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Enabling the Larger Gear Display
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Enabling the Larger Gear Display
Now that we have the picture that JustinTRW found, anyone want to call/write AMG or MB and see if it is possible?
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2002 C32 Black/Black
1998 ML320 Black/Black
1991 Corrado Red/Black
1969 Vette Black/Black
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2002 C32 Black/Black
1998 ML320 Black/Black
1991 Corrado Red/Black
1969 Vette Black/Black
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That picture is a "pre-production" picture. It depicts the new Manual (Shift button's behind the steering wheel) transmission . The "M" means manual mode. The mode you switch into in order to use the shift buttons. This most likely is comming in the 2004 C32/C35.
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03' C32, 98' Civic EX
Yeah, when you call, also ask them how to make it red.... as Ian was talking about in the thread that was closed.
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Originally posted by box986
What I saw was a similar 2 character display, for example SD while the car is in D and it was on a 2002 C32!
What I saw was a similar 2 character display, for example SD while the car is in D and it was on a 2002 C32!
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Originally posted by Robert C32AMG
I'm located in Europe, Poland to be exact.
From what i have seen all the c32 had this kind of display.
robert.
I'm located in Europe, Poland to be exact.
From what i have seen all the c32 had this kind of display.
robert.
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not to be a jackass but whats the big deal??? this topic of a display being a tiny bit bigger is more of a discussion than the newly installed ODPS on pc's car. People should know what gear your in after one glance anyway unless you sit there and look at the gear display of your automatic transmission every second
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Originally posted by ro0zy
not to be a jackass but whats the big deal??? this topic of a display being a tiny bit bigger is more of a discussion than the newly installed ODPS on pc's car. People should know what gear your in after one glance anyway unless you sit there and look at the gear display of your automatic transmission every second
not to be a jackass but whats the big deal??? this topic of a display being a tiny bit bigger is more of a discussion than the newly installed ODPS on pc's car. People should know what gear your in after one glance anyway unless you sit there and look at the gear display of your automatic transmission every second
But in the case of driving the car at fast speed or whenever you need to focus on the road as much as possible and you are in manual selection that is when the large gear display really pays off!
I had mine set today!
Last edited by box986; Jan 11, 2003 at 11:20 PM.
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I will tell everyone that PM me what to do except for ro0zy since he doesn't think it's important! j/k!
Its very simple, just set the regional setting on the instrument display from U.S. to R.O.W. from the Star Diagonostic system!
It looks cleaner, sportier and most important more readable since not everyone have the time to "sit there and look at the gear display of your automatic transmission every second"! eg, on the race track,,,,
Its very simple, just set the regional setting on the instrument display from U.S. to R.O.W. from the Star Diagonostic system!
It looks cleaner, sportier and most important more readable since not everyone have the time to "sit there and look at the gear display of your automatic transmission every second"! eg, on the race track,,,,
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Originally posted by box986
I will tell everyone that PM me what to do except for ro0zy since he doesn't think it's important! j/k!
Its very simple, just set the regional setting on the instrument display from U.S. to R.O.W. from the Star Diagonostic system!
It looks cleaner, sportier and most important more readable since not everyone have the time to "sit there and look at the gear display of your automatic transmission every second"! eg, on the race track,,,,
I will tell everyone that PM me what to do except for ro0zy since he doesn't think it's important! j/k!
Its very simple, just set the regional setting on the instrument display from U.S. to R.O.W. from the Star Diagonostic system!
It looks cleaner, sportier and most important more readable since not everyone have the time to "sit there and look at the gear display of your automatic transmission every second"! eg, on the race track,,,,
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No charge for me,, it was a relatively easy change!
Less than 5 minutes including the time to hook up the hardware!
I can't imaging being charge more than 1/2 labor if your dealer will not do it for free!
Less than 5 minutes including the time to hook up the hardware!
I can't imaging being charge more than 1/2 labor if your dealer will not do it for free!
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Great gas mileage 38 MPG
Yeh why is this in C32 AMG? I have a C230K Coupe
Last week I took my car to get the cell phone and voice module coded.
I asked them to set the dash display to large numbers, dealer set regional setting to instrument display from USA to R.O.W.
I love the larger shift display, there were days that I could not see the dispaly with sun in the eyes and my wearing sunglasses etc. This was cool.
But suddenly I was getting as much as 38 miles per gallon. Tuesday I went from Burbank to Manhattan Beach and averaged 36 MPG, this at 3:30 PM through downtown traffic no less.
It actually looks like I was getting great mileage, 1/8 tank to/from Burbank about 66 miles.
But I wonder, miles are miles but are all gallons the same? No there is the dreaded Imperial gallon, The Imperial gallon is about a fifth larger than the US gallon.
So the question is, what country is R.O.W. ? Do they use the Imperial gallon?
Anyone elso that used the ROW setting, did this happen to you too?
Last week I took my car to get the cell phone and voice module coded.
I asked them to set the dash display to large numbers, dealer set regional setting to instrument display from USA to R.O.W.
I love the larger shift display, there were days that I could not see the dispaly with sun in the eyes and my wearing sunglasses etc. This was cool.
But suddenly I was getting as much as 38 miles per gallon. Tuesday I went from Burbank to Manhattan Beach and averaged 36 MPG, this at 3:30 PM through downtown traffic no less.
It actually looks like I was getting great mileage, 1/8 tank to/from Burbank about 66 miles.
But I wonder, miles are miles but are all gallons the same? No there is the dreaded Imperial gallon, The Imperial gallon is about a fifth larger than the US gallon.
So the question is, what country is R.O.W. ? Do they use the Imperial gallon?
Anyone elso that used the ROW setting, did this happen to you too?
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In the US mode, the instrument cluster shows the complete shifter sequence...which looks a lot better in my honest opnion.
In the rest of the world the shifter display only shows the S versus C and the actual gear that is selected.
In order to get that display changed the IC does not have to be set to the rest of world...by setting it to the rest of world one will loose a lot of other US specific setings (like the key-in-car beep).
The gear selector display can be changed as a separate variable setting in the instrument cluster and it can be set in a way that it gets regular displayed or gets inversed displayed like on the picture shown here.
greetingz,
In the rest of the world the shifter display only shows the S versus C and the actual gear that is selected.
In order to get that display changed the IC does not have to be set to the rest of world...by setting it to the rest of world one will loose a lot of other US specific setings (like the key-in-car beep).
The gear selector display can be changed as a separate variable setting in the instrument cluster and it can be set in a way that it gets regular displayed or gets inversed displayed like on the picture shown here.
greetingz,
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Thank you.
It appears that I have lost the ability to set the time function, and my clock is off an hour!
Did the tech somehow change the gallons to Imperial gallons when he set this to Rest Of World?
Do you have a sequence that can fix this?
It appears that I have lost the ability to set the time function, and my clock is off an hour!
Did the tech somehow change the gallons to Imperial gallons when he set this to Rest Of World?
Do you have a sequence that can fix this?
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'07 E63; 05 C55 gone; '02 C32 gone;1996 SL320;1978 280CE Gone
I agree with Blando. It is easier to see on the track, or road driving. I had mine changed on the C32 and is is much easier to read. Downshifting on a track can sometimes leave you not quite so sure what gear you moved to, and the larger display is helpful. By the way, we speculate that ROW means rest of the world. Any other thoughts on that?
