The Navi came in the appropriate delivery time. The package itself was a adapter, which can be used for the E39 and the E49 with Canbus control for steering wheel (Round Pins BMW Quadlock plug) and an adapter for E46 (Flat Pins BMW Quadlock plug).
Furthermore, there was a very short and concise instructions on a USB to Micro USB adapter, an adapter for the small antenna connector, and a cable with a sensor, which is supposed to be for the handbrake well.
- Importantly, the majority is an antenna adapter ISO -> DIN missing. This must be purchased additionally! -
If you installed this Navi must be a clear, that you also, if no navigation system or any other DoppelISO device was installed in the E46, you need a function carrier for DoppelISO radios, which keeps the air operation. Provisionally do you enable Klimabedienteil first to remove the sunglasses box in officials use these there. Not very nice and keeps not super but to test it enough!
After removing the normal radio first, the support frame of the old radios originals must be removed. Subsequently, the center air vents must be removed (please look for this expansion videos / instructions!). Then the installation can begin. I myself have my GPS antenna is not adhered to the disc but this pushed over the metal pipe under the air vents. This saves a lot of time and stress. The GPS reception is fine. However, it is important that between the GPS receiver and the satellite itself is not a metal, since this would shield the signal.
Already came the first negative point. The supplied plug quadlock had such a bad manufacturing tolerance, so you had to press strongly, while locked the plug again. Result was it that broke my original Quadlock. However, it now holds. (See Photo)
The installation is a little "frimelig" because you have to look where the plugs hinschiebt and small plug adapter boxes. For me it was best if we all push in the left corner, there is enough space in the direction of the instrument cluster.
When all this has done, then you can start already. Umpinnen for storage or starting current I had in my E46 Touring 320D from 2001's all.
After starting a BMW logo appears, which of course the E46 highly appreciates. The launch itself is really fast.
It immediately went to the basic settings such as language (which was already in German) and the sounds. From the sound of her, I have to say that the radio itself rausholt along with my original HiFi sound system a lot. My original BMW Business CD radio sounded worse.
The menu of the multimedia system works very fast. No Harken, jerks or snags.
But what bothers me is, for example, that you can select the menu with the right rotary knob, but once you get these pressed, you end up right in the Sound Effects Menu, wherever you are. I find this a bit uncomfortable, because each selection must be done via the touchscreen. So you can but life / you have to live.
The Navi starts very quickly and receives enough satellites. The Navi loads and calculates quickly new routes. The disadvantage of the iGO primo navigation menu is that the settings are extremely overloaded and then some things in English, others in German. Even an ugly thing is that when you navigate even the lady then says "Move your 1km", then I think to myself: Straight? Left Right? So just on the announcement can not all rely too much you look. Unfortunately, there is always at the end of the command straight, left, right.
On request to the seller if an update is even possible, I got a link for an update of the Pumkin devices. But this update seems to be well equipment only for Android. The manual is unfortunately so sparse, so you on a commercial yellow bag almost more information about the Navi gets as the enclosed instructions. -D
Maybe you can run another Navi software also easy, which is programmed for Windows CE and touch operation. The start location of the Navi software you can easily define himself.
Bluetooth and playing songs on Spotify via my iPhone 6 works fine. It is a pity, however, that the songs are not displayed and you can operate only pause / forward / backward through the radio. Even 130 Bluetooth radio show now the interpreters of etc.. When you get off the phone and the radio turns off and you get in again the radio connects very quickly with the device and the music goes on, once you have enabled fast connect in the settings. Does my opinion, very good!
Another negative point is that the radio reception is worse than the originals. But it's still bearable. However, one must first AF (Auto Find function) disable, because otherwise it makes at any station stop.
On the whole, the device makes up now to me a good impression, but I have not been able to test everything as telephoning and looking DVD and SD and USB ports, as I mostly use radio, GPS, Bluetooth (for music). I guess that I was completely satisfied for a price of 250, because 330 is much in the present days by there now DoppelISO radio with BT at Media Markt for 199. However, Dynavin costs which of course even better is also evenly times 700. Therefore you can not go wrong for the price and should test the part here.
There were no photos from the original I once with a few appended.
If someone wants to enter for the purchase decision just check out youtube "E46 Win CE Navi" see the Navi in action. There are some Navis with the same menus that are very similar. There you can get a good idea of the speed!
I apologize already in advance for spelling mistakes and difficult to read sentences, because I just times purely incidentally writing this review here. However, I hope I can some people who are faced with the same decision, thereby helping.
