Comand 2. Aux to USB advice please.

[ringway]

I have command 2 in my 2003 S210 and would like to run a cable from the Aux port to a USB stick in the glove box.

Has anyone done this?
Are cables available?

Thanks in advance,

Paul.

 

[ash59fifty-uk]

Assuming the aux inputs aren't already installed and it's a mini jack input for example, you'd simply just need a male jack to female USB cable

Not sure if the system would then read mp3's or the like, but that's the kind of cable I'm guessing you'd need

 

[Druk]

What form does the Aux port take?

 

[ringway]

What form does the Aux port take?

As yet, I'm not sure without seeing a diagram or taking the unit out to have a look.
On ebay, there are all sorts of cables which I think might do the job, but I don't want to buy the wrong type.
If anyone has done the job or knows for sure what I need to use, that would be a big help.

 

[richard]

The AUX on Comand 2 was designed about 20 years ago, (1996 possibly earlier) and thus is a dumb aux. (i.e left, right, ground) and is presented as a 3.5mm socket in the glovebox (although for a while Mercedes got cheapskate and didn't bother to install it).

You therefore can't connect any fancy USB->AUX adapters to it, as at a minimum it has no power-supply to feed the USB stick.

You could just put an (cheap, eBay, used) iPod in there connected to AUX via headphone socket, and also add a USB power socket to the glovebox (or centre armrest)

- This would give you a "user interface" on the iPod to select your music

Richard

 

[ringway]

Thanks for the detailed reply, Richard.

From a picture from the previous owner, it looks as though there may well be a set up already in place that is along the lines of what you have mentioned.

I'll take a look in the daylight tomorrow.