wow, what a great thread! I'm drooling over doing this on my 06 M5

I have a billion questions at this point but the main one, I'm pretty sure somewhere in the thread someone said that the e9x CIC would work in an e60, is that right? Obviously the face of it will not fit the e60 panel but otherwise will it all work the same?

As for combox, my m5 has BT already, does that mean I already have the wires and just switch out the BT unit for the combox?

Sorry for the possibly dumb questions but I've only started reading tonight and I'm trying to get my head wrapped around all of the parts of this car.

My previous car was an e34 540 so quite a huge technology jump. :angel:

 

Any chance you can fix the links to your older photos? They are all no longer viewable :-(

 

Sorry, my photobucket account keeps going over the free limit. I'll pay to upgrade it for a few months in the next few days. That should bring all the pictures back for a while at least

 

Hello, maybe I post this in an wrong thread, but I'm asking anyway and please moderators, move this post in the right thread if I'm wrong.

I've made my own retrofit from CCC to CIC on my E90 2006. I've activated the VIM for it. Now my problem is HOW TO CHANGE DVD CHAPTERS WHILE PLAYING DVD?

I have an DVD with music videos , but I can't change chapters.

Any idea? I need a special made DVD or what?

Thank you.

 

Hey Schpenxel,

I just did the CIC install in my 06 E63 M6. I have it working but it doesnt have any sound as of right now. Can you help me?

 

Hey Schpenxel,

I just did the CIC install in my 06 E63 M6. I have it working but it doesnt have any sound as of right now. Can you help me?

What have you done so far? Just physically installed it? What coding, if any?

It's almost certainly a coding issue. If the CIC came out of a car with logic7 and yours doesn't have that, then it won't be sending audio out properly to the speakers

Also, sorry to all about the PM's being full--for better or worse they seem to fill up faster now that I'm not around as much. The 100 message limit is a bit ridiculous IMO. If paying for a membership raised it to a real number I'd just pay for it, but 200 isn't really going to help much either

 

You are the man!

I just bought an ICOM too and upgraded everything on my 545i. It now says "Last treated by: ISTA-P 2.52.2.002." Was CIP 15 before! It now plays MP3s from the DVD drive at least! Strangely I didn't need to code the feature.. I was about to, and it started playing as soon as I put a disc in!

Anyway, we seem to have similar cars (and similar problems along the way!) I also have M-ASK with Logic 7 (and business navigation).

I just bought a CIC controller.

Do you think the CIC controller will work with M-ASK? Just so that I can get that little job done / out of the way until I feel like chucking a load of money at the rest of the kit? I know the connector is different..

 

AH what the heck.. just 3 months late

Yes, I think it will work. I could be wrong, but I'm almost certain some of the last E60's came with MASK and the newer style "CIC" controller.. so it should be possible

 

after a CIC retrofit in E60 - Should i use the old TV module (for CCC) - or get a new one for GT F10 F11... (cars with CIC from factory) ?

 

CIC Buttons no longer lit?

I have a pre-LCI car and just like many others, I tapped into the power wire for lights from the hazard switch and ran a wire down to CIC pin 14 to make my CIC buttons backlit just like the others in the car - until a couple days ago.

I pulled out the CIC just to check connections. I still had ( ~5v is what I measured?) voltage on the jumper wire I had routed down to the CIC harness area, so I wonder if the bulb/LED has gone out inside that panel.

Is 5v too low - perhaps it is a cold solder joint up where I spliced into the hazard harness? If that is not it, then has anyone else lost their lights and solved it? Perhaps you can open up the back of the black panel (volume knob and buttons on the front of it) that clicks into place on the CIC to get to the bulbs/LEDS? Or will that be impossible, so you have to find a donor piece to swap in? If that is it, anyone have a good source for the part?

Amazing that we are now dealing with retrofit parts wearing out?

Thanks!

 

I have a pre-LCI car and just like many others, I tapped into the power wire for lights from the hazard switch and ran a wire down to CIC pin 14 to make my CIC buttons backlit just like the others in the car - until a couple days ago.

I pulled out the CIC just to check connections. I still had ( ~5v is what I measured?) voltage on the jumper wire I had routed down to the CIC harness area, so I wonder if the bulb/LED has gone out inside that panel.

Is 5v too low - perhaps it is a cold solder joint up where I spliced into the hazard harness? If that is not it, then has anyone else lost their lights and solved it? Perhaps you can open up the back of the black panel (volume knob and buttons on the front of it) that clicks into place on the CIC to get to the bulbs/LEDS? Or will that be impossible, so you have to find a donor piece to swap in? If that is it, anyone have a good source for the part?

Amazing that we are now dealing with retrofit parts wearing out?

Thanks!

The part you are referring to is 65839206068. I highly doubt it's defective, I'm leaning towards the fact you have a bad connection somewhere, either in your quadlock or your source.

Good luck.

 

I have a CIC from a E90 that i want to use in my E60 LCI.

Instead of buying a new CIC front panel facia for E60 from dealer can i instead use a M-ask II (buisness CD) frontpanel for E60 instead?
They look the same and also the connector?

Here is a shot from the rear. Anyone with a E60 CIC frontpanel that can compare?

Thanks!

 

From my 535...

 

hi

Front panel problem to the exclusion.

Can I retrofit E90 CIC to E60?

 

Kewill: Thanks! I havent tried the M-ASK panel on the CIC yet but since i dint find any to try with i think i will order a new CIC-panel from BMW for E60.
Maron: Yes, if you buy a frontpanel for E60.. The CIC are the same for both E60 and E90 but the front panel differs.

 

ChrizLoud :Thanks to immediate answer

 

great tutorial!!

 

Hey guys, I just installed the CIC and before I had a chance to wire in the emulator, I plugged the harness in just to see if my wiring to the screen was good and what do you know? The CIC worked fine including navigation. I don't understand how that can be as the CIC came from a donor 2010 car and mine is a 2008 LCI. (I had already coded the VO for the CIC using ncsexpert before I even started the transplant procedure ). Should I just reassemble everything or should I wire in the emulator 1st?

Thx

 

Mine did that to but after the car goes in sleep mode for the first time it will not work anymore.
You must have the emulator.

 

Yeah I don't think it will keep working either. I would install the emulator.

 

Thx,schpenxel, on the power for the emulator then



Did you end up powering from the fan connector instead of messing with the CCC/CIC harness/connector? If yes, which color wires did you tap?
p.s. My CCC/CIC plug only has 3 plugs in it. All same as yours except for the white one which is missing from mine.

 

OK, all installed by Navigation is now grayed out

It was fine without the emulator in line but with the emulator installed it's grayed out. Anyway to verify functioning of emulator with a tool like a multimeter?

 

Weird. After the car sat overnight, the Navigation came back

Now I have coding issues. Although I had no problem changing the VO, I do have these errors no matter what I try to do to the CIC. See attached.

 

Coding worked fine once I disconnected the emulator.

Now I have coding issues. Although I had no problem changing the VO, I do have these errors no matter what I try to do to the CIC. See attached.

The emulator must have been interfering with CAN Bus coding.

 

Thanks, I was retrofit the CIC of E90 to E60.
Function are all well.
https://youtu.be/v1y7n2aceN4

I want to replace the front panel after, but do not know the part number on the front panel of the E60.

Do you know anyone?

 

Sorry. There has been described in # 334

 

Great write up! I got my 2006 BMW 525ix 6 months ago and it seemed like someone already played with the idrive. The Aux seemed to be fitted in nav. Not 100 sure. Also blutooth, because that option didnt show when i did the vin decoder thing for BMW. I dont have that cubby thing at the bottom as well. Currently im debating if I should do this. More so because there are 2 E60s in my area that are wrecked and are being parted out. Both of them are Xi's lol. And I think one has all the components needed. Although im afraid the blutooth and the aux would need to be coded again. And I dont have any coding software. Hopefully those 2 cars are still going to have all the parts by the summer when Ill save up enough money. Reason why... Im in college lol. Unless something else pops up, like an aftermarket unit.

 

Hi Guys. Brilliant informative guide, so big thanks to schpenxel and the guys for all the info. (its taken ages to read through it all)

this weekend we done the CCC to CIC retrofit on an E60 520d 2008 LCI. we already had the newer Idrive controller so swapped out the sreen, cables and main navi unit. plus added the USB to the glove box and a 3rd party GPS receiver.

So far no CAN bus addapter fitted.

when the new CIC was first powered up EVERYTHING worked great without any coding (exept the GPS lock) ie all the navi etc.

but.

after the car was locked up and went to sleep, ie the next morning the navi option was greyed out.........GRRRR.


then we messed up with the coding and managed to mess it all up and ended up with a DEAD CIC with a white screen !!!!! OOPs lol.

after another attempt at the coding were are back where we started......ie all working but with no navi (greyed out).


so my question is, can i get the navi working with just coding etc or do i need to buy the CAN bus adapter?

the guy we bought it said just coding?

cheers all.

 

ok, so added a Emulator today. Navigation started working after a sleep/wake cycle.

so far so good. very happy. Thanks all.

 

Also FYI, the DEAD CIC and white screen issue after coding was due to not having "609" entered into the VO and being loaded into the CAS and LMA etc. we never had NAVI on the old CCC so im assuming thats why the "609" entry was originally missing.

 

hi

Pleas tell me how to remove the front panel of the E90's CIC

 

OK! self-resolved