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Where did you get it? Bimmertech? other US provider?
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02-02-2014, 09:14 PM | #93 |
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Just did my retrofit from Bimmertech. Got my kit in 2 days, and that's them sending it from Poland! to AZ. I did though get an invoice from DHL after 2 weeks saying i have to pay an additional $20 in taxes.
Now on to the product.. It's fairly easy to install if you know how to connect things or if you worked with something like this before. The manual leaves much to be desired, so i had to find things myself. The directions from bimmertech include a picture that's floating around this thread (which seems for a different model although its still a good reference) along with a few pdfs on how to remove parts of the car, the rest is up to you to figure out what you need and how it all goes together. I wish it would have at least a basic written tutorial since the unit is very feature rich and you can hook up all sorts of things to it.. I was able to find a full english manual for the unit that explains things a little better here: http://qdis.co.kr/wp-content/uploads...5_Portrait.pdf The whole thing took 4 hours to install mainly because of guess work on what's needed to connect and what doesn't (a long with troubleshooting bad connection i had), the unit also has 2 options of connecting the back up camera to confuse you and even supports PDC. Here is a picture of what you actually need to connect if you just want the camera working: The dip switches dont have to be changed, unless you have a small screen in which case change 5 to on. Make sure 7 is on, that's to enable the back up camera. Other switches disable the additional video inputs (more on switches is in the manual above). Of course you can hook up things to video inputs if you want (you can have 3 composite RCA connections you can use). The IR sensor is not necessary but the kit comes with a remote and you can change a few settings (like position of guiding lines, brightness etc). The whole thing works out of the box without any tinkering or changing the settings. You can switch video sources using your idrive controller or even the 8 button on your dash (so IR sensor and remote are not really needed). But i did install the IR sensor into the glove box just in case. Installation:
There you go, you are all set and done! The one problem i do have and maybe someone on here knows how to fix it (but i doubt that it's fixable without replacing the camera). Is that i have 2 parking line sets. Dynamic and Static. I would like to keep just the dynamic ones since they change with the steering wheel position. I can't however figure out a way to turn off the static ones, i think they are built into the camera itself. This sucks because i spent the extra $200 on the bimmertech kit because it was the only one with dynamic parking lines that make it look like OEM camera.. maybe it was just a mistake on their part and they sent me the wrong camera module. Here is the picture of how it looks below so you can see what i mean. PDF manual for the unit: QPI_BM12_MAIN_EN_130625_Portrait.pdf Hope this helps someone else who decides to undergo this task and maybe can point out how i can remove the ugly static lines. Last edited by 1337PirateNinja; 02-02-2014 at 09:30 PM.. Reason: add info on dip switches |
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02-05-2014, 03:22 PM | #94 |
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Thank you for your review.
You can easily remove the static lines by cutting a little wire loop on the camera cable where it plugs into the extension cable. After that you will have just the dynamic lines: |
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02-07-2014, 12:49 AM | #95 |
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I'm interested in this retrofit but have a question. There are two license plate lights that light up the plates. Am I suppose to remove on of them in order to install the camera? If so I would only have 1 light working along with the camera?
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02-07-2014, 01:52 PM | #97 |
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It's integrated in the trunk handle like the OEM camera.
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02-21-2014, 09:49 PM | #100 |
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Thanks to bimmertech for amazing support! My camera was bad (my extra static lines would not go away). Patryk spent a lot of time troubleshooting and helping me and ended up sending me a replacement camera. Highly recommend Bimmertech just based on support alone!
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Patrys???Are you there :) ?
Hi Partryk, I also send an email you on 27/03/2014 (from:lovnblack-plz check your inbox) and still waiting for your respond, I really need your support for complete my retrofits and then I will request coding service, plz...
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dynamic line is possible on E92?
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03-03-2014, 08:27 AM | #103 |
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Patryk may be out of town. He will get back with you. Very reliable guy.
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How come i dont hear the warning sound coming from the PDC as it gets closer to the end ?
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03-19-2014, 10:38 PM | #107 |
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Is there any way to retrofit a backup camera that works with the 6.5" iDrive screen? I don't have nav or any PDC, and I regret not ordering the backup camera as an option.
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06-07-2014, 03:53 PM | #110 |
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We have a different camera for your car with dynamic parking lines.
http://www.bimmer-tech.net/shop/bmw-...em-integration |
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