Stock Navi swap

[TRELO]

I have the regular cd player in my zhp. I was wondering how hard a swap to the Navi Radio would be... Honestly not even looking to have the nav work I just love the way that setup looks in the car... I never use nav anyways :p

any info would be great. Thanks

[danewilson77]

If you're going to do it...have it work please.

You have to pull radio and move climate control down.

Have you considered the Dynavin unit?

Droid + Tapatalk = FTW!

[Nivo]

you can buy my junk if u want.. i have navigation.
I have a full stereo system I am putting in my ZHP.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Trelo, talk with Nivo. Sounds like you guys can work something out.

[TRELO]

That Dynavin unit looks pretty snazzy - who has one? Idk I like reliability and sound. Also would like to not chop any wires.

[danewilson77]

Installed by a member here...below.

http://www.zhpmafia.com/forums/showthread.php?1434-Dynavin-V5-BMW-Navigation-System&highlight=dynavin

A lot of links (steps) located here for the install.

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=e46+dynavin+install&aq=f

[TRELO]

After reading that I'll be doing the stock swap. Thanks!


Opa iPhone

[az3579]

I heard the stock swap is a very painful process. A member on bimmerforums (delmarco) did the swap (and I think a writeup) and I believe he thinks it's not worth it...

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Yes. He had a bad experience. Not happy with the results.

[danewilson77]

Yes. He had a bad experience. Not happy with the results.

And he's a brilliant dude. Knows a ton about E46. That needed to be said.

Droid + Tapatalk = FTW!

[Marcus-SanDiego]

And he's a brilliant dude. Knows a ton about E46. That needed to be said.

Droid + Tapatalk = FTW!

Yes. He is very capable with these cars. If he had a bad experience, that should say something about this procedure. I believe he reversed the process. He did not do the NAV.

[aurelius]

Yes. He is very capable with these cars. If he had a bad experience, that should say something about this procedure. I believe he reversed the process. He did not do the NAV.

Delmarco does have factory 16:9 DVD Nav retrofitted to his '01 330i. He likes the results but it was more expensive and time consuming than he anticipated. He initially figured the OE retrofit would be cheaper than the Dynavin after market Nav system. Exactly what he did and why can be found here:

http://www.e46fanatics.com/forum/showthread.php?t=798849

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Oh. I thought he decided to scrap the project.

From Delmarco's post: "I wasn't going to do an official DIY write up for this because it is one DIY that I will NEVER EVER recommend since results and budgets are guaranteed to vary."

Doesn't sound like a fun one.

Thanks, Mark.

[bullfrogs_M3]

I helped a buddy put in a stock navi in his 05 M3. I swear when we were only half way through it, it looked like his car interior had been stripped to the metal. Wires and interior pieces were EVERYWHERE. A stock navi retrofit is not for the faint of heart. It is a project that will take you damn near all weekend to complete. And there are bound to be things and parts that you will miss. When we did my buddies car, he took the time to make sure he had everything he needed, both new and used parts, but we still were missing about 3-4 crucial pieces for the install. And even after that, we still couldn't get all the features to work properly until about a week later.

Dynavin and others (Pioneer Avic-Z series) are all up in the head end of the car and you don't have to run any cables to the rear because everything plugs into the existing wiring harness. The same can definitely NOT be said for the stock navi retro.

Just my 2 cents on that

[95m3ltw]

Having lived with the factory nav in our ZHP for a year now, I would not recommend anyone putting effort into installing the system into their car. I would not even waste the labor if someone gave the system to me for free. It works just OK, makes using/listening to the radio more of a hassle than the business cd system for example and just doesnt make sense from a $ point of view. After a year, I bet we havent used the nav features a dozen times as we both prefer to use google maps or google nav on our smartphones since it is so much faster vs inputting destinations on the factory nav.

I would rather buy any of the good aftermarket indash systems which feature useful things like bluetooth, touch screens etc.

OR

I would put my $$ and efforts into implementing something like a iPad or Android pad into the dash/console as I would find that much more useful.

[Marcus-SanDiego]

Having lived with the factory nav in our ZHP for a year now, I would not recommend anyone putting effort into installing the system into their car. I would not even waste the labor if someone gave the system to me for free. It works just OK, makes using/listening to the radio more of a hassle than the business cd system for example and just doesnt make sense from a $ point of view. After a year, I bet we havent used the nav features a dozen times as we both prefer to use google maps or google nav on our smartphones since it is so much faster vs inputting destinations on the factory nav.

I would rather buy any of the good aftermarket indash systems which feature useful things like bluetooth, touch screens etc.

OR

I would put my $$ and efforts into implementing something like a iPad or Android pad into the dash/console as I would find that much more useful.

+1

We rarely use ours.


iPad. Tapatalk. Bi-winning.

[TRELO]

Im not looking for the NAV to work. I just want the 16:9 screen. I hate navigation and my iphone works the best IF I ever need it.

Would the headunit work alone? Thats what I really care for...

[95m3ltw]

Im not looking for the NAV to work. I just want the 16:9 screen. I hate navigation and my iphone works the best IF I ever need it.

Would the headunit work alone? Thats what I really care for...

No, you need the complete system