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Various Questions

Discuss your latest mods or ideas, and anything to do with the BMW X5 (E53).
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Reedler
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Various Questions

Post by Reedler » Tue Apr 26, 2011 12:13 am

Looking to fit headrest DVD players, any suggestions on model and price welcome. Would also like to get Bluetooth link for my x5 aswell, not keen on the sun visor clip on type, any idea's? Looking to make driving my x5 a little bit more comfortable to drive with kids in the back. Loving my first X5, but do think the sound system is not that great, again any suggestions would be welcome. 2005 3d Sport black/black. Had a post up in newbie section and would like to say a big thank you to all who replied, new to BMW and loving all the info and banter this site provides. Cheers. Reedler
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Re: Various Questions

Post by phill » Tue Apr 26, 2011 9:27 am

I have the Veba unit in mine, the screens are not the best but for £160 for the screens and the dvd player you can't complain.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/AV58KIT-5-8-Scree ... 45f634f534

others on here have this type.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/7-X2-CAR-HEADREST ... 4aa9eb9937

and if your budget will allow

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-X5-Rosen-Dual ... 5d2548f0a3

What sound system do you have? Do you have the DSP option on the front screen menu?

The button I have found but only in America.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-E39-E53-5-Ser ... 1c0c0a3dcf

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Re: Various Questions

Post by Raj » Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:31 pm

I'm looking to upgrade from the OE headunit so will have a pair of Necvox screens, DVD interchanger and interface module up for sale if your interested.
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Various Questions

Post by wilkoturbo » Tue Apr 26, 2011 4:47 pm

Here mine ImageImage

Think eBay £100 for the 10 DVD changer not sure on the screens
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Re: Various Questions

Post by Reedler » Tue Apr 26, 2011 10:21 pm

Thanks for the replies guys, seen various models on the web and all much and such the same price for the headrest units with zips to cover screen, seen some cheap ones on a site called ice2go.co.uk along with a replacement unit for the sat nav screen which had touch screen, bluetooth, radio and sat nav all in one with the reversing camera as an extra. My problem is that i have no idea how difficult these things are to fit, the headrest dvd's seem to be straight forward untill you get to the power source bit and I don't know if you can change out the main BMW computer screen with another unit without encountering many problems. Any advice would be good. Thanks for the offer of your old units Raj, I would rather buy new for the guarantee. Cheers Reedler

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Cheers Phill, just noticed the button link.

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Re: Various Questions

Post by bonerp » Wed Apr 27, 2011 10:12 am

I just installed 9" HD Xtrons from Atlas on Ebay. Good quality picture for £200 the pair. You can link them, and run them separately. They come with remotes/games/wireless headphones too. And the are the zip up ones so not obvious when covered. 9" are fairly large headrests though - in hindsight I might have preferred the 7" versions. Keep the kids quiet tho so thats good enough for me!

Rattled a bit in the larger stalks which come with it but just added a little felt to stop the movement. Wired it to my amp on lead which was a switched 12v source. I think this cam from the stereo unit in the rear - I didn't wire this so someone else will be able to advise where this is.
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Re: Various Questions

Post by bonerp » Tue May 03, 2011 12:49 pm

after using these for the first time this weekend - I seem to be getting some interferance on the radio possible affected by the power leads - can these be suppressed?
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