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]

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.

[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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[Qsilver7]

Just an FYI (despite the plethora of info on the "net" that says otherwise)...the anti-theft radios that required a CODE to get them back up and running after electrical power was removed...ended with the e32/e34/e36 generation BMWs.

Starting with the e38, then onto each new model introduction (e39, e46, e53, etc)...the anti-theft radio code was no longer used because BMW went with a multiple component, model specific set-up. Since the parts were only compatible with a single model and wouldn't fit or fit inappropriately (like wrong angle of nav screen)...BMW dispensed with the anti-theft "radio' code.

BTW, "radio" code is not to be conflated with the OBC immobilization code that was a feature on BMW e38s/e39s/e53s that had the HIGH MID or NAV set-up. The "radio" anti-theft code was a specific 5 digit number that was unique to each radio & this code number was kept in a BMW database. The OBC immobilization code is random and can be any 4 digit number between 0000-9999...and a number of the owners choosing and can be changed to any other random number each time it is used.

Take note of the last paragraph under BUS COMMUNICATION in the info below about BMW NG (new generation) radios:

[Rootripper]

Piece of cake. Bought a slick Craftsman torx wrench.
Worked, no reprogramming. Mr Bentley blew that one on two fronts.

Thanks to all