Feb 23 2016
How to install GPS BMW E60 Navigation DVD – BMW E60 Radio/Stereo Upgrade
You may think that the original car radio and stereo in a BMW E60 is perfectly fitted in the car and looks good, while if you can keep the original BMW E60 radio working but also you can get more features for your dream car with affordable price, will you upgrade the factory 6.5 inch screen head unit to a 7 inch touch screen GPS BMW E60 navigation unit?
The aftermarket 7″ touch screen head unit for BMW E60 not only can show your factory menus which the factory screen does, but also you have new menus for GPS navigation, iPod, TV, DVD player, USB, SD card. The GPS function is built-in so you can easily reach your destination by following easy turn-by-turn steps. For those long family trips you can keep the kids fully entertained with DVD videos as well as games while you concentrate on driving.
How can I know if this touch screen GPS head unit fit my BMW E60?
Normally this unit can fit all BMW E60, but there are different models for BMW E60 with 6.5 inch or 8.8 inch screen, with AUX or without AUX, so you can tell us your exact car model, manufacture year, screen size, with aux or without aux so that we can know the exact model for your car.
How to install this BMW E60 navigation?
Installation for this BMW E60 GPS is easy if you follow below steps, if you have not any experience before, we highly suggest you asking a professional car stereo shop to install it for you.
Before installing, you should do the following steps, or it will burn the original CD player, so pay attention to these instructions:
1. Turn ACC to OFF position
2. disassemble the original car screen, and you will see the cable connectors which should connect to plug 3.
3. Connect cable 1 to original screen cable connector’s iron jacket(do not connect screen cable to plug 3 at this moment)
4. Connect cable 2 to original CD player’s iron body
5. Connect original screen cable connector to plug 3, then connect all other connectors, then wait for about 2 minutes
6. Then you can turn ACC to “ON” position and boot the device now.
Cables connections from the back of this unit:
How to connect a rear view camera? The BACK-VIDEO-IN cable connects to the camera video cable:
For a detailed step-by-step installation instruction, please click this link to download it.
More Installation Guides for BMW E60 Navigation Head Unit
This BMW E60 navigation comes with DVD player optional, you can put the external DVD player box in the glove box. As you can keep using original CD player after installation, so not all buyers choose the DVD option.
After installation of the new touch screen BMW E60 head unit, you can still use the factory control knob to control the original menu, because the original menu can also display on the new screen. There are other features for the control knob:
- Press this button for about 3~5 seconds can turn from original car menu to new navigation menu
- press this button back to new navigation menu, or it will be used to hang up the phone on Bluetooth function.
- In navigation menu, can work as choosing previous and next music; in main menu, can slide up and down to choose different modes.
- answer the phone
If there’s no sound after installation, firstly you can check if you activate the car’s AUX function, you will need to mods the black, white and red plug from the unit harness into a aux cable then connect its to the aux in the armrest. If your BMW E60 does not have AUX function(most BMW E60 under year 2006 not with AUX).
Learn more about this head unit through a video in YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SkpqGhKkNE
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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A video show of this Android BMW E60 head unit.
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.
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:
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.
My BMW E60 comes with a Voice button near the MENU button from idrive controls, can i install this unit?
If there’s a voice button near your MENU button, we have another new similar unit works for your BMW e60. You can contact us to learn more of the new e60 android head unit for your car.
Conclusion
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. Besides, if you or your installer has any questions while installing, you can also contact us, we will do our best to help you.
Last modified: November 13, 2021 By DVDGPSNAV Posted in Android Navigation System, BMW, Buying Guides • 55 • Tags: bmw e60 aftermarket head unit, bmw e60 android, bmw e60 android head unit, bmw e60 stereo upgrade, e60 android stereo