2014 W204 C200 questions, my 1st MB!!
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2014 W204 C200 questions, my 1st MB!!
Hi, this is my first thread here, I have had BMWs for years, now the local MB dealer proposed me a great deal to trade my 320i for an C200 and today I brought it home, this is my first MB and is really nice, I use to retrofit and code many things on my BMWs X5 and X3, I don't know if there something alike for MB. Here in Costa Rica the Avantgarde version does not come with COMMAND, linguatronic, DVD etc. it has Audio 20, I have intelligent Light system, Assist, Parking and other nice features, I tried with my VIN to search my config but it seems too new and I couldn't get any info from the VIN Decoder sites.
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Ok, thanks!, programming has its disavantages, is nice but risky, it is a trial @ error. do you think that it is worth to get the STAR diagnosis software package offered at ebay at aprox $600??.. do I need this software to activate features or retrofit?
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i would buy a COMAND NTG4.5 unit and screen via ebay with the money you'll save on skipping the star diagnosis
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Ok, I have no NAV, if I can get a Command NGT4.5 for W204 is this plug and play?, I think I should install at least a GPS antenna, I read something somewhere else that I should need to recode the instrument cluster to work with NAV, how can I do this?.. software? dealer?
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yes you'd need a GPS antenna but that isn't much
there shouldn't be any recoding to the kombi instrument.
the unit itself should be plug & play but its possible you'll need a new screen since i don't know the screen type of an audio 20 unit in a facelift
there shouldn't be any recoding to the kombi instrument.
the unit itself should be plug & play but its possible you'll need a new screen since i don't know the screen type of an audio 20 unit in a facelift
