E320Star

Mine is wired for a cell phone. However the unit is not in the arm rest. Can I add my Sprint PCS to installed in the arm rest? It is alreayd wired, except it does not have the Cell phone base and the cell phone it self!!

sosh

Nope, you must use a MB supplied phone to integrate with the system. This is due to the software being proprietary to MB

scorchie

Since he doesn't have some of the parts, can't he use a MikBox or an UHI kit to use a non-proprietary phone, not supplied by MB? At least that's what I heard, maybe on one of the boards. Have you heard about those or know anything about them?

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E320Star

How much a phone like that will cost !!!

dan_cobb

Do a search on ebay, they are listed all the time. The big trick is not getting the phone itself, it's getting it to work with both your car (additional parts & installation required) AND your cellular service provider.
Unless you spend the BIG $ on a new (or semi-new) phone, many cell companies are reluctant to activate an old phone because they are obsolete.

This is what I have been able to discern from all of the posts here (I did several searches) and elsewhere that I have read.

I'm sure someone will have additional or different information.

Now I need a phone that will not only work with my wife's E320, I need it to work in my new Tahoe with OnStar. I'll bet I am out of luck though.
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duckwood

Well I have a 2000 model with the digital startac phone, but I can no longer get service for it. No one will activate that phone any longer, even though technically it works fine. They changed the frequency of the phones for 2001-2002 models, and even though you can get newer models (V60 etc..which I had as well), you cannot get Sprint PCS service on any of them as far as I know. I had a V60 as well, which was CDMA, and I could have gotten verizon, but the phone would not work in the car unless I changed the antenna due to the frequency change.

So I now just use my regular Sprint PCS phone, and gave up the in car options, though the voice recognition etc. is very nice, I figured it simply was not worth the money to get something working that would again be obsolete in another 2 years.

E320Star

I guess I may have to sell my MB and buy a BMW which recently signed a contract with Sprint to provide PCS services to all 2006 forward BMW models.

Peter Guenther

Go to this site it shows parts and things
http://home.earthlink.net/~phdwebsite/index.htm