New Mercedes iPhone Cradle Allows full Vehicle Integration

cool!

249?? Hm...

A most excellent feature. Now all I need is an iPod. And an iPhone. And a Mercedes. I'm still waiting for my in-car juicer adapter (a staple gun) for all my mobile juicing needs.

Does anyone know if it uses the cars amplified antenna for calling?

good feature i think that all cars should have this feature coz most ppl haave an ipod in todays world, so i guess well done mercedes

this is great they can make a holder for your iphone or ipod but they cant or wont produce an that runs on regular gasoling it is to laugh hahahahahahaha!!

I prefer my Nokia N95.

I prefer not using a cell phone in the car!!

trying to compite with BMW, loool i prefer my motorola L6 xD

if i have to i use my razor with blue tooth headset!! but dont like car talking as it were

I have a Mercedes CLK from 2003 with built in Nokia car kit, and would like to connect my iPhone using Bluetooth. Does anybody have experience with these Viseeo products? I wonder if the MBU-1000 will be able to connect my iPhone to the Mercedes command system. (www.viseeo.no) Mercedes can not provide a Bluetooth unit for my car. Thx, Michael

I have just had the iPhone cradle and an iPod Integration kit fitted to my 2005 CLK convertible. It was a big job for my dealer as they had to route a new media cable from the centre armrest where the cradle is mounted,to the COMAND control unit in the centre console. The phone features are great and are fully integrated into the COMAND system. The address book sync works perfectly and numbers with the + symbol for international dialing are supported (unlike with some 3rd party iPhone bluetooth adaptors for the the Mercedes). I was a little disappointed to find however that the iPhone audio features/controls are only available from the multi-function steering wheel with information displayed in the instrument cluster. i.e. the COMAND screen is not used and remains blank. I've asked the dealer to clarify that this is the way it is supposed to work. They believe that this is the case because it is the way the iPod integration kit works when it is installed into the glovebox on its own. I had assumed that when used with the iPhone cradle, it would work with the COMAND system screen as this is what all the promo material from Mercedes indicates. My dealer believes that this is only supported on the Media System fitted to the new C class and this is not retrofitable to other Mercedes models. Does anyone know if this is the case, or should the equipment I have had installed display the audio features on the COMAND screen?