mk3 aerial broken
 

Hi, I have a 1999 323i se in met/gray and I have put a retrofit sat/nav
system in it with a mk3 computer, but some where when I was putting
the car all back together had broken the mk3 computer's aerial connection
off, I have tried ,soldering, gluing ,but I still can not get a signal from any satellite,the connection is the smb type. any advice or ideas would be great
Regards James.http://forum.e46fanatics.com/images/...s/banghead.gif

they sell it here but it's in the netherlands.

http://www.navigatie-onderdelen.nl/w...Category=34403

CHEERS, and thanks for replying so quickly

Regards James........

Oops!

You can hunt around for the right-angle, panel-mount SMB connector and try and convince a manufacturer to give you a "sample"

Or buy a old Mk3 or Mk4 nav off ebay with a dead CD or DVD mech, and then rob the GPS receiver out of it.

Replacing the GPS receiver is dead easy.

Replacing the connector is straight forward, you need a fair bit of heat when de-soldering due to the metalwork, but should come out fine

Cheers ,I will start the hunt

Hi ,can you tell me if the American BMW MK 3 sat/nav computer are the same as the the Europeans ones, as they have a : BMW TRIMBLE GPS RECEIVER/ANTENNA LASSEN SK-II TAIP TSIP for sale,and can you tell me
what TAIP and TSIP mean . Regards James.

MKIII has only a built in Trimble. They are all the same, US and Euro. Who is selling it?

The Mk3 nav used in the USA is the same as the Mk3 nav used in the rest iof the world

Make sure the GPS receiver you are looking at is the module to internally mount inside the Mk3 :-)
TAIP == trimble ascii interface protocol

TSIP == trimble standard interface protocol

[quote=Roy in GA]MKIII has only a built in Trimble. They are all the same, US and Euro. Who is selling it?[/quoteBMW TRIMBLE GPS RECEIVER/ANTENNA LASSEN SK-II TAIP TSIP Visit my eBay Store:http://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/s.gifhttp://pics.ebaystatic.com/aw/pics/i...esNW_20x20.gifSVCOMPUCYCLEItem number: 350049675316
CA, United States
only trouble is they do not ship to the UNITED KINGDOM

Well the antenna looks like BMW but I don't know about the rest of it. Wait and ask Jochen. I have not seen anything like that in the MKIV I have opened. Maybe burried in the bottom. http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...m=350049675316

Roy: you need new glasses :-)

That's the same GPS receiver module as fitted to the Mk3 and Mk4. Physically identical.

I am 99% sure it will work.

At $45, I would buy it and try it.

Hi ,I ask them the reason why they don't post to the unit kingdom
they said it was unafordable !:dunno:

Tell him nicely that you will pay all the postage.

Look up postage rates for standard airmail (not international courier!) on the USPS website and calculate the cost. Show him the cost and tell him you'll pay it.

This is the approach I always took and it always worked.

And anyway, how would he know what "affordable" means to you - you might be a millionaire driving a gold-plated car .....

Sorry no joy, they did not get back, auction now ended
I don't think that you mite have one laying around.

The item you wanted to buy did not sell. His ad said he had 6 and when I looked at purchases it said none. He must still have them. He also said in the ad that he would give a price for shipping international. What Gives Here?? I will contact him for you if that is the item you are sure you need. Let me know [email protected] . Do you know Cliff Williams at spectacle-shop.com? I think he is near Glasgow and is on the boards, at least he is on bimmerboard. Are you near him?

Hi Roy ,If you read his ad for shipping to other countries he does not ship USPS, his standard carrier is UPS standard ground. and he does not except paypal for international orders, they do this at there own discretion.
james.

Get a friendly fellow X5world member in the US to buy it, then arrange for the X5world member to send it to Scotland.

Hi KiwiJochen ,friendly fellow X5world member ROY IN GA has just offered
to do just that. some guy .

Hi, KiwiJochen,just to let you know that my MK 111 sat/nav computer is now working well :thumbup: Thanks to the very helpful fellow X5world member Roy in Atlanta GA.

Thanks again Roy :thumbup: James

Very glad to help. Hope the MKIII continues to work well!

For next time, FYI I've had very good international service from Pelican Parts - have ordered a bunch of stuff through them that's come in at 1/2 the price of my local dealer here in Sydney, even with the cost of international UPS included.

http://www.pelicanparts.com/cgi-bin/...FILTER_BE46=ON

This was an internal part in the MKIV. Actually the GPS receiver built into the unit. Not available from a parts house. Sort of like buying a new laser drive from the place in the Netherlands to fix a MKIV. BMA and maybe Pelican are good for complete parts but not for components.