Hi Pete.

I also own an E83 in which I retrofitted the navigation system in June. I have the same monitor and I experienced the same problem (monitor rarely will not flip up when starting the car). It is strange and it must be related to cold weather, as it was in my case too when it happened. Freezing temps outside.

I do not know the solution, but i did tried lifting the monitor screen by hand. I found out that it was in operation even if it was facing down!! When I switched off the car, the monitor turned off and flipped down as it should. Switched the car on again and all was ok. I guess it must by something related to cold temperatures i.e. low battery current at startup perhaps??

I am curious to find out what's going on too..

Vassilis