Where can I get a COMAND APS manual?
You can get European manuals for the A/B/W203-C/W209-CLK/ML/GL/R and E/CLS class COMAND APS manuals from Comand Online Webshop. They are very hard to get hold of as Mercedes seem to only stock in small batches and run out quickly the the shop runs out of stock quite often. Most of the USA COMAND manuals are Here.
Can a Smart Forfour be fitted with Comand APS?
Retro-fitting European and US A/B/C/CLK/M/GL/R and Smart ForFour with COMAND-APS is relatively easy because all componenents are contained in the single head unit. Other vehicles are more complicated as extra wiring is needed as the AGW (Audio Gateway) and the DVD navigation processor are often seperate.
What are the names of COMAND DVD based systems?
This FAQ applies to the DVD based COMAND systems (known as NTG1 and NTG2). There is some information in this FAQ about NTG3/NTG3.5 (S/CL) and NTG4-W204 (W204 C/GLK) and NTG4-W212, (W212,W207 E). There is a separate FAQ for the NTG2.5 Hard Disk based system Here. 2. What is NTG1, NTG2, NTG2.5, NTG3, NTG3.5, NTG4 etc
You can get European manuals for the A/B/W203-C/W209-CLK/ML/GL/R and E/CLS class COMAND APS manuals from Comand Online Webshop. They are very hard to get hold of as Mercedes seem to only stock in small batches and run out quickly the the shop runs out of stock quite often. Most of the USA COMAND manuals are Here.
How to update the COMAND APS map in Europe?
The 2 DVDs are inserted into your Hard Disk COMAND and the system then updates the map on the hard disk. It is for the following vehicles with the Hard Disk COMAND system (which has built in bluetooth). It will not work in North American COMAND navigation systems brought to Europe. It requires the COMAND system to have 09/29 firmware in it.
Where to get COMAND APS map NTG2.5 update DVD?
Please see Q13 and Q14 on http://www.mercupgrades.com/COMAND+APS+NTG2+5+FAQ-faq-14.html#13 for details of how to check. Firmware updates can be done by www.comand.co.uk in Lightwater, Surrey, UK or at your local Mercedes dealer.
What kind of head unit does a COMAND APS have?
COMAND APS NTG4.5. One of the most popular head units is the NTG 4.5. Installed on many models produced from 2012 to 2015. Fit on most model including W166 W204 W212 W207 W218 W172 W231 W246 W463. Has many features including an internal hard drive, DVD player, 7″ monitor with TFT resolution.