Media are published on a regular basis on various topics and intended uses. The following overview should provide you with a survey of the content, application areas and the reason for the media:
Telematics CD/DVD | Regio DVD | Digital Owner’s Manual DVD | |
Contents | Contains specific telematics data for certain models. | Contains the control unit software scopes for specific regions as well as control unit software, whose data volume is too large for the regular diagnosis update data medium. | Contains the software scopes for Digital Owner's Manual (DVD title: Digital Owner’s Manual). |
Models | Cars and vans. | Previously cars only. | Cars as from model 222 and following. |
Update cycle | Every 2 months with channeled automatic dispatch. | Basic variants: Every 2 months with channeled automatic dispatch. | Must be ordered if necessary through the parts ordering process. |
Order for missing or lost data media | Through the parts ordering process quoting part number for required Telematics CD/DVD. | Through the parts ordering process quoting part number for required Regio CD/DVD. | Through the parts ordering process quoting part number for Digital Owner's Manual DVD that matches the vehicle's as-delivered state. |
Data medium is inserted into … | COMAND or radio. | External drive on diagnostic unit. | External drive on diagnostic unit. |
How is an update to be performed? | A data medium is inserted during the programming procedure when prompted for by Xentry Diagnostics or Xentry DAS. | A data medium is inserted during the programming procedure when prompted for by Xentry Diagnostics. The individually loaded data are managed temporarily and - in the majority of instances - they do not need to be inserted again if the software is the exact same software. | A data medium is inserted during the programming procedure when prompted for by Xentry Diagnostics. The Digital Owner’s Manual software has to be programmed for initial startup of the COMAND or when correcting the operator's manual. |
Additional information | Information on currently-available telematics updates is available after each update in the "Update Information for Xentry Systems & Star Diagnosis" on your diagnostic unit. | Detailed instructions on using the Regio DVD on Star Diagnosis and Xentry Kit are available in the support tool on the diagnostic unit's desktop. | SI58.40-P-0020A |