nguyenphananh

Hi, Im a long time member of the W211 forum, not very familiar with the W212. My cousin has a 2016 E350, he wanted to disable the start/stop function permanently. Im pretty sure it must be done by STAR. Has anybody done this before? can you please point me to specific links/discussion regarding this topic? Again, Im very familiar with the W211, but W212 is new to me.....

JettaRed

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Contact @BenzNinja . He does that and many other "customizations".

nguyenphananh

thank you

Jeedie

Or get the launch creader elite benz, a small diagnostic tool available on amazon for about $150. It can code start/stop disable, just did this on my own (2013) E300.

nguyenphananh

Hi, do you have the link for this device... Im interested in buying it. Thank you

juanmor40

Latest version, horizontal/landscape format

nguyenphananh

Hi, that link somehow didnt work for me.

juanmor40

Updated link

That is for Amazon. AliExpress also has it on the Launch store
http://Just found this amazing item on AliExpress. Check it out! $136.96 46%OFF | LAUNCH X431 Elite 2.0 Car Full System Diagnostic Tools Auto OBD OBD2 Scanner Active Test ECU Coding Multilingual Free Update https://a.aliexpress.com/_msDpwWe

nguyenphananh

Thank you so much.... buying now....

JettaRed

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If you want to wait a month to receive it. Amazon is only about $30 more and you get it right away.

juanmor40

To each its own.

I got the portrait version for $99

CaliBenzDriver

This tool is so powerful...its overwhelming and easy to get lost navigating around modules.
We should organize a sort of power-user thread for it.

We don't need to struggle with chaos in darkness, we can easily get organized efficiently

> Structure:
-- Pics and traffic will be too big for one single thread.

-- Then that means... one thread per module indexed in root thread with links.

Since Master Surya introduced us to this LAUNCH scanner... he should have the root, yes?
He who owns the thread root is the only one that can maintain it....
or
PLAN-B: can we each groom an individual post with our index under Surya's cReader thread??


We are dealing with about 40+ modules out of which maybe less than 10 are truly full-fratured...


> How do you see us getting organized????

Say MS cReader thread structure is like:
1- An personal index to his cReader modules
2- A master index pointing to contributors indexes

We could each have two dozen individual cReader threads then the numbers will be overwhelming and somewhat useless ... thus organized index!


​​​​​​Who wants to do what if anything??


What this should be is a digest of individual modules functions that are exposed by cReader.

JettaRed

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Sure. If you have the time to wait, that's fine. But people usually come here with their hair on fire needing help, and we can't help them until we know what's wrong. That's why I suggested next day with Amazon.

Now, one of the benefits with version 2.0 is that it has an internal battery so that you can disconnect it from a wall charger or the OBD port without shutting it down. I find that useful if I am out of network WiFi range and want to send off a report. I can move closer to my router. As far as actual scanning, both versions use the same software, so either if fine. I keep my original "portrait" version in one car and my "landscape" version in my other car.

JettaRed

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I vote for @S-Prihadi to lead the charge since he's not around right now to defend himself.

nightspd

Can this enable Carplay?

CaliBenzDriver

What unit do you have ?
You need the COMAND hardware version that already supports it the option.
I think it is 4.7, is it?
Me stuck with 4.5 Bluetooth factory enabled

nightspd

I'm pretty sure I have NTG 5.1

CaliBenzDriver

NICE

Talk to @Left Coast Geek He has been there and has the topic sorted.
🤞

Andre Cateb

You can also use Vediamo to re-code any module or function. I've used it once to program manual mode on the transmission of my old W204, but in all honesty, it is a lot of research work since it is a Mercedes engineering development software with an interface that is not at all user-friendly.

nguyenphananh

Thank you. like you said, I will need to buy the interface, the C4 laptop...etc. If this scanner can do what it advertised, it is good enough for me....

CaliBenzDriver

You can disable S/S feature in less than 5mn with a "Launch cReader" scanner... nice & easy.
✌️

nguyenphananh

Just received the Launch device from amazon. The User Interface is different from the youtube video... anyway, I still figured out. When I clicked on the write coding (from active start/stop to no active), it said code writing "unsuccessful". Not sure what I did wrong. Questions: do I need to register the device before using? or do I need to update software 1st before using? I think the firmware right now is V15.16.....

CaliBenzDriver

Of course you want to follow LAUNCH Scanner directions to register, update... else you may endup in UN-TESTED territories. ​​​​​​

JettaRed

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I don't know how to disable the start/stop with Launch since I had already disabled mine with a device from Mid City Engineering. But @BenzNinja can also do the same and he has an amazing promotion right now where your membership fee is credited back to you to spend on his customizations. The Mid City Engineering device is $164 plus shipping. I could have saved that amount had I joined the BenzNinja club first.

wildta

There are 3 coders on here who can program your start stop to be saved on last setting: @BenzNinja , @EleBest , and @rjautomotive

All are forum sponsors and all have had many satisfied customers on here.