Sep 13 2017
Smart Guide Before Buying Aftermarket BMW E60 Android Stereo Head Unit
Are you interested in upgrading and replacing the factory BMW e60 stereo with an aftermarket Android head unit? If your answer is yes, you should check these things before buying, follow these guides will help you a lot to get the correct unit for your car.
How does an aftermarket BMW e60 stereo head unit look like?
You can buy it from this website: https://www.dvdgpsnav.com/aftermarket-bmw-e60-android-head-unit-gps-navigation-bmw-e60-radio-upgrade-dvd-optional.html
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How to check if my BMW e60 has working aux?
Factory aux is very important for BMW e60 which wants to be upgraded with an aftermarket navigation head unit, it doesn’t matter if your e60 has factory navigation or not, but aux is important, why? Because the sound transfers to your car speakers through factory aux mode, if your car does not have aux, you need to get a small amplifier to transfer the sound, or you can coding aux from BMW.
If you don’t know how to check if your e60 has aux or not, you can follow these steps:
Firstly, for e60 with factory aux, usually there’s Aux port at the back of car armrest:
Secondly, you should be able to see aux option from your factory screen menus:
This aux option should not with grey color and you should be able to enter into aux mode, please check below photo with aux mode:
Besides, if you connect your phone with a aux cable, the music sound from your phone can come out from car speakers.Overall, if you are able to enter into the aux mode as above and can play music with your phone via aux, your car has a working aux.
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My car does not have aux, can i still install it?
That depends on, if you can make sure your car does not have aux function and not with fiber optic amplifier, you can still install this BMW e60 android head unit, just remember to choose the option of small amplifier, which is used to transfer the sound from the new unit to your 4 car door speakers, and make sure your car does not have fiber optic amplifier, because the small amplifier option does not work with the fiber optic amplifier. Our small amplifier connects to your 8 speaker wires from factory wiring harness behind the radio/CD directly to get sound, so the sound does not go through factory amplifier or subwoofer if your car has it, so the sound quality may not so good compared with sound quality from radio or CD if your car has more than 4 speakers or amp or subwoofer.
How to check if my e60 has fiber optic amplifier?
You can try to take out the factory radio/CD, and check the plug behind, if there are 8 speaker wires from the plug, that means your car does not have fiber optic amplifier, check this photo:
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Difference between BMW e60 with factory 6.5 inch small screen and 8.8 inch large screen
Our BMW e60 android headunit fits and works for BMW e60 with 6.5″ and 8.8″ factory screen. Most BMW e60 come with factory small 6.5 inch screen, and there are also some with 8.8″ large screen, please note the factory settings are different for different factory screen sizes, the new screen is with large 8.8″ HD 1280*480 resolution capacitive screen, so you’d better send us your screen photo to us, so that we know the screen size and send you the correct model with correct screen settings.
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My BMW E60 comes with a Voice button near the MENU button from idrive controls, can i install this unit?
Sorry, if there’s a voice button near your MENU button, our unit does not work, so you should not install it.
These are four important aspects you should check before you buy an aftermarket BMW e60 stereo head unit, if you follow the above guides, you won’t get a wrong product, and it can save you much time for installation, how to install BMW e60 android head unit? That’s not difficult for a professional car stereo shop.
May 18, 2018 @ 6:15 pm
Hi, I have a 2005 pre LCI e60 which doesn’t have the AUX. If I buy the head unit with the small AMP will I lose the audio from my Subwoofers and any other speakers. I think my car comes with the logic 7 system.
May 22, 2018 @ 10:16 am
Please note the small amplifier just connects to 8 speaker wires from CD plug for 4 car door speakers, so if your car does not have aux and use our small amplifier, only 4 car door speakers have sound after installation, so the sound quality is not so good compared to radio or CD’s sound, the sound from radio and CD is the same as before.
Secondly,for BMW e60 without factory aux, you also need to make sure your car does not have fiber optic amplifier, if your e60 has fiber optic amplifier, there’s no 8 speaker wires from the plug behind the CD, so the small amplifier will not work and there will be no sound at all.
By the way, some of our customers coded factory aux and then installed our BMW e60 head unit, so the sound can transfer through aux mode and the sound quality is better than through our small amp.
June 18, 2018 @ 3:33 pm
I have a 06 M5 with the voice button, 🙁 Is there any other market option for me? the whole system is dead.
July 4, 2018 @ 9:38 am
Sorry, our unit does not work for your car with a voice button near the MENU button.
October 16, 2018 @ 9:31 am
I have a 2008 e60 M5 with manual transmission. Will the reverse camera work pnp or do I have to splice a connection into the reverse light switch?
December 18, 2018 @ 4:24 am
If you install an aftermarket reverse camera, you need to connect the power from reverse light to the camera. If you mean the factory reverse camera, this unit supports factory reverse camera as well.
October 18, 2018 @ 7:57 pm
I have a 2008 355i will the e60 unit work on my vehicle?
October 22, 2018 @ 10:01 am
Hi, you can send a dashboard photo from your 2008 BMW 535i e60 for us to check for you, including the factory screen and the MENU button, and please tell us if your car has working aux function, so that we can confirm if this head unit fits and works for your car.
November 6, 2018 @ 5:29 am
Hi
Thx for the information
But I installed the car stereo drive , however the I drive mouse control is not working with the display , I depend on the touch screen .. my car is e60 2005 .. I just used the menu button to shift from the new interface to the older one , then I can use the control .. however with the new interface , I’m not able to use the I drive pad , depending on the touch screen only … is there’s any solution , or program to b installed .. how I can deal to make the I drive pad works with the new interface
Thx
December 18, 2018 @ 3:51 am
Hi, does your idrive control knob can keep rotating 360 degrees without any resistance by just one finger? If yes, you can check the factory settings for Idrive type. Please contact your seller for the password to enter into factory settings.
April 23, 2019 @ 7:25 pm
hi
i have this in my e60 and it wont boot up and just stays on the bmw connected drive screen ive pressed the reset button on the unit but it still wont boot up any ideas please how to fix this
April 24, 2019 @ 1:03 am
Your e60 Android head unit should be the old version, you can contact your supplier for a software upgrade.
June 5, 2019 @ 3:40 pm
I got a mask unit 2004 coded with mp3 an Bluetooth an aux has no navigation though will this work on my e60 has the 2 fiber optic cables
June 5, 2019 @ 6:05 pm
Actually it’s just standard not logic 7
June 7, 2019 @ 3:07 am
That’s great.
June 7, 2019 @ 3:07 am
Yes, it works with your e60.
June 5, 2019 @ 8:54 pm
I have a 530i 04 e60 with aux an Bluetooth installed already would this work with my car if i have the mask unit set up will it just plug an play i have 6.5 inch screen just wanna make sure before i spend over 500$
June 7, 2019 @ 3:03 am
Yes, Our BMW E60 Android head unit works with your BMW 530i 2004 e60 with aux and 6.5 inch screen, you can check installation instructions here: https://www.dvdgpsnav.com/blog/how-to-install-android-bmw-e60-navigation-head-unit/