Matt_330CI Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 This may be of great use or none at all to us. It looks very extensive to me and covers equipment I've never even heard of and how to fit it. I particularly liked the details on the mk4 Nav units. This may be worth making a sticky so people can refer to it first instead of asking the same old questions over and over? http://www.bimmernav.com/index.html Gaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisCooper Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Hi, Here's the UK equivalent from one such specialist http://www.navtvman.co.uk/Page_1.html Cheers, Dennis! Gaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Turko Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 A great page, and good find. I used alot of the webpages it links to before doing my retrofit. Would have saved me a lot of time if I had them all in the one place beforehand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_330CI Posted May 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 Hi, Here's the UK equivalent from one such specialist http://www.navtvman.co.uk/Page_1.html Cheers, Dennis! Doesnt look the same to me at all. The one I linked has all part numbers and all guides on how to do it all yourself. It also explains in detail what the differences are between older parts and newer parts. Your one is a business that offers retro fits by them at quite a hefty cost. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mit Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 This is the site that made me realise if I wanted bluetooth and nav I'd have to ditch my OEM system! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_330CI Posted May 17, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 This is the site that made me realise if I wanted bluetooth and nav I'd have to ditch my OEM system! But it shows how to have bluetooth with OEM nav? Or was it the cost that made you realise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missle Posted May 17, 2011 Report Share Posted May 17, 2011 I'm confused. I retro fitted OEM bluetooth into my car with sat nav for less than £250. Not cheap but i wanted it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_330CI Posted May 18, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2011 I'm confused. I retro fitted OEM bluetooth into my car with sat nav for less than £250. Not cheap but i wanted it! What did you do? And does it stream music as well as phonecalls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyZ Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 NICE find Matt book marked lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisCooper Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Hi Yes, true that the UK one I linked is from a business person offering the service to do this. However, your initial post didn't make it clear that you meant it for anyone thinking of doing it DIY, or finding out about things etc etc. In terms of resource, it's a good site though no doubt! what you do have to be a little wary of is that some of the USA part numbers may vary and there's the potential for some confusion when some members will talk about Sirius and XM integration - Satellite radio is something we don't get in the UK and I can tell you, from using it in the Car in the USA, i think it's an absolutely fantastic service ! There are some DIY's and documented steps on UK centric forums too though, but I agree it can be a little tedious in finding them sometimes. Cheers, Dennis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_330CI Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 I've seen this Sirius thing mentioned a few times here and on other boards. What is it? I've got the older Mk3 Nav and BM52 radio, I just thought that website did a very good job of explaing the differences between that and the new BM54 (53 in USA?) and Mk4 unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El Turko Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 I've seen this Sirius thing mentioned a few times here and on other boards. What is it? I've got the older Mk3 Nav and BM52 radio, I just thought that website did a very good job of explaing the differences between that and the new BM54 (53 in USA?) and Mk4 unit. The sirius is a digital radio system available in the US (or so im led to believe). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_330CI Posted May 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 So may as well deny it exists to myself then lol. MoreBHP 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrimja Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 It's a satellite radio service available in the US Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisCooper Posted May 19, 2011 Report Share Posted May 19, 2011 Scrimja has it correct It's 'Satellite Radio' and has been available for North America for a number of years now. Every time I'm out there and get a hire car I always go for a car which has it built in - so I always end up choosing a Dodge Charger or Malibu as their oem sound systems sound great ! I just choose by radio station type - it shows up on the display - rock, pop, reggae, electronica, classical etc etc - no adverts just music and the DJ if it's one of those stations. A talk show from 'Playboy's Satellite Radio channel' was rather entertaining to listen to for 45 minutes as I got from JFK to a meeting downtown late one evening! Wish we had the same for the UK, but alas we don't. Once 4G internet is reliable enough with good quality bandwidth, internet radio station streaming will have it's place I think! not for a few years yet I'd have thought though Cheers, Dennis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_330CI Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 I'm guessing the reason my radio says 100 rather than Kiss or 98.8 rather than Radio1 is because I'm on the old BM52 unit rather than the newer 54? Not sure £200+ for the new one is worth it for the station name :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrimja Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 (edited) You may just have RDS turned off. Though I have no idea which radio units have RDS, I'd be thinking that they all would. Surely?! Edited May 20, 2011 by scrimja Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_330CI Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 I thought that too, but I cant find any option on there to turn it on. I've had older radio's that tell you the station than this one so I thought it was odd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyZ Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 I thought that too, but I cant find any option on there to turn it on. I've had older radio's that tell you the station than this one so I thought it was odd. Matt if you have the TV headunit (IIRC you still do) it should show you both, if you want text me and I can pop round some time and show you how to set all the settings on it, seems you need to turn the RDS on, the BM52 will def have it as I had it in my old 330 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_330CI Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 I removed the TV box, it didnt do anything. I went in to the settings screen on the HU and couldnt find anything for RDS :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyZ Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 I removed the TV box, it didnt do anything. I went in to the settings screen on the HU and couldnt find anything for RDS :/ You ll need to go into the headunit settings and then specifically for the radio there should be an RDS option ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_330CI Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Not that I could find. I'll have another look tonight though. The only radio options I could see were for the seek mode for searching stations. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrimja Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 I did a google earlier and apparently some (possibly all) BMW units can be calibrated for different regions. If it is, it won't show RDS. Was the BM52 factory fitted? Maybe the previous owner bought it from Lithuania . Gaz 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt_330CI Posted May 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 I have no idea what was in that car from the factory mate, it wasnt that though so no idea where it came from. See my other thread re the problems I've had lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrimja Posted May 20, 2011 Report Share Posted May 20, 2011 Yeah just read it. My guess is he bought the unit from abroad, plugged it in and changed the language, never bothering with RDS. I have no idea how to make RDS exist though. Could be a dealer jobby or just a button press combination. Go through your menu's again and see if there's a way to change the location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
