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Originally Posted by TerminatorX5 (Post 906202)

"programmer" is sold on ebay indeed, you should be looking for a cable and INPA, EDIABAS, NCSExpert keywords... chances are, the seller is in Eastern Europe, somewhere in romania... folks in eastern europe have seriously hacked into bmw electronics, i had them do some programming on my 4.6, when they russified the Nav computer to talk in russian and display cyrillic, they updated the radio to pull US and Euro stations (i can't do it on the newer 4.8!!!), removed the gong for seat belts, key in ignition - that is when i learned for the first time about the programming...

one of the programmings that I had done and you might consider, removing those annoying gongs (the dash light for seat belt is still there), getting high beams to work at the same time with the front fogs, lock the doors as you start driving... those are thngs you can do with the sw and the cable... i also synched the car clock to GPS time beacon...
without the cable you can adjust the speed sensitive volume - search for GAL in the forum, there will be instructions... also, if Slick stops by this thread, in his signature line there is a direct link to OBD test functions, such as digital tach, digital speedo, battery voltage, coolant temp... you just press the right knob on the cluster, it will reset your trips to zero, but keep on holding until you see test... Test 2 is nice display show of the cluster... all the other tests call for unlocking the cluster - instructions are on this forum...

Cool. yeah I wanna play around a little with it all but Im afraid of messing something up. I found the test 2 your talking about. I was wondering why nothing else worked though. And my doors already lock when I start driving. Im not sure why mine does though. Ive seen a lot of people say that theres don't. Mine also has an ipod dock in the glove box but I haven't seen anyone else with it. Everyone talks about something ICE that they use or something for their IPOD and usually cell phone to. Mine also has a bluetooth module in the boot.

previous owner must've activated the drive-away feature... also, there might be Intravee or an ICE (InCarEntertainment) or other module in your car - aftermarket... did you test the ipod dock to see if it works?

as far as programming goes - you must be super careful, or you will end up with a super expensive paperweight in your driveway... lol...

Here's the info on UNLOCKING the instrument cluster to access the 21 OBC TESTs...you can see the instructions in the pic below...and click the link to see the definition of all the 21 TESTs:

http://www.cardomain.com/ride/313409...-series/page-6

http://carphotos.cardomain.com/ride_...0099_large.jpg

to unlock the tests you go into the test mode, click until you come to test 19, it will flip between lock/unlock, you press the knob and then press it until you see 15, then you press the left knob, it should unlock your particular cluster (LV22335 = 2+2+3+3+5=15)... then you will have the other functions open... don't kill your battery in the process, lol...

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Originally Posted by UncleBuck76 (Post 906205)

Thanks for all the info. I liked your facebook page and subscribed to your youtube channel!!

hey man...thanks......we want to grow together man...with the Fan page...we all will appreciate nice unique cars....

here is another youtube you should follow....

1NAZTYX5
NYC Midnight run M6 view 10/26/2012 - YouTube

Yeah i keep my ipod plugged up all the time. on the ipod it says attached to BMW or something like that. I can go look in a minute and let you know for sure. As far as the programming goes thats what Im afraid of. I really dont want to mess anything up.

What exactly are those tests for? What do they do for you?

some show the RPMs of the engine in digital format, the other one - the speed in km/h, the other one coolant temp... sometimes you are trying to troubleshoot something, and need that info... otherwise, for a normal driver - no need to venture into there... but... who says we are "normal"???!!!!

my ipod says "attached to accessory" and has the BMW logo. theres just a black chord coming out of the glove box for it. my head unit reads it but only as track numbers no artist or song titles

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Originally Posted by UncleBuck76 (Post 906196)

Dang awesome SAV man. That makes my X look so pitiful. :( I hate to even know how much all that cost you. I really like that rear bumper. That gives a completely different look just with that. I thought about doing the interior LEDs cause I saw them on another post but no one had answered about whether or not they still dim or not and if you have any errors or not. Where would you suggest that I start in order to stay cheap and in the DIY arena?

I think its about 6k now with Mods...........

all im waiting for is ESS coming out with a Supercharger in Jan 2013 $10k rough estimate.........

then dropping the car with Billsteins and springs (H&R or Vaughland) w/labor maybe $2K?

and i think that would be it........