Radio Help

caymanpilot · 11-13-2020, 02:03 PM

I recently purchased a 2010 E87 from Japan, which came with an aftermarket stereo. Wishing to restore it with an original BMW Professional stereo, I picked one up off eBay. This unit came from the US and is a HiFi version. I assumed this was the correct one as i have 8 speakers in my car. When I installed the radio i can only hear any sound if I turn the volume up as high as it goes, and even then it is faint.

I notice from the rear that the stereo has fibre optics for the MOST system. My radio harness does not have any fibre cables and so I am assuming this may be the issue. If I install a fibre loop on the back of the stereo will it bypass it and get the volume back? or do I need to have the card coded somehow?

Any help would be appreciated.

TboneS54 · 11-13-2020, 03:07 PM

Sounds like you have hifi or top hifi, but picked up a logic7 HU? Only L7 has fiber optics.
A loop helps people in other situations, so you could try, very cheap on ebay.

david in germany · 11-14-2020, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by caymanpilot

I recently purchased a 2010 E87 from Japan, which came with an aftermarket stereo. Wishing to restore it with an original BMW Professional stereo, I picked one up off eBay. This unit came from the US and is a HiFi version. I assumed this was the correct one as i have 8 speakers in my car. When I installed the radio i can only hear any sound if I turn the volume up as high as it goes, and even then it is faint.

I notice from the rear that the stereo has fibre optics for the MOST system. My radio harness does not have any fibre cables and so I am assuming this may be the issue. If I install a fibre loop on the back of the stereo will it bypass it and get the volume back? or do I need to have the card coded somehow?

Any help would be appreciated.

You just need to have the car (radio) coded to turn off the top hifi output and hifi output back on. It can be done via dcan but icom is the correct way to code it via ncsexpert. Looping it will do nothing.

caymanpilot · 11-14-2020, 05:00 PM

Thanks David,

I have just picked up a dcan cable, would you be able to point me in the right direction of how I go about this?

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caymanpilot Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: e87 n43 116i Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Cayman Islands iTrader: (0)	Radio Help I recently purchased a 2010 E87 from Japan, which came with an aftermarket stereo. Wishing to restore it with an original BMW Professional stereo, I picked one up off eBay. This unit came from the US and is a HiFi version. I assumed this was the correct one as i have 8 speakers in my car. When I installed the radio i can only hear any sound if I turn the volume up as high as it goes, and even then it is faint. I notice from the rear that the stereo has fibre optics for the MOST system. My radio harness does not have any fibre cables and so I am assuming this may be the issue. If I install a fibre loop on the back of the stereo will it bypass it and get the volume back? or do I need to have the card coded somehow? Any help would be appreciated.
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TboneS54 YNWA 1043 Rep 813 Posts Drives: 2004 M3 6spd & 2011 M3 DCT Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: SoCal iTrader: (2)	Sounds like you have hifi or top hifi, but picked up a logic7 HU? Only L7 has fiber optics. A loop helps people in other situations, so you could try, very cheap on ebay. __________________ /// 2004 Silvergrey M3 · Coupe · 6MT · Slicktop · zero options /// 2011 Jerez/Bamboo E90 M3 · DCT · Slicktop · IG: @na.s54
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caymanpilot Registered 0 Rep 2 Posts Drives: e87 n43 116i Join Date: Nov 2020 Location: Cayman Islands iTrader: (0)	Thanks David, I have just picked up a dcan cable, would you be able to point me in the right direction of how I go about this?
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