E46 Stereo Woe
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Dad has an 02 E46 330D. Car has the early version of Bmw sat nav. Single din HU with tape deck and a small orange dot matrix display on the right showing an arrow, providing sat Nav. Alpine changer in the boot which works the the standard HU via an interface box.
I had a parrot fitted to the car a few years ago. The fitter successfully destroyed the head unit which ended up being replaced on an exchange basis at a dealership at some £500.
The HU has now developed an intermittent fault where it won't recognize the boot changer. I bought a replacement interface which was hard to source and a replacement boot changer. The fault remained.
Ended up buying replacement HU, changer and nav drive via Ebay which looked ident. Turns out this HU isnt a like for like swap due to different data connectors rather than speaker wires on the back.
I was hoping to get a factory solution. He doesn't use the nav much but it still works and I'd prefer OEM. Any suggestions? Cheers
I had a parrot fitted to the car a few years ago. The fitter successfully destroyed the head unit which ended up being replaced on an exchange basis at a dealership at some £500.
The HU has now developed an intermittent fault where it won't recognize the boot changer. I bought a replacement interface which was hard to source and a replacement boot changer. The fault remained.
Ended up buying replacement HU, changer and nav drive via Ebay which looked ident. Turns out this HU isnt a like for like swap due to different data connectors rather than speaker wires on the back.
I was hoping to get a factory solution. He doesn't use the nav much but it still works and I'd prefer OEM. Any suggestions? Cheers
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