Back up camera
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2013 C250 Sport
I have a 2013 and no guide lines. 
If I had my car back from the dealer I'd look it up and let you know but I think they are keeping it forever at this point. I think it was around the end of the list and had something to do with off road "ABCD" or "1,2,3,4".
If that was it you will get arrows on the System screen that shows a wheel angle and accelerometer. They are kind of hard to read though, most of the screen is taken up by a picture of the vehicle.
You can also enable a seat control screen and a fuel consumption screen. But neither function.
If I had my car back from the dealer I'd look it up and let you know but I think they are keeping it forever at this point. I think it was around the end of the list and had something to do with off road "ABCD" or "1,2,3,4".
If that was it you will get arrows on the System screen that shows a wheel angle and accelerometer. They are kind of hard to read though, most of the screen is taken up by a picture of the vehicle.
You can also enable a seat control screen and a fuel consumption screen. But neither function.
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2019 E63s AMG
Ok, is confirmed. My car has steering wheel positioning sensors.
Now the question is why are dynamic guidelines not available?
I am surprised that option even works though, it is for the W166 ML
Now the question is why are dynamic guidelines not available?
I am surprised that option even works though, it is for the W166 ML
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2013 C250 Sport
Given the wheel angle sensor with the ILS you'd think there would be a way to connect it with dynamic camera guide lines.
Hmm, perhaps your next project? I wonder if a module could be retrofitted or perhaps there is some coding option? The newer factory cameras are great.
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2019 E63s AMG
It is odd that it works. But ultimately it's not an overly useful screen. The data is too small to be of use while driving. I do like it better than that clock screen.
Given the wheel angle sensor with the ILS you'd think there would be a way to connect it with dynamic camera guide lines.
Hmm, perhaps your next project? I wonder if a module could be retrofitted or perhaps there is some coding option? The newer factory cameras are great.
Given the wheel angle sensor with the ILS you'd think there would be a way to connect it with dynamic camera guide lines.
Hmm, perhaps your next project? I wonder if a module could be retrofitted or perhaps there is some coding option? The newer factory cameras are great.
The biggest problem with solving this mystery is the lack of info available on it. We don't know if it only works with the OEM camera setup only or it needs to be coded/unhidden with Star or there needs to be some hardware changes that were not available on these MY, etc. I have yet to see a thread regarding dynamic guidelines retrofit being successful.
I have read a lot of people saying that you need to activate ARVC (Advanced RearView Camera) from Eng Menu, but obviously not available for us probably software related.
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Yeah, if they completely left that out of the firmware it might not be possible. But then they leave in hidden options for W166 and E-Class vehicles. Did those vehicles in the same MYs have guidelines?
The cameras in the newer cars have better night time images and a wider field of view as well.
I read an old post were someone said they had guide lines at some point but then removed them
The cameras in the newer cars have better night time images and a wider field of view as well.
I read an old post were someone said they had guide lines at some point but then removed them
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2019 E63s AMG
Yeah, if they completely left that out of the firmware it might not be possible. But then they leave in hidden options for W166 and E-Class vehicles. Did those vehicles in the same MYs have guidelines?
The cameras in the newer cars have better night time images and a wider field of view as well.
I read an old post were someone said they had guide lines at some point but then removed them
The cameras in the newer cars have better night time images and a wider field of view as well.
I read an old post were someone said they had guide lines at some point but then removed them
So at this point it looks like it was left completely out of the W204 or it can only be done through Star.
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Really odd. You'd think MB would have done that unless there was some technical reason. I've seen cars going back many years with that feature. Perhaps it's the off center camera?
A little off topic but I switched out my GLA250 loaner today for a W205 C300. The GLA actually has a better camera but the C has choices in how wide of a camera angle you use. Usually manufactures like to keep their stuff consistent. That was about the only thing better in the GLA. The W205 camera has a low frame rate and doesn't perform as well in the dark. But it's still better than a W204 camera.
A little off topic but I switched out my GLA250 loaner today for a W205 C300. The GLA actually has a better camera but the C has choices in how wide of a camera angle you use. Usually manufactures like to keep their stuff consistent. That was about the only thing better in the GLA. The W205 camera has a low frame rate and doesn't perform as well in the dark. But it's still better than a W204 camera.
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Really odd. You'd think MB would have done that unless there was some technical reason. I've seen cars going back many years with that feature. Perhaps it's the off center camera?
A little off topic but I switched out my GLA250 loaner today for a W205 C300. The GLA actually has a better camera but the C has choices in how wide of a camera angle you use. Usually manufactures like to keep their stuff consistent. That was about the only thing better in the GLA. The W205 camera has a low frame rate and doesn't perform as well in the dark. But it's still better than a W204 camera.
A little off topic but I switched out my GLA250 loaner today for a W205 C300. The GLA actually has a better camera but the C has choices in how wide of a camera angle you use. Usually manufactures like to keep their stuff consistent. That was about the only thing better in the GLA. The W205 camera has a low frame rate and doesn't perform as well in the dark. But it's still better than a W204 camera.
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