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02-20-2019, 08:58 AM | #1 |
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ARTTI with 4g combox?
I have a 2013 E93 M3 with CIC. As you all know, the OEM 2g combox is no longer receiving any data. I am considering updating to the 4g combox through the dealer so I can use all of the BMW Assist features.
The BMW customer support people have told me, on two separate occasions, that updating to the 4g combox, in connection with the coding and software updates, will enable my CIC to receive advanced real-time traffic information (not just the RTTI transmitted via FM radio). I am still skeptical that this information is accurate, as I thought you needed the NBT head unit to receive ARTTI. Is what BMW told me correct? Thanks in advance.
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02-21-2019, 03:48 PM | #3 |
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Thanks very much. Would you mind telling me where you got the combox and what the dealer charged you for the installation, flashing, etc.?
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02-21-2019, 04:01 PM | #4 |
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I bought it used and did all of the coding and flashing myself. It cost me $100 for the combox. IMO I would not spend more than that for a 4G combox; it is not worth it.
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02-21-2019, 04:20 PM | #5 |
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I appreciate that. Where did you buy your combox?
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02-21-2019, 06:32 PM | #6 |
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@Nicko43 didn't you also do a NBT retrofit at the same time? Wouldn't that be different than someone coding a 4G combox to a CIC?
I'd be interested in this for the ARTTI and Bluetooth album art and playlist browsing. Assuming those 3 items are doable with a 4G Combox and CIC.
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I was searching for comboxes to mail to YouTube influences one day and I was running part numbers. I found a 13 X5 with the 4G combox part number and I bought it immediately. On my bench, I set the combox vin from the most vin (06 325i) to the coding vin for the X5. I didn't play around with it much but I can tell you for certain BT album art is not supported on the CIC at all. I sold the combox to a friend who updated his car at home and put it in his pre lci E70. Op wants to spend $500-$600 and have their factory combox car retrofitted with a new combox. Then have a new BMW Assist subscription activated for their vin. In my opinion it is not worth it since the CIC was not built to be a connected system. The weather and junk is hidden in a bunch of menus which takes too much time to get to. RTTI is very good but not worth $500. On the NBT EVO, I have the weather on a live tile and it is right there. It is very useful and I glance at it every day. In my opinion and I have had every single navigation / radio in my car I would either spend this money on a backup camera or I would save it for a proper NBT Evo + ATM retrofit using a matched, US Evo + ATM pair. Keep in mind all of the major retrofit companies use European evos or they do not have a matched ATM. |
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