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Old May 23, 2013 | 01:57 AM
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Screen Difference in 2012 and 2013

I have a 2012 december c250, recently i was browsing through some dealer website pictures, i noticed that the 2013 model has black and white themed navi screen instead of yellow and black. Even the speedo screen is black with red accents. I really like the look of it, do you guys think it can be done with a software update?

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Old May 23, 2013 | 02:03 AM
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Here in EU, the sport (AMG package) has the black, white and red theme, whilst the other models (lux in the US) uses the yellow theme.
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Old May 23, 2013 | 04:20 AM
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Colors is decided by headunit...
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Old May 23, 2013 | 04:43 AM
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change in comand is possible, that was the answer of a local company (un official change, but with no effect to warranty), but the cluster display (in speedometer) is not possible yet.
only change of the whole board is possible.
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Old May 23, 2013 | 07:53 AM
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I had a 2013 loaner a month or so ago. I thought I would like the new colors better, but they washed out easier in sunlight and looked rather flat other times.

Now, I did like that ths progress bar works for Bluetooth audio on the 2013.
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Old May 23, 2013 | 07:57 AM
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Originally Posted by nuts
change in comand is possible, that was the answer of a local company (un official change, but with no effect to warranty), but the cluster display (in speedometer) is not possible yet.
only change of the whole board is possible.
Any word on how exactly you do that?
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Old May 23, 2013 | 08:38 AM
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Any word on how exactly you do that?
nope, 200$ pls, and some hours of work & official new firmware would be uploaded.

but from my point of view makes no sense with speedometer cluster in old scheme & comand in newer one.

btw, a company proved with the pics, they've updated 3 comands already. so really possible.

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