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Originally Posted by HellzMindPlaya
So it is out on 2007 vehicles, and one of the listed is the X5 which is coming with I-Drive in 2007 right? So do I have to have the new car with I-Drive to have TMC (Traffic Message Channel)? In Europe they have had this technology available for a while now... Does anyone here know if it works with a non I-Drive setup?
As far as I have researched it looked like I would need a new radio module to make this happen, i didn't even think about I-Drive. Your source says the upgrade will be free, makes me wonder what all is involved and what cars it will pertain to.
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Its only for MOST based cars, not the I-BUS which your car is based on. Although the BM54 radio, used in Europe does indeed receive the TMC signal ... I very much doubt that the USA system will be identical in terms of signal, encryption, decoding, etc.
Another aspect of all of this is that the MAP DVD has to be TMC enabled as well. Something again I doubt NAVTEQ would do unless BMW officially offerred this service for I-BUS vehicles.