lorinsertuned

my 03 SL has the aux input in the glove box. and you just hit SVC button and go to aux. you just need a connecting wire from the ipod to the aux input and wallah! 1200 extra songs!

lorinsertuned

oops that was supposed to be in another thead. oh well heres an asnwer for other people who need to know how to do it.

Silver_Lana

I run the same setup in my Car....

Wolfman

This is the best setup! Forget CD's and radio

For owners of Mercedes' without an Audio input, Belkin has a great iPod add-on. It's an small (obviously wireless) FM transmitter. Plug it in the iPod and tune the radio to one of the 4 selected frequency choices. Voila...

$30 and you can put the iPod into the center console or anyplace else.

Wolfman

Dema

How do you change songs/albums when iPod in glove box? I found that quite inconvinient. Why I can't control iPod from COMMAND? It looks like Mercedes and Apple engineers should seat together.

rgbyhkr

On the first question, you should be able to run the patch cable from the glove box jack to your iPod (that you would have sitting next to the gearshift or something) and still close the glove box. Second, since I haven't seen any iPod remote that has feedback (like an LCD display that shows you track info - commonly found on remotes of portable MD devices) I would assume that the iPod can't do this. Without such feedback, controlling the iPod from the Command system would be of little use (as it would be blind control you could just as well get with iPod's current wired remote). Also, since Apple does change hardware configurations, like it did with the latest generation of iPods, it would be difficult for any car company to ensure compatability.

For me, the Aux input is all I need to connect my iPod without sacrificing sound quality like you do with FM transmitters.

Jeff

grt62

In my '03 clk430a, I have run a patch cord
from my player(pjb100-very similar to ipod)
to the jack in the glove box, and go to aux
on the nav screen. The consistency of the
material on the glove box door is rubbery
enough to allow you to close the door w/o
crimping the patch cord wires, and pops
back into shape once you disconnect the
player. I went to radioshack and opted for
the 2 meter cord, with gold plated ends.
This way, the player can sit anywhere I
want to place it. It's awesome being able
to bring 900 of my favorite cds with me,
especially since there's no loss in sound quality when connecting through the glove
box jack. I am hopeful that this arrangement will work on my e500 as well.
Hope this was helpful...