Projections is here!
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2025 E450 Sedan: 2019 E450 Coupe
Last night I once again checked my lights setting to see if anything changed related to the digital lights. To my surprise I now have the drop down for Welcome/Farewell lights and can now select between the only 2 choices. I have been checking every few days to see if anything changed.
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IHC+
Does this digital extra also unlock Intelligent Headlight Control Plus (IHC+)
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2025 e 450
Last night I once again checked my lights setting to see if anything changed related to the digital lights. To my surprise I now have the drop down for Welcome/Farewell lights and can now select between the only 2 choices. I have been checking every few days to see if anything changed.
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W214 E350
Greetings: You are like me for my 2024 E Class. Read above in this area from me-Roadrunner. We have the hardware. We need the software that will b available in first quarter of 2025. Our app and header unit will let us know and dealer must download to our cars to activate system. Then we purchase the package for about $110. which is over the air. Received this report this past Friday from Level 2 Tech Support on this ongoing issue. Just read my details above in this section of the forum.
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Great. Would be interested as in USA-New Jersey. Word on the street is the Department of Transportation-USA is ready to turn on IHC + as it was approved almost two years ago and now the regulations or details are approved. I also heard from dealer that this IHC will coincide with the turn on of the Digital Light-December 2024.
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W214 2024 E450
Update for Digital Light Package for 2024 E Class: Just received email from the escalated team on this issue of software update. The 2024 E Class need a software Freshup 3.1. They think it will be Over the Air during first quarter in 2025. Then you can purchase package and be activated. I also have 42U and 43U and 316 and so on. When we purchased our cars with this feature, it only had the hardware and software was not ready for our MBUX System. It should show up in our app and Screen about this update. I have my dealer watching out too. Happy Weekend.
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Have not had an Over the Air Update since purchasing auto on July 31, 2024. I have noted this to dealer and Mercedes Me and they say my system module does work. But no map updates. I had v. 5 when car purchased. Had dealer move to v.8 as they had no way to go to v.9 or now v.10. Dealer has registered complaint to their representative. I will try the download for map update for v.10. It seems the Over the Air Updates has nothing to do with using hot spot or a data plan or the data plan on our phones. Go figure.
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2025 E450 Sedan: 2019 E450 Coupe
I have not received any over the updates for my MY2025. Took delivery in September. I have updated the map manually. I also own a W238(2019 E450 Coupe) and it receives over the air map updates. Mercedes Me sends an email that says a map update is available and will be rolled out over the next few weeks. Seems strange to me that the W214 does not receive over the air map updates. The car was delivered with V8, I installed V9.1 and have downloaded V10.2. I will install it when I will be driving the car for about 30+ minutes to allow the install, if you stop the car before it completes the install, it starts over the next time you start the car. In my W238, if you stop in the middle of the install, when you restart the car, it picks up where it was in the install process. The W238 is the older command system, not MBUX.
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Hey guys,
I received another update from both the dealership and Mercedes. The dealership was not much help sadly, and all they did was a headlight module update. They were clueless about the update coming in 2025 as well. The response I received from Mercedes was that the update will be coming in 2025, as how Roadrunner mentioned.
Sort of disappointing due to the lack of communication between the dealer and Mercedes.
I received another update from both the dealership and Mercedes. The dealership was not much help sadly, and all they did was a headlight module update. They were clueless about the update coming in 2025 as well. The response I received from Mercedes was that the update will be coming in 2025, as how Roadrunner mentioned.
Sort of disappointing due to the lack of communication between the dealer and Mercedes.
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Hey guys,
I received another update from both the dealership and Mercedes. The dealership was not much help sadly, and all they did was a headlight module update. They were clueless about the update coming in 2025 as well. The response I received from Mercedes was that the update will be coming in 2025, as how Roadrunner mentioned.
Sort of disappointing due to the lack of communication between the dealer and Mercedes.
I received another update from both the dealership and Mercedes. The dealership was not much help sadly, and all they did was a headlight module update. They were clueless about the update coming in 2025 as well. The response I received from Mercedes was that the update will be coming in 2025, as how Roadrunner mentioned.
Sort of disappointing due to the lack of communication between the dealer and Mercedes.
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350 E
Agree that there is poor communications between Mercedes Corporation and their dealers on most updates. We did purchase the Pinnacle/Digital Lights, but as mentioned, only the hardware. Software was not ready for 2024-does not make sense as it is operational on 2025 model. Fingers crossed for this update early in first quarter 2025. Will monitor for this forum.
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For those of you stressing over not having the projections. It's a bit underwhelming to be honest. The opening and closing lights are cool but more often than not you don't see them due to things being in front of the car. I park in a garage as I'm sure most of you do and you won't see them. In parking lots, there is not enough room to see them well with other cars and obstacles in the way. Quite rare actually. The lights you get while driving are minor and only happen in very unique circumstances. You get a lane change projection if the car is changing lanes for you. You get an arrow if you drift into the left or right lines. So far, that's it. Considering it's a feature that is only applicable when it's dark, there is not much value there. Not really worth the $110 I paid to enable them IMHO. Maybe there is more i haven't seen but so far it's very disappointing.
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Thanks for the honest assessment of the option. I won’t be getting this option because I feel it should be included with the car. I think there’s a problem with my left headlight anyhow because there is a dark spot in the light pattern. I need to mention it to the dealer at the first service. Maybe there are some bad leds or something.
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I have the same dark spot. I think it's just the shape of the light pattern and normal. It's only the low beam which makes sense not to blind oncoming vehicles.
Last edited by L1Wolf; Dec 11, 2024 at 10:40 AM.
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S-class, E450 W214, E350 W214
Last night I once again checked my lights setting to see if anything changed related to the digital lights. To my surprise I now have the drop down for Welcome/Farewell lights and can now select between the only 2 choices. I have been checking every few days to see if anything changed.
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What is Projections, and does it add to lighting?
Please excuse my ignorance, but what is Projections, and does it add function or utility to the car’s digital lighting system?
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