2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV radio

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ervie wand oper ation No
teson 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. Ov
ervie wof theMB UX multim edia system 1
Touc hCon trol and contro lpanel forth e
MBUX multimedia system
2 Media displaywit hto uc hfun ction alit y
3 Touc hpad
4 Con troller
Tu rning: adjus tsthevo lume Pr
ess brief ly:swi tches themut efunc tion
on/ off
Pr ess and hold: switchesthemultimedia sys‐
te m or media display on oroff
5 Butt ons forna vig ation, radio/media and
te lephon e
6 Buttons forve hicle functions/sy stem set‐
ting sand favo rite s/t hemes
Fu rther oper ating options:
R Conducting avo ice dialog withth eVo ice
Cont rolSy stem.
R Oper ating functionscon tact-free with the
MBUX Interior Assis tant.
% Youcan find further information aboutoper‐
ation aswellas about applicat ionsandserv‐
ices intheDigit alOper ator's Manual.
Anti-t heftpr otection
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. MBUX
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Swi
ping tothelef tof right :selects thepr ev i‐
ous ornext radio statio n/music trac k
3 © Callsupthehome screen
4 Touc hpad #
Toselect amenu option: swipe andpress. #
Touse handwr itingrecognit ion:write a
ch aract eron theto uc hpad. #
Toopen orclose theNo tificatio nsCen‐
te r: swip edo wn orup withtw ofing ers. #
Tozoo minand outofthe map: movetwo
fi ng ersto get her orapar t. Calling
upapplications usingbuttons 1
y Callsup vehicle functions
2 z Callsup navig ation
3 | Callsup radio ormedia
4 002B Callsupthete lephon e
5 ß Press brief ly:cal lsup favo rite s
Pr ess and hold: addsafa vo rite or theme #
Alternativ ely,tap © ontheto uc hsc reen.
or #
Press the© buttonontheTo uc hCon trol
or on theto uc hpad.
The hom esc reen appear s. #
Call uptheapplication (/page282). Fu
nctions oftheVo ice Contr olSy stem Wi
th theVo ice Cont rolSy stem, various applica‐
tions intheMBUX multimedia system areoper a‐
ble using voice input. TheVoice Cont rolSy stem
is oper ational approximat elyth irty seco ndsafte r
th eignition isswitc hedonand isavailable for
th edr iver's seat andfront passeng erseat.
The follo wing multim ediasystem applications
can beoper ated:
R Navig ation
R Telephon e
R Radio and TV
R Media player
R Messag es
R Vehicle functions 28
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b)Press amemor yposition buttonora
seat adjus tmentswitc hon thedr iver's
door .
The adjus tmentpr ocess isstopped. The
driver's seat iseq uipped withan access pre‐
ve nter.
If th edr iver's door isopen, thedr iver's seat will
no tbe setaf te rcall ing upthedr iver's profile.
Pr ofiles stor eyo ur vehicle settin gsand settin gs
fo rth emultimedia system. Ifth eve hicle isused
by severaldr iver s, thedr iver can select their
ow npr ofile wi thout needing tochang eth ese t‐
ting sof other driver s.
% Information onprofiles from Mer cedes me
conn ectcan befound intheDigita lOper a‐
to r's Manua l.
Ve hicle settin gsare, forex am ple, driver' sseat ,
st eer ing wheel andmirrorse ttings, climatecon‐
tr ol and amb ient lighti ng.Forth ese ttings ofthe
multime diasystem, youcan select,fo rex am ple,
ra dio statio ns,pr ev ious destination sas wellas
th emes, suggestion sand favo rite s. Fo
rre cur ring drivi ng situa tions, such aslon g
dr ives on thefree wa y,yo ucan save your prefer‐
re dse ttings inath eme intheve hicle. Inath eme
yo ucan save thedispla yof thedigit almap, your
pr efer redra dio statio nand prefer reddr ive pr o‐
gr am, forex am ple.
The vehicle canlearnth ehabits ofthedr iver .It
th en offers sugg estions forth emos tpr obable
na vig ation destinat ions, media sources, radio
st atio nsorcon tacts. Therequ iremen tsforth at
ar eth eselect ionofapr ofile, your consen tto the
re cor ding ofdata and sufficie ntcoll ecteddata.
Fa vorite spr ov ide quick acc ess toapplic ations
th at areused often. Youcan selectfavo rite s
fr om categor iesoradd them direct lyto an appli‐
cat ion. Conf
iguringprofiles, themes andsugg es‐
tions Multi
media system:
4 © 5
f Profiles
Cr eating ane wprofile #
Select 0081Create Profile. #
Select anavatar. #
Enterth ename andconfirm with0076. #
Sele ctCont inue 0048 . #
Sele ctCurren tSet tings. #
Sele ctSav e. #
ActivateBlu etoo th®
and selec tCon nect
Phon e,to connect amob ile pho newith the
user profile . #
Select Finish.
Select ingprofile optio ns #
Select 0062 fora pr ofile .
The follo wing functionsar eav ailable:
R Editing,rese ttin gor dele ting apr ofile
R Resettin gth emes orfavo rite s 288
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Obser
vetheadditional information onstow ing
mobile communic ationsde vice scor rectly:
R Loa ding theve hicle (/page11 9)
Blue tooth®
connect ion:
The men uvie wand theav ailable function sin the
te lephon emen uar ein par tdepen dentonthe
Blu etoo th®
pr ofile ofthecon nect edmobile
phone. Fullfunc tionality isonl yav ailable ifth e
mobil ephone supports both ofthefo llo wing
Blue tooth®
pr ofiles:
R PBAP (Phone BookAccess Profile)
- The cont acts onthemobile phoneare
sho wnautomaticall yon themultimedia
sy stem.
R MAP (Messag eAc cess Profile)
- The mob ile pho nemess agefuncti onscan
be used on themultimedia system.
Ir re spectiv eof this, Blue tooth®
audio function al‐
ity can byused withan ymob ileradio unit.
Fo rinf ormation onthera ng eof func tions ofthe
mobil era dio unit tobe con nected, see theman‐
uf actur er'soper ating instruction s. Ne
tworkco nn ectio n:
The follo wing cases canlead tothecall being
discon nectedwhile theve hicle isin mo tion:
R Youswit chintoatransm ission /recep tion
st atio n,inwhic hno com mun ication chann el
is free.
R The SIM car dused isno tcom patible withth e
ne tworkav ailable
R amobi lephon ewit h"T winc ard" islogg edinto
th ene tworkwit hth esecon dSIM cardat the
same time
The multimedia system suppor tscalls inHD
Vo ice ®
forim prov ed speec hqu alit y.Arequ ire‐
men tfo rth is isthat themobile phoneandthe
mobil ephone networkpr ov ider oftheper son
yo uar ecalli ngsuppo rtHD Voice ®
.
Depe ndingon thequ alit yof thecon nect ion,the
vo ice qualit yma yfluct uate.
Fu rther information canbeobt ained from an
aut hor ized Mercedes-Ben zCent eror at:
https: //www .mercedes-benz .com/connect 300
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Connect
ingprev iousl yaut hor ized Bluetooth®
audio equipment #
Select aBlue tooth®
audio devic efrom the
lis t.
The connection isbeing established. Ov
ervie wof thesym bols andfunctions inthera dio menu Symbo
lD esignation Function
© HomeSelecttoretur nto thehome screen.
j MessagingSelecttocal lup mess aging.
00F500F6 Skip
forw ards/ backS electtoskip tothene xt or tothepr ev ious statio n.
Z Options Select tohave further option ssho wn. Settings canbemade tothefo llo wing addi‐
tion alfunc tions,forex am ple:
R Navig ation andtraf fic annou ncements
R Freq uency Fixfunc tion
R Radio additional text
R Emerg encywarnings
The setting option sar ecoun try- dependen t. MBUX
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Symbol
Designation Function
HD HD
radio Selecttoswitc hth eHD radio func tion onoroff.
This function isno tav ailable inall coun tries.
0063 Mut
efun ction Select toswitc hof fth esound
0074 St
or ing radio statio ns Select tosave ast atio nin thepr ese ts
4 Statio nlis tS electtohave thest atio nlis tsho wn.
ª Search Select tosear chintheactiv emenu. Youcan sear chforar tis ts, genres, moo dsor
vid eos ,fo rex am ple. Ad
diti onalfunc tions ofTuneIn Radio
% Arelativ elylar ge volume ofdat acan be
transmit tedwhen usingTuneIn Radio. 31
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Symbol
Designation Function
Z Options Thefollo wing addition alsettings areav ailable in
th eTu neIn Radio menu:
R Select ingstre am
R Log gingon to/ou tof theTu neIn account
ß Favorite sS electduring playbac kto save thest atio ncur ‐
re ntl yse tas afa vo rite .
6 Play/S topS electtostar t,stop orcont inue playbac k.
5 Brows eS electtochoose acat egor yand then ara dio
st atio n. Ad
diti onalfunc tions ofthe satellite radio
SIRI USXM®
sat ellite radio offers mor eth an 175
digit al-quality radio chann elsprov iding 100%
commer cial-free musi c,spor ts,news and enter‐
ta inm ent,fo rex am ple. SIRIUS XM®
sat ellit e
ra dio employsaflee tof high-per form anc esat el‐ lit
es tobroadcas tar ound thecloc kth ro ughout
th eUS Aand Canada. Thesatellit era dio progr am
is available fora mont hlyfee. Inf ormation about
th is can beobt ained from aSir ius XM®
Ser vice
Cent erand athtt ps:/ /www .siriusxm .com (USA)
or htt ps:/ /www .siriusxm .ca (Canada). %
Sirius, XMand allrelat ed mar ksand logos
ar etrademar ksofSir ius XM Radio Inc.and
its subsidiar ies.Allother mar ks,ch ann el
nam esand logos areth epr oper tyof their
re spectiv eow ner s.All rights reser ved. MBUX
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Symbol
Designation Function
Z Options Thefollo wing addition alsettings areav ailable in
th esat ellit era dio menu:
R Activatepa rent al contr olto loc kch ann els
wit hadult content
R Setal ar m progr amming formusi cand spor t
ale rts
R Creat eTu neMi xlist sto listento musi cseam‐
lessly
5 Playba ckcontr ols Selectto sho wthetimeline.
Ta pan ypoint onthetimeline toskip forw ards or
bac k.
Na vig ateto theend ofthetimelin eto retur nto
liv emode.
6 PlayS electtostar tor con tinue playbac k.
8 Rest Select topause thepla ybac k. Dep
endingonthefreq uency bandselect ed,dif‐
fe re nt func tions areav ailable toyou. Sel
ect thedesir edfreq uency bandinthera dio
menu headrunner . Cal
ling up TuneIn Radio Re
quirement s: 31
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