Relocating NAV unit after installing Eonon - is it possible?

[Awntchi]

Haha I've taken plenty of pics but can't upload them from the phone. Will do it later tonight when I get some time.

The preliminary verdict is that it Works! First I connected the oem unit upfront (didn't disconnect the eonon) and it came on, everything worked but the sound which is understandable.

The second and most important thing I did was switch off the DSP and set all levels at medium (this was advised in a different thread), it helped the volume on the eonon to stay the same when switching on the car....no need to adjust it every time anymore.

3rd and a little dissapointing point is the relocation of the oem to the back. There is literally no space whatsoever anywhere, the oem unit is a lot bigger than I thought and I'd have to lose the boot side cover if I'm installing it in the metal frame together with the dvd/cd etc. This lead me to try and see if the Eonon will still function if I disconnected the Nav system, cd changer and that weird silver box....and it did. So now I took out the metal frame all together and left a big hole with a super wire/plugs mess. There is enough space now for sure but I don't know yet how to fix the oem in place.

The final and what's probably going to be the most painful task is to pull back the oem wiring from the front....I know i couldn't follow that route when connecting the eonon so I'm worried I might get stuck here.

To be continued....


BMW X5 4.8iS 2005