Difference between 2010 vs 2011
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The ESP Off switch has been removed and the function relegated to the Menus. In its place below the Hazard Warning switch is the Seat Belt Presenter switch, which is relocated from the centre console.
The fog light has been a separate push switch since mid-2010 rather than part of the main light switch (pull for fogs).
Vehicles with back-up camera now have guide lines in the display.
Possibility of the option of a stitched upper dash (probably in MB Tex/Artico). This came up briefly unpriced in the configurator then disappeared.
Updates to Media Interface (Bluetooth streaming/iPod Video/Speech to Text/Text to Speech) with accessory.
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Im wondering this too. I can confirm this after few weeks when i go for my first maintenance and they will perform the updates to comand(already promised)!
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The media interface should be part of any update to COMAND that you have done. You will still need the Media Interface Plus accessory ($250-300) for the full functionality so far (Bluetooth streaming/iPod Video). The text to speech/speech to text (for SMS and email) will not come on stream until Q1 or Q2 2011 (ie another software update).
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[quote=Beausoleil;4301918]Going mainly from the Owner's Manual
Vehicles with back-up camera now have guide lines in the display.
can anyone confirm they have had a software upgrade done to their sat nav unit and it has added this new feature
or
when the software upgrade is due to be released so i can book my car in
many thanks
Vehicles with back-up camera now have guide lines in the display.
can anyone confirm they have had a software upgrade done to their sat nav unit and it has added this new feature
or
when the software upgrade is due to be released so i can book my car in
many thanks
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The media interface should be part of any update to COMAND that you have done. You will still need the Media Interface Plus accessory ($250-300) for the full functionality so far (Bluetooth streaming/iPod Video). The text to speech/speech to text (for SMS and email) will not come on stream until Q1 or Q2 2011 (ie another software update).
Where do you guys find all this stuff?!
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I am in the UK so I can't speak with any authority on other markets. I don't know for sure where you are located but many US users do already have this and have for some weeks, so it would depend on your dealership. Media Interface Plus can only be appended to cars already fitted with option code 518 Media Interface according to the information released on MBUSA. Book your car in for the COMAND update but be specific as to what specifically you are expecting. I don't know whether software updates are free elsewhere but, as I've said, for the full functionality thus far (remembering there is more to come) the interface box is required, which won't be free.
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I am in the UK so I can't speak with any authority on other markets. I don't know for sure where you are located but many US users do already have this and have for some weeks, so it would depend on your dealership. Media Interface Plus can only be appended to cars already fitted with option code 518 Media Interface according to the information released on MBUSA. Book your car in for the COMAND update but be specific as to what specifically you are expecting. I don't know whether software updates are free elsewhere but, as I've said, for the full functionality thus far (remembering there is more to come) the interface box is required, which won't be free.
hi mate im in london myself. do you know if the reversing guidelines added to the backup camera functionality would require the interface box or simply be just a sw update?
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I haven't had much opportunity to call recently but my dealership (MB Croydon) claimed to know nothing about this stuff about 6 weeks ago. Since then I have seen some of the changes on UK cars.
Post if you find anything out before I do. Cheers.
