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  1. Posted · Edited by jochen · Report reply

    Wow I learn so much when I read this forum. Ive got no idea how many antennas my radio uses except that the BM53 seems to have 1 coax going to it.

    However along the same lines and those of you who know these things may be able to help..... When I first got my car I tuned all the local TV stations. (09/2001 E39 touring) I have noticed recently that TV1 is not received any more. TV1 is the only Low Band VHF channel down here. All the rest are either High Band VHF or UHF. Can anyone think of a reason that I might have lost reception on that one channel. From memory the Video tuner has 2 coaxs going to it

    Cheers Dave

    Your TV tuner has 2 x coax cables because it too has 2 x antennas, and the tuner switches between them on the fly to get the best signal.

    The correct setting is PAL Europe for the NZ channels, this allows reception of all VHF-1, VHF2, and UHF channels.

    In Auckland, around 11 free to air TV stations were receivable.

    Your quantity of stations will vary based on where you are in the country.

    Note too that on some low spec cars, they had no antenna diversity system for the radio. This is generally true if the car was a low end low cost model fitted only with the Reverse RDS radio. As soon as a Professional RDS or Business RDS radio was fitted, then the car generally had the 3 x FM antennas (on some cars, only 2)

    The FM antennas are generally all in the rear windscreen (except for convertibles)

    The TV antennas are on the rear side windows - one each side.

    Sometimes, an FM antenna is also on a side window

    The AM antenna is the rear window heating element

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    Hmmmm not always true, My old jap '00 e46 330i antenna worked fine with my BM54.

    I disagree.

    You would have gone from a diversity system with 3 antennas down to one default antenna, due to the loss of the diversity control signal when you upgraded to BM54

    However, because you lived in Auckland, and had such incredibly strong FM signal levels, you never noticed.

    Drive down country to Hamilton and the Waikato, where FM signal levels are much weaker, and then you really really notice the effect of having one antenna or 3. Makes a huge difference when you are experiencing FM signal fading

    I always recommend keeping the complex and well engineered antenna system in original condition - if your car + radio was designed and built to utilise 3 FM antennas, then don't change it!

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    yes to the parts for the nav. thats exactly what you need..

    BM54, BM53, BM24 would all do you for what you want.. BM54 is the latest greatest etc..

    Dean

    BUT be aware of the difference:

    If the car is pre-2001, then BM24 is a direct plug and play swapout.

    Fitting BM53 and BM54 to a pre-2001 care requires a wiring loom adapter AND a new antenna amplifier

    Fitting a BM24 to a post 2001 car is NOT recommended, as it is a backwards step, and the wiring loom adapters are not available.

    The BM54 is the best choice of all three, it is the newest radio, with better nav voice override function, and MP3 CD changer capabilities as well as Aux-In functions.

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    Im looking to do the same thing to my E39. Have a look at jlevistreetwerks.com but theres heaps of other places. Im trying to do it without resistors by recoding the LCM with the help of another member. I know you can stop the error codes this way but not sure yet if you can stop the indicators hyper flashing. Ill keep you posted

    Yes you can stop the flashing

    You need to turn of cold monitoring, warm monitoring and check control messages

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    Cool thread, looks like I have a BIT-II wiring setup and will need to do some re pinning to connect to a TCU, but so far encouraged.

    I have a mute/power cable for the Nokia CK-7W about to arrive and a CK-7w I have had for years here and was going to go down that route, but now... Optimistic that there is an affordable factory option.

    Looks like the DECT antenna for the BIT-II system and cable can be reused as Bluetooth antenna and cable as well - I guess they are the same frequency.

    Yes, DECT and Bluetooth are both 2.4GHz, the antenna is the same

    Either TCU or ULF will work. Both offer full integration with the nav system, which you may not have with aftermarket units

    ULF offers voice control of nav and phone

    TCU is voice control of phone only

    If you just use the TCU for a BT phone connection, then the Assist function (and hence the GSM or CDMA part) does not matter. However, if you try and code using BMW software tools, they will complain of the wrong module for the car of you fit a CDMA to a Euro-spec car.

    Advantage of aftermarket is however rapid software development and firmware upgrades, and greater compatibility with modern phones

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    Hi Team,

    Just wondering if anyone knows the pinouts to the 54 pin (3x18) connector on the Basic Telephone Interface box on a 2001 E39. I have found references to a DB25 connector but my car does not have this. I want to identify the radio mute, Mic and speaker lines with the aim to installing an off the shelf bluetooth kit

    Cheers Dave

    Easy peasy when you use the BMW Wiring Diagram System, available online in many places....

    like here:

    http://spaghetticoder.org/bmw/wds/

    OK, you'll note there are zillions of different phone options, but when you narrow it down to the BIT, you'll see all BITs are cabled the same.

    Just remember to distinguish between the Japanese BIT (JBIT) and the standard BIT.

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    Ahh I see. So if thats the case, can the LCM be recoded to change the flash rate of the indicators and stop the hyper flashing you get when LED bulbs are installed?

    Yes and no.

    You can switch off the cold and warm monitoring, depending on model and version of LCM you have

    Whether it affects the flash rate is something you have to try and see.

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    Hi all,

    For the life of me I can't find any info on where the flasher relay for the indicators is hiding on an e39. Im wanting to swap it out for a different one so that I can change my bulbs to LEDs without using resistors.

    Do e39's even have a flasher relay or are the indicators controlled by the LCM in this model? The fact that I cant find any info on it leads me to believe that this is the case.

    Any info would be much appreciated.

    There is no flasher relay.

    The LCM controls the pulsing of the indicator lamps electronically.

    It sends a data signal to the instrument cluster, and a clicker in the cluster is activated to make the good old fashioned sound of a flasher relay.

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    Any recommendations folks?

    remember this: if you remove the factory unit and fit after market, you loose all the control functions provided in the factory system:

    You won't be able to set / change the clock

    You won' be able to set or reset any trip computer data

    you won't be able to control the auxilliary ventillation

    you won't be able to set and change the vehicle language, it may default to German

    etc etc

    So investigate all the items you can control with the 16:9 screen, and ask yourself how you will manage without them

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    link below of the bmw wiring diagrams - just take your time and look at the correct model details.. its all there..

    I take it you have a jap E39, you will find details of the wiring for the gps unit on that web site... its shows "data Tx, data Rx" etc - but not sure how if it will work in NZ as the system was designed to work only in Japan - ie doesnt like dealing with the "- degrees" here in the southern hemisphere...

    let me know if you need any help

    http://www.bmw-planet.com/diagrams/release/en/

    Dean

    Change the Jap nav computer for the Euro nav computer and hey presto - fully functional navigation in NZ. I've done loads, it works.

    You can then add the Euro ULF or TCU bluetooh phone interface for fully working handsfree phone and voice control as well

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    Hey guys, I got the 4:3 TV setup in the E39 and I know this is may be a bad idea to some however I would like to know how can I get my TV to work whilst moving?

    Do I need a separate interface to plug in (?) or is it just a simple DIY job? :huh:

    Cheers

    Nick

    Depending on the age of the car, it is either a button press to enable tv in motion, or you have to do it with programming.

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    I want to run a cable from the AV input in the boot of the car to the glovebox or similar so that I can play the videos from my iPhone (iPhone 4 if it makes any difference) on the OEM monitor. I also want it to charge the iPod / iPhone.

    I know that a few years ago this was easy but apparently Apple changed things and now an auth chip in the end of cable is required for the iPhone to output any video.

    Can anyone help me with finding one of these? Here is one I've seen on eBay UK which may do the job however the seller makes no promises it will work.

    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...E:X:RTQ:GB:1123

    Are there any available locally that are known to work?

    Cheers

    Matt

    That ebay cable is exactly what I used on my iPod Classic 160GB when connecting to the AV IN on my E39 540i.

    Worked fine, and had the added benefit that it charged the iPod (12V charge)

    Note that the cable is just a cable, offering AV out and 12V Power in, it has no electronics in it.

  22. Posted · Edited by jochen · Report reply

    bump

    still looking for someone who can do this

    Currently in talks with Tom(M3_Power), though he's never done it before so trying to contact the german overseas who does this to try and get info on how to do it to pass onto Tom

    Does *anyone* else have any info or know anyone in auckland who might be able to do this

    It most certainly is possible as seen below

    http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=e...en.html%231.5.5

    I'm currently in Auckland.

    Whilst I have my software here, I didn't bring an interface woth me

    Any standard OBDII KKL interface with a USB connector will work.

    As for getting digital speed display on the dashboard, that is available as a standard diagnostic function on most BMW instrument clusters. No coding required.

    Any turning off lamp warnings is easy, although my notes for that are at home (I need my notes if the car is a facelift E46)

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    ^ Are you also the one bidding on all the MK1 Nav stuff on Trademe? Bugger off!! haha I want that stuff

    Crikey, you'd pay money for a Mk1?

    Can I sell you my Nintendo 64?

    And I have a perfectly good Windows 3.1 PC, would you like that as well?

    You should research just what a Mk1 is, and how you have to do calibration turns and lots of work to keep them accurate. They have magnetic compasses and very different setup to the Mk2, Mk3 or Mk4

    And they are sooooooooooooooooooooooo sloooooowww...

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    I have a NZ new E39 M5 with the standard OEM TV but no Nav. I'm off to the UK on Saturday for a very quick trip and thought I'd pick up a MK4 DVD Nav drive over there. I already have the bracket to physically hold the DVD drive (bought this when I retrofitted Bluetooth TCU) and as I have TV I obviously already have the Bordmonitor and Video Module.

    What else do I I need to complete the retrofit?

    GPS antenna - any particular part number?

    Wiring loom from car to Nav drive (looks like there is already a plug for this in the boot behind the passenger's side wheel arch).

    Wiring loom from Nav to Video module.

    Is there anything else I need? Does anyone have a suitable loom for sale here in NZ?

    Any other info or advice appreciated.

    Cheers

    Matt

    here's the cable you need:

    http://www.kufatec.de/shop/product_info.ph...nd-MK4-E39.html

    just use a generic magnetic mount gps antenna, on trademe for $45 or so. You need one with an SMB plug

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