fleswc0

Hi, I saw this video on youtube and was wondering if the US market works the same.

At 8:56 you can see the new speed limit display briefly on the instrument cluster before it switches back to showing the vehicle speed. And the navigation continuously shows the speed limit.

Does it work like this for you guys in the US market? Appreciate the help.
Another question, does it detect the speed limit with a camera or does it use maps? I'm wondering if it can detect construction zone speed changes.

Mike5215

It displays the current posted speed and stuff like school zones but I think it's map based.

unr1

yea I think it's map based

kleinebin

Doesn't work in Australia which is annoying.

Mike5215

The heartbreaker...my daughters Mazda3 actually recognizes and displays street signs. Stop signs, yield, speed limit, etc and puts them on the HUD. In color.

DBOC205

I agree. Extremely annoying because it's only due to our market size that they haven't bothered to invest in the development to make it work here! Even just standard speed database integration should have been done ages ago since you can have that in even an Aldi-class throw away GPS device.

I tried early on after buying the car to fiddle with the software using Vediamo, Xentry and a multiplexer. Although I was able to configure the SA code to enable the sign recognition, there's other SAM software updates needed as well so it never worked.

I had a look at the new 5 series BMW a few weeks back and saw it in action there. MB has to follow suit now and from the articles I've seen, they will ... it will probably take another year though for it to filter down do the C Class I imagine (meaning you'll never get it enabled on your current car).

http://www.goauto.com.au/mellor/mell...2580F200776B61

Mjollnir1983

I just got a new Subaru Impreza in Aus, which has the traffic speed alert working.

Sad we get such shoddy support from Mercedes in Australia.

GerritKw

The traffic signs are definetely recognised here in Europe. Here all street signs are quite uniform in shape. It recognizes speed signs, multiple types of under signs and when its not allowed to overtake.
Additionally it uses info from the navigation.
It seems that in the US the speed signs differ per state. I can imagine its hard to recognize them all.

Shadwell

in Oz they charge ridiculous prices, add obscene taxes to pay for bludgers, restrict specification choices and provide ****e support to the market... so missing functionality comes as no surprise....

Thlian

Yup, here it reads the signs by camera

Mike5215

One of the reasons I got my kid the new Mazda was that it reads the speed limit signs and sounds an alarm when she goes 10mph over the posted speed. Handy for inexperienced drivers. Does the same for lane departure.

GerritKw

It seems that the latest E-class can use the signs to set your Max speed on the cruise control. Don't have any experience with it though.

sean1.8t

The tragedy that trumps all...My eyeballs reflect natural light off of my retina (or some sciencey **** like that) and display everything that is in my field of vision. And get this.. IN COLOR & SUPER ULTRA HD

Thlian

Evil sarcasm

DBOC205

The retina reflection technology was a good system and used by Ford for several decades but when Mercedes took it over they found that the in-built distractometer was causing significant interference, resulting in what is now known to be lead-food syndrome.

I personally would like to be better protected from such illness, but each to their own.

Mike5215

Yeah, but mostly what they're looking at is the inside of your colon.

auditoamg

Smartass.... LOL

auditoamg

Well played, Mike! I'm literally, LOL!!!

removedCFGaccount

What if you have a semi-colon?

fleswc0

okay thanks. Are you in the US?

Also, anyone know which zoom levels the speed limit is displayed on the navigation screen? I can't find it mentioned in the manual.
Or does the speed limit constantly show on the bottom left of map screen?

sean1.8t

Smart colon apparently....

Thlian

Same place regardless of zoome, either you have it or you dont