Comand aps. Upgrade???

andrew Slater

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Hi all,
My car is a 2006, C220 cdi coupe. It has comand system in the centre console. With the DVD slot at top, and disc changer in glove box.
The maps dvd I have (which works, but severely out of date) is
" DVD Comand APS ver: 4.0"
Part number:- A169 827 2059. B7823386.
Please can anyone assist in how the hell do I update it?
Through looking around on various sites, confusing info as to. I need a telematics update cd 09/29.
And I am now at a complete loss as to what exactly is needed in order to update my nav system and maps.
Regards
Andy
 

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Best advice is to contact or even call Comand On Line

They are essentially the gurus

They are near Lightwater in Surrey if you're bearish.....
 

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u can make the last update disc from here

http://service-parts.mercedes-benz.com/dcagportal/DCAGPortal/menu.action?pageId=4795&market=Europe

and mapping can be hunted down, I suspect its a V19 that works (not the same as the e class with NTG1 comand APS - looks like its NTG2 DVD Comand Aps Europa v19 2017-2018, the last they supported)... its 2d only and rather nasty, from 2017 they shrunk the size on screen till its biggest is a bit small


http://www.mercedesmedic.com/identify-mercedes-comand-aps-head-unit/
 
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Interesting Botus that your second link does not show my supposedly NTG2.5 head unit that I think is A171 870 4794 and has small round buttons rather than the close spaced rectangular buttons shown in the link. It looks the same as https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes...445859?hash=item4b62483263:g:lUAAAOSwYP9cqysk but I wonder if it could be Audio 20 like https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Audio-20...235602?hash=item2888b4b352:g:HlQAAOSwYBpd0bNO even though the VIN decoder shows 512 COMAND APS WITH DVD CHANGER
Is this the explanation of me not being able to access the engineering menu using hangup-*-6 to find out what firmware is installed so I can update the maps!
 
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the way I clicked your links they were both round button radios

this one is a 211 rather than a 171 NTG2.5 unit...

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mercedes-W211-W219-Comand-Aps-GPS-Radio-CD-Ntg-2-5-A2118705194/323656586740?_trkparms=aid=1110001&algo=SPLICE.SIM&ao=2&asc=20160323102634&meid=e5b21c83004f409aaca4cb9a2ec09dce&pid=100623&rk=3&rkt=6&sd=323771445859&itm=323656586740&pmt=0&noa=1&pg=2047675&_trksid=p2047675.c100623.m-1

engineering menus got harder to find after the were running later firmware... if u see time of arrival that was usually a sign it was on the latest
 

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That's something I've already noticed - no ETA in the SLK, whereas I have it in the C220. Both are 2008 cars (although the SLK is MY2009 facelift), and the supplying dealer MB North Wales serviced the car until 4/6/2014 but it looks like they did not update either the firmware or the maps!
 

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That's something I've already noticed - no ETA in the SLK, whereas I have it in the C220. Both are 2008 cars (although the SLK is MY2009 facelift), and the supplying dealer MB North Wales serviced the car until 4/6/2014 but it looks like they did not update either the firmware or the maps!
I have eta

Had lots of software updates at MBS when Cole serviced it for me
 
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Thanks for all the info people. I have to admit that I am now more confused than I was before.
Do I need a telematics CD update?
And then a maps dvd update?
Or just a map upgrade, phew, my head is spinning now.
Regards
Andy
 

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Call COL

One of they guys will spell it out for you
 


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