Hope they can get this thing working... I have a 2014 base model and the infotainment is pretty horrible and dated. would love to update it.

 

Was the unit you purchased for your Beemer a Merryway unit?

 

Small update -

I'll be getting the replacement Merryway unit tomorrow according to DHL Express - depending on when it comes it determines if I can test it tomorrow, at the latest Friday.

 

 

"It's good to be bad" was better.

 

I'm sure this must have been asked before. Can the new larger infotainment system in the 2019's be retrofitted?

 

I liked that, also thought it was clever for the iPace - "it's always the quiet ones you need to watch"

 

 

If you've read the thread, you would see we are all mostly in the '16 and under club.

 

Hey guys -

Quick update, apologies for not getting back to you all sooner. Long story short, I accidentally sent my stock headunit backboards to China with the non-working Merryway screen

Instead of waiting around for it to make such a long journey back, I went ahead and bought a second hand unit which should be arriving sometime on Thursday. Merryway did say they were going to go ahead and test the unit with my OEM backboards since they had them, but I haven't heard anything on that yet. Hopefully on Thursday or Friday I can test the new Merryway unit with the backboards and hopefully help conclude this epic saga.

 

Thanks for the update Frosty. Understandable mistake. Commendable dedication on your part.

 

We have liftoff!

I received the replacement OEM unit today and was able to use the new Merryway unit and marry them to the replacement OEM backboards. I was able to get full OEM functionality, I could use the AC controls, radio screens, dynamic menu, etc exactly as if I still had the OEM unit in .

I think the key here is to make sure the battery is disconnected before installing the new unit, and that the ribbon cables are inserted correctly. On top of that, it took us a lot of time to reverse engineer the OEM system as well as how the Merryway unit integrates with it. Rick has been great to bounce ideas off of and hopefully I didn't make his wife jealous by spending so much time with him on the phone

Here is a teaser photo - I didn't have all that much time to mess around with it just yet, such as updating the Google maps app or installing Android auto and what not. I did route the audio out from the unit into the cars accessory audio in in the glovebox, so that should allow all of the audio from the android unit to go through the car. I had parking sensor beeps and everything was working as a factory setup.

I'm on mobile here as I have an event to attend tonight, but there should be a teaser pic of it installed with the factory menu open.

 

ROCK ON!!!!

 

 

 

hello sir, I have a 2015 R with the 770w system. For what its worth, the only important thing is to know if you have a capacitive or resistive touchscreen.

 

What am I missing? The UI looks exactly the same as the stock unit. Only difference I see is that the physical menu buttons are now part of the touch screen. RickW posted a screenshot on 11/29 that showed a more "modern" UI that appears to be from a more modern Jag.

 

 

He's showing that he can now access all the factory screens, too.

 

@frostysauce @Rick
Great job , thanks very much for all informations and the time you have spend to get this to work
Has Jenny yet given you any informations about the tests that they are doing on the Harman Unit ?

Greetings
Joël