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Originally Posted by Skylaw
my06clk,
The following quote fron Sven is completely wrong.
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Skylaw..
I have informed Sven again that he is is correct about his claim, I just sent him another message last night after he reply wanting to know which advertisement I was referring to.. The good thing is that at least he is communicating, so I remain optimistic at least on that part.
My piece arrives today but I have no plans on taking it out of the box.
I am doing a little digging at the technical level at my SR who is pretty good, to see if in fact I can get something to allow DVD while parking to work. I know this is is a stretch because of what we have learned about the chipset, but I figured its worth a try. At least I will hear the truth about why it can't happen from the horses mouth.
If it can, then Sven's device is back on my "must have" list.
Meanwhile, SVEN is located in Germany so I get a reply from him about every 24hrs in the evenings... I'll wait to see what he has to say on the issue.
I did state in my last message that the website's claim that this unit works on W220 cars is totally false and it should at the very least be noted that it is for Non US vehicles ONLY. so that the the entire N. America would not expect this item to work when it does not.
The trial continues.....
Update..
I just found out from a very reliable inside source what is going on with the 2004-2006 Comands for the S class only.
There IS ( was ) a factory software patch that will actually allow the US comands to function the same as the EURO versions.
THe problem with the patch is, that US regulations mandate that the car MUST in Park while this system is operating.
Therfore, having the system block after 15mph or whatever was not acceptable for 'rule". this was fine for Europe.
The problem with the software is that there was no way to tell it whether the car was in park, or drive, so it would allow DVD in motion all the time.
The "FIX" was to disable it all together and forbid ANY US dealers from using the software to override the video display.
IF any of you own an E-class 2005+, you will notice that when you get into engineering mode there are options to set the speed to unlock the video
Catch for the E, is that there is no DVD player. These W211 comands have that software which prooves that it does exist.
As far as the S goes, the "missing chipset" is just a myth. Since there was a problem getting the system to disable when the car was taken out of park, the whole thing was just aborted, and that is why we who own 2004-thru 2006 W220's have dvd capability but no video.
The factory has corrected the problem and have DVD video while parked beginning 2008 in the new C- class and shortly the W221's.
NOW, I have to wait to see if in fact my "little Box" will completely unlock my video since no one seems to know.
I guess Ill be the first to find out...