jbondox

see post 6 in this thread, I will save you more money than Geico!

dasman66

Ok, I was missing fuse 16 in the trunk (now installed) and fuse 40 in the drivers area. Strange thing about fuse 40 is that it needs a funky fuse holder before I can install it -- I've never seen anything like it before and neither had the two car parts places I took it to (Advance Auto & Autozone). Both said it was a dealer part -- I hope to stop there this week.

Question and a concern, since it's highly likely that these fuses had never been installed in the vehicle, what are the chances that I have a connector but none of the rest of the parts?

I know all this stuff is in the trunk somewhere, but where/what should I be looking for? I'd hate to have gone through all this only to find out that I'm still missing $2k of parts...

Thanks,

dave

BennyzGirl

That Navtv seems pretty sweet. Price is reasonable also. Couldnt find any info on Mobridge, only info about some town lol. Definitely think the Navtv is what I will do.

Diesel Benz

This is really strange. If you did not have the fuse holder parts, it does sound like someone had only installed the front MHI connector parts. But this too would be weird. Have you checked if the MHI connector is attached to a wiring harness connector? If yes, does it look like a harness from the factory.

Perhaps the car has had a retrofit installation that did not follow the OEM parts placement. You can find the phone retrofit guides (links) from the sticky at the top of the forum, the correct position of the phone control unit would be shown there.

jbondox

The thing that I like about these 2 units is that they are completely upgradeable via software, so when new phones come out Parrot has work around to make it work, and since they both use the Parrot chip, they can make a software packet to upload to the unit via bluetooth with the NAVTV unit, or BT, iPod cable, or an SD card with the Mobridge

Here is the link

http://www.mobridgeinc.com/

BennyzGirl

What is the difference between the 2004-2005 CLK500? Mobridge has the bluetooth for 05+.

jbondox

MOST optical

BennyzGirl

Ok. I guess the NavTv would be the way to go since they have an 04 application. Thanks for the info.

jbondox

My pleasure, but talk to Derek if you call the 866.477.3336, tell him jay bondo x sent you and that J doesn't want a black eye on the internet from a ticked off fellow mbworld'r

jbondox

Pedro, How the hell are you? Hey let no one know where I have been hiding Derek! I needed a break!

dasman66

Well, I have a series of posts to the sticky phone topic -- the short answer is that I don't appear to have any of the electronics that should be in the back of the trunk.

As for the MHI connector in the console, yes -- it appears to be wired. I didn't pull the connector, but under the console there is a medium sized bundle of wires coming out of the underside of the top tray and then down through a hole in the bottom of the console -- the wires are wrapped in black flex mesh and appear to be very professional/well done job. Not what I'm used to seeing from a third party job. I can pull it apart and post pictures if there is any interest in seeing it.

So,having the MHI contact plate in the center console means absolutely nothing when it comes to having the necessary equipment in the back of the car -- at least, that's the case in the 2006 C-class...

dave

Diesel Benz

I'd like to have a look at EPC with the VIN of this car. Perhaps it did originally have the whole kit but some parts were removed later on? Did you say you had the car from new or was it new to you as a used car?

dasman66

New to me -- picked it up a couple of weeks ago, its a 2006 -- I'll PM you the vin

dave

superstar

I have the same problem! I bought my European W203 C55 with an option of code( 386) MOBILE PRE INSTALLATION (MTUS) . The UHI kit is available inside the car which consists of the control unit in the trunk and UHI cradle in the center console for Nokia 6310i, I checked the fuse #40 and I did not find it just like dasman66 . The Command displays" Insert the phone".. I was just wondering why there is no fuse #40? Anyone has any clue for this? I have tried the UHI cradle for Nokia 6310i in my friend’s CLS and it worked like a charm! How can I get it to work in my car? Thanks

superstar

Can someone please confirm the components of the UHI kit system?

Diesel Benz

Your case seems quite different since the car should have option code 386 parts. That is a full Euro phone kit.

The fuse diagram seems a bit fuzzy but I believe it is fuse number 36 on a 2006 car that provides power for the 386 option code UHI kit (like this since 1.04.2004).

Do you mean you tried the same phone and the same phone adapter on another car and it worked fine? Sounds odd. Does the phone charge the battery when ignition is on?

superstar

Yup i tried the phone and the adapter on another car and it worked fine! The phone has no power and it does not charge when i hook it..

Diesel Benz

Did you check the correct fuse? I doubt it is this fuse though when your cluster reports just the phone missing.

I'd check the wiring throughout from the phone control box to the cradle including the cradle connectors.

superstar

I have checked all the fuses in the SAM boxes and including fuse # 36 nothing was wrong with them.
It is a big job to check all the wires from the UPCI UHI control unit tell the phone adapter in the center console. I have to remove the rear seat and rear pillars center console.. Etc

rob13572468

I dont think that its a fuse problem.. The screen shot indicates that the UHI module is connected and functioning. If I had to make a guess I would bet that the cradle is not connected back to the UHI module at some point. That means you need to check underneath the cradle in the center console to make sure that the contact plate plugs are connected and in the trunk to make sure that all the cables are plugged into the UHI.