I did look into it....
Firstly, I are assuming that MB actually allow coding of options that were retrofitted and not originally ordered with the car.
Then, I am assuming that it is a 'simply' a matter of installing the missing hardware bits and buying (or fabricating) the wiring looms to connect them to the relevant SAM unit.
If so, then...
- It seems that Road Sign Assist requires a camera to be fitted behind the windscreen (inside the compartment where the rain sensor is located) for the OCR function. It also required COMAND for the GPS data so wont work with Audio 20 or Becker Map Pilot.
- Lane Keeping Assist requires a camera in the same location i.e. behind the windscreen (though it seems that the camera for the Road Sign Assist and Lane Keeping Assist together is a different Part Number to the camera used for Road Sign Assist alone...). More crucially, Lane Keeping Assist requires a motor fitted to steering mechanism so that vibrations can be generated, and my understanding is that it can't actually be retrofitted - instead a new steering column or steering rack is required?
- Blind spot assist requires a radar sensor to be fitted behind the rear bumper on the off-side of the car.
- Distronic requires a radar sensor to be fitted behind the Mercedes star in the grill, and possibly also using the camera behind the windscreen.
Obviously everything needs to be coded using STAR etc.
That's as far as I know.... happy to be corrected