2021 MERCEDES-BENZ GLS SUV Owners Manual

These sh
owthe selected display or menu con-
te nt.
7 Coolant temp erature display
During normal operation, the coolant temp er-
ature display is permitted torise to120°C.
Ve hicles with 48 V on-board elect rical system:
POWER and CHARGE display (electrical drive
support and recuperation po wer of the elec-
tric mo tor)
8 Selected drive prog ram
9 Selected transmission position
A Centre display area of the inst rument display
(e xamp le: standard display for trip): Assis-
ta nce / Telephone / Navigation / Trip /
Media / Radio / Styles and displa ys /
Service / Powe r me ter (equipment-depend-
ent)
B Fuel le vel, fuel /ller 0ap location indicator,
ra nge Ov
Ov
er
ervie
vie w of t
w of t he butt
he butt ons on t
ons on t he st
he steer
eering wheel
ing wheel 1
P Back/Home button, on-board computer
Press and hold: sh ows standard display
2 Touch Control, on-board computer
3 Control panel for cruise control/limiter or
Ac tive Distance Assist DISTRONIC
4 Control panel for MBUX multimedia system:
£ LINGU ATRO NIC ß
Displa ysfavo urites
VO L: control knob, adjusts thevo lume or
switches the sound o. 8(press)
6 Makes/accepts a call
~ Rejects/ends a call
5 ò Calls up the home screen
6 Touch Control multimedia system
7 G Back button
8 Brightness control toadjust the lighting in the
Instrument Displ ayand in the control ele-
ments of theve hicle interior Oper
Oper
ating t
ating t he on-boar
he on-boar d com
d comput
puter
er
Obser vethe legal requ irements forth e country in
which you are cur rently driving when ope rating
th e on-board computer. 310
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Instrument display and on-board computer

The on-board computer is ope
rated using the leT-
hand Touch Control and the leT-hand back/home
button.
When the on-board computer is being operated,
di.erent acoustic signals will sound as operating
fe edbac k,e.g. when the end of a list is reached or
when you are scrolling thro ugh a list.
The following menus are available:
R Assistance
R Telephone
R Navigation
R Trip
R Radio R
Media
R Styles & display
R Service
% You can /nd information about the possible
settings and selections on the menus in the
Digital Owner's Manual.
The menus can be called up from the menu bar
on the inst rument displa y. #
T To call up t
o call up t he menu bar:
he menu bar: brie0y pressthe leT-
hand back button until the menu bar is dis-
pla yed.
% V
Vehicles wit
ehicles wit hout A
hout Activ
ctive Dist
e Dist ance Assis
ance Assist t
DIS
DIS TR
TRONIC:
ONIC: presstheò button tocall up
th e menu bar of the on-board computer. #
T
To scr
o scr oll on t
oll on t he menu bar
he menu bar :
:swipe leT or right
on the leT-hand Touch Control. #
T
To call up a menu, submenu or possible se
o call up a menu, submenu or possible se t-
t-
tings on t
tings on t he menu, or
he menu, or con/rm
con/rma selection or
a selection or
se
se tting:
tting: press the leT-hand Touch Control. #
T
To scr
o scr oll t
oll thr
hrough display
ough display s or lis
s or lists on tts on the
he
menu, or select displa
menu, or select displa y cont
y content, a function,
ent, a function, an entr
an entr
y or a display
y or a display :
:swipe upwards or down-
wa rds on the leT-hand Touch Control. #
T
To e
o e xit a submenu:
xit a submenu: pressthe leT-hand back
button.
Selecting t
Selecting t he head-up display
he head-up display #
T
To switc
o switc h on t
h on the head-up display
he head-up display :
:switch on
th e head-up display via the multimedia system
or activate it on the menu bar byswiping
upwards on the leT-hand Touch Control.
The head-up display menu will be selected on
th e head-up displa y. #
T To switc
o switc h t
h to t
o t he head-up display
he head-up display :
:press the
leT-hand Touch Control or swipe upwards on
th e leT-hand Touch Control. #
T
To se
o se t t
t the t
he t hr
hree displa
ee displa y r
y rang
ang es of t
es of t he head-up
he head-up
display
display :
:swipe upwards or down wards on the
leT-hand Touch Control.
F
F ull-scr
ull-scr een menus
een menus
Yo u can display thefo llowing menus full-screen on
th e inst rument displa y:
R Assistance
R Trip Instrument displ
ayand on-board computer
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R
Navigation #
Onthe cor responding menu, use the leT-hand
To uch Control toscroll tothe end of the list. #
Press the leT-hand Touch Control.
The selected menu will be displa yed full-
screen. Ov
Ov
er
ervie
vie w of display
w of display s in t
s in the ins
he ins tr
trument display
ument display
Displa yson the inst rument displa y:
u Active Parking Assist (/ page 293)
é Parking Assist PARKTRONIC deactivated
(/ page 290)
î DSR (/ page 249)
h Cruise control (/ page 238)
È Limiter (/ page 239)
ç Active Distance Assist DISTRONIC
(/ page 241)
æ Active Brake Assist (/ page 253)
à Active Steering Assist (/ page 251)
¬ Active Stop-and-Go Assist (/ page 249)Ã
Active Lane Keeping Assist (/ page 264)
è ECO start/s top function (/ page 201)
ë HOLD function (/ page 235)
_ Adaptive Highbeam Assist Plus
(/ page 165)
ð Maximum permissible speed exceeded (for
cer tain countries only)
V
V ehicles wit
ehicles wit h Speed Limit Assist:
h Speed Limit Assist: detected
instructions and tra1c signs (/ page 258).
V
V ehicles wit
ehicles wit h
hTr
Tra1c
a1c Sign Assist:
Sign Assist: detected instruc-
tions and tra1c signs (/ page 259).
Fo r an overview of the indicator and warning
lamps, see (/ page 504). Head-up display
Head-up display
F
F
unction of t
unction of t he head-up display
he head-up display *
N
NO OTE
TE Mercedes-AMG vehicles #
Obser vethe no tes in the Supplement.
Yo u could otherwise failto recognise
dangers. The head-up display projects
thefo llowing infor-
mation into the driver's /eld of vision abo vethe
cockpit, forex ample:
R The vehicle speed
R Information from the navigation system
R Information from the driving systems and driv-
ing saf ety sy stems
R Some warning messages
Depending on theve hicle's equipment, di.erent
content can be shown in theth re e areas of the
head-up displ ay (/page 313). 312
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Inst
rument display and on-board computer

Displa
Displa
y cont
y content
ent 1
Navigation instructions
2 Current speed
3 Detected instructions and tra1c signs
4 Set speed in the driving system (e.g. cruise
control)
Syst
Syst em limits
em limits
The visibility of the displa yswill be a.ected bythe
fo llowing conditions:
R Seat position
R Image position setting
R Light conditions R
Wetro ad sur face
R Objects on the display co ver
R Polarisation in sunglasses
% Inextreme sunlight, sections of the display
may appear washed out. You can cor rect this
by switching the head-up display o. and on
again. Se
Se
tting t
tting t he head-up displa
he head-up displa y using t
y using the on-board
he on-board
com
com put
puter
er On-board computer:
4 HEAD-UP DISPLAY
The following head-up display settings or displa ys
can be selected or shown:
R Position
R Brightness
R Messages
R Assis tance status
R Telephone
R Audio
R LINGU ATRO NIC #
T
To select t
o select t he Se
he Settings menu:
ttings menu: swipetotheright
on the leT-hand Touch Control.
The Settings menu 5will be selected. #
T
To call up t
o call up t he Se
he Settings menu:
ttings menu: pressthe leT-
hand Touch Control. #
T
To adjus
o adjust t t the position:
he position: swipe upwards or
down wards on the leT-hand Touch Control. #
T To adjus o adjust t t the br
he br ightness:
ightness: swipetothe leT or
ri ght on the leT-hand Touch Control.
Se
Se tting messag
tting messag es, assist
es, assistance st
ance status, t
atus, telephone,
elephone,
audio and LIN
audio and LIN GUA
GUATR
TRONIC
ONIC #
Press the leT-hand Touch Control.
The list of setting options will be displa yed. #
Swipe upwards or down wards on the leT-hand
To uch Control and select a setting bypressing
th e leT-hand Touch Control. Instrument display and on-board computer
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Selecting what t
Selecting what t
he head-up displa
he head-up displa y shows
y sho ws (Example)
1
Switching the head-up display on/o.
2 LeT display area
Navigation system
Inclination, gradient and compass
Av erage consum ption
G-me ter
3 Central display area
Speedome ter
Set speed in the driver assistance system,
e.g. cruise control Wa
rnings from driver assistance systems, e.g.
distance warning
4 Right display area
Tra1c Sign Assist
Ve hicle le vel
Di.erential
Dist ribution of the drive torque s, 4MATIC
(/ page 215)
Assis tant display
5 Toadjust the position, brightness and lo wer
display area
6 Index points
7 Lowe r display area (e xample: leT display area)
Display areas 2to4 that are not requ ired can
be hidden.
% In audio mode, the station name or track will
be shown temp orarily when the audio source
is being actively operated. In addition, the lat-
est calls will be displa yed when thete lephone
list on the inst rument display is actively oper-
ated. #
Swipe upwards on the leT-hand Touch Con-
trol. #
Press the leT-hand Touch Control. Switc Switc
hing t
hing t he head-up displa
he head-up displa y
yon/o.
on/o. via t
via the mul-
he mul-
timedia syst
timedia syst em
em Multimedia system:
4 © 5
Settings 5
Quick access #
Select HUD.
The head-up-display is activated. 314
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Instrument display and on-board computer

Ov
Ov
er
ervie
vie w and oper
w and oper ation
ation N
No
ot
tes on t
es on t he MBUX multimedia syst
he MBUX multimedia syst em
em&
W
W ARNING
ARNING Risk of dist raction from infor-
mation systems and communications
equipment
If yo u operate information systems and com-
munication devices integ rated in theve hicle
when driving, you could be distracted from the
tra1c situation. This could also cause youto
lose control of theve hicle. #
Only operate this equipment when the
tra1c situation pe rmits. #
Ifyo u cannot be sure of this, stop the
ve hicle whilst paying attention toroad
and tra1c conditions and operate the
equipment with theve hicle stationar y. Yo
u must obser vethe legal requ irements forthe
count ryin which you are cur rently driving when
ope rating the multimedia system.
Depending on the equipment, the scope of func-
tion and product designation of your MBUX multi-
media system may di.er from the description and images in
this Owner's Manual. Forex ample,
ro ute guidance with augmented reality is not avail-
able in all equipment variants. Ov Ov
er
ervie
vie w of t
w of t he MBUX multimedia sy
he MBUX multimedia sy st
stem
em 1
Touch Control and control panel forth e MBUX
multimedia system
2 Media display with touch functionality 3
Touchpad
4 Controller
Turn: adjusts thevo lume
Press brie0y: switches the mute function
on/o.
Press and hold: switches the MBUX multime-
dia system or media display on or o.
5 Buttons for navigation, radio/media and tele-
phone
6 Buttons forve hicle functions/system settings
and favo urites/themes
Fu rther operating options:
R Conducting a voice dialogue with LINGU A-
TRONIC.
R Ope rating functions contact-free with the
MBUX Interior Assistant.
% You can /nd fur ther information about opera-
tion as well as about applications and ser v-
ices in the Digital Owner's Manual.
Anti-t Anti-theT heTprot
pr otection
ection
This device is equipped with tech nical pr ovisions
to protect it against theT. More de tailed informa- MBUX multimedia system
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tion about anti-theT pr
otection can be obtained at
a quali/ed specialist workshop. Home scr
Home scr
eenov
een overerview
view 1
Depending on the displa y,calls up the /rst
th re e applications or the home screen
2 Calls up the pro/le
3 Calls up the global sear ch 4
SOS NOT REA DY(only when the Mercedes-
Benz emer gency call system is not available)
5 Mercedes me connect active
6 Transmission of vehicle position active 7
Signal st rength of the mobile phone networ k,
network displa y,battery status of the mobile
phone connected, time
8 Calls up theNo ti/cations Cent re
9 Calls up an application using the symbol 316
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MBUX multimedia system

A
Application and cur rent information
B Quic k-access, e.g. enter home address
C Index points and selected displ ayarea
D Calls up the air conditioning menu
E Calls up SUGGESTIONS, THEMESand
FAVOURITES
% If Mercedes me connect 5is active , the
ve hicle is lin ked with Mercedes me connect.
Ve hicle data is then transmitted tothe bac k-
end system. What data is transmitted
depends on which services are activated. Fur-
th er de tails can be found in the Mercedes me
connect term s and conditions and data pro-
te ction information. The function is count ry-
dependent.
If transmission of vehicle position 6is
active , Mercedes me connect services ha ve
been activated forth is vehicle which access
th eve hicle's geoposition. In which ins tances
th ege oposition is transmitted depends on the
particular services. Further de tails can be
fo und in the Mercedes me connect term s and
conditions and data pr otection information.
The function is countr y-dependent. Oper Oper
ating t
ating t he MBUX multimedia syst
he MBUX multimedia syst em
em Using T Using T
ouc ouch Contr
h Contr ol
ol 1
© Calls up the home screen
2 Touch Control
3 G Press brie0y: returns tothe pr evious
display
4 ß Press thero ck er switch down brie0y:
sho wsfavo urites ß
Press thero ck er switch down and hold:
adds favo urites and themes
° Turn cont roller: adjusts thevo lume
8 Press controller: switches o. the sound
6 Press thero ck er switch up: makes or
accepts a call
~ Press thero ck er switch down: rejects or
ends a call
Na vigation thro ugh the menus is car ried out with
To uch Control 2with single-/nger swipes. #
T To select a menu op
o select a menu op tion:
tion:swipe and press. #
T To mov o mov e t
e the digit
he digit al map:
al map: swipe in any direc-
tion.
Using t
Using t he t
he touc
ouchscr
hscr een
een #
Select menu options, symbols or characters
by pressing brie0y. #
T
To na
o na vig
vigat
ate in menus:
e in menus: swipe up, down, leT or
ri ght. #
T
To use handwr
o use handwr iting t
iting to ent
o enter c
er c har
haract
acter
ers:
s: write
th ech aracter with one /nger on the
to uchscreen. MBUX multimedia system
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