lionsfan54

SDS = Start Diagnostic System? So, dealership then in my case (local indy shop doesn't have that tool). Of course I need snow and ice to be gone for good and some good rain to wash off the roads

megacrazy

Yup. You need Star to do it.

lionsfan54

Boooooooo!

lionsfan54

I'll bump this and ask the same question that someone else had. What steps did you use on STAR to activate AUX? My local dealer seemed pretty stumped about it and I'd love to show them, "here, just do this"

thanks in advance

megacrazy

I can check the exact steps later but as far as I recall you go into the COMAND section and then you do variant coding. You basically tell comand what's available (AUX, backup camera etc). It's a basic operation they should know how to do.

lionsfan54

Thanks much! And yes, they should know how to do it. But my local dealership is ancient and the service writer has no interest in doing anything outside of scheduled maintenance and expensive repairs. This is the same dealership that, last year, told me they couldn't update the COMMAND firmware to the latest version. "That's not something we'd do". On top of that, the service writer is a Grade-A *****. Imagine a comic book store owner mixed with a golf course manager. That's him. The only reason I'm using them is that this will take minutes and I don't want to drive 1 hr each way to the next closest dealership.

megacrazy

Sounds very familiar. Just invest the 700 into getting a good Chinese SDS copy with a laptop and you'll be set. No reason to deal with bad attitudes and BS....and on top of that they don't even know what they're doing.

One excuse that they seem to be giving lately is "your car is too old and we don't have the software for it anymore". This was from somebody who had a car from 2011. Ridiculous.

lionsfan54

Hmmm... $700 seems a bit steep. You got any links? Also, I read that you had to keep up a monthly subscription on the SDS, is that no longer the case? Or would that only be for updates for new models?

thanks

artim808

You no need any subscription on SDS. Just get a good quality SD Connect (make sure it has SD card slot, proper wifi card connector, all chips are present) and you're good to go. I have old C3 version for several years and it worth every penny. If you are DIY person and you like to work on your MB then this is a must have tool. With this tool is much easier to troubleshoot problems, perform testing, change settings etc...

token

If anyone is still following this old thread, and if anyone is still looking for B6 782 4500 (the impossible to find cable harness), I just found this:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/123724782724

Brand new for $132.96. Someone must have been cleaning out some really old storage somewhere!! lol

Benz Boy#1

Nice find! I just got the entire kit, module and both wiring harnesses for $110 but they were used. Just installed them on Sunday with a tune2air and it works great.

Hendrik Koster

I just acquired a 2007 S65 that has an IPod cable inside the clove compartment > which IPOD should I get to hook up to this.
This is a picture of the cable the cable >

Benz Boy#1

Just get a tune2air that’ll connect to your phone through Bluetooth

lionsfan54

Wish me luck. Going to the dealer tomorrow to get my Aux input activated. The local dealer here in town has no idea how to do it, so I have to drive an hour to another dealer.

lionsfan54

Good news, Betten Imports did it for me for only 1/2 hr of labor ($67.50). That seems fair to me. It works, but man does the interface SUCK. The ipod itself doesn't respond to commands on the wheel when plugged in and the display goes pretty much blank when it uses that input source. As best I can tell, I can just click to the next song. No ability to navigate the music on the device.

I'm putting a bluetooth adapter on it anyway, but thought it was pretty crummy

megacrazy

Yup, and I don't understand why. I took it apart and it's pretty elaborate and pretty well built. I think they skimped on the software. Regardless, the case makes a great project case...so it's getting some use now

lionsfan54

Oh, they absolutely skimped on the software. But, a $60 BT dongle will fix it

dlafever

If you select Audio from the display in the center of the speedo, you should see track information. The Up/Down arrows on the steering wheels let to skip/repeat tracks. This works for iPhones but is not true if you have Android at least not what I've found to be true.

lionsfan54

Yes, that works for me. But to move around an ipod with thousands of songs... not so good!

dlafever

TOTALLY agree. I find myself frustrated when the RDS disdplay will only show 12 chars. at a time out of the 48 available. So a song comes on the radio and I'm trying to catch the display at the right time so I can figure out what song it is! This is something my Kenwood headunit did extremely well, in 2001. :/

However the android unit I just installed has me using Spotify and listening to the radio a lot less.

lionsfan54

Oh yeah? You got one of those complete replacement units?

dlafever

Yes it's awesome!

lionsfan54

Can you use Waze?

dlafever

Yes, that map you see above is Waze. One thing to remember is that you need an active Internet connection for Waze to work, as well as GPS. Without the Internet there is no routing, map updates, community updates or traffic.

The methods available (as mentioned in the Android thread) are;

- Use your phone as Wifi Hotspot
- Use a Mifi hotspot
- Put a GSM SIM compatible with the country you are in into the Android unit. I actually have a spare SIM but have not tried to see if this new-generation unit works with it yet.

megacrazy

Which unit is that? The home screen looks very different from the units most of us have.