Following the advice above I ordered one of these BMW Scanners 1.4.0 directly from China. I was able to install it on my laptop without too many tears and now have auto locking doors, a must in this part of the world, and have expanded the FM radio frequencies. These 2 items alone mean the unit has ...

The car doesn't have PDC. Most ex-Japan cars seem to have this alarm so perhaps it is a legal requirement there.

I don't know how to recode a car so I guess its a job for the dealer.

Thanks

My X5, being ex-Japan, has this dreadful chime whenever I engage reverse. I can understand the use of an external alarm to warn others you are reversing but if the driver needs an alarm to remind him which direction he is going I don't think he should be behind the wheel!
How can I disable this?

Here she is!

Took delivery of my late 2003 ex Japan X5 3.0i a couple of weeks ago. Genuine 35,000Kms as far as I have been able to confirm. Looks and smells like new inside. I have been driving an E240 for the past 4 years but decided I needed something a bit higher off the ground and bigger wheels to handle the ...