UHI cradle location Q
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A question to all UHI gurus. Is the armrest compartment the only location for the phone cradle? Did MB drop the other one - to the far side of the radio?
Another related question. Is there a provision for a privacy handset for the UHI system?
TIA.
Another related question. Is there a provision for a privacy handset for the UHI system?
TIA.
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You have to replace the floor of the center console to accept a UHI clip connector. There is NO privacy mode for UHI at the moment. Please see my pictures for the floor of the center console. http://homepage.mac.com/drsunilpatel/PhotoAlbum14.html
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Originally Posted by sunman
You have to replace the floor of the center console to accept a UHI clip connector. There is NO privacy mode for UHI at the moment. Please see my pictures for the floor of the center console. http://homepage.mac.com/drsunilpatel/PhotoAlbum14.html
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Originally Posted by BigSis
No, Sunman means 'floor'... that definitely wasn't a typo.
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Originally Posted by sunman
I am not sure if MB has a spot on the right of the radio for UHI or not. Most probably not though.
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Originally Posted by sunman
The clip would still be shown on the dash and it's not very pretty. Also, if you don't have audio10, or comand, in the usa, you should still have cassette player.
And I do have Audio 10.
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Any updates for a 2003 W211 UHI for Motorola V600???
Was wondering if anyone has any updates for this. Last I heard they were not working well. I am hoping there is a fix and they are working. Scorchie, Sunman, anyone?????
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The UHI system works prefectly as expected but the problem is that was designed around europe. Cingular, US's largest GSM carrier uses 850mhz band which is rare or not even seen in Europe. Although the phones are very similar to Europe, they don't all work with UHI. For example, Europe has a 6230 Nokia and we have a 6320b. The B version will not work in the UHI cradle at all. Sony Ericsson has a t630 for Europe and t637 for USA, but the t637 works perfectly in the Sony Ericsson cradle. Siemens has a s65 in Europe and a s66 in USA. This remains to be tested but we should have word soon on it. As for integrating UHI in a w211, it still remains to be seen. I don't have a 211 to play with and I believe there still is an issue with the CP High and CP Low system of the w211. As with all these neat gadgets, time will tell.
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Originally Posted by Randy B
Was wondering if anyone has any updates for this. Last I heard they were not working well. I am hoping there is a fix and they are working. Scorchie, Sunman, anyone?????
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Randy, If you have problems with the v600, I suggest the v620 replacement that was already released. Very litle to no bugs as of now. But who knows.... I am sure the MHI cradle will support the v620. Most places don't carry the v600 anymore.
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I am happy with my V600
Don't get me wrong it took three replacements, but the lastest software version is excellent. I just want to be able to convert the V60 kit I have in my 03 W211 to a V600 working kit. I could care less about tele-aid. Has not been activated for a couple of years now. I am technical with a wrench and a crimper and working on the car does not scare me. I just want the finished product to work. If anyone has a current solution now please E-mail me or PM me. If not I guess I will wait for MBUSA to make a kit available to retro-fit.
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Randy, In that case you have a couple of options to integrate the v600 in the benz.
1. To wait for the MHI kit from MBUSA to be released (hopefully Jan 2005)
2. Wait for the UHI version of the v600 cradle. Which I have no idea if it will be RE-RELEASED or not. It was pulled because it was too buggy with the v600. Then if it does come out, Totally gut the entire Teleaid system (or atleast disconnect it) and disable your Central Gateway, Instrument Cluster, and Airbag Module so TELEAID = NOT PRESENT. Then install a Euro UHI kit.
3. Swich phones to a different model like Sony Ericsson T637 and use the UHI kit after doing the above. There's not much hope for the v600 at the moment for UHI.
1. To wait for the MHI kit from MBUSA to be released (hopefully Jan 2005)
2. Wait for the UHI version of the v600 cradle. Which I have no idea if it will be RE-RELEASED or not. It was pulled because it was too buggy with the v600. Then if it does come out, Totally gut the entire Teleaid system (or atleast disconnect it) and disable your Central Gateway, Instrument Cluster, and Airbag Module so TELEAID = NOT PRESENT. Then install a Euro UHI kit.
3. Swich phones to a different model like Sony Ericsson T637 and use the UHI kit after doing the above. There's not much hope for the v600 at the moment for UHI.
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Randy, In that case you have a couple of options to integrate the v600 in the benz.
1. To wait for the MHI kit from MBUSA to be released (hopefully Jan 2005)
2. Wait for the UHI version of the v600 cradle. Which I have no idea if it will be RE-RELEASED or not. It was pulled because it was too buggy with the v600. Then if it does come out, Totally gut the entire Teleaid system (or atleast disconnect it) and disable your Central Gateway, Instrument Cluster, and Airbag Module so TELEAID = NOT PRESENT. Then install a Euro UHI kit.
3. Swich phones to a different model like Sony Ericsson T637 and use the UHI kit after doing the above. There's not much hope for the v600 at the moment for UHI.
1. To wait for the MHI kit from MBUSA to be released (hopefully Jan 2005)
2. Wait for the UHI version of the v600 cradle. Which I have no idea if it will be RE-RELEASED or not. It was pulled because it was too buggy with the v600. Then if it does come out, Totally gut the entire Teleaid system (or atleast disconnect it) and disable your Central Gateway, Instrument Cluster, and Airbag Module so TELEAID = NOT PRESENT. Then install a Euro UHI kit.
3. Swich phones to a different model like Sony Ericsson T637 and use the UHI kit after doing the above. There's not much hope for the v600 at the moment for UHI.
UHI definitely doesn't work with a 2003 model COMAND; it if gets upgraded, I am not sure if it will work.
I suspect MHI doesn't work with 2003-2004 COMANDs either.
The older V60 kit (with the coily cord handset) seems to have some bugs with the newer COMANDs (2005 and Euro). Not just the phonebook issues.
This is yet another thing that is getting extremely complicated extremely quickly with the different versions of COMAND out there.
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Thanks guys, one more question and then I will stop. Can I change out my radio head to a newer model, realizing of course that I will lose tape deck. If this can be done, is it plug and play or in need of reprogramming through star diag.??? Mind you I do not have the Navigation Command unit now. I only have the short window cd/tape/am/fm player.
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Thanks again,
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Originally Posted by Randy B
Thanks guys, one more question and then I will stop. Can I change out my radio head to a newer model, realizing of course that I will lose tape deck. If this can be done, is it plug and play or in need of reprogramming through star diag.??? Mind you I do not have the Navigation Command unit now. I only have the short window cd/tape/am/fm player.
Thanks again,
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At that point, you may as well add navigation...
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