2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV Owner's Manual

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The seat beltonthefront passeng erseat
mus tno tbe inser tedin theseat beltbuckle.
Switc hingthere ading light on and off #
Brief lymo veahan dup ordown ben eathth e
inside rear vie wmir ror.
The readin glight isswit ched on orofffo rth e
dr iver or front passeng er. Switc
hingthesear chlight onand off #
Toswitc hon: reac hacr oss thefront
passeng erseat withahand.
The sear chlight isswitc hedonforth edr iver . #
Toswitc hof f:take ahan dbac kaw ay from
th efront passeng erseat.
The sear chlight isswitc hedoffag ain. Inf
orma tion onprofiles, themes, suggestions
and favo rite s &
WARNIN GRisk ofbeco ming trap ped
du ring adjus tment ofthedr iver's seat
af te rcall ing upadr iver profile
Selecting apr ofile ma ytrigg eran adju stment
of thedr iver's seat totheposition save d
und erthepr ofile. Youor other vehicle occu‐
pants couldbeinjur edinthepr ocess. #
Mak esur eth at when theposition of
dr iver's seat isbeing adjustedusing the
multime diasystem, nopeople orbody
par tsarein theseat's rang eof mo ve‐
ment.
If th er eis arisk ofsomeone becoming trap‐
ped, stop theadjus tmentpr ocess immedi‐
at ely: #
a)Tapth ewa rning mess ageon the
media display.
or MBUX
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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:
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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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Con figur ing sugg estions
Conf iguringsugg estions #
Select 0062fora pr ofile . #
Select SuggestionSettings . #
Switc hAllow Destination Suggestions, Allow
Musi cSugge stions andAllow Contact Sug-
gestions onoroff. #
Todeac tivatethe lear nin gfunc tionfo r
on eda y:act ivat eDe act ivat e24 hInte lligen t
Lear ning.
Fo r24 hour sno newactions willbetrained
and nodat are cor ded forth eactiv epr ofile.
Sugg estion swill continue tobe sho wn.
Ex am ple: ifth eop tion isswitc hedonand a
ro uteto ane wdes tinatio nhas been calcula‐
te d, this des tination would notbe take nint o
acco untforth elear ning function.
Cr eating newthemes #
Sele ct©. #
Sele ctTHE MES. #
Sele ct0081 CreateThem e.
The settings whichar esa ve din theth eme
ar esho wn. #
Select Continue0048. #
Select AudioandNavigation (Navigation )and
st or eth eactiv ese ttings intheth eme. #
Select Continue0048. #
Select anent ryscr een. #
Select Continue 0048. #
Select animag e. #
Enterthenames intoth eent ryfield and con‐
fi rm with0076. #
Sele ctSav e. Sy
stem settings Ov
ervie wof thesy stem settings menu In
thesy stem settings menu, youcan makese t‐
tin gs inthefo llo wing menusand control ele‐
men ts:
R Disp lay
- Styles -
Instrument lighting
- Displa ybr ightn ess
- Edg elighting
- Day/night design
R Contr olelement s
- Keyboar dlan guag eand handwr itin g re c‐
ogni tion
- Touc hpad sensitivit y
- Sen sitivit yof theTo uc hCon trols
R Voice Cont rolSy stem
R MBUX Interior Assis tant
R Sou nd
- Entertainm ent
- Navig ation andtraf fic annou ncements
- Telephon e
- Voice amplif icat ion tothere ar passe nger
com partment
R Con nectivity
- Wi-Fi, Bluetoo th,NFC
R MBUX Remo teCon trol MB
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Author izing andde-aut horizing devices
R Time &dat e
R Langu age
R Units fordis tance
R Softwareup dates
R Dat aim po rt/e xpor t
R PIN protect ion
R System Reset Inf
ormat iononimpor tant system updates Im
por tant system updat esma ybe neces saryfo r
th esecur ityofyour mult imed iasystem's data.
Ins tallth ese updat es,orelse thesecur ityofyour
mult imed iasystem cann otbe ensur ed.
A sy stem updat econ sistsof thre esteps:
R Downloading orcop ying ofthedat are qu ired
fo rins tallation
R Installation ofthedo wnloaded system updat e
R Activati on ofthedo wnloaded system updat e
by restar tin gth esy stem %
Ifaut omatic softwareupdat esareactiv ated,
th esy stem updat eswill bedownloaded auto‐
maticall y.
The multimedia system prov ides amess age
when asy stem updat eis available.
Yo uha ve thefo llo wing selectionoption s:
R Accept andInstall
The system updat ewill bedownloaded inthe
bac kground .
R Infor mat ion
In fo rm atio nabout thepending system
updat eis displa yed.
R Later
The system updat ecan bedownloaded man‐
uall yat alat er time.
Deep system 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 thedo wnloaded system updat eis re
ady forins tallation ,yo uwill beinformed ofthis
af te rth ene xt ignition 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 tshave been fulfilled, thedo wn‐
loaded system updat eis ins talled. Themultim e‐
dia system cann otbe oper ated while thedo wn‐
loaded system updat eis being installed and
ve hicle functionsarere strict ed.
If er ro rs should occurduring theins tallation ,th e
multime diasystem automatic allyatt 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.Con sult aqu ali‐
fi ed specialis two rkshop toresolv eth epr oblem. 290
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tting upaWi -Fiho tspo t Re
quirement s:
R Tosetup theWi -Fico nne ctio nof themu l‐
tim edia system withex tern al ho tspo ts:
th er eis no comm unication moduleinstalled.
R The device tobe con nectedsuppor tsat leas t
one ofthetypes ofcon nect iondescr ibed.
Multimedia system:
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Set ting s5
System
5 Wi-Fi &Bluetoot h
Ac tiv atin g/deac tivatin gWi -Fi #
Sele ctWi-Fi .
Co nne ctin gth emu ltim edia system withan
ex tern al ho tspo tusin gWi -Fi
The type ofconnection established mustbe
select edon themultimedia system and onthe
de vice tobe con nected.
% The connection procedur ema ydif fer
dependin gon thede vice. Followtheins truc‐
tion sth at aresho wninthedispla y.Fu rther
inf ormation canbefound inthemanuf actur‐
er's oper ating instruction s. #
Select Internet Setting s. #
Select Connec tvia Wi-Fi. #
Select AddHotspot.
Connecting usingasecur itykey #
Select theop tion s0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Select Connect UsingSecu rityKey. #
Have thesecur itykeydisp laye don thede vice
to be con nected(see themanuf acturer's
oper ating instruction s). #
Enterth is secur itykeyon themultimedia sys‐
te m. #
Conf irm theent rywit h¡.
Connecti ngusing aWPS PIN #
Sele cttheop tion s0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Select Connect viaWPS PINInpu t.
The multime diasy stem gener ates an eight-
di gitPIN . #
Enterthis PIN onthede vice tobe con nected. #
Conf irm theent ry. Connect
ingusin gabut ton #
Select theop tion s0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
Select Connect viaWPS PBC. #
Select "Connect viaWPS PBC"in theop tion s
on thede vice tobe con nected(see theman‐
uf actur er'soper ating instruction s). #
Press theWPS buttononthede vice tobe
con nected. #
Select Continueinthemultimedia system.
Ac tiv atin gaut omati cco nn ectio n #
Select Connect viaWi-Fi. #
Select theop tion s0048 ofthedesir edWi-Fi
ne twork. #
ActivatePe rma nent InternetConnecti on.
Co nnectin gwi th akno wnWi-Fi #
Sele ctConnect viaWi-Fi . #
Sele ctaWi -Fi network.
The conn ection ises tablished again. MBUX
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iguringthemu ltim edia system asaWi -
Fi ho tspo tfo rex tern al de vic es
The type ofconnection established depends on
th ede vice tobe con nected. The func tion must
be suppor tedby themultimedia system and by
th ede vice tobe con nected. The type ofcon nec‐
tion established mustbe select edon themulti‐
media system and onthede vice tobe con nec‐
te d. #
Select Vehicle Hotspot. #
Select Connec tDevic eto Vehicle Hotspot.
Connecting usingWPSPINgener ation #
Select Connec tvia WPS PINGeneration. #
Enterth ePIN showninthemedia displayon
th ede vice tobe con nectedand confirm .
Connect ingusin gWPS PINentr y #
Sele ctConn ectviaWPS PINInput. #
Enterth ePIN that issho wnontheex tern al
de vic e's displa yon themultimedia system.
Connecting usingabutt on #
Select Connec tvia WPS PBC. #
Press thepush buttononthede vice tobe
con nected(see themanuf acturer'soper ating
ins truction s). #
Select Continue.
Connecting usingasecur itykey #
Select Connect DevicetoVeh icleHotsp ot.
A secu rity keyis disp laye d. #
Select theve hicle from thede vice tobe con ‐
nec ted. The vehicle isdispla yedwit hth eMB
Hot spot XXXXX networkname. #
Enterth esecur itykeywhic his sho wninthe
media display on thede vice tobe con nected. #
Conf irm theent ry.
Connect ingusin gNFC #
Sele ctConn ectviaNFC. #
ActivateNFC onthemobile device (see the
manuf acturer'soper ating instructions). #
Bring themobile device intoth eNFC inter‐
fa ce oftheve hicle. #
Select Finished.
The mobile device isno wconn ectedtothe
multime diasystem hotspo tvia NFC. Gener
atingane wsecur itykey #
Select Veh icleHotsp ot. #
Select Genera teSecu rityKey.
A connecti onwillbe established withth e
ne wly crea tedsecur itykey. #
Tosave asec urity key:select Save.
When ane wsecur itykeyis save d, all existin g
Wi -Fi conne ctionsareth en discon nected.If
th eWi -Fi conne ctionsarebe ing re-es tab‐
lished, thene wsecur itykeymus tbe entere d. Na
vig ation No
teson navig ation Ro
uteguidanc ewith augment edreality &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjuryas
a re sult ofdis traction, incorrect dep ic‐
tion orwrong interpr etatio nof thedis‐
pla y
The camer aimag eof theaugment edrealit y
displa yis no tsuit able asaguide fordr iving. 292
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Alw ayske ep aneyeon theactual traf fic
situation. #
Avoid extende dob ser vatio nof thecam‐
er aimag e. &
WARNIN GRisk ofacci dent andinjury
due toimprecise positioningof addi‐
tion alinf ormatio n
The addition alinf ormatio nfrom theaugmen‐
te dre alit ydispla yis no ta subs titutefo r
obser vingtheactual driving situation . #
Alw ayske ep aneyeon theactual traf fic
situation whencarrying out alldrivin g
mane uvers. Switc
hingnavig ation on Multim
ediasystem:
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Navigation (Navigation ) #
Alternat ivel y: press thez button.
The map showstheve hicle's current posi‐
tio n.The navig ation menu issho wn. The
navig ation menu ishidd en ifro uteguid‐
anc eis act ive. #
Tosho w:tapon theto uc hsc reen.
The menu ishidden automaticall y. MBUX
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vig ation overview Ex
am ple: digit almap withna vig ation menu
1 Toent eraPOI oraddr essand additional des‐
tinat ionentryoptions
2 Tocance lacti verouteguidan ce
3 Repeats ana vig ation announ cementand
switc hna vig ation announ cementson oroff 4
ONTHE WAY menu withRoute Overview,
Alt ernat iveRoutes andReport TrafficInci-
dent (Car-to-X)
TRAFF ICmenu withTraffic Announc ement s,
Area Alertsand Live Traffic Subscr iptionInfo
To displa yRoute List POSIT
IONmenu withSave Position and
Compass
5 Quic kaccess forTraffi c,Parking andHigh-
way Information aswellas option sfo rView,
Announcements andRoutevia Advanced 29
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