e46 sat nav

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sheebie
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Post Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:56 am

i wanted to get a present for my brother, he currently has a e46 330ci, the only thing that he is missing is the sat/tv unit.

i wanted to get him one but i didnt know whether to get a orignal bmw one as im not sure on how much it will cost, i dont mind doing the work myself but im not that skilled :o:

or get an aftermarket one from ebay, which would be cheaper but im not sure of the sound quality.

im looking at spending about £300ish

any advice?
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Post Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:20 am

Its a pain and an expense to retrofit the satnat/TV. You'd be better off getting a double DIN and buying a 3rd party stereo with TV.
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Post Thu May 07, 2009 12:17 pm

illmonkey wrote:Its a pain and an expense to retrofit the satnat/TV. You'd be better off getting a double DIN and buying a 3rd party stereo with TV.
thanks for the reply, i found some companies on fleebay that will fit it for around £1000, which is way out of my budget, so will probably get a single din unit with satnav, can anyone recommend one for around £400-£500 pounds?
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Post Thu May 07, 2009 1:30 pm

Why not buy him a top of the range TomTom? They're way better than the in console stuff, and you can use them in any car.
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Post Thu May 07, 2009 3:43 pm

Morat wrote:Why not buy him a top of the range TomTom? They're way better than the in console stuff, and you can use them in any car.
we got a tomtom, but its not the point, i think he wants the whole woah you got sat nav, type thing very swallow i know. not my thing really but everyone to their own
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Post Fri May 08, 2009 9:01 pm

Fitting the OEM sat nav is nice and easy - but forget about doing it for £300!!
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Post Fri May 08, 2009 11:29 pm

kdevitt wrote:Fitting the OEM sat nav is nice and easy - but forget about doing it for £300!!
yeah i though so after doing some research, have you done one before? what where any problems that you had?
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Post Sat May 09, 2009 1:24 am

Yeah I did it before - its plug and play once you have the retrofit loom.

This is my installation guide - http://www.bmw-driver.net/SatNav_1.asp

You can pick up the parts cheap-ish on eBay, but £300 probably wouldn't even cover the BM54 radio tuner you need, let alone screen and monitor!

If you do need to know anything, let me know.
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