Ok so this maybe a stupid question but..
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Ok so this maybe a stupid question but..
..well I have had my C350 for about two days now, and I love it. I have the P2 package along with the MM and I was told by the sales lady that if I was to sync my phone with the car it would read my text msg's. Now I was not able to get my Iphone to sync to the car while I was at the dealership but I gave ti another go today and was able to make it work. Now when i get text the car dose not read them to me was this a mistake by the sales lady by telling me that there is sucha feature or am I jus tno using it right?
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..well I have had my C350 for about two days now, and I love it. I have the P2 package along with the MM and I was told by the sales lady that if I was to sync my phone with the car it would read my text msg's. Now I was not able to get my Iphone to sync to the car while I was at the dealership but I gave ti another go today and was able to make it work. Now when i get text the car dose not read them to me was this a mistake by the sales lady by telling me that there is sucha feature or am I jus tno using it right?
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ok but that would have been real intresting lol. Instead of making another thread I thought I would just ask it here how do you burn the music onto the hard-drive I waas told you can load upto 4 gigs worth..
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I don't have mine yet, so can neither confirm nor deny this, however, I heard that you can copy music from an audio CD to the HD, but not MP3s. Having said that, I also heard that you can copy MP3s from the PCMCIA slot to the HD. Not sure how to do either, but hopefully a helpful owner who has done this can shed some light for you.
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I believe this is a feature of the system, just maybe not in the US. I saw a video over the weekend on YouTube where this feature was demonstrated. I can not recall the name of the video, but if you put in "C-class" or "W204" in the search bar on YouTube it should list all of the ones that are related to the car.
I think it was in Europe that the video was filmed in.
I think it was in Europe that the video was filmed in.
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Could it be a misunderstranding? Maybe she said "the car will read the SMS" as in it will "read" it from your phone and display it on the MFD or central display?
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..well I have had my C350 for about two days now, and I love it. I have the P2 package along with the MM and I was told by the sales lady that if I was to sync my phone with the car it would read my text msg's. Now I was not able to get my Iphone to sync to the car while I was at the dealership but I gave ti another go today and was able to make it work. Now when i get text the car dose not read them to me was this a mistake by the sales lady by telling me that there is sucha feature or am I jus tno using it right?
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oooh, yes! and then when she says "oh, you need the bluetooth HFP cradle, which is $400" you can state that you purchased the car on the understanding that it offered this feature, so she should throw the unit in as a measure of good will 
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In Europe . MB COMAND system has the ability to read text messages. I also get to hear any traffic messages in MB computer voice. It also has the option to enable/disable "read out traffic messages". Never tested the mobile text message system but i do not see why it would not work if the traffic messages can be read.
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However once you enter your phone directroy, the linguatronic voice activation works beautifully!
