2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster Long-Term Road Test

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edited September 2014 in Mercedes-Benz

image2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Roadster Long-Term Road Test

Technology marches on, but the reliable Aux jack in our 2012 Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG saves the day.

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  • yellowbalyellowbal Member Posts: 234
    You need a ground loop isolator to get rid of that feedback hum caused by the charger. Costs about $10.
  • lsiiilsiii Member Posts: 15
    I don't why a lot of the European brands use the ipod specific jack instead of having a USB jack where you can plug in any type of device. This would prevent the plug from becoming obsolete as it has with Apple changing to the lightning cable.
  • greenponygreenpony Member Posts: 531
    http://www.elearnenglishlanguage.com/difficulties/lighteninglightning.html
  • fordson1fordson1 Unconfirmed Posts: 1,512
    Then again how many people with a quarter-million-dollar car don't have the right connector? I can't believe the signal quality is that good with the aux jack. And I would say that another "dislike" would be that you have to be putzing around with a hand-held phone while you're driving.
  • duck87duck87 Member Posts: 649
    There's nothing wrong with the aux jack for signal quality. We're talking about compressed music files to begin with. The futzing around with the phone to go back and forth through tracks is pretty annoying though.
  • bankerdannybankerdanny Member Posts: 1,021
    Isii: because then they couldn't charge $1,000 for the iPod connectivity.
  • 330i_zhp330i_zhp Member Posts: 55
    I wish Apple integration wasn't the first thing to find its way into everything. Nothing wrong with the productions, but I should would like to control an Android, etc with the steering wheel controls.
    I think some manufacturers are finally starting to realize this.. thankfully.
  • stovt001_stovt001_ Member Posts: 799
    We have a rather cheap aftermarket head unit in our Taurus that has a standard USB input, and allows you to control the music either through the ipod or the head unit. Why can't they all work that way?
  • bankerdannybankerdanny Member Posts: 1,021
    stov: see my comment above.
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