I notice the word "text message" on my phone menu on the large screen. Has anyone actually been able to text using the comand system or been able to retrieve a text message from it? I would never text back to someone with it while driving, but I would like to be able to read a message on the fly. Sometimes I get into my car , hear the notification beep that I have a message of some sort, and then realize it was a text message after I get my phone either out of my pocket or out of the cradle. I would love to be able to retrieve it without having to reach for the phone and having to read it off of the phone.

 

It works with the Euro BT SAP puck. I assume it also works with a phone on a cradle. In my car reading is possible while driving but writing is only allowed when stationary (or low speed, like video).

 

From what I have read in the manual, Text Messaging only works when you have the cradle phone, not bluetooth.

 

I believe it is also dependent upon the specific phone. WIth the Moto Razrv3M it does not work - in my prior car ('04 E55) with a Moto v60i it worked well - reading not sending however.

 

I just started using the Rzr V3 in a new cradle system. If it doesn't work, I don't care. Just wanting to know if it is something I might could use.
Thanks.

 

it doesnt work with the iphone either...

 

I was driving a 2013 C250 loaner the other day which I had paired with my Samsung Galaxy SII. It worked very well for phone calls, contacts, and even bluetooth streaming music, great.

I received a text while I was on the road and was surprised to see a notification and then was able to read the message on the radio LCD display.

I noticed again on my S550 COMAND their is a greyed out Text Message item in the Telephone menu, and was curious if newer phones would provide the matching compatibility. I read elsewhere that only messages received while connected are displayed, so I sent messages to my phone while paired and connected over Bluetooth, but no luck. The C250 COMAND had a "Notifications" toggle for texts but I don't see anything on the S550 COMAND.

I know DieselBenz can read and write SMS messages on his COMAND but he has a cradle.

Has anyone seen text functionality over Bluetooth? If so what phone?

 

back in sept 2011 i bought my father a 2011 e350. it was around labor day i recall and the 2012s were soon to come out so i picked up one of the last 2011s. however, my dealer told me that i was lucky because benzo started putting some 2012 components in the late 2011s and in my case this e-class got the new colored dashboard and upgraded telematics. when i drove the car out to where my father lives 500 miles from me i noticed that my blackberry (non-cradled) paired easily and that my txtmsg came across in the comand screen and the car's system read them to me audibly in a computerized voice. i thought how cool is that?

this year i bought myself a 2012 cl-class 550 and was hoping that i would have the same feature as my father's late 2011 model e-class with some 2012 components included. no such luck. the comand in my 2012 cl-class operates very much as did my previous 2007 s-class. i find it interesting that mb/mbusa would upgrade the comand on a late 2011/2012 e-class but not on the 2012 cl-class. i cant speak for the s class but i would think that if the s class has the txtmsg fx so would my cl. perhaps when the 222 comes out the txtmsg reader will be available?

 

The W212 E class has a more powerful COMAND system including spoken address recognition instead of spelled addresses as in my 2008 W221 S class.

I think technology in cars is a leap-frog business. Each newly introduced model supersedes existing models. Sometimes the mid-cycle refresh includes technology updates, for instance the 2010 W221 S class also incorporated these changes which were not retroactive to prior year models, most likely because it requires more powerful hardware or memory.

I am disappointed for you that your 2012 CL COMAND features don't match the E class, but while the price is higher the production volume is nowhere near.
I think on such expensive vehicles they should design in a bit more future-proofing so you don't feel left behind in just a few years of ownership.
I bet you prefer getting in the CL to the E class though.

 

I would not call it a cradle, the BT SAP adapter is like the BT HF adapter and I keep the phone in my pocket while still being able to read/write text messages from the Comand interface. BT SAP is the key but the problem is that there is no BT SAP adapter for the US market and a limited set of phones support this profile.

I use it on a pre-facelift W221. For more recent cars and more recent phones there is a new bluetooth profile that allows text message transfer from the phone to the car. I believe the latest iPhones too support this but I'm not sure about the head units that have this BT profile.

 

hitach- agree with what you wrote 100%. furthermore, i don't want to start a "class" warfare here but the cl is eons better than the e. with the exception of that txtmsg thing. haha. but my dad likes the e-class motor car and that is all that matters.

 

Works fine for me reading texts and writing .
I am using the UHI(oem connector) connected to a cradle with a 6310i Nokia phone(old) with a twin sim from my Iphone.(W221 from 2006 EU-model)
I find using Comand for writing a hassle ,turning and clicking but being able to read text is most practical.

Bear in mind this Comand has been designed 6-7 years ago ,agreed that NTG3 and even 3.5 becomes ancient(in IT terms) but still does what it should and is relatively user friendly as well..

 

What's the module called that Mercedes offers that lets your see texts on the dash?