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Old May 11, 2011 | 10:42 AM
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Just received my video interface for the e60. Dropped on it for a good price on eBay, ended up getting it for £110 after abit of negotiation:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/BMW-iDrive-Video-Multimedia-Interface-3-5-E60-E90-X5-UK-/260779499600?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cb7ab6050
It looks pretty good quality, hopefully it ends up being good. Gonna endeavour to fit it next weekend, weather permitting!

Video Interface arrived today!-video-interface-small.jpg

I intend to splice the audio into the auxilary input and for the time being play videos from my iPod, until I drop-on a decent slimline DVD player.

Does anyone have any recommendations for another video source, DVD player or DVB box?
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Old May 11, 2011 | 01:49 PM
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I'm looking to buy one of this units my self. Let me know what you think?
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Old May 12, 2011 | 07:42 AM
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Also very interested depending on how good the quality of video is.

DIY would also be useful if you get a chance
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Old May 12, 2011 | 08:29 AM
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+1 it looks similar to the Modmynav and Alekshop. Would be interested to get on this as well, but I need more info on where to get a dvd player from or maybe swap my cd drive of a dvd drive?!?

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Old May 12, 2011 | 08:53 AM
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I'm also interested in something like this. Please let us know how it turns out.
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Old May 12, 2011 | 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by Pav636
+1 it looks similar to the Modmynav and Alekshop. Would be interested to get on this as well, but I need more info on where to get a dvd player from or maybe swap my cd drive of a dvd drive?!?

-Pav
You can find the dvd player on eBay. I got mine shipped from Hong Kong.
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Old May 12, 2011 | 03:04 PM
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don't bother with the dvd players unless you have a lot of DVDs. Best to go with a HDD player that gives you full DVD menus. Dont buy the cheap ones from ebay because they dont treat dvd files as a dvd but instead as a bunch of video files.

This is what I use http://www.argosyusa.com/hv256t.asp?DefaultTab=0 when playing you would never guess its running from a hdd instead of the actual disks.
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Old May 12, 2011 | 04:55 PM
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It's good to have options.

The DVD player I have has an USB interface for flash drives. Pretty handy IMO.
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