bozelloy

buggered if i know how this is happening, but the songs/artists on my iPhone is out of sync when docked into the MB iPhone cradle (center console, dealer-fit).

its almost as if CoMAND can't read data fast enough from the iPhone so its displaying a mismatch between artist and song.

for example, when i'm browing for songs from a KISS album, i need to scroll way past the "K's" into the L's and sometimes M's. it is inconsistent.

bloody annoying too, as its a complete guessing-game.

if i scroll REALLY slowly though, it seems to be OK/.

any idea?

i'm stumped.

KCviper

i gave up on the iPod interface, which is really poor compared to the Japanese versions! I am using the PCMCIA slot with a CF card and put all my songs on it. Seems to run a lot faster and can see the songs on the main nav screen on my 09. Hope this helps.

eagle_lex

pcmcia slot is the only way to go with music on the benz. i bought one of those "passport" things to dock my 3gs phone and the sound quality SUCKS! i guess i can use it to charge but thats about all i will use the iphone dock cord for......

sflgator

My iPod was doing this today as well...actual song playing and listed song in center dash didn't match up. So, I unhooked my iPod (connected with the Passport charging adapter) from the MB installed iPod cable and then reconnected...seemed fine after.

Anyhow, since I would like to see the song info on my main MultiMedia screen and it seems like ppl are having more success with the CF card/PCMCIA adapter, I just ordered a set from Amazon.com...$42.92 incl. shipping for an 8GB CF card + CF-PCMCIA Adapter. So, I'll see how that works.

jjb03

Serves you right for listening to kiss in the first place
Where about in perth are you? I grew up in mullalloo area.

qship5

I have gone the PCMCIA route as well with a CF card, but still find the system very slow to load up the music and start playing. (I do have a 32 GB card almost full and I think it reads the entire card before starting playback.)

KCviper

I am using an 8 gig card and is slow on start up......not too bad afterwards. MB really needs to improve this part of their cars as other car makers such as Infiniti are beating them badly! I mostly knew this when I bought the car however.........

eagle_lex

i use an 8g card and its fast. strange....

KCviper

When you say its fast, are you referring to changing songs or once the car is started and the "load" time before the CF songs start to play? Thanks!

eagle_lex

both... but my cf card isnt that full... not sue if that matters...

KCviper

That might make some sense, as I have about 4 gig on mine.....

eagle_lex

that might be. i have an 8g card with maybe 12 albums on it... max

sjhugh

The 'Command APS Owner’s Manual' does say that the PCMCIA setup can be slow to start-up depending on the volume of data stored.

I have a 2010 and use a 16GB USB memory stick with about 10GB of music on it and it’s instantaneous on both start-up and during play. It jumps from song to song, directory to directory or whatever as quickly as you can twiddle the command dial or steering wheel buttons.

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superlubricity

MB finally got it right with the updated iPod interface as part of the new Multimedia Package in 2010. Everything is viewed and controlled on screen and access is ultra-fast.

KCviper

I guess I jumped a year model too soon!! Nice to know that this has been improved.....

PetroC63

+1

Works great.

rage2

The bug still exists in the new Multimedia Package. If you go and view by Album (assuming you have a LOT of albums), scroll down the list and make a selection, it selects 10 or 15 albums up so it's impossible to pick the right one.

If I'm bored, I'll post a video of it.

superlubricity

I tried to duplicate this "bug" in my 2010 and couldn't replicate the problem.

rage2

I made a video of it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMsxeWBdCx4

Description: Go to the menu to select list of Albums. Scroll down to the album and select. I selected Journey's Greatest Hits. It pulls the wrong album up, in this case, pulled up Here I Go by Whitesnake. Start the song, and you'll see the album name show Journey, and auto correct to Whitesnake shortly after once it realizes whats wrong.

bozelloy

THANK YOU!!!!! good to see im not the only one with this problem th ough it does seem to be a hollow victory...

so what can be done about it? RAGE i assume you have the factory iPhone kit?

rage2

Yea, it's the factory iPhone kit. I'll let my dealer know, maybe they'll email Mercedes and they'll patch it? I dunno.

BTW - the problem is the fact that the COMMAND system "loses" a couple albums when scrolling fast, but still references it by album #. In the video, you'll see the album list as:

The Guitar Hero II Recordings Vol 3
Horse of a Different Color
Inhuman Rampage
International Superhits
Jimmy Eat World
Journey: Greatest Hits

When in reality, on my iPhone it's:

The Guitar Hero II Recordings Vol 3
Hair Metal 100
Heavy Metal Soundtrack
Here I Go Again
Horse of a Different Color
Hot Rod Soundtrack
Inhuman Rampage
International Superhits
Jimmy Eat World
Journey: Greatest Hits

This is why when you're scrolling slow, it works. It doesn't "skip" a few albums, and the reference is correct and pulls the right album.

superlubricity

I'll go downstairs and try duplicating this again . . .

superlubricity

I have 247 albums on a 30GB iPod Video using the latest iTunes to mange my music.

I followed the same steps in the video.

1. Very quickly scroll to an album (I went all the way to the G's, sorted alphabetically)
2. Select the Album
3. View list of tracks from the selected album (The tracks are correct for the album I selected)
4. Select track
5. Track begins to play

My setup is not suffering for the same "bug" as you've described and shown in the video.

sflgator

For those that use the PCMCIA/CF card option for their music, I have a question guys...

How do you transfer all your iTunes music to the PCMCIA/CF card?

I can't seem to do this as iTunes allows you to "Export Library" to a CD/DVD only (doesn't allow you to choose a different media type). Then, when I try to simply 'copy & paste' all my songs from iTunes, it only copies & pastes 70 songs out of > 650 songs.

Right now, I'm trying a different Media Manager software program to try to transfer all my iTunes songs to my PCMCIA/CF card, so we'll see what happens. Thank you.

KCviper

This is actually not too bad. On your computer, plug in the CF reader and simply drag and drop from iTunes to the CF. I'll send you a PM.