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.

 

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

 

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

 

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 🤣

 

I think Prishi probably is in that same boat, I think he also said he doesn't have Zero Layer. I wonder if the Zero Layer update maybe adds that functionality. Everyone was talking about getting the zero layer update, when my car was delivered it already had it so I didn't even harass those bozos at the dealership to update it. Hopefully I'll be able to drive the car soon, these dummies lost my plates/registration and nobody seems to know anything. This dealership should be compensating me for loss of use, I'm sure Mercedes Financial wants there payment regardless if I can drive the car or not. Weird time were in now boys

 

Well, I did. Convinced that you DO have that option
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!

 

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

 

Thank you for the clear video! Says it all. I have to investigate further! Thanks for this.

 

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?!!?

 

Hi Prishi -
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).
To see our coverages, click HERE.
To verify whether or not this is an option for your vehicle, please contact us directly by phone or email!

 

Your site does not list availability for this car...

 

Not even close! Only up to 2017 for S class.

 

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.

 

Hey everyone, jumping on the app bandwagon! Since the zero layer update, my MBUX feels a bit more like a smartphone, but with some limitations. Forget "secret websites to make money" filling up the app store - I'd love to see more practical apps like a weather radar overlay for the navigation or maybe a built-in Spotify client that doesn't require connecting my phone every time

 

It has Spotify, Tidal, Amazon, and Crapple, built in. You could not use a free account with Tidal and Amazon, I didn't use Spotify but suspect it's the same with it.

 

What are your dream apps for MBUX? Think outside the box! Imagine a voice-activated yoga instructor or a heads-up augmented reality display for turn-by-turn directions. Let's get creative!

 

Here are some I got, but there are more, including TV channels from Europe, and N. America.

 

How would one do yoga while driving?