antigon
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- E Class Coupe/2014/E250 CDI
Hey,
Wanted to give some advice regarding DAB Radio signal problems you may be experiencing as I have been. Have seen on older posts before many people experienced this with Mercedes DAB.
Having purchased my 2014 E Coupe (Facelift) Mercedes a few months back, I had noticed that the DAB Radio would not work at all - it would take about 10 seconds for a radio station to load, then it would play for 10-15 seconds then switch off again and after a few seconds either play FM or DAB but this would continually happen switching on/off. I live in London and wherever I went this would happen. I Have the Command System.
Having read up about this online, I saw that this was likely to be a problem with the Roof Aerial of the car - something to do with the band being programmed to be for Germany and Europe, and the UK using a different signal band, so many modern Mercedes cars don't pick up the DAB signal in the UK.
I spoke to my dealership and they said this was a problem Mercedes was aware of and to bring it in to have an amplifier upgrade on the radio under warranty. They ordered the piece in from Germany and 1 week later had the car in to have it fitted. Having read online that people had this done already with no result, I was skeptical... However the DAB works completely fine now with no loss of signal!
Hope this helps anyone else having this problem!
Wanted to give some advice regarding DAB Radio signal problems you may be experiencing as I have been. Have seen on older posts before many people experienced this with Mercedes DAB.
Having purchased my 2014 E Coupe (Facelift) Mercedes a few months back, I had noticed that the DAB Radio would not work at all - it would take about 10 seconds for a radio station to load, then it would play for 10-15 seconds then switch off again and after a few seconds either play FM or DAB but this would continually happen switching on/off. I live in London and wherever I went this would happen. I Have the Command System.
Having read up about this online, I saw that this was likely to be a problem with the Roof Aerial of the car - something to do with the band being programmed to be for Germany and Europe, and the UK using a different signal band, so many modern Mercedes cars don't pick up the DAB signal in the UK.
I spoke to my dealership and they said this was a problem Mercedes was aware of and to bring it in to have an amplifier upgrade on the radio under warranty. They ordered the piece in from Germany and 1 week later had the car in to have it fitted. Having read online that people had this done already with no result, I was skeptical... However the DAB works completely fine now with no loss of signal!
Hope this helps anyone else having this problem!