bmwcrazydan Posted February 26, 2013 Report Share Posted February 26, 2013 Hi all, I recently bought a 330cd on a 05 plate. i checked the tv when i bought it and their was a list of digital channels to watch and it worked fine. i got it home fiddled about and now have no channels and it is muted and the screen is flickering in tv mode.. Now maybe i have pressed something somehow that i shouldn't of. could anyone shed some light on how i can get it back to working? Cheers Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mit Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) Your car never came with digital TV, so if you had digital channels you either had an aftermarket digital tuner (unlikely) or you were actually getting analogue channels, which have all been turned off now due to the switch to digital. Or you might have picked it up from an area that still has the analogue signal and you live in an area where it's been turned off. It's a phased move to digital so the whole country isn't affected in one go... (although according to the website below it was all supposed to be finished in 2012)... http://www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk/ Edited February 27, 2013 by mit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Your car never came with digital TV, so if you had digital channels you either had an aftermarket digital tuner (unlikely) or you were actually getting analogue channels, which have all been turned off now due to the switch to digital. Or you might have picked it up from an area that still has the analogue signal and you live in an area where it's been turned off. It's a phased move to digital so the whole country isn't affected in one go... (although according to the website below it was all supposed to be finished in 2012)... http://www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk/ On an 05 plate I'd imagine it to be a digital tuner fitted. I know in the 05 plate M3's they certainly come fitted with a digi tuner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyZ Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Your car never came with digital TV, so if you had digital channels you either had an aftermarket digital tuner (unlikely) or you were actually getting analogue channels, which have all been turned off now due to the switch to digital. Or you might have picked it up from an area that still has the analogue signal and you live in an area where it's been turned off. It's a phased move to digital so the whole country isn't affected in one go... (although according to the website below it was all supposed to be finished in 2012)... http://www.digitaltelevision.gov.uk/ Wrong later cars as Gaz says came with a Hybrid (or full not 100%) OEM factory fitted digital tuner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mit Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Damnit! And the bastards still want to charge me £300 for fitting a dodgy DAB tuner that will add extra buttons glued to the dashboard :/ RickyZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyZ Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 (edited) Damnit! And the bastards still want to charge me £300 for fitting a dodgy DAB tuner that will add extra buttons glued to the dashboard :/ You can probably get an OEM tuner for your E93 but I bet it wont be cheap Edited February 27, 2013 by Trickster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mit Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 You can probably get an OEM tuner for your E93 but I bet it wont be cheap No, that is the OEM tuner! You can't retrofit the standard option DAB from current cars to earlier ones without breaking the connected drive option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyZ Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Ah crap I didnt see the DAB bit LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_D Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 As stated already, you can get pukka digital tuners for the later E46's, but they are rare and fetch a lot of money secondhand However, you can now get the analogue ones upgraded by Baris >>> http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/DVB-T-Digital-Freeview-TV-Tuner-Upgrade-Service-BMW-2001-2006-Models-/111018391131?pt=UK_In_Car_Technology&hash=item19d936365b RickyZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickyZ Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 As stated already, you can get pukka digital tuners for the later E46's, but they are rare and fetch a lot of money secondhand However, you can now get the analogue ones upgraded by Baris >>> http://www.ebay.co.u...=item19d936365b Saved for later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwcrazydan Posted February 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 It was defo digital as their were lots of channels like sky news,Dave,and about another 100 or so channels. And it was only a week ago it was working. The widescreen unit also connects to my I phone so could that mean it has the later unit fitted. The car is a 54 reg 05. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_D Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Mine is a 54 plate, but still has the analogue tuner, upsettingly, you are lucky indeed as they are rare. You might need to do a system reset, try pulling fuses 7 & 41 for a few mins, then see if it works again, this trick seems to fix a lot of issues. RickyZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymmatt Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Might be a stupid response but have you done a retune / rescan? Might pick up all the channels again as you could have wiped them? I play footy about 25 miles away from where I live and the misses comes to watch she also likes to watch the tele and occasional it needs a retune to pick up all the stations depending on where I'm playing Rich_D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwcrazydan Posted February 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Thanks Rich I will try that cheers. Fingers crossed lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwcrazydan Posted February 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 I did do a retune but only had a blue screen. Which was muted. I thought being digital it would pick up channels quite easy? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisCooper Posted February 28, 2013 Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Hi, Firstly 100% confirm that you do actually have an oem Hybrid analogue/digital tuner. As you say you saw digital channels listed before, it sounds as though it 'is' one! Diagnosing over the internet with a vague description of 'had a fiddle' is very hard to diagnose - so check things like fuses to the audio setup, unplug and securely re-seat all connections between the various modules, check for any loom/wire continuity issues etc. Also see if you can try another known working Digital tuner in it's place as you might have a now faulty unit, and try your unit in another car with the same setup. You might also be in a weak signal area, so perhaps try driving to another location and re-trying. In short, you've got to start with fault finding basics! Cheers, Dennis! mit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwcrazydan Posted February 28, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2013 Hi Dennis I will try firstly driving to somewhere else to check If its just a bad area I live in. Everything else works perfectly apart from the tv function screen. I will repost if I find its just a bad area for signal etc. Dan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwcrazydan Posted March 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 Yay sorted I took out fuses 7&41 and now I have digital tv back :-) Rich_D 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisCooper Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 Hi, Fault finding like this always finds the issue and this time it was a nice easy resolution. What happens if you put those fuses back? does the reception of DVBT disappear again? what do those two fuses do accordingly to the manual? you don't want something else to fail due to not fuses in place! Cheers, Dennis! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevor Posted March 1, 2013 Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 I think he means removed and replaced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmwcrazydan Posted March 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2013 Yeah I removed the two fuse waiting a minute then put them back in and then retuned and hey presto it was back to normal. Dennis I think them fuses are just to control the stereo and nav etc so removing and refitting just reset them :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_D Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 Yay sorted I took out fuses 7&41 and now I have digital tv back :-) standard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich_D Posted March 2, 2013 Report Share Posted March 2, 2013 Dennis, those fuses cut the permanent 12v feed to the nav & audio, removing the fuses for a few mins (then replacing them) resets the system and fixes a multitude of errors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
