As you know, the internet is full of garbage, or feedback from people who are eager to help, but do not take location, model, SW version, HW version... etc into consideration... and try to offer one-solution-fits-all
Long story short, after hours of searching, and more hours pushing button combinations, to where my comand buttons are almost starting to wear out and fade but still no luck...
HAS ANYONE BEEN ABLE TO ACCESS THESE MENUS ON US MODELS???
***PS: Please don't misunderstand the following, I don't mean to be rude at all, but If you're in Europe, or anywhere other that US, I appreciate the initiative, but please do not reply. Also, if you heard that your friend's 3rd cousin has observed someone do it on the internet, also, please refrain from replying. I am interested in feedback from US owner that were able to do it themselves...
Just for the record the USA version is code 494, fitted after 01-07-04
The USA version is only software different from the Europe code 527.
I have never seen any way into them, you cannot get anything in STAR.
When they are built, they will have a service/ set up menu, all done by a certain sequence of numbers etc, only the makers know the service menu, I am surprised that a former worker from the makers has never come onto a forum with the info.
Take care of your comand, there were 3 changes during 2005 and each one only covers a few months, they are not interchangeable either, I had one in last month from a 09-05 car and I could not fix the thing, in the end he bought a mercedes warranty and he will claim on it soon, £2000 in the UK
In the mean time take care of those buttons, the good thing there is that the buttons from any APS comand will fit.
I am surprised as well that nobody has logged into the US version... Particularly that many US SLK 171 and E 211 class owners claim they were able to get the menu successfully... But not 230...
That's a shame, I would love to unlock the DVD player in this thing, the US model is locked so tight, you cannot watch DVDs even with the car in park, ignition off, and e brake up!
The daft thing about these things is that you just cannot be parked up for long using the TV or the DVD,,, within ½ hour the battery will be so run down it will all shut off.
Thanks for the engineering code which worked on my 2007 SL550! I am amazed no one has replied to this. I searched for this around 5 years ago and gave up.
Did you have any further luck in unlocking the DVD to view the video or any other interesting options?
I don't remember where I saw this a couple of years back, but someone had taken the Command unit apart, and it turns out it's impossible to enable DVD playback because the video decoder processor chip is not even populated on the main PCB on the US version of the unit.
Not sure how this can be accurate, because most consumer electronics since 1998 typically use single decoding chip for both audio and video.
The US command plays DVDs perfectly fine, you can hear the audio, but the picture is defeated with an on screen warning, due to driver distraction concerns.
Apparently US cars with Comand Systems with MOST interface through MY06 do not have the video chipset installed at all. The MY07 and newer do.
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