BMW F10 12.3 Inch Screen Upgrade (Apple Carplay + Android Auto)

[@Greg-yw8xb]

You should have ran the cable through the center console.the rubber floor pads where the aux is can be removed and there is 3 holes to run the wire.

[@Krowicki]

did exactly this a few months back and the cable is no longer visible

[@Nour-wc3sv]

hey, did you find a way to make it show the bow screen when you start the car instead of it saying HD.

[@b4rt3nd3r]

Great video man!! You literally just did all the things I want to do on my 550 GT and answered all the questions I had!

[@lukashoch1287]

Hi, great video, thanks because im concerning the display. I have a question, did you solve the “problem” when you put it on in says 1920*720 instead of BMW?

[@lightsoutimages]

Looks nice but i wouldn't take the risk of installing system. The aux cable thanks for explaining honesty saved me from buying 👍

[@naoltitude9516]

same

[@stephenmurphy3207]

Did you figure out how to make it say bmw when you turned the car on

[@josefasacothelordofbeats7623]

Yes you have to select OeM start up

[@rl8575]

HI, great walkthrough!!! If you wouldn't mind answering a silly question, what did you plug that black plug from the screen into @ 4:19. Thanks in advance

[@justinbutler1997]

Yes yes im confused on this to

[@blankspace8996]

It controls the main dimmer switch. So you can’t control dark or brightness.

[@piotrzajac9173]

Hi. Where did you buy it? Is this without silver frame?

[@clacsocanvil8504]

Where have you connected the two cables of your screen, the pink one and the black one? I now have that problem jose where are they placed

[@Krowicki]

the black one stayed disconnected as the new one went in and the pink one went right into the new screen

[@SaulRobertoTV]

@@Krowicki i have same problem. I disconect the black. But have message from screen says "no signal".

[@PedroCostaRH]

Good afternoon, On the old screen disconnected a pink cable and a black plug. is this plug unplugged?

[@Jay-ks4ed]

you get this sorted out. I was also wondering where the black connection was to be placed on the new unit. I installed my 12.3 yesterday and I am several issues. No sound, no backup camera, no original screen menu.

[@gawainjsmall3659]

It’s the same with me. I tried everything

[@SMACKiNHiGH]

Does it respond fast ?

[@kennetht2362]

Thank you for the video. How did you get the dashboard to display speed in mph and not km/h?

[@ShowMeWhatINeedToKnow]

Does the screen brightness dim when you dim the instrument cluster? Also: How's the glare and reflections off the glossy screen?

[@incartechie]

Yes it does!

[@johnjacobs7049]

Hi I have just fitted the same screen and setup android auto but it is not showing full screen/filling the screen as yours is, any idea what I need to do ? Cheers John

[@Krowicki]

Hey John I forget exactly how I did it but I do remember that the support team of the company I bought this head unit from was super helpful and had an answer to all my questions

[@johnjacobs7049]

@@Krowicki hi I found out what the problem was, in the setting for zlink I had hd selected, as soon as I unselected it I had full screen picture

[@JeriquePajarellano]

Did you get the highest operating system and follow up question does the operating system effect how long it take to start up?

[@nelsonkpalakpala7760]

If the original screen don't display how can you set it

[@incartechie]

Under the factory settings

[@tuho4555]

Hello, would you mind give me the detail list of the option you choose?

[@mc333777]

How many seconds is the boot-up as soon as you Turn ON the car ?

[@incartechie]

Roughly 20 - 30 seconds

[@Theaquaplex]

Excellent Video Walk through. I also just purchased from 4x4 for my Audi B8...They have good customer service compared to their competitors just down the road from them.

[@MajorSpeirs]

I have a 535i manual and my car has 3 driving modes. Normal, Sport and Sport+. How did you manage to make the mic work? And could you already connect your phone for bluetooth music streaming?

[@kielonclarke3531]

Hi just wondering if there is any bad glare on the screen with a sunny day.

[@Krowicki]

I had a pretty bad glare the first day I had it but I went to the settings on the screen and adjusted the brightness and its been fine since. My car is also tinted which makes the glare not as bad

[@rille31]

Just installed mine and the glare is pretty bad on sunny days

[@calista2006]

Great video. Glad i found it. Now that you've had it the display for a year, what are your thoughts now?

[@Krowicki]

still love it. very occasionally it’ll cut out or have trouble connecting to apple carplay but i’ll turn off the car and it’ll work again on the next startup

[@calista2006]

@@Krowicki a year later, is there an updated model that may have addressed that connection issue?

[@Krowicki]

i don’t know i’m not affiliated with the company that made the screen i just saw another person recommend so i bought it too. i’m sure there’s some update i can do to the app that does the carplay but it hasn’t bugged be enough to look into it.

[@qaching]

@@Krowicki Hi, can you remove the trim below the screen while the screen is installed? because i want to replace my start button and i would remove the trim in order to do that will the screen be in the way when removing the trim because it's like you will hit the screen when trying to removing the trim

[@SatTracker]

Did you have to do anything to allow voice commands to work? I have looked at other upgrades and you had to wire in another microphone and speaker to allow the phone to work properly. Sorry if I'm repeating a question which may have been asked below. Great video! Thanks.

[@cDrifty]

So you have to use an aux cord to play music if you have 2011-2013? You can’t connect to Spotify and play music that way

[@mrlove6]

Hi, when you disconnected the purple cable and the wide rectangular cable from the old display, can you please tell me where did you attached the rectangular one? I have no place on my new display so I can't get the original bmw system screen, only the android one.

[@jamshidazizi367]

Thanks for this video! I did everything correctly, but the aux does not work

[@alejandrozanella806]

Does pdc work when you put reverse as the original cic

[@Krowicki]

yes

[@JeronimooV]

Have you ever used the USB cables that are attached to the device? I'm just about to mount a screen in my car and don't really know where to take them out. In the passenger compartment? I don't want them sticking out into the interior somewhere.

[@Krowicki]

i’ve never used them and just keep them in the glovebox

[@darrylwilliams3625]

Does the new system have an amplifier, and is it louder than the factory system?

[@incartechie]

Great upgrade - we also install these over here in the UK!

[@pequeno01vagner]

Where did u buy it?

[@RJ-ph2dt]

Nice video. I am thinking about to buy this product. I want to ask, how is the microphone performed? Did you install a separate microphone? Is it possible to use the factory equipped microphone for phone call when connecting the carplay or android auto?

[@Krowicki]

yeah I kept the factory microphone and it still works fine

[@sheldonpouchet4717]

Hi I am curious you say they sell fake Qualcomm Chips , my Pemp screen tends to freeze is that the case, how can I find out if its real or fake.

[@zsoltvida8383]

Hello, I would like to ask what did you do when the black cable was 4 minutes? I don't get the menu for the car, only an hour is displayed

[@DER_OSMANE]

What you make with the external microphone??

[@gerardo7080]

If your cic unit is not working would the rest of the other options work such as CarPlay?

[@savage-goose]

Awesome video. Do you have the HUD and does the screen affect the HUD functions?

[@erikgreeno6136]

does this work on a 2013 bmw 528i xdrive ?

[@BradimusMaximus78]

Car looking awesome!

[@telluricscout]

Thanks. I want to have my reverse camera available as soon as the car starts. Does the device need to 'boot' for a while when you start the car? How long does that take?

[@cotswoldconversions]

No, it doesn't require the Android unit to boot first. The camera will use the BMW mode to display the camera instantly. Android unit takes about 20 seconds to fully boot.

[@cokakada1189]

Hi Great Video, will this also work for me who has the small screen with no Navi and champ2 system which also has no BT Audio? (Only calls work via BT but no apps oder music of any kind ..)

[@TheJaymnj]

Do you pull the green tab on the screen and if so what's that for?

[@josephmgomez3921]

What extra options did u buy?

[@sonybravia6981]

Hi please help me figure out where you connect that wire from old display screen. You skipped video, so I can’t seem so I don’t know why I need to connect that wire my display doesn’t work. Thank you for help

[@Chris-rs3dj]

Is there a way to keep it on factory side all the time?

[@josefasacothelordofbeats7623]

Yes it’s in the setting

[@cokakada1189]

Hi, everything works fine exept that the AC and heating stopped working after installing the screen, any ideas?

[@PedroCostaRH]

Good afternoon, On the old screen disconnected a pink cable and a black plug. is this plug unplugged?

[@BradimusMaximus78]

Are you able to get it in reverse now? What was the problem?

[@Krowicki]

still no reverse just commuting with it for now and where I park I don't need reverse. I'll get it done in the second half of this year.

[@meritonzebica1541]

@@Krowicki how the android working so far I install my android but when I go to check oil and all that show no signal can u let us know please thank you

[@byronic8642]

HI, have you same issues with the steering wheel controls? When i try to use them, i get an error in my dashbaord, "steeringwheel controls disabled in aux mode"

[@Krowicki]

same thing here. it's because in the earlier f10's that use the cic system you have to use aux for the system to work and the car doesn't allow steering wheel control skips and rewinds for aux

[@GiacintoMarcellino]

@@Krowicki so if you have NBT instead you will not have to use the aux cable like in yours?

[@sharonheisler1557]

@@Krowicki Wow that is big NO for me. I like my controls

[@cokakada1189]

Hi I did it exactly like you however my problem is that I cant return to the Original OS to make the last adjustments there (Audio Output). The OG Radio is playing but I cant make it output from Screen (I mean the screens commands and then outputting in Car Audio of course). Long Press on Menu gets me a blackscreen and so does the menu point "MyCar" Any idea?

[@RoshanDrummer]

Is the unit connected to a mic for phonecalls? Like if you put the phone under the arm rest

[@Krowicki]

It uses the OEM bluetooth for phone calls so yes it's connected to the original microphone

[@imsavor]

So all my audio cables are correct….but my radio comes from the right and my CarPlay comes from the left now….and it keeps pausing my music. Any clue?

[@jaycudi2521]

Does it change the start up chime or turns it off?

[@ShowMeWhatINeedToKnow]

How is the glare?

[@russellshahriar2147]

Pls tel me where did u buy it or send me link regards

[@DoomTrooperTV]

Have you noticed a difference in audio quality? Others have reported a degradation.

[@Krowicki]

I'm running my headunit audio through aux and the sound quality is great

[@mylifestyleinamerica6216]

to have this key in the car do i have to change something in the car? Or just program it?

[@fedism]

Silly question, can you play youtube? does it have its own android os on the screen? TY

[@Krowicki]

yeah you can and you can access the android os as well

[@GRINGOf10]

thx for the video... does VIM work with this? IE watching video from the usb stick while car is in motion?

[@cotswoldconversions]

In Android mode, yes.

[@plamenstoyanov5605]

Hi I have a question, doest the head up display still works when you go to the old default car menu and then start the original navigation ?

[@miguelhobando]

I would love to know this as well before purchasing

[@Youtuber-st7wo]

@@miguelhobando it still works, you will see the lane you need to be/turns in on your hud but you won't see the old navigation images on the new screen if your on carplay, it works with it "off". Everything works fine with both systems installed.

[@MTFBOEING737NG]

Excelent. Thank you very much, buddy!

[@RenZvers3]

Questions: i have a 2016 BMW X1 XDRIVE28I which doesn't have navigation and Backup camera 1. Do i need the wifi adapter to connect the dash to a hotspot so i have watch youtube, use internet, GPS etc? 2. Do i need a Bluetooth adapter to connect to my phone and use android auto? 3. If so where did you hide those? 4. How easy it is to install the backup camera and where do i place it? 5. If i have installed professionally, how much do you think that would cost me?

[@antonytheolddog8626]

I'm in the UK and really want to put a better screen in like this, hope it doesn't mess up my heads up display..😁 Yeah....I went there.

[@incartechie]

It definitely won't mess up your heads up display, we install them here in the UK and have no issues with heads up display cars!

[@antonytheolddog8626]

Where you based pal..

[@incartechie]

I'm based in Aylesbury, UK! @@antonytheolddog8626

[@prohomespa108]

Can you also show step by step how to connect Applepay.

[@slxppzlxppz8666]

do you think this would work on bmw f10 520i 2015 ?

[@RMJJ91]

Personally I would have kept the old screen, since it is way more matte and it integrates into the dashboard perfectly. Instead, I would have installed some aftermarket software behind te screen to install CarPlay when you press the home button on the selection knob.

[@warrias]

Does handsfree calls work good with this android system?

[@tgreenehoops1]

What app is it that I use for Android auto? I have Z link but it may be an old one? It does not sync with A Auto only car play

[@waltermunoz5757]

Just bought the android auto for my 2015 BMW F10. I'm having a hard time trying to find someone that will install the unit. How long would you say max to install this unit?

[@josephmgomez3921]

Wich is the best 12.3 unit brand?

[@josephmgomez3921]

Does it have youtube?

[@Ibrahim-fb4yn]

Would really be nice if you can make a review video after using it for 1 year. I am planning to buy one but Ive seen many videos where some say it’s excellent and others say its horrible. Cant make my mind

[@michaelporter3496]

I've been using mine for a little over a 6 months. The cable they provided to interface with the car has an intermittent short where I lose the right channel speakers. I've mostly fixed the issue because they wanted to charge me $35 to ship a cable out. There were a lot of firmware issues that have mostly been corrected with the last update they pushed to me. It's been a bit of a headache but I'm happy now that it is working. I love having wireless apple carplay and a bigger touchscreen but it's not perfect.

[@Kira-reus]

Can i ask, if this infotainment works on f30 as well?

[@Krowicki]

I think there is a different version on their website for the f30

[@RayOstil]

Did you get the anti-glare or anti-reflect? What’s the difference?

[@Bshmoneyyy]

One has no glare and the other you won’t see a reflection 🤦‍♂️

[@_furygan_]

А переделать и в засунуть в Mercedes w211 можно??

[@henrikroos-fredriksen8601]

Do u have a link fore this screen?

[@Krowicki]

I'm not affiliated with them so I don't have a link. I bought it from a site called 4x4shop . ca

[@maurhuncho1070]

Will the new 12.3 screen work on a 2018 m550i?

[@PavitoAl]

Can I use my mobile with wireless Android auto?

[@josephmgomez3921]

You think 12.3 screen is a better than the 14.9 screen option?

[@Mindmasteryedge]

What did you go for ?

[@GevOhan]

I did this on my 2012 740li. Great upgrade! About to do a 14.9inch screen on my 2017 X5 m package. Maybe one day ill do it to my X7 also. But for now the x7 screen is legit.

[@anuptavade3074]

I have a bmw 2011 f10 and i am not sure what options to go for, can i just buy the base product?

[@josephmgomez3921]

I'm in the same boat

[@Arda972]

How can I enter full screen iDrive I have similar to this I got this screen but I want to also use the old iDrive at full screen how can I do this?

[@Laffcbm]

Click the ‘option’ button and unmark ‘split screen’

[@Arda972]

Step by step

[@Arda972]

@@Laffcbmcan you tell

[@Laffcbm]

@@Arda972 you got it?

[@Arda972]

@@Laffcbm where in option

[@marcolephotographe]

always happy 1 year after ?

[@Krowicki]

yeah, can't complain

[@deanjono22]

I have the smaller 8.5 inch screen in my F10, would this screen still work too if I upgraded???

[@cotswoldconversions]

Yes.

[@sergiorapha476]

Nice video. How’s the quality sound ?

[@polska1643]

Sound is fantastic

[@incartechie]

It's good quality!

[@josephmgomez3921]

Why not wireless?

[@dannydanix8698]

You don't have to pry the knob with a sharp tool, easily can be removed with a sticky gum or strong duct tape.

[@markgombkoto2089]

How does the original phone call function on the steering wheel work after this install? Do the contacts still show up on the screen on the instrument cluster so you can scroll through your last calls etc? Does it sync with the new screen? Very curious!

[@Krowicki]

Doesn't work the same way anymore

[@markgombkoto2089]

Would you mind explaining how it does work? :) Much appreciated!

[@akakiki4111]

@@markgombkoto2089 It doesn’t work because he didn’t plug in the aftermarket mic. You can still use the steering wheel controls if you leave the original bmw system in Bluetooth mode.

[@Benny-zo3qh]

Hey I'm looking to buy the same screen from 4x4 auto. They have some sketchy reviews, so I'm wondering how the monitor has been working so far? Also how did you ensure you recieved the right chip?

[@Krowicki]

you can verify it in the android settings for the unit. my units been great so far I've had it for only a couple weeks. My only complaint is I wish android auto / apple carplay started faster. it takes like at least 30 seconds after starting the car for that to get worming but other than that I've been super happy with it

[@Benny-zo3qh]

@@Krowicki Hey thanks for the reply. I was also wondering what impact it had on your sound? My F10 came with the regular speakers and I upgraded them to the Focals. I would hate to spend more money on screen at the expense of my music listening quality

[@charlesmakes6520]

@@Benny-zo3qh is the focal speaker upgrade worth the money?

[@Benny-zo3qh]

@@charlesmakes6520 If you're a big music guy, yes. I just did the front door speakers and the two subs under the front seats. I also put a 10" in the trunk to add base because even with the focal upgrade, the base was lacking. Hope that helps.

[@meritonzebica1541]

@@Benny-zo3qh how the oem sccren working to check oil and all that I install my android at same way but when I try to go check my oil saying no signal android menu working fine just oem one show no signal

[@emsantiago]

How is it working now?

[@Krowicki]

Love it, honestly one of the best aftermarket steros I've installed in a car. The only negative thing I can say is i've been told during phone calls that the audio quality from my end isn't that great.

[@batia0121]

Awesome video. Thinking about getting this from China since I'm Chinese. FYI the unit is $260 on Chinese platforms, and I'm gonna spend $20 to ship it to Canada with UPS.

[@rudeboy100s]

What platform?

[@batia0121]

@@rudeboy100s pdd

[@TheCjanes11]

What is pdd?

[@batia0121]

@@TheCjanes11 Google is your friend. PDD also just recently launched its US site called Temu.

[@RoshanDrummer]

Will there be an open hole behind the screen or is there a cover? I didnt catch it in the video..

[@JeronimooV]

Then play it again. 12:42 is the answer.

[@RoshanDrummer]

@@JeronimooV thank you!

[@jarekgawron6823]

Hi. Can I watch KZbin on it?

[@rille31]

yes

[@Mve89]

My concern is that you have to have a aux cable to play music that’s not fun

[@Krowicki]

yeah I believe it's just because I have a pre-lci f10. Mine is a 2011

[@BradimusMaximus78]

Need to fix the time though

[@polska1643]

Anyone knows how to update from android 10 to newer version

[@彭新懿]

any one has issue with head up display,it don’t work after put it on?

[@FernandoMartins-9431]

Actually it's the worst "upgrade" for the f10/f11 in my opinion... it looks like a series FX radio... when the stock big screen is ok, just needed upgrade to android on stock location. Nice info btw

[@Krowicki]

Thanks, it all comes down to personal preference. Some people like to keep the original screen, some people upgrade to the standing 10 inch, and then there's the 12.3 I did.

[@MarcoChip]

bad idea to cut all the detailed connection of the harness...

[@4x4shopCanada]

Nice Job!

[@lindstrem]

Can you pls share the password, it should be the same for all. I lost mine and dont even know anymore the manufacturer but its the same size and same interface. Pls help

[@vrz1]

Did you get fix ?

[@theurbanartist775]

Im watching video’s because I want to add an aftermarket radio in my w221 s550 but if I have to plug into AUX that’s a NO GO FOR ME 😮

[@Krowicki]

unfortunately reality for us 2011-2013 f10’s