2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV ignition

wa
rning, awa rning tone sou nds and thewa rning
lam pin theoutside mirrorst ar ts to flash.
This addit ionalfun ction ison lyavailable when
Blin dSpo tAs sis tis act ivat ed and uptoamax i‐
mum ofthre eminut esafte rth eignition has
been switchedoff.The exitwa rning isno long er
av ailable once thewa rning lam pin theoutside
mir rorflashes thre etimes.
The exitwa rning isonl yan aid and nota subs ti‐
tut efo rth eatt ent ion ofvehicle occupants. The
re sponsibili tyforopening andclosi ngthedoor s
and forlea ving theve hicle remains withth eve hi‐
cle occupants.
Sy stem limit s
Blin dSpo tAs sis tand ActiveBli nd Spo tAssi st
ma ybe limi tedin thefo llo wing situat ions:
R Ifth er eis dir ton thesensor sor thesensor s
ar eobscur ed
R Inpoor visibility ,e.g. due tofog, hea vyrain or
sno w
R Ifth er ear enar row vehicles, e.g.bicycles or
mo torbik es
R Ifth ero ad has very wide ornar row lanes R
Ifve hicles areno tdr iving inthemiddle of
th eir lane
Wa rnings maybe issued inerro rwhen driving
close tocrash barrier sor similar solidlanebor‐
der s.Alw aysmak esur eth at ther eis suf ficie nt
di st anc eto theside forot her traf fic or obs ta‐
cle s.
Wa rnings maybe interru pte dwhen driving along‐
side long vehicles, forex am ple truc ks,fo ra pr o‐
long edtime.
Blind SpotAssis tis no toper ationa lwhen reve rse
ge ar iseng aged.
Blin dSpo tAs sis tis no toper ationalwhen a
trailer iscoup ledtotheve hicle andtheelectr ical
con nect ionhas been correctl yes tablished.
The exitwa rning maybe limit edinthefo llo wing
situat ions:
R When thesensor sar eco veredby adjac ent
ve hicles innar row par kingspac es
R When people approachth eve hicle
R Intheev ent ofstatio naryor slo wlymo ving
obj ect s Fu
nction ofbrak eapp lication (Activ eBlind
Spo tAssis t)
% The brak eapplication functionisonl yav aila‐
ble forve hicles withaDr iving Assistance
Pa ckag e.
If Ac tiveBli nd Spo tAssi stdetects arisk ofaside
im pact inthemonit oring rang e, acou rse-co r‐
re cting brak eap plica tion iscar ried out. This is
designed tohelp youavo idacollis ion.
The cour se-cor recting brak eap plica tion isavaila‐
ble inthespeed rang ebe twee nap prox imat ely
20 mph(30 km/h) and125mp h(200 km/h). &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent despite
br ak eapplication ofActiveBli nd Spo t
Assi st
A cou rse-co rrect ing brak eapplication cannot
alw ayspr eve ntacol lisi on. #
Alw aysst eer ,br ak eor accelera teyour‐
self ,espe ciallyif Ac tiveBli nd Spo t
Assi stwa rnsyo uor mak esaco urse-
co rrect ing brak eapplication. 292
Driving andparking

R
Ifyo uuse thevo ice con trol system inan
emer gency your voice can chang eand your
te lephon ecall, e.g.anemer gency call,can
th er eb ybe unnec essarilydela yed.
R Famili arize yourself withth evo ice con trol
sy stem func tionsbef orest ar tin gth ejour ney.
R Com plywit hth eloading guidelines
(/ page12 7). Oper
ation Ov
ervie wof oper ating themu ltifunct ion
st eer ing wheel The
Voice Cont rolSy stem isoper ational approx‐
imat elyth irty seco ndsafte rth eignition is
switc hedon. 1
Press thero ck er switc hup: £ star ts the
dialog
2 Press thecon trol kn ob: 0063 switchesthe
sound offor on (ends thedialog)
Tu rn thecon trol kn ob up/do wn:increases/
decr eases thevo lume
3 Press thero ck er switc hdo wn: 0076 rejects /
end sa cal l(e nds thedialog) Conducting
adialog Fo
rth edialog withth eVo ice Cont rolSy stem,
yo ucan usecomp lete sent ences ofcolloq uial
langua geasvoice com mand s,suc has, forex am‐
ple, "Please showme thelis tof thelas tcalls" or
"Ho wwa rm isitouts ide?". Itis no tnec essar yto
fi rs tch ang eto there leva nt applica tionsu ch as
"T eleph one" or"Vehic lefun ction ". #
Toactiv ateor continue dialogby using a
ke yw ord: say"Hello Mercedes" toact ivat e
th eVo ice Cont rolSy stem. Voice activation
mus tbe switc hedoninthemultimedia sys‐
te m (/ page31 8).Fo rth is, itis no tnec es‐
sar yto press upthe£ rock er switc hon
th emultifunc tionsteer ing wheel.
Vo ice activation canalso bedirect lycom ‐
bined withavo ice com mand ,e.g. "Hi
Mer cedes ,ho wfast can Idr ive?" .
or #
Press the£ rock er switc hup on themul‐
tifun ction steer ing wheel.
Yo ucan saya vo ice com mand afte ran
acou stic sign al. Vo
ice Cont rolSy stem 317

Selec
tingapr ofile
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
f Profiles
% When youcall upyour profile, thedr iver's
seat, steer ing wheel andoutside mirrors can
be set.
Yo ucan cancelthese tting process withth e
fo llo wing actions :
R Tapon thePosition ingSeat andSteering
Wheel… Pleasetaptocanc el.warning on
th emedia display.
R Press one oftheseat operating buttons
in thedr iver's door . #
Select apr ofile. #
Press the0076 buttontoconf irm themes‐
sag e.
The profile isloaded andactiv ated.
% Alternativ ely,th epr ofile can already be
select edwhen theve hicle isent ered
(/ page35 1).
Sync hronizing apr ofile
Re quirement s: R
Youha ve aMer cedesme user accoun t.
R The vehicle isconn ectedwithyo ur Mer cedes
me user accoun t.
R The person alizatio nser viceis act ivat ed on
Mer cedesme conn ect .
Mult imed iasystem:
4 © 5
f Profiles
5 General Setting s
Sync hroniz ation enables thefo llo wing:
R Youcan configur eth eve hicle settin gsusing
th eMer cedes meapp.
R The profile on Mer cedes meconnect andthe
pr ofile intheve hicle arealigned (profile man‐
ag ement). #
ActivateSyn chro nize Profiles Auto matica lly.
Th epr ofiles intheve hicle areaut omatically
sync hronized withth epr ofiles onMer cedes
me connect when theignition isswitc hedon
and off.
or #
Select Synchroniz eProfiles Now.
Af tersele cting this op tion ,th epr ofiles inthe
ve hicle aresync hronized withth epr ofiles on
Mer cedes meconnect .
% During sync hroniz ation thepr ofile listand
th epr ofile func tionsar ebloc ked.
% Noteon data protection: ifyo udo notwish
to shar eyo ur dat awit hMer cedesme, make
sur eth at theaut omatic synchroniz ation is
switc hedoffand donotselect Synchroniz e
Profiles Now.
Sho wing thepr ofile selecti onwhen entering
Re quirement s:
R Atleas tone profile has been creat ed.
Multim ediasystem:
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f Profiles
If th eop tion isactiv ated, youcan seeapr ofile as
soo nas youget in. #
Selec tGener alSet tings. MBU
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If
atime zone issetth etime issetaut omaticall y
using thetime zone.The time canbeadjus tedby
a max imum ofplus ormin us60 min utes. #
Adjus tth etime using theslide control.
Se tting theda te #
Select Set Date . #
Seta da te.
% Invehicles withGPS, adat ecanno tbe set
eve nwi th act ive man ualtimeadjus tment s.
The dateis then setaut omaticall yth ro ugh
th eselect edtime zone. Switc
hingvoice amplif ication tothere ar
on/ off(v ehic leswith long wheelbase) Re
quirement s:
R Your vehicle iseq uipped withth eBur mes ter®
sur round soun dsy stem ortheBur mes ter®
high-end 3Dsurround soun dsy stem.
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
R Door s,side windo wsand thepanor amaroof
wit hpo we rtilt/sli dingpanel areclosed . R
Atleas tone seat beltisfastened onthere ar
ben chseat.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System 5
Audio
5 Voice Amplific ation
The func tion suppor tscomm unication between
th edr iver and front passeng erwit hpasseng ers
in there ar com partment .When voice amplif ica‐
tion tothere ar isact ivat ed, thesignals picked
up bythemicr ophone aream plif ied and played
bac kove rth espeak ersin there ar com partment ,
depen dingupon vehicle noise leve ls. An auto‐
matic adjustment occursbased onspeak ervol‐
ume andambien tnois ein order toimprov e
speec hint elligi bility andmaint ainthenatura l‐
ness ofspeec h. #
Activateor deacti vate thefunc tion.
Se tting theint ensit yof thevo ice amplif ica‐
tion #
Selec tVoice Amplificat ion-Int ensit y. #
Setth eint ensit yon thecon trol.
Depen dingontheint ensit yse t,th evo ice
am plif icat ion tothere ar isinc reased or
re duced. Blue
tooth® Inf
orma tion abou tBlu etoo th®
Bl ue tooth®
tech nol ogy isast andar dfo rshor t-
ra ng ewi reless datatransf erup toappr oximat ely
32. 8ft (10 m).
Yo ucan useBlue tooth®
to connect your mob ile
phon eto themultimedia system and usethefo l‐
lo wing functions,forex am ple:
R Han ds-free system withaccess tothefo llo w‐
ing option s:
- con tacts (/ page 429)
- call lists (/ page432)
R Interne tconnection (/page44 9)
R List ening tomusi cvia Blue tooth®
audio
(/ page46 0)
R Trans ferring busine sscar ds(vCar ds)intoth e
ve hicle MBUX
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Ins
tallth ese updat es,orelse thesecur ityofyour
mult imed iasystem cann otbe ensur ed.
% Ifaut omatic softwareupdat esareactiv ated,
th esy stem updat eswill bedownloaded auto‐
maticall y(/ page37 8).
As soon asan upd ateis available fordo wnloa d,
a cor responding messageappea rson themedia
displa y.
Yo uha ve thefo llo wing selectionoption s:
R Accept andInstall
The updat ewill bedownloaded inthebac k‐
gr ound.
R Information
Inf ormation aboutthepending system
updat eis displa yed.
R Later
The updat ecan bedownloaded manuallyata
lat er time (/page37 8).
Dee psy stem updates
Dee psy stem updat esaccess vehicle orsystem
se ttings andcanther efor eonl ybe car ried out when
theve hicle isstatio naryand theignition is
switc hedoff.
If th edo wnload ofadeep system updat eis com‐
ple tedand theupdat eis ready forins tallation ,
yo uwill beinformed ofthis afte rth ene xt igni‐
tion cycle, forex am ple.
% Park theve hicle safely inasuit able location
bef orest ar tin gth eins tallation .
Re quiremen tsforth eins tallation :
R The ignit ionisswitc hedoff.
R Notesand warnings have been read and
acc epted.
R The elect ric pa rking brak eis applied.
If all requ iremen tsareme t,th eupdat ewill be
ins talled. Themultim ediasystem cann otbe
oper ated while theupdat eis being installed and
ve hicle functionsarere strict ed.
If er ro rs should occurduring theins tallation ,th e
multime diasystem automaticall yatt em ptsto
re stor eth epr ev ious version. Ifre stor ation ofthe
pr ev ious version isno tpossible ,a symbol
appear son themedia display.Please consulta qu
alif ied spec ialistwo rkshop toresol vethe
pr oblem. Re
setting themu ltim edia system (rese tfun c‐
tion) Multi
media system:
4 © 5
Set ting s5
System 5
Reset
Pe rsonal datais dele ted, forex am ple:
R Statio npr ese ts
R Con nectedmobile phones
R Indiv idual userprofiles
% The gues tpr ofile isrese twhen these ttings
ar ere stor ed tothefa ct or yse ttings.
A pr om ptappear sag ain asking whe ther you
re all ywish torese t. #
Select Yes.
The multimedia system isrese tto thefa ct or y
se ttings. Ifyo uha ve seta PIN foryo ur sys‐
te m, this will also berese t. MBUX
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R
Cause ofthetra ffic inc ident ,e.g. con‐
st ru ction work
R Warning mess age(highligh tedre d) #
Toselect atraf fic incid entsym bol: selec t
0047 or0048. #
Toselect amap section: tapon the
to uc hsc reen.
or #
Press theTo uc hCon trol or theto uc hpad. #
Movethemap. #
Toretur nto thena vig ation map:tap on
G.
or #
Press theG buttonontheTo uc hCon trol
or on theto uc hpad.
Swit ching thetraf fic inf orma tion displa yon
Mult imed iasystem:
4 © 5
Navigation 5
Z #
ActivateTra ffic.
The disp lay bu tton isacti vated. Ac
tiv atin gIn ciden ts,Free Flo wand Dela y #
Sele ctAdv anced. #
Sele ctView. #
Sele ctMap Elements. #
IntheTRAFF ICcat egor y,act ivat eth eTraffic
Inc idents, FreeFlowing TrafficandDelay
ent ries.
The displa ybutt ons areactiv ated.
If tra ffic inf ormatio nhas been recei ved, then
tra ffic inc ident ssuc has roadw orks ,ro ad
bloc ks,local area repor ts(e.g. fog) and warn‐
ing mess ages aredispla yed.
The traffic dela yis displa yedfo rth ecur rent
ro ute. Traf fic del ayslas ting oneminut eor
long erareta ke nint oconsi deratio n.
Sho wing loca lar ea mes sages
Mu ltimed iasystem:
4 © 5
Navigation 5
¡ 5
Traffic #
Select AreaAlerts.
Local area messag esaresho wn, forex am ple
fo gor hea vyrain. #
Selec ta local area mess age.
The details aredispla yed. Car
-to-X -Comm unication Car
-to-X -Comm unication overview
The follo wing requ iremen tsappl yfo rusi ng Car-
to -X-C ommu nication:
R The vehicle iseq uipped withamultimedia
sy stem featur ingnavig atio nand acom mun i‐
cat ion modul ewit han act ivat ed, integrated
SIM card.
R Car-to -X-C ommu nicationis acti vated.
% Car-to-X-Commun icationisavailable in
selec tedcount ries.
The comm unication moduleautomatic allyes tab‐
lishes anInterne tcon nection onceth eignition is
switc hedon.Ifth er ear ean yhazar dwa rnings ,
th ey will beprov ided shortly th er eaf ter.Dep end‐
ing onthemobile phoneconnect ion,thepr ov i‐
sion take splace from within asecond upto
about amin ute. 408
MBUXmult imed iasystem

cam.
Byusing theDashc am,youar edeem ed
to have acc eptedand agreed tothecon tents
of this Disc laimer .
As manuf acturer oftheve hicle, weprov ide
yo uwit hth ede vice andassociat edsof tware
sy stem oftheDashc amtoprov ide youwit h
th efunc tionalities that we consi deryouma y
wish tohave while using theDashc am.We
ar eunabl eto predict orverify whe ther any
imag e(s)orgeogr aphic information captured
or recor ded during your use oftheDashc am
is legitimat e.As suc h,we areunabl eto take
re sponsibili tyforan yadv erse conseq uences
th at ma yar ise from theactual image(s)or
ge ogr aphic information captured orrecor ded
du ring useof theDashc am.
Wa rning: please complywithall applicable
la ws and regulations whenyouuse theDash‐
cam. Forex am ple, please donotcap tureor
re cor dima ge(s) orgeogr aphic information
whic hma ybe consider edasstat esec ret
sensitiv einf ormation (e.g.militaryar eas). In
case ofanyviolations ofthere leva nt laws
and regulations, theactual userwillbeliable fo
rth ecor responding responsibili tiesand we
will notta ke responsibili tyforan ymisu seof
th eDashc am. #
Obser vethecount ry-spe cificregula‐
tions. The
dashcam isavailable inthena vig ation sys‐
te m incombinati onwithth eaugment edrealit y
fun ction .
Select ingaUSB device fora video recor ding
wit hth eda shca m
Re quirement s:
R Atleas tone USB device iscon nectedwit h
th emultimedia system (/ page460).
Multimedia system:
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Mercedes me&Apps
5 Dashc am #
Select theUSB device.
St arting/ stopping videore cor dingwit hth e
da shcam
Re quirement s: R
AUSB device iscon nectedwit hth emultime‐
dia system (/ page460).
R The ignition isswitc hedon.
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Mercedes me&Apps
5 Dashc am #
Ifse veralUSB device sar econ nectedwit h
th emultimedia system, select theUSB
de vice (/page41 9). #
Select theIndividual Recording orLoop
Recording recor ding mod e.
If Indi vidualRe cord ingissel ect edand the
memor yis full there cor ding stops. Anindi‐
vidual recor ding isau tomatical lyprotect ed
ag ains tbeing overwritt en.
If Loo pRe cord inghasbe en select ed ,se veral
shor tvideo files arere cor ded .Whe nth e
memor ylimi tis reac hed, theoldes tvideo file
is dele tedand recor ding iscontinu edauto‐
matical ly. #
Tostar t:select StartRecording .
The lengt hof there cor ding issho wn. The
Ple ase donot remo vethe stora gemed ium. MBUX
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Mer
cede sme calls Making
acall viatheove rhead contr olpa nel 1
mebutt onforser vice, concier georinforma‐
tion calls
2 SOS buttoncover
3 SOS button (emerg ency callsy stem) #
Tomak eaMe rcedes mecall: press me
butt on1. #
Tomak ean eme rgency call:press SOS
butt oncover2 brief lyto open. #
Press and hold SOS button3 forat lea st
one second.
If aMer cedes mecall isactiv e,an emer gency
cal lcan still be trigg ered. This hasprior ity ove r
all other activ ecalls.
Inf ormat ionabout theMer cedes mecall
using theme button
A cal lto theMer cedes- BenzCustomer Cent er
has been initiatedvia theme butt onintheove r‐
head controlpanel orthemultimedia system
(/ page44 2).
Using thevo ice dialog system youacc ess the
desir edser vice:
R Concier geSer vice (if th eser vice isactiv ated)
R Accid ent and brea kdo wnmana gement
(/ page444 )
R Mer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Cent erforge ner al
inf orma tionab ou tth eve hicle Yo
ucan find informa tionon thefo llo wing topics:
R Activati on ofMe rcedes meconnect
R Oper ating theve hicle
R Near estaut hor ized Mercedes-Ben zCent er
R Other products andservices from Mer cedes-
Benz
Dat ais transf erreddur ing thecon nect iontothe
Mer cedes-Ben zCus tomer Cent er(/ page44 3).
Call ingtheMer cedes- BenzCustomer Center
usi ng the multi mediasy stem
Re quirement s:
R Access toaGSM networkis available.
R The contract partner' sGSM networkco ver‐
ag eis available inthere spectiv ere gion.
R The ignition mustbe switc hedonsothat
ve hicle datacan betransf erredaut omati‐
cally . 44
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MBUX multimedia system