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This upgrade is a must if you are looking for OEM Bluetooth audio, full iPhone connectivity with the Idrive including album art and playlists, and text-to-speech SMS and email in your BMW E60 5 series. In order for your E60 to be compatible with this hardware upgrade, it needs to have the CIC Idrive, the USB audio option (in the armrest) and bluetooth from factory. What makes this upgrade extraordinary is that it was never possible from factory since the E60 was discontinued in 2010 and the Combox was introduced in 2011. However, I think the CIC Idrive looks the best on the E60 since the screen is so flawlessly integrated into the dashboard and protected against damage or glare. The Combox is the icing on the cake that will make your E60 and CIC Idrive exceptional.
BimmerTech has done a great job in providing the complete package, creating a custom made wiring harness for the E60, and providing you with full coding to make everything look and feel like the Combox originally came with the car as a factory option.
You will have to relocate the Tire Pressure Monitor module and the Park Distance Sensor module and this rectangle antenna thing to the corner behind the left taillight since they are all on the same wiring harness as the MULF and that’s the only way the harness will reach the Combox without disconnecting anything. Also the white connector for the Bluetooth antenna goes in the WHITE plug on the Combox and you will need to use the supplied extension for the black plug. The trunk trim on the left side might not fit all the way after relocating the wiring harness but it is very minor and unnoticeable compared to all the extra functionality you get with the Combox.
The flashing red light is the fibre optic connection for data.
Great video man I'm in the middle of installing a combox on my M5. This video really helps.
Here is one more tip for you that I learned the hard way and it doesn't tell you in the instructions, if you skip to 0:55 you can see a little USB hub with a white connection and a blue connection on top of it. The white connection is the USB port in the armrest. What you want to do is unplug the white connection from the USB hub and plug it in directly into the Combox black port via the the little black extension cable they provide. This way you will avoid the USB hub and MULF cable altogether and the album art will load in 2 seconds instead of 13 seconds if you follow the instructions. Also, if you do it this way, you will be able to get USB Video later on from the armrest USB port which is the most insanely amazing feature that the Combox offers, watch this video to find out how - th-cam.com/video/FFdHu7GhKg8/w-d-xo.html
Hope that helps!
@@bmwdiy Thanks for that information. I actually didn't buy my combox from bimmer-tech. So I've been reading different DIY from different forums but now actually seeing your video I can see it's a pretty straight forward procedure. Minus the coding of course. I bought my combox off ebay and the wiring harness PnP as well. I don't have MULF just TCU. The pain for me of course will be routing the USB port onto the armrest as my car didn't come with it. I do have a USB port but that's in the glove compartment per when I did the CIC retrofit. But I was told that usb is different 🤷♂️.
@@awdgsx415 If you are looking to just play music from a USB stick and then use Bluetooth Audio with your phone, I found another solution. You can order this USB port from Amazon that comes with a cable that connects to the Combox and you can leave the USB port in the trunk corner and have your USB stick with music in there.
www.amazon.ca/Socket-Switch-Cable-Harness-Adapter/dp/B07SSBP183/ref=sr_1_4?keywords=AUX+USB+Socket+Switch&qid=1588789677&sr=8-4
@Raul did u get it all working I am trying to figure it out right now for my car
@@waynemiller6694 I'm actually doing the install this up coming weekend. The install should not take long as I already pre hooked everything up but didn't install. The hard part I think will be the coding hoping my buddy can do it without any problems. Definitely will let you know when it's hooked up 👍
What you call "Power Connector" (blinking red) is not the power connector. Its just the MOST connector with light signal. Power connection is done as part of the white connector.
Hi my friend, I see that you seem to know yourself, could you tell me how to make the combox work on a cic on an e60
What should I do?
Do you have the procedure to follow?
Please
I am bit confused, cant find any useful info for e60 combox retrofit anywhere, and sadly you dont show the finished retrofit either from the trunk, i have cic retrofited with usb/aux and bluetooth phone pairing, so i have both tcu and mulf, now seeing that short plugandplay harness for the mulf, i am guessing you relocated the mulf harness (with the blue plug?) From the "spare tire" location next to the new combox so it would reach? Or you had to relocate mulf entirely? If so how?
Thanks!
th-cam.com/video/tcP13OEIDpw/w-d-xo.html skip to 17:25 in this video
How did u change build date to bmw e60 to make combox show up because the e60 build never had combox?
How is the audio quality through the BT?
Incredible, it sounds even better than USB
Will it be able to play music from a usb drive from the glove box?
You can already do that with just the CIC Idrive.
@@bmwdiy how can I get the cic to play dvd when I’m driving
So you dont need e series combox, you can retrofit one from f series?
still got the e60? im in vancity too we should talk
hello man , i have CIC navigation as you have on your car, I want to work only via USB video, without phone,can you help me tell me exactly what i need, because you put more links in the video and I don't know what to buy , thank you
You need the COMBOX first which gives you the ability to connect iPhone to USB port in the armrest and see the album art + Bluetooth Audio. USB Video will only work with the iPhone 4/4S since it has VIDEO OUT from the 30-pin connection. Follow this video, the links for the parts are in the description -> th-cam.com/video/FFdHu7GhKg8/w-d-xo.html
hi
what is the difference between combox bn 2000 and bn 2010 i have bmw e60 lci which module should i connect
King regards
BN2000 is the Combox Telematik which includes BMW Assist in addition to Bluetooth audio, full iPhone USB connectivity and text messages in the IDrive. BN2010 is the Combox Media which does not include BMW Assist. I would go with BN2000 if you can. The one I got from BimmerTech is BN2000.
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I would really like to know you should code because it is complicated can you help me please
King regards
What kind did you order and from where I want to get one for my self as well?
www.bimmer-tech.net/category-bmw-combox-retrofit
Just send them a message with your VIN and they will let you know if it's compatible