Newjd2

Here's the installation instructions...Much thanks to the author, Paul...



Angelo

mikata

Thanks Angelo.
I will take my Comand to my indie shop since I'm not comfortable with electrics, but I'm not sure how good he's at electrics so I'll still maybe need to contact you.
I'll PM you when it's time, we can talk over skype or something.
Im doing the retro fit along with adding the amg package the 19th this month.

I have the audio 10, does this matter when retro fitting the comand?

How difficult was it to vinyl wrap the wood trim?
I'm sick of my wood trim I'm kinda an impatient guy so this might be too difficult for me?

Newjd2

You only have to deal with 3 wires (7 if you do the auxiliary too)...

How about you do this?....take off your wood dash trim, shifter, and cig cover and wrap that...but while you have it off unscrew your audio 10 unit and shoot me a photo of the back so I can see the wires and connectors...every wire on my audio 20 unit transferred over except for the C connector wire which then you have to pull the wires out of the connector and input it into two connectors that are on the wiring harness you purchased...

Then those plug into your comand unit...but shoot me a photo of the back so I can see all the connectors and wire colors...

Also, you have a left hand drive car right?...




Angelo

mikata

I'll send you few photos of the back when I remove the Audio 10 so you can see the cables. I have a webcam on my laptop so if you want I can show you the cables lives and it will be easier for you to assist me.

How about the GPS, just plug it in the Comand(one cable) and hide it behind the comand, no extra wiring for the GPS?

Yes I'ts a left hand drive car.
Thanks Angelo!

Newjd2

Sounds good...then just email it to me or whatever is easier...

As for the GPS did you buy the grey cable with the flat antenna at the end?...

Also, when you read the PDF is there anything you don't understand or get?...



Angelo

mikata

The PDF is straight forward so I get that but it's still little confusing. Here is a pic of my gps(taken from google). It's exactly the one I got. I don't have the splitter like the one in the PDF or any grey cable.
I got the gps(in the pic), Comand unit and the harness that I bought.
Am I missing any gps cables?

Newjd2

Hmmm...can you shoot me a photo of the back of your comand unit?...and also of the wires you have on the back of your audio 10...



Angelo

mikata

Will do tomorrow!
Thanks!

TheNoble

Is this still worth upgrading to? Outside of nav does it offer any additional functionality? I might be able to get a used one for like $60 but not sure if it is worth the trouble.

Aux possible? retrofitted bluetooth? Does it at least track names and artists off the CD and radio?

DanielFD

aux is possible, no bluetooth on comand 2.0 and yes track names of the CD, you get RDS if you buy a European comand 2.0 headunit. I did the retrofit for the aux and looks, most people on the forum will tell you its outdated and not worth it, but i like the stock look.

TheNoble

is the aux just a proprietary cable that you add to the back of the unit and find a way to fish out to the front?

Ya, it does look outdated and I highly doubt the navigation is even worth using. Is installing the GPS antenna and any other additional cables to get he nav working difficult? Really just trying to figure out how much I value the time I'd put into this.

DanielFD

Its a cable available at the dealership, you basically to fish it out but not to the front, its OEM location is at the far right side of the govebox. GPS antenna and aux cables and any parts you will need are available at the dealership. I found these 2 links to be the most helpful when i retrofitted comand. Also it will help you to have STAR to reset the optical link between the sound system and CD changer and so on. take a look at these links. I found the retrofit to be really easy, and was totally worth it for me because i wanted aux and a screen in my car (looks much better then the old ugly audio unit).