Android Dash Display Screen

[uz4]

Great info. Many thanks

[Deepseaskateboard]

Another thought popped into my head…

Is it possible to fit an OEM screen (replacing the storage box)
Keeping the none iDrive head unit and cobbling an MMI box into the mix, sending apple carplay to the screen, but relaying all the audio via the existing setup?

[AnubisZed]

Another thought popped into my head…

Is it possible to fit an OEM screen (replacing the storage box)
Keeping the none iDrive head unit and cobbling an MMI box into the mix, sending apple carplay to the screen, but relaying all the audio via the existing setup?

Anything is possible

The screen pops up and turns on via a canbus signal to the screen motor that is fed with a 12v supply, this I think would be the problem, because there is nothing to say to the screen that it's time to pop up. Well I'm sure someone could build a little circuit for this.

The other issue here though is the cost of a pop up screen, as they aren't normally cheap, average price was, last time I saw, around the £450+ mark, although they can be bought for less sometimes.

Theoretically though it "should" work, as the box transmits a video signal to the screen, so yes you'd then have CarPlay, and the sound would be fed via the AUX input.

[mcbutler]

Another thought popped into my head…

Is it possible to fit an OEM screen (replacing the storage box)
Keeping the none iDrive head unit and cobbling an MMI box into the mix, sending apple carplay to the screen, but relaying all the audio via the existing setup?

Anything is possible

The screen pops up and turns on via a canbus signal to the screen motor that is fed with a 12v supply, this I think would be the problem, because there is nothing to say to the screen that it's time to pop up. Well I'm sure someone could build a little circuit for this.

The other issue here though is the cost of a pop up screen, as they aren't normally cheap, average price was, last time I saw, around the £450+ mark, although they can be bought for less sometimes.

Theoretically though it "should" work, as the box transmits a video signal to the screen, so yes you'd then have CarPlay, and the sound would be fed via the AUX input.

Another thought popped into my head…

Is it possible to fit an OEM screen (replacing the storage box)
Keeping the none iDrive head unit and cobbling an MMI box into the mix, sending apple carplay to the screen, but relaying all the audio via the existing setup?

Anything is possible

The screen pops up and turns on via a canbus signal to the screen motor that is fed with a 12v supply, this I think would be the problem, because there is nothing to say to the screen that it's time to pop up. Well I'm sure someone could build a little circuit for this.

The other issue here though is the cost of a pop up screen, as they aren't normally cheap, average price was, last time I saw, around the £450+ mark, although they can be bought for less sometimes.

Theoretically though it "should" work, as the box transmits a video signal to the screen, so yes you'd then have CarPlay, and the sound would be fed via the AUX input.

Had my i drive pop up screen changed on warranty a few months back - they are around £2500 new.............. WTF

[Roddy]

Hi Dave,

I was reading another forum on the internet, I think you were on it.

It was saying the oem iDrive controller can’t be used with an android head unit, if the car didnt have idrive to start with.
Has anything changed since then, or can it be coded in etc?

I am more interested in the units with the built in carplay, but would rather use the BMW controller.

I have fitted the tweeters, as per your youtube video. They clip straight in! Thanks!

Alas not that I'm aware of, its either the OE iDrive controller with the iDrive system or the aftermarket controller with the non-iDrive system.

Have you seen these replacement Android screens which integrate with BMW iDrive? For those without iDrive they supply a controller, otherwise it uses the original.
Very interesting..... Not sure how these things hold up in sunshine, it's bloody hot here in summer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XE4qaI ... oLiverpool

https://www.iceboxauto.com/bmw-z4-e89-s ... play-bm100

And another here, video demos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlIB2aW ... E-Commerce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rA3vvL ... E-Commerce

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091CM9BT3?ref=myi_title_dp

[AnubisZed]

Have you seen these replacement Android screens which integrate with BMW iDrive? For those without iDrive they supply a controller, otherwise it uses the original.
Very interesting..... Not sure how these things hold up in sunshine, it's bloody hot here in summer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3XE4qaI ... oLiverpool

https://www.iceboxauto.com/bmw-z4-e89-s ... play-bm100

And another here, video demos.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlIB2aW ... E-Commerce

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rA3vvL ... E-Commerce

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B091CM9BT3?ref=myi_title_dp

Thats what this whole thread is about!

[Roddy]

Thats what this whole thread is about!

That'll teach me not to skim through threads, first time I'd seen the integration working like that. Oops....
Spendy though.

[AnubisZed]

Thats what this whole thread is about!

That'll teach me not to skim through threads, first time I'd seen the integration working like that. Oops....
Spendy though.

Lol
Yeah they aren't cheap.

[EpicWomble]

I have one of these fitted to my Z4. (2012, CIC no iDrive)

I find the steering wheel change track buttons to be sluggish/non responsive. I first thought maybe the buttons on the wheel had let go, but using a normal CD tracks move forward and backwards instantly.

With the Android HU, some times does not register, then after 3-4 pushes, starts to move, and sometimes jumps two tracks. Also the Down Arrow is next track, and up arrow is back track (the reverse of the CD)

CAN protocol in factory menu is set to CIC.

Unit is running a Snapdragon 625, Android 10, running 3.5.3 version of the OTA update with the latest MCU available update

[PHILGZ4]

The How-To video is now on-line, sorry but it is 1 hour and 5 minutes long, but then there is a lot of detail.
Available at this link...

https://youtu.be/VC9VFJBDFQM

I have just bought a 2012 E89 but doesnt have the I-drive. I called my local BMW garage to see if this could be bought and installed and they said no for my model. After seeing the great video i am now confused. So this would work on a non idrive car?. Do you know of any company that would supply and fit?. I am in Edinburgh so am i best calling Auto Electricians?. Many thanks.
phil

[Deepseaskateboard]

The How-To video is now on-line, sorry but it is 1 hour and 5 minutes long, but then there is a lot of detail.
Available at this link...

https://youtu.be/VC9VFJBDFQM

I have just bought a 2012 E89 but doesnt have the I-drive. I called my local BMW garage to see if this could be bought and installed and they said no for my model. After seeing the great video i am now confused. So this would work on a non idrive car?. Do you know of any company that would supply and fit?. I am in Edinburgh so am i best calling Auto Electricians?. Many thanks.
phil

It will work on a none idrive car.

https://youtu.be/5JM3FTB7qYw

Check this video out. It’s a DIY install, doesn’t look too hard.

Any competent garage should be able to do the work.

Edit:

I re-read and saw you said BMW garage.
They won’t touch a job like this. Needs to be an indy or DIY.

[AnubisZed]

The How-To video is now on-line, sorry but it is 1 hour and 5 minutes long, but then there is a lot of detail.
Available at this link...

https://youtu.be/VC9VFJBDFQM

I have just bought a 2012 E89 but doesnt have the I-drive. I called my local BMW garage to see if this could be bought and installed and they said no for my model. After seeing the great video i am now confused. So this would work on a non idrive car?. Do you know of any company that would supply and fit?. I am in Edinburgh so am i best calling Auto Electricians?. Many thanks.
phil

Basically your local BMW garage doesn't know what they are talking about regarding this unit. The Z4 in the video is mine, it is a non-iDrive one and I did the whole installation without issue. The sellers quote for iDrive and non-iDrive Z4's, this is because if you have a non-iDrive then they include the aftermarket iDrive controller to operate it, which if you already have iDrive then you wouldn't need it. A BMW dealer wouldn't know this, so hence their response.
I've fitted quite a few of these since making the video and all, bar one, have been to non-iDrive Z4's.
I don't supply (there is a link in the video description) but I do fit, although I'm down in Grantham, Lincolnshire, so a bit of a drive for you

[PHILGZ4]

The How-To video is now on-line, sorry but it is 1 hour and 5 minutes long, but then there is a lot of detail.
Available at this link...



https://youtu.be/VC9VFJBDFQM

I have just bought a 2012 E89 but doesnt have the I-drive. I called my local BMW garage to see if this could be bought and installed and they said no for my model. After seeing the great video i am now confused. So this would work on a non idrive car?. Do you know of any company that would supply and fit?. I am in Edinburgh so am i best calling Auto Electricians?. Many thanks.
phil

Basically your local BMW garage doesn't know what they are talking about regarding this unit. The Z4 in the video is mine, it is a non-iDrive one and I did the whole installation without issue. The sellers quote for iDrive and non-iDrive Z4's, this is because if you have a non-iDrive then they include the aftermarket iDrive controller to operate it, which if you already have iDrive then you wouldn't need it. A BMW dealer wouldn't know this, so hence their response.
I've fitted quite a few of these since making the video and all, bar one, have been to non-iDrive Z4's.
I don't supply (there is a link in the video description) but I do fit, although I'm down in Grantham, Lincolnshire, so a bit of a drive for you

Many thanks for this. After i sent the message i found all the info from previous post's. Yeah Peter Vardy Part's and another dealer were just NO. So the video and link you have posted are fantastic.

I would be bricking it doing it myself so think to make sure its done correct i would come to you and pay or find someone good in Edinburgh at a local indi auto electrician.

[Argyll Andy]

I would be bricking it doing it myself so think to make sure its done correct i would come to you and pay or find someone good in Edinburgh at a local indi auto electrician.

I’d be sorting out a suitable date with Dave and be making it a few days trip

[PHILGZ4]

I would be bricking it doing it myself so think to make sure its done correct i would come to you and pay or find someone good in Edinburgh at a local indi auto electrician.

I’d be sorting out a suitable date with Dave and be making it a few days trip