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Old Mar 10, 2019 | 09:47 PM
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Adding front camera to 2015 ml350
I have a 2015 ML350. I was wondering if I can add a front camera to it. Looking around, I can buy the camera but there are no instructions on how to install it. Where would it hook up to? Has anyone done this before?

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I have a 2015 ML350. I was wondering if I can add a front camera to it. Looking around, I can buy the camera but there are no instructions on how to install it. Where would it hook up to? Has anyone done this before?

Thanks in advance.
Why and for what purpose? Get a dash cam.
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Old Mar 11, 2019 | 10:25 AM
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To assist with parking so I don't tap someone else's bumper or damage my own.
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To assist with parking so I don't tap someone else's bumper or damage my own.
Get a car with parktronic next time. You'll never get it to work with COMAND.

You can buy a camera with an external monitor, but will look tacky as hell. Just get a feel of how long your truck is.
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Use the brightness of your headlights, even in the daytime, as you roll forward to gauge how close your are to the other vehicles bumper.
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To assist with parking so I don't tap someone else's bumper or damage my own.
Anything is possible, I'd just is it worth the effort.

You'll need the harness and camera. Youll also need xentry star das software to program the car to recognise the front camera.

It will be hard to find the parts diagrams or even instructions because it is not something tackled often.

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Use the brightness of your headlights, even in the daytime, as you roll forward to gauge how close your are to the other vehicles bumper.
Thanks! Nice tip.
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Originally Posted by we47b1me
Get a car with parktronic next time. You'll never get it to work with COMAND.

You can buy a camera with an external monitor, but will look tacky as hell. Just get a feel of how long your truck is.
In addition, if you feel compelled and are willing to spend money on it, you can add a retrofitted 360 SVC camera that a user was selling in this forum.
If your very willing to wait, get your next ML with a 360 SVC camera in it
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