2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV display

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To zoom in and out of t
o zoom in and out of t he map:
he map:movetwo /n-
ge rs toget her or apart. #
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To call up t
o call up t he global menu:
he global menu: press and hold on
th eto uchscreen until theOPTIONS menu
appears.
% For more information on operation, please
re ferto the Digital Owner's Manual. Using t
Using t
he t
he touc
ouchpad
hpad 1
G Returns tothe pr evious display
2 ~ Calls up the audio control menu
Swiping tothe leT of right: selects the pr evi-
ous or next radio station/music track
3 © Calls up the home screen
4 Touchpad #
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To select a menu op
o select a menu op tion:
tion:swipe and press. #
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To use handwr
o use handwr iting r
iting recognition:
ecognition: write achar-
acter on theto uchpad. #
T To open or close t o open or close t he
heNo
Noti/cations
ti/cations Centr
Centre:
e:
swipe down or up wi thtwo /n gers. #
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To zoom in and out of t
o zoom in and out of t he map:
he map:movetwo /n-
ge rs toget her or apart.
Calling up applications using butt
Calling up applications using butt ons
ons 1
y Calls up vehicle functions
2 z Calls up navigation
3 | Calls up radio or media
4 % Calls up thete lephone 318
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The MBUX Int
The MBUX Int
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ior Assist ant suppor
ant suppor ts t
ts the f
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ollowing int
wing int er
eractions:
actions: Int
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In front of the media display or
abo vetheto uchpad Pr
ox imity tothe control element The Interior Assistant recognises the approach of the hand towa rds a cont rol
element.
Depending on the active application, the display will be adjusted in the media
displa y.Some functions di.e rentiate between driver and front passenger.
No speci/c hand position is requ ired.
Ab ove the centre console De/ned pose Afavo urite is called up with a de/ned pose.
Below the inside rearview mir rorB rief up and down mo vements With brief vertical up and down mo vements below the inside rearview mir ror
th ere ading light forth e driver or the front passenger is switched on and o..
Ab ove the front passenger seat Stretching out a hand abo vethe front
passenger seat By str
etch ing out a hand abo vethe front passenger seat the sear chlight is
switched on. If you withdr awa hand from this area, the sear chlight is
switched o. again. Switc Switc
hing t
hing t he r
he reading light and searc
eading light and searc h light and
h light and
on or
on or o.
o. R
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eq uir
uir ements:
ements:
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For t
or t he r
he r eading light
eading light: :
- The function is available when it is dar k.-
The hand mo vement take s place in the
interaction area below the inside rearview
mir ror.
R F
For t
or t he searc
he searc h light
h light::
- The function is available when it is dar k.-
The hand mo vement take s place in the
interaction area abo vethe front passenger
seat.
- The seat belt on the front passenger seat
must no not
tbe inser ted in the seat belt
buckle. MBUX multimedia system
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The driver's seat is equipped with an access pre-
ve
nter.
If th e driver's door is open, the driver's seat will
not
not be set aTer calling up the driver's pro/le.
Pro/les store your vehicle settings and settings
fo rth e multimedia system. If theve hicle is used
by several drivers, the driver can select their own
pro/le without changing the stored pro/le settings
of other drivers.
% Information on pro/les from Mercedes me
connect can be found in the Digital Opera-
to r's Manual.
Ve hicle settings are, forex ample, driver's seat,
steering wheel and mir ror settings, climate control
and ambient lighting. Forth e settings of the multi-
media system, you can select, forex ample, radio
stations, pr evious destinations as well as themes,
suggestions and favo urites.
Fo rre cur ring driving situations, such as long
drives on the mo torw ay,yo u can sa veyour prefer-
re d settings in a theme in theve hicle. In a theme
yo u can sa vethe display of the digital map, your
prefer redra dio station and prefer red drive pro-
gr am, forex ample. The
vehicle can learn the habits of the driver. It
th en o.ers suggestions forth e most probable
navigation destinations, media sources, radio sta-
tions or contacts. The pre-requirements forth at
are the selection of a pro/le, your consent tothe
re cording of data and su1cient collected data.
Fa vourites pr ovide quick access toapplications
th at are used oTen. You can select favo urites
from categories or add them directly toan appli-
cation. Con/gur
Con/gur ing ingpr
pro/les,
o/les, t
themes and sugg
hemes and sugg es
es tions
tions Multimedia system:
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f Profiles
Cr
Cr eating a ne
eating a ne w
wpr
pro/le
o/le #
Select WCreate profile . #
Select an avatar. #
Enter the name and con/ rmwith a. #
Select Continue r. #
Select Current settings . #
Select Save. #
Activate Blue tooth ®
and select Connect
phone, toconnect a mobile phone with the
user pro/le . #
Select Finished.
Selecting
Selecting pr
pr o/le
o/le op
options
tions #
Select Äfor a pro/le.
The following functions are available:
R Editing, resetting or deleting a pro/le
R Resetting themes or favo urites
R Con/guring suggestions
Con/gur Con/gur ing ingsugg
sugg es
estionstions #
Select Äfor a pro/le. #
Select Suggestions settings. #
Switch Allow destination suggestions, Allow
music suggestions andAllow contact sugges-
tions on or o.. #
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To deactiv
o deactiv at
ate t
e t he lear
he lear ning function f
ning function f or one
or one
day
day :
:activate Deact. learn. for 24h .
Fo r 24 hours no new actions will be trained
and no data recorded forth e active pro/le.
Suggestions will continue tobe shown. MBUX multimedia system
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Example: if
the option is switched on and a
ro ute toa new destination has been calcula-
te d, this destination would not be take n into
account forth e learning function.
Cr
Cr eating ne
eating ne w t
w themes
hemes #
Select ©. #
Select THEMES. #
Select WSet theme .
The settings which are sa ved in theth eme are
shown. #
Select Continue r. #
Select AudioandNavigation (Navigation) and
store the active settings in theth eme. #
Select Continue r. #
Select an entry screen. #
Select Continue r. #
Select an image. #
Enter the names into the entry /eld and con-
/rm with a. #
Select Save. Syst
Syst
em se
em se ttings
ttings Ov
Ov
er
ervie
vie w of t
w of t he sy
he syst
stem se
em se ttings menu
ttings menu In
the system settings menu, you can make set-
tings in thefo llowing menus and control ele-
ments:
R Display
- Styles
- Instrument lighting
- Display brightness
- Edge lighting
- Day/night design
R Control elements
- Keyboard language and handwriting recog-
nition
- Sensitivity of theto uchpad
- Sensitivity of theTo uch Controls
R LINGU ATRO NIC
R Sound
- Enter tainment
- Navigation and tra1c announcements -
Telephone
- Voice ampli/cation tothere ar
R Connectivity
- Wi-Fi, Blue tooth ®
, NFC
R Time & date
R Language
R Units for distance
R SoTware updates
R Data import/export
R PIN pr otection
R System Reset Inf
Inf
or
ormation on im
mation on im port
portant syst
ant syst em updat
em updat es
es Impor
tant system updates may be necessary for
th e security of your multimedia system's data.
Install these updates, or else the security of your
multimedia system cannot be ensured.
A system update consists of thre e steps:
R Downloading or copying of the data requ ired
fo r installation
R Installation of the downloaded system update 324 324
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Select Connect device to vehicle hotspot.
Connecting using WPS PIN g
Connecting using WPS PIN g ener
eneration
ation #
Select Connect using WPS PIN generation. #
Enter the PIN shown in the media display on
th e device tobe connected and con/ rm.
Connecting using WPS PIN entry
Connecting using WPS PIN entry #
Select Connect using WPS PIN input. #
Enter the PIN that is shown on theex tern al
device's displ ayon the multimedia system.
Connecting using a butt
Connecting using a butt on
on#
Select Connect via WPS PBC. #
Press the push button on the device tobe
connected (see the manufacturer's operating
inst ructions). #
Select Continue .
Connecting using a secur
Connecting using a secur itykey
ity key #
Select Connect device to vehicle hotspot.
A secu rity key is displa yed. #
Select theve hicle from the device tobe con-
nected. The vehicle is displ ayed with the
DIRECT-MBUX XXXXX network name. #
Enter the security key which is shown in the
media display on the device tobe connected. #
Con/rm the entr y.
Connecting using NFC
Connecting using NFC #
Select Connect via NFC. #
Activate NFC on the mobile device (see the
manufacturer's operating instructions). #
Hold the device tobe connected at theve hi-
cle's NFC inter face. #
Select Finished.
The mobile device is now connected tothe
multimedia system hotspot via NFC.
Gener
Gener ating a ne
ating a ne w secur
w securitykey
ity key #
Select Vehicle hotspot. #
Select Generate security key.
A connection will be established wi th the
ne wly created security key. #
T To sav o sav e a secur
e a secur itykey
ity key :
:select Save.
When a new security key is sa ved, all existing
Wi -Fi connections are then disconnected. If
th eWi -Fi connections are being re-estab-
lished, the new security key must be en tere d. Syst
Syst
em language
em language N
No
ot
tes on t
es on t he syst
he syst em language
em language
This function allo wsyouto determ ine the lan-
guage forth e menu displa ysand the navigation
announcements. The selected language a.ects
th ech aracters available for entr y.The navigation
announcements are not available in all languages.
If a language is not available, the navigation
announcements will be in English.
Se Se tting t
tting t he syst
he syst em language
em language
Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
System
5 ® Language #
Set the language. MBUX multimedia system
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N
N
a
avig
vig ation ov
ation overerview
view Example: digital map with navigation menu
1 Enters a POI or address and additional desti-
nation entry options
2 Inter ruptsrou teguidance (if route guidance is
active)
3 Repeats a navigation announcement and
switch navigation announcements on or o.
4 Calls up theON ROUTE menu •
To show Route overview
• To select Alternative routes
• Report traffic incident (Car-to-X)
• To call up theTRAFFIC menu
- To display Traffic announcements
- To display Area announcements
- To display Provider information •
To show Route list
• To call up thePOSITION menu
- Store position
- To display Compass
- To show Qibla (ava ilable in selected coun-
tries)
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The
following entries can be made, forex ample:
R Town, st reet, house number
R Street,to wn
R Postcode
R POI name or POI ca tegor y,e.g. Parking
R Contact name #
Select a sear chresult in list 3. #
Calculate thero ute (/ page 332).
% You can /nd fur ther information about desti-
nation entr y,e.g. 3 wordaddresses, in the
Digital Owner's Manual.
Changing country
Changing country #
Select the country indicator in 1.#
Enter the country indicator. #
Select the country in 3.
Using online sear ch
Using online sear ch
% Requirements: the media display sho wsan
Internet connection in the status line with the
Q symbol. Destination ent
ryuses online map services. If the
on-board sear ch/nds no sui table destinations or
if yo uch ange countries, the online sear chisavail-
able.
Fo rth e destination you can enter an address, a
POI or a thre e-word address. #
Enter the destination in input line 2.
The sear chresults are displa yed. #
Select the destination in the list.
The de tailed view forth ero ute is displa yed.
or #
Select country indicator 1. #
Select the pr ovider forth e online service from
th e countries list. #
Enter the destination in input line 2. #
Select the destination in the list. Calculating a r Calculating a r
out
oute and using se
e and using se ttings f
ttings for r
or route
oute
guidance
guidance R
R
eq
eq uir
uir ements:
ements:
R The destination has been entered.
R The destination address is shown. Multimedia system:
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Navigation 1
¥ Noroute yet.
¦ Aro ute has been mapped. #
Select ¥.
The route tothe destination is calculated.
Ro ute guidance begins.
or #
Select ¦. #
Select Set as intermediate dest..
The destination address is set as the next
intermediate destination. 332
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Switch Motorway information on or o..Using ser
Using ser
vices
vices R
R
eq
eq uir
uir ements:
ements:
R Thereis an Internet connection.
R Mercedes me connect is available.
R You ha veset up a user account in the
Mercedes me Portal.
R The vehicle is connected toa user account
and you ha veaccep tedth e conditions of use
fo rth e service.
Fu rther information can be found at: https://
www.mercedes.me
R The service is available and has been activa-
te d.
R The following additional conditions apply to
th ePa rking service:
- The navigation services option is available,
subscribed toand activated in the
Mercedes me Portal.
- The Parking service is within the scope of
th eNa vigation Services. Multimedia system:
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Navigation
Displa
Displa ying t
ying the
hetr
tra1c
a1c situation wit
situation wit h Liv
h Live
eTr
Tra1c
a1c
Inf
Inf or
ormation
mation #
Select Z. #
Activate Traffic . #
Select Advanced. #
Select View. #
Select Map elements . #
Switch on Traffic incidents, Free-flowing traf-
fic and Delay.
If tra1c information has been received, then
tra1c incidents such as roadwor ks,ro ad
bloc ks, local area reports (e.g. fog) and warn-
ing message s are displayed.
The tra1c delay is displa yedfo rth e cur rent
ro ute. Tra1c dela yslasting one minute or lon-
ge r are take n into consideration.
Displa
Displa ying hazar
ying hazar d w
d war
arnings wit
nings wit h Car
h Car-t
-to-X
o-X -Commu-
-Commu-
nication
nication
If hazard warnings are available these can be
shown as symbols on the map. The display depends on
the settings forth eTraffic andTraf-
fic incidents options. #
Set the options.
If Traffic is switched o. and Traffic incidents
is switched on, the symbols are shown on the
prospective route.
Displa Displa ying w
ying w eat
eather inf
her inf or
ormation and ot
mation and other map
her map
cont
cont ents
ents #
Select Z. #
Select Advanced. #
Select View. #
Select Map elements. #
Scroll up and show theONLINE MAP CON-
TENTS categor y. #
Switch on a se rvice, e.g. Weather.
Cur rent we ather information is displ ayed on
th e navigation map, e.g. temp erature or cloud
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