IanT
Active Member
A quick question...
On Saturday I pick up my 'new to me' car and it's fitted with the COMAND 2.0 system from 2001.
The older COMAND units that use the 'DX' Teleatlas discs had a TMC receiver built in. I've searched and read a few threads that say it's a bit limited, in that you have to be tuned to Classic FM for example. I think since those threads, other stations have started transmitting the TMC subchannel, but my question is does the TMC function expire?
Using the same generation of navigation software (Teleatlas DX), VDO Dayton units seem to expire and even though they were once capable of receiving and using the TMC data, they cease to do so... Does the MB COMAND do this also, meaning that you need to have the current year's disc for the dynamic routing to work?
Thanks,
Ian.
On Saturday I pick up my 'new to me' car and it's fitted with the COMAND 2.0 system from 2001.
The older COMAND units that use the 'DX' Teleatlas discs had a TMC receiver built in. I've searched and read a few threads that say it's a bit limited, in that you have to be tuned to Classic FM for example. I think since those threads, other stations have started transmitting the TMC subchannel, but my question is does the TMC function expire?
Using the same generation of navigation software (Teleatlas DX), VDO Dayton units seem to expire and even though they were once capable of receiving and using the TMC data, they cease to do so... Does the MB COMAND do this also, meaning that you need to have the current year's disc for the dynamic routing to work?
Thanks,
Ian.