Sat nav
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 11:08 am
Has anyone fitted a sat nav setup to a non nav car. What is needed and what's involved
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Re: Sat nav
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 11:52 am
It is possible and involved removing the interior, running in the new loom, sat nav DVD in the boot and new head unit etc. It is VERY expensive to to and to be honest you get better performance from a Tom Tom or Garmin.
Re: Sat nav
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 2:34 pm
Thanks for your input. I forgot to add its for an e70 xdrive 10 plate 3.0d
Re: Sat nav
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 4:47 pm
Even more expensive and still not worth the effort. Will all have to be coded to the car, licence keys bought - if BMW will provide them - for the functions you will have to add.
Having both the professional nav (Opt SA609), and a Garmin nüvi 3598 I can safely say the Garmin (only £300) is far better, and you can have at least ten of them for less than the likely cost of the BMW system.
If you have the funds then go for it, but.......
Having both the professional nav (Opt SA609), and a Garmin nüvi 3598 I can safely say the Garmin (only £300) is far better, and you can have at least ten of them for less than the likely cost of the BMW system.
If you have the funds then go for it, but.......
Re: Sat nav
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 5:54 pm
Thank you all for your advice on this. I have only had the car for a couple of months now and new on here and will no doubt pop up with more questions about it soon
Re: Sat nav
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 6:30 pm
You're entirely welcome.
Re: Sat nav
Posted: Sat Sep 05, 2015 9:11 pm
I thought an e70 10 plate would have sat nav as std ??? I'm really surprised at this.!
Re: Sat nav
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 9:36 am
It's an option on all versions and depends upon what 'packs' you order. I agree though that given the price of BMW generally, it ought to be included, but wasn't on any of ours from 2004 until now. For the E70 it was part of the Infotainment system and was not able ordered without that - for £2,500.
BMW being BMW give you only a basic build onto which you then add what you want. Every so often it does get added as part of a 'promotion' to help clear the order books and get numbers up......incentivising?
BMW being BMW give you only a basic build onto which you then add what you want. Every so often it does get added as part of a 'promotion' to help clear the order books and get numbers up......incentivising?
Re: Sat nav
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 3:48 pm
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I thought an e70 10 plate would have sat nav as std ??? I'm really surprised at this.!
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I am surprised too it has the shark fin and the sat nav on the I drive. I was hoping it would just be a case of buying the lower disc drive plug and play
I thought an e70 10 plate would have sat nav as std ??? I'm really surprised at this.!
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I am surprised too it has the shark fin and the sat nav on the I drive. I was hoping it would just be a case of buying the lower disc drive plug and play
Re: Sat nav
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 6:48 pm
Exactly what options have you got?
The shark fin is the mobile phone aerial site - amongst other inclusions. The GPS antenna is below the windscreen on the E70 (I think) and located in the dash itself. I know the E53 has it in the tailgate spoiler, but then the nav computer is in the boot. The CIC has it all up front, and the nav data is hard drive based if you have the facelifted version (LED angel eyes).
The shark fin is the mobile phone aerial site - amongst other inclusions. The GPS antenna is below the windscreen on the E70 (I think) and located in the dash itself. I know the E53 has it in the tailgate spoiler, but then the nav computer is in the boot. The CIC has it all up front, and the nav data is hard drive based if you have the facelifted version (LED angel eyes).
Re: Sat nav
Posted: Sun Sep 06, 2015 9:24 pm
Its not an led angel eye. I am also on the e30zone which has a link to getting your build spec from Bmw. I will look into this and see exactly what I have and haven't got
Re: Sat nav
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2015 6:34 pm
Here's the link for you for one of the VIN look up services
http://www.bmwarchive.org/vin/bmw-vin-decoder.html
http://www.bmwarchive.org/vin/bmw-vin-decoder.html
Re: Sat nav
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2015 3:06 pm
If it's appearing in the idrive then it should be present? Are sure it isn't a fault?
I once fitted sat nav to a non nav 6 series (2004) . It was actually really easy to do, just swapped the computer behind the dash for one with nav and it appeared in the idrive. No coding or anything. I routed the gps antenna to sit just under the dash and it worked fine through the screen. Pro nav would need a screen and possibly new idrive controller.
I once fitted sat nav to a non nav 6 series (2004) . It was actually really easy to do, just swapped the computer behind the dash for one with nav and it appeared in the idrive. No coding or anything. I routed the gps antenna to sit just under the dash and it worked fine through the screen. Pro nav would need a screen and possibly new idrive controller.