scorchie

Why, yes it does. Cars that are not prewired require some extra parts/wiring/work.

-s-

Pit-Pony

Any idea when you will have phone kits for 05 C Class?

Regards

..jack

BigSis

Hopefully it won't take too long anymore. Scorchie is waiting for a guinee pig in the SF Bay area.

greetingz,

BigSis

tropico

Don't you want a "guinee pig" in Europe ?
I'm interested.

scorchie

European "guinea pigs" aren't as useful, because the cars are all set up differently than the majority of the customers (in the US). So it doesn't tell us too much! In some cases, the French cars are set up differently than the majority of the European cars.

But, if you just want it done, it can be done, no testing required for your car. I think we talked about this in e-mail.

-s-

tropico

Sure, I want it to be done.
How can we manage that ?

Paxfobiscum

I am willing to be the East Coast "guinee pig" anytime. Heck I would agree to be a white mice or a chimpanzee for a UHI kit anytime.

Scorchie, I finally got two 6230 phones (part of the T-mobile family plan) with the obvious long term objective of installing a UHI in my car. So put me in for a "soft" order for a UHI phone kit. If it is not too complicated I could do the install myself or wait for Steve. Frankly I would rather do the install myself since I one of those immediate gratification kind of guys.

One thing I noticed about the phone though is inside the back case (where all the reference numbers are) states 6230b. I was kind of surprised because all the other markings in the boxes and materials states 6230. I called Nokia USA on this and asked them the difference between the 6230 and 6230b and they flatly said there was NO DIFFERENCE.

PM me for the UHI kit prices (installed and self installed) and the time frame for delivery. Also indicate if my supposedly "b" models will cause complications.

scorchie

You need to search on the forums for "6230B" because it's been stated here quite a lot that the 6230B WILL NOT WORK with UHI. The product identifier differs between the two... RH-12 vs. RH-28.

Also, guinea pigs for W210 are no longer needed... we completed an install and now know all the required information!

-s-

scorchie

Schedule it with Wanda... and we'll do it!

-s-

tropico

Ok, thanks.
I'll send her an email.

My_C55

heh!

I'd love to be a test mule, too bad I'm in detroit

c55m8o

Sorry for being so late to this thread ... haven't been to this board in a long time. Two questions:
1) Is the COMAND with a UHI phone married to one phone? Or can I use more then one UHI phone in one car; i.e. I have a phone and my wife has a phone?
2) I know it's been stated here and on mbenznl.com the W202 supported is 1999-on, I'll assume because before that it was analog wiring ... However Steve already did a kick a** job of bringing my 1998 up to modern standards with fibre ... could he change my phone kit for this UHI standard, and does the COMAND have to change also?

Thanx,
Steve

scorchie

1) nothing with UHI is "married"... you have the ability and opportunity to be able to change phones/cradles at any time. For instance, if you have a Sony T637 and your wife a Nokia 6230, you could each have your own cradle and swap it into any UHI-equipped car whenever you need to. So if you have two Mercedes, each can have an UHI kit, and the two of you could each bring your phone/cradle with you no matter which car you drive.

2) MBenzNL have wiring harnesses that will make your FO-updated 1998 W202 work fine with the UHI kit. They are available for Steve to install (or install anytime in the SF Bay Area), or as "plug in" wiring where you can unplug your COMAND, plug in the wiring harness between the COMAND and your car, and be ready to go. The only thing you need to add is the UHI kit and possibly a microphone (and unfortunately, Mercedes microphones are not cheap... and of course it is recommended only going with the OEM microphone).

-s-

c55m8o

Thanx very much scorchie. I already have a mic & hands-free setup, using the Nokia 6310i phone from Steve, so I'm guessing I have everything in place and it's just a minor change-over. This would be a good way for me to get my wife to be able to use an integrated hands-free phone too, as using hands-free is the law here.

-steve

scorchie

Your wiring harness may need minor changes, but nothing we haven't run into before. Sounds like you're all set!

-s-

gmdebruyn

Scorchie,

Is the list of phones that you have on the website still current? A lot of those phones have been replaced by the carriers with newer models. Please let us know if the list you provided is still current or provide us with the updated list.

I'm with Cingular, so I assume if the list is still current, 6200 is my best bet (phone lives in car). If not, please advise.

Thanks,
Gareth

scorchie

Still current... (and there's no 6200 on the list... I would think S66 would be a better choice since that is currently carried by Cingular)

A few V600/V551 cradles available for non-MB phones though... but these can be considered buggy, expensive, and not very well supported.

-s-

gmdebruyn

Thanks. I'm not a very big fan of the V600. You have mail.

houston

Most sony ericsson's since t610 have the same connection connectors.. I've had 4 sony Ericsson's since i first got the 610.. all the chargers charge every phone.. I currently own a Z800i Sony Ericsson now. I think that if the cradle fits, the connector should connect to any current phone of sony ericsson. The only problem is trying to get it to lay flat or fit into the cradle.. maybe there's an alternative where there's no actual cradle and just have the connector so u can just plug ur phone in and just leave it laying in the concole. I don't know if it would work or not, it's just my 0.2cents

scorchie

Guess you haven't looked at K750i...

-s-

ToonArmy

Drool. That looks like a nice device. The camera finally looks decent enough (2 Mpixel, autofocus) that it could be actually usable, instead of just ruining the form-factor of the phone.

Hope we get a 850 Mhz version of that and a UHI cradle sometime!