Thanks for the details Jeff.

I only mentioned that because someone was talking about losing OBC functions but I was saying for the NAV cars the actual 16:9 monitor is just a monitor and doesn't have the OBC functions on it, as opposed to non-NAV cars which have an MID (and built in OBC).

The Dynavin comes with a GPS antenna so the navigation works great on NAV and non-NAV cars.

Olek subbed for your progress on install.

Thanks. Got it playing on one speaker and partially working. I'll keep on when I get home and Iron it all out.

make sure its plugged in all the way, there is a lever/cam setup on the plug that pulls the plug together as you rotate it......goes back together the same way as you took it apart.

Will do. I'm taking short breaks from working and screwing around with it little by little. Any idea why it wouldn't recognize the nav antenna being connected? Thanks again for the help Jeff.

Edit: speakers all working - connector wasn't pushed in all the way. I need to finish wiring up everything else before I ask anymore stupid ass questions.

get the antenna out from under the windshield, you probably have the metallic coated heat rejecting windshield...."comfort windscreen".....blocks gps signals.

Are you saying NAV cars will not loose OBC functions at all? What about resetting them, etc? Those are done in the monitor, yes?

First of all I'm theorizing, I don't have a NAV equipped X5.

Secondly the monitor works with the OBC, Nav Computer etc.

If you unplug the monitor you are losing the interface for the OBC (similar to the MID being disconnected), again, maybe the functions can be accessed through the stalk as Doru mentioned above in both cases.


Either way you aren't losing much and gaining so much more to get the Dynavin N6 is the point I am trying to make.

Looks like I've got everything working. I, wisely (sarcasm), did all of this without instructions so most of my dealings with Jeff today were him politely walking me through steps which were clear cut in the instructions. Regardless of all that - I have the reverse camera and a few minor things to button up but it is all working.

I'll probably make my own thread later this week once everything is fastened and in place.

Jeff, I lucked out, my GPS antenna reads fine after installing the SD card correctly. I'll include some pictures of where I put it when I make my thread.

That is indeed very true.

I'm yet to finish installing mine on my X5 with NAV. I got the cloth cable tape from BMW and that makes cabling of the fakra extension looking very professional- can't distinguish from OEM cabling. Top cable is mine bottom is factory wiring in the pics.