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X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

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X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by damiandavis » Tue Nov 17, 2015 7:11 pm

Hi all,
Is the standard reversing camera (With PDC) supposed to display dynamic guidelines, to aid numpties like me into parking spaces? My rear camera view seems to show a couple of lines at the bottom of the picture, but no dynamic guides.

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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by bluestreak56 » Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:42 pm

Just had a reversing camera retrofitted to my 2014 X4. Im not certain this is the same as yours but it has red and green lines along the road surface to indicate direction and red / amber / green blocks appear to indicate distance to an object. Its hard to explain but I hope that makes sense and helps?
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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by damiandavis » Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:19 pm

Yep thats what i was expecting, but alas on my 2010 factory fit unit no lines. wonder if this is a fault / calibration issue...

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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by X5Sport » Tue Nov 17, 2015 10:27 pm

Interesting as my 2010 X6 (MY2011) has them.
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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by bluestreak56 » Tue Nov 17, 2015 11:43 pm

Is it possible there is a setting that can turn them off?
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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by splang » Wed Nov 18, 2015 5:45 am

There is a setup that turns them off and on - both the lines and the blocks
Go into settings I think

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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by damiandavis » Wed Nov 18, 2015 8:18 am

Thanks- I'll give it a try and report back.

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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by damiandavis » Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:23 am

Hmm can't see an option to enable or disable grid lines on the rear camera in any of the available menus. Can anyone point me in the right direction?

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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by JimmySpeed » Wed Nov 18, 2015 11:32 am

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My 2011 looks like the one above.

Those options on the left hand side at the bottom (the 2 options with the 'P' on them) are what control the lines and the highlighting of objects. Are yours ticked or unticked?

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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by pvr » Wed Nov 18, 2015 12:11 pm

You can switch them off that way. Mine are off at the moment as I never trusted them :)
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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by damiandavis » Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:24 pm

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

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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by JimmySpeed » Wed Nov 18, 2015 1:26 pm

Is your car lci? Looks like pre-lci from that screen?

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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by damiandavis » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:10 pm

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...

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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by JimmySpeed » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:13 pm

Yeah in that case I would think it is after market

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Re: X5 MSport 2010 Rear Camera question

Post by damiandavis » Wed Nov 18, 2015 3:26 pm

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.

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