Headrest Monitors
12-15-2017, 05:52 PM
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2018 GLS 450
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Interesting note after purchasing a 2018 GLS 450. The MB website indicates that the monitors are $1400 in the "build your vehicle" portion, yet the dealership is charging $4200 for the same units.
Has anyone purchased aftermarket monitors for this vehicle? If so, which brand is best?
Has anyone purchased aftermarket monitors for this vehicle? If so, which brand is best?
12-15-2017, 07:45 PM
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Not sure where you are seeing $1,400 but the "Rear Seat Entertainment System" is $1,950 on the MBUSA.com site for the GLS 450. Buy yourself (or your children) a couple iPads and save your money.
12-16-2017, 02:01 AM
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There are two post-factory "systems" from MB - the "accessory" rear DVD's which play thru headphones - which can be installed into any GLS - or the "factory equivalent system" which requires the GLS to have Rear-Entertainment pre-wiring to connect back up to/thru the front COMAND headunit - which can play source material from the front, and which can take rear content and play thru the COMAND system.
Yes - with labor the "factory equivalent" system if you have factory pre-wiring will be north of $4K installed - parts alone from MB cost a arm-n-both-legs and labor intensive job even with pre-wiring from the factory.
If you don't require front cabin control of rear content - and if you don't "need" to play rear content audio over the sound system - a GREAT suggestion is a couple of iPads and about $60 in a pair of mounts
Yes - with labor the "factory equivalent" system if you have factory pre-wiring will be north of $4K installed - parts alone from MB cost a arm-n-both-legs and labor intensive job even with pre-wiring from the factory.
If you don't require front cabin control of rear content - and if you don't "need" to play rear content audio over the sound system - a GREAT suggestion is a couple of iPads and about $60 in a pair of mounts
12-16-2017, 06:24 AM
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I'm going to try to pick up one of these up today. If I understand it correctly, you load content onto an SD card and that can be streamed in car to devices. BTW I have no connection to Playon. Great software. I have direct CAT6 cable connecting my router to my desktop and Bluray player. The Bluray player can "see" the Playon app as if it were a channel. I can access stored content from the desktop upstairs to play on the TV downstairs. I have 9 years of HD video stored on the desktop. So I can call up the bubble net feeding whales I videoed in Alaska or any other video that I want. Very convenient.
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12-16-2017, 10:35 AM
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Correct. The system on the MB website is $1950. Point being, I still don't understand the insane mark-up to $4200 from my dealership.
12-16-2017, 06:22 PM
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Woa cowboy - the dealer isn't the culprit here - the higher cost in large part is that Mercedes charges the dealer much/much more for the equipment than Mercedes charges for the same equiptment factory installed - the "mark-up" is from Mercedes parts to the dealer -not your dealer - - it is a extensive equipment list by the way - and dealer install is quite labor intensive - like on the full system about 6-7 genuine hours in the shop...
