X5 rear camera very distorned and unclear, is this normal?

[marwan]

Originally Posted by autoque

^Almost as good as a computer webcam, and that's saying a lot!

lol, so true! a webcam from 1985

[alewifebp]

Compare this to the Around View Monitor:


When I look at the technology package pricing, it is an awful lot of money for second rate components. If I was to order a car today knowing what I know, I would probably skip the tech package, order PDC, and just get a higher end Garmin.

[golfer4life]

Originally Posted by alewifebp

Compare this to the Around View Monitor:


When I look at the technology package pricing, it is an awful lot of money for second rate components. If I was to order a car today knowing what I know, I would probably skip the tech package, order PDC, and just get a higher end Garmin.

holy crap. what car was this from? it does make the E70 camera look like an old web cam.

I'm also thinking about skipping on the tech package on my next X5 lease if BWW does not make any improvement. Come to think of it, I paid so much money for something that I rarely use. Back up camera is useless and I can't rely on the PDC anyway.

[brian5]

Originally Posted by golfer4life

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I'm also thinking about skipping on the tech package on my next X5 lease if BWW does not make any improvement. Come to think of it, I paid so much money for something that I rarely use. Back up camera is useless and I can't rely on the PDC anyway.

The backup camera is not as good as it should be but I would not say it's useless. It serves its purpose when it needs to. I would definitely purchase it again.

[rh71]

Originally Posted by golfer4life

holy crap. what car was this from? it does make the E70 camera look like an old web cam.

Around-view monitor:
http://www.infiniti.com/fx/key_features/technology.html

[golfer4life]

Originally Posted by rh71

Around-view monitor:
http://www.infiniti.com/fx/key_features/technology.html

Thank you. That was nice. It would have been nicer to have one like that on an E70 but that's too much to ask. You can't have them all, I guess.

[smarty]

Originally Posted by golfer4life

It would have been nicer to have one like that on an E70 but that's too much to ask. You can't have them all, I guess.

I don't think that's too much to ask. With the amount of money we're paying for E70, at least we can expect a decent camera. If Infinity can put it, why not BMW..??

[alewifebp]

Before I decided to get the X5, I was very much looking at the 2009 Infiniti FX. It is quite a nice car, and generally, the electronics inside such as the Nav, backup camera, etc, are all way superior to the less than loved iDrive. If you get a chance to actually use the Around View Monitor, I think you will be quite impressed. Combined with usable voice controls, touch screen and a iDrive like controller (but much better), there is really no comparison. It just turns out that the X5 of course drives like a BMW, and the lease price delta between a V8 powered X5 and 51K V6 powered FX was not that large. From a person that has lived with the Mercedes COMAND system on two cars, I don't expect much from German audio/nav systems.

However, since we all have the same problem, it is hoped that BMW will fix it in the future, since that picture on their web site does look a lot better. It must have been taken with optimal conditions.

[Naish]

Originally Posted by smarty

I don't think that's too much to ask. With the amount of money we're paying for E70, at least we can expect a decent camera. If Infinity can put it, why not BMW..??

Please.... Stop complaining about the amount of money your paying for an E70...

If you don't want to pay it by yourself a Lada Niva or something (google it)...

Not shitting you, I payed my E70 3.0d 75.000 eur (price for an equally equipped 3.0i is the same) and the same one costs you Americas only 45.000 eur...

I'm happy with my camera

[ghani]

just saw something similar from BMW as OEM accessories:

http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...07&hg=66&fg=95

Originally Posted by alewifebp

Compare this to the Around View Monitor:


When I look at the technology package pricing, it is an awful lot of money for second rate components. If I was to order a car today knowing what I know, I would probably skip the tech package, order PDC, and just get a higher end Garmin.