Questions RE: C250 B-Ef Sport

Questions RE: C250 B-Ef Sport

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W8PMC

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3,347 posts

240 months

Thursday 19th August 2010
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Hoping i can seek some assistance with my new motor.

Just taken delivery of a 12mth old C250D B-Ef Sport Saloon with all the toys (liking it alot), but after wasting most of an afternoon & evening setting her up to my tastes & requirements (you know the routinesmile) i'm stuck with one simple issue i can't solve.

The car has COMAND APS with H/K Upgrade so has Bluetooth, however although i can connect my iPhone 3GS with no problem, it does not appear to be pulling through the Contacts. For my Bluetooth Connection with our Audi Q5 i'm given a few options on the iPhone to Sync Contacts, show Recent Calls & Phone Favorites, but on the MB Bluetooth connection it doesn't show any options other than Forget This Device. This leads me to believe it's a limitation, fault or user error relating to the car rather than the phone. Can anyone shed any light on this?

Second question relates to a re-map. What's available for this model? who are the better tuners & which ones are the best value as don't want to spend much as those days of more extensive modding i want to put behoind mesmile

Thanks in advance.

W8PMC

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3,347 posts

240 months

Tuesday 24th August 2010
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Thanks matc:

OK, looks like it's a known issue so i bypassed the problem by copying all my regular contacts one by one from a Nokia Handset by Bluetooth. Was a real pain as not used a Nokia for years so had to sync that with MS Outlook first (that caused a few duplications), then one by one Bluetooth them as Business Cards to the car. Even after all the farting around, still a few odd data entries so had to maually update them, however after a few hours it's done

Another question now around the Xenon's. My C250 has Intelligent Light System (think it's called that) as an option, so has Xenons, Auto Lights & Daylight Lamps & in the Multi Func Wheel/Dash it allows me to switcg on/off the Intelligent Light System & another option called Surround Lighting.

Questions are, what is Surround Lighting? & how come the Daytime Driving Lamps when switched on appear to be the main Xenons & rears? On my RS4 & M5 the DRL's were just small front only lights, not the Xenons & rears alight & this still seems to be the case on Audi's & BMW's with DRL's & i'm sure Merc's now have those LED DRL's. I keep the lights set to A which the manual indicates is Auto, but seems odd with these settings that the Xenons are on when driving in daylight??

Ps. Still really enjoying my 1st ever Merc.