mbdragon55

so there's this radio station on FM 87.7 and my 2001 C240's radio only goes down to 87.9. How can I get that radio station in my car? Btw my friends 1993 190E can get that radio station..please help..thanks you guys

bdgdl08

Have you tried the manual station input? Press the * button, and then just enter 877!

BlackC280

"Piggy Backing on this thread"
I also have a radio question. I have preset stations from 1 through 6. I can easily get those stations by pressing any button that corresponds to each stored station. But when I try to change station using my steering wheel controls. It does not move through the preset stations. Instead it changes PER signal or per Digit. How do I use my steering wheel controls to change stations by the preset stored on my radio?

tommy

I'm not sure where the cutoff is - on early W203s, you can change it in your settings so that the up/down cycles through your presets, on later W203s, you cannot change it to going through your presets.

My guess is you're stuck with the current situation.

bdgdl08

I have a 2007, and I can change my settings to cycle through my presets. I don't know when you couldn't.

Edit: You have to go through the menus in your on board computer, and you can change it from there.

Glyn M Ruck

What radio do you have? Is it an Audio 10?

Glyn M Ruck

ROW spec for Audio 10 as follows. AM station gap might not suit US - it's probably internally switchable:

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.

Benzboy13

ROFL. I'm in Queens and have the same problem.

Apparently that station is bumpin. Every once in a while, my friends request that station and they dont understand why my car doesnt have it.. 1990 Camry's get that station.. why not us?!?!



BTW, Does the manual input really work?

mbdragon55

Yeah. That station is hot. I really want it. Lol. And yea I already tried the manual * input ... It dosent work either. Is there any other way? I see like really old cars get that station but not us. Wow

mbdragon55

im not sure if it is Audio 10 or not. how can i tell? its the stock radio that came with a 2001 C240.

Cintoman

As for the W203's, I know my 2005 C230 SS (Bremen Germany plant, April 2005 build date) does NOT have the option in the settings menu to use the steering wheel buttons to cycle thru the presets. The option doesn't even come up. So it only allows me to cycle by 1 digit per up or down arrow press (eg: 92.1, 92.3, 92.5, etc). However, I believe all of the loaner vehicles I've had (06 and 07 C230, C280, and C350's) had the menu option to change by frequency or by preset memory setting. I think it might have been an oversight when they did the mid-cycle refresh for the 2005 model year.

Why you would want to use the steering wheel buttons to go up/down one-by-one rather than by presets is beyond me. So I'm not sure why M-B wouldn't just have the steering wheel buttons go up/down by presets by default.

Cintoman

BlackC280

I have an 2006 C280 and my menu does not have the option to change the settings. It's actually quite annoying. I know it's only an arms reach but what's the point of the steering wheel controls if we can't cycle through preset stations? Then I guess the controls have do have some use on the CD's.

hmm... whatever I guess. I'm over it.

bdgdl08

I think that it would be helpful for cds to be able to change cds in the changer with the steering wheel as well as the track number!

Glyn M Ruck

This is an Audio 10 & you can change preselects from steering wheel.

W203E35

I got an idea

Hopefully you still have warranty. Take it to the dealer and say it use to cycle through and now it doesn't maybe they can change some setting like program it to cyle through??

Moviela

This is rather interesting. It is something I am involved in because I am a content provider. Radio stations who play music pay for it by the size of their audience in a given market. Most stations opt to pay a clearing house, and they pay the content owners based on amount of play.

American FM radio starts at 88.1 MHz. Other countries have different frequencies assigned to FM radio, so those radios can tune other frequencies. In the US, 82 to 88 MHz is currently assigned to TV channel 6. 87.7 MHz is the aural carrier for channel 6. Some older continuous FM tuners can tune this frequency and some sly dogs in New York have figured this out. If you wanted to buy a FM radio station in New York it would cost tens of millions of dollars, and hundreds of thousands a year to pay for music programming. These people have circumvented the process by getting a license for a LPTV (low power television)station for TV channel 6. These are intended to serve small special purpose audiences, like those who like Afrikaans programming, but live in New Jersey. Their programming, however, is music oriented, and they advertise that in addition to TV channel 6, you can also hear them in your car at the left end of the dial.

My problem is that their radio audience is huge, but not measured by the rating service. They are siphoning listeners from other FM stations, thus lowering my payments. They are measured by the TV market ratings, but because their visual transmitter is puny power wise, they get a TV rating of less than 1,000 viewers (the rating minimum.) This means they effectively pay nothing for their programming.

Now for the Mercedes radio. The rest of the world gets a radio made mostly by Becker, and the tuning is suitable for the country where the car is sold. The US cars have radios made mostly by Alpine, and do not tune low enough to get the aural carrier for channel six at 87.7 MHz. It is not switchable, nor programmable through Star Diag.

There is a work around. Get a mini TV or a portable radio with a TV band, tune in channel 6 and plug in a modulator and broadcast the signal on 88.1 so you can listen on the car radio. Those who have the AUX input for the head unit, you can skip the modulator and plug the mini plug cable directly into the audio source device.

Moviela

I think sometime during the model run Mercedes removed the ability to have the CAN change stations from the steering wheel by preset, or by seeking the next station. You could pick the way the feature worked. They took that ability away, and now you can only tune by seeking the next station. I guess they got too many calls from people who got it in the wrong mode and wanted help. So they locked it in the wrong mode in my opinion.

Glyn M Ruck

Is the AM - MW gap switchable?

bdgdl08

That's weird. Just for the record, I have a 2007 C230 SS, and it goes down to 88.7FM, but no lower, and has the option to, from the steering wheel, change stations by either frequency or by preset. I think it's interesting how different the same car can be, even within the same year!

W203E35

Maybe the build year? Maybe yours was actually built in 07 and the other person's was built in 06 as an 07 model and they changed some features?

mbdragon55

yeaaa i was driving a 2007 c280 as a loaner and that went down to 87.7. but mine wont go that down. I dont have the audio 10 btw. i have this radio:

Glyn M Ruck

Yeah - what a pity - That preceded the Audio 10

Jonski

I have an Audio 10 CD in my w210. I can't get 'autostore' to work on FM waveband (I'm supposed to just press and hold down the FM button I believe). Does anyone happen to know if this function is supposed work on this model? And if so, what I might be doing wrong?
Thanks in advance.

atomicdog22

does any one know how to attach a aux cable to a w203 for an iPod connection. Also where i could get a stereo knob. My knob fell off.

Jameskpv10

hey sorry but i have a question, im new to all this. Yesterday i was bumped by another car in my front hood. which caused my front hood to dent a bit. but my front grill is all smashed and no good. what is the name of the part that holds the grill cover. the grill cover has some clips that clip on to something "thats what im tryna find out, the name of that part." that is also connected to the hood of the car. Any help would be good. by the way my car is a C240 2005 4matic. thank you.