GLE 450-Some Random Thoughts & More
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'20 GLE450; '06 CL65
What is the date of your manual (inside back cover)? Mine came with one dated February 20, 2018, over a year before my car was produced! The one posted online here in PDF form dated September 27, 2018 contains some corrections and edits. I would like to see if there is an even later one. The one at Mercedes Me is still for the W166. I have not checked the onboard one.
Also, I will try very hard to not start using you as a learning crutch (I am reading the manual all the way through, honest), but if you get a chance to get in the vehicle and see just how to get the curve inclination grades to show options, I'd greatly appreciate it. I was fiddling with it when I was at lunch and, of course, no success.
Again, many thanks.
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Feb 20, 2018.
Also, I will try very hard to not start using you as a learning crutch (I am reading the manual all the way through, honest), but if you get a chance to get in the vehicle and see just how to get the curve inclination grades to show options, I'd greatly appreciate it. I was fiddling with it when I was at lunch and, of course, no success.
Again, many thanks.
Also, I will try very hard to not start using you as a learning crutch (I am reading the manual all the way through, honest), but if you get a chance to get in the vehicle and see just how to get the curve inclination grades to show options, I'd greatly appreciate it. I was fiddling with it when I was at lunch and, of course, no success.
Again, many thanks.
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Curve mode inclination settings
Accident? Heck, I gave you the path: Home>Settings>Vehicle>DYNAMIC SELECT>CURVE. :}
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Ya, got that part, but it was the little settings icon in the far right corner that brought up the options; that's where I was getting stuck. I though the icon there was a carryover for the main settings menu. Again, I can't see the forest for the trees. Thanks for the help in getting me there.
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Settings confusion
Ya, got that part, but it was the little settings icon in the far right corner that brought up the options; that's where I was getting stuck. I though the icon there was a carryover for the main settings menu. Again, I can't see the forest for the trees. Thanks for the help in getting me there.
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Voice recognition
I was impressed with the voice recognition for Nav when we visited a couple of wineries out in the country last Saturday. It found the first address immediately when I voiced it. Then later, it found the 2nd just by the name of the winery. Pretty good.
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'20 GLE450; '06 CL65
I've found mine to be kind of a mixed bag. In some instances it works as advertised. In other instances, it doesn't recognize a street name, and has even got the number wrong a few times. For instance, yesterday when we were house hunting, I gave it an address of four five zero eight, said in that manner. It consistently gave me 4588, and then said the address could not be found (true; there was no 4588 on that street). I repeated the process three times with the same result. Then another time yesterday, it would not respond to "hey mercedes" for about 20 minutes, and also during that time it wouldn't respond to the button on the steering wheel. Then a while later, it responded (the car was not shut off/restarted). The radio was not on, and I turned the AC down as well, as I went into trouble shoot/user error mode. I couldn't find where I, or the environment, was the problem.
It's exacerbated by the fact that on my new android phone, "hey google" works pretty much flawlessly, and my wife, who was sitting in the passenger seat saying, "I'll just use the phone..." Put my $90k ride to shame.
It's exacerbated by the fact that on my new android phone, "hey google" works pretty much flawlessly, and my wife, who was sitting in the passenger seat saying, "I'll just use the phone..." Put my $90k ride to shame.
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It has been 5-weeks since I had my GLE450 and I am loving it. It has sports, premium, technology, intelligent drive and comfort packages, 21" wheels, black leather. MBUX is great. Auto-steer is basic; it is not as smart as Tesla's AutoPilot -- and its is not tied to navigation system. Overall GLE is doing well.
One question. Sometimes (with cruise control on), I notice an image of vehicle pop-up in a circle and then disappear. Does anyone know what this means?
One question. Sometimes (with cruise control on), I notice an image of vehicle pop-up in a circle and then disappear. Does anyone know what this means?
It is truly an amazing car, I must say it appears to be driving better with time somehow: gear shifts seem to be smoother and cruise control works better, although still some crazy "short stops" still occurring, especially if someone pulls out of or into my lane in front of me. I've learned its better to just take control if anything unusual occurs.
I have a few other minor questions that I've searched the manual for without success:
1. If I leave my wife and child in the car to go run into a store, with the car running and the keys in the car, invariably the engine stops and the air-conditioner stops. I can't for the life of me figure out how to prevent this from happening. Taking auto-stop off doesn't do the trick.
2. It would be super if you could get the name of the song that is being played on Sirius XM to appear in the instrument panel, or the station name in the HUD (as opposed to "Station 50"). Anyone know how to change this?
3. I can almost never get the trunk to open by kicking my foot on either side of the tow hitch. Its worked a few times when I first got the car. Anyone else have any luck with this?
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I have the same question. If anyone knows what this car in the circle in the HUD means please let us know!
It is truly an amazing car, I must say it appears to be driving better with time somehow: gear shifts seem to be smoother and cruise control works better, although still some crazy "short stops" still occurring, especially if someone pulls out of or into my lane in front of me. I've learned its better to just take control if anything unusual occurs.
I have a few other minor questions that I've searched the manual for without success:
1. If I leave my wife and child in the car to go run into a store, with the car running and the keys in the car, invariably the engine stops and the air-conditioner stops. I can't for the life of me figure out how to prevent this from happening. Taking auto-stop off doesn't do the trick.
2. It would be super if you could get the name of the song that is being played on Sirius XM to appear in the instrument panel, or the station name in the HUD (as opposed to "Station 50"). Anyone know how to change this?
3. I can almost never get the trunk to open by kicking my foot on either side of the tow hitch. Its worked a few times when I first got the car. Anyone else have any luck with this?
It is truly an amazing car, I must say it appears to be driving better with time somehow: gear shifts seem to be smoother and cruise control works better, although still some crazy "short stops" still occurring, especially if someone pulls out of or into my lane in front of me. I've learned its better to just take control if anything unusual occurs.
I have a few other minor questions that I've searched the manual for without success:
1. If I leave my wife and child in the car to go run into a store, with the car running and the keys in the car, invariably the engine stops and the air-conditioner stops. I can't for the life of me figure out how to prevent this from happening. Taking auto-stop off doesn't do the trick.
2. It would be super if you could get the name of the song that is being played on Sirius XM to appear in the instrument panel, or the station name in the HUD (as opposed to "Station 50"). Anyone know how to change this?
3. I can almost never get the trunk to open by kicking my foot on either side of the tow hitch. Its worked a few times when I first got the car. Anyone else have any luck with this?
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Features
I have the same question. If anyone knows what this car in the circle in the HUD means please let us know!
It is truly an amazing car, I must say it appears to be driving better with time somehow: gear shifts seem to be smoother and cruise control works better, although still some crazy "short stops" still occurring, especially if someone pulls out of or into my lane in front of me. I've learned its better to just take control if anything unusual occurs.
I have a few other minor questions that I've searched the manual for without success:
1. If I leave my wife and child in the car to go run into a store, with the car running and the keys in the car, invariably the engine stops and the air-conditioner stops. I can't for the life of me figure out how to prevent this from happening. Taking auto-stop off doesn't do the trick.
2. It would be super if you could get the name of the song that is being played on Sirius XM to appear in the instrument panel, or the station name in the HUD (as opposed to "Station 50"). Anyone know how to change this?
3. I can almost never get the trunk to open by kicking my foot on either side of the tow hitch. Its worked a few times when I first got the car. Anyone else have any luck with this?
It is truly an amazing car, I must say it appears to be driving better with time somehow: gear shifts seem to be smoother and cruise control works better, although still some crazy "short stops" still occurring, especially if someone pulls out of or into my lane in front of me. I've learned its better to just take control if anything unusual occurs.
I have a few other minor questions that I've searched the manual for without success:
1. If I leave my wife and child in the car to go run into a store, with the car running and the keys in the car, invariably the engine stops and the air-conditioner stops. I can't for the life of me figure out how to prevent this from happening. Taking auto-stop off doesn't do the trick.
2. It would be super if you could get the name of the song that is being played on Sirius XM to appear in the instrument panel, or the station name in the HUD (as opposed to "Station 50"). Anyone know how to change this?
3. I can almost never get the trunk to open by kicking my foot on either side of the tow hitch. Its worked a few times when I first got the car. Anyone else have any luck with this?
2) The track information is displayable; should be one of the settings. I don't have my car here right now, but I'm attaching the relevant owner's manual pages.
3) Agree with Skizz.
Last edited by GregW / Oregon; Jul 8, 2019 at 07:24 PM.
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I have the same question. If anyone knows what this car in the circle in the HUD means please let us know!
It is truly an amazing car, I must say it appears to be driving better with time somehow: gear shifts seem to be smoother and cruise control works better, although still some crazy "short stops" still occurring, especially if someone pulls out of or into my lane in front of me. I've learned its better to just take control if anything unusual occurs.
I have a few other minor questions that I've searched the manual for without success:
1. If I leave my wife and child in the car to go run into a store, with the car running and the keys in the car, invariably the engine stops and the air-conditioner stops. I can't for the life of me figure out how to prevent this from happening. Taking auto-stop off doesn't do the trick.
2. It would be super if you could get the name of the song that is being played on Sirius XM to appear in the instrument panel, or the station name in the HUD (as opposed to "Station 50"). Anyone know how to change this?
3. I can almost never get the trunk to open by kicking my foot on either side of the tow hitch. Its worked a few times when I first got the car. Anyone else have any luck with this?
It is truly an amazing car, I must say it appears to be driving better with time somehow: gear shifts seem to be smoother and cruise control works better, although still some crazy "short stops" still occurring, especially if someone pulls out of or into my lane in front of me. I've learned its better to just take control if anything unusual occurs.
I have a few other minor questions that I've searched the manual for without success:
1. If I leave my wife and child in the car to go run into a store, with the car running and the keys in the car, invariably the engine stops and the air-conditioner stops. I can't for the life of me figure out how to prevent this from happening. Taking auto-stop off doesn't do the trick.
2. It would be super if you could get the name of the song that is being played on Sirius XM to appear in the instrument panel, or the station name in the HUD (as opposed to "Station 50"). Anyone know how to change this?
3. I can almost never get the trunk to open by kicking my foot on either side of the tow hitch. Its worked a few times when I first got the car. Anyone else have any luck with this?
People have died when a car was left running in a garage. A person I worked with fell asleep after closing his garage door one night with his car running. Might have been Alcohol involved! At least he was single and didn’t have a family sleeping in the house. I’ll check mine tomorrow. Let us know what you find out.
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Profile photo on MBUX
I agree with you on Profiles!!! Starting on page 323 of the manual it talks about doing profiles on Mercedes me connect and then synchronizing with the vehicle. It is suppose to be under Profile Management. Anyone ever find that? It talks about one cool feature; uploading a picture to your profile in the head unit. That would be cool if it was there!
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I thought it was a loose end that would be fixed later. I spent hours trying to get it to work to no avail. My image is still in Mercedes Me, just dooesn’t sync to the vehicle.
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Is anyone using the in-car wifi and does anyone know what it would cost per month? Or alternatively is anyone using a third party hotspot? Can the MBUX use my cellphone's Internet connection to stream / update etc.?
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I activated mine through AT&T
It was $25/month or $450 for two years (unlimited data), so I just went ahead and did two years to save a few bucks. There is a free 30 day trial, but it is limited to 1 gig. With traffic and other apps (not quite sure what is operating in the background once activated), I went through that 1 gig in a few days. So, although I'm not sure I use it to its full potential, I feel like I'm keeping up in my race with the Jonses.
It was $25/month or $450 for two years (unlimited data), so I just went ahead and did two years to save a few bucks. There is a free 30 day trial, but it is limited to 1 gig. With traffic and other apps (not quite sure what is operating in the background once activated), I went through that 1 gig in a few days. So, although I'm not sure I use it to its full potential, I feel like I'm keeping up in my race with the Jonses.
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$450 for two years runs at $18.75 per month that is not bad for unlimited in fact its much cheaper vs. Freedom Pop or the like.
I do have unlimited data on my phone I guess that can also be they way to do it to save some $$$
I do have unlimited data on my phone I guess that can also be they way to do it to save some $$$
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It is much simpler to just hop in the car and it automatically works.
