Hi there,
I have just bought my 2000 W220 S55 AMG, and it was originally fitted with the Audio 10 system and no Bose. Some of the previous owners removed the Audio 10 and hacked the wood trim and put an aftermarket player in, along with some very ugly stuff.
So - I tried to find out if I could easily fit a Comand 2.5 in there instead, and I guess from what I found I thought it would be pretty straight forward, at least to get the radio to work, which really is everyting I need. Working navi and CDs would be nice also I guess but from what I found, it will be a problem.
I started searchig for a bezel in the correct wood, and a working Comand unit, and now I just received both. The first thing I did was of course to plug in the Comand 2.5 with the two connectors from the car that did fit, the one with power etc and the one with speakers. Yes - I have read now that I should ABSOLUTELY not do that because it can hurt the car because the wiring is different. But that one I read about just after I did it myself. So I just hope nothing got damaged! What did happen was that I got sound from radio, was able to tune radio and volume up and down. And turn on and off manually also work. No lights, pretty much nothing else.
So how do I go about getting the rest of the wires correct. As far as I have understood the only thing that fits right in is the speaker connector. I have no Idea what the C1-C2 etc etc refers to, and if I need them. So if anyone would care to explain where on the Comand the different connectors are, and what the ones in my car are and what needs to go where...I would appreciate it a lot.
So here are some photos, and I hope someone can explain how I should proceed.
First of all, the terrible setup from when I bought the car.
Then a photo of the rear of my new Comand. What is what, and what is needed for radio, lights and screen to work, auto on/off to work, and steering wheel controls to work?
Photo of connectors from the car. The two in the middle don't fit anywhere on the new Comand. And the right one is the one that needs to be altered?
There are also at least 4 wires that the previous owners have done some tricks with, that connected to the aftermarket unit or other places, so here is a photo of those. One yellow, one red, one red/black and one purple.
Finally a test fit of how it is going to look. Luckily the mounting is very easy and ready as it is, I was fearing it would be a nightmare to convert from Audio 10 mounts, but all screw holes are ready so that was a plesant surprise at least
Well, I hope anyone is able to assist me from here! Cheers.
I have just bought my 2000 W220 S55 AMG, and it was originally fitted with the Audio 10 system and no Bose. Some of the previous owners removed the Audio 10 and hacked the wood trim and put an aftermarket player in, along with some very ugly stuff.
So - I tried to find out if I could easily fit a Comand 2.5 in there instead, and I guess from what I found I thought it would be pretty straight forward, at least to get the radio to work, which really is everyting I need. Working navi and CDs would be nice also I guess but from what I found, it will be a problem.
I started searchig for a bezel in the correct wood, and a working Comand unit, and now I just received both. The first thing I did was of course to plug in the Comand 2.5 with the two connectors from the car that did fit, the one with power etc and the one with speakers. Yes - I have read now that I should ABSOLUTELY not do that because it can hurt the car because the wiring is different. But that one I read about just after I did it myself. So I just hope nothing got damaged! What did happen was that I got sound from radio, was able to tune radio and volume up and down. And turn on and off manually also work. No lights, pretty much nothing else.
So how do I go about getting the rest of the wires correct. As far as I have understood the only thing that fits right in is the speaker connector. I have no Idea what the C1-C2 etc etc refers to, and if I need them. So if anyone would care to explain where on the Comand the different connectors are, and what the ones in my car are and what needs to go where...I would appreciate it a lot.
So here are some photos, and I hope someone can explain how I should proceed.
First of all, the terrible setup from when I bought the car.
Then a photo of the rear of my new Comand. What is what, and what is needed for radio, lights and screen to work, auto on/off to work, and steering wheel controls to work?
Photo of connectors from the car. The two in the middle don't fit anywhere on the new Comand. And the right one is the one that needs to be altered?
There are also at least 4 wires that the previous owners have done some tricks with, that connected to the aftermarket unit or other places, so here is a photo of those. One yellow, one red, one red/black and one purple.
Finally a test fit of how it is going to look. Luckily the mounting is very easy and ready as it is, I was fearing it would be a nightmare to convert from Audio 10 mounts, but all screw holes are ready so that was a plesant surprise at least
Well, I hope anyone is able to assist me from here!
Cheers.
