Mercedes-Benz GLE 2022 Operator's Manual page 106

104 General notes
or third parties, suchas breakdown services. The
same is true in the case of warranty claims and
quality assurance measures.
In general, the readout is performed via the legally
prescribed port for the diagnostics connection in
the vehicle. The operational data that are read out
technical document states of the vehicle or of
individual components and assist in diagnosing
malfunctions, compliance with warranty obliga-
tions and quality improvement. To that end, these
data, particularly information about component
loads, technical events, malfunctions and other
faults, may be transmitted along with the vehicle
identification number to the manufacturer. Fur-
thermore, the manufacturer is subject to product
liability. For this reason, the manufacturer also
uses operational data from the vehicle, forexam-
ple, for recalls. These data can also be used to
examine the customer's warranty and guarantee
claims.
Fault memories in the vehicle can be reset by a
service outlet or at your request as part of repair
or maintenance work.
Convenience and infotainment functions
You can store the vehicle's convenience settings
and individual settings and change or reset them
at any time.
Depending on the vehicle equipment, this
includes the following settings, forexample:
Seat and steering wheel positions
R
Suspension and climate control settings
R
Individual settings, suchas interior lighting
R
Depending on the selected equipment, you can
import data into vehicle infotainment functions
yourself.
Depending on the vehicle equipment, this
includes the following data, forexample:
Multimedia data, suchas music, films or pho-
R
tos for playback in an integrated multimedia
system
address book data for use in connection with
R
an integrated hands-free system or an integra-
ted navigation system
entered navigation destinations
R
data about the use of Internet services
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These data for convenience and infotainment
functions may be saved locally in the vehicle or
located on a device you have connected to the
vehicle, suchas a smartphone, USB flash drive or
MP3 player. If you have entered these data your-
self, you can delete them at any time.
These data are transmitted only from the vehicle
to third parties at your request. This applies, in
particular, when you use online services per the
settings you have selected.
Smartphone integration (e.g. Android Auto or
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Apple CarPlay )
If your vehicle is accordingly equipped, you can
connect your smartphone or another mobile end
device to the vehicle. You can then control them
by employing the control elements integrated into
the vehicle. Images and audio from the smart-
phone can be output via the multimedia system.
Certain information is simultaneously transferred
to your smartphone. Depending on the type of
integration, thisincludes position data, day/night
mode and other general vehicle statuses. For
more information, please consult the vehicle Own-
er's Manual/infotainment system.