X3 OEM Navigation Retrofit - Success!
After doing an OEM MKIV Navigation system retrofit in my wife's e46 a few months ago, I decided that I really wanted to do the same in my X3. I love the integration of phone, navigation, Sirius, reverse camera and iPod via the Intravee II.
Anyhow, I ordered up all the parts for the X3 retrofit from an eBay seller in Germany and had everything shipped to me here last month. I got around to tackling it finally with my friend Andy, who is a BMW Master Tech... Link to all the part #'s on Realoem.com. The wiring harness is part # 61120390114 if you are piecing the parts together yourself... http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...65&fg=95&hl=40 First, here are the OEM install instructions: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3_oem_nav_retrofit.pdf All the parts. You don't need part "O" for USA cars (all are pre-wired for CD changer) http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/partslist.JPG The wiring harness layout: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/parts2.JPG Basic map of where things will go in car: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/parts3.JPG Start with the wiring harness in the trunk. These 2 cables will connect to the back of the MKIV. The GPS antenna is here also. The instructions call to route the GPS antenna to be behind the instrument cluster. Not sure if you could tap into the shark fin. http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/01.JPG http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/04.JPG Pop the rear seat off and the bolster behind the driver's side back seat. Everything just pops right off. http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/02.JPG Route the wiring harness down the bolster and tuck it along the existing cables. Secure it with zip ties. http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/03.JPG We then removed the driver's front seat and the center console. The wiring harness runs along the floor to the front of the front seat, across the floor and up through the center console to behind the radio. http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/05.JPG Remove the sunglass tray, the AC vents and the old radio. Everything essentially pops out and is secured in by Philips head screws. http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/06.JPG http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/07.JPG Removing the armrest provides better access to the carpet, which is very stiff: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/08.JPG The harness routed up through the console area: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/09.JPG The wires plug into the existing connectors for the old radio: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/10.JPG You need to remove the instrument cluster. You'll tap into the vehicle's speed sensor coming out of the wires behind the cluster. http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/11.JPG While we had the cluster out, we removed the seat belt speaker chime. It just pops right off with gentle twisting: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/14.JPG http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/15.JPG Connections made to the fuse box: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/13.JPG http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/16.JPG Putting everything back together: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/17.JPG http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/18.JPG http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/19.JPG In the trunk, I attached the bracket for the MKIV drive, Turns out I need to order a different bracket that supports Sirius too. I just stuffed everything in there for now. I also connected my Intravee II and iPod now: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/20.JPG The part # of the bracket I need to order, that hold the MKIV drive and the Sirius unit: 65503411774 RealOEM.com BMW E83 X3 3.0i Bracket, satellite- radio The last surprise was that the carpet piece for cars without Nav is different than the carpet piece for cars with Nav. My existing trim piece was too deep. I looked it up, and sure enough, I need this $100ish part: 51473412225 RealOEM.com BMW E83 X3 3.0i LATERAL TRUNK FLOOR TRIM PANEL http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/21.JPG |
Better picture of everything tossed in here for now... The new bracket / carpet cover should be in later this week. I'll clean everything up more then:
http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/38.JPG So my radio from Europe came coded for Europe. I didn't realize until I discovered that the AM button took me to something called "MWA" http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/22.JPG OEM instructions to enter Radio Service Mode to change region: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/radio_service_mode.pdf The basics: E83 (X3) with Navigation system E85 (Z4) with Navigation system CID radio 1. Turn the radio on. 2. Press the 'SEL' button immediately and hold for at least 8 seconds. 3. Scroll through functions using the '+' and '-' keys or the station search buttons "< >". 4. Switch off the radio to exit the service mode. The instructions don't mention that you need to toggle selections using buttons 1 & 2. You can Select "USA" from here. Turn car off, then back on, and voila, AM / FM radio works. I even have HD radio... Whatever the F that is: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/29.JPG The CD player / radio in the X3 & Z4 with Nav. I'd love to find out more info on it (part # etc), but the eBay seller was nice enough to remove the stickers and somehow zeroed out the serial number from radio service mode. Blah. http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/26.JPG This CD player plays MP3s and reads ID3 tags! This same MP3 CD played in my stock 2006 X3 radio, but would not show ID3 tags. The browsing interface is actually pretty good too! http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/27.JPG OEM Sirius still works of course: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/28.JPG And my Intravee II slaved off the OEM Sirius module: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/30.JPG Main menus work: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/31.JPG Bluetooth paired fine with my TCU: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/32.JPG ...including the Emergency function of reading your coordinates: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/33.JPG GPS antenna was tracking fine. Took about 30 minutes to download the Almanac: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/34.JPG Connectivity to vehicle speed sensor worked: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/35.JPG Split screen view on Nav: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/25.JPG And full screen version: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3oemnav/39.JPG |
Oh, I forgot to mention... My MKIV drive was also in Euro mode. It came with a Euro 2004 DVD in it. I actually tested it a few weeks ago simply swapping it into my wife's e46 which uses the same drive.
Drive thought I was in Rome. LOL http://www.bigpatsfans.com/mkiv-italy/02.JPG 2004.1 High Euro DVD. haa http://www.bigpatsfans.com/mkiv-italy/04.JPG System was also not in English, so I decided to update the OS before fixing the language problem. Put my v.32 OS Update CD in and let it run (part # 01590141891). Looks like Italian, Dutch and UK English were installed: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/mkiv-italy/06.JPG Still in Italian after the v. 32 update: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/mkiv-italy/07.JPG but its up to 4-1/00 at least: http://www.bigpatsfans.com/mkiv-italy/08.JPG Since I was at home, and didn't have my BMW tech / Autologic, I coded to USA mode using NavCoder, my Reslers serial port-ibus interface, and ancient Win XP laptop to fix the issue: NavCoder: NavCoder Website Reslers: IBUS Interface for BMW cars Programmed a few languages I can actually understand... ;) http://www.bigpatsfans.com/mkiv-italy/11.JPG Even though the Nav unit was in USA mode, the car thought it was in Europe mode... Ways to tell this: - No "Accept" screen at system boot up - yards instead of feet - No "Emergency" option which shows up on the main screen. A nice feature since it shows your GPS coordinates and exact location. In order to get the car into USA mode, you need to open NavCoder, click "Read System Parameters" (you get a warning to only do this on your own car). Change the Region to US, and click "Code Nav" http://forum.e46fanatics.com/attachm...1&d=1262134003 |
Some other programming notes... The OEM instructions said to code the car with "Navigation Retrofit." That option didn't exist with the Autologic so... We just simply added SA609 to the car's list of installed options. After that, we just re-flashed all the relevant modules, and voila! Car back in USA mode, with Navigation option...
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Very good Steve, as usual.
That's a great install and README mate, top marks. |
Just got the car back from Sound-in-Motion in Allston, Ma (Sound In Motion - Boston's Best Mobile Entertainment Design, Installation & Custom Fabrication Shops). I had them wire up the Nav-TV module (RGB emulator) and an Eclipse BEC-106 reverse camera.
When the car goes into reverse, the backup camera automatically switches on... turns off when the car shifts out of reverse... Eclipse reverse camera: Amazon.com: Eclipse BEC106 Back-Eye Vehicle Rear-View Camera: Electronics http://www.bigpatsfans.com/xirev/xirev6.jpg NavTV BMWV+ switching module: NAV-TV Corporation: BMWV+ Video and Backup Camera Aux Input for BMW http://www.bigpatsfans.com/xirev/xirev5.jpg And some pics of everything installed... http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3_6.JPG http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3_9.JPG http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3rev1.jpg http://www.bigpatsfans.com/x3rev2.jpg |
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You have a TV tuner, correct? USA doesn't get the TV tuner, so you need a video module to intercept the signal... |
Indeed i do - thanks for clearing that up!
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A new Nav-TV module, with warranty is about $250 USD, and works flawlessly for this, so I figured why not... You can actually buy an interface for another $100 from Nav-TV that would allow video over the Nav screen if you really wanted it... |
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