2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV Owner's Manual

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The service hasbeen activated atan aut hor‐
ized Mercedes-B enzCent er. Multimedia
system:
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boar dsear chwithth eke ypad
De stinat ionentryuses theon- boar dsear chof
th edat abase stor ed inthemultimedia system.
The feder alstat eor prov inc ein whic hth eve hicle
is locat edisset1. #
EnterthePOI ortheaddr essusing theke y‐
boar d(in theimag e)or using handwr iting re
cogni tion6ininpu tline 2. The entries
can bemad ein anyor der .
Dur ing destina tion entry,sugg estions are
of fere din 3 bythemultimedia system. Des‐
tinat ionselect iontake splace inlist3 or
wit h50076. The
follo wing entries can bemade, forex am‐
ple:
R City ,st re et,house number
R Street,cit y
R ZIP code
R POI name MBUX
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POI categor ies,e.g. Gas Station
R City ,POI name
R Telephon enumb er,if th is isavailable for
th ePOI
R Cont actname #
Alternativ ely,use voice input 8. #
Toswitc hto handwr itingrecognit ion:
selec t6. #
Write th ech aract eron theto uc hpad. Thelet‐
te rs can bewritten next to eac hot her or
abo veeac hot her (/ page363). #
Toretur nto entr yusing theke yboar d:
select _.
or #
Press theto uc hpad. #
Todel etean entr y:select 4.
The charact ersar edele tedindividually .
or #
Ifch aract ersha ve been entered in2, select
£ next to theinput line.
The com pleteent ryisdele ted. #
Toswitc hto upper -case orlowe r-case let‐
te rs:sel ect B. #
Toswitc hto dig its, special ch aract ers
and symbo ls:sele ctA.
123 chang estoABC.
Dis play B chang esto#+=. #
Select Band switc hto addit ionalspec ial
ch aract ers. #
Toent eraspa ce:selec t7. #
Tosetth elangu age:selec t9. #
Sele ctthelanguag e.
% This function isuseful forcountr iesinwhi ch
se veralch aract ersets aresuppo rted. An
ex am ple isRu ssia, whichuses Cyrillicand
Latin charact ers. #
Tochang eth est at e: sele ctindi catorfor
fe der alstat eor prov inc e1. #
Selec tth est at ein 1. #
Enterth ecount ryindic ator ,e.g. CAforCa n‐
ada .
The listis filt er ed. #
Selec tth ecount ryon list3.
The destinat ioncan beent ered. #
Tochang eth est at eor prov ince: select the
st at eor thepr ov inc ein list3. #
Toacc epta des tinatio n:sele ctthedes tina‐
tion inlist3. #
Ifth edes tinat ionisambiguous, selectthe
des tination inthelis t.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
Using online search
% Requiremen ts:themedia displaysho wsan
In te rn et connecti onwith adouble- arrow
symbol inthest atus line.
On line sear chisno tav ailable inall coun tries.
De stinat ionentryuses onlinemap services. If
th eon- boar dsear chfinds nosuitab lede stina‐
tion sor ifyo uch ang ecoun tries, theonline
sear chisavailable.
Fo rth edes tinat ionyoucan enteran add ress, a
POI ora3 wo rdaddr ess.
% Entera 3 wo rdaddr ess(/ page38 7). 38
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Select countryind icator1. #
Select thepr ov ider forth eonline service
fr om thecount ries list.
or #
Ifth eon- boar dsear chdeliv ersno results,
ent erthedes tinat ionintheinput line. The
ent ryorder isno tre leva nt, e.g.st re et and
cit y.Use thefunc tionsdescr ibedforth eon-
boar dsear ch.
The sear chresults aredispla yed. #
Select thedes tinat ioninthelis t.
The detailed viewforth ero uteis displ ayed.
Selecting prev ious destina tions
Re quirement s:
R Prev ious destination sar estor ed.
R Fordes tinatio nsug gestions: youha ve cre‐
at ed apr ofile (/ page 350) .
R The Allow Destinati onSugge stions option is
swi tched on(/ page355) .
R The multimedi asy stem has already gather ed
suf ficie ntdata inorder tosho wdes tination
sugg estions. Multimedia
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5 PREV. DESTINA TIONS
The follo wing entries can beselect edinthepr e‐
vious destinat ions:
R Des tinat ionsugg estion s(/ page404)
R Des tinat ions
R Routes #
Select thedes tinat ionorroute
The destinatio naddr essissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
% Youcan save apr ev ious destination orades‐
tin ation suggestion asafa vo rite
( / pag e404).
Using thefa vo rite s, yo uha ve quick acc ess to
th edes tinat ions (/page389).
Selecting aPOI
Re quirement s:
R Foruse ofper sonal POIs:a USB devic eis
conne cted with themultimedia system. R
Personal POIs withth eGPS Exch ang efo rm at
(.g px) have been save din the"P ersonalPOI"
fo lder ontheUSB device.
Multimedia system:
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5 POIS
Sear ching using categor ies(no rout eguid‐
ance ) #
Select thecat egor y.
or #
Select AllCategories. #
Select thecat egor yand thesub-cat egory(if
av ailable).
The sear chtake splace inthevicin ityofthe
ve hicle's current positio n.The searchre sult
ar esor tedby distance inascend ingorder .
The POIssho wthefo llo wing informatio n:
R direct ion ofthelinear distance tothePOI
(ar row)
R nam eof POI
R linear distance tothePOI MBUX
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Tofilt er accor dingtocat egor iesorin
sear chresults: enterasear chent ryinthe
ª Search text field. #
Select aPOI from thelis t.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
Sea rching using categor ies(rout eguida nce
activ e) #
Selec tth ecat egor y.
or #
Select AllCategories. #
Select thecat egor yand thesub-cat egory(if
av ailable). #
Tofilt er accor dingtocat egor iesorin
sear chresults: enterasear chent ryinthe
ª Search text field. #
Select thesear chposition sIn the Vicin ity,
Near Destination orAlon gthe Route. #
Ifth er ear eint ermediat edes tinat ions forth e
ro uteand Near Destinat ionhas been selec‐
te d, select thesear chposition inthero ute
ove rview. #
Select aPOI from thelis t.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
Sea rching forper sonal POIs #
Select Perso nal POIs. #
Select acat egory. #
Ifro uteguidan ceisact ive, sele ctasear ch
position Inthe Vicin ity,Near Destination or
Alon gthe Route. #
Select aper sonal POI.
The destination addressissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
or #
Entera sear chent ryintoth esear chfield and
fi lt er thelis t. #
Select aper sonal POI.
Editing personal POIcategor ies #
Select aper sonal POIcategor yfrom thelis t
0049.
A menu opens. #
Tochang eaname: selectCha nge Name. #
Enterthename. #
Select 0076. #
Tochang easymbo l:sele ctCha nge Icon. #
Select asymb ol. #
Todel eteaper sonal POIcategor y:select
Delete. #
Select Yes.
Conf iguringcategor iesforqu ick- acc ess
Yo ucan configur eth ecat egor iesforqu ick-
acc ess.
If yo ucalc ulateth ero ute, forex am ple, thefirs t
th re eof these categor iescan beselect edas
symbols. #
Select AllCategories . #
Select thecat egor yand thesub-cat egory(if
av ailable). #
Select f orß.
f addsthecat egor y.
ß remo vesth ecat egor y. #
Ifall available quick- acc ess posit ionsar efull,
selec tth ecat egor yto be replaced. 386
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tingacont actfordes tinatio nen try
Re quirement s:
R Amobile phoneis con nectedto themultime‐
dia system (/ page42 4).
Multimedia system:
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5 CONTACTS
Using thecontact list #
Sele ctacon tact.
The cont actdetails aredispla yed. #
Select theaddr ess.
Using searchentr y #
Entera name ortelephon enumb er,fo rex am‐
ple, intoth esear chfield. #
Select 0076. #
Select thecon tact. #
Sele cttheaddr ess.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated. %
Routeguidan cetoacon tact address isrelia‐
ble inthefo llo wing cases :
R thecon tact address iscom plet e.
R thecon tact data matc hesthemap data
in thedigit almap.
Ent ering geo-coor dinates
Multimedia system:
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5 GEO-COO RDINATES #
Select LatitudeorLongit ude. #
Select geo-coor dinatesaslatitude andlongi‐
tude coordinat esindegr ees, minut esand
seconds. Todo this swipe upordown
re spectiv ely.
The map showstheposition . #
Conf irm theent rywit h0076. #
Tosetth edes tina tion: select¥ or
¦. #
Calculat eth ero ute(/ page39 0).
Ent ering thedes tina tion asa3 wo rdaddr ess
Re quirement s: R
Sear ching fora des tination using 3wo rd
addr esse sis poss ibleintheonline search
( / pag e382 ).
R The media displaysho wsanInte rn et connec‐
tion with adouble -arrow symbol inthest atus
line .
Mult imed iasystem:
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% Sear ching fora des tination using 3wo rd
addr esse sis no tposs ibleinall coun tries and
in all lang uages. #
Select thecount ryindic ator. #
Selec tth epr ov ider forth eonline service
fr om thecount ries list.
or #
Ifth eon- boar dsear chdeliv ersno sear ch
re sults, enterthedes tinat ionaddr essasa3
wo rdaddr ess. Separateeac hof thewo rds
wit hafull stop.
The sear chresults aredispla yed. #
Select thedes tinat ioninthelis t.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated. MB
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wo rdaddr esse sfrom what 3words arean alter‐
nat ive addr essingsystem formulti lingualge ore‐
fe re ncing ofglobal locations withare solution of
th re eme ters.Usi ngthis grid, locat ionsonthe
Ear th's sur face areincl uded whi chdo notha ve a
building addresssuchas stre et and house num‐
ber ,fo rex am ple.
The EmpireSt ateBuild inghas this languag e
depen dent3wo rdaddr ess:
R English: parade.he lp.bleat
R Frenc h:comm un.verbe.bisq uer
R Spanish: suertes.dig a.pesca %
3wo rdaddr esse sar euniq ue,easy to
re member andsuffice formos tro utin eappli‐
cat ions.
Yo ucan convertaddr esses to3wo rd
addr esse sand backag ain:
R Atthewe bsit ehtt p:// what3w ords.c om
R Inthewhat3w ords apps
Selecting ades tinat iononthema p
Multi media system:
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Movethemap (/page41 0). #
Usingtheto uc hscr een:pr ess and hold on
th eto uc hsc reen.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn.
If se veraldes tination sar elocat edatthe
select edposition, alis tsho wstheav ailable
ro ads and POIs. #
Select thedes tinat ioninthelis t.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated. #
Using theto uc hpad: whenthecr osshair
mar ksthedes tinat ion,press and hold onthe
contr oleleme nt.
The destina tion address issho wn.
If se veraldes tination sar elocat edaround the
cr oss hair,a list sho wstheav ailable roads
and POIs. #
Select thedes tinat ioninthelis t.
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
Sho wing POIsinthevicinit yof thema p
If se veraldes tination sar elocat edaround the
cr oss hair,th efunc tion isavailable. #
Select 0062. #
Select POIsin theVic init y.
The map appear s. #
Swip elef tor right onthecon trol element .
The prev ious ornext POI ishighligh tedon the
map. Thename ortheaddr essissho wn. #
Select thePOI symbol.
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Tofilt er thedisp layaccor dingtothePOI
cat egor y:scr ollon thecon trol element . #
Select thePOI categor y.
Selec tingades tination from favo rite s
Re quirement s:
R Des tination sar esa ve das favo rite s.
Sa ve apr ev ious destination orades tination
sugg estion asafa vo rite (/ pag e404).
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5 FAV ORITES #
Select afa vo rite .
The destinat ionaddr essissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable inthefa vo r‐
it es menu:
R Saving addresses forhome andwork
R Creat ing favo rite s
R Deleting favo rite s #
Ifno address hasbeen save dfo rhome
and work:sel ect Home orWo rk. #
Confirm thepr om ptwit hYes . #
Enterth efa vo rite as aPOI oraddr ess
(/ page38 2). #
Tosave afa vo rite :sel ect Add Favorites. #
Enterthefa vo rite as aPOI oraddr ess
(/ page38 2).
or #
Ifall theposition sin thefa vo rite sar efull,
fi rs tse lect afa vo rite whic his to be ove rwrit‐
te n(/ page 356). #
Followtheins truction spr ov ided. #
Todel eteafa vo rite :sel ect V fora des ti‐
nation. #
Select Delete.
or #
Press onafa vo rite unt ilth eOPTIONS menu
is sho wn. #
Select Delete.
Selecting receiv eddes tinations
Re quirement s:
R Ther eis an Interne tcon nection .
R Ades tination hasbeen senttotheve hicle. Multimedia
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5 REC. DESTINA TIONS
The vehicle canrecei vedes tinations from serv‐
ices orapps. #
Select ades tination.
The destination addressissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
% Youcan save are cei veddes tination inthe
fa vo rite s(/ page404).
Yo uha ve fast acc ess tothedes tinat ions via
th efa vo rite s(/ page389).
Dele ting are ceiv eddes tination #
Todel eteades tina tion: selectV fora
des tination. #
Select Delete. #
Select Yes. #
Todel eteall des tina tions :selec t0062. #
Sele ctDele teAll. #
Sele ctYes. MBU
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ute Calc
ulating aro ut e
Re quirement s:
R The destination hasbeen entered.
R The destination addressissho wn. 1
¥ Norouteye t
¦ Aro utehas been mapp ed #
Select ¥.
The routeto thedes tinat ioniscalculat ed.
The map showsthero ute. Ro uteguidan ce
th en begins.
or #
Select ¦.
If aro uteis alr eady mapp ed,apr om ptis
sho wn. #
Selec tSet asWay Point .
The selec teddes tination addressissetas
th ene xt int ermediat edes tinat ion.Route
guidan cebegin s.
If th er ear ealr eady four intermed iatedes tina‐
tio ns,th emultimedia system askswhe ther
int ermediat edes tinat ion4should bedele ted.
Conf irm thepr om ptwit hYes .
or #
Sele ctStart New Route Guidanc e.
The selec teddes tination addressissetas a
ne wdes tination. Theprev ious destination
and theint ermediat edes tinat ions are
dele ted. Ro uteguidan cetothene wdes tina‐
tion begins.
Sear ching forPO Isin the vicini ty of the des‐
tin atio nsho wn
% The POIsymbo lsto theright ofPOIs inthe
Vicinity showthefirs tth re ecat egor iesfor
qu ick- acc ess. Youcan configur eth ese cate‐
gor ies (/ page385). #
Select aPOI symbol.
The sear chresults aredispla yed. #
Select aPOI.
The destination addressissho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
or #
Select POIsin theVic inity 0048. #
Sea rchusing categor ies,enterasear chent ry
or sear chfora per sonal POI(/page385) . #
Select aPOI.
The destination address issho wn. The route
can becalc ulated.
Ot her men ufu nct ions #
Tosave thedes tina tion: selectf. #
Sele ctan optio n.
The follo wing option sar eav ailable:
R Sav ein "Prev iousDestinat ions"
R Sav eas Fav orite
R Sav eas "Hom e"
R Sav eas "Wor k" 390
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