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Does the car have COMAND Online, or Audio20 with Becker Map Pilot Satnav?
What a difference. that sounds perfect, just the right tone without being over the top.
We're the updates part of a service or did you go to the dealers specifically for the software updates?
If the latter, do you mind if I ask how much it Was?
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You will gain better navigation (though if you are using your smartphone instead of Map Pilot then this feature won't matter much for you), though you will loose the speed cameras alert, and you will havd to be willing to pay £199 for the annual maps update.
I've used the Map Pilot a few times and its plenty good enough for the amount of times I need it (not very often)
You will gain much better sound, and this will be even more noticeable if you also upgrade the speakers.
The speakers are a big improvement on what was in my last car, so I'm happy with them as they are
You will gain an internal 100gb HDD, of which 10gb will be dedicated to internal Music Register, and you will gain an SD slot - though if you are happy with playing your music off your smartphone or off a USB memory stick, these won't matter much.
I had 26gb of space in my last car which I never used, plus I've got over 5000 songs on a 160gb ipod all sorted into playlists and folders, which is connected with the universal adaptor.
10gb would be of no use to me.
You will gain Internet connectivity and will be able to use the Mercedes Benz Apps, though realistically the only useful one is Tune-In Internet Radio (which syncs with your smartphone app via your online account).
I had internet and apps on BMWConnected, I never used it apart from Tune In, but I rarily used it because I couldn't be bothered to plug the phone in every time I got in and out
You will be able to send a destination from your PC to the car's navigation software, though only from Here We Go (not from Google Maps), and only the destination but not a complete route.
Had that too, never used it
You will be able to retrofit other related options such as an original MB reverse camera (though there are aftermarket non-original kits that will work with Audio 2₩), and DAB radio (if you don't already have one).
All of my reversing is done with the mirrors, I never use or need a camera, I find them to be useless any way tbh!
I've already got DAB
And last but not least.... the larger hi-res screen will light-up the cabin, compared to the Audio's 20 small and somewhat blurry display. In fact, this for me was one of the best features of the reftrofit... the second was the sound.
I don't find the Audio 20 screen to be blurry at all, however it would be nice to have a bigger one.
It's not really that much bigger though, so simply cannot justify a slightly bigger screen for £1500, it's just not worth it.
And, should you decide to go ahead with this retrofit, look for a COMAND unit from a 2014 car - you want COMAND NTG4.7 (aka NTG4.5 Gen3). For one thing, the 4.7 will connect to the Internet via either Android or Apple iPhone smartphones; earlier COMAND NTG4.5 versions only worked with Android but not with iPhone.
Looking back... I don't regret it
I rest my case, M'lord.
I had internet and apps on BMWConnected, I never used it apart from Tune In, but I rarily used it because I couldn't be bothered to plug the phone in every time I got in and out
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