Navigational unit conversion
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Navigational unit conversion
Quick question. I would like your opinion on two things.
First can you use the Nav unit from the C55 AMG and put in directly into your C230? I assume you need the Nav/Sat antenna along with the unit?
Second these things seem to be rather expensive. Do you think it is worth the swap if you want Nav or to just go buy a Nav unit from pioneer, sony, eclispe etc.?
Do the outside Nav units fit and look nice? Anyone got any pics?
First can you use the Nav unit from the C55 AMG and put in directly into your C230? I assume you need the Nav/Sat antenna along with the unit?
Second these things seem to be rather expensive. Do you think it is worth the swap if you want Nav or to just go buy a Nav unit from pioneer, sony, eclispe etc.?
Do the outside Nav units fit and look nice? Anyone got any pics?
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Quick question. I would like your opinion on two things.
First can you use the Nav unit from the C55 AMG and put in directly into your C230? I assume you need the Nav/Sat antenna along with the unit?
Second these things seem to be rather expensive. Do you think it is worth the swap if you want Nav or to just go buy a Nav unit from pioneer, sony, eclispe etc.?
Do the outside Nav units fit and look nice? Anyone got any pics?
First can you use the Nav unit from the C55 AMG and put in directly into your C230? I assume you need the Nav/Sat antenna along with the unit?
Second these things seem to be rather expensive. Do you think it is worth the swap if you want Nav or to just go buy a Nav unit from pioneer, sony, eclispe etc.?
Do the outside Nav units fit and look nice? Anyone got any pics?
In terms of features, I'd say go with an aftermarket product; save for certain integration features, such as steering wheel buttons, they're much better. I'd usually recommend Pioneer (since I really like their product and a steering wheel button adapter is available for Pioneer products and the w203), but their latest-generation nav units seem to be having issues with long (1-3 minute long) startup times, which is not particularly acceptable, IMO.
The other thing is phone integration; to integrate a phone, you need the harness+bluetooth puck, which could run you upwards of $500, as opposed to integrated bluetooth on nearly on aftermarket nav models.
With the proper dash kit, the aftermarket nav units look pretty good; not as good as stock, but definitely not out-of-place either.
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Quick question. I would like your opinion on two things.
First can you use the Nav unit from the C55 AMG and put in directly into your C230? I assume you need the Nav/Sat antenna along with the unit?
Second these things seem to be rather expensive. Do you think it is worth the swap if you want Nav or to just go buy a Nav unit from pioneer, sony, eclispe etc.?
Do the outside Nav units fit and look nice? Anyone got any pics?
First can you use the Nav unit from the C55 AMG and put in directly into your C230? I assume you need the Nav/Sat antenna along with the unit?
Second these things seem to be rather expensive. Do you think it is worth the swap if you want Nav or to just go buy a Nav unit from pioneer, sony, eclispe etc.?
Do the outside Nav units fit and look nice? Anyone got any pics?
Either way, if you want navigation instructions to show up in your cluster, you're going to need programming. I'm not sure but I don't think that aftermarket nav unit will give you instructions in your cluster.
