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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 08:01 AM
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Thumbs up Steve was here!

I had Steve install a 2005 US Comand, Sirius satellite and navigation in my 2003 E320 last week. The install is terrific. Steve did a great job. You can't tell that the new Comand wasn't a factory install.

Steve is very impressive.

Special thanks to Steve and Wanda for making this whole experience very easy.

John Keane
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 08:49 AM
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congratulations on the command. can you please post some pictures? also, what was the total cost of the converstion (did you exchange for your orginial headunit?) thnks
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 11:23 AM
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Did you get an AUX input as part of the deal? If so, where? In the glovebox?
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 11:44 AM
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I didn't think steve puts in us spec commands. He can only get euro spec commands. If your dvd drive is above the screen, then its a euro spec. make sure of this.
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 12:50 PM
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For pricing, contact steve@mbenznl.com. He and his sister Wanda were a dream to work with. For pictures, I'll see what I can do, but it looks just like a 2005 E with Comand. The satellite receiver is under the panel(?) (hat rack) behind the back seats. So far, I have not had any trouble with signal dropouts and it certainly is better that drilling through the trunk.

It does have a DVD drive as part of the US Comand, but it will NOT play video. It is a data only DVD drive. This allows me to write over 4GB of MP3 files to a DVD and play that through the Comand.

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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 01:34 PM
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Originally Posted by sterlingdds
I didn't think steve puts in us spec commands. He can only get euro spec commands. If your dvd drive is above the screen, then its a euro spec. make sure of this.
No steve does offer US spec command as well for those 2003 owners that does not want to spend $$$ to get euro command.
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 01:41 PM
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Originally Posted by sterlingdds
I didn't think steve puts in us spec commands. He can only get euro spec commands. If your dvd drive is above the screen, then its a euro spec. make sure of this.
What do you think Steve does with all those US spec COMANDs he gets from Euro COMANDS swapouts?

Both US and Euro COMAND have a DVD drive above the screen. Only the Euro COMAND can play DVD video while the US COMAND can play mp3 burned onto a DVD. Navigation is a separate DVD drive in the trunk.
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Old Mar 28, 2005 | 09:57 PM
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Originally Posted by jbec.keane
I had Steve install a 2005 US Comand, Sirius satellite and navigation in my 2003 E320 last week. The install is terrific. Steve did a great job. You can't tell that the new Comand wasn't a factory install.

Steve is very impressive.

Special thanks to Steve and Wanda for making this whole experience very easy.

John Keane
Nav can be retrofitted into the 03s too? I thought it was just 04+.
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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 06:36 AM
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Yes. Steve removed my Audio 50 stereo and installed a 2005 US-Spec Comand, satellite and navigation. The whole job took about 5 hours. Contact steve@mbenznl.com for pricing and timing. Steve is currently in Los Angeles.


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Old Mar 29, 2005 | 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by MPTLPTR
Nav can be retrofitted into the 03s too? I thought it was just 04+.
Any W211 can be retrofitted.
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Old Mar 30, 2005 | 12:53 AM
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John, special thanks go out to you and your wife!!! Thanks for hosting the installs and for the hospitality!

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