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New Owner - firmware Question

Discuss your latest mods or ideas, and anything to do with the BMW X5 (E53).
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StewieG
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Re: New Owner - firmware Question

Post by StewieG » Wed Dec 14, 2011 6:25 pm

[quote=""garioch""]i like the idea of subtle changes, where abouts did you get your led's (tails and interiors) from? do some of them not throw up the bulb out message?

that would be handy! where abouts do you meet sanj?

stewie, how hard was it to do? do you havea link to the post you followed, might give it a bash myself.

cheers[/quote]

The install procedure is described in many locations on here, and is as follows :

1) Open tailgate and driver's door and leave open
2) Go to the boot and wait for the red light on your nav unit to go out, which may take a couple of minutes, be patient!
3) Eject the map disc, I've found that you need to press the eject button twice to do this, once to wake the unit up and once to eject the disc
4) Go back to the front and switch the ignition to position 1 - DO NOT close the driver's door!
5) Return to the boot and insert your newly-burned software disc
6) Look forward and observe the screen, it may go black for a few seconds and should then show "Software will update"
7) The update process will start and a progress bar will appear at the bottom of the screen, this phase may take up to 6 minutes
8) When the "Reboot" screen eventually appears, eject the software disc, go to the front and confirm reboot by pressing the right hand button
9) Return to the boot and insert the map disc.

Don't rush the process, if your screen goes black and doesn't start the update process (Step 6) after 10 minutes or so then you have a problem, however, if you're methodical with the entire process, right from the file download point, then all should be absolutely fine.
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Re: New Owner - firmware Question

Post by Johnny chimpo » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:26 pm

Stewie do you have a link to where you got the firmware from? PM me if its easier...

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Re: New Owner - firmware Question

Post by garioch » Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:22 pm

thanks for the reply stewie, very helpful having step by step full proof way to do it. i think ive downloaded the correct file, from here http://www.megaupload.com/?d=IP0KD0O0

is that the one you used? did you go into the details of changing the splash screen etc, or just leave as is?

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Re: New Owner - firmware Question

Post by garioch » Fri Dec 16, 2011 11:08 pm

just updated to v32. managed to modify splash screen aswell. pleased that it worked, cheers for all the hints and tips.
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Re: New Owner - firmware Question

Post by Johnny chimpo » Sat Dec 17, 2011 1:55 pm

You must have been looking into this at the same time as me.... i've just finished making the disc and am heading out to give it a try..... fingers crossed!
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Re: New Owner - firmware Question

Post by Johnny chimpo » Sat Dec 17, 2011 4:16 pm

Now also running v32 with a modified splash screen.... cheers all...
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Re: New Owner - firmware Question

Post by garioch » Thu Dec 22, 2011 9:48 pm

glad to hear it johnny, what splash screen you go for?

i went for this...
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New Owner - firmware Question

Post by ianmaney » Fri Dec 23, 2011 6:32 am

Sanj, pm sent
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Re: New Owner - firmware Question

Post by Johnny chimpo » Fri Dec 23, 2011 8:03 am

That splash screen looks pretty good! :thumbsup:

I was more boring with my choice... :lol:

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Next for me is a 2012 nav disc and I think I will purchase a bmw scanner to see what features I can enable!

Garioch, what you got planned for yours?
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Re: New Owner - firmware Question

Post by garioch » Fri Dec 23, 2011 10:11 pm

sounds like we're both on the same wavelength Johnny, fancy a scanner to see if i can get the aux heater working. hope i can finally get the bluetooth working, if not ill have to just get a parrot lol.

just had the front kidney grills colour coded too. will get some pics up after ive washed it.
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