Installed a Mio C728 sat nav in OEM flip up display

mcflow · 07-29-2009, 03:33 AM

Hey guys,

first posting, but I want to share the information with you

The last days I installed a Mio C728 7" sat nav in the OEM flap up monitor. There was a bunch of stuff to do such as running all cables through the holes and plugs and connect everything in the car. The best thing is that I kept the original curcuit board so the flap up monitor will open and close automatically with the ignition/turn off.

The Mio comes with dvb-t decoder, mp3-, video-player and photo-album and as you recon the Miomap navigation software What a surprise

this is the result:

Pic during installation:

Pic of the electric board sandwich

bad pic @night:

It cost me less than 400,- Euros, to be exact:

Mio sat nav : 290,- €
BMW case/flip up (from ebay) : 67,- €
8GB SD Card : 20,- €
cables & wiring : 12,- €
__________________________
total: 389,- €

glad for comments
cheers Flo

BSM 135i · 07-29-2009, 04:34 AM

that is very nice!!! so your car didn't come with nav and you installed all this?

mcflow · 07-29-2009, 05:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by BSM 135i

that is very nice!!! so your car didn't come with nav and you installed all this?

Thank you

Yes, i forgot to mention this. My car came only with the storage compartment in the dashboard. Sound is running through Aux-In.

mrgoochio · 07-30-2009, 05:23 AM

Looking good. Is there any way to use RCA's with the Mio unit instead of AUX?

mcflow · 07-30-2009, 08:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrgoochio

Looking good. Is there any way to use RCA's with the Mio unit instead of AUX?

Hey,

thank you. Well where do you want to plug it in? It won't be a problem to use a jack-rca converter.

cheers

ichiban · 07-30-2009, 09:36 AM

Is it touch screen only? If so then I'd so you should've put it in the center console area instead of the dash, kind of a reach. But other than that, looks like a flawless job. Have fun with it.

walterfiressen · 08-03-2009, 12:31 AM

I would like to do it to my car also.
Would you help do this right??
i don't wanna break something or spend the money and dont be able to make it work.

mcflow · 08-03-2009, 04:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ichiban

Is it touch screen only? If so then I'd so you should've put it in the center console area instead of the dash, kind of a reach. But other than that, looks like a flawless job. Have fun with it.

hey, thanks

yes it is touchscreen only - you're right about the reach but I kind of like it and once you're driving you don't mess around with that thing. So it's no prob at all.

Quote:

Originally Posted by walterfiressen

I would like to do it to my car also.
Would you help do this right??
i don't wanna break something or spend the money and dont be able to make it work.

Hey

well I can give you some advice but you're the one who needs to do the job. A bit of experience (in electronics) would help :P

walterfiressen · 08-03-2009, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mcflow

hey, thanks

yes it is touchscreen only - you're right about the reach but I kind of like it and once you're driving you don't mess around with that thing. So it's no prob at all.

Hey

well I can give you some advice but you're the one who needs to do the job. A bit of experience (in electronics) would help :P

Ok the thing is i just find the sd card on ebay.
The thing is im in mexico but still, i live close to usa and i buy my stuf on ebay usa but i didnt find anything.
And how easy is it to take the trim, radio and all that stuff off (i did in once on a mustang and i broke some stuf )

mcflow · 08-04-2009, 04:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by walterfiressen

Ok the thing is i just find the sd card on ebay.
The thing is im in mexico but still, i live close to usa and i buy my stuf on ebay usa but i didnt find anything.
And how easy is it to take the trim, radio and all that stuff off (i did in once on a mustang and i broke some stuf )

Sorry but did you forget a word in the 1st sentence? Do you mean you don't find a sd card on ebay? -> http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trk...All-Categories

For the trims

http://rapidshare.com/files/23359909...on_dashboa.pdf

http://rapidshare.com/files/25883684...ment_panel.pdf

http://rapidshare.com/files/23468612...air_grille.pdf

http://rapidshare.com/files/25883744...pillar___l.pdf

http://rapidshare.com/files/25152296...m_03_2007_.pdf

cheers

robertchien · 08-07-2009, 10:03 AM

Hi, i cant find the flip up case in ebay...pls can you give some help. thks!!!

mcflow · 08-07-2009, 11:30 AM

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Originally Posted by robertchien

Hi, i cant find the flip up case in ebay...pls can you give some help. thks!!!

Hey,

well that is the only one I found on ebay.de (Germany) - nothing on ebay.com

sorry

Klick

cheers flo

Endre · 08-07-2009, 12:56 PM

I actually had the same plans earlier. Even bought the bmw flip up from ebay.de, but i never got it.:s Got my money back, but sucks anyways...

But looks good!!

fxbcds · 08-12-2009, 06:42 PM

mcflow, how did you make the screen to flip up once you start the car and flip down when you switch it off?
How did you connect the motor?

Cheers!

mrgoochio · 08-12-2009, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fxbcds

mcflow, how did you make the screen to flip up once you start the car and flip down when you switch it off?
How did you connect the motor?

Cheers!

Quote:

The best thing is that I kept the original curcuit board so the flap up monitor will open and close automatically with the ignition/turn off.

StuartM · 08-13-2009, 02:02 AM

Wow that looks great!

Good job on the install McFlow.

I've not seem the Mio before, are they able to play movies on any of the other models in the range, I'm not bothered about TV just being able to play stuff off the SD Card?

Thanks

fxbcds · 08-13-2009, 03:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrgoochio

I know that.

What I wanted to know is how does he connect the motor to the radio...

e82vette · 08-13-2009, 05:07 AM

how long did that take you installing??

aacabriolet · 08-13-2009, 05:32 AM

Hey man!

Looks really neat! Nice work!

Just a few questions if you don't mind!

1) Will you lose the AUX port by doing this?

2) Is it fully reversible

3) How do you get it to flip up and down automatically on ignition? Does the circuit that does this come with the flip up case from eBay?

Thanks

mcflow · 08-13-2009, 06:50 AM

Hey all of you guys - Thank you for all the compliments

I really appreciate that :P

Quote:

Originally Posted by StuartM

Wow that looks great!

Good job on the install McFlow.

I've not seem the Mio before, are they able to play movies on any of the other models in the range, I'm not bothered about TV just being able to play stuff off the SD Card?

Thanks

Well I installed an 8GB SD Card and there is no problem at all playing *.avi's, *.mpeg's, mp3's. It also has a slide-show option for pictures.

Quote:

Originally Posted by e82vette

how long did that take you installing??

Thats really hard to tell, but I think it took 30h all in all including stripping the cases, modify, install and finishing.

Quote:

Originally Posted by aacabriolet

Hey man!

Looks really neat! Nice work!

Just a few questions if you don't mind!

1) Will you lose the AUX port by doing this?

2) Is it fully reversible

3) How do you get it to flip up and down automatically on ignition? Does the circuit that does this come with the flip up case from eBay?

Thanks

No problem at all

1.) No since I plugged the audio cables of the Mio in on the back of the radio plug, so it's possible to plug an mp3-player into the Aux-In while watching a video or do something else with the sat nav

2.) It's fully reversible

Now the answer for the motorization

I connected the BMW flip up at the back of the radio plug

flip up plug: -> radio plug

pin 1 : terminal 30 (plus) -> Radio = pin 15 (red/green - thick cable)
pin 3 : terminal 31 (minus) -> Radio = pin 12 (brown - thick cable)
pin 5 : K_CAN High -> Radio = pin 11 (orange/green)
pin 6 : K_CAN Low -> Radio = pin 9 (green)

The original flip-up comes with the curcuit board and 2 cables running through the hole on the left side in the housing.

http://img269.imageshack.us/i/p1010726b.jpg/

You need the cables on the left side. One goes in on the electric board, the other comes from the electric board to the motor. You'll need to wire the end outside the case up:

The plug looks like this:

http://up.picr.de/2164802.jpg

You will need to buy the left parts from the BMW dealer...

That's the plug that needs to be connected: http://img199.imageshack.us/i/p1010735.jpg/ (its not my finger )

part numbers:

61 13 6909058 plug for the cable on the 2nd picture
61 13 0006663 contacts for the terminals to go from the plug to the radio

total = 6 €

You can see the plugs stick together right here with the pins number 1,3,5 and 6:

I hope I could give you some good answers

cheers Flo

aacabriolet · 08-13-2009, 08:52 AM

Thanks for the response!

Man I'm really keen for this!! Only thing is, apart from the financing (i'm only 18 and not working yet lol), that i'm too much of an electrical noob! Quite scary..

And i'm wondering if the Mio has maps for South Africa. For some reason i think only maps for Europe are available. :/

So how are you liking it? How is the navigation of the Mio and the overall feel/responsiveness of the touch screen?

EDIT: Seems i'm mistaken - http://www.webantics.co.za/viewItem.aspx?idProduct=2012

Maps for South Africa are available!

fxbcds · 08-13-2009, 08:56 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aacabriolet

Thanks for the response!

Man I'm really keen for this!! Only thing is, apart from the financing (i'm only 18 and not working yet lol), that i'm too much of an electrical noob! Quite scary..

And i'm wondering if the Mio has maps for South Africa. For some reason i think only maps for Europe are available. :/

So how are you liking it? How is the navigation of the Mio and the overall feel/responsiveness of the touch screen?

EDIT: Seems i'm mistaken - http://www.webantics.co.za/viewItem.aspx?idProduct=2012

Maps for South Africa are available!

You can install IGO or Tomtom if you want.

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mcflow New Member 2 Rep 19 Posts Drives: 3-door Hatch Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Germany iTrader: (0)	Installed a Mio C728 sat nav in OEM flip up display Hey guys, first posting, but I want to share the information with you The last days I installed a Mio C728 7" sat nav in the OEM flap up monitor. There was a bunch of stuff to do such as running all cables through the holes and plugs and connect everything in the car. The best thing is that I kept the original curcuit board so the flap up monitor will open and close automatically with the ignition/turn off. The Mio comes with dvb-t decoder, mp3-, video-player and photo-album and as you recon the Miomap navigation software What a surprise this is the result: Pic during installation: Pic of the electric board sandwich bad pic @night: It cost me less than 400,- Euros, to be exact: Mio sat nav : 290,- € BMW case/flip up (from ebay) : 67,- € 8GB SD Card : 20,- € cables & wiring : 12,- € __________________________ total: 389,- € glad for comments cheers Flo
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