MBE430!

Hi All,

So I have had my e430 for well over a year now. ever since I have owned it i have notice that red SOS button near the sunroof controls.

Now i understand that it is an emergency button that i press in case if anything happens. What will happen if I press it and I don't have the cell phone service set up in my car?

I don't want to be traveling down I95 and all of a sudden three emergency vehicles are on my tail wondering where the crash is.

Thanks

RichardM98

Hey, it's in your owners manual. It's like GM's OnStar but you have to be subscribed for it to work. I think you've been watching/listening to too many ads. No county agency is going to roll a bunch of paramedics just because someone pressed a button in their car.

tpowel2

From what I understand it doesn't work anymore because they used an analog signal, and now Mercedes only supports digital.

h0rn3t920

i think its a pointless and irrevelent feature if it can not be used if you didnt pay for it. an emergency is an emergency and theres no reason to have to pay for it to work. now if u use it while you arent paying for it and you get charged extra thats a little more understandable. but its pretty stupid for mbusa to stop supporting the analog SOS system cause im sure theres alot of mercedes and w210's that are driven everyday that have the analog sos feature

RichardM98

It's got nothing to do with MB, It's the tele-coms which stopped supporting wireless analog.

h0rn3t920

oh ok well then i take that back

Air Marshall Eldritch

Actually, there was still one analog holdout you could use with the fancy car phone I have in my console. I think it may be Verizon. Some crazy per minute rates though.

RichardM98

Last day for analog wireless in US was Monday, Feb. 18, 2008. Even the first digital wireless protocol TDMA was shut down same day.

But you're right. The tele-coms kept raising the rates until it made no sense to stay with analog.

Air Marshall Eldritch

Ahh, gone with the wind. I wonder if I can sell my phone on Ebay. Comes with receiver unit, under-armrest handset, and even hands free microphone.

Figuero

If it's an old analog phone it's pretty much worthless. Unless it has GPS it's illeagal to activate it. The old Motorola 60S had Analog/Digital though but I don't know if that's the phone used by Mercedes.

RichardM98

I recently sold my Becker 1692 and CD changer to a guy who was restoring a SL600. I gave him the dash part of the phone for free. He didn't care it wouldn't work -- for looks only. Handset was missing by the time I got the car.

fosmith

The Motorola v60s phone is still supported by Verizon and is fully 911 compliant. I upgraded my 2001 E430 with a dual sense blue label PSE module and v60s cradle so that I could have the integrated cell phone feature. There's a guy on ebay selling the kits. Search "Mercedes v60s" to find it.

Fred

Figuero

Interesting. I have a prewired 2002 E430 with the V60 cradle in place and voice command. I also have 2 "retired" V60S phones. Are you saying I can plug in and use the phones if I have them activated? I'm still on Verizon so that's only $10/month extra. Does the 2002 Mercedes system support the digital signal or do I need that "dual sense" thingamagiggy?

fosmith

With a 2002, it's very possible that you do have the dual sense PSE module, especially since you have a V60 cradle. PSE stands for Portable Support Electronics and it controls the integrated phone system. It's located in the left side of the trunk in the wheel well behind the trim liner, just under the trunk lid hinge. It's a box about 7" long, 3" wide and 1" thick with a big cable coming out of it. If it has a blue label on it, you're in luck. This link will help

http://phdwebsite.powerpulse.cc/Phon...an%2002-01.pdf

The phone has to be a Mercedes V60s phone with the proprietary MB firmware installed, though. If it's just an ordinary Motorola V60s, it won't work in your car. Look for the MB logo in the screen when the phone powers up. If yours isnt a MB phone, look out for one on ebay. I've seen them go for as little as $10 used. There's a guy selling new ones there for $175 and the MB dealer price is much higher than that. Search "Mercedes V60s" on ebay.

There's a great sticky thread on this in the audio/telematics section. Here's the link.

https://mbworld.org/forums/audio-ele...bluetooth.html

Good luck,
Fred

Figuero

Thanks - I'll check behind the liner once we get a break in the weather. Heading into another storm tomorrow. My guess is that the car had a V60 installed at one time so I'm optimistic. As far as the phones that I own, they are regular Verizon phones, not MB phones so I'll start searching Ebay. Chicago is a hands free only city so this would be a nice addition to the car.