Smart Audio System This is the basic stereo found in the 453. Take a plastic spudger and jam it in between the black cowel and silver band. Work all the way around from 1 side, underneath and to the other side to disconnect all of the clips. Lift the bottom to...
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453 Stereo Time Problems
Incorrect Time On 453 Media Nav If you are seeing --:-- instead of the time, update the software to sort the Week Number Roll Over issue. I Have Updated But The Time Is Still Wrong More and more people are saying they are having this issue. I don't personally have...
453 Time Change Issue
If you have the R-Link touch-screen stereo and are having issues setting the time, you are in the correct place for a fix. It shows as -:-- on the speedo... ...and --:-- on the touch screen. When you go into the system settings to change the clock manually, you can't....
454 Stereo Removal
Remove the stereo to fit an mp3 lead for example.
Adding Android Auto To 453
Adding Android Auto To A Non Android Auto Smart 453 This adds Android Auto, Mirrorlink, Siri & Google Assistant. Neelfyn had been tinkering around with this for quite a few days and thought it'd be useful to share, as the little information he could find online on...
Adding DAB To Highline Stereo
Adding DAB Radio To The Bosch Highline When I say "add DAB", I don't mean some shit add-on box that pipes the music in through through the RF port and needs to be controlled via the shit add on box. I'm talking about a system that displays on the main screen and can...
Adding DAB to The 453
Adding DAB Radio To The 453 When I say "add DAB", I don't mean some shit add-on box that pipes the music in through through the RF port and needs to be controlled via the shit add on box. I'm talking about a system that displays on the main screen and can be...
Aerial Modifications
The smart aerial is too long, makes too much noise, distracts as you drive and doesn't even give a good reception. Let's make it look nice or make it functional.
Airplay In The Car
History Shortly after getting my iMac in 2008, I bought an Apple Airport Express to stream music from iTunes to my stereo using Airplay. When Apple released the iPad in 2010, I noticed it could also Airplay music to the Airport Express an immediately started thinking...
Apple CarPlay On Any Smart
Generally, the easiest option is to just replace the stereo with one that has CarPlay. That's dead easy on the 451 fortwo and 454 forfour as it takes any double DIN stereo so you have a choice of hundreds of stereos. However, it's not so easy on the 450 since that has...
Becker Navigation Sound Aux Input
I was contacted by Derfalk from the smart-roadster-board.ch about his mod to the Navigation & Sound. This particular stereo is a re-faced Becker BE6040 that was used in other Mercedes models. There isn't an option for an auxiliary input on the back of the stereo...
Becker Sat Nav
Every you need to know about fitting a Becker sat nav to your 450 or Roadster
Bosch Highline Maps
Bosch Highline Map Updates This is the Bosch Highline stereo as fitted to many smart fortwo 451s from early 2010 to 2014. I have covered how much of a piece of crap it is on other pages but this will add to that. Good News Or Bad News First? Err, let's go for the good...
Bose Bass Box Audio Wiring
So, You Bought A Cheap Bose Sub Like the one shown here, now you want to wire it up. Remove the 6x 1/4" screws to release the lid. Remove the amplifier and the speaker so they don't get damaged. Drill a 5mm hole in the bottom left corner of the amp recess. Cut...
CD Changer Fitting
The Grundig multichanger is now becoming fairly easy and cheap to purchase. The official one is the Grundig MCD36 but as far as I can tell, any Grundig changer will work. Grundig CD changers were also available in some Fiats. Although the official CD changer was 6...
Cheap BOSE Sub
There are a lot of small amp/sub combos but you have to pay a lot for anything reasonable with a name you recognise on it.
You can buy no-name cheap compact/under-seat subs but are they going to be any good?
How about an excellent name in audio? How about a sub from BOSE that costs half the price of a cheap sub?
Coding DAB To 453 R-Link Stereo
If you have the R-Link stereo and don't have DAB radio, you can probably* code it with DDT4All for free in about 5 minutes. Older models of 453 may not have the hardware but that's covered later. This was in a car I was playing with. It had the R-Link stereo but no...
Debadge the Stereo
Remove the lettering from the stereo.
Decode The Grundig Cassette Radio
Decoding The Grundig Cassette Player This is the cassette player as fitted to some 450 fortwo and Roadsters. The decoding is exactly the same as the radio as it's almost the same unit without the tape mechanism. Firstly we need to open the case to get to the chips....
Decode The Grundig CD Stereo
I Don't Know My Stereo Code This is becoming more common now. Cars are being sold on and the code cards are getting lost. You could own the car for years before requiring the code. By that time, the code card is very lost. Your original options were to contact smart,...