Connector for the Flux capacitor?

 

OBD connector?

That is under the dash, but not sure which side in the US.
@jbanks15 ?

 

under steering wheel but that connector he shows in his center console glovebox
maybe 3rd party

 

That is a connector for a iOS device. It requires a MB connector, one of which was just sold (I know because I bought it) by a member here. I paid $15, but they are usually available for about $30. The one I have is for a 30 pin apple connector, but apple used to sell a 30 to lightning adaptor cable. I use my iPhone X with the head unit and can play pandora or any streaming app.

 

As said its mostly for Apple. The version that supports android has a connector that goes into the headset jack on the phone or whatever that has a normal headset jack. The android version of the cable does have a USB, but neither one on the cable or the USB below the center console jack worked well for me. Both would slightly charge my phone, cable USB when selected on the COMAND said use other USB. The other USB didn't like anything on my phone, but worked with a thumb drive when files were not in folders.

I only used the headset jack on my phone once, it worked, but required the volume to be set MUCH higher than normal, which is a shock if you fail to turn it back down before selecting a different source.

We normally just use a flash drive in the slot below the display panel.

Ebay has both cables for less than $10, make sure you don't get the Audi cable which looks exactly the same but does no work on MB.

 

This is for a proprietary media input cable. No video playback on moving MB cars.

 

Thanx for the replies. It looks like it's a non-starter to mirror my Android screen to the nav screen. Oh, well...I'll just keep using the phone itself for Google Maps navigation. (I listen to SiriusXM radio, so I don't need to be able to play/stream sound.)
If someone does have a solution that gets video to the screen, even if it uses something like a Chromecast that would plug into that connector, I'd be interested.
Thanx again.

 

Some have replaced head units.

But can't say if that gives playback whilst driving.
It is against the law in many countries.

 

android auto plug and play
Car Solutions
https://car-solutions.com/en/camera...com/en/camera-adapter-with-carplay-for-mercedes-benz-with-ntg4.5-4.7-system.php

promo video

Unichip
http://www.unichip-tec.com/h-pd-14.html#_pp=109_880

install video

NavTool
https://www.navtool.com/mercedes-benz-slk-class-2012-2016-apple-carplay.aspx

universal install vid

 

My take on this is ;

A) Just use a flash drive directly in the dash

B) Rarely, but sometimes use the Android type AUX cable via headset jack on phone.

C) Buy a slightly older ipad /iphone which seems to have better integration.

 

I bought a cheap 64G iphone 4S from China, about 50 euros.

Have it cabled there with two dozen movies for those waits for and at a ferry and similar.

Movies are controllable from the Comand, so no need to ever touch the iphone.

It is a bit of a pain to convert movies to apple-o-format, but Handbrake makes this as a batch job, so just a wait.

 

Does anyone know if there is a convenience telephone adapter for the R171 (facelift) SLK. I'd like to use it for USB or as an iphone charger in the glove box, is this possible? Does the connector have a name, so I can search for connectors on google? Thanks for any help.

 

Mercedes Media Interface (MMI)
https://configurator.mercedes-benz-...217/Telematics/Entertainment/Media_Interface_Kit_A2048709096?cartransporter=car

 

NavTool

These are not available in the UK. :frown: