Hello together, this time not a question, but feedback in the forum for those, you maybe deal with the topic MP3 in the SL and fall into the vintage, where the COMAND is not easily extended by a corresponding connection. Last week my SL (built in 2007) drives now with a Dension Gateway 500 (GW51MO2) and I am highly enthusiastic. The quality is good, the operation so far not too complicated – measured by the fact that this with the COMAND Not all the secrets in the service are still open to me, but I hope that’s still coming. After a few posts here in the forum I decided to take this step, also because my CD changer with the 99 titles per CD and a not really problem-resistant read-in behavior of the burned MP3 CDs didn’t come to the wisdom last conclusion. The Dension came from eBay and I have to say, rarely on eBay I have such a high degree of editing During the purchase process I was offered a lot of accessories, I also decided on the USB power booster (UPB1000). After less than a week the device was there (it is fast for shipping to Switzerland). With the device I turned to a local Mercedes workshop. Even if the installation is certainly not too big, I was able to get a lot of help from the manufacturer. bleme for skilled hobbyists and professionals, I decided some time ago that my screwdriver days had ended. Nevertheless, I had been busy with the matter before and I was able to deal with the electricians of Mercedes in detail about the installation. The device was installed as mentioned here in the forum invisibly near the CD changer behind the driver’s seat. The switch between CD changer and the Dension plus the hera The USB port is located in the storage compartment next to the CD changer, because I don’t need it very often, I wanted to get these connections out of the way. The iPod port is located in the lower compartment of the middle armrest, at the very right front the holder and a maximum cable piece in this compartment, so that I can also take the iPod out of the holder in the hand to operate it. As iPod I use an iPod Classic with 160 GB memory, so not only all of my CDs have At the moment there are about 600 CDs on the device, which should also be enough for longer holidays. When picking up the vehicle, the dension was still at factory setting, although the master bravely worked into the operation, but without text support the operation is more than meager. Thanks to preparation I knew about the necessity of this setting, after a few runs with the switch (from the switched on state) -from the point of view of the Dension- start and then from, On, On, On, Off, On) came the menu, I followed the recommendation from the manual and switched on text and paging support. Thus the operation was greatly simplified. At this point it can be noted that the manuals are quite Murks, I then disposed of the German manual directly, but also the English reading is not very transparent. Instead of the 6 CDs you can now find menus for controlling the Device. For example, you have a list of performers or a list of CDs there are also some extended possibilities. I am currently using the setting “play everything without certain order” and sometimes wonder what songs I call my own. In doing so, the dension gets along well with the amount of songs, my fears about this have not been fulfilled. Nevertheless, the navigation through the CDs is quite resinous, I have found no way in which To jump interpreter list to a certain initial letter, so that the operation at this point becomes quite troublesome, this also applies to the other lists. Today I have added some intelligent playlists to my iPod via iTunes, tonight I test whether this works. In the playback title and interpreter are shown, that’s not much, but it has to be enough. The iPod is also loaded (you should note the compatibility tables of the Dension) u The sound quality is good, the operation via the COMAND is a little limited, but sufficient. Price-wise you have to take some money in your hand, the dension itself, the iPod and the installation is not quite so cheap, with the eBay solution at the dension itself and instead of an iPod touch I am the iPod Classic within my Limi of course a USB hard drive could be connected, but the extra charge for the Ipod was worth it. Many greetings, Frank