Carx for E6X with I-drive integration and the new I-drive look

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06-12-2009, 01:31 PM

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ah so if I have NAV + US Spec'ed car = No Carx?

I found this

Also why couldn't I just take the battery out of the laptop, then it would basically just be a carpc...right?

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06-12-2009, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by rkhettry23' post='909670' date='Jun 12 2009, 11:31 PM

ah so if I have NAV + US Spec'ed car = No Carx?

I found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5nlWpL4YwI

Also why couldn't I just take the battery out of the laptop, then it would basically just be a carpc...right?

Yes you could connect the laptop to the battery, but with some CarPC the power supply is integrated (remote on) with the PC so you could shut on and off the computer with this function. With a laptop, I'm not sure how you would make it start/boot automatically?
And about the US spec. I?m not sure if there is any difference on the CANBUS from EU cars and US cars? I don?t think so, but I?m not sure. I know that US use NTSC and EU use PAL, but that should be easy to configure on the computer/Multimedia interface

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06-13-2009, 10:13 AM

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Some more information:
http://www.carx24.de/carxb7faq.pdf

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06-13-2009, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by haugejan' post='909240' date='Jun 12 2009, 09:30 AM

Has anyone test the new Carx for E6X cars? I look very interesting. Basically you need a computer with Windows XP, Multimedia interface and a CANBUS interface, then you have a multimedia center and you also get the new I-drive look. Everything is integrated to the I-drive. I tested Carx on my old E46 and I?m now considering this in my E61. Anyone have any recommendations on multimedia interface for the I-drive?

Here are som pictures