COMAND installation
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From: The OC
MY MB WAS LEMON'D
COMAND installation
I'd like to retro fit a EURO COMAND myself... how hard is the installation? Does anybody have detailed instructions on doing this myself or any suggestions or tips I can use?
I tried searching for instructions but couldnt find anything.
Thanks.
I tried searching for instructions but couldnt find anything.
Thanks.
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From: Germantown, MD
'07 GL450
I thought I had posted this before.. couldn't find it in a search, so here it goes again:
COMAND Removal Procedure (thanks Steve & Wanda):
It's pretty simple.. shouldn't take more than 30 minutes, at most!
Good luck!
COMAND Removal Procedure (thanks Steve & Wanda):
- open the ashtray
- pry the shifter wood panel up with your fingers at the ashtray side...the panel is held in by clips at the frontside - release these clips by pulling the panel up...the rear of the woodpanel comes out by moving the panel forwards
- unclip the 2 plastic clips at the front of the ashtray that hold the ashtray in
- take out the ashtray after the clips have been released
- take off teh connector at the back of the ashtray
- take the 2 torx 20 screws out that hold in the CD changer/compartment box
- disconnect the 3 connectors at the bottom of the CD changer (only 1 connector if you don't have the CD changer) BEWARE not to bend the fiber (amber colored)!!!
- take out the CD changer/compartment box
- unscrew the 2 torx 20 screws at the bottomside of the comand - turn these screws counterclockwise till they don't go any further (won't come out)
- take out the comand by pulling it towards you
- disconnect the connectors at the back...BEWARE not to bend the fiber!
It's pretty simple.. shouldn't take more than 30 minutes, at most!
Good luck!
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MY MB WAS LEMON'D
Is doing the retro to an 03 w211 really plug and play? Im going to install the EURO COMAND and wanted to make sure I didnt have to do any king of Star D programming...
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From: Houston, TX
2015 E250D
programming via DAS may be required depending on th eequipment in your car but it's fairly plug and play. Installing NAV in the trunk is a bit more trickier and will require everything Mark said plug a GPS antenna splitter.
