New x5 Owner! :)

[euge]

Hello everyone, Just registered to the site! I am now the proud owner of a one owner 2005 3.0 x5 fully loaded with 67k miles. Car is beautiful inside out! after much creeping(lol) on this site prior to my purchase I figured it was about time I would register. Lots of great information on here that helped alot with deciding if it was a good buy too! I plan on doing the Auxiliary Input mod on my car and i've been reading alot of guides on how to make the cable, which i'd much rather prefer than spending $30ish dollars on one. i've come across some guides on other forums for diagrams but it's for what seems to be the stock radio, I'm looking for one that works with the 16:9 Navigation..

[TerminatorX5]

welcome to the forum... some of us just came back from the bimmerfesr east, i wish you were there too with your new ride...

do you have factory nav? do you know the options the car came with?

[euge]

Thanks! how often is it held per year? and yes, it is a factory nav, has every option with the premium and cold package, bluetooth and a few others, according to this thread


http://www.xoutpost.com/articles/x5/...e53-years.html

[TerminatorX5]

bimmerfest east is annual, this was second one... something else is coming up in Baltimore on the 14th, i need to look into it...

with factory nav, you should have a BM53 radio module in the trunk, that might be capable of AUX input as it is... there threads that address this subject... the radio is in the trunk, kind of hard to get to, but possible... there were several versions of BM53 radios, earlier ones did not support AUX...

if you post or PM your last 7 digits of VIN, i can get you back your full factory spec'd option list...

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[euge]

I'll have some soon :p

[bumere90]

welcome!
pics or it didn't happen!

[ake53]

Welcome...
Euge as in Eugene?


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[scottinaz]

I also just picked up an X5. Replaced a Dodge Dakota (real POS) with a 2001 3.0 with 124K miles. doesnt have a lot of the froo froo stuff that tends to crap out, so looking towards a long relationship with this thing.


Pics to follow

[TerminatorX5]

lol, scott - you will be surprised how much can go wrong!!!! lol...

Not trying to scare you, just before making any decisions about the X, check with this forum, chances are someone, sometime, has already dealt with it... It will save you a gazillion of greenbacks, so you can take a vacation... or a trip somewhere... or, just spend more on the mods for the car!!!!

Euge, in your option list, it did not list the BT (or, I did not see it), so yours is retrofitted... check the part number against the list at bimmernav.com, to see what generation you have... you know where to find the BT unit, right?