SurgeSi

Hey i just bought a new 05 E320 and i wanted to know how to play DVD's on the navi screen?
when i was looking for a car i saw a 2005 E500 for sale and he played music videos on the navi screen?
does anyone know how to do this?
if so please let me know
Thanks in advance.



p.s. if anyone knows where i could purchase oem E55 exhaust please let me know.

tashakes

Search is your friend.

In a nutshell, you can't. You need to get a Euro COMAND.

SurgeSi

thanks
im a newbie i didnt see the search button at first
but thanks anywayz.

would this be hard/expensive to do?

fmanfrank

Yupper....

Benz-O-Rama

Define expensive.

You're looking at about a grand for a Euro COMAND. Give or take a couple hundred bucks..

Dema

I guess it should be some movement sensor wire which you need to cut or short.

AMGTestDriverNJ

whoa wait a second guys...Your telling me that the Nav-TV unit doesn't work on the E-Class command? I think your wrong, I also think that midcity engineering also has a similar solution for video in motion on the US spec commands. Those units installed about about $650 or so. I've got one on my 03 W215 plays my ipod video on nav screen no issues. I would do some research my friend. Midcityengineering.com and nav-tv.com are good starting places. Also, a company called Dietz I believe does bypass units for a number of german car makers. If you don't find any luck there they may be right. However, these units that I am talking about require an external video source (you can't use your CD slot) you either need a mobile DVD player in the glove box, ($100) small enough to fit and still give you some room, or if your IPOD savvy and can convert your video files to MP4, use the video ipod its great. If you want to go really nuts, which some of my friends have (real tech guys, they drive Audi haha) they have similar nav-tv set ups but run the Apple TV unit. It is basically a bluetooth harddrive that syncs up to a computer either in their house of if the laptop has been brought into the car and loads all your itunes and itunes video stuff right onto it everytime you pull in the garage. So you are constantly updated and it is all wireless no transfer of Ipod or anything it just zaps it right to the box. Pretty nuts. But yea, sorry for the rant but I'm pretty sure there are like 101 things you can do to get some type of video on that stock nav screen.

SurgeSi

yeah im not looking to spend a grand to watch some dvd's in the car.
my wife can do without it.
ill just pick up e55 exhaust or e63 tailights for that money.
thanks for all the info though.

by the way whats the easiest way to hook up your ipod to your
command?
i have some videos on my ipod.
thanks again for all the help

ruffrob

This place should help:

http://www.mbdoctor.com/product.html

AMGTestDriverNJ

There should be an auxilarly connection in your glove box. Get a lead wire and attached it to your ipod and into the aux and your set. It will not play your videos though, just music.

CrimeDoesPay

i say seacrh and you will find dont listen to the ppl hear untill you have researched i dont have a euro command and i didnt spend any money and i have dvd in motion in my car

Diesel Benz

You didn't spend any money? Where did you steal the parts from?

Seriously, if we talk about OEM parts, I doubt you can do it with no money. If you talk about after market equipment, I don't see how you could get those for free either. The discussion anyway was about US cars before NTG2.5 Comand.

Why not share the info you have?

ruffrob

Yo,Crime,that is one violent scene in your signature. Ever thought about putting your car there??? Just wondering......

Polar Bear

I think he had a Gen1 US version COMAND that was in the late 2003/early 2004 cars. He posted in another thread on this...

Mackhack

So that could mean that my old US Comand has a DVD-ROM in it even against the information we all have that US Comand don't have DVD-ROMs?

So,
HAPPY PART:
I went to Hoehn Motors Inc. a official MB dealership in San Diego.. Friendly, friendly and again, friendly people, not stuck up whatsoever and super helpful. I got squeezed in at 7.30 in the morning on short notice to get VIM enabled through SDS...

SAD PART:
After 1.5 hours of trial and error the shop foreman gave up. Couldn't find the setting in SDS. They DID NOT CHARGE me those 1.5 hours and I like this since I was the lab rate for this I assume.

QUESTION:
Can someone give me some detailed instructions I can give this mechanic to get this finally done please?
Who knows the SDS menu and/or the application and can help me with this. I will through some German chocolate and gummy bears as my appreciation.

Please help me with some info to finally close this toiling chapter of my life!!!

Diesel Benz

Thanks for that clarification. But his "advice" is no help for those who don't have this device.

BRABUS_E500

There is a solution to this problem. No more buying a EURO command. I know of a shop that recently started carrying a product that allows the US Nav to play DVDs and can also install a back up camera and have it run off your US Nav. PM me for details and I will gladly put you in touch with the right people.

I personally will be getting the feature and a few others already have.

mpx220

HMS FTW!!!!

BRABUS_E500

Oh didn't know of I could drop their name like that hahah


HMS Motorsports in OC

Mackhack

So you mean they can enable the feature on my Euro Comand or what are you talking about BRABUS_E500?

BRABUS_E500

From what 'I' understand all you have to do extra is buy the DVD player which is an extra xxx amount of dollars. Just give HMS Motorsports a call or check this thread out ...

http://mymbonline.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=13816

Mackhack

BRABUS,

I just can't believe that there is no possible way of enabling VIM in the Euro Comand now and good to go instead of spending more and more!

MARK CUMMINS

Two Ways of Watching Video in Motion..Both require spending $$$


Buy a Aftermarket system..Like what HMS offers

Or

MBENZNL.com re Your EURO Comand playing in Motion

They Both WILL Get the Job Done..

Polar Bear

From what I have gathered reading about this topic many many times over it seems that to watch DVDs on the factory Mercedes-Benz COMAND, you need:

1- a Euro COMAND - pretty much any model
2- a VERY early US COMAND that were the first ones produced for US cars - these will appear in some 2003 and possibly very early 2004 cars.

Assuming you have one of the rare US models listed above, you will need to change the mode to a W211 ECE mode and it will change the SAT button to watch DVD video. You will also get a DVD Video logo beside the Compact Disc Digital Audio logo when you insert a disc in slot 0.

After the early 2004 model COMAND units, Mercedes/Becker changed enough hardware inside the units where US models did not contain the circuitry to decode DVD video, although they have the optics to read DVD discs in slot 0. Therefore, you can burn a DVD-DL disc with 8.4GB of MP3s on it, which is nice, but it will NOT play DVD video. This unit was produced up until around 2006 from what I understand. The 2007 onwards only contain CD-ROM optics in slot 0 and will not read any type of DVD disc whatsoever. So unless you have one of the very rare and very early US COMAND units, no matter what is done in SDS you will not be able to watch DVD movies in your car - in motion or otherwise.

Mackhack

I can't say it enough anymore. I bought a Euro COMAND and in my car by now. I can watch DVD movies but only while under 10 mph. I went to the dealer and the hooked up SDS but the shop foreman who worked on it and tried to enable Video in Motion (VIM) could not find it on his laptop.

My original US COMAND has Date of Manufacturing: 45/03 on the label.