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Installing an Auxillary Input
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Installing an Auxillary Input
I was unfortunate enough to purchase a E500 w/o nav and hence don't seem to have an auxillary jack.
has anyone had any luck installing an AUX jack with some aftermaket solution?
has anyone had any luck installing an AUX jack with some aftermaket solution?
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Mercedes just announced the availability of an iPod integration kit, and i do not think you need Nav to make it work. I saw it demonstrated at MacWorld last week in a CLS and it was pretty slick. The kit will retail for $299. They said it would be easily retrofitable to all 2005 E class. Of course, if you are trying to hook up something other than an iPod this solution wont work. For an iPod, it is great as it gives you control from the steering wheel and song information on the instrument cluster.
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thanks hoffy.
i'll keep my eye out for the kit. i can live with an ipod as long as it is a hardwire connection to the car audio.
My current solution is a rf modulator with my phatbox. works ok, but a bit of sounds quality is lost.
i looked all over my glove compartment, there is no aux jack there. (no aux option on my radio either). I read somwhere that no nav in 2003 means no aux jack.
i'll keep my eye out for the kit. i can live with an ipod as long as it is a hardwire connection to the car audio.
My current solution is a rf modulator with my phatbox. works ok, but a bit of sounds quality is lost.
i looked all over my glove compartment, there is no aux jack there. (no aux option on my radio either). I read somwhere that no nav in 2003 means no aux jack.
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thanks guys. i've been through those and believe me i've looked through and through. just fuzzy covering where it should be.
by car was built in late '02. seeme ridiculous to be that they would change something like that.
anyway, doesn't seem like anyone is going to develop a solution since mercedes did it in later years.
by car was built in late '02. seeme ridiculous to be that they would change something like that.
anyway, doesn't seem like anyone is going to develop a solution since mercedes did it in later years.
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Originally Posted by Dericious
i looked all over my glove compartment, there is no aux jack there. (no aux option on my radio either). I read somwhere that no nav in 2003 means no aux jack.
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Originally Posted by DWP
I didn't know that any 2003s, nav or not, had an AUX jack. Mine sure doesn't, although it's non-nav. I thought that the AUX jack was a tradeoff for deletion of the cassette player in 2004 models, since the one use of the cassette player on my car is making a hardware audio connection - not a great connection, but better than an FM modulator. If a 2003 with nav has neither a cassette player nor an AUX jack, that's a really hard place so far as playing portable audio equipment is concerned.
2003 W211 with COMAND from the factory (and sometimes retrofitted) have auxiliary input. On the W211, the auxiliary input has nothing to do with navigation, it has to do with the head unit. For other years up until 2005, any W211 with COMAND has auxiliary input.
For the USA:
2003: standard head unit = Audio 50. head unit with navigation = COMAND
2004: standard head unit = COMAND. head unit with navigation = COMAND
2005: standard head unit = COMAND. head unit with navigation = COMAND
Please disregard any old threads with anything that deviates from this, because they are incorrect!
And to answer the OP, the quickest easiest way to obtain auxiliary input is to upgrade to COMAND. Maybe not the cheapest, but just about any other solution will be tedious and difficult. A cassette adapter will work and sound better than an FM modulator, but is not really an auxiliary input. As for other aftermarket solutions, I do not believe any other solution with a "real" auxiliary input is shipping at this time.
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p.s. when selecting a COMAND upgrade for a 2003 car, beware of integrated phone systems as some COMANDs are not fully compatible with the 2003 system.
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Adding an iPod to an '04 E500
Ok guys , so let me get this straight... I can hook up my iPod to my HK sound system through the COMMAND setup via an AUX connector in the glove box without any software updates or tweaking from MB techs or any hardware additions??? Please tell me this is so cuz if it is I'll have thousands of songs at my fingertips , sheesh , I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF MY E500
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Originally Posted by Mirage
Ok guys , so let me get this straight... I can hook up my iPod to my HK sound system through the COMMAND setup via an AUX connector in the glove box without any software updates or tweaking from MB techs or any hardware additions??? Please tell me this is so cuz if it is I'll have thousands of songs at my fingertips , sheesh , I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF MY E500-s-
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Mirage,
Yes, this is true. Plug and play. The only thing you need is a male to male mini jack. Obviously, this setup does not give you control of your iPod.
If you want full integration and control check out this:
http://www.mbusa.com/main/container....iPod/index.jsp
Yes, this is true. Plug and play. The only thing you need is a male to male mini jack. Obviously, this setup does not give you control of your iPod.
If you want full integration and control check out this:
http://www.mbusa.com/main/container....iPod/index.jsp
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Originally Posted by Mirage
Ok guys , so let me get this straight... I can hook up my iPod to my HK sound system through the COMMAND setup via an AUX connector in the glove box without any software updates or tweaking from MB techs or any hardware additions??? Please tell me this is so cuz if it is I'll have thousands of songs at my fingertips , sheesh , I'LL NEVER GET OUT OF MY E500
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yes, it works.... sound is excellent! Of course no control from steering wheel except sound.Interestingly enough,went to dealer and they had NO idea about the use of an iPOD in my car or the newer models...hmmm ... said they were waiting for MB to come out with a service bulletin sometime during summer or fall.But I beat them to the punch 
cuz of this BB.Thanks guys.
cuz of this BB.Thanks guys.
