Star Diagnostic How To DIY with lots o pics
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check in the regional area forums someone may have a DAS unit that you could use.
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Can anyone confirm there's a tire pressure warning you can activate with STAR on non-TPMS equipped cars?
"Tire Pressure Loss Warner can be activated through stardiagnose on any 2006 W211...no parts needed, it gets it's reading off ESP - just some version coding - no reading of airpressure in the IC, just a warning when the pressure of one of the tires drops too much.
Tire Pressure Monitor System is the more active system that has its own control module, 4 antennas, 4 senders and pressure readings in the instrument cluster...this can be retrofitted in any W211 and costs approx 2000USD to do so"
"Tire Pressure Loss Warner can be activated through stardiagnose on any 2006 W211...no parts needed, it gets it's reading off ESP - just some version coding - no reading of airpressure in the IC, just a warning when the pressure of one of the tires drops too much.
Tire Pressure Monitor System is the more active system that has its own control module, 4 antennas, 4 senders and pressure readings in the instrument cluster...this can be retrofitted in any W211 and costs approx 2000USD to do so"
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you can go in the CGW and select present for TPMS. you may also have to do the same in the instrument cluster and system diagnostics.
but i am not sure if it will work if you dont have the hardware.
but i am not sure if it will work if you dont have the hardware.
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Anyone know if the 'auto off' for the recirculate can be disabled. I prefer to keep it on recirculate yet Mercedes believes otherwise. Admittedly have not looked to deeply into STAR yet for this.
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I found all this while trouble shooting a bad N70B1 temperature sensor in the overhead console.
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So I thought I would help out a few MB brothers with a couple star diagnostic tutorials...
First, Lowering the car.
Get to the 211 Section
You will get to the main menu
Then go to Func perf by more than...
Then Chassis
Then Level adj
Then Suspension
And here is where people have problems, they just go to actuations and then lower it, IT WILL NOT STAY LOWERED this way, you have to go to initial startup
Then Initial with manual settings
Then F2
Here you will see a screen that shows the voltages which correspond to the height of the vehicle. they must be within the given ranges in the left hand column. use the + and - buttons to lower the car (In my screenshot I am in the car with a friend in the back seat, so that is why it is at 3.27, it should not exceed 3) Then hit F2
Enter in these inclination angles and if the car is within the voltages supplied in the page before, the car will accept the new lowered setting, if not it will reject it.
Now, how to activate the unlock and lock beep (honestly, one of the best mods to do if you have an older model e55
)
First Control units
Then Body
Then rear SAM
Then Control unit adaptations
Then national version of ATA function
At this screen you will see a pull down menu with a list of different regions on it. The only ones you need to worry about are USA with buzzer and Netherlands. If you choose USA, i will give you three short quick beeps when you lock the car and one short when you unlock it. Netherlands will give you three longer beeps when you lock the car and one long when you unlock it. Personal preference on which one you like. Then hit F3
Then F3(YES)
Hope this helps out some people. I really did not find a good DIY for Star Diagnostics, so I thought I would help out!
Thanks
Aleks
EDIT: Info for -10 Mod added
First, Lowering the car.
Get to the 211 Section
You will get to the main menu
Then go to Func perf by more than...
Then Chassis
Then Level adj
Then Suspension
And here is where people have problems, they just go to actuations and then lower it, IT WILL NOT STAY LOWERED this way, you have to go to initial startup
Then Initial with manual settings
Then F2
Here you will see a screen that shows the voltages which correspond to the height of the vehicle. they must be within the given ranges in the left hand column. use the + and - buttons to lower the car (In my screenshot I am in the car with a friend in the back seat, so that is why it is at 3.27, it should not exceed 3) Then hit F2
Enter in these inclination angles and if the car is within the voltages supplied in the page before, the car will accept the new lowered setting, if not it will reject it.
Now, how to activate the unlock and lock beep (honestly, one of the best mods to do if you have an older model e55
)First Control units
Then Body
Then rear SAM
Then Control unit adaptations
Then national version of ATA function
At this screen you will see a pull down menu with a list of different regions on it. The only ones you need to worry about are USA with buzzer and Netherlands. If you choose USA, i will give you three short quick beeps when you lock the car and one short when you unlock it. Netherlands will give you three longer beeps when you lock the car and one long when you unlock it. Personal preference on which one you like. Then hit F3
Then F3(YES)
Hope this helps out some people. I really did not find a good DIY for Star Diagnostics, so I thought I would help out!
Thanks
Aleks
EDIT: Info for -10 Mod added
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Select the lower limit of the inclination angle range on the W164 chassis. The inclination rage is displayed on the lowering screen.
Anyone know how to navigate DAS to:
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Does anyone know what changes to Airmatic are made with the ROW setting?
I noticed after sitting at a stoplight for a few minutes, it raises up noticeably. It didn't do this before.
I noticed after sitting at a stoplight for a few minutes, it raises up noticeably. It didn't do this before.
