Nav or Entertainment pack.
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Nav or Entertainment pack.
I will buy pretty soon. Is ent, package really makes that much difference?
I personally rather get the navigation but the nav is primitive on mercedes compared to japanese cars. local dealer have two cars with my package configurations one with one, the other with ent. pack?
what do you guys think?
I personally rather get the navigation but the nav is primitive on mercedes compared to japanese cars. local dealer have two cars with my package configurations one with one, the other with ent. pack?
what do you guys think?
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I bought them both. The Nav is maybe by some standards dated but it works just fine and gets me to where I need to go and is accurate. The entertainment package gave me an excellent sound system, and the CD changer (in glove box) plus I believe that without it you do not get the aux plug in the glove box (which I most likely will never use). They are both really inexpensive in the overall scheme of things. I also suggest you get the lighting package. I also got the Premium package which contains some neat stuff including leather and the power rear hatch. Get everything you want with your initial order as its more expensive to add later and with many retrofits and aftermarket stuff you do not get all the features. Airmatic is also excellent.
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Originally Posted by ams_sim
dealer offers deals on in stock cars and in stock i will have either black with nav or silver with ent. both has trim+sunroof. i am leaning towards entertainment package.
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2006 ML500
Go with the Ent
I agree. I have both Nav and Ent. Given a choice between the two I would take the Ent system.
6 MP3 CDs (that's 594 songs - 99 per CD) - you may never need to change a CD again.
Awesome sound quality. The best I've heard in, or out, of a car.
NAV system is ok, I don't know about the USA, but here in Australia it doesn't know about no right turn intersections (no left turn in your part of the world). This is probably an issue with the local data rather than the core system however.
Go ent.
6 MP3 CDs (that's 594 songs - 99 per CD) - you may never need to change a CD again.
Awesome sound quality. The best I've heard in, or out, of a car.
NAV system is ok, I don't know about the USA, but here in Australia it doesn't know about no right turn intersections (no left turn in your part of the world). This is probably an issue with the local data rather than the core system however.
Go ent.
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I say go with the NAV...if you can't get both. Why? Because installing the nav unit after purchasing the car will cost tons of money. The drive itself is over $5K and most likely, the dealer won't do it. The entertainment package isn't all that. The cd changer isn't even in-dash and can only play 99 songs/cd. Plus, you can go aftermarket for superior sound compared to the stock H/K. The nav package will yield a higher resale value than the entertainment package.
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'07 Lexus RX400h
Hi,
I have both, but if I should choose, I'd rather have the nicely integrated entertainment system than the navigation. The CD changer in, but not robbing space in, the glovebox is excellent - and come on, recorded in a decent quality, a CD will not hold much more than 99 tracks anyway. 594 tracks really is quite enough, I think.
The navigation system is good, but not perfect (at least here in Europe), and there are a lot of very good performers out now as stand-alone solutions, offering a number of features the built-in navigations systems don't (like GPS speed indication etc.).
The sound system is, I agree, VERY good - and a great improvement on the Bose in the W163, that IMHO wasn't bad either.
Also - but that is another question - the silver is easier to keep clean-looking than the black. Unless of course you have a very easy access to a car wash!
I have both, but if I should choose, I'd rather have the nicely integrated entertainment system than the navigation. The CD changer in, but not robbing space in, the glovebox is excellent - and come on, recorded in a decent quality, a CD will not hold much more than 99 tracks anyway. 594 tracks really is quite enough, I think.
The navigation system is good, but not perfect (at least here in Europe), and there are a lot of very good performers out now as stand-alone solutions, offering a number of features the built-in navigations systems don't (like GPS speed indication etc.).
The sound system is, I agree, VERY good - and a great improvement on the Bose in the W163, that IMHO wasn't bad either.
Also - but that is another question - the silver is easier to keep clean-looking than the black. Unless of course you have a very easy access to a car wash!
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ML 350-Black=Sold. New 08 C300 4Matic, Black/Black, P1, Ipod, Auto7speed, 10/10 hit 100,000 miles
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Saturday I agreed to buy a Black/Black Alcantra with , Nav, Ent, App,Airmatic and comfort package, can't wait to get it.
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From: Luxembourg, Europe
'07 Lexus RX400h
Hi,
You agreed well - welcome among the W164 drivers 
It's a very good-looking vehicle - if you keep it clean, so check out your neighborhood carwashes
Originally Posted by ShoremNJ
Saturday I agreed to buy a Black/Black Alcantra with , Nav, Ent, App,Airmatic and comfort package, can't wait to get it.
It's a very good-looking vehicle - if you keep it clean, so check out your neighborhood carwashes
