h3rmes

Is there any after market or MBUSA OEM bluetooth options for the M-class? Does anyone know if bluetooth will be integrated in the new 2006 M-class?

Regards,
H3rmes

amb9800

No, there's no OEM option for any kind of audio input, let alone Bluetooth. The COMAND system that's in all MB's except the NA M-Class has an aux input, but the ML's MCS system does not.

The only way to get an audio input into the stock unit is through an adapter -- either an FM modulator or a cassette adapter, and if you want Bluetooth, you'd have to then get a Bluetooth adaptor and plug it into the adapter. But even if you do that, you'll be getting only audio - nothing else (e.g. call controls for a cell phone, etc.).

It's interesting that Chrysler has had its 'UConnect' voice-activated Bluetooth hands-free cell-phone system for a while now (300C, Magnum, Pacifica, Town & Country, Jeep Liberty, Grand Cherokee, others) but you still can't get such a system on an MB

h3rmes

Have you tries the Nokia handsfree bluetooth kit? It sounds decent, even though it is not OEM.

Regards,
H3rmes

redcoupe

There will be no bluetooth options avalible.

ViKTORiOUS

Try the Bluetooth kits from Motorola and Nokia. I hear they are very good, I know Verizon can install Bluetooth kits, however I would never trust Verizon with my car, many audio shops can install this as well. It's good to look around in the aftermarket field.

I believe the W164 will have some sort of Bluetooth capability (or so I'm hoping)

pointman

sure, there are plenty of aftermarket options... what kind of phone do you have?

amb9800

Well there's nothing that'll directly hook into the MCS for audio or call control like the OEM system does, if that's what you're looking for. There are plenty of aftermarket solutions available for other things, but none will connect to the stock audio or phone control systems. You mention Nokia - my dad used to use a Nokia handsfree kit for his 6162 (wired - no Bluetooth back then), and the systems they have today are virtually identical, just with Bluetooth available instead of a wired cradle. The Nokia kit uses a separate speaker of its own that you can mount somewhere. If you install it in an ML with the stock MCS, the system will be completely independent of the car's audio system, and you'll still have to use the phone keypad to place a call and to do everything else.

There are other aftermarket solutions that provide a standard audio output, which you could connect to an FM modulator to tune into on your MCS unit. No, it won't be very good quality, and you still won't be able to control the phone with anything other than the phone's keypad, but at least you'll get audio through the car's speakers.

Hope this helps

amb9800

Well let's hope it does...though it's not a good sign when you can't get any sort of built-in Bluetooth functionality even in an E or S-Class (but you can in a Jeep Liberty). Not even MB's newest entrant, the second-gen SLK, has Bluetooth. Maybe on a Maybach...

Very strange.

BajaGringo

Here is one bluetooth option that I am considering. Anybody tried this or anything similar with a story to share??

http://www.eurocarphone.com/mercedes.htm

MJ50

if u have stock nav, then go get argos...
the place i bought was cheaper than eurocarphone...

if u have aftermarket HU, then go w/ parrot bt kit which is what i have...