Sat navigation update w212

[Medntee]

Hi all
I have a Mercedes e350 w212 2012 I've been told by a dealer that my car has to go in to Mercedes for sat navigation update is that correct or can I buy a disc

Thanks
Kristian

 

[malcolm E53 AMG]

You’ll find what you need at Comand online a forum supporter

https://www.commandonline.co.uk/europe-map-set-NTG4.5.html

You’ll need to purchase a PIN (£150) and the Map disc (£69)

 

[Medntee]

Wow mercedes only quoting me 110

 

[CowleyStJames]

Comand online has always been expensive

 

[JBell]

Comand online has always been expensive

Nope, MB have a special offer on at the moment BUT you have to check it applies to your car, some on here have been quoted £200

 

[Alfie]

Wow mercedes only quoting me 110

If Mercedes are offering to do the update and get the pin code for £110 then bite their arm off. Its a good deal.

 

[Mr Filipov]

I did mine at Mercedes some 6 or so months ago at £110. Mine lives on the HDD of 4.5.
The only annoyance was that they kept my car running while doing the update instead of hooking it up to a trickle charger like they should.

 

[malcolm E53 AMG]

I did mine at Mercedes some 6 or so months ago at £110. Mine lives on the HDD of 4.5.
The only annoyance was that they kept my car running while doing the update instead of hooking it up to a trickle charger like they should.

Can’t believe they did that unless it was necessary for some reason. Isn’t the update circa 1hr?

 

[JBell]

The only annoyance was that they kept my car running while doing the update instead of hooking it up to a trickle charger like they should.

I just turned to COMAND on and stuck the disks in (NTG4), let it go, no need for trickle charging or to keep the engine running, took about 1hr 30mins, no issues at all

 

[Chrishazle]

IIRC you need ignition on (pos 3 just before the starter motor kicks in) or Comand will shut down after about 10-15 mins. That happened to me first time I attempted an update, second time I left the engine running and the full NTG4 update took 2 1/4 hours hence my recommendation to connect a battery charger while updating - which I've done twice since but am now on V12 and can't go further (early NTG4 with small nav partition on HDD).

 

[malcolm E53 AMG]

IIRC you need ignition on (pos 3 just before the starter motor kicks in) or Comand will shut down after about 10-15 mins. That happened to me first time I attempted an update, second time I left the engine running and the full NTG4 update took 2 1/4 hours hence my recommendation to connect a battery charger while updating - which I've done twice since but am now on V12 and can't go further (early NTG4 with small nav partition on HDD).

Same here COMAND shuts down after 15mins so would have to use a trickle charger

 

[John Laidlaw]

I just turned to COMAND on and stuck the disks in (NTG4), let it go, no need for trickle charging or to keep the engine running, took about 1hr 30mins, no issues at all

I just went for a drive when my SL’s new nav discs were updating- about an hour and a bit- all good

 

[JBell]

I just went for a drive when my SL’s new nav discs were updating- about an hour and a bit- all good

I washed the car

 

[John Laidlaw]

I washed the car

 

[Botus]

I just turned to COMAND on and stuck the disks in (NTG4), let it go, no need for trickle charging or to keep the engine running, took about 1hr 30mins, no issues at all

very risky.

my car (not this system) does it in 45 minutes, the user instructions from merc specifically state to do it stationary with the engine running

for any brand of vehicle - never try to do anything on a car with software without some form of additional power supply
that really means diagnostic scanning too