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Old Jan 28, 2014 | 12:55 PM
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Can I see my iphone 5s on the comand screen?
I can link music, phones, contacts to the car.

But can I control the iphone 5s from the comand screen? If I did, I could use google maps instead of the nav screen provided.
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Old Jan 28, 2014 | 07:56 PM
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Google Maps is part of the navigation package; you can choose it instead of the default maps; see the COMAND manual. No, you cannot use the iPhone (or any other phone) except to make a call or play music.
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Thanks for the quick reply.

Can I force it to use my iphones data connection instead of the mbrace slow and expensive connection?
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No, it won't do 4g or LTE. You are stuck on 3g speeds.
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I tried making my iphone a hot spot, but the Benz couldn't see it.

There's something on the net about an iphone integration package...drive kit plus.

Do you know if it exists?
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I talked to MB-USA yesterday on this very topic --- no, it cannot be done; the software was not implemented that way for the US market, which uses only mbrace. From another source, there is a rumor that a 4G/LTE option will soon be available for retrofit to make mbrace faster. And they did not know of a data limit to using mbrace.
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Dont worry folks 4G LTE will be on some 20k american vehicles next year
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I tried making my iphone a hot spot, but the Benz couldn't see it. There's something on the net about an iphone integration package...drive kit plus. Do you know if it exists?
It's available for the SL but it supports only the iPhone 4 right now...

I would just like to have Apple airplay in the MB. That would solve all obsolescence issues with navigation, entertainment and high costs of antiquated services (mbrace apps, etc., 3G)
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