Install Hualingan on e39/e53 DIY

[Philly X5]

Can you guys check the pictures and let me know if I have all teh wiring for this retrofit...dont want to tear everything apart if I am missing something

[juppalgae]

what's the best price with the rear cam these days?

[Philly X5]

I paid 680 shipped for the unit and 35 for the camera

[JJ_BMWe46]

Hello,

Im new here.Im using the Dynavin and im going to change it for A Hualingan.
With the Dynavin i have some bad experients with the navigation part. It isn't possible to use it and to repair anymore, so I bought the Hualingan yesterday.

On the Dynavin I had connected a subwoofer. Its a Pioneer TS-WX11a. The subwoofer needs a signal when the Hualingan turns on and off, so I safe the battery.
With cable can I use from the Hualingan?
Have I make a connection with the the pink/white cable 12V switched in the picture on page 26 for the subwoofer?
For the Hualingan e46 models I guess it will be the red cable (same position as the pink/white cable) in the plug

Thx guys for this information topic, just where Im looking for.

JJ

[Lokkie]

Originally Posted by thecount123

hi guys:

Finally the 2nd technician was able to put back the 4 pins into their respective places and put them back into the 40pin harness. After which, he put the old stereo back and the radio is now running.

Upon putting the hualingan harness into the BMW harness. No sound came out of the radio. What he did was , on the hualingan harness, there are 4 loose colored cables. He put two of those cables into different pins. I believe one of those is for the radio and another for the wheel steering. Finally there is sound in my radio. I also tried the stereo control in the wheel steering and its working perfectly. Upon pairing my phone, the phone bluetooth is working as well as the other party can hear me loudly ( and vice versa).

a. What need to be done on the other 2 loose colored cable that comes in Hualingan harness? Are they of any use? Where should i put them?

b. Things that are not working

1. iPod - once iPod is connected, it can show my iPod playlists and once I click on a song, screen will show and running, but no sounds coming out of the speaker/s.

2. CD - once I put the CD, it can read the CD and track is running and seconds are counting( and i didnt put in mute), but no sounds coming out as well.

The tech said all his electrical wiring are correct, bec if not, there will be no radio sounds and phone bluetooth sounds. What do you guys think the problem is?

3. TV - there is a TV antenna plug on the stereo ( besides the iPod connector plug) but no cable/ plug etc that comes with the packaged. What do I need to buy to make the TV run. What else need to be done.

4. NAV - not sure how to make it run.

Thanks,

I just installed Hualingan on my 97 E39 non dsp. Had same problem with CD changer, no sound coming from speaker. Is yours working now?
I am suspecting there is a 10 pin white connector that still hang around, I dont know where to plug in.

My NAV come with IGo 8. I connected the antenna connector to the opposite connector coming out from HU with thin cable. This is not the one. Then I connected the antenna connector to the opposite connector right behind the HU (on the body) and suddenly got the signal. It works perfectly.

Havn't test TV (DVB-T) since the broadcast in my area is still suspended I believe.

[Philly X5]

Originally Posted by fmugur

I did and I supposed to post one up but I haven't had a chance. It's coming soon...

Any update on that? Any instructions on camera install?

[fmugur]

OK, sorry for the big delay but I am swamped with other stuff. Here are some pics and I will add the comments as soon as I can.
In a few words you have to run power to switch the HU to use the backup camera and the video signal. Power for the camera you will get from the backup lights in the trunk, not in the trunk gate.
You have to go with the wire in the trunk lid where you place the camera.
Mine is a different model, I will change it with the new one but for now I can live with this one.

I hope it helps.

Take the front seat out. Four bolts and the connector.



Pull the covers off and and run the video and power wires from the central console under the front seat and under the side panels to the trunk.





















Tap into the wires that power the reverse lights. Pull the plastic cover to find the gate harness.






After you tapped into the revers light wires (12v and Ground) run two wires from the 12v wire, one to power the camera and one to the front to the HU to the wire labeled "Back". This wire switches the HU input to the backup camera input when detects 12v on it.






Since the camera is placed way off the center you have to make sure you take this in consideration when you back up.

You can find different models that are specially designed for X5 and actually can be installed in the left licence plate light.

[Philly X5]

Great pictures. Your X looks like mine at this moment...

Can you be more speciffic about the wires your used to get power to camera and also what wires go from camera to the unit? Looks like you used brown wire for ground and looks like white wire for positive? Do you need to bring Power from camera to the unit or is it only Video signal?

Also,
Everything works on my unit except unit illumination - what do I need to do to make it work? I was reading previous posts but cannot find the solution, maybe I missed it.

I have pink, orange, blue and brown wires on the harness. Fmugur do you know which onesi suppose to connect and where so I caget illumination


Thanks again for your help!

[Philly X5]

I also noticed that you positioned the camera slightly to the left of the license plate light, how is the picture looks on the screen? Is it centered?
I was thinking to put my camera in the same spot, don't want to touch the lights, due to error messages...

[Philly X5]

Just finished my install. All the options work. Connected orange illumination wire to my old power/stereo harnes and all the keys have light now.
I compared them at night to my BMW interior lights and they match perfectly.

Some questions:
Passengers front speaker has minor vining sound during car acceleration. Any idea how to fxi that?
My camera had 2 power wires - positive and negative which I connected to rear drivers back light and one video cable which I connected to the units video in input - but when I put the car in reverse, nothing happens.
Not sure how to fix that, ideas?

I will try to post some high res. Pictures this weekend.