Nov 14 2017
BMW X5 E70 Radio Screen Removal | Install BMW X5 E70 Head Unit Upgrade
The factory screen display from BMW X5 E70 and X6 E71 can be replaced with a new aftermarket Android navigation head unit now. If you are thinking about replacing the factory radio with a head unit upgrade, this post is helpful for you to choose a right model and tell you how to install such a head unit easily.
Which radio upgrade head unit is the best for my BMW X5 E70?
Firstly, the best BMW X5 E70 radio upgrade should be easy to use. And it should fit your car perfectly and looks like factory OEM head unit, so it looks natural after you can install head unit upgrade in the car.
Secondly, the new BMW X5 E70 head unit upgrade should be able to display factory menus including car information and radio, CD interface. Besides, it should support steering wheel controls and rear view camera video displaying.
Thirdly, the new head unit should add more features like GPS navigation system, USB connection, Bluetooth phone, Bluetooth streaming music, WiFi connection, Apple carplay, and even more.
This Android BMW X5 E70 X6 E71 navigation multimedia head unit meet all the above advantages, just click it to visit our site to learn more features and specifications about this BMW X5 E70 screen replacement to upgrade your stereo.
Different BMW UI available.
Can this head unit upgrade fit my car?
Well, this head unit was developed special for BMW X5 E70 and BMW X6 E71 with factory 6.5 inch small screen or 8.8 inch large screen. For different factory screens the settings are a little different which can be done in factory settings. So you should better tell us your factory screen size or send a dashboard photo for us to check for you.
Besides, the LVDS plug may be different. For a new model BMW X5 E70 or X6 E71, the original LVDS plug is round, while the old model is with square LVDS plug, so you’d better send us another picture from your LVDS plug for us to check further, the main unit is different for different LVDS plugs.
So, before you do a head unit upgrade, if you need us to confirm if this head unit fits and works with your car, you can send us your car information including:
- car model, manufacture year
- a dashboard photo from your to show us your factory screen
- a photo from your LVDS plug behind the factory screen
Don’t worry, it’s easy to remove factory screen. You can follow this video which shows you how to remove the factory BMW X5 E70 screen.
You can send your car information to us by sending an email to sales@dvdgpsnav.com.
How to install this BMW X5 E70 head unit?
The first part of installation instructions will show you how to take out the factory screen. Then you can connect the new plugs with your factory BMW X5E70 plugs, and the other plugs to the new head unit. You can check steps one by one as follows:
- Firstly you will need to remove the factory screen. Use a pry tool(if you don’t have it, you can also use a straight screwdriver) to pry the bottom of air vents.
- When it’s loose, then you can pull out the air vent panel, unplug cables behind, leave it aside, then you will see 2 screws at top which fixed the factory screen.
Use a cross screwdriver to remove 2 screws at top, so that you are able to take out the factory screen.
- In this step you will need to take out the climate control panel and radio/CD, see the 2 screws at the top? Just remove them to take out the climate control panel and CD unit.
- Unplug cables behind, there are 2 new adapter power cables to connect the plugs behind, see below picture:
You can click the above picture to for larger view.
Plug 1: connect it with your factory wiring harness which was connected to the back of CD before.
Plug 2: connect it with the back plug behind the factory CD.
Important Note: If there are fiber optic cables from your factory wiring harness, you will need to move them to our new plug at the same location!
If not, the factory function will not work properly. Please pay attention to this. - There are other plugs with different colors, red, green, blue, grey, white, and black, here’s a picture showing you how to connect all of them, please check carefully and don’t connect wrong!
- If you want to connect an aftermarket reversing camera, there’s a green cable with yellow end to connect the video input from the camera, and there’s a loose REVERSE wire which should connect the trigger line from the camera.
Power for the camera: You should get the power for the reversing camera from your car’s 12V reverse light, NOT from the 12V red and black wire from our unit.
- As for the other separate cable with a blue plug, only if your aux wires don’t go through factory CD, or there’s no sound after installation, then you can use this cable:
Plug 1 and 2: connect your aux plugs in the armrest, firstly you will need to unplug the aux plugs in the armrest, then connect 1 and 2 with them.
Plug 3: connect the back of the new main unit where the blue plug should be.
Plug 4: connect 2 female aux plugs from the power cables, red to red, white to white.
Note: the above red and white aux plugs were connected wrong! The red plug should connect the other red plug, so does the white plug.
If you follow these steps carefully, you should be able to install this BMW X5 E70 head unit upgrade easily without a problem. Installation is not difficult for a professional car stereo shop, if your installer has not installed such a unit before, we highly suggest you sending this installation instruction to him before installation.
If you still have any questions, just feel free to contact us, you can take some pictures for us to check, we will do our best to help you.
Nov 16 2017
IGO Primo GPS Navigation Maps Free Update for Europe Available Here
Igo GPS maps are widely used for after market navigation head units. When you bought an aftermarket dvd navigation, there should be with a SD card including GPS maps so that you can use navigation function once got it installed. After a few years you may need to download and install the latest GPS maps for your country.
For those from Europe you can upgrade your igo navigation maps with the 2018 or 2019 year version now. The new maps are available for these countries:
Albania, Andorra, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia_Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech_Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San_Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Vatican City.
2019 latest update: IGO European maps updated with 2019 Q2 version now. Customers can contact us to download the latest 2019 igo here Europe maps and update for free.
Below are the old TomTom maps for Europe.
Please note these maps don’t work for original navigation system, just for aftermarket touch screen navigation head units. We don’t sell any maps, our maps are free, we can only provide a link to download maps for our customers, for those who did not buy the GPS unit from us, you will need to buy a sd card from us to copy new maps, and we can send you by hongkong post or e-packet, a SD card including the shipping cost is US$25, if you agree you can contact us here. Or you can pay US$10 for handling fee, so that we can upload the maps online and share you a link to download it.
Aftermarket Multimedia Navigation Head Units from DVDGPSNav.com:
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Audi Navigation Multimedia
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Besides, if you order the car navigation head unit from us, we will provide you GPS maps for free, available all over the world, and lifetime update is also free from us. (This service is only available for our customers!)
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Last modified: December 30, 2019 By DVDGPSNAV Posted in GPS Maps • 54 • Tags: 2017 igo europe, 2018 igo europe, gps maps, igo maps, igo maps update, igo primo, navigation map