Mercedes Bluetooth HFP Cradle: This is the genuine Mercedes Bluetooth HFP cradle for cars the exchangeable cradle phone system. It is the new version (May 2010) which supports the latest Nokia phones etc.

Mercedes Dealer Price £295 inc VAT. Mercedes part number: B6 787 6168 replaced part B6 787 5877

The Mercedes Bluetooth HFP phone cradle connects to the phone cradle connector which is under the cover normally in the centre glovebox, if your car has phone pre-wiring. It is the most cost-effective Mercedes Bluetooth cradle.

The Bluetooth HFP cradle then connects via Bluetooth to your phone and you can make calls via the steering wheel controls and COMAND if you have it on your car.


This new version of the HFP now supports Bluetooth PBAB and has been tested by Mercedes with : -

Nokia 3120 Classic, 6131, 5300 7500 Prism, 5610, 2630, 5310, 3109 classis 6600 slide, 5220 XpressMusic
Nokia X3
Sony Ericsson Zylo, Elm, Hazel, Jalou F100i, K610i, W850, W660i, W610i, W580i, K660i, W380i, W350i
Sony Ericsson T700, W902, Satio, W995, Yari, C501, C903
iPhone 4G
BlackBerry 8707, 8700, 8300 Curve, 8220 Pearl, 8310 Curve, 8520 Curve
Motorola K3, ROKR E8, Milestone
Samsung SGH-D900i, SGH-i900 Omnia, SGH-F480i
HTC Desire, Touch Diamond, Touch P3450, Hero
Palm Pre

The following have been released as working by Mercedes but are not on the latest list of phones so certain firmware releases may not work
HTC Tattoo
LG KM900, BL40

As it supports PBAP it should now work with the latest Nokia smartphones properly.

Mercedes Benz have tested the original HFP cradle with the following phones and it works for phone calls and phonebook download, and in most cases call lists: -

Apple iPhone with V1.x or V2.2 or later software
Apple iPhone 3G with V2.2 or later software
Apple Iphone 4 with V4.1 or later software.
Nokia 2630, 3109C, 3120 Classic, 3250, 5300, 5310, 5610, N70
Nokia 6111, 6131, 6600 Slide, 7500 Prism, 8600 Luna, 5220 XpressMusic
Sony Ericsson W350i, W380i, W550i, W580i, W660i, W610i, W850i, W880i, W890i, W910i
Sony Ericsson K610i, K660i, T700, W902
Motorola Pebl U6, Motokrzr K3, ROKR E8
Samsung SGH-D900i, Omnia, Galaxy, Wildfire
Blackberry 8700V, 8700G, 8707V, 8800, 8300 Curve, 8100, 8310, 8220 Pearl, 9000 Bold
Blackberry 8900 Curve, Blackberry Storm
Benq-Siemens EF81
HTC Touch P3450, Touch Diamond

We, and our customers, have also extensively tested the original HFP cradle with: -

HTC Tytn / HTC Hermes / Vodafone Qtek V1605 / 02 XDA / Orange SPV M3100
HTC Tytn II, HTC HD2
Blackberry 8320
Motorola V8
Nokia 5200, 6021, 6300, 6500 Slide, 6500 Classic
Nokia N73 with latest software
Samsung SGH-F490, SGH-U900
Sony Ericcson P1i
Vodafone v1415
Blackberry Pearl

We know this will NOT work at all with
Nokia 6310i

The Mercedes Bluetooth HFP cradle will not work in cars with the old CD based COMAND system, or Audio-30, Audio-30-APS, Audio 10-CD or Audio-10 Casette because you get echo on the system. As it uses your phone's aerial, it should not be used in cars with heat reflective glass as that blocks the phone signal (you need the Bluetooth SAP cradle, or a ViseoO plus a 6310i cradle, depending on which phone you have and whether you have heat reflective glass). The HFP cradle does not support sending/receving SMS messages via COMAND.

We recommend it for use in :-
Facelifted W203 C class and W209 CLK class (from mid 2004 onward)
Current A/B/E/CLS/ML/GL/R class (excluding MY2009 cars)
Last model S/CL with COMAND APS system where the map DVD goes in the boot (i.e from MY2004 (built Sept 2003) onward).
SL with COMAND APS (Map DVD goes in the boot) or Audio-20 CD (i.e from MY2005 (build July 2004) onward).
G with COMAND APS system where the map DVD covers all of Europe or Audio-20 CD(i.e from MY2008 (build April 2007) onward).
Latest VITO with COMAND APS system where the map DVD covers all of Europe.
Current SLK without inbuilt blutetooth.

This cradle is NOT approved for USA or Canada - please see our MHI cradle or ViseeO MB-2 for USA/Canada.

If your car has a fixed Nokia 6xxx system, please see our Viseeo MBU-1000 product.

Mercedes part number: B6 787 6168. RRP £280. Replaces B6 787 5877