interesting. I'll live with the lack of lines then - no biggy!

sounds good. i'll watch the thread and see what you think of it.

Indeed. may do that. number might be traceable i suppose...

If it causes the idiot inconvenience then its worth it.

Long story short, i purchased an X5 recently, did my homework, background checked the seller did all the usual vehicle checks and happily concluded the deal. Well to my surprise while looking around on Ebay for alloys there was the car i bought with the exact advert detail from the sellers ...

Indeed, agree. outer rings dimness fail - but not a lot that can be done other than expensivo ring replacement.

;D

http://www.xoutpost.com/pdf/e70/Rear%20View%20Camera%20Retrofit%20E70%20E71.pdf

Rear view camera retrofit kit instructions.

Ah, the beauty of DAB. I have the same with my FM tuned Pure Highway. Gives me access to RadioX and Talksport.... sometimes... ::)

Nope tis true. I'll settle for the 45 quid option... for now... 
Need to eliminate the rattle coming from the tailgate next... time to tweak me bumpstops...

Just swapped my H8 yellow glow bulbs for a pair of Afterpartz Angel Eyes Cree 2*80W 6000K bulbs. They were £45 from amazon so not a massive investment compared to others, or the Halo replacement / retrofit from LCI cars. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Afterpartz-CREE-Angel-Eyes-6000K/dp/B00KLVY9O6/ref=sr_1_ ...

interesting - did they give you an indication of the solution? emulated? head unit swap?

not sure - there are instructions out there to retro fit the camera and i assume that all the required cables will be in place for my aftermarket unit - apparently it doesn't need coding in either - not sure if this is accurate though.

Yep, done. No listing for rear camera... makes me wonder if i the cabling on the aftermarket camera matches an oem parts cabling, and i can swap it out.

Bah! Oh well. I may get BMW main dealer to confirm. Toying with taking it in for the DAB retrofit option anyway.

Thanks for replying.

Tis LCI - has the newer list based iDrive rather than the old star based iDrive and has the new controller. The camera input seems to be out of place with the rest of the configuration making me think it may be an after market thing...

Wondering now if mine is a previous owner retrofit . Cant see it on the VIN options list. See my view below.