Stolen Comand

[television]

Looking on the brighter side,,you will get the 2010 disc

 

[Blobcat]

Looking on the brighter side,,you will get the 2010 disc

The DVD is in the unit in the boot, I don't know if that was taken but I do know that the boot unit is still there.

I'm thinking now that I may have lost a High School Musical DVD that was in the Comand unit. Honest it isn't mine the girls watch it whilst waiting in the car.

 

[television]

The DVD is in the unit in the boot, I don't know if that was taken but I do know that the boot unit is still there.

I'm thinking now that I may have lost a High School Musical DVD that was in the Comand unit. Honest it isn't mine the girls watch it whilst waiting in the car.

Me thinks then that they have been too clever,or were they not so bright,,it should make them easier to trace, when someone requires the multi disc unit, that is the bit that gives the most problems, so sorry that it happened though

 

[Blobcat]

Well I've had my car back today it was ready yesterday but I was at the National Railway Museum in York so unable to collect it (they parked it inside for me overnight...)

I did have to ask them to take out the back seat and get rid of the rest of the glass I found as I knew one of the girls would find it if they didn't. They are also ordering a new Navigation Disc as mine was also missing :-(

The rest of the car is great and I've now put the rear child locks on so that the doors cannot be opened by reaching in through the quarter lights anymore. I know that this would mean a front window being broken as well however the additional delay may cause them to move on in future.

 

[television]

That was good going 6 days including the weekend

 

[Blobcat]

I spoke too soon :-( the navigation side of the Comand isn't working, it just asks for a disk to be installed in the boot. The light work and the disc spins up in the boot but the head unit cannot see it. I asked them last weekend to do a test on it to see if the head unit was connected to the boot unit. They said it all looked fine and they said they had done a "wireless" short test. I didn't know that my car could connect to star via wireless? I've only ever seen it connected under the dash. Anyone know if that is correct or was I fed a line?

I'm waiting for them to collect it at the moment and strip it back down.

 

[Cole@MBS]

The new star machines are wirless Russ, thats prob what they mean, you still have to plug the head unit in!!

 

[television]

I spoke too soon :-( the navigation side of the Comand isn't working, it just asks for a disk to be installed in the boot. The light work and the disc spins up in the boot but the head unit cannot see it. I asked them last weekend to do a test on it to see if the head unit was connected to the boot unit. They said it all looked fine and they said they had done a "wireless" short test. I didn't know that my car could connect to star via wireless? I've only ever seen it connected under the dash. Anyone know if that is correct or was I fed a line?

I'm waiting for them to collect it at the moment and strip it back down.

That was a porky

 

[Rory]

Did the marks come off the dash OK?

 

[Blobcat]

Did the marks come off the dash OK?

Yes, I did have to get them to remove the back seat to get all the glass out but the marks came off the dash.

 

[Blobcat]

The new star machines are wirless Russ, thats prob what they mean, you still have to plug the head unit in!!

Thanks Cole, nothing was plugged into the car that I could see. I will be speaking to the service manager and asking for his comments.

Any idea why it isn't talking to the boot unit? When it was missing I could see the fibre optics were working as I could see the light in the loose connector.

 

[coventryslk]

Why do villains prefer to enter the car via the rear quarterlight?

because its easier

 

[Blobcat]

because its easier

Agreed, they cannot do that though if the child locks are on.

 

[coventryslk]

not many e class owners have small children

 

[benz1]

Sorry to hear about your unit being stolen. It is a worrying trend. I try to buy cars with everything 'built in' as I was under the impression they are more secure or harder to steal.
Imagine if this happened while the car was in your custody? You would have had to foot all this yourself.

Going to watch where I park from now on...

An aside; don't the dealers have any security on site? Surely the alarm would have gone off?

 

[television]

Thanks Cole, nothing was plugged into the car that I could see. I will be speaking to the service manager and asking for his comments.

Any idea why it isn't talking to the boot unit? When it was missing I could see the fibre optics were working as I could see the light in the loose connector.

The head unit must be told that a CD changer is on the car, what mystifies me is that if I fit a new laser head, its like me not testing it to see if it works OK,,you always try a disc.

 

[Myros]

B*mmer

It is easy enough to get at the dealer's compound, as it's wide open to the main road.
Shame they haven't been able to get the new one to work.

Don't knock Lithuania too much, I bought my APS 30 from there, and it came fully documented, traceable and kosher, through the registered post, from lithuania.

They buy a lot of the "older" mercs in Germany, and strip and sell them to the needy in their home country. If you go to Dronsfield's here, you'll rub shoulders with lots of similarly intentioned Poles and Ukrainians doing the same. Ever wondered why it's hard to get bits for your 124, there's your answer. All legit and above board from what I can see.

Not everyone on e-bay is potential criminal, or even an actual one.

 

[Blobcat]

Sorry to hear about your unit being stolen. It is a worrying trend. I try to buy cars with everything 'built in' as I was under the impression they are more secure or harder to steal.
Imagine if this happened while the car was in your custody? You would have had to foot all this yourself.

Going to watch where I park from now on...

An aside; don't the dealers have any security on site? Surely the alarm would have gone off?

Parked right by the building underneath the CCTV camera. Yes the site is locked so you cannot drive a car off but there is nothing to stop you walking over or around the barrier to look at the cars. I've done that enough times previously looking around at used cars without salespeople bugging me.

Insurance would have covered it if it had been taken whilst in my custody but it would have been a hassle I can really live without.

 

[Blobcat]

The head unit must be told that a CD changer is on the car, what mystifies me is that if I fit a new laser head, its like me not testing it to see if it works OK,,you always try a disc.

I have a CD changer I've not tried if that works as yet, but I will once I get home. The iPod integration and bluetooth phone works. The E (up to 08/08 IIRC) has a separate DVD drive in the boot for the navigation disc so shouldn't need to be told it has one as it cannot work without it. Post 08/08 it switched to a hard drive based system so no boot DVD drive.

I had a call back from the dealers and was told that it is now working and just required a firmware upgrade to read the new disc as it was so much newer than my previous disc. I said as the Comand unit was new the age of my previous disc wasn't relevant. I also said that when I took the car in on Saturday I asked them to check that it had the correct firmware installed to read the new disc. They didn't which is why I've not been able to use the navigation.

 

[Cole@MBS]

I know what you mean the Russ, Sam,s wrecked A,class has been taken away, phone call after phone call and we are still none the wiser to whats going on!!