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Upgraded head unit.

Post by philip600 » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:41 pm

Hi,

Came across this whilst surfing the net -

http://www.tv-in-motion.co.uk/bmw_headunit.html

Anyone had any experience with the upgraded head unit ? Seems a good piece of kit if it does all it claims to & keeps the car looking standard.
It caught my eye because I find the standard sat nav slow to use turning the controls back & forth to input postcodes etc & I have been looking into integrating my i-pod but I'm reluctant to loose the cd changer ( I.e. with Intravee )

A touch screen would bring it into the 21st century

Would be interested in your thoughts ?

Thanks, Phil.
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Re: Upgrade head unit.

Post by Sanj » Thu Sep 16, 2010 8:43 pm

This has been dicussed in the thread below:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=149&p=2849#p2849

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Re: Upgrade head unit.

Post by philip600 » Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:33 pm

Thanks Sanj,

I can't be using the search facility properly as I couldn't find any post's about them ?
My brain alos appears to be running a bit slow tonight as well, hence the post in the wrong section !!

Thanks, again, Phil.
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Re: Upgrade head unit.

Post by phiggystardust » Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:40 pm

well done sanj eyes like an outhouse rat :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: Upgrade head unit.

Post by Sanj » Thu Sep 16, 2010 10:54 pm

:rofl: Sad, I know...
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Re: Upgraded head unit.

Post by nickt68 » Fri Sep 17, 2010 9:46 am

Hi Phil

This looks really good - I upgraded to a Mk 4 sat nav on my car last year and have been planning to add a Parrott hands free kit. If the tv in motion unit does what I think it does (i.e. I've read it correctly!) then I wouldn't need the Parrott and could sell the Mk4 DVD which would offset most of the cost.

Like you, I would be interested to hear if anyone's got any experience of it

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Re: Upgraded head unit.

Post by ChrisLux » Fri Sep 17, 2010 11:54 am

[quote=""philip600""]

but I'm reluctant to loose the cd changer ( I.e. with Intravee )


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There is a company who I've seen advertising that claims to have an
i-pod connection which still allows use of the factory cd-charger as
well as all other functions . £100-150 .

http://www.CelsusIce.co.uk tel ; 01202 664390

Might be another option if the £500 replacement too expensive .


Chris
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Re: Upgrade head unit.

Post by AW8 » Fri Sep 17, 2010 12:34 pm

Ok folks. Duplicate threads merged, moved to E53 GD & locked.

Best to keep live discussions are in one place & as per this link.

Right, that's the housekeeping done :)
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