W212 2014 - 6 CD changer or not?

[E55BOF]

The 2014 E350 CDI I very recently bought has, according to the ad (from a reputable dealer who knows his stuff), a 6 CD changer. However, the load/eject button marking is only the basic triangle with a line underneath, not a depiction of several discs, and when I press it there's no message asking me which slot I want to load a disc into. Am I correct in thinking that the car does not, in fact, have a 6 CD changer?

 

[toolman1954]

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[E55BOF]

Thank you. I've seen that, and the 'load/eject' button has what appears to be a pic of several discs one behind the other. Mine hasn't; it only has the pyramid with a line beneath it, which is what leads me to suspect it's just a single CD player.

I hope somebody with a UK model facelift W212 with a 6 Cd player will confirm that they have the stack of discs pic on their button, to confirm my assumption.

 

[markjay]

Thank you. I've seen that, and the 'load/eject' button has what appears to be a pic of several discs one behind the other. Mine hasn't; it only has the pyramid with a line beneath it, which is what leads me to suspect it's just a single CD player...

The above statement is correct...

 

[E55BOF]

Thank you. Looks like I'll have to load all my CDs onto an SD card, then.

Thinks: I wonder how much it would cost to retrofit a head unit with the 6 Cd changer? Probably the earth...

 

[markjay]

Thank you. Looks like I'll have to load all my CDs onto an SD card, then.

Thinks: I wonder how much it would cost to retrofit a head unit with the 6 Cd changer? Probably the earth...

I think yours is COMAND NTG4.5, prices second-hand range from ~£700 to ~£1,000, but even so the 6CD changer units are not very common.

 

[markjay]

This one is from Poland:

MERCEDES W212 W207 GPS NAVIGATION SYSTEM SET RADIO SAT NAV COMAND NTG4.5 CHANGER

 

[markjay]

The SD-Card is the way to go... 16gb or 32gb is usually more than enough. You could obviously copy the music to the internal HDD, but I don't bother...

 

[Mr Filipov]

Got the 6 disc on mine. You're not missing out on much as I have not used a single cd since getting the car back in feb.

 

[E55BOF]

Thank you, gentlemen. All my music is on CD, so I use the CD player a lot, but at that price I don't think I really need to upgrade the unit, so SD card it will be. Any suggestions on what make to buy (or not buy...)?

 

[markjay]

I use the SanDisk ones:

Amazon.co.uk: sandis ultra 80

But there lots others to choose from.