w211 comand navigation tmc

[league67]

Should tmc works straight as soon as you connect dvd navigation drive or is it same as for dashboard arrows that you need to code it to start working ? DVD version is 5. Navigation works very well appart from the message no TMC messages received (even tried to tune radio to classic fm). AGW is basic , non dual tuner one.

Regards Voya

 

[prprandall51]

Did you install Version 5.0 or 5.1 navigation or just stick the disk in the drive? There is an explicit upgrade procedure to follow to update the firmware in the navigation engine. Details are on the card that is included in the DVD case.

I have not tried, but I can imagine that, if you do not install the firmware, you will still be running Version 4 software that merely accesses Version 5 mapping.

Philip

 

[steve.link]

I went from VER4.1 to 5.0 and theTMC worked imediately - no other updating was necessary unless it did it automatically from the VER 5.0 disk

 

[glojo]

I went from VER4.1 to 5.0 and theTMC worked imediately - no other updating was necessary unless it did it automatically from the VER 5.0 disk

Same here.

There is no need whatsoever to tune into Classic FM, the navigation system has its own dedicated type tuner.

Is it an original COMAND tat came with the vehicle?

Is it an original disc?

Take no notice of posts that state version 5.0 is flawed, I would suspect that the problem is at your end as opposed to version 5? Just a guess

John

 

[GlynC]

Hi
TMC doesn't work in my E55 .. just syas no TMC reception when I press the button
Is it a simple case of upgrading the disk to the lastest software to get this operating then?
Cheers

 

[prprandall51]

Hi Glen, you need a DVD version 5.0 or 5.1 and (once you have updated the firmware as per the instructions included with the disk) TMC should work.

If you have the appropriate disk, the only possiblity is that you are not in an area where Classic FM can be received. However, unless you live somewhere pretty remote, this is extremely unlikely.

Philip

 

[scumbag]

a bit of copius button stabbing might help, read the handbook and go thru a few options incluind setting a navigation route.

i had TMC work the first day, but the following day it had no messages, as none had been sent out. however it picked them up the next time i drove the car.

 

[prprandall51]

Should tmc works straight as soon as you connect dvd navigation drive ... non dual tuner one.

Regards Voya

Just noticed the bit about "non dual tuner one". This implies it is not a W211 Comand unit. Without a dual tuner in Comand, you will not receive TMC correctly. In some systems (not the 211 system) it is necessary to tune to Classic to get TMC.

As far as I know all 211 Comands have the twin tuner.

 

[league67]

well, its retrofited unit

Its a retrofit unit. Everything works as it should appart from tmc. The disk is 5.0 and it did upgrade successfully. AGW is the one as posted here. The comand plays mp3's from dvd. But I think that eng menu is disabled.

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=239932&postcount=7.

Regards Voya

 

[glojo]

Its a retrofit unit. Everything works as it should appart from tmc. The disk is 5.0 and it did upgrade successfully. AGW is the one as posted here. The comand plays mp3's from dvd. But I think that eng menu is disabled.

http://www.mbclub.co.uk/forums/showpost.php?p=239932&postcount=7.

Regards Voya

As usual I am with prprandall51, as in my previous post it should have dual tuners. What do you mean when you say the 'eng menu' is disabled. I was going to ask if you are in a country that has TMC, but I note that you reside in London?

It might be possible that TMC is somehow switched off, but I believe all of us that have carried out this upgrade have merely installed the relevant disc. Down here there are times when there is not any TMC information, but I would of thought that is not your problem.

The reason why I asked if the COMAND came with the vehicle was simply because there is a chance your problem is with the unit, especially if you have a genuine version 5 DVD. Do you know anyone else with a 211 that could try your DVD? (That will then eliminate one part of the problem)

John

 

[prprandall51]

What with Audio Gateways, a separate Navigation unit in the boot and other black boxes along the way from there to the head unit, I have no idea where the twin tuner might actually reside - it may even be that the head unit has one tuner and the navigation unit has its own separate one.

Anyway, the 211 TMC architecture is based on the existance of two tuners. If your head unit, AGW and navigation unit and all other black boxes are the correct 211 parts, you should have twin tuners and be able to receive TMC.

I long for the good old days when there was a single head unit connected by a positive and a negative and, in a posh car, a separate wire for the backlight! Heaven knows how you track the source of a problem like this in a car as complex as a 211. Good luck.

Philip

 

[glojo]

Heaven knows how you track the source of a problem like this in a car as complex as a 211. Good luck.

Philip

Simple, As has been stated on another thread:

The point I'm making is that these aren't "complicated" or "advanced" cars. They're computers, plain and simple. And it's not surprising that people other than dealers can deal with them (and deal with them properly.

Unfortunately I don't agree with this point, I'm sure that any check on this system will show it is working properly. You will need someone with specialist knowledge on this particular system.

John