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Originally Posted by RichP
Sorry guys to be taking this thread off topic for a minute...
Good to hear that they do. The unit I have is actually a gen1 traffic pro, nearly identical except for the computer specs. It is a BMW version of it, which means it glows orange. Granted, you have this thing in your car, but BMW makes a Becker/HK Indianapolis system (similar to a trafficpro) in Europe, and comes as a retrofit for the E90.
Do you know the part number and price of the install kit you used? I cant get one in the USA; so I am trying to locate one overseas.
BTW..the terra is nice; if I did a build-to-order rather than dealer locate, I would have opted for it as well.
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I was tempted by the gen1 Traffic Pro by BMW (would have spared me the trouble with changing the LED´s). But I wanted the faster navigation and more current software and maps of the (younger) aftermarket unit. The BMW Indianapolis btw. does imho not look nice in the E90 or any BMW because the display cannot be switched to negative (orange letters on black ground). Instead you allways have dark letters on a bright orange background (The accessories catalogue by BMW is wrong in that respect, it shows some kind of photoshop where there is bright lettering on dark background in the Indianapolis unit). I actually bought a BMW Indianapolis and was disapointed because of the display (otherwise the Indianapolis is far superior to the Traffic Pro. For example it can play MP3´s and WMA´s which the Traffic Pro can´t) So I sold the Indi and went to soldering the TP.
As for the install kit, BMW only sells a kit for the Indianapolis for the E90, not for the Traffic Pro. But I´m not sure if there is any difference. And currently the only E90 kit the BMW can deliver is without support for the steering wheel. The part no for the kit without steering wheel support is 65 90 0 398 749
I didn´t get the kit, but only the plastic part the surrounds and holds the HU.
I went aftermarket for the CAN-BUS connector and the cable adaptors. But the aftermarket part (AIV) had some bugs, too (Antenna remote lead not connected, Illumination not via regulated lead from the radio plug but on/off from Can, Reverse signal not working). So I had to do some research into the wiring of the car myself until I got it all working.