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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 05:21 PM
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Altitude

Originally Posted by laguna
In the secret menus (see other posts) you can find readouts of the GPS. It gives the true speed when you drive, but also the altitude in steps of one meter. When i drive in The Hague i drive at minus 5 meters (even had -7 meter, so fun! )
The altimeter I stumbled across gave readouts in 100 ft. increments which is interesting but not of much use.

Further, without an adjustment for barometric pressure, the altitude displayed isn't going to be accurate anyway.

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Old Aug 18, 2009 | 05:35 PM
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Originally Posted by RLE
The altimeter I stumbled across gave readouts in 100 ft. increments which is interesting but not of much use.

Further, without an adjustment for barometric pressure, the altitude display isn't going to be accurate anyway.
I don't think it needs any barometric pressure adjustment, because it is not a pressure instrument. the readouts are part of the 3D information optained from the GPS antenna.

The altimeter on the conventional menu gives 100 ft or 50 m read outs. the one in the engeneering menu gives 1 m read outs (Euro version).
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 11:14 AM
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Post Engineering Mode

How do you enter Engineering Mode on the Command System? It is mentioned in these posts but no guidance on how to get there.
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Old Oct 22, 2009 | 02:22 PM
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Press these three buttons at the same time for about 10 sec. You can leave this mode by scrolling to the end of the 2e page and select END.
Be carefull.
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 05:41 PM
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do you guys know how to unlock the gps and enable video in motion?
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Old Feb 21, 2010 | 11:15 PM
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Unlocking video in motion

No... I wondered about this too, because I understand that it is possible. I could not readily see an option in engineering mode for this.
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 10:30 AM
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thanks for answering silverbeast, what about being able to enter info into the GPS while driving, is that a possibility?

Someone on the board must know
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Old Feb 23, 2010 | 01:29 AM
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just did the modd but ive noticed that in the page 7.7 number one is BT contact plate and number two is LCT and they are both not installed! what is this???? should i install them or leave it as is??
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 02:01 PM
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yeah what is the BT and LCT
Guess no one knows about the VIM?
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Old Feb 24, 2010 | 06:05 PM
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Does anyone know how to enable side view camera?
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 12:26 PM
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Whats good guys?
Hey i just got my Comand update and i have more options in the eng menu 7.7 HU...i have 22 options to choose from some stuff about hybrid options and also a guide line option for the SRVC camera option...ill post all the pics i have up today...i also finally got the NAV fadeout option and the boost volume option for the Aux audio its awesome! one last thing i noticed too after the update on the Nav birds eye option the sky now has clouds for the day time and stars on it for night i dont remember seeing that before so maybe it was there i dont know anyway pics coming up soon they're pretty cool!
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by mrod81
Whats good guys?
Hey i just got my Comand update and i have more options in the eng menu 7.7 HU...i have 22 options to choose from some stuff about hybrid options and also a guide line option for the SRVC camera option...ill post all the pics i have up today...i also finally got the NAV fadeout option and the boost volume option for the Aux audio its awesome! one last thing i noticed too after the update on the Nav birds eye option the sky now has clouds for the day time and stars on it for night i dont remember seeing that before so maybe it was there i dont know anyway pics coming up soon they're pretty cool!

Is that for W204 or W203?
Also how did you get it from dealer?
Just walked in and said need update?
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 01:03 PM
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Originally Posted by ELO168
Is that for W204 or W203?
Also how did you get it from dealer?
Just walked in and said need update?
W204
Yeah tried that at one dealership first they said that there has to be something specifically wrong with the Comand or the car itself for the updates so i went to starteckinfo.com pulled all the applicable bulletins and went to another dealership, i told them i was having these issues and then i pulled out the bulletins i downloaded and then they did it took all day but totally worth it...i have them at home on PDF format ill post them up when i get home so you guys can use them too.
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Old Mar 23, 2010 | 09:54 PM
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Originally Posted by mrod81
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Yeah tried that at one dealership first they said that there has to be something specifically wrong with the Comand or the car itself for the updates so i went to starteckinfo.com pulled all the applicable bulletins and went to another dealership, i told them i was having these issues and then i pulled out the bulletins i downloaded and then they did it took all day but totally worth it...i have them at home on PDF format ill post them up when i get home so you guys can use them too.
This is good to know, my SA also wants bulletins to do repair, please post PDF.
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Old Mar 24, 2010 | 12:26 AM
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Originally Posted by theinmoe
This is good to know, my SA also wants bulletins to do repair, please post PDF.
the pics and PDF right here...
https://mbworld.org/forums/c-class-w...d-options.html
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Old Jun 11, 2013 | 09:56 PM
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Thanks for the info on the compass in nav. I have home link but no compass on my mirror so this is great.
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