2011 C300 Aux Cord
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From: SoCAL
2011 C300 Sport
2011 C300 Aux Cord
Whats up fellow Benz Owners!
Just purchased a brand new 2k11 c300.
spent over 4 hours figuring out all the hi-tech stuff and came
to the final destination the Audio/input...
I read the owners manual and audio manual and I have no problem
having my ipod play inside the glovebox but my question is...
As a benz owner why am I not able to change audio tracks from within my ipod or dashboard?
ANY1 have any ideas?
I have no problem listening or having the aux work for my ipod but
I just cannot switch from track to track. while in the passenger seat or driving.
thanks to all responses!
Just purchased a brand new 2k11 c300.
spent over 4 hours figuring out all the hi-tech stuff and came
to the final destination the Audio/input...
I read the owners manual and audio manual and I have no problem
having my ipod play inside the glovebox but my question is...
As a benz owner why am I not able to change audio tracks from within my ipod or dashboard?
ANY1 have any ideas?
I have no problem listening or having the aux work for my ipod but
I just cannot switch from track to track. while in the passenger seat or driving.
thanks to all responses!
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Joined: May 2011
Posts: 3
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From: SoCAL
2011 C300 Sport
!!! DUDE I JUST FOUND IT !!!
THIS IS AWSOME!
i'm so happy i bought a benz lol!
Eureka! In our last episode, our 2008 Mercedes-Benz C300's lack of an operator's manual entry on the subject of iPod use or clearly labelled buttonage had left many confounded. There just had to be more functionality from this dedicated iPod connection than we were seeing.
And indeed there is. The key to the whole thing is the small button on the right-hand side of the steering wheel with the telephone icon on it. Once you discover this little nugget, the dedicated iPod connection in the Merc goes from "This sucks!" to "Wow! This is great!" in 5.1 seconds.
Here then is our own Operator's Manual entry:
Step 1: Connect your iPod.
Step 2: Use COMAND to select "Audio" then scroll down to "Aux." Step 2: Use COMAND to choose AUX as the source.
Step 3: Scroll left or right until "audio" is displayed on the information screeen in the center of the speedometer and press "OK." Step 3: Scroll left-right until "Audio" appears on the central speedometer display, then press "OK."
Step 4: Look here to see the song title display. The iPod will resume playing whatever track it was on before it was connected to the car. Step 4: See track info here.
Step 5: The secret is to press the telephone hang-up button to access higher-level iPod functions. Step 5: Press the telephone hang-up key under here (under my thumb) for iPod menus. The choices will temporarily override the track information in the central display.
Step 6: Press up and down here to scroll through genre, artist, podcast, etc. But make sure you begin less than 8 seconds after the last step. Press OK to select the desired menu item. Step 6: Press up-down to scroll through the high-level menu choices, then press OK to select. Once in play mode, this will also switch between adjacent tracks.
Once you know what the telephone hang-up button on the right-hand side of the steering wheel does, the C300 iPod connection makes a whole lot more sense.
THIS IS AWSOME!
i'm so happy i bought a benz lol!
Eureka! In our last episode, our 2008 Mercedes-Benz C300's lack of an operator's manual entry on the subject of iPod use or clearly labelled buttonage had left many confounded. There just had to be more functionality from this dedicated iPod connection than we were seeing.
And indeed there is. The key to the whole thing is the small button on the right-hand side of the steering wheel with the telephone icon on it. Once you discover this little nugget, the dedicated iPod connection in the Merc goes from "This sucks!" to "Wow! This is great!" in 5.1 seconds.
Here then is our own Operator's Manual entry:
Step 1: Connect your iPod.
Step 2: Use COMAND to select "Audio" then scroll down to "Aux." Step 2: Use COMAND to choose AUX as the source.
Step 3: Scroll left or right until "audio" is displayed on the information screeen in the center of the speedometer and press "OK." Step 3: Scroll left-right until "Audio" appears on the central speedometer display, then press "OK."
Step 4: Look here to see the song title display. The iPod will resume playing whatever track it was on before it was connected to the car. Step 4: See track info here.
Step 5: The secret is to press the telephone hang-up button to access higher-level iPod functions. Step 5: Press the telephone hang-up key under here (under my thumb) for iPod menus. The choices will temporarily override the track information in the central display.
Step 6: Press up and down here to scroll through genre, artist, podcast, etc. But make sure you begin less than 8 seconds after the last step. Press OK to select the desired menu item. Step 6: Press up-down to scroll through the high-level menu choices, then press OK to select. Once in play mode, this will also switch between adjacent tracks.
Once you know what the telephone hang-up button on the right-hand side of the steering wheel does, the C300 iPod connection makes a whole lot more sense.
