Also can you get a 16:9 screen with the cd drive that will fit an E39? I know that you can get it for the E46.

 

Yes, the MkIV will work the same way with a 4:3 screen.

No, you can't get the screen with a CD Player behind (unless you go aftermarket I would guess).

Hope that helps

Gary.

Also can you get a 16:9 screen with the cd drive that will fit an E39? I know that you can get it for the E46.

 

is there any other advantage having the 16:9 screen over the 4:3 other than its widescreen?

 

Also the Mk3 and mk4 have built in gps recivers, do i just unplug the gps reciever and plug the conector straight into the nav unit? where is the gps reciever located, is it on top of the gps unit?

 

The MKIV works perfectly with the 4:3 screen. I had mine fitted by a friend of mine. The DVD is soooo fast, i really missed this tool in my car after driving E60 etc.

But it took around 45min to install it, he had to remove the cd-changer etc to get the gps-unit (or something like that... ouich )

Have a good week

Richard

 

would you upgrade the screen first to 16:9 or upgrade the gps computer first?

where is the gps reciever located, is it on top of the gps unit?

 

Well, i would upgrade the GPS unit and save the money. The 16:9 screen doesnt have more functions, so it's only for a facelift in the interior.
The 4:3 is with the new MK4 supersharp like before, also the splitscreen is so peeerfect

 

I have an MKIV computer with a 4:3 screen. Everything works with the following exceptions: Split screen does not work quite as good as the 16:9 screen. With 16:9, you can get a map on the left side with cd track info on right. With the 4:3, as soon as you go to CD, it goes to full track info screen. You can however do splitscreen on navigation (map on left, directions on right)Also, it looks like you lose a sliver of the image on the right hand side with the 4:3 (i.e. satellite icon gets slightly cut off on the right side) Other than that, I have found it to work great, and definitely don't find the need to upgrade to a 16:9 screen.

 

I'm getting tired of just how slow my MKII (MY00) NAV computer is - both in entering an address as well as having to wait for the computer to catch up because I guess I'm driving too fast (missed an exit last weekend because the computer was late in telling me to turn). I'd also really like to have the NAV split screen. My map CD is also 5 years old so when I drive into new housing developments the NAV computer shows me as driving into green space.

So - where are people buying the MKIV computers these days since the original favorite source is no longer selling them? What's the going rate?