Excellent, thanks Georgedaman!!!!! WHOHOO

 

I just did the update, took about 10mins, everything went well.. I now have the new display options.. !!!



John

 

As in Konigstiger's OP !
Link to your site to buy and download the same disc @ 2X price, as available from a local dealer ?

 

True, but how much time does it take out of your day to get a Appt. drop your car, get loaner, pickup??? This was 10 mins, start to finish. Thats worth $15 of my time...

John

 

Of course, that's not what I was saying.
I was pointing out that he was just restating the OP's sw version AND taking thje opportunity to link to his,
what appears to be, commercial site, where he's selling it for double what the dealer charges and you don't get the disc...it's a download only. Then you burn to your cd. Hmmm...

 

Are these software updates free? My car (2004 E500) is not under warranty and as I've been reading, some MY04 do not read newer DVD's for navigation. Is the software update supposed to fix this? How long does it take?

I have to go purchase a 2006.2 DVD but I don't want to leave the dealership and find out the module can't read the disk.

I've read that P-B-82.60/382a is supposed to fix this problem and that one person got thier car to play MP3's after the update. Will it do this?

Thanks in advance.

 

You have over 50k miles ? (warranty is 4/50)
If so, read the OP (post#1). Take that part # to you dealer's parts dept and order the disc. Cost is ~$10-15.00.
Takes 10 min to do the update.
Whether or not it will solve the inability to use the newer Navi discs, don't know.
Mine won't read a 2006.1 disc properly but I haven't done the update yet because my dealer didn't have the disc.

 

Or, option #2, save your time, Pay the $25 and get it done within the hour. Download and burn it yourself...

John

 

John...see post #80 above. I don't know that getting a download, not an original disc, complies with copyright laws. Touchy issue IMO.

Edit: links removed

 

Curiosity compels, download it from where?

 

Looks like the links were removed for the download....
they were in post #74

 

PM sent. OOPs, looks like John posted the info.

 

The update is for the comand...the dvd reading is in the navi drive..
I have one for sale if you interested.

 

Does anyone know if the various Command software updates discussed in this thread (ETA, real time traffic, etc.) are available for a 2007 SL55?

 

I finally got the update and it works great. it was painless, although I lost all the addresses I had saved in memory. I cant figure out why some MBDealers don't want to update it at the clients request. Hmmm maybe they want to us to buy a new Benz in stead...

Hey also I notice its a button thats new button labeled Coord. Also Longitude and Latitude is'nt on the bottom any more I guess they made room for the ETA and stuff...

 

Bigmel, from post #75 above "I now have the choice to have either GPS or ETA displayed below the map,"
could the GPS be the coordinates and it's just a matter of toggle w/that new button "coord"? (I'll know for sure later this morning)

 

yes when u press cooed key ur coordinates pops up on the display.

 

Update applied this morning, no problems.
When ETA is displayed, no Long./Lat, but if you switch display option to "display current location", then they are displayed like before.

Only played with it a little while, but the "coordinates button" is kind of interesting. As you stated, when pressed, your current location coordinates are displayed. However, notice the word "input" and the 2 arrow keys. You can change those coordinates to any geocode you want, then press "OK" and the map will display, with crosshairs, the location, on the map, of those coordinates.

I don't see a difference in the "mute" from before. Pressing the button during an announcement displays "voice announcements muted" just as it always did and mutes for the remaininder of the route guidance (pg 114 of the manual). What is the "new" mute feature that I'm missing ?

 

Just got my "service tool" disc from my local dealer. It was $9.97, thank you very much. Gonna install it in a bit and see if I can't turn my COMAND into a brick real quick.

Expect to see an ad in the Classifieds:

FS:W211 COMAND, have a gently used one for sale or trade if interested. It will fit all W211 models but won't do anything more than fill that big hole in the center of your dash. Best offer.


Wish me luck.

 

FWIW - my new 08 came with 2006.2.

jimm

 

Welp,


Upgraded my COMAND in about 4 minutes total. Piece of pie. Now I have bluetooth signal strength on my map screen and I now can choose the ETA banner on the bottom during mapping.

Great. Thanks to those who supplied all of this info.

Oh, and I'm running 2006.1 map disc, if that means anything to anyone.

 

the dealer in my area would on sale the service tool to me. However there is more than one way to skin a cat.

 

Call Euromotorcars-Germantown in Maryland. They will have to order it, which will take 2 days and I think they'll even mail it to you. Problem solved.

If they won't do it, PM me.

 

It makes you wonder what took MB so long to put the ETA on the NAVI. What in the world can we use Degrees, Minutes & Seconds as a location guide for... or to enter a destination by coordiates? What am I, Ensign Sulu?

Gimmie usefull information!

 

I did the update at the dealership, of course it took them half an hour to understand what I'm talking about and another half an hour to do it. and all worked fine;
but the problem now I cann't enter a destination while I'm driving, I have to bring the car to a complete stop to enter the address or POI.; "hello Lexus"