8.8" Wireless CarPlay Android Auto GPS Navigation Head Unit Screen For BMW Series 3 5 E60 E61 E63 E64 M6 E90 E91 E92 E93 M3 Upgrade Car Radio

I bought this screen with the reversing camera a couple of months ago. It's been a pretty decent investment and overall I am glad that I did it is far from perfect.

- Install wasn't too bad. Some instructions and a wiring diagram sure would have helped but I was able to piece it together watching random Youtube videos
- Rear-view camera quality is good and it comes on reliably when going into reverse. Great to have the indicator lines and it's good that the parking sensors still work.
- Once Android Auto connects the connection is very stable and works great
- Screen is pretty reflective but not too bad, screen quality is really good and big upgrade from my existing 6.5" display.
- Audio quality through the AUX wire has been great for me.

My annoyances
- The audio mutes when the reverse camera comes on. There is a setting in the advanced menu for "Reverse mute open/close" but the audio still mutes no matter which setting I choose. Very frustrating.
- The reverse camera stays on for quite a while even after moving out of reverse (approximately 10 seconds). Not a major deal but it's just a bit weird to be driving down the street for a while with the reverse camera still on and not being able to use the screen.
- I wish that there was better integration with the iDrive knob. Moving around the Android Auto menu and selecting things is fine, but I wish they would have set the "back" button on iDrive to mimic "back" in AA. Same with the menu/home button. Pressing it will drop you back to the head unit homescreen rather than behaving like pressing the home button in AA.
- The reversing camera only just barely fits in the E91 wagon boot (ie trunk). The button on it actually broke off trying to get it to fit in and I had to repair it. Even then it required a lot of squeezing to finally get it to fit past where the rear BMW logo sits.
- The USB connection is data only and barely provides enough power to charge the phone.

Overall it is certainly an improvement but far from a flawless.

So far so good. Install time was greatly inflated due to lack of instructions. Needed to reference Google a few times. After working out a few kinks, I can say that I'm very happy with this unit at about half the cost of the MMI Prime. Back up camera shipped separately and about a week behind, so I will update after I receive and install that.

Agree with other comments re the unit as an upgrade. Some work to install. Worthwhile, despite limitations mentioned at bottom. Prompt email responses from wzandream, weekdays. Nice that maintains bmw system access for oil level etc.

Recommend reading thru the reviews before buying/installing ... particularly appreciate the tips from Steven H, Frank N.
and hunt online for various E60 head unit installation youtubes, repair of E61 wagon wiring loom videos helped for tailgate hinge access

first Installed front and rear cameras, then the head unit. took this risk - so that cables then ready to attach to head unit, and a chance to inspect tailgate hinge wiring and fix if needed, first

Rear camera in handle was installed using Frank N. wiring suggestions below (made red power connections only, including red rca, and loose red cable)... brought wiring up right side of tailgate, cutting hole in rubber grommet in gate under trim to fit yellow rca thru and alongside tail loom to the hinge ... used this time to inspect the loom for cracks/breaks. flexible cable fish wire very handy to pass thru speaker access and bring along edge of headliner to the front windshield post and down in beside (behind)glove box

Front camera i bought from amazon has to be powered from ACC in fusebox in trunk. ugh. didn't fancy, cheated. added paddle connectors to red/black and tapped into 12v supply coming to cig lighter outlet in passgr footwell. pwrs with ignition. brought cables in thru the ecu box - there's an open rectangular firewall passthru back left corner - unclip and move relay on left wall for better access, with coathanger/fishwire - target bottom right of opening pushing down and right 45deg ... comes out in ftwell beside the flat air vent (ecu fan?) ... bring video up to glove box, power lines across to 12v connectors for cig. Front camera connects to brown dvr cvbs andream connection. ahd signal will not work(my camera came with loops to cut for several options). Removed rubber gasket and plastic holder under front edge of hood(bonnet), unscrewed top of front panel holding kidney grill to get verrrry tight hand/forearm access down behind kidney to pop out the quite breakable latches. (stubby flathead handy for the lower side clips) saves coming under car with camera to the lower bumper "mesh".

Front camera video is accessed manually on the screen - great for low front bumper parking, but HAS to be switched off via the back/return button top right of the screen. iDrive type B menu button turns screen blank. hard reset. ymmv.
Reverse camera pdc noises cannot be switched off, (even in coding), without also turning off camera. Reverse Camera switches off once you drive fwd 10mph or so.

Factory code # 1368 reminder for iDrive version and reverse sound cut off settings.

Wired Carplay does not appear to work. USB Carplay results "invalid" when selected with phone connected. Wireless works fine - both bluetooth and wifi required, it appears. Up Down arrows on steering wheel seems to jump two songs instead of to the next song... iDrive selection on screen works to jump to next. Or use touchscreen.

my car has aux jack in back of arm rest, and aux option in the radio settings ... so didn't connect female aux dongle to anything and crossed fingers. first connection didn't stay in aux mode, had to manually reset was then fine ( ... so, you still have regular local radio access by cycling the radio mode button)

(car data connection to the andream screen - the rectangular metal one, is relatively loose. electrical tape to better secure it ... mine came loose on installation, prongs got bent, carefully straightened, reconnected and secured)

Installed slowly over a long long weekend+, trying to spot other fixes while in there, and not to break any$thing.

Fast to inform and answer about details

Recently I installed the carplay unit and I'm verry happy! Ok, it was not verry easy to install it in my bmw 3, because the space behind the dashboard is quit small. But it works! The glare can be pretty annoying. Great service, easy contact with the seller. Thank you!