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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 11:47 PM
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damn ...mine doesnt beep at all , so my car has no alarm system ??...im gonna check it out with dealer ..
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Old Jul 15, 2008 | 11:51 PM
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damn ...mine doesnt beep at all , so my car has no alarm system ??...im gonna check it out with dealer ..
let us know what they say and if there is a way to enable/disable it
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 12:22 AM
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 12:33 AM
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by trial0r
mine beeps. i thought you guys resolved this.

Hi:

Just want to ask. I have the alarm system as an option in my c200k. When I activiate it, the signal lights blink. But how can I enable the "beep beep" sounds?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. My alarm is an factory option and not from the dealer.
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 12:41 AM
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Hi:

Just want to ask. I have the alarm system as an option in my c200k. When I activiate it, the signal lights blink. But how can I enable the "beep beep" sounds?

Thanks in advance.

P.S. My alarm is an factory option and not from the dealer.
vnc230 is going to find out how to do this from the dealer soon. stay tuned
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 08:08 AM
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- If you drive with the parking brake on, the guages and digital display will change from the usual white to red.
This happens with any error / system message. You will notice that your radio also lowers and you hear a chime. I got two flats and both times had the red screen of death LOL.
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 08:10 AM
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Originally Posted by vnc230
damn ...mine doesnt beep at all , so my car has no alarm system ??...im gonna check it out with dealer ..
I thought we talked about this? Did you try opening your window then closing and activiating the lock alarm, then reaching in with you hand to unlock the door and open it with the alarm set? If you have one the alarm will go off and we can settle this question....
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 09:07 AM
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 10:58 AM
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This happens with any error / system message. You will notice that your radio also lowers and you hear a chime. I got two flats and both times had the red screen of death LOL.
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Yep - the red gauge colour is for any 'serious' error messages. I've had it for driving off with a door slightly open.
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 05:36 PM
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Yep - the red gauge colour is for any 'serious' error messages. I've had it for driving off with a door slightly open.
also comes up if tire pressure is seriously out of wack
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 07:30 PM
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True, only if you got the Xenon light package...
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 08:40 PM
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damn, I so want this
If I look at your car info you already have it....
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Old Jul 16, 2008 | 11:58 PM
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I thought we talked about this? Did you try opening your window then closing and activiating the lock alarm, then reaching in with you hand to unlock the door and open it with the alarm set? If you have one the alarm will go off and we can settle this question....
Regards,
Rick
i have tried to do it, and finally , car did not sound ..., i tested both cars, honda civic and W204 , civic sounded beep beep freakin loudly until i shut it off by remote key while W204 was nothing ....

i dont know man , i think my local MB factory did not put alarm system ....,some folks from other forum said there are two situations : no alarm system or alarm system has been unactivated by region requirements ( i dont know why )

to solve second situation , they suggested me asking local MB techical guy to input Nertherland or Norway alarm system codes , then here you go ..beep beep .@@..i will call them soon ..

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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 01:17 AM
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 01:53 AM
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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I found another secret i dont know if this one was already discovered... So basically you can have 2 speedometer in MPH as your normal dial one and another opition which you can enable it or disable it is a digital KM speedometer below your trip and total milage display. direction: Settings/(The first one which i don;t know right now bc im at work lol)/Digital KM. from there you should know what to do. sorry for not being detailed right now im at work i cant do go in n out to my car.
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Spec_Davis
I found another secret i dont know if this one was already discovered... So basically you can have 2 speedometer in MPH as your normal dial one and another opition which you can enable it or disable it is a digital KM speedometer below your trip and total milage display. direction: Settings/(The first one which i don;t know right now bc im at work lol)/Digital KM. from there you should know what to do. sorry for not being detailed right now im at work i cant do go in n out to my car.
What do you get instead if you disable it? Mine is fixed as Km/hr readout. I'm in the UK, so I think this is a Euro requirement to have a permanent secondary speed readout in km/hr.
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 11:17 AM
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What do you get instead if you disable it? Mine is fixed as Km/hr readout. I'm in the UK, so I think this is a Euro requirement to have a permanent secondary speed readout in km/hr.
You can choise between mph or kmph.... I'm in The Netherlands so my normal speedo meter is in KM/H, if i go to the UK/US i can set the digital second speedo in MPH.... Dont know if this is an option in the UK, on my previous car (A200 Turbo) i also had the choice, but i know that people in the UK didn't have a choice.
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 02:18 PM
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What do you get instead if you disable it? Mine is fixed as Km/hr readout. I'm in the UK, so I think this is a Euro requirement to have a permanent secondary speed readout in km/hr.
i thin this second readout is fixed in the uk,
where as anywhere else in europe you can either put speed or temperature...?
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 04:02 PM
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There is no choice for Km or Miles in the US I believe. I have no option to change it.
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 07:29 PM
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i checked it out settings/cluster/(hit the down arrow) additional speedometer.

when you dont have it you display where you can see you miles and mileage below that will be blank. if you enable it you will ahve a digital speedometer.
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 09:42 PM
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this feature is EU spec , my car has this as standard...
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Old Jul 17, 2008 | 10:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Spec_Davis
i checked it out settings/cluster/(hit the down arrow) additional speedometer.

when you dont have it you display where you can see you miles and mileage below that will be blank. if you enable it you will ahve a digital speedometer.
I think for the Australian version, if we select to display the additional speedometer, it will replace the display of the outside temperature.
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Old Jul 18, 2008 | 09:46 AM
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Originally Posted by RickP330
There is no choice for Km or Miles in the US I believe. I have no option to change it.
RickP

i have the us spec version, and that IS an option in the us spec version. at least in mine, found out how to do that the 2nd day i got the car, b cuz i live in germany and i needed to know before i got a speeding ticket. anyhow, go to the settings and scroll down it ask something like change display??
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