Lockbuster

I hope that I can help others that want to buy a Mercedes Radio Becker Audio 10 CD. I had quite a lot of help in buying an Audio 10 CD from Buellwinkle and others.
These are the steps I took to buy one:

This is the E-bay page for the Audio 10 CD's that are for sale.
There are two different Audio 10 CD's radio and I have attached a photo to help with the differences. The radio you want for your Mercedes is the one on the top and not on the bottem. On E-bay the place where you want to start is here;

http://search.ebay.de/search/search....combine=y&st=2

Next is the translation of the web pages;
on this cite is a "translation of a web page" Google is the best to use.

http://translation.langenberg.com/


The next step I did was write to the seller and ask if he or she would allow me to bid and would they send the item to the United States. When I wrote to them I would use the German translation as well as The English Translation so no confusion would be invoiced.


The best source of transferring funds I found is City Bank at;
https://www.c2it.com/C2IT/Login
This Information is Required before the money can be sent, so e-mail the buyer and have this information on hand:
Recipient Name:*
Recipient Street Address:*
City and State or Province:*
Postal Code:
Country: Germany
Recipient Telephone Number:* .
Recipient Bank Information
BLZ Code:*
Recipient Bank Account Number:*
Recipient Bank Name:*
Bank Address Line 1:*
Bank Address Line 2:*
Bank Address Line 3:
* are required to finish transaction

Remember it cost about 30.00 dollars to send it by regular mail and about 60.00 dollars to send it by air. It is best to ask the radio be double boxed and packaged to prevent it from being damaged in shipment.

Buellwinkle

It's not a question of which radio is old or new. The top radio is for the 2001+ C-Class the other radio fits non-C, non-ML cars like the SLK.

Lockbuster

Buellwinkle, thanks I am still learning.......

jlm

I am currently bidding on an Audio 10 based on the bits and pieces I learned from Beullwinkle and others, but since I couldn't read the German text I was wondering just what he was trying to tell me. While the translation is 'fractured', you can still get the idea.

jlm

session

when viewing an item on ebay.de, it's helpful to change "ebay.de" to "ebay.com" in the URL. this will make the text of the auction details appear in english; the description will still unfortunately be in german but it's a LOT easier to understand.

example:

http://cgi.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...tem=1764667548

(becomes)

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...tem=1764667548

jlm

I did pick up on that from some posts along the way, but it occured to me that the seller could be making some kind of disclaimer, like "...big scratch on faceplate, but unit still works (I think)." and I would never know it. Better to have a translator that can make a stab at converting the whole thing.

Buellwinkle

I use http://babelfish.altavista.com/ for translations. You cut and paste the website address and it converts the entire page. Unfortunately, Germans seem to have trouble with their spelling so it doesn't always translate perfectly. Many Germans speak English so you can send them an e-mail asking if they "Sprechen Sie Englisch?". If they respond with "nein" you are outa luck, don't bid on it, it's not worth the trouble.

lars

Do European radios come set up with the same broadcast band frequencies as American radios?

session

they tune every 0.1 MHz on FM, and every 9 kHz on AM

US stations are every 0.2 MHz (odds) on FM and every 5 kHz on AM.

Lynn

The FM band is the same, but with closer spacing. The AM band in Europe stops at 1620 kilohertz instead of 1700. In Europe, the AM station spacing is 9 kilohertz as opposed to the 10 khz speacing used in North America. In short, you will hear some stations but not others. The Audio 10 also has a short wave band and a long wave band. It does not have weather radio.

Buellwinkle

Yes, no and maybe. How's that for an answer. FM is exactly the same so that's a YES, AM has a shorter range up to 1600 Khz and is tuned at 9 Khz intervals instead of 10 Khz so some stations tune in, some don't, all the ones I listened to in LA work fine so that's a MAYBE. If you are concerned, post the frequencies you listen to and someone should be able to tell you how close you can tune to it. There is no marine weather band on the Audio 10 but I found this feature useless as small craft advisories don't mean much to me now that I sold my boat, so that's a NO. In return you get Short and Long Wave bands. Stuff comes in on short wave but don't know or care what it is. Nothing comes in on long wave but may come in handy if I make a wrong turn and end up in France.

Lockbuster

"[QUOTE]Originally posted by session
[B]when viewing an item on ebay.de, it's helpful to change "ebay.de" to "ebay.com" in the URL. this will make the text of the auction details appear in english; the description will still unfortunately be in german but it's a LOT easier to understand."


Sessions,
The reason why I kept with the German translated text is that it is in the German time zone. However I noticed when when I had E-bay translate the text the time changes. I feel this is important so when the item for sale gets near the end of an auction you can make a decision to stop bidding or bid more.

DCX Engineer

I used freetranslation.com when I purchased my Audio 10 CD on ebay.de.

Lockbuster

I found this info sheet in;

http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache...hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Mercedes-Benz Audio 10 BE4410 / BE6021

Tuner bands: FM 87.5 MHz - 108 MHz.
AM 531 kHz - 1620 kHz
LW 153 kHz - 282 kHz
SW 5800 kHz - 6250 kHz
Station Memory: 8 in FM, 4 in MW, LW and KW.
Frequency Response:
50 Hz - 20 kHz with CD Player
30 Hz - 15 kHz on FM
50 Hz - 2.5 kHz on AM, LW, SW
Autostore: FM, MW, LW.
Amplifier output: 4 x 15 Watt.
Loudspeaker Impedance: min. 4 Ohm.
Speed Dependant volume.
Antenna: Impedance 50 Ohm.
Telephone Mute: Low active signal < 2 Volt.
Power Supply: 12 Volt.
Soundsystem: Connection only for D2B Optical System.
CD Connection: Available for Mercedes-Benz D2B and Becker Silverstone 2662.
8 cm CD's with adapter is not recommended nor guaranteed playback with recordable CD's.
CANBUS enabled.
Theft protection is handled by a unit identifier signal over the CANBUS with the vehicle (the devices have no code). This identifier is checked at each operation of the unit. If this identifier is missing, then the radio goes into the PROD lockout mode and can no longer be operated.
The BE6021 is an update version of the BE4410. There are no operational or specification differences.
Also available as an option: Audio 10 BE6020 cassette tuner.

deanlnh

Is the installation simple?

session

very. i had never taken a car apart before and i did it in an hour. (without the assistance of pictures like the ones i posted) that hour also includes the time to run to sears and buy a #20 torx screwdriver.

Lockbuster

Session,
Thanks for the pictures it will help greatly in installing my radio when it comes