new screen

[petershamu]

Hi,
my new x5 hasa  mk4 sat nav, buggered so going to send it for repair or buy a new one??
also screen flickers and go's off for long periods of time. so am going to get a new one.
its a motorised one with the tape deck behind it.
i would like to keep it oem as i dont want to lose the features such as heater timer and so on.
any reccomendations??

also can i fit the screen myself??

thanks Peter

[Steamyrotter]

Might be wrong, as i have the MID unit..
Doesn't the Nav unit drive the screen...
The 2 could be related to just the NAV fault???

[petershamu]

i thought that,
but when i take the sat nav unit out it looks like it reverts to a previous mk3 or something.

but the screen flicker is with both sat nav unit in and out

[Steamyrotter]

Personally I would wait till you have repaired the NAV unit then go from there, just in case..

As for replacing the screen unit yourself then it is an easy job (apparently) and there are How to remove them posts and videos available on t'net..

regards

[Denis O]

I'd agree with Steamy. Any problems are usually down to the Mk 4 unit so get that repaired first and see what happens.

The screen is fairly easy to take out and there's usually plenty around on eBay.

[Steamyrotter]

And if you do change it, can I have your old one as I have a little project in mind!!!!


(Because I haven't enough to do on my car!!!)

Cheers

[Colin]

I could not be bothered with the hassle any longer ,  no bluetooth poor satnav  and the screen going off and running the battery flat overnight , got the whole lot removed and replaced even the speakers , for me it was the correct move im more than happy

[cooa99]

[quote="COLIN"]
I could not be bothered with the hassle any longer ,  no bluetooth poor satnav  and the screen going off and running the battery flat overnight , got the whole lot removed and replaced even the speakers , for me it was the correct move im more than happy
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what did you replace it with?

[Colin]

an alpine ine-w997d head unit , 4 / 8inch mtx speakers sub and large amp , rear camera in number plate surround , all works via touch screen OR , voice command via siri which is awesome , still have mpg readout on dash display outside temp etc , my webasto heater works by remote so the loss of the obc doesnt matter ,