Climate Mode on E400
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Climate Mode on E400
I've a question for all E400 owners, tho' the same issue probably applies to E300 models as well. Mine's a wagon, but that shouldn't make any difference to a climate control issue.
When I first worked through the Vehicle Settings, I found the options to have Focus, Medium, and Diffuse climate modes on the Multi Media/Vehicle/Climate Control screen. That's what it says in the Manual - tho' it's never clear in there if any item is a standard fitment or not. Anyway, now it's disappeared from the screen and I can't get it back by resetting or any other trick I know of. Does anyone have this feature as standard with a two-zone climate control system?
When I first worked through the Vehicle Settings, I found the options to have Focus, Medium, and Diffuse climate modes on the Multi Media/Vehicle/Climate Control screen. That's what it says in the Manual - tho' it's never clear in there if any item is a standard fitment or not. Anyway, now it's disappeared from the screen and I can't get it back by resetting or any other trick I know of. Does anyone have this feature as standard with a two-zone climate control system?
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Access those options only when climate control is in automatic mode as described in detail on page 129 of the operators manual that is describing the dual zone system that I believe is standard on US models.
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I've a question for all E400 owners, tho' the same issue probably applies to E300 models as well. Mine's a wagon, but that shouldn't make any difference to a climate control issue.
When I first worked through the Vehicle Settings, I found the options to have Focus, Medium, and Diffuse climate modes on the Multi Media/Vehicle/Climate Control screen. That's what it says in the Manual - tho' it's never clear in there if any item is a standard fitment or not. Anyway, now it's disappeared from the screen and I can't get it back by resetting or any other trick I know of. Does anyone have this feature as standard with a two-zone climate control system?
When I first worked through the Vehicle Settings, I found the options to have Focus, Medium, and Diffuse climate modes on the Multi Media/Vehicle/Climate Control screen. That's what it says in the Manual - tho' it's never clear in there if any item is a standard fitment or not. Anyway, now it's disappeared from the screen and I can't get it back by resetting or any other trick I know of. Does anyone have this feature as standard with a two-zone climate control system?
I really wanted this feature in my car, BUT the mechanic of my dealership gently reminded me how many stepper motors this system has vs. the 2-zone system, and given my history with MB stepper motors, I chose the 2-zone.
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AThanks for this clarification. Mine's definitely a two zone. Must have had some parasitic appearance of the climate mode options when I did my first setup. I've now found I can simulate the diffuse setting by selecting All Vents from the vent selection button. I'm sure you were wise not to go for complexity like you describe!
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FWIW, with the 3-zone system, every single vent gains a stepper motor instead of the manually-operated dampers they have in the 2-zone. PLUS the defrost / footwell vents each gain their own damper left & right. For the mid-level vents alone, that's 7 additional stepper motors. I'm not sure how many temperature air mixing boxes are added with the 3-zone. Far more complex than need be, nonetheless.
