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Old 07-20-2012, 10:11 AM
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Slick, I did not want to be too harsh on the kid from down under - i hope he kept the original equipment and did not cut the wires and the reversing of the damage is still possible... I was looking at some of the units taht mimic the original Nav screen and must admit, the BMW things are waaaay behind the times... But the mere fact that they are totally integrated with the rest of the car, makes them the only proper things to stay in the car. If I walk into a dealer lot and see a pimped beemer with aftermarket sound system, that car is pretty much worthless in my opinion. Unless you are using items that were SPECIFICALLY designed for a BMW model in question by someone who KNOWS his shit, that chinese DVD screen is totally useless..

I did use aftermarket DVDs in the headrests ( I recently got original headrests with built-in monitors, but they really suck). But the headrests monitors are not tied anywhere into the system, even though, the replacement headrests were NOT proper fit for the holes in the seats, so, there is a bit of vibration noise from those aftermarket headrests... Just proves once more, things must be made specifically for BMW in order to fit like a glove...
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