Had the Dynavin N7 with Apple Play installed + Reverse Camera

[Motor84]

I drove up to the midlands to have the work done. So far very pleased with the overall result. The reversing camera is a god send as my parking sensors are faulty!

My nav was in this state:
IMG_1073 by Motion Limited, on Flickr

So it needed sorting. Here are some pics of the install and the finished product. I turned up there at 9am, left at 2.30pm.

The only things I've noticed so far are:

1. The res of the Apple Car Play icons is fuzzy. They are looking into it for me, but it looks a bit rubbish compared to a pin sharp Iphone screen!

2. I have the arial mounted on the windscreen. Fine in London but DAB is patchy on the open road in the countryside. I would go for the shark fin in the future.

3. The reversing camera points down quite a bit. Not much a far view behind the car. But it does what it needs to do!

The positives are the Nav is really good, very visual, loads of info. The Bluetooth phone is super clear and the stereo quality is very good. DAB is awesome!

I will document it more as I use it.

IMG_1076 by Motion Limited, on Flickr

IMG_1077 by Motion Limited, on Flickr

IMG_1078 by Motion Limited, on Flickr

IMG_1080 by Motion Limited, on Flickr

IMG_1082 by Motion Limited, on Flickr

IMG_1083 by Motion Limited, on Flickr

[sleepyfolk]

That’s great, thanks for posting, did wonder how it was all going!

[Motor84]

I realise I can't reset my OBC, MPG etc now. I wonder if there is a hack for that??

[henrym3]

What do you get when you press VEHICLE? As for the OBC mileage time changing resetting mpg, all that stuff you will need to plug inn the old head unit to reset so basically if you want to be able to do that you'll have to keep the old HU. To big for glovebox so it would be plug in, do what you want to do then unplug. 

[sleepyfolk]

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What do you get when you press VEHICLE?
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Why didn’t I just ask that! I was googling to try and find out but couldn’t see anything, we’ll wait with baited breath

[X5Sport]

Someone on here installed the old HU in the left rear cubby above the Mk4 Nav comp.  if it will display those settings you have a chance 

[Horizon]

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Someone on here installed the old HU in the left rear cubby above the Mk4 Nav comp.  if it will display those settings you have a chance 
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[henrym3]

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[Colin]

Execellent

[sleepyfolk]

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Just out of interest Henry, why did you leave the CD changer and GPS units in when you changed the head unit?

[Motor84]

[quote="henrym3"]
What do you get when you press VEHICLE? As for the OBC mileage time changing resetting mpg, all that stuff you will need to plug inn the old head unit to reset so basically if you want to be able to do that you'll have to keep the old HU. To big for glovebox so it would be plug in, do what you want to do then unplug.
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Nothing exciting! It takes you back to the Dynavin interface. I guess if it was a new BMW with Car Play it would just take you back to the main menu.

My wife has been using the car so I've not had much chance to really test it all. But I'm starting to wonder if the Car Play is not really worth it. You get controlled access to your music and Spotify especially which is what I use every day. But I guess you could have the same with your phone mounted on the dash and just a bluetooth link to the car. Also, the phone HAS to be plugged in with your charger cable to use Car Play. If they would put more apps on it, it would be great. I love Waze for instance. I've read you can jail break it and get loads of apps but not really into that.

[henrym3]

Sleepyfolk, cos they work if I change the big plug, well if you can understand Polish on the satnav, however a uk disc would sort. The HU has the pixel (very slight)problem which I'll probably fix when I'm settled in at the new place.

[sleepyfolk]

Oh I see, I’d assumed I would just take them all out when I put the Dynavin in, might happen sooner than I thought - think I’ll have to pull the back seat and boot lining out to try and find a leak!

[henrym3]

What's getting wet,
As for the Car Play, I'm not sure I'm seeing enough extra to encourage me to buy one. I can already ask mine to read my messages and send replies. I modded my phone cradle to take an i phone 6 so when plugged in I get music, google maps on speakers, phone is on steering wheel anyway, not that I ever do but I'm sure if I had audiobooks on the phone it would read over the speakers. I'm sure as you know you can download the latest updates to improve the experience your having but not everyone wants the same thing. Some time ago I updated mine and lost some of the things I like, gained some things I didn't want so luckily I had kept the old stuff on an SD card so reloaded that back on. I'm happy with it so really that's all that matters Even with all this stuff available I find I just Bluetooth phone music if I want it, the Dynavin Sat Nav has never let me down. It's like all the time and effort to fit paddle shift which is never used. Looks good though.

[sleepyfolk]

Yes so far sounds like I might give the CarPlay a miss. Might go for the TV instead! I had a damp drivers side carpet a few weeks back and noticed the door seal wasn’t clipped in, so I bought some clips and refitted it - turns out it wasn’t that as the drivers side carpet and rear seat well on that side are both wet.
Looks like I’ll be pulling out the seats and lifting the carpet to dry it out - hence why the dynavin might get fitted sooner rather than later!

I’ve noticed in the boot the left hand side seems to have a lot of condensation but not the right, not sure if it can get into the car from that area and it’s the wrong side but needs checking out, found a good guide to checking the sunroof drains on xoutpost on a PDF so I’ll give that a go as well and see how it goes I suppose.
Don’t think you can upload PDFs here or it would be a handy guide