Help identifying my telephone system

[AlVal]

Hi, I've just bought a pre-owned 1999 W220 S430L

It has a telephone in the main armrest and one in the rear armrest.

Can anyone help me from the pictures attached identify exactly what system I have, and if theres a method for me to upgrade to bluetooth while keeping the use of the comand head unit and its numeric dialling pad etc and the use of the tel features in the comand system.

The process of buying an updated navigation cd has helped me determine I have a "pre-september 1999" version of comand 2.5 (non-dx). sep 99 onwards used "dx" nav cds

Anyway, if anyone can help me figure out what I need to do in order to update the old phone system shown here, please say!

 

[greatw]

Hi there AlVal
What you have there is a Motorola International 2700. The good news is that it is a perfectly capable phone albeit as a phone only as it fors not do pictures MMS and such like. The bad new is that it is only GSM900 which essentially means you are locked into using O2 and Vodaphone or onof the other virual operators such as Tescos (unless someone knows otherwise!)

As for the Bluetooth upgrade - Dead easy! Give MB large amounts of money and they'll rip the phone out and install you a new one


As for the upgrade to your command, speak to Alfie on this forum as that is his area and he should be able to advise what is best for your unit. It may well be that teh firmware upgrade will bring other services online.

Regards
Alex

 

[turbotom]

Hello,


This car is mine now and I want to get this old phone system (above) working. When I press "Phone" on the command unit, it says "No card"

Whats with this massive sim card thing? How can I put a "normal" sized card in?


T

 

[jberks]

Oh you youngsters!!
That 'big' card used to be the normal size - when we had bricks as mobiles!
SIM cars are still supplied in big card format (got one a few weeks ago) but with the small card as a pop out to fit in modern phones. You need one of tehse opo out cards to pop your small card into.
Call into any phone shop, they should be able to supply a converter card - probably have a bin full of them!

 

[greatw]

JbBerks,
In practical terms you are correct about the converter card, however the manual for the phone specifically warns against this. I can only assume it is due to the location of the card deep in the body of the phone and the risk of the sim becomming detached from the adaptor.


Get yourself to a phone shop and get a full size (proper sim) or at least make sure thet there is no risk of the mini-sim comming loose in the adaptor (sticky tape springs to mind!)

I am still trying to figure out how to get DTMF and texts working via Comand. I guess I'd better ask Alfie.

Cheers
Alex

 

[Uday]

Motorola 2700?? Bluetooth able?

Hi, I've just bought a pre-owned 1999 W220 S430L

Any luck? I too have a Motorola 2700 and would like to know if i could bluetooth it?

 

[jberks]

Hi, I've just bought a pre-owned 1999 W220 S430L

Any luck? I too have a Motorola 2700 and would like to know if i could bluetooth it?

I don't see how.
When these phones were supplied they weren't designed with any interntion of changing them. Bluetooth wasn't a consideration. Later ones, yes, and something with a Nokia 6230i cradle, yes, but fixed handset systems are proper fully functional carphones so no, not without silly expense. Get yourself a Parrot system.

 

[Alfie]

If your car has the fixed phone system then you are stuck with it unless you rip it out and fit Mercedes UHI pre-wire which will interface with comand and your steering wheel controls properly or fit a Parrot system.

It is possible to upgrade your comand to take DX disks. However, changing the comand unit itself is a big job which requires new switches and trim. Its not cheap either.