Pixelmania

[Rootripper]

A tree attacked my 2001 in a windstorm causing fatal damage to the old girl. She was a good one. The radio in my 2002 has serious pixel loss.
Mr Bentley says some scary stuff about reprogramming the radio with computer if I swap it. Is this true or is the radio code all I need?
Thanks
Mike

[Overboost]

Originally Posted by Rootripper

A tree attacked my 2001 in a windstorm causing fatal damage to the old girl. She was a good one. The radio in my 2002 has serious pixel loss.
Mr Bentley says some scary stuff about reprogramming the radio with computer if I swap it. Is this true or is the radio code all I need?
Thanks
Mike

By radio do you mean mid or nav screen. I replaced my mid with no coding necessary. If you have a mid, the radio is in the CD player.

[Rootripper]

MID
Thanks, Bentley ‘s got the locking screw bad also.

[wpoll]

Originally Posted by Rootripper

MID
Thanks, Bentley ‘s got the locking screw bad also.

The one under the rotary dial? It's not a screw, it's a cam.

[Crowz]

Originally Posted by wpoll

The one under the rotary dial? It's not a screw, it's a cam.

Its a PAIN when the previous owner strips it out trying to unscrew it.

[andrewwynn]

The "radio" is just the remote. You should be able to swap them. (I hope so I'm about to try the same to fix pixel problem)


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[andrewwynn]

Originally Posted by Crowz

Its a PAIN when the previous owner strips it out trying to unscrew it.

I think that's a 'T10'. People will think it's hex and might round it off. It's pretty hard to strip a torx screw though.

I have a bunch of odd sizes of torx for working on computers and phones (like 7, 9 etc. Not sure if I have 11, but you can usually get a rounded torx out by going one size up and tapering the tip with a Dremel so you can hammer it into the screw.

[Crowz]

Originally Posted by andrewwynn

I think that's a 'T10'. People will think it's hex and might round it off. It's pretty hard to strip a torx screw though.

I have a bunch of odd sizes of torx for working on computers and phones (like 7, 9 etc. Not sure if I have 11, but you can usually get a rounded torx out by going one size up and tapering the tip with a Dremel so you can hammer it into the screw.

The one in our 528i was rounded smooth. Nightmare to work with.

[Rootripper]

Thanks to all, I’ll get a T10.
Can always count on this forum’s “no such thing as a stupid question” mentality!
Mike

[andrewwynn]

Originally Posted by Crowz

The one in our 528i was rounded smooth. Nightmare to work with.

I will be removing my mid soon to work on the pixel problem. I'm curious how is have solved the round smooth problem but I've made 5-point pentalobe screwdrivers in the past to open laptops or iPhones. I would have probably taken an old screwdriver and cut the end into a "screw extractor" shape possibly drilled the smooth T10 into a deeper hole to get a better grip. I've solved much harder broken screw problems:

When modifying my slide for my .40 Cal to hold a red dot scope, I broke a tap off deep inside! That might have been the hardest save I've done.