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08-26-2009, 09:56 PM
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08-27-2009, 08:37 AM
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axe muderer with headlights
Some first usability impressions:
Cons:
- No keyless go, I keep forgetting to take out my key LOL
- Cannot REW or FF music from steering wheel unless you select Audio option
- iPhone will not charge
- Contacts do not load over bluetooth
- Turn signal stalk is too low
- Unsure about the reliability of screen folding in/out
- No USB audio support
- No traffic for navigation
- Cannot input new destination address while vehicle is in motion
- Navigation doesn't display as many street names as iDrive
Pros:
- Command system screen resolution is excellent, HQ and high resolution (XGA?)
- Love the DVD player
- System can display Asian characters for MP3s!!!!! (MB must know who buys their cars... LOL)
- Navigation calculation is FAST, overall Command is fast and HDD-based
- DVD changer
- DVD Audio
- AT, I love this thing in DC traffic (hehe)
- PCMCIA (not sure about being a pro vs. USB, but it's better than not having it)
- Speedo cluster LCD, has good information and easy to read
Cons:
- No keyless go, I keep forgetting to take out my key LOL
- Cannot REW or FF music from steering wheel unless you select Audio option
- iPhone will not charge
- Contacts do not load over bluetooth
- Turn signal stalk is too low
- Unsure about the reliability of screen folding in/out
- No USB audio support
- No traffic for navigation
- Cannot input new destination address while vehicle is in motion
- Navigation doesn't display as many street names as iDrive
Pros:
- Command system screen resolution is excellent, HQ and high resolution (XGA?)
- Love the DVD player
- System can display Asian characters for MP3s!!!!! (MB must know who buys their cars... LOL)
- Navigation calculation is FAST, overall Command is fast and HDD-based
- DVD changer
- DVD Audio
- AT, I love this thing in DC traffic (hehe)
- PCMCIA (not sure about being a pro vs. USB, but it's better than not having it)
- Speedo cluster LCD, has good information and easy to read
08-27-2009, 08:53 AM
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You absolutely can load your contacts from bluetooth. Check the manual or play around with it yourself. Takes about 30 seconds - maybe it depends on your phone but my BB 8900 did it flawlessly.
08-27-2009, 09:03 AM
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08-27-2009, 09:07 AM
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Some first usability impressions:
Cons:
- No keyless go, I keep forgetting to take out my key LOL Yup it sucks
- Cannot REW or FF music from steering wheel unless you select Audio option. You also cant step through a song, it only sends you to the next track.
- iPhone will not charge I guess you mean through the IPOD cable in the glove. Yeah, so dumb, what were they thinking..
- Contacts do not load over bluetooth True on the IPHONE.
- Turn signal stalk is too low. I agree.
- Unsure about the reliability of screen folding in/out. Seems fine to me.
- No USB audio support. PCMCIA is faster.
- No traffic for navigation. I couldnt care less about this feature.
- Cannot input new destination address while vehicle is in motion. You can using the voice commands. Otherwise all Navs are like this.
- Navigation doesn't display as many street names as iDrive.
Cons:
- No keyless go, I keep forgetting to take out my key LOL Yup it sucks
- Cannot REW or FF music from steering wheel unless you select Audio option. You also cant step through a song, it only sends you to the next track.
- iPhone will not charge I guess you mean through the IPOD cable in the glove. Yeah, so dumb, what were they thinking..
- Contacts do not load over bluetooth True on the IPHONE.
- Turn signal stalk is too low. I agree.
- Unsure about the reliability of screen folding in/out. Seems fine to me.
- No USB audio support. PCMCIA is faster.
- No traffic for navigation. I couldnt care less about this feature.
- Cannot input new destination address while vehicle is in motion. You can using the voice commands. Otherwise all Navs are like this.
- Navigation doesn't display as many street names as iDrive.
08-27-2009, 09:56 AM
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2007 E63 AMG
Some first usability impressions:
Cons:
- No keyless go, I keep forgetting to take out my key LOL
- Cannot REW or FF music from steering wheel unless you select Audio option
- iPhone will not charge
- Contacts do not load over bluetooth
- Turn signal stalk is too low
- Unsure about the reliability of screen folding in/out
- No USB audio support
- No traffic for navigation
- Cannot input new destination address while vehicle is in motion
- Navigation doesn't display as many street names as iDrive
Pros:
- Command system screen resolution is excellent, HQ and high resolution (XGA?)
- Love the DVD player
- System can display Asian characters for MP3s!!!!! (MB must know who buys their cars... LOL)
- Navigation calculation is FAST, overall Command is fast and HDD-based
- DVD changer
- DVD Audio
- AT, I love this thing in DC traffic (hehe)
- PCMCIA (not sure about being a pro vs. USB, but it's better than not having it)
- Speedo cluster LCD, has good information and easy to read
Cons:
- No keyless go, I keep forgetting to take out my key LOL
- Cannot REW or FF music from steering wheel unless you select Audio option
- iPhone will not charge
- Contacts do not load over bluetooth
- Turn signal stalk is too low
- Unsure about the reliability of screen folding in/out
- No USB audio support
- No traffic for navigation
- Cannot input new destination address while vehicle is in motion
- Navigation doesn't display as many street names as iDrive
Pros:
- Command system screen resolution is excellent, HQ and high resolution (XGA?)
- Love the DVD player
- System can display Asian characters for MP3s!!!!! (MB must know who buys their cars... LOL)
- Navigation calculation is FAST, overall Command is fast and HDD-based
- DVD changer
- DVD Audio
- AT, I love this thing in DC traffic (hehe)
- PCMCIA (not sure about being a pro vs. USB, but it's better than not having it)
- Speedo cluster LCD, has good information and easy to read
are going for a drive anytime soon?
08-30-2009, 12:46 AM
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axe muderer with headlights
I didn't know my car had Sirius radio, I thought since it couldn't do live traffic overlay on the navi, there was no Sat radio...
Just activated it and tried it out, what a waste of money and technology. No wonder satellite radio is going extinct...
Just activated it and tried it out, what a waste of money and technology. No wonder satellite radio is going extinct...
08-30-2009, 11:09 AM
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'09 C63 AMG
We've had Sat Radio for several years and love it; just wish Sirius and XM had combined long ago. We even listen to Sirius-XM Sat Radio on DirecTV at home as well. It's definitely not a waste of money, but MB should've at least installed the Sat Radios capable of the Live Traffic Updates; I miss that in my C63 AMG...thought it was a great feature in my BMW 335i.
08-30-2009, 11:20 AM
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I only listen to sat radio in my car, lol. I've never even turned on the terrestrial radio.
08-30-2009, 11:29 AM
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'09 C63 AMG
I haven't even programmed any 'presets' for FM radio. 
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08-30-2009, 11:48 AM
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Love the DVD option.
