vic viper

Finally I have recieved all the parts needed for a retrofit, unfortunately I still havnt got the car yet, but as soon as it arrives I will start the retrofit .. cant wait



A2048702851 Central air nozzle screen switch
A20483041549116 (black) Central air nozzle
A0225457426 Clutch for antenna cable
A2118200088 Antenna adapter cable
A0018207675 GPS Antenna
A1234750120 Pad for GPS antenna x3
A2045405706 Screen wiring harness
A2045409706 APS wiring harness
A2119840429 Bolt for fan x2
A2048321245 Air duct
A2048320645 Air duct
A2048320545 Air duct
A2048321045 Air duct
A2048300508 Axial fan
A20482046979F45 (black) 7" monitor
A2048703596 Operating unit with DVD changer (ECE)

FrankW

sweet.

remember to do a write up with pictures if possible.

Flame3g

kool keep us posted

hazee

yup...
must do a writeup with pictures ..

albert101

like what everyone else said, YOU MUST DO A WRITE UP!

vic viper

I will as soon as my car arrives ..

Nuru

Here is a pic of most of the parts required

C300SportFahrer

Any chance you can post this of the non MM as well, I'd like to compare.
thanks,
Shawn

vic viper

Its the same picture.

h_shek

Can comeone please let me know the meaning of "MM"

also, just wondering how much did all of these cost you? and where did you get them?

I am hoping to spec my car soon and debating if I should get Audio20 and do the Command myself OR order it together with Command which is a very expensive option...

vic viper

MM is the US name for Comand

I work at a MB dealer this is why I got a really nice price on the parts, somewhere around $2000.

The factory option cost $4175 here in Sweden

Nuru

i heard (after I bought my car) it is an ~ $2900 USD in the US as an option.

I am in about $1400 USD between new and used components.

Nuru

Everything done except for:

GPS retrofit antenna install, Central Vent display switch - delayed by shipping

Axial Blower Motor - still cannot find the mounting holes - the pics in the procedure for install has me lost, i just cannot find that angle!

If anyone with NAV happens to drop the 3 screws on the lower Instrument Cluster cover, can you take a pic of where the fan is, so I can get the proper perspective, please?

Nuru

Oh Yeah, the Comand finally figured out I have SAT Radio and so that is working like a charm now

hazee

I cant help for what you asked but wondering how did you do the retrofit variant coding with a Star Diagnosis?
And for how much you bought all the necessary parts?
Who did the retrofit?
Also if you can show some pictures of the entire retrofit?


thanks.

Nuru

as far as pics of the entire retrofit, I did not take a lot of pics for the actual retrofit, I believe Vic is going to do that soon. He is going to perform the standard retrofit using the retrofit harness. I used my existing harness and added in the power harness for the Axial Blower.

Otherwise without the Axial Blower I could have used my existing harness with a slight mod to my display power harness to accommodate the difference between the Audio 20 display and the Nav Monitor.
I plan to let my dealer do the MOST config and code versioning as required.
I spent about $1500 USD (I used a combination of new and used components.)
I did the installation myself.

In the US cars, the Front SAM fuse box, it is Fuse 11 for the display and Fuse 26 for the Radio/Comand
The power harness for the 5" display has 2 connectors and for the 7"display has one connector.

Pics of units
Closeup of Rear of 5" display showing the locations of the power and data receptacles
Rear view of Comand without Nav and Comand with Nav
Rear View of 7"display and 5" display

Nuru

Rear of Comand with NAV labled

Nuru

Seems like the picture would be different as there is no external fan that I can see for the cars that have the 5" display installed?

Nuru

Pic of Axial Blower and ducting, Front vent and switch, Pic of retrofit harness and retrofit procedure number.

vic viper

The picture are always the same, its when selecting the fan on a Audio 20 vehicle that EPC tells me it isnt valid.

RLE

And you still won't have the Harman-Karden sound system that the Multimedia package includes.

vic viper

Correct, the Sound System is an additional $1100 factory option.
But I can live without it, the sound isnt that much better.

CrAZyVeGAsBoY

that and if you bought that it would cost you almost about the same as if you bought it from the dealer as an option

justthinking

Does command come with logic 7 system or logic 7 is part of the Harman-Karden package??
If retrofit command means having logic 7 system, I wonder how it will sound with APS20..

RLE

Having listened to both, I beg to differ.

The US price for the MM package which includes the Harman-Karden speakers, amps and grilles was about $2950 US as I recall.