Sgooter

Is there a special CD/DVD disc available for updating the COMAND firmware for a 2006 SL500?
I recently installed the 2010 Navigation DVD; however, I thought with this nav disc update I would now see the destination ETA at the bottom of the COMAND display, but it's same limited info as before. That is, I thought the new nav disc would also update the COMAND system, but it appears that nothing has changed except updated map data.

Cartronics

They only update the map data.

NCE500

Your MB dealer can update the COMAND firmware to the later versions. I had mine updated last year as it would not load the 2010 map. Big improvement, with more features. I recall they charged me about $100 to do it.

paulrez

My local MB dealer told me the firmware is updated anytime you bring the car in for standard servicing.

geharmon

Hopefully someone can help. I have a 2009 sl550 and just purchased the Nav update, version 2011.2. from Navteq. Following the directions (on both the DVD and the Comand manuals) I inserted the DVD into the DVD player and after scanning, the message is that the dissk are unreadable. Am I doing something wrong or are the disks damaged? Thanks in advance,
George

DANB515

Thanks for the info, I am planning to get it done, will posts results.

Sgooter

The latest NavTeq DVD nav disc for your SL should have the following part number on the disc label: U0044-0070-005.
The last time I updated my nav disc, the player wouldn't read it, then would not read the previous disc version either, so I took it to the dealer. They could not ID any problem (other than it wasn't reading any discs), so they simply disconnected the player's power plug for about 5 minutes, then reconnected the power plug, which fixed the problem. Go figure.