Bypassing Hi-Line kit in the boot
 

Hi all,

I've had issued with water ingress into the boot - which are 95% fixed - but I don't want to refit the satnav unit behind the side carpet on the right hand side of the boot until I'm 100% confident that everything is staying dry.

I also would like some music in the car for the interim period!

Are there any replacement stereos that will work without having all the kit in the boot plugged in?

I'm wondering if an android touch screen unit would work - I don't need the aerial connected, I'll simply use spotify for music while on the move. Can I remove the highline head unit, and swap an android unit straight in? Will it work without the gubbins in the boot being plugged in?

I really don't want to have to mess with wiring looms etc...

Any advice would be great!

At the back of the centre console, behind the ashtray unit, is a 17 pin BMW connector that joins the audio loom to the main car loom. Use a BMW to ISO adapter lead from there to the replacement unit.

I understand that part - but what I want to know is will the speakers all function without the amp / satnav / hi-line gubbins in the boot disconnnected?

Yes, they go from the unit in the boot, through the 17 pin connector, to the speakers. Many BMW to ISO adapter leads only have 13 cables, two of the missing ones are for the steering wheel control, so you may lose that.

I still don't understand...

At the moment I do not have any of the highline kit in the boot.

Will another unit work without having all of this plugged in?

Will I need to run a cable the length of the car to achieve what I want?

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It doesn't need anything in the boot, you disconnect it all, the adapter lead replaces it.
It just needs removal of the 17 pin connector of the cables from the boot, and replacing it with the adapter lead connector, and plugging the two ISO connectors on the other end into the replacement stereo.

If you plug directly into that connector all the door speakers will work, you just won't have the HK sub.