Audio Aux socket / cable
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Audio Aux socket / cable
Hi , my boss has a clk55amg with the comand unit with tv , phone and cd nav system. I have been asked to order and fit a AUX audio input socket in the glove box so he can plug in his ipod etc. I called Mercedes parts to order this so i can fit it for him. The owners manual says it is a option and recomends a dealer to fit it. The problem is that the parts department does not know of the part number to order it and said that they asked germany but got no reply. Please could any one help wth what parts i need to order and how easy is this to fit. Thanks for all your help. ps he does let me drive it and what a great car and sound !.
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what year is the car? he should already have an aux input in the glove if the car came with the factory nav. anyway, your best bet is to email scorchie or mbenznl (do a search for those user names to get their emails) and either one could possibly sell you what you need and tell you how to install
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Oh sorry the year reg is 53. The other thing i have seen is the dension ice link unit which may also solve the problem. Has this car got the D2B fibre optical cable for the CD unit.I know the Comand has a CD based Nav system if this helps . I did have a quick look in the glove box but did not see anything but you can select AUX on the comand unit.
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Somehow I don't think the boss' car is a '53 
I just had steve@MBenzNL.COM (actually his partner - scorchie?) install the ice>Link: Plus in my car this last weekend.
The good: Steve convinced me that I shouldn't install the ProClip mount (oh well, there went $58 down the drain
) because it would dent my leather console. His partner instead installed it in the bottom compartment of the center armrest, using the Dension cradle. It looks really slick. They did a great job on the installation (for some reason they elected to install the ice>Link: Plus units under the shifter and behind the dash rather than in the trunk replacing the 6-disc CD changer). Great job on my COMAND 2.0 install too! Highly recommended 
The bad: While the iPod "works" - it plays, it charges - things aren't all quite right yet. You are supposed to be able to choose ice>Link Setup mode by going to CD disc 6 and pressing >> but that's not working for me. I can choose CD 1 through CD 5 and it "takes" (the iPod starts playing), but I can't get it to "take" the choice of CD 6 - it goes back to whatever I had selected last. Luckily for me Dension USA is down in Long Beach so I may have to drive The Beast down there to see if they can get that sorted ...
I just had steve@MBenzNL.COM (actually his partner - scorchie?) install the ice>Link: Plus in my car this last weekend.
The good: Steve convinced me that I shouldn't install the ProClip mount (oh well, there went $58 down the drain
) because it would dent my leather console. His partner instead installed it in the bottom compartment of the center armrest, using the Dension cradle. It looks really slick. They did a great job on the installation (for some reason they elected to install the ice>Link: Plus units under the shifter and behind the dash rather than in the trunk replacing the 6-disc CD changer). Great job on my COMAND 2.0 install too! Highly recommended The bad: While the iPod "works" - it plays, it charges - things aren't all quite right yet. You are supposed to be able to choose ice>Link Setup mode by going to CD disc 6 and pressing >> but that's not working for me. I can choose CD 1 through CD 5 and it "takes" (the iPod starts playing), but I can't get it to "take" the choice of CD 6 - it goes back to whatever I had selected last. Luckily for me Dension USA is down in Long Beach so I may have to drive The Beast down there to see if they can get that sorted ...
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i use my iPod on the aux port , and leave the iPod sitting in the glove box. Its a real pain. Is there a better way to use the iPod - i'll kill myself trying to change tracks while driving. I noticed I had to crank the vol on the iPod to get good sound inside the car ....
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Hi , i have now ordered him a ice link plus unit and hope that will sort his problem out. Does any one have the ID TAG info displayed on the comand unit as i hope this may work even if it needs a firmware upgrade. I think this will come this week so will have more info then
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Hi , i have now ordered him a ice link plus unit and hope that will sort his problem out. Does any one have the ID TAG info displayed on the comand unit as i hope this may work even if it needs a firmware upgrade. I think this will come this week so will have more info then
On the main Dension site it says
ID3 Text Display
Read the song title and artist information right from your radio. The same information is also displayed on the iPod, so if your radio doesn't support text display, you can always look at the iPod.
Read the song title and artist information right from your radio. The same information is also displayed on the iPod, so if your radio doesn't support text display, you can always look at the iPod.
As for your question about the fibre optic link - it seems like most model year 2003 to present cars use the MOST fibre optic system; you should check and see whether you need to cancel your order for the ice>Link: Plus because your boss' car is MOST-based, not D2B. You really need to find out whether it has D2B or MOST. One thing that is confusing is that there is a Dension page saying the 2003 CLKs are supported by their D2B product (Edit: see the link at the very end of this post; it says The Mercedes Benz variant of ice>Link: Plus supports the popular Audio 10, Audio 30 and COMAND 2.0 and 2.5 head units found in [...] * 2003-2004 CLK-Class (W209) - Ed.) Unless you were pre-ordering their (currently vapourware) product for the MOST link:
http://densionusa.com/merchant/merch...ategory_Code=F
You'll notice it says This kit is not yet available, expected release is Q2/2005.
A good summary of the Mercedes/Dension situation is here: http://www.dension.com/news.php?newsid=10
Last edited by Riot Nrrrd; Feb 16, 2005 at 05:52 AM.
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