mokz

I wanted to purchase a Bluetooth puck for my CLS55 so I recently took my car to the MB dealer to see what is required to get Bluetooth working.

They told me that my car was not prewired for a telephone and that I'd have to spend about $800 just for the wiring.

I was told by someone else that my car was prewired. There are wires running where the bluetooth puck is supposed to sit but there's no cradle there. Can anyone look at these pictures and tell me if MB was telling me the truth about my car not being prewired? When I remove the little plastic cover there's a wire running across the opening. I'm wondering if that's the wire for the telephone.

Jocampo

From your pics yes it is NOT prewired for the bluetooth puck. It is wired to handle the interface. Whoever told you that probably just saw the control on the steering wheel and thought it was prewired for the puck. Kevin has a great tutorial on his install...

https://mbworld.org/forums/cls55-amg...ystem-vcs.html

mokz

Thanks for the reply and the link. I'll definitely be spending a weekend hooking that up.

Kevin M.

You need to purchase those modules, there is a guy on ebay that sells everything you need.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Mercedes-Bluetoo...A1%7C294%3A200

I love my handsfree, quality is great well worth it.

mokz

Yeah, I'm tired of fumbling with my earpiece which is uncomfortable to wear for long periods of time. It's time to upgrade a bit.

MJ50

is cellguy's price better than buying from local dealer or online parts dealer?

Blood Doctor

Keith's prices were way below the dealers last year when I did the install. When I was looking for parts, I had a hard time finding anyone online that had the right parts as well as updated parts.

One of the reasons his kit is cheaper than the dealers is that it leaves out the linear compensator... that part is only needed if you plan to install a cradle puck to dock / charge your phone, however, this method also uses the car's antenna for increased signal strength.

But if you are going bluetooth puck like most of us, then you are still running the call through your phone's antenna and don't utilize that extra part which can save you some dough. Afterall, any way you look at it, it is an expensive bluetooth upgrade, but sounds great IMHO.

- Ed

MJ50

keith says it won't work with 1st gen MOST, which is what i have...