DOES ANYONE KNOW ABOUT THIS OR HOW TO FIND OUT? THE DEALERSHIP NOR THE
MERCEDES TECHNICAL HELP LINE DOESN'T. I WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE MY '98 SL
CONTROL HEAD AND TRUNK CD CHANGER WITH THOSE FROM A '98 CLK 320. THE PART #
FOR THE CLK IS 003-820-59-86 WHILE THE ONE FOR THE SL IS 003-820-60-86,
ONLY ONE DIGIT OFF! MY COMPANY SELLS COMPONENTS TO DAIMLER-CHRYSLER
(UNFORTUNATELY NOT RADIOS) AND A PART DIFFERENCE THIS MINOR COULD BE
SOMETHING AS FUNCTIONALLY UNIMPORTANT AS AN ASSEMBLY PLANT DESIGNATION OR A
LABELING OR PACKAGING DIFFERENCE. THEN AGAIN IT COULD MEAN A CATASTROPHIC
DIFFERENCE. ANYONE KNOW? THE SL HAS THE FIBER OPTIC BOSE POWERED SUBWOOFER
SYSTEM AS DOES THE CLK. IF THIS SWAP WON'S WORK, ARE THERE AFTERMARKET
SYSTEMS THAT CAN INTERFACE WITH THE FIBER OPTIC CABLES? THANKS

First off Robert, please stop typing with your caps lock on.
It is considered shouting, and rude, when typing in all caps.

My first question is why. Why do you want to switch radios?
What does the CLK radio do that your SL radio doesn't do?

Mercedes didn't start putting fiber optic changer connections in
until 1999. You 98 might have it depending on the production month.
The only real way of telling is pulling the radio and looking for the
light orange colored fiber cables. Otherwise you can tell by the
front radio buttons. If you have a key pad that looks like a phone
dial. i.e.....1 through 0 as presets then the radio is Fiber Optic.

If your radio only has 6 presets, it NOT fiber optic.

Next, in 1998 Mercedes didn't route the fiber optic cables
through the amplifier, BOSE or not. The fiber connections were
only to the Cell Phone and Changer.

Answer my questions and we will continue.




"ROBERT WELCH via CarKB.com" wrote in message
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DOES ANYONE KNOW ABOUT THIS OR HOW TO FIND OUT? THE DEALERSHIP NOR THE
MERCEDES TECHNICAL HELP LINE DOESN'T. I WOULD LIKE TO REPLACE MY '98 SL
CONTROL HEAD AND TRUNK CD CHANGER WITH THOSE FROM A '98 CLK 320. THE PART
#
FOR THE CLK IS 003-820-59-86 WHILE THE ONE FOR THE SL IS 003-820-60-86,
ONLY ONE DIGIT OFF! MY COMPANY SELLS COMPONENTS TO DAIMLER-CHRYSLER
(UNFORTUNATELY NOT RADIOS) AND A PART DIFFERENCE THIS MINOR COULD BE
SOMETHING AS FUNCTIONALLY UNIMPORTANT AS AN ASSEMBLY PLANT DESIGNATION OR
A
LABELING OR PACKAGING DIFFERENCE. THEN AGAIN IT COULD MEAN A CATASTROPHIC
DIFFERENCE. ANYONE KNOW? THE SL HAS THE FIBER OPTIC BOSE POWERED SUBWOOFER
SYSTEM AS DOES THE CLK. IF THIS SWAP WON'S WORK, ARE THERE AFTERMARKET
SYSTEMS THAT CAN INTERFACE WITH THE FIBER OPTIC CABLES? THANKS