How to retrofit CarPlay and Android Auto on a Mercedes Comand NTG2.5

This is a guide on how to retrofit CarPlay/Android Auto on a Mercedes COMAND NTG2.5.
Useful links
Kufatec Video in Motion adapter: kufatec.com/en...
Audio AUX adapter: www.jtaudio.ne...
NAVINC AppPlay CarPlay/Android Auto interface: www.navinc.nl/...
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[@Sunny-uk5fn]

Is the connection by Bluetooth or by cable with the mobile Phone?

[@anhkhoi158]

omg tysm, it’s a little bit complicated but I would try to get it :>

[@ntinos208]

The difficult part is getting someone to do the coding with vediamo, if you don’t have a sdconnect. If you do this first, everything else is very doable. For me it was easier because I had sdconnect

[@jan6553112257665]

Great video. Which connector does the knob have? Maybe if you put an caraudio-systems module and the can box tv 500 in between you can use the ntg button instead the knob.

[@ntinos208]

Thank you very much😁 The knob connects to the carplay interface directly. My first attempt was with the module from caraudio-systems, but I had no video. Maybe the adapter was faulty because it was new old stock. I contacted caraudio-systems and sadly they don’t sell this adapter anymore. That’s why I made my own. Also I believe that the knob is faster when you control carplay, instead of having the factory buttons to navigate inside carplay.

[@jan6553112257665]

@@ntinos208 oh I didn’t noticed, that they don’t sell it anymore. I was interested to try it in my w211. However I will give a try with this knob. Thanks a lot.

[@ntinos208]

@@jan6553112257665 if you don’t want the knob you can try converting to touchscreen. Some carplay interfaces support a touchscreen film. The navinc appplay that I used, supports it 100%. So you could get the screen of the COMAND out, stick on top of it the film and connect it to the carplay interface.

[@ntinos208]

The links in the description will be available in 24 hours, because YT does a verification thing 😃

[@emret5730]

You are a genius, but this is expert level. Where are you located?

[@ntinos208]

@@emret5730 It was difficult to find the way to do this retrofit but the steps are pretty simple i think 😁I am located at Greece.

[@GH-wq9br]

@@ntinos208hallo i would Like to have it on my r class w251 and i would come to visit Greece anyway to kavala are you near that location ? Would be great 😅

[@StefanTitu]

Is the sound quality good ? I used in my 211 another universal CarPlay module (cartizan CP universal CP3-11) and the sound is a little bit odd, like the speakers would be inside a barrel

[@alexsef2329]

Hey how to find this cable black and yellow