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Changing the rear view camera
Does anyone know if I can change the back up camera on the X6 with a different brand, but still get the same function like lane guidance......? The cameara quality is just very crappy compare to other camera I've seen.
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I would like to know about this too, I hacked an after market one into my x5 and it has really good resolution. I don't have my X6 yet so I can't investigate to where the camera connects and what type of connectors.
Hopefully someone will enlighten us.
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I am fine with the current camera. It is for navigating when backing up not family photos.
However, I think a bigger annoyance than the camera resolution is the fact it is never ready to display an image after getting in and starting the car. I am already down the street before the image shows up. So I rarely ever use it.
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I assume it could be one of two things: 1. The Imaging sensor is of poor quality and outputs a low resolution signal. 2. The lens in front of the sensor is of poor quality or is out of focus producing a fuzzy picture.
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Here is a diagram of what the reversing camera in the X6 looks like:
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What I would be curious about is the connection to ( I assume ) the nav unit. I am wondering how much of a roll the camera has in reverse guidance vs the nav unit. The camera could be a simple dumb camera with the nav/? providing the guidance. If that's the case upgrading to a better camera would be trivial. For some reason BMW seems to use butt ugly (like ones that come on x5) low grade cameras.
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When you are in reverse and stopped, the camera pans down, when you start moving in reverse in appears the camera moves up towards the horizon. This is documented in the manual as well. So a regular camera may not work.
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The X5 (E70) and X6 (E71) use the exact same REVERSING CAMERA
Latest part number for the camera is: 66 53 9 181 757 (since MARCH 2008) prior to March of 2008, the X6 appears to have a different camera listed than the X5 (E70). The X5 (E70) went through five different camera part numbers already! The X6 has two listed so far with the above part number being the latest in production.
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hva e seen x6 camera yet but
Ok, I haven't seen the X6 camera yet so maybe BMW improved it's looks, sounds like definitely it's functionality. My X5 is an 2006 E53 so at that time the BMW rear view camera was this big black box thing by the license plate. So I did after market. I hope that they have at least made it look better. I sure the resolution will be a subjective thing depending on what you're use to.
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That is kind of driving me crazy too. everything I start up the car and switch to reverse it is never ready like my wifes Lexus RX330. You have to hit accept on the iDrive and then wait a few seconds for system to be ready. |
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shenard, try to eject the navigation dvd and next time you start up the car (without the navigation dvd in the drive), see if the display comes up faster. Some drives have issues reading the navigation dvd and hence it takes sooooo long for the system to be ready.
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But the DVD drive may have issues calibrating/focusing the laser on the disc and it may take a couple of tries before the drive can finally read data reliably from the DVD disc. Try removing the disc before you start your car. See how long it takes the system to bring up the rear view camera. If it is considerably faster, you may want to check with your dealer and see if they can get you a different navigation DVD (even if it is just to test). If the time improves with a different disc, it may be the combination of the disc and drive that causes this delay. Please remember that there will always be a certain delay for the system to initialize before it can accept any kind of input. Hope this helps...
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Should be camera/pdc, bluetooth, etc. nav should be last since it takes the longest.
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I wonder if the dealer can change this somehow? I will ask them. Perhaps, if enough people complain about this then BMW NA will change this. Does not seem like it would be a hard fix.
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If you don't use CA, and unlock the car using the fob from afar, the boot time starts as soon as the door(s) unlock. So by the time you get in the iDrive is ready. CA does not give you ample time for the boot sequence before driving.
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You know you can change the display from camera to full PDC graphics?
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