Audio Reflashed With Some Visible Changes
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Audio Reflashed With Some Visible Changes
I had to have my Audio Gateway "re-flashed" due to installing a 2006.1 DVD Navi DVD into the NAV unit in the trunk. It did some sort of a "software update" as soon as I inserted the DVD... Doing so must have corruped the software that my command was running under for the last couple of years. The single slot CD would hang up, or sometimes I would only get the MB Logo, or the CD Compact Disc Logo, or no audio at all from any component...
After the reflash, The changes I have noticed so far in the audio software update...
When I play a CD that I have burned myself, in addition to the title appearing in the COMAND Screen, it now appears in the MFD too... So instead of displaying the track title on the comand screen only, and displaying "Track 10" on the MFD, the title is displayed in both locations. Also if a track title has been truncated with 3 dots (...) following the title, by Comand to fit the screen, now a little light blue window pops up & fades out the entire screen & soft buttons on the Comand screen and it displays the full title in a smaller font. It is visible for 4 seconds, then it returns to the regular screen shot with the truncated title display and soft buttons.
No option of whether to scroll from the steering wheel buttons by presets or next available station, though.
I'm sure there are other subtle differences that I'll discover over the next few days.
After the reflash, The changes I have noticed so far in the audio software update...
When I play a CD that I have burned myself, in addition to the title appearing in the COMAND Screen, it now appears in the MFD too... So instead of displaying the track title on the comand screen only, and displaying "Track 10" on the MFD, the title is displayed in both locations. Also if a track title has been truncated with 3 dots (...) following the title, by Comand to fit the screen, now a little light blue window pops up & fades out the entire screen & soft buttons on the Comand screen and it displays the full title in a smaller font. It is visible for 4 seconds, then it returns to the regular screen shot with the truncated title display and soft buttons.
No option of whether to scroll from the steering wheel buttons by presets or next available station, though.
I'm sure there are other subtle differences that I'll discover over the next few days.
Last edited by Barry45RPM; Jun 16, 2006 at 07:56 PM.
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Originally Posted by Barry45RPM
I had to have my Audio Gateway "re-flashed" due to installing a 2006.1 DVD Navi DVD into the NAV unit in the trunk. It did some sort of a "software update" as soon as I inserted the DVD... Doing so must have corruped the software that my command was running under for the last couple of years. The single slot CD would hang up, or sometimes I would only get the MB Logo, or the CD Compact Disc Logo, or no audio at all from any component...
After the reflash, The changes I have noticed so far in the audio software update...
When I play a CD that I have burned myself, in addition to the title appearing in the COMAND Screen, it now appears in the MFD too... So instead of displaying the track title on the comand screen only, and displaying "Track 10" on the MFD, the title is displayed in both locations. Also if a track title has been truncated with 3 dots (...) following the title, by Comand to fit the screen, now a little light blue window pops up & fades out the entire screen & soft buttons on the Comand screen and it displays the full title in a smaller font. It is visible for 4 seconds, then it returns to the regular screen shot with the truncated title display and soft buttons.
No option of whether to scroll from the steering wheel buttons by presets or next available station, though.
I'm sure there are other subtle differences that I'll discover over the next few days.
After the reflash, The changes I have noticed so far in the audio software update...
When I play a CD that I have burned myself, in addition to the title appearing in the COMAND Screen, it now appears in the MFD too... So instead of displaying the track title on the comand screen only, and displaying "Track 10" on the MFD, the title is displayed in both locations. Also if a track title has been truncated with 3 dots (...) following the title, by Comand to fit the screen, now a little light blue window pops up & fades out the entire screen & soft buttons on the Comand screen and it displays the full title in a smaller font. It is visible for 4 seconds, then it returns to the regular screen shot with the truncated title display and soft buttons.
No option of whether to scroll from the steering wheel buttons by presets or next available station, though.
I'm sure there are other subtle differences that I'll discover over the next few days.
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Originally Posted by WEBSRFR
Can we get the same features with an older nav DVD by just having the dealer reflash the audio gateway or does this need to be done with also an upgrade to the nav DVD? Either way are flashes/updates covered under warranty?
Software writing & development is not MB's strong suit so my new stance on the WHOLE car is..."Unless its buggy, intermittant AND infuriating , LEAVE IT ALONE". The patch may open up a WHOLE can of worms, and to mix metaphors, "...I'm sorry doesn't put the bullet back into the gun."
Last edited by Barry45RPM; Jun 17, 2006 at 11:16 AM.
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In an effort to correct the "there is no disk" error from the VCS when an MP3 is in the single slot, the dealer upgraded the SW on both the command and AG.
This did not solve the problem, but introduced a new bug. Now the command forgets where it was on the MP3 disk when you turn off the car.
When you start the car, it either starts at the beginning of the disk or at some other random song. I have confirmed the setting are set for normal play. (not random).
This did not solve the problem, but introduced a new bug. Now the command forgets where it was on the MP3 disk when you turn off the car.
When you start the car, it either starts at the beginning of the disk or at some other random song. I have confirmed the setting are set for normal play. (not random).
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track titles on MFD
ATS,
was the display via the single slot or the changer?
When i play mp3's on my 2005, the track name shows up on the MFD. HOwever, from the CD Changer, the track name shows up on the COMAND, but "TRACK 3" for example shows up on the MFD.
Please clarify.
thx
Aceman
was the display via the single slot or the changer?
When i play mp3's on my 2005, the track name shows up on the MFD. HOwever, from the CD Changer, the track name shows up on the COMAND, but "TRACK 3" for example shows up on the MFD.
Please clarify.
thx
Aceman
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Originally Posted by aceman
ATS,
was the display via the single slot or the changer?
When i play mp3's on my 2005, the track name shows up on the MFD. HOwever, from the CD Changer, the track name shows up on the COMAND, but "TRACK 3" for example shows up on the MFD.
Please clarify.
thx
Aceman
was the display via the single slot or the changer?
When i play mp3's on my 2005, the track name shows up on the MFD. HOwever, from the CD Changer, the track name shows up on the COMAND, but "TRACK 3" for example shows up on the MFD.
Please clarify.
thx
Aceman
Command shows on Command (obvioiusly) and MFD.
I have no idea the logic behind this just that this is the way it is.
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I would believe that the software update is for the Comand. The fact that I have a navi unit in the trunk shouldn't matter. (The new nav DVD had some software update on the disk which didn't blend well with the software currently running on my system... I guess it was written after the software version my Comand was running under.) A good software writer would have had the NAV DVD update 1st update my Comand software to the version it was expecting to be there THEN update the update. Instead it aparently tried to update a version of the audio software that wasn't there, thereby making a mess... However, one thing I have learned with this car is that if its working alright, don't mess with it & try to make it perfect because you'll screw something else up.
Software writing & development is not MB's strong suit so my new stance on the WHOLE car is..."Unless its buggy, intermittant AND infuriating , LEAVE IT ALONE". The patch may open up a WHOLE can of worms, and to mix metaphors, "...I'm sorry doesn't put the bullet back into the gun."
Software writing & development is not MB's strong suit so my new stance on the WHOLE car is..."Unless its buggy, intermittant AND infuriating , LEAVE IT ALONE". The patch may open up a WHOLE can of worms, and to mix metaphors, "...I'm sorry doesn't put the bullet back into the gun."
P-B-82.85/524 AUG06 - Navigator Processor / DVD not recognized. DVD not recognized after replacement of the navigation processor using part # A211 870 52 26 the navigator processor requires navigation software version 42/05 (BQ6460216). The navigation software is backwards to all previous navigation processors. When replacing a defective navigation processor the replacement part # should be the same as the original since the Navigation Processor is compatible to specific head unit software.
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Question - I have a 2004 W211 - is there Bluetooth available for this model year? It seems that MB makes a BT module for the 2005 and up, but the 03-04 has been forgotten. Specifically, I want to use Cingular (or T-Mobile) V600 or a BT model... cannot use my AT&T/Cingular V60 TDMA anymore with reliability...
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Question - I have a 2004 W211 - is there Bluetooth available for this model year? It seems that MB makes a BT module for the 2005 and up, but the 03-04 has been forgotten. Specifically, I want to use Cingular (or T-Mobile) V600 or a BT model... cannot use my AT&T/Cingular V60 TDMA anymore with reliability...
Thanks
Ed
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