no, you need to connect a 3rd party bluetooth system. Isn't it
amazing that MB hasn't caught up with KIA and Hyndai in their
electronics, I guess they are still trying to sell their over priced
obsolete motorola gear
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Never argue with an idiot.
They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.

As of 2007 Mercedes had the worst Bluetooth of any car bar none. I do not
know if Mercedes figured it out for 2008.
The cars are wonderful but Mercedes just has no clue about bluetooth.
2007 cars in Mercedes price class should should have benn prewired at the
factory for bluetooth but most were not.
In 2007 the car description would often say the car was bluetooth ready but
that does not mean the wiring was actually in place.
If the wiring is not in place in your car the dealer will probably want
around $1500 to do it, probably will not get it right the first time, and
you still have to buy a separate blue tooth unit to plug into the wiring for
another $400-500.
At that point you have Bluetooth, but it really does not work very smoothly
with the majority of bluetooth phones. In fact Mercedes bluetooth stinks. It
does not reliably pick-up on incoming calls nor do the car controls reliably
control most phones. By contrast I have yet to see a bluetooth phone that
does not work reliably with my two year old BMW regardless of phone brand or
price.
You will probably be happier with one of those bluetooth earphones and voice
activation. It will be much cheaper.

In message news:decd37f5-b402-4b02-932f-
8a0116f94892@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com, RSJ sprach forth the following:

Wish they still offered ventilated seats on the 350 or the diesel.  Wish
they still offered Platinum Blue instead of your "choice" of boring
neutrals.

The is indeed amazing.  MB sdo come with the option of using the car's
speakers for the phone though integrated wiring or you can use
bluetooth (which is proprietary technology and not limited to Motorola
as stated below).  I use a motorola phone and I have synced it to MB's
bluetooth  device successfully and have not had any issues with
disconnection or call interuption.  Your local Mercedes dealer will be
able to assist you.

As a rule German cars unlike Kias (which are cheap and serve their
target audience well) are very mechanical in nature and use very high
level electronics.  I would like to see a Kia get to into a pre
accident mode by tightening up the seat belts, adjusting the seats,
rolling up the windows and closing the sunrool should it determeine
the car is about to crash.

Good luck