Hi bimmer_yu, I am an F10 owner and thinking of going ahead with this, can you still use the sat nav option if your phone is placed in the media cradle in the arm rest compartment, as I have this for my iphone it charges the phone and use the outside antenna for reception, I also wonder if the GPS uses the same as phone reception, i.e. if yes than the idea of having the phone in the media cradle should work.
Thanks for any feedback you have.
I agree with you on the cable side shame it cannot be hidden out of view that will being the perfect fit with the way the F10 dash is designed and the deep above the dials section.
Do you have photos of the system from driver seat too?
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Originally Posted by bimmer_yu
Hm, there are different oppinions if it's ugly but in my oppinion it fits great in F10.
[IMG]http://s16.postimg.org/i3su9muv9/2015_04_30_06_40_05.jpg[If there would be no cable visible it would be really perfect. Also, as device can operate with half screen closed it can project picture to the windshiled in same manner as real HUD does. But there is no need for that - device is very useful and supplied Garmin app works great for me. Instructions are being sent directly to the car audio through Bluetooth voice channel which means that music is interupted for the spoken instructions and then resumed.
Basically I like this system much more than factory navigation I have in my BMW Z4 35i. I prepare route at home, put iPhone into cradle on dashboard and I am ready to go. I don't need to search for the address in my garage and I have much more time to prepare route at home. It's more convenient. Of course - it's always feels better to have everything built-in from the factory but judgging by how prices of factory installed navgiation systems dropped last years - car producers have hard time to cope with competition of phone navi apps. |