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      11-19-2015, 09:36 AM   #17
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Originally Posted by enzed4 View Post
Just a thought - if your existing nav unit went 'tango uniform' couldn't you replace the head unit with a standard (non-nav) oem unit, which would work with your steering wheel controls, and then retrofit a tablet into the nav mount to run gauges (torque app, etc) off the obd2 via BT? Ok, so it won't be an audio unit, but you'll already have that functionality via the replacement OEM head unit. Not sure if the HU would need any coding since it's different to the original one you would have had, but can't see why it wouldn't just work?
Our Zeds are funny - it appears that BMW used a different amp for every type of audio configuration. I wonder if the amp for the HU that supports the 10 spkr DSP w/Nav is interchangeable w/the amp for the HU that supports the 10 spkr DSP w/o Nav. The only difference is that you're not hooking up the Nav audio cable. The power button to flip the Nav unit up/down is on the Nav unit itself, so I think it might work assuming the part #s match up.
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