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The reason I am mentioning this isn't to try to talk you into the Seicane or one of the other aftermarket radios as much as pointing out where you will be if you succeed in fixing and upgrading the factory stuff. When I bought my e53 I wanted to stay 100% stock. It had factory nav, Bluetooth, cd changer etc so it had the components I needed except the backup camera. But the screen was failing like they all do and needed replacing $125 and the effort to do it. I needed a backup camera which needed the tv module so I was looking at $200 to $300 there all said and done. Then I found out the Bluetooth module was bad and killed the battery so I replaced it with one off ebay $90 or so. Then it failed after 2 weeks killing the battery like the old one. Not to mention being very picky about what phones it would pair with and was a pain to get it paired. So I was looking at another $90 to $100. So at this point I am looking at $525 or more just to get it all working like I wanted with a backup camera. So $525 and I have a 13 year old sound system that I cant buy ANY new parts for and will be nickeled and dimed to death cost wise by being forced to buy used parts forever...... Hellllloooo Seicane. $300 and a $30 backup camera and done. If it dies and vanishes from the dash Im out $300 for a new radio from them or another manufacturer which will be new and have all the latest bells and whistles at the time I buy it. So as long as I get 3 to 5 years service from it I can have a new radio for free over the cost of keeping the factory stuff alive with used parts. That's how I figured it up and that's why I ditched the factory stuff even though I really wanted to keep it to start with. I have no regrets that I ditched it now but I really didn't want to go aftermarket on the e53. It just worked out to be the most economical choice since ebay was going to be the only supplier for parts for it
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Can’t argue with ur logic there, crowz. It’s valid and ultimately the sensible thing to do.
It just really bums me out not being able to go the oem route.
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Can’t argue with ur logic there, crowz. It’s valid and ultimately the sensible thing to do.
It just really bums me out not being able to go the oem route.
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2003 X5 4.6is Estoril Blue, acquired March 2018 2013 128i M Sport 6 MT Space Grey daily driver 2010 535xi 6 MT Barbera Red |
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Going the OEM route is going back to the miserable stone age. With an Android unit, you will transform your car to state-of-the-art entertainment and communication center.
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I love my budget priced Android Eonon GA6166 (they make a GA8XXX series now) which I had to upgrade the SoM board from 1GB RAM to 4GB Ram and now the unit screams through apps.
My conversion was from Factory NAV (NO DSP). In conjunction with a complete speaker upgrade, my X5 is the best audio experience and my favorite ride, despite the lower gas mileage than my 3-Series vehicles. I think the market is making no less than 2GB RAM units now so that should be decent but just a little while ago 1GB was common and was pathetically slow and could not manage much more than two simple apps. Initially, I was disappointed to lose the OBC functionality but that soon faded with the usefulness of the modern Android based infotainment system. With the BMW IBUS app patched into the Android head unit the OBC functionality is restored + MORE. A visual screen of all OBC functions is available for full time or part time viewing. Modest light coding is available and precise temperature readouts of coolant and engine oil are available. The latest update to the IBUS app is a great improvement over what was an already great OBC functionality restoration. Mike
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Adding to Crowz input that I agree with--several years ago I upgraded all the speakers and replaced OE subwoofer with an aftermarket unit and amp. I was amazed at the improvement. I read that I could expect the Seicane would improve the sound but I didn't expect it would be much and didn't consider it a reason to buy it. I was extremely surprised at how much better the sound is. Be sure to keep that in mind.
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I have two unresolved issues with my Seicane install.
1-When I insert a DVD the music screen comes up rather than DVD screen. DVD shows in file browser and some DVDs I can watch by opening those files. Directions say it should come up automatically but it does not. Any ideas? 2- I have not been able to find how to get the ODB bluetooth interface to connect to Seicane to use Torque. I have tried to connect from both the app and the Seicane unit. My phone connects but I haven't been able to see the interface to pair it for the Torque app. Thoughts?
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Ima drop this here for a min. I have work to do. More later.
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Your phone can/cannot connect to the OBD BT connector? In either case, it seems clear that your radio cannot connect. I connected my cheap a$$ OBD connector (not that yours is cheap, but mine was) to my phone a few years ago. But I was worried if the new android radio would see it. Here's my experience: I used an OBD extension cable on the 1st couple of attempts. They failed, but I am not sure it was the OBD connector. I needed to eliminate the extension cable as a problem, so I removed it and started anew. Since most folks here probably wont have an extension, maybe this'll help: The most important observation I made was early- and seemingly insignificant until this post. The cheapo OBD unit takes a minute to fire up. Now, I dunno if that's my BT OBD connector or just the OBD stuff booting up (or whatever). This is important if you're like most of us who are in the world of 'right the hell now,' we forgot about modem negotiations, protocols and the like. We wanty and we wanty NOW!So my experience was that I had to plug, unplug, fiddle, faddle, for a few times.. and the cheap BT OBD2 connector I have doesn't link to the radio (or anything) for a 1/2 minute or so at boot. After the OBD connector got a minute to find its footing, I could connect. The lights on my BT OBD connector came alive and danced like a 90's car show. You may have done all of this, but it was new to me this weekend.
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Nice! I like th custom greeting. Like “hi Dave” in 2001!
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