CLA 200 C117 Activating Apple CarPlay

MalcQV

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I bought a CLA in October last year, or rather it was delivered. It was a dealer pre-ordered car so basically I got what they ordered. The only thing I required was the 7 speed DCT which I have.

Anyway as such it did not have Maps (obtained now from eBay) and CarPlay. I have seen an OBD device that will supposedly activate CarPlay (Apple & Android) providing the car has two USB's (one is used for the Media Interface).
Mine has these but I understand through the dealer it cannot be activated. Anybody with any experience of either MB activating it or the OBD device. I do intend to speak to my dealership today.
Thanks.
 

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I bought a CLA in October last year, or rather it was delivered. It was a dealer pre-ordered car so basically I got what they ordered. The only thing I required was the 7 speed DCT which I have.

Anyway as such it did not have Maps (obtained now from eBay) and CarPlay. I have seen an OBD device that will supposedly activate CarPlay (Apple & Android) providing the car has two USB's (one is used for the Media Interface).
Mine has these but I understand through the dealer it cannot be activated. Anybody with any experience of either MB activating it or the OBD device. I do intend to speak to my dealership today.
Thanks.
If you speak to your dealership, ask for their "Star Expert" who is probably the only one there that would understand your question. The lad at Southampton was very helpful when I spoke to him about Mercedes Me
 

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My 2012 w204 has a CarPlay button on the steering wheel, but when I press it, it tries to open the navigation, which I don’t have.
Is this what normally happens?


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I bought the OBD device for £60. I now have Apple CarPlay :)
Steve, I do not have a CarPlay button as such so cannot help you.
 

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My 2012 w204 has a CarPlay button on the steering wheel, but when I press it, it tries to open the navigation, which I don’t have.
Is this what normally happens?


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There is no factory CarPlay for the W204. Do you have a picture of the button you are pressing?
 

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I bought the OBD device for £60. I now have Apple CarPlay :)
Steve, I do not have a CarPlay button as such so cannot help you.

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There is no factory CarPlay for the W204. Do you have a picture of the button you are pressing?

Think I may be getting confused. The manual mentions CarPlay and shows this button, but I think it’s the voice activation button for the sat nav. It’s the button on the right of the wheel, just above the volume/mute buttons. When I press it, it tries to activate the navigation which i don’t have...


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