SL55/63/65/R230 AMG: SL55 Audio
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I will be looking at an '05 Silver SL55 at my dealer tomorrow. We've actually had a verbal agreement that I'm going to buy the 55 with my trade ('04 SL500). I know the nav is dvd-based now. Is the audio system still the same as the '04? I looked at an '04 55 a couple of months ago but decided to hold off until the '05 came out. Any other differences aside from the nav?
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Originally Posted by jettie1767
I will be looking at an '05 Silver SL55 at my dealer tomorrow. We've actually had a verbal agreement that I'm going to buy the 55 with my trade ('04 SL500). I know the nav is dvd-based now. Is the audio system still the same as the '04? I looked at an '04 55 a couple of months ago but decided to hold off until the '05 came out. Any other differences aside from the nav?
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Yeah, supposed to be Capri Blue. But, I can't wait...LOL! So, my guy at the dealership called me when someone backed out of a Brilliant Silver/Charcoal/Berry 55. I told him I will look at the car first before I hand him a check..hehe.
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Originally Posted by jettie1767
I will be looking at an '05 Silver SL55 at my dealer tomorrow. We've actually had a verbal agreement that I'm going to buy the 55 with my trade ('04 SL500). I know the nav is dvd-based now. Is the audio system still the same as the '04? I looked at an '04 55 a couple of months ago but decided to hold off until the '05 came out. Any other differences aside from the nav?
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I just traded my 03 sl500 for 05 sl55, big difference... DVD navi is absolutely insane I love it, it has cool updated features like it show you on your dash your heading directions and the road name, sound system is much nicer then the 03.
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04 SL55 (sold),05 SL55, 09 SL63, 07 C2S cab Porsche,
The 04 nav sucks
I just bought an 04 SL 55 and traded in my 03 BMW M3. The DVD nav in the BMW was far superior. I can't stand not knowing the street names now that were present on the BMW's NAV
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Xeron, the '05 SL changed over to a dvd-based nav. It does display the streets now similar to what I have in my Lexus. I do agree with you that the '04 nav is a real stinker.
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Originally Posted by FiftyFive
I just traded my 03 sl500 for 05 sl55, big difference... DVD navi is absolutely insane I love it, it has cool updated features like it show you on your dash your heading directions and the road name, sound system is much nicer then the 03.
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The '05 nav is now a dvd-based system. This means that the entire USA map is in one dvd instead of the 10 CDs that we used to carry around. This means no more switching CDs when we drive outside our home area. Also, almost all the streets in the map view have their names displayed instead of just the road you're on. There are also extra buttons on the side of the screen that makes the system more user-friendly. And lastly, it provides different views of the map and it's a wider screen.
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I just bought a new '04 SL55 here in Australia. It appears I missed out on the DVD nav, which is annoying. Being as I am no stranger to car audio (just not car video) and will be installing the ADS amp and Focal Utopias from my outgoing BM 850csi, is it possible to functionally replace the factory Alpine CD changer with the compatible Alpine DVD changer. I image the video interfacing can be handled along with the a TV tuner install, but I suppose you won't get the DVD nav functionally as that would be built into the Command unit itself, yes? I'm a little miffed as it is the MB have the nerve to leave off the TV tuner in a top of the model like the 55, something at least BMW wouldn't do. But then again that didn't stop me changing camps after all these years 
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Hi there, good to see some people from Australia here. I'm in Perth, and I have only seen one current shape SL here, which was a 500. However in my few days in Sydney, I saw several, including a 55. So I guess thats where you from??
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Originally Posted by blueSL
Sadly for you guys in Oz, the ruinous levels of taxation on new cars and an over enthusiastic police force put the dampers on enjoying our passion. Great country otherwise though.
Sure the speed enforcement is pretty serious these days in Aust. but a lot of it is being done via the same GATSO camera system that is equally prevelent in the UK. I know you can get away with a bit more speed on a UK motorway, but I'm quite happy to travel 120-5kmh on our 110kmh freeways, which is within the allowable unwritten tolerance before you'll get booked in most states. Victoria seems in my knowledge the most '****-like' state in their approach to speeding, you may have experienced that while visiting. Personally, I get enough enjoyment being able to drive on some of the quiet roads in my region, which happens to be well outside of the metro area.
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In fact it probably would not even be fair to compare a monaro price. If the cost of a monaro in America is coverted into our currency, it is far cheaper than what we pay for the base model here! Plus the American version is slightly more equipped than the base model here.
About speed camera's your right, there damn annoying. Dunno about Sydney, but here you often have a chance to go on a long, wide straight highway that runs for several minutes without meeting more than a few cars. When there not traffic, you feel you could easily go over 150 without feeling unsafe. Unfortunately they may never go away even if they are proved to have no effect on road toll, as it is a major revenue raiser. $40M just for W.A rings a bell? But after time you learn where you can drive fast safely, and where you know there wont be speed camera's. Unfortunately, thats not that often.
About speed camera's your right, there damn annoying. Dunno about Sydney, but here you often have a chance to go on a long, wide straight highway that runs for several minutes without meeting more than a few cars. When there not traffic, you feel you could easily go over 150 without feeling unsafe. Unfortunately they may never go away even if they are proved to have no effect on road toll, as it is a major revenue raiser. $40M just for W.A rings a bell? But after time you learn where you can drive fast safely, and where you know there wont be speed camera's. Unfortunately, thats not that often.
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Originally Posted by Twinturbo
In fact it probably would not even be fair to compare a monaro price. If the cost of a monaro in America is coverted into our currency, it is far cheaper than what we pay for the base model here! Plus the American version is slightly more equipped than the base model here.
Anyhoo, I think we've strayed a bit too far off topic here. Anyone got a comment on my original question about the DVD stacker/command system?
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Well Mercedes only brought out DVD nav in cars from the 05 model.
if you look at the audio foum, there are many posts about converting to DVD stackers, adding a TV tuner and so on. I think you can post the command unit and you can get it modified somehow. Don't really know much about it, but there is plenty of information in the audio forum if no one here can help.
if you look at the audio foum, there are many posts about converting to DVD stackers, adding a TV tuner and so on. I think you can post the command unit and you can get it modified somehow. Don't really know much about it, but there is plenty of information in the audio forum if no one here can help.
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Originally Posted by Twinturbo
Well Mercedes only brought out DVD nav in cars from the 05 model.
if you look at the audio foum, there are many posts about converting to DVD stackers, adding a TV tuner and so on. I think you can post the command unit and you can get it modified somehow. Don't really know much about it, but there is plenty of information in the audio forum if no one here can help.
if you look at the audio foum, there are many posts about converting to DVD stackers, adding a TV tuner and so on. I think you can post the command unit and you can get it modified somehow. Don't really know much about it, but there is plenty of information in the audio forum if no one here can help.
