Hey guys thought i would share this up grade to Tilly.
Was going to put a stock radio back in Tilly.
But I was having a crazy time finding the right harness/connector for the Becker Europa radio I have. Soooo...I was at Best Buy and spied this open box BT ready Alpine UTE-42BT.
60 Bones out the door. The previous owner really had hacked up the harness to put in a crappy Sony head unit. I had to rewire most of it, had this one up and running in 30 mins. I ran the hands free mic up through and lined it up with the other instrument panel buttons. Kind of a hack job. If I had nicer zebrano finish i would have taken my time. Still like the idea of a stock radio. Maybe my next rust free 300d will have that

What does the mystery switch do?

Sixto
MB-less

Is that a Bluetooth mike there?

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

I also bought an Alpine from BestBuy, a few years back. I liked the low price ($69), reserved look and the multiple inputs on front (AM/FM/CD, USB and Aux). Don't think they still sell them. I would like to put one in my SL.

Looks like this is new version: Alpine MP3/WMA CD Car Deck With Aux Input (CDE-140) : Single DIN - Best Buy Canada


This is the one I have: Alpine Electronics of America, Inc.

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Graham
85 300D,72 350SL, 98 E320, Outback 2.5

mystery swtich
the center object is the mic for the cellie phone..it plugs in to a mic jack in the back of the stereo. hands free cell phone talking.

yeah graham, mine is just a media player...no cd player. i havent looked at a cd in like 10 years

Holy cow, dude, really? I'm still using tapes sometimes .

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"Senior Luna, your sense of humor is still loco... but we love it, anyway." -rickymay ____ "Your sense of humor is still loco... " -MBeige ____ "Señor Luna, your sense of humor is quite järjetön" -Delibes

1982 300SD -- 211k, Texas car, tranny issues ____ 1979 240D 4-speed 234k -- turbo and tuned IP, third world taxi hot rod

2 Samuel 12:13: "David said to Nathan, “I have sinned against the Lord.” And Nathan said to David, “The Lord also has put away your sin; you shall not die."

it does have bluetooth pairing for cell phones.
which is the main reason i bought it.
mine was open box and did not come with a mic..i went back to best buy and asked if they still had the mic..they did not... but gave me another mic from a kenwood open box

if my original becker europa woulda have worked...
i woulda rocked some old school punk rock cassettes

pisses me of i could not find the harness ends ends
i love keeping cars like this original
all though it does have the rust monster creeping up on it
so ill go to texas one day soon and find a nice rust free one
fingers crossed for all black
i will deff have a 300D in my for ever
freaking love these cars

Just had a look at Best Buy up here in Canada. $109 for that radio and not open box. Not so bad. I too don't need a CD player. I use a USB stick and at present can use it in our GLK and our 300D. E320 has a trunk mounted CD changer and no option for media (except via tape player adapter). My SL has a newer Sony. It may have an aux input, but no USB. Then we have a boat on which the radio has died. Might buy an Alpine and put it in SL then switch Sony to boat. But low on job list!

I don't use cell phone much, so Bluetooth not much use to me.

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Graham
85 300D,72 350SL, 98 E320, Outback 2.5

Probably for the Sun Roof.


Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

the second from the right switch is for the sunroof.
which needs greased...the sunroof guids ..not the switch ...it still works pretty well
that and the rear window seal are next on the list.

edit: sorry luppi didnt understand your mystery button question about the button...for some reason its upside down
gotta fix that