. #
Toselect maporientation: selectanoption.
The 003Bdo tindicat esthecur rent sel ecti on.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R 2DHead ingUpoptio n:the2D map view
is aligned tothedir ect ion oftra vel.
R 2DNort hUp option :th e2D map viewis
displa yedso that north is alw aysat the
to p.
R 3Doption :th e3D map viewisaligned to
th edir ect ion oftrav el. Pa
rking service No
teson thepa rking service &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due tonotob ser ving themaximum per‐
mitt edaccess height
If th eve hicle height exceeds themaximum
per mitt edaccess heightforpar king garage s
and unde rground parking lots, theve hicle
ro of as wellas other vehicle partscould be
damag ed. Ther
ecould bearisk ofinjur yto theve hicle
occupants. #
Beforedr iving intoapar king garage or
under ground parking lotobser vethe
locall ysign postedaccess height. #
Ifth eve hicle height, including anyaddi‐
tional equipment, exceed sth emaxi‐
mum permitt edaccess height,donot
dr ive int oth epar king garage orunder‐
gr ound parking lot. This
service isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
Select ingparking options
* NO
TEBef oresel ecti ngthepar king
op tion The
datais based oninformation prov ided by
th ere spectiv eser vice prov ider .
Mer cedes Benzacc epts no liability forth e
acc uracy oftheinf ormation prov ided relatin g
to thepar king garage /pa rking lot. #
Alw aysobser vethelocal Information
and conditions . MBUX
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Re
quirement s:
R The navig ation services option isavailable,
subsc ribed toand activat ed intheMer cedes
me portal.
R The parkingser vice iswit hin thescope ofthe
na vig ation ser vice .
R Parking isacti vated(/ page41 8).
Mul timediasystem:
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Navigation #
Tapon 005D inthemap. #
Select apar king option .
The map showsthepar king option sin the
vicinity .
The follo wing informatio nis displa yed(if
av ailable):
R Destinat ionaddr ess, distance from cur‐
re nt vehicle position andarriva ltim e
R Informatio non thepar king garage /pa rk‐
ing lot
Fo rex am ple, open ingtimes, parking
ch arge s,cur rent occu pancy ,ma ximu m
pa rking time,ma ximu maccess height. The
maxim umaccess height shownby
th epar king service does notre place the
nee dfo robser vatio nof theactual cir‐
cums tances.
R Available paymen top tio ns (Mer cedes
pa y,coins ,ba nk notes, car ds)
R Detailson par kingta riff s
R Numb erofavailable parkingspac es
R Paymen tme thod (e.g. atthepar king
mac hine)
R Services/ facil ities atthepar king option
R Telephon enumb er #
Calculat eth ero ute(/ page39 0).
The follo wing functionscan also beselec ted(if
av ailable):
R Sear chforPOIs inthevicinit y.
R Save thedes tinat ion.
R Place acall atthedes tinat ion.
R Shar eth edes tinat ionusing NFCorQR code.
R Call upthewe baddr ess.
R Sho wthedes tinat iononthemap. Displa
yingparking options onthema p
Re quirement s:
R The navig ation services option isavailable,
subsc ribed toand activat ed intheMer cedes
me portal.
R The parkingser vice iswit hin thescope ofthe
na vig ation ser vice .
Mu ltimed iasystem:
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Navigation 5
Z #
ActivatePa rki ng.
Th edisp lay bu tton isacti vated. The parking
op tion swit hin thevicin ityofthecur rent vehi‐
cle position aresho wn. Dashcam
No
teson theda shca m
* NO
TEBef oreus ing thedashcam Bef
oreusing anyor all func tionsof theDash‐
cam, please read this Disc laimer carefull y.If
yo udo notacc ept,agr eetoor under stand
th is Disc laimer ,please donotuse theDash‐ 41
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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.
Wi th Mer cedes-Ben zLink youcan usemob ile
phon efun ction svia themultimedia system. Itis
oper ated using theto uc hsc reen orthevo ice-
opera tedcon trol system. Youcan activat eth e
vo ice- opera tedcon trol system bypressing and
holding the£ buttononthemultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel.
When usingMercedes- BenzLinkviathevo ice-
opera tedcon trol system, themultimedia system
can still be oper ated via theVo ice Cont rolSy s‐
te m (/ page31 7).
The Mercedes -Benz Linkcontr olbo xsup plemen‐
ta ry equipment isrequ ired forth is. This isavaila‐
ble atan aut hor izedMer cedes-Ben zCent er. On
lyone mobile phoneatatime canbeconn ec‐
te dvia Mer cedes- BenzLink tothemultimedia
sy stem.
When amobile phoneiscon nect edwith
Mer cedes- BenzLink,onl yone additional mobile
phone canbecon nect edusing Bluetooth®
wit h
th emultimedia system when intwophone
mode.
% The Mercedes- BenzLinkcontrol bo xuses
th eAn droid oper ating system.
% The service prov ider isresponsible forth ese
apps andtheser vices andcontent conne c‐
te dto it.
No teson Mer cedes-Benz Link
If amobile phoneisused withMer cedes-B enz
Link ,USB access usingthemedia menuispossi‐
ble forth is mobile phone.
% Onlyone routeguidan cecan beact ive at a
tim e.Ifro uteguidan ceisact ive on themulti‐
media system, itis closed whenrouteguid‐
anc eis star tedon themobile phone. Connecting
Mercedes-Benz Linkwithth e
mu ltim edia system
Re quirement s:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withth eMer cedes-
Benz Linkcontrol bo x.
R The Mercedes- BenzLinkappisins talled on
th emobile phone.
R The mobile phoneisswitc hedon.
R Mer cedes- BenzLinkiscon nect edtothemul‐
timedia system viatheç USBportusing
a suit able cable (/page460).
% The firs tacti vatio nof Me rcedes-B enzLink
on themultimedia system mus tbe car ried
out when theve hicle isstatio naryfo rsaf ety
re ason s. 436
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