Additional Apps in MBUX
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You should contact your dealer. Anytime I get into the vehicle it starts recording. The little recording symbols appears on top. Next time I get in the car I'll take a pic for you of my settings. Autoloop will automatically start at ignition. It also every time I start the vehicle tells me that the camera recording is starting.
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My car has a Dashcam, has 13 cameras in it for ParkAssist, but the Dashcam does not start automatically! It is so stupid to have a Dashcam in the car and then have to go into the Mercedes Me App and ask to "Start Recording" every time you get into the car and Start Engine. So, MB expects the driver in the US, to go manually and start the Dashcam after the car is put in gear - the Dashcam does not start recording as long as the car remains in Neutral. 
Who thought of this stuff, I wonder!!! If this was an issue with different country or state laws, they could have allowed the Owner to simply select a configuration for auto-start of the recording, thus absolving the manufacturers from lawsuits! Pretty useless. I might as well buy a dashcam from Amazon and hang it on the windscreen!!! 
Who thought of this stuff, I wonder!!! If this was an issue with different country or state laws, they could have allowed the Owner to simply select a configuration for auto-start of the recording, thus absolving the manufacturers from lawsuits! Pretty useless. I might as well buy a dashcam from Amazon and hang it on the windscreen!!! 
Last edited by DoctorDash; Jun 24, 2022 at 02:23 PM. Reason: Remove video
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Go and look at my last post. I show where to click to enable autostart. Also I posted a link to the video I made so you can see how it starts with the vehicle. You can actually see it NOT started before carplay loads, then next it loads and tells you Dashcam Loop started
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Here’s the weird thing. When I go to Apps -> Dash Cam, I see a little Gear icon (settings) and I can enable automatic loop recording. My friend with a practically identical ‘22 S580 does NOT have the gear icon, so he has to enable the recording manually every time. So both sides of this argument are correct. Seems we have different versions of the software in the US. Some allow auto-recording like mine, and some do not, like my friend’s.
Today he also discovered that my car has the Active Ambient Lighting option and his does not, so he was super jelly of the extra LEDs 🤣
Today he also discovered that my car has the Active Ambient Lighting option and his does not, so he was super jelly of the extra LEDs 🤣
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Here’s the weird thing. When I go to Apps -> Dash Cam, I see a little Gear icon (settings) and I can enable automatic loop recording. My friend with a practically identical ‘22 S580 does NOT have the gear icon, so he has to enable the recording manually every time. So both sides of this argument are correct. Seems we have different versions of the software in the US. Some allow auto-recording like mine, and some do not, like my friend’s.
Today he also discovered that my car has the Active Ambient Lighting option and his does not, so he was super jelly of the extra LEDs 🤣
Today he also discovered that my car has the Active Ambient Lighting option and his does not, so he was super jelly of the extra LEDs 🤣
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Go and look at my last post. I show where to click to enable autostart. Also I posted a link to the video I made so you can see how it starts with the vehicle. You can actually see it NOT started before carplay loads, then next it loads and tells you Dashcam Loop started
I'm thinking that it might be related to that zero layer MBUX update that I will try to get. Will post and update here.
Thank you!
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It's quite possible. Considering where both in the US the dashcam should function exactly the same. I remember reading initially that I had to start it every time and was considering just putting a seperate unit into the vehicle. I would recommend using a 256Gb card minimum or 512 like I have. I think the 512 will go about a months worth of videos before starting to cycle over with normal driving pattern. That english dude who makes all the videos on YT breaks down how much each video uses and while it uses some space its not all that bad
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Ive made a video for you of how it works in my car. Also see the below picture, once I clicked on this it always autostarted. You can see it clearly states when vehicle starts recording will start. Individual recording must be started each time, loop will start with ignition in Park and begin running. The video was too large to link to mbworld, click the link and you can download and watch
USA DASHCAM CAR START
USA DASHCAM CAR START
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About these Apps!!!!
The Mercedes Me Connect App has a module for 'Engine'. This allows a user to Remote-Start the engine. However, I am really looking for a button where I could pull out my phone and key in a code or whatever, and KILL the engine. Is there any way my car's Engine can be requested to be KILLED immediately. I am imagining a situation where a carjacking takes place and the MB owner can use this connected app to kill the engine to bring the car to a stall and stop.
............ Maybe lock doors further, and ................ dial 911 and report position of car, and ................. electrocute the Driver's seat with a voltage that leaves marks on the butt, and ....................... deploy the Airbag into the nutjob's face!! Oh, whatever!!! Are you listening, Mercedes?!!?
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The Mercedes Me Connect App has a module for 'Engine'. This allows a user to Remote-Start the engine. However, I am really looking for a button where I could pull out my phone and key in a code or whatever, and KILL the engine. Is there any way my car's Engine can be requested to be KILLED immediately. I am imagining a situation where a carjacking takes place and the MB owner can use this connected app to kill the engine to bring the car to a stall and stop.
............ Maybe lock doors further, and ................ dial 911 and report position of car, and ................. electrocute the Driver's seat with a voltage that leaves marks on the butt, and ....................... deploy the Airbag into the nutjob's face!! Oh, whatever!!! Are you listening, Mercedes?!!?
We make aftermarket remote starter coverages for MB vehicles, and this is already an existing option for a majority of vehicles we cover (when paired with Drone Mobile smartphone control).
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Thank you Doctor Dash! I had the Zero layer update installed last month and didn’t think to update the Dash Camera. I just now read your posts and have updated the camera to start recording when I turn the car on.
The car has so many features and these forums are great in learning how to use them.
The car has so many features and these forums are great in learning how to use them.
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