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Originally Posted by MillerMav

If you find yourself with the time, a write up on removing the rear entertainment would be appreciated. I will never use mine and it is always in the way.

Overall it's pretty basic. You will need to remove the carpeted F/R side panels to gain access to the rear panel where the HVAC and DVD are mounted, there are guides on the internet on how to do this. Unplug and remove DVD player.

To remove the screen you need to pop off the plastic covers which cover the "horns" that the screen pivots on with these covers off you can remove the lower cover which will allow access to the screws connecting the screen to the metal bracket. Once the screws are removed you carefully need to snake the 2 wires which connected to the DVD player out of the console.

The last step is to remove the metal bracket which resides inside the console which the monitor mounted to. This is a bit more work since you need remove the trim surrounding the shifter/iDrive controller, the trim surrounding the cupholders, the upper decorative (wood) trim that runs the length of the console, and lastly the long leather panel which is just below the decorative trim (and just above the carpet panels which were originally removed. The point of removing all these items is to get the long leather panels off to gain access to the upper screws which mount the metal bracket in the console.

Viewing the console from the side you should be able to identify the curvature of the bracket and consequently the 6 silver screws (3 on each side) which are bolting the bracket to the console. The top screw is blocked buy the Now the tricky part that threw stumped me for a bit with the 6 screws out there is no other bolt/screw/clip to remove, the bracket is essentially pinched between the two main plastic uprights of the console and is positioned by 2 small pyramid shaped nubs. To release use a flat head screwdriver or a similar item to pry the console plastic outward and free the small nubs and eventually the entire metal bracket, you will slide the bracket upward and rearward to remove.

When it's all said and done you will need the small trim piece which covers the upper/rear corner of the console where the monitor mounted and you will also need the "oddments" bin to replace the void left by the DVD player. Best to look your options up on RealOEM.com under "vehicle trim."

Hope this helps.