mike_fern2001

I am getting my 2003/E500- Sports PKG- E2-E3- Keyless remote in 2 weeks. It is a lease. After seeing the rim options on Tirereack-I am now seriously considering buying the car to have the wheels on my choice- sick no?
What do the member think of the rims that come with the sport pkge ? I think the other rims make a huge difference.

Do I have any other options?

Last stupid question- I rip and burn my own CD's- standard CD-
it plays on my 2000 audi-
I would hope that the 2003 E also can them.

MadManAboutTown

I'll answer your CD question - yes! No problem playing your burned disks - in fact, they sound great!

mike_fern2001

what do u think of the harman kardon upgraded stereo?

saintvir

Excellent system ... like you're in a concert hall. The twelve speakers do wonders for every musical piece that the system plays. All of the seven CD slots are loaded all the time and I just let the system cycle through the music.

No complaints ...

MadManAboutTown

I agree wholeheartedly. In fact, now I'm thinking of getting the integrated phone since I'll never hear incoming calls otherwise (the sound is magnificent when loud, IMHO).

mike_fern2001

the intergrated phone!? Exactly what I was thinking. The delaer is telling me that my car arrives in 2 weeks-BUT they can install at the pier? sounds weird-

I have not hear such great things about the phone> Bu im so tired of headsets

mike_fern2001

I also got the cd changer- can u use the main unit as a single feed or do u have to use the 6 changer?

MadManAboutTown

Yeah, they install phones and other accessories at the regional prep center upon entry to US (also check emissions there).

I'm waiting for the voice-activated phone, hoping that it might be reviewed better than the non-BlueTooth phone now being sold.

MadManAboutTown

You can use both. The single slot is CD0, the changer slots are number CD1-6. So you can actually have 7 CDs inserted at once!

Stevo

I just bought some 19" AMG's for my W211 from Platinum Motorsport on Melrose, Southern CA. They fit perfectly, bolted right on. I'll post pics tomorrow

muhri

Which style Stevo ? 5-spoke ? waiting for your pics - I love E's with AMG wheels, the reason I got mine with all the amg accessories

https://mbworld.org/forums/attachmen...&postid=198470

etenn

This is probably an even more stupid question than most.....

Can I, and if so How, burn music CD's on my RW CD/DVD drive that will play in the CD Player? I would like to put together music from many CD's so I would not have to go thru them all when driving.

Never tried it before and have no idea of how to do it. I have Roxio Easy CD maker and it works fine for data and pictures.

Anyone have a simple explanation?

Ed

saintvir

One of the options in Roxio is to "Make a Music CD". Select that and you will be presented with a screen where you will be able to assemble your music selections. I've done it many times and the CDs that I burn play perfectly in the car's CD player.

Have fun!

ctouhey

etenn -- I agree with SaintVir. If you've made data CDs with Roxio, then music is no different. You don't even have to transfer the track to your hard drive. Say you have a dozen CDs you want to blend. Just stick them in one at a time and build your set list. You have a progress bar that shows remaining time. When you're through, hit record and the software will prompt you to insert the required disk at the required time. (This assumes you have at least 2 CD/DVD drives -- if not, then other modalities work also.)

etenn

Thanks....I do just have one cd/dvd drive. Will it have to copy to hard drive and then back to RW CD?

MadManAboutTown

Yes, a hard drive directory/file is used to temporarily store the data to be burned on the same CD that you are copying from.