2020 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV A BUTTON

ing
wheel, theBeginn ingEmer gencySt op mes‐
sag eappear sin themultifunc tiondispla y.Ifth e
dr iver still does notre spond, ActiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI Creduces thespeed. Thevehi‐
cle isdeceler ated instag es toast ands till.
De pen dingon thecount ry,at speeds below
40 mph(60 km/h) thehazar dwa rning light s
switc hon aut omat ically.
When theve hicle isstatio nary,thefo llo wing
act ions arecar ried out :
R The vehicle issecur edwithth eelectr icpar k‐
ing brak e
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis end ed
R The vehicle isunloc ked
R Ifpossib le,an emer gency callis place dto
th eMer cedes- Benzemergency callcent er
The driver can cance lth edeceler ationatany
time byper form ing one ofthefo llo wing actions :
R Steer ing
R Braking oracceler ating
R Pressing ast eer ing-wheel button
R Oper ating Touc hCon trol R
Activati ng ordeacti vating ActiveDis tance
Assi stDIS TRONI C Fu
nction ofActiv eTr af fic Jam Assis t %
ActiveTr af fic Ja m Assi stiscoun try- depend‐
ent and onlyav ailable forve hicles withth e
Dr iving Assi stanc ePlus Packag e.
Ac tiveTr af fic Ja m Assi sthelps youwhen intraf‐
fi c jams onmul ti-la neroads withseparat ero ad‐
wa ys by aut omat icallypullin gaw ay wit hin upto
60 seconds andwithmode rate steer ing maneu‐
ve rs.It or ients itselfus ing theve hicle infront
and lane markings. ActiveTr af fic Ja m Assi st
aut omat icallymain tains asaf edis tance from the
ve hicle infront and vehicles cuttingin.
Ac tiveTr af fic Ja m Assi strequ ires you, as the
dr iver ,to keep your han dson thesteer ing wheel
at all times sothat youar eable tointerve ne at
an ytime tocor rect thecour seoftheve hicle and
ke ep itin lane.
Ac tiveTr af fic Ja m Assi stisonl yan aid. Thedriver
is responsible forke eping asaf edis tance tothe
ve hicle infront, forve hicle speed andforbr aking
in good time. Ac
tiveTr af fic Ja m Assi stact ivat es aut omat ically
when allofthefo llo wing condition sar eme t:
R Youar ein atraf fic jam onafree wa yor high -
spe edmajorro ad.
R ActiveDis tance AssistDIS TRONI Cis
sw itchedon and active(/ pag e23 7).
R ActiveBr ak eAssi stisavailable
(/ page22 5).
R ActiveSt eer ing Assis tis switc hedonand
activ e(/ page24 4).
R ActiveTr af fic Ja m Assi stisact ivat ed
(/ page24 7).
R Youar etra veling nofaster than 35 mph
(60 km/ h).
The follo wing symbol isdispla yedin theins tru‐
ment clusterwhen thesy stem isactiv e: 24
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Driving and parking

0061
Makes/accep tsacall
0076 Rejects /end sa cal l
5 00E2 Calls up thehome screen
6 Touc hCon trol mult imed iasystem
7 0038 Backbutt on Oper
ating theon-boa rdcom puter
Mer cede s-AMG vehicl es:obse rveth eno tesin
th eSupplement .Ot her wise, youma yfa ilto rec‐
ogni zedangers. &
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. Obser
vetheleg alrequ iremen tsforth ecount ry
in whic hyo uar ecur rently drivi ng when operat‐
ing theon- boar dcom puter.
% The on-boar dcom puterdispla yswill appear
on themultifunc tiondispla y(/ page306). The
on-boar dcom puterisoper ated using left-
hand Touc hCon trol 2 and thelef t-hand back/
home button1.
When theon- boar dcom puterisbeing operated,
dif fere nt aco ustic signa lswillsou ndasoperati ng
fe edbac k,e.g. when theend ofalis tis reac hed
or when youar esc rolling thro ugh alis t.
The follo wing menusareav ailable:
R Assist anc e
R Phon e
R Navi gation
R Trip
R Radio
R Media
R Design s& Dis p.
R Service
The men uscan becalle dup from themenu bar
on themultifunc tiondispla y. #
Tocall upthemenu bar:brief lypress back
butt ononthelef t1 until themenu baris
displa yed. Ins
trument Displayand on-boar dcom puter 303

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Ve
hicl eswithout Activ eDi stance Assist
DI ST RO NIC :pr ess the00E2 buttontocal l
up themenu baroftheon- boar dcom puter. %
The illustration showstheIns trument Display
in theWi descr eenCockpit. #
Toscr ollinthemenu bar:swipe leftor
ri ght onleft-h and Touc hCon trol 2. #
Tocall upamen uor conf irm aselect ion:
pr ess left-han dTo uc hCon trol 2. #
Toscr ollthrough displa ysorlists on the
menu :swipe upwards ordown wardson left-
hand Touc hCon trol 2. #
Tocall upasub men uor conf irm aselec‐
tion :pr ess left-han dTo uc hCon trol 2. #
Toexitasubm enu:press backbutt onon
th elef t1.
Selecting theHead -upDispla y #
Toswitc hon theHead -upDispla y:switc h
on theHead-up Displayvia themultimedia
sy stem oractiv ateit in themenu barbyswip‐
ing upw ards on left-hand Touc hCon trol 2.
The Head -upDisplaymen uhas been selec‐
te don theHead-up Display. #
Toswitc hto theHead -upDispla y:press
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol 2 orswipe upwards
on left-han dTo uc hCon trol 2. #
Toselect whattheHead -upDispla y
sho ws:sw ipe up wa rdsor down wardson left-
hand Touc hCon trol 2.
Fu ll-scr eenmenu
Yo ucan displ aythefo llo wing menusinfull on
th eIns trument Display:
R Assist ance
R Trip R
Navigation #
Onthecor responding menu,useleft-hand
To uc hCon trol 2 toscr olltotheend ofthe
lis t. #
Press left-hand Touc hCon trol 2.
The selected men uwill bedispl ayedin full. Ad
jus tingthe design of the Instru men tDi s‐
pla y
On-b oard com puter:
4 Designs&Dis p.
Se ttin gthe design #
Swi peupwa rdsor down wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The Instru ment Displa ywil lbe sho wninthe
select eddesign.
The follo wing design scan beselec ted, depend‐
ing ontheve hicle equipment :
R Mer cedes-Ma ybachve hicles: Maybach
R Classi c 30
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Instrument Displayand on-boar dcom puter

wa
rdson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol to
select thedesir edtelephon enumb er. #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The telephon enumb erwill bedialed.
The follo wing displa ysma yapp ear instead ofthe
te lephon enumb ersdialed:
R Please Wait:th eapplication isstar tin g.Ifa
Blue tooth®
connecti ontothemobile phone
is no tes tablished, themenu forau thor izing
and conn ectin gamobile phonewillbedis‐
pla yedon themultimedia system
(/ page42 4).
R Updating Data…:th ecall listis being upda‐
te d.
R Import ingCont acts: contacts arebei ng
im por tedfrom themobile phoneorast or ag e
medium.
Ac cep tingor rejec tingan inco min gca ll
Ve hicl eswith Head-up Display:when you
re cei veacall, theInc oming Callmessag ewill
appear ontheHead-up Display. #
Swi peupwa rdsor down wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol and select0061 (Acc ep t)
or 0076 (Reject ). #
Press thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Yo uma yacc eptor reject thecall using the0061
or 0076 buttononthesteer ing wheel. Se
tting theHead -upDispla yusing theon-
boar dcom puter On-boar
dcom puter:
4 HEAD-UP DISPLA Y
The follo wing Head- upDisp lay se ttings canbe
selec ted:
R Position
R Brightness
R Displa ys
R Messag es
R Assis tance status
R Telephon e
R Audio
R Voice Cont rolSy stem #
Tochoose ase tting: swipe totheright on
th elef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
Se tting smen u5 will besele cted. #
Tocall uptheSe ttings menu :pr ess the
lef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth eposit ion:swipe upwards or
do wn wardson thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Toadjus tth ebr ight ness: swipe tothelef t
or right onthelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. #
Tosetmessag es,assis tance status, tele‐
phone, audioand theVo ice Contr olSy s‐
te m: pres sth elef t-hand Touc hCon trol.
The listof setting optio ns will bedispl ayed. #
Swipe upwards ordown wardson thelef t-
hand Touc hCon trol and selectase tting by
pr essing thelef t-hand Touc hCon trol. In
stru ment Displa yand on-boar dcom puter 31
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Tocor rect an ent ry:sa yth eCorrect ion
vo ice com mand . #
Toselect anentr yfrom theselecti onlist:
sa yth eline number orthecon tents. #
Tobrows eth eselection list:sa yth eNext
or Back voice com mand . #
Tointerru pt thedia log: sayth ePause voice
com mand .
The dialog canbecon tinued withth e"Hello
Mer cedes" voice com mand orby pressing up
th e£ rock er switc hon themultifunc tion
st eer ing wheel. #
Tojum pto thepr eceding dialog: sayth e
Back voice com mand . #
Tojum pbac kto theto pdial ogleve l:sa y
th eHome voice com mand . #
Tocancel thedia log: sayth eClose voice
com mand orpress the0063 or0076 button
on themultifunc tionsteer ing wheel. #
Tointerru pt avo ice outp ut:speak inthe
middl eof avo ice dialog whenthesy stem is
st ill answ ering.
The voice output isshor tened andthecon ‐
clusion isreac hed morequ ickl y.
% The Speak During VoiceOutput option must
be switc hedoninthemultimedia system for
th is (/ page31 8). Ov
erview ofoper able functions intheVo ice
Contr olSy stem Yo
ucan usetheVo ice Cont rolSy stem tooper ate
th efo llo wing functionsdepen dingontheve hicle
eq uipment :
R Telephon e
R Text mes sage s
R Navig ation
R Address book
R Radio
R Media
R Vehicle functions
R Weather Fu
llfunc tionality isonl yav ailable foryo uwit h
act ivatio nof onlinevo ice con trol (/ page31 8). No
teson thelangu agese tting Yo
ucan chang eth elanguag eof theVo ice Con‐
tr ol Sy stem viathesy stem languag ese ttings. If
th ese tsy stem languag eis no tsuppor tedby the
Vo ice Cont rolSy stem, English will beselec ted.
The Voice Cont rolSy stem isavailable inEn glish,
Fr enc h,Po rtuguese andSpan ish. Se
tting theVo ice Contr olSy stem (mu ltim e‐
dia system) Re
quirement s:
R Foron line voice contr ol:your vehicle is
conn ectedwithyo ur Mer cedesme user
acc oun t(/ page44 5).
R Thereis an Inte rn et connecti on
(/ page 449).
R Foron line use ofcontac ts: online voice
con trol isact ivat ed. 31
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Voice Cont rolSy stem

Ov
ervie wand oper ation Ov
ervie wof theMB UX multim edia system &
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.
MBUX stands forMer cedes-Benz UserExper i‐
ence. 1
Touc hCon trol and contro lpanel forth e
MBUX multimedia system
Oper ating Touc hCon trol (/ page33 7)
2 Media displaywit hto uc hfun ction alit y
Hom esc reen ove rview(/ page336)
Opera tingth eto uc hsc reen (/ page338)
3 Touc hpad
Operatin gth eto uc hpad( /pag e33 9) 4
Con trol kn ob
Pr ess and hold:swit ches themultimedia sys‐
te m or disp lay on oroff
Pr ess brief ly:swi tches themut efunc tion
on/ off
Tu rn:ad jus tsthevo lume
5 Buttons forna vig ation, radio/media and
te lephon e
Calling upapplicat ions(/page34 7)
6 Buttons forve hicle functions/sy stem set‐
ting sand favo rite s/t hemes
Call ingupappli cations (/page34 7)
Yo ucan operat eth emultimedia system withth e
fo llo wing central control elemen ts:
R Touc hCon trol 1 and touc hpad 3
The operation forbo th contr oleleme ntsis
ac hie vedby cur sor contr ol.
R Med iadispl ay2
% Alternati vely,yo ucan cond uct adialog with
th eVo ice Cont rolSy stem (/ page31 7). 33
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MB UX multim ed iasystem

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Ifth eve hicle iseq uipped withth eMBUX in-
car assis tant, select edfunc tions ofthemul‐
timedia system can beoper ated con tact-fr ee
as wellas turnin gth ere adin glight onoroff
(/ page34 2).
Nu mer ous application, online services, services
and appsar eav ailable foryo u. Youcan call
th ese upusing thehome screen orusing buttons
5 and 6next to theto uc hpad.
Yo ucan convenient lycall upand add favo rite s
usin gth eß rock er switc hon thesteer ing
wheel orusing theß buttonnext to the
to uc hpad. Quick-acc ess inthehome screen and
in theapplications servetoselect functions
mor equ ickl y.
If yo uuse thelear nfunc tion ofthemultimedia
sy stem, youwill recei vesugg estions during oper‐
ation ofthemos tpr obable navig ation destina‐
tion s,media sources, radio statio nsand con‐
ta cts. Theconf iguratio nof thesugg estion sta ke s
place inyour profile. Youcan comp ileyour pro‐
fi le from various vehicle settin gsand settin gsof
th emultimedia system. Youcan creat eth emes
fo rva rious driving situations inthehome screen as
wellas using theß rock er switc hor the
ß button.
The Notificati ons Center coll ects incom ingnotifi‐
cati ons, e.g.abou tan available softwareupdat e.
De pen dingon thetype ofnotification itof fers
va rious actions. Youcan calluptheNo tification s
Cent eron thehome screen and intheapplica‐
tion menus.
Wi th theglobal searchintheve hicle youcan
sear chon-boar dacr oss man ycat egor iesaswell
as onlin ein theInt erne t.Yo ucan usetheglobal
sear chinthehome screen and intheno tifica‐
tion s.
Pr otection agains tth eft
This devic eis eq uipped withte ch nica lpr ov ision s
to protect itag ains tth eft. Fu rther information on
pr otect ion agains tth eftcan beobt ained from an
aut hor ized Mercedes- BenzCenter. No
teson themed iadisp lay Obser
vetheno teson car ing forth eint erior
(/ page492). Au
tomatic temp eratur e-cont rolled switc h-
of ffe atur e:ifth ete mp eratur eis toohigh, the
br ightn essisinitiall yre duced automatic ally.The
media displayma yth en switc hof fcom pletely for
a while.
% Ifyo uar ewe aring polar izedsun glasses ,it
ma ybe difficul tto read themultimedia sys‐
te m disp lay. MBUX
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B
Calls uptheair con ditionin gmenu
(/ page17 3)
C Callsup SUG GEST IONS,THEMES and
FAVOR ITES Ce
ntr alco ntr oleleme ntsoverview 1
Touc hCon trol
2 Media displaywit hto uc hfun ction alit y
3 Touc hpad To
uc hCon trol Oper
ating Touc hCon trol (MBUX multimedia
sy stem) 1
© button
Sho wsthehome screen and calls upappli‐
cation s MBUX
multimedia system 33
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