Prez1967

Hello everyone!

I tried doing a search but i cannot come up with a def. answer. I have a 2003 SL500 and it came with the phone kit and a Motorolla V60. How do i find out what service it uses so i can connect it and start using it? I was told that there are digital and analog phones also... if i have analog, can i simply get a digital phone and have it work fine?

Is there a bluetooth upgrade i can put in my car so i dont have to use the V60?

Any help would be much appreciated.

LovinMercedes

Call ATT/Cingular and ask them for the programming code. If the phone takes the code that is what it is. If it does not take the code, call Verizon and ask them for their code and that should work.

You will then know what direction to go.

scorchie

Well, if you posted the part number (instead of the model), that would help. Besides, the model is V60t or V60c, depending which it has.

You can try to enter 74663#<menu><menu>, if that gives you a menu of NAM1/NAM2 then you have a CDMA phone for Verizon. Otherwise you have a TDMA phone for AT&T/Cingular/whatever you may have where you live.

All V60 phones for 2003 that are from Mercedes are digital/analog.

There is no Bluetooth upgrade for your car so that you can use a different phone. You can however get a newer phone system installed in your car, but only someone who offers this service in your area (i.e. NOT the dealership) will do such a thing.

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tiggerfink

Take the back cover off your phone and take out the battery. Once the battery and back cover is removed, you should see a white label. On my V60, the white label has a V60S and CDMA printed on it. You either will see TDMA or CDMA or a V60 something? CDMA is for Verizon and TDMA is for Cingular/ATT.

You may have a problem activating your phone if it is TDMA. Cingular in my area is not accepting TDMA phones. I found out the hard way after I got my phone installed that Cingular would not accept it. So I had to replace my phone with the V60S and got me a Verizon plan.

If you have a good dealer, and they will work with you on a non-MB phone, I would recommend a UHI phone kit from MBenzNL. I believe it is the best way to go at this moment. www.mikbox has a good solution that will work with your current PSE to allow you to use a V600 or V710. Of the 4 dealers in my 200-mile radius, the dealer that is 200 miles away will support my warranty work on the command system if I got the mikbox solution. I do know there will be a blue tooth PSE coming out in March that will work in your car from WWW.EISKITS.COM. That PSE will be around $950 bucks.

vraa

I am waiting for something to let me bluetooth retrofit my dads car.
He just canceled his Cingular service (not because of them) and go T-Mobile because our LS430 has bluetooth and he wanted a bluetooth phone.

Honestly, all I can say is screw Mercedes for trying to deviate from the standard practice of actually giving consumers the right thing.

tiggerfink

The blue tooth PSE will be out in March. I thought T-Mobile and Cingular uses the same phones and technology?

vraa

It's not really about that, I have t-mobile, my mom does, and my sister. So that kinda influenced him as well.

By switching plans, we got 50$ by getting the SonyEricsson T610 which is a bluetooth phone. That phone doesn't work in the Mercedes. And what I was told, I can't get the v60 to work on T-Mobile without buying another phone.

I just spit out information in my head, sorry if it wasn't coherent.

scorchie

Weird, the T610 works perfectly in three of my Mercedes (and a fourth one soon too).

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vraa

What kind of kit would I need?
You got me sparked.

scorchie

UHI.

-s-

vraa

Do you know if I'll need Mercedes firmware for that?

scorchie

There's no Mercedes firmware for any SonyEricsson phones... please search on UHI in the Audio section of mbworld... there's a lot of information. One of the US users here has it installed in his SL and is using it with a T637 (which is also what I use... but have tried my friends' T610 and T616s).

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vraa

Sweet, scorchie, you are a genius.

I think I'll get one for my dad!