Kenwood Excelon DNX8120 Pictures

[fernweh]

Originally Posted by ewalberg

You should really take a look at the back of the command unit and the wiring harnesses and compare it to other mercedes vehicles. There is no kit avaliable to retain the steering wheel controls on my 2000 g500 either but i found the stereo and everything (on the back side of the unit like the CAN bus harness) appeared to be the same as a different vehicle of similar vintage (i can't remember which)... and i've got mine working just fine.

I don't think there's nothing too special about the command system in the G (as there wasn't before either) so i would suspect you just need to do some careful homework on it if you want to get it to work.

Erik,

the steering wheel controls might be a bit different on the 2004 model, due to the fiber optic ring connection in that system. I can can change playing tracks on my ipod as it replaced the cd-changer, which only had a optical interface and power connection.

Question:

Can you display and track different mapfiles other than the OEM Kenwood ones?

[toronto g500]

I have a 2002 G500 and the cd unit in the command stopped working. I can no longer use the GPS because of this, everything else seems to work fine. Is there a way that you know to fix this? If you old command unit fits in a 2002 model I might be interested in buying it. Let me know, thanks.

[Gwagen03579]

I don't understand how this ONLY cost $400....the Kenwood system alone is like ~$1100....

Can you please clarify the costs? Did you get a special deal?

[Spokane-G500]

I was asked the cost of the installation, which was $400. The Kenwood unit was over $1000 by itself.

Dean

[cajunboy]

i have gotten a quote on installation of a kenwood dnx9140 and it was $625. I need to keep on looking around for better deal on install price. I can't stand my outdated unit any longer.