DBOC205

I'm wonder why MB has decided to limit the ambient lighting inside the W205 to the three output colors only (i.e. White, Blue & Amber). The LED chips that get used are undoubtedly RGB emitters so theoretically you should be able to generate any mix. I think in the S-Class you get seven colors to play with under the same COMAND menu screen so what's up with that on the C? Maybe the marketing ploy was "spend double the money on the car, get double the colors inside" Has anyone ever found any info or articles in relation to this?

ManiacGT

I don't think most people are bothered. You get white; warm or cold. It's enough. A lot of brands don't even let you chooseS

vic viper

This is a Mercedes, not a christmas tre ... sorry, Lexus

turt

On the B-class and CLA-class you get 12 colors, so obviously it's not related to the price of the car

Why they would limit to 3 colors only on the C-class, I have no idea!

jkyriakou

Red would be nice with the red interior.

floridadriver

It may have been an artist rendition, but I saw red ambient in promo shots for the AMG 450 and 63 versions. The 3 colors they already have are nice, and very well implemented!

BoboPolo12

I see your point.. but don't see it as a problem. I'm glad these are the three they picked and are available. All three are unique and inoffensive. Purple might look swanky and club-o-licious in the S, but not in the C. Green? Pass. Red tends to hurt the eyes and reminds me of the interior lighting/switchgear of earlier Audis.

Maybe somebody can figure out the coding eventually and include other colors.

Andrew1959

Also on all the sales pictures the centre console lights looked much brighter, I find all the ambiant lighting quiet low, some new passengers don't even recognise it as being on

mbinnl

Have them in your car in the dark, that will certainly help ....

CO2010

I love it. Looks much better than the "1" orange color inside my BMW. Talk about a boring dull color!

bensales

I've got it, but I end up keeping it on orange. Blue clashes with the orange lights on the switchgear and white just looks like you've left the lights on in the car.

I wanted to use the blue as that's what's in my Jag, but the Jag has blue lights on the switches so it all coordinates. Orange and blue just doesn't work.

DBOC205

I don't see it as a problem either - just a peculiar point of "WHY?". The programming for the COMAND firmware interface would be pretty standardized by now to keep the UI consistent across the model range. If the vehicle system is supporting a particular hardware function (i.e. ambient lighting) then you would think there's more effort involved to deliberately differentiate between the models than to just keep it consistent - seems counterproductive. Just makes me wonder that kind of swanky marketing professor made those calls. "Oh.. no, no, no.. vee cannot have ze red color in the C-Class, our target group haz indicated zat would not be ze right look at all since it reminds them of liverwurst. "

Meh... whatever. The system will probably get an update one day with new firmware and it'll get trumpeted as a 'new' and 'exciting' upgrade feature - "New 2015 C Class, now with 10 color ambient lighting to match every mood" (and the crowd goes wild!).

BlackjackM

I believe you can adjust the brightness through the Settings menu, do you have yours turned up?


My sis in law LOVES the pink ambient lighting in her Escape lol....

Jchungster

This may seem like a stupid question but how do I change the colors? Still learning about this car! Thanks!

DBOC205

Bring up Vehicle Settings > Ambient Light:Color

joshg1001

The CLA only had orange when it first came out but in the second year, the car can be had with the 12 hues. I have a feeling the 2016 C class might add all the colors too

Jchungster

Ahh just realized this function is only available to those with leather interior.

abstractls

Has nothing to do with leather, you just have to have the ambient lighting package

Latinnftl

In the US build there is no choice for ambient lighting package on the C. If you want ambient lighting you have to get the interior package which included leather.

vic viper

Could be that you need wood trim, I dont think ambient lighting is available with piano panels

bensales

In the UK it's part of the 'Premium' package which also gives you keyless entry/go, panoramic roof, and memory seats. You can't spec it on it's own and having leather or wood makes no difference (I've got MBTex/Artico and black ash).

Andrew1959

Does this lighting turn up and down for brightness
Mines knowhere as bright as all the pictures and I do agree that the colour of the door controls should be changeable it does look odd if you have blue lighting on with the gold of the door controls

SofFMike

I have ambient lighting and piano black trim. I think there is 5 levels of brightness for each colour.

DBOC205

In Australia all C-Class variants came equipped with the Ambient lighting... so piano black, non-leather etc. It'll be different in every country I suppose.

Jchungster

I have the premium 1 package and also the ash wood trim but no ambient lighting . The US cars want you to have the leather interior package to be able to have ambient lighting... oh well!