Well, the OP said: so it seems like that's what he was talking about.

Honest mistake, but worth pointing out that what he was proposing is borderline impossible and certainly not easy.

Its not impossible!

To clear this up as I have picked things up wrong.

1. The link he provided is for a NON sat nav system. If you have a business system in your vehicle that has a tape player then it can be swapped over to front loader CD, like in the link. THIS ONLY WORKS ON NON SAT NAV UNITS.

2. If you have a sat nav system, and have the tape player behind the screen, the only way to get CD behind the screen is to purchase the complete NAV head unit with CD, LIKE THIS
http://i20.ebayimg.com/04/i/08/c9/67/d7_1.JPG

Its a straight plug and play job, take out your tape NAV nead unit and install the new CD one. They can be expensive to buy on ebay but from time to time, they sell for reasonable money. You could also try a BMW wrecking yard for the CD unit.

One of these days your gonna be one of "The old people". Remember, It's the old people that have give you some of the technology you use today so show respect. :nanana:

Sudesh - the unit you have pictured is for an e46, which is not the same as for the e38/e39/e53. Only the e46 unit was ever produced with a CD player.

I at one point had an e46 unit and an e38/e39/e53 unit with the thoughts of doing this, but it was clear it wasn't feasible. The screens, back unit and everything else about them were not physically compatible. :tsk:

http://www.xoutpost.com/attachments/x...n-dsc00785.jpg

Oh Right!! I was wondering why they never put them in the e53? I had an 04 M3 that had the CD player behind the screen. In saying that, I never once used that CD player, as I always use the rear loader.

Ahh i see, thanks for all this information

i would deff love to have the cd player at least 1cd infront i hate going to the back all the time to swap 1 or 2cds.. and yes the e46 m3 does have the cd player behind the nav which is redicilous in my opinion why didnt every bmw get the cd behind the nav... did they think only old people would buyy the x5s

Yes im pretty sure they did lol