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Old 04-02-2017, 02:27 AM
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I strongly believe in solid customer service. When someone is looking to buy these units for the price, pause for a second and ask yourself what's the level of customer service are you gonna get when you run into an issue?
I was the guinea pig so to speak for the Dynavin N6 for DSP equipped E53 when they first came out with them (long thread on here called Dynavin N6 install).
I had numerous problems with the unit since no one really tried it before to see how it behaves but Jeff from J&T Distributing went above and beyond to make sure it works and that I wouldn't have any problems in the future.
I even shipped the unit to California to have them look into why so many errors and screen flickering etc. Everything got fixed and it's been trouble free ever since.
Jeff would even answer my emails late at night . That's what I call great customer service.

So if you were to run into some issues with these cheaper no name units, who is gonna be there for you when you need them the most?
I don't know, it's just a thought but one worth taking into consideration.
Customer service on a product like this is the most important thing. Without it it its going to be a nightmare for someone.
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Old 04-02-2017, 03:29 AM
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Man, that would look A LOT better if he just rounded the corners off the bottom of the unit so that he could make it flush with the dash. I'm pretty sure I'm going NBT though. $$$$$$
JJ when you go NBT I will be following your thread closely. This is the route that I would like to go once that day arrives and since your in Texas I feel that at least I have a resident expert in the vicinity in the event I run into problems.
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Old 04-02-2017, 10:18 AM
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JJ when you go NBT I will be following your thread closely. This is the route that I would like to go once that day arrives and since your in Texas I feel that at least I have a resident expert in the vicinity in the event I run into problems.
No problem, I'll do a full thread on it like I did the Avin... probably also do a .pdf for those wanting to take the info into the garage during install as with the Avin. After playing with the wife's CIC I want that in my X5 in the worst way. Wish I could run android apps on it, but honestly the android head units aren't powerful enough to run as smoothly and bug-free as I would like.

I also agree with four.8is, customer service on the ebay android head units is usually very lacking. I had great CS with the Avin Avant but I paid $650 for all of that gear from the US.
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This is something I have been considering too. While I love my E53, I believe the head unit is the one feature that is lacking. Mine is the full screen version and I've updated the mapping disc, however it lacks so many features that 'modern' units have, I'm tempted to undertake the upgrade albeit something I don't have time to do...
There seems to be a few options out there, for the cheap Chinese android units - some claim they're suited to the E53, yet using their compatibility chart reveals it's not so. Before biting the bullet, I need to know if this is going to work or not and which one to go for. There is the tablet type: 9" BMW X5 E39 Android 6.0 9" Car Video GPS Stereo Player Head Unit 5 SERIES E53 | eBay
And the smaller screen type with control buttons on each side: 7" Win CE BMW X5 E53 Car DVD GPS Stereo Player Head Unit DAB+ Radio Camera BT M | eBay

So.... which one to go for? I already have a rear view camera and wonder if the wiring to it can be used...and what will become of the dvd mapping unit...redundant no doubt...and what about the microphone that's already there (in the rear view mirror I think)? So many questions I know - for those of you who have already gone down this path, I would be in your debt if you could give me some pointers. TIA.
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I bought extra mic and plugged in the back of unit! I wired it up through the instrument cluster! Looks terrible but I will ask to rewired it up thgrough airbag to the roof

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This is something I have been considering too. While I love my E53, I believe the head unit is the one feature that is lacking. Mine is the full screen version and I've updated the mapping disc, however it lacks so many features that 'modern' units have, I'm tempted to undertake the upgrade albeit something I don't have time to do...
There seems to be a few options out there, for the cheap Chinese android units - some claim they're suited to the E53, yet using their compatibility chart reveals it's not so. Before biting the bullet, I need to know if this is going to work or not and which one to go for. There is the tablet type: 9" BMW X5 E39 Android 6.0 9" Car Video GPS Stereo Player Head Unit 5 SERIES E53 | eBay
And the smaller screen type with control buttons on each side: 7" Win CE BMW X5 E53 Car DVD GPS Stereo Player Head Unit DAB+ Radio Camera BT M | eBay

So.... which one to go for? I already have a rear view camera and wonder if the wiring to it can be used...and what will become of the dvd mapping unit...redundant no doubt...and what about the microphone that's already there (in the rear view mirror I think)? So many questions I know - for those of you who have already gone down this path, I would be in your debt if you could give me some pointers. TIA.
The factory navi dvd and cd after that u can throw away

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2001 E53 X5 CD Player

Can someone tell me what the small connector on the back of the CD Player is? I know the big coax connection is the antenna, what's the other connection? I have no DSP, no NAV. Thx, Alan.
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Can someone tell me what the small connector on the back of the CD Player is? I know the big coax connection is the antenna, what's the other connection? I have no DSP, no NAV. Thx, Alan.


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Appears the new 9" versions are out with 2GB of RAM.

9€ BMW ANDROID 6.0 E39 E53 X5 SERIE 5 OCTA-CORE 2GB RADIO GPS WIFI DAB USB 3G SD | eBay

I am still on fence on whether I want the OEM look of the smaller screen w/buttons or this flatter tablet style which appears to offer a friendlier angle. Not concerned with rounding off the bottom corners myself.
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Had one of these in a previous car. The plug and play is nice plus the OEM fitted look.

My X5 though I went with a Pioneer NEX4100 with Android Auto and CarPlay. I prefer this actually more than the other unit

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