Bluetooth Music
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Bluetooth Music
Hi. Just got another S. My 2012 S550 won’t let me select Bluetooth to play music. My phone is paired and authorized. I can see it under “Telephone” on command screen. In audio there is no choice for a Bluetooth input. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
PS. I remember being able to search within each body style. I can’t seem to find it. Sorry.
PS. I remember being able to search within each body style. I can’t seem to find it. Sorry.
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never had it - a dodgy box of merc tricks can plug in the socket in the glove box - but it was always odd
these days go aftermarket and get android auto and carplay - u get a box, it sits under the comand and a long press of one button flips to the new world (or back)
these days go aftermarket and get android auto and carplay - u get a box, it sits under the comand and a long press of one button flips to the new world (or back)
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w221 s600
I installed one like BOTUS said last week (2009 s600) and it works really well. it retains all original command abilities, and can switch to car play etc by long pressing the nav button, and in car play, your steering wheel control, command wheel etc all works intuitively. It's super easy to install, but a bit hard to stuff all those extra cable and the box itself behind the original head unit, but still definitely doable. I got the ztuz one from aliexpress for about $150 shipped.
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aftermarket solution - maybe these work - NOTE must have the facelift NTG3.5 to get this propitiatory later Merc socket in the glove box
https://www.ebay.com/itm/387109915094?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/387109915094?
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It was 2014 and the introduction of the iphone 6 with wireless earbuds that Apple equipment was first able to broadcast music via Bluetooth. Consequently your 2012 was not equipped to receive it.
Telephones were equipped in the mid two thousand zeros to broadcast telephony data, voice, audio, phone book. This is all you have on your 2012.
Your solution is an aftermarket Bluetooth receiver that plugs into aux input in glove box. It's pretty likely once uux input is selected via COMAND, the only display will be in speedo using steering wheel buttons.
Telephones were equipped in the mid two thousand zeros to broadcast telephony data, voice, audio, phone book. This is all you have on your 2012.
Your solution is an aftermarket Bluetooth receiver that plugs into aux input in glove box. It's pretty likely once uux input is selected via COMAND, the only display will be in speedo using steering wheel buttons.
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the link to the ztuzauto stuff
https://www.ztuzauto.com/products/wi...lay-functions?
how did u get ion with it ?
https://www.ztuzauto.com/products/wi...lay-functions?
how did u get ion with it ?
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I tried this with a different brand and could not do it. It came with no instructions--the dodgy Chinese company referred me to a different brand's YouTube video, but the setup was different enough that I could not figure it out. I damaged the leather on my in my car getting out the command center--just sort of a mini disaster. This model comes with real directions?
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I got this one from aliexpress https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807142775592.html
It does come with instruction that's fairly easy to follow (the microphone part is not easy to follow, I ended up using the aftermarket mic that comes with the kit, you can use the OEM mic, it requires some splicing of wires etc that is not well documented in the instructions)
Note that it does have the carplay GPS issue. For apple carplay, it insists on using the headunit's GPS (Apple dictates that, headunit manufactures have no choice), and it's bad. Many many car brands have this problem, just search apple carplay GPS issue and you get lots of complains from people with all kinds of brands' OEM carplay feature. I'm still trying to figure out ways to fix it
It does come with instruction that's fairly easy to follow (the microphone part is not easy to follow, I ended up using the aftermarket mic that comes with the kit, you can use the OEM mic, it requires some splicing of wires etc that is not well documented in the instructions)
Note that it does have the carplay GPS issue. For apple carplay, it insists on using the headunit's GPS (Apple dictates that, headunit manufactures have no choice), and it's bad. Many many car brands have this problem, just search apple carplay GPS issue and you get lots of complains from people with all kinds of brands' OEM carplay feature. I'm still trying to figure out ways to fix it
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I got this one from aliexpress https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807142775592.html
It does come with instruction that's fairly easy to follow (the microphone part is not easy to follow, I ended up using the aftermarket mic that comes with the kit, you can use the OEM mic, it requires some splicing of wires etc that is not well documented in the instructions)
It does come with instruction that's fairly easy to follow (the microphone part is not easy to follow, I ended up using the aftermarket mic that comes with the kit, you can use the OEM mic, it requires some splicing of wires etc that is not well documented in the instructions)
Note that it does have the carplay GPS issue. For apple carplay, it insists on using the headunit's GPS (Apple dictates that, headunit manufactures have no choice), and it's bad. Many many car brands have this problem, just search apple carplay GPS issue and you get lots of complains from people with all kinds of brands' OEM carplay feature. I'm still trying to figure out ways to fix it
For example - on the Merc 221 DAB module, you can flip internally (in software) the phantom antenna amp feed On or Off - but if you flip it to suit aftermarket antenna's, diagnostics lies about a fake fault - it works 100%, but they forgot to do diagnostics to suit the Amp's capability
where you say
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this part you have written is unclear - Note many german car's use powered antenna's (to amplify a pathetic signal) - but then german car manus love the added complexity of powering the antenna via a separate (external 12V) feed - when the aftermarket world loves the far simpler idea to push the power up the antenna wire (using whats known as a phantom feed - often 5V).
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For example - on the Merc 221 DAB module, you can flip internally (in software) the phantom antenna amp feed On or Off - but if you flip it to suit aftermarket antenna's, diagnostics lies about a fake fault - it works 100%, but they forgot to do diagnostics to suit the Amp's capability
where you say
do you mean must use the car's GPS antenna or can only use Nav via the comand units old system ? - if the former, then likely the powered antenna bit... so of course you can use an aftermarket GPS antenna but you'll need to work out how to power its amp, as no way you're going to want to pull the headlining to find the power....
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where you say
do you mean must use the car's GPS antenna or can only use Nav via the comand units old system ? - if the former, then likely the powered antenna bit... so of course you can use an aftermarket GPS antenna but you'll need to work out how to power its amp, as no way you're going to want to pull the headlining to find the power....
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I would hope it should never attempt to use the joke phone GPS signal - there is a real one (if its not broken) in the shark fin on the roof of the car where it belongs
on mine with IR heat reflecting glass it can't get GPS with any phone unless you pull back the sunroof blind then hers connects to spy mapping a little bit - (but at times she needs to hold it outside the open side window before it eventually connects)
a BT connection never sends GPS..... so how would phone related mapping ever get a signal - how come no one ever mentioned this issues (has no one else got real windows) ????????????????????
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on mine with IR heat reflecting glass it can't get GPS with any phone unless you pull back the sunroof blind then hers connects to spy mapping a little bit - (but at times she needs to hold it outside the open side window before it eventually connects)
a BT connection never sends GPS..... so how would phone related mapping ever get a signal - how come no one ever mentioned this issues (has no one else got real windows) ????????????????????
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Last edited by BOTUS; Sep 19, 2024 at 04:21 PM.
