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Old Dec 28, 2015 | 03:03 AM
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Bluetooth music streaming on 2011 S350

Last week I traded my 2010 (MY11) E350 in on a 2011 (MY11) S350. Bluetooth worked very well on my E350, on telephone as well as streaming music or radio from my phone. What is very irritating for me is that not only did my E350 work well on Bluetooth but so did my wife's 2010 Toyota Yaris ($16k new, with bluetooth everything).

My flagship 2011 S350 does not seem to have any bluetooth music streaming functionality. You have to plug a cable into it, it did not even occur to me to ask, bluetooth is such a simple thing to have. In Australia this car cost $240,000 when new, yep, and no ability to stream music via bluetooth. Go figure. Phone works OK. The MB dealership spent about 15 minutes trying to find it, but gave up.
Anyone else had this very irritating thing????
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Old Dec 28, 2015 | 09:26 AM
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Originally Posted by goneil99
Last week I traded my 2010 (MY11) E350 in on a 2011 (MY11) S350. Bluetooth worked very well on my E350, on telephone as well as streaming music or radio from my phone. What is very irritating for me is that not only did my E350 work well on Bluetooth but so did my wife's 2010 Toyota Yaris ($16k new, with bluetooth everything).

My flagship 2011 S350 does not seem to have any bluetooth music streaming functionality. You have to plug a cable into it, it did not even occur to me to ask, bluetooth is such a simple thing to have. In Australia this car cost $240,000 when new, yep, and no ability to stream music via bluetooth. Go figure. Phone works OK. The MB dealership spent about 15 minutes trying to find it, but gave up.
Anyone else had this very irritating thing????
This subject has been explained ad nauseam on this forum. Search for Viseeo Tune2air on this board and you'll find your answers.
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Old Dec 28, 2015 | 10:11 AM
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These two pieces will do it:

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Amazon for the Tune2Air, and you're right, who in their right mind would think that a feature heavy car like the 221 would not allow streaming audio over BT. Big oversight.
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Mercedes is annoying in the tech department. They seems to overload the new models with great tech for their time, and basically leave them untouched for the whole model cycle, 2007-2013 without updating anything. They could make a lot of extra revenue by offering their own updates and products at the dealer parts department, but no, not going to happen. It's ridiculous that a 2013 S class, $100k-$250k (s65) car has no bluetooth audio, but that's why we love the aftermarket.
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Mike Just wanted to say thank you for your assistance, the Tune2air WMA1000 "Bovee" is great!

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