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I'm looking at this E350 locally with 135k miles. I know the '09 got a new head unit with an SD card slot, but can it stream Bluetooth audio from my phone?
I'm looking at this E350 locally with 135k miles. I know the '09 got a new head unit with an SD card slot, but can it stream Bluetooth audio from my phone?
Not a bad one. Pano roof, parktronic, real leather although I don't know how that red looks, keyless go, bixenons, etc. Just missing folding rear seat otherwise nicely loaded, you'd be hard pressed to find one with many more optinos.
Not that familiar with NTG20 but according to the brochure you can. The earlier models couldn't do it. Try nadaguide.com for an idea. Retail is too much, rough trade in would be a bargain, somewhere between average and clean would be good. However nadaguide doesn't really value those options, P2 which is bixenons and keyless go isn't that common so I'd pay a little more than average.
The red will look really good. The colour name is Leder Schwarz/Cognacbraun (Black Leather/Cognac brown) and has a nice two-tone look to it--reminiscent of BMW's Saddle Brown or Land Rover's London Tan (slightly darker). If you like two-tone, which I do, I would go for it. I personally like two-tone so much as I have plans to two-toneify my Sierragrau/Ash interior a la Steve@MBenzNL's CDI
I ended up buying it for $7k. Two owners, has all the options I wanted and the interior is the icing on the cake. I'm very happy with it.
I've always loved the W211 ever since I seen it in 2002 and I've been looking for the perfect 2009 E350, E550 or E63 every since they went out of production. Happy to be part of the family.
To answer my own question, the COMAND APS NGT 2.5 head unit does not stream Bluetooth audio. I can use the aux cord or get this from Amazon:
I ended up buying it for $7k. Two owners, has all the options I wanted and the interior is the icing on the cake. I'm very happy with it.
I've always loved the W211 ever since I seen it in 2002 and I've been looking for the perfect 2009 E350, E550 or E63 every since they went out of production. Happy to be part of the family.
That BT adaptor states it's for VW/Audi? How does it work with MB and which one did you get, they have 3 listed in the link you posted.
I have another BT adaptor but it was interesting to see that the one you posted in the link while reading the description states it would show the artist and title in the screen. Mine does this for iphones but not my android phone. I'd be interested to see if your displays the song title in the display if you have android. I'd be half tempted to buy it knowing it does work.
As long as it works for Bluetooth, I'm good with it.
The one I linked plugs into where the cable that has the aux and iPod cable in the glovebox.
Yours plugs into the iPod connector, right?
Congrats for the ride and here is what I bought for my E350 2011 as it was having issue with audio streaming via YouTube or sound cloud sometimes so I purchased this so now my phone calls work through MB original but music stream through this good but sometimes it’s annoying and tip is you have to have some lical music on your iPhone. I hope this will help.
I will get that one tomorrow. Apparently that DOES show the song title and name on the comand screen. Mine currently does not and this says it works for Android. Figured why not try it? If it doesn't work, send it back.
My gripe with the one I currently have is that when I need to make a call or take a call I have to disconnect my bluetooth adapter because it conflicts with the onboard BT of the comand unit. The call constantly goes in and out. It's annoying AF. Plus you can't pause the music. As soon as you pause it, within about 20 seconds it starts playing again. Seems to be a common thing on this unit after reading so many reviews.
We'll see if this new exhibits the same behavior.
I honestly want to just completely switch the headunit out for an android one, but for as little as I drive the car it seems pointless to downgrade to some generic chineese system that will more than likely have a problem. If I could do a pioneer unit or something like that I'd be down but they never look right because of our dash. I just installed a Pioneer headunit in my daily Toyota Solara and it's awesome. Has every feature I want, blue-tooth, backup camera, apple car play and android auto...etc. Got all the technology now of standard vehicles..lol
Update on the Bluetooth adapter I just bought. It does not display the song title information in comand for Pandora, but it does do it for Spotify. My older version didn't do it for spotify or music on the phone. This one does.
Sound quality appears to be the same. When I hit pause it DOES keep the music paused. My other unit would only pause for 5-10 seconds then it wold pick back up which was super annoying.
This was using Pandora. Spotify shows the information only in the comand screen, and not the display cluster. My wife's Iphone displays information in both displays and in both Pandora and Spotify.
-Nigel
Last edited by NewShockerGuy; Oct 30, 2020 at 11:33 PM.
Update on the Bluetooth adapter I just bought. It does not display the song title information in comand for Pandora, but it does do it for Spotify. My older version didn't do it for spotify or music on the phone. This one does.
Sound quality appears to be the same. When I hit pause it DOES keep the music paused. My other unit would only pause for 5-10 seconds then it wold pick back up which was super annoying.
-Nigel
This is timely for me, my cheap bluetooth 3.5mm adapter just died on me...So you recommend the one you linked above then? Works well?
This is timely for me, my cheap bluetooth 3.5mm adapter just died on me...So you recommend the one you linked above then? Works well?
Seems to be fine. I'll test it out more tomorrow going to the gym and back just to see how it does. I do like that when you pause the music it STAYS paused. My other unit wouldn't do that. It would pause and start resuming music within 5-8 seconds.
I tested this one while calling my family and it does the same behavior as the other device I had. It conflicts with the phone call and causes it to go in and out. Solution is to unplug the unit from the AUX adapter. Then when you want to get off the call, plug it back in and enjoy bluetooth audio. When you want to make a call or take a call again, disconnect the bluetooth device.
Two 2005 E320 CDI, 2004 E500 Wagon, 2007 ML63 4MATIC
Originally Posted by NewShockerGuy
Update on the Bluetooth adapter I just bought. It does not display the song title information in comand for Pandora, but it does do it for Spotify. My older version didn't do it for spotify or music on the phone. This one does.
Sound quality appears to be the same. When I hit pause it DOES keep the music paused. My other unit would only pause for 5-10 seconds then it wold pick back up which was super annoying.
This was using Pandora. Spotify shows the information only in the comand screen, and not the display cluster. My wife's Iphone displays information in both displays and in both Pandora and Spotify.
-Nigel
I purchased this to use in my 2010 E350. Previously I bought a CarPro and was disappointed with the performance with an iPhone. Track display was hit/miss and would sometimes freeze. The vehicle controls would stop responding. Using the iPod mode with Chooci had similar results. Choocl offers the general mode which is 100% stable and works with Pandora and Amazon Music. You loose the track names, as shown in NewShockerGuy's photos, but vehicle controls work.
Wheels are all curbed, I'm thinking redo them in gunmetal? I do like the classy stock look though.
Originally Posted by NewShockerGuy
Update on the Bluetooth adapter I just bought. It does not display the song title information in comand for Pandora, but it does do it for Spotify. My older version didn't do it for spotify or music on the phone. This one does.
Sound quality appears to be the same. When I hit pause it DOES keep the music paused. My other unit would only pause for 5-10 seconds then it wold pick back up which was super annoying.
This was using Pandora. Spotify shows the information only in the comand screen, and not the display cluster. My wife's Iphone displays information in both displays and in both Pandora and Spotify.
-Nigel
Thanks Nigel, for me I only use YouTube music and listen to podcasts/videos on YouTube while in traffic. Don't really care about the phone calls as I don't make many when driving.
Now that I think I found the perfect W211, I'm already thinking of an R230 😁.
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