See what other options you have for the CIC, at the very least you need to add $6VA and $6VC (for the combox) but you might need others depending on your options and add ons (like extra USB cable or the armrest phone mount, etc.).in the list, if the first entry is LESS THAN #0910, delete it and add #0910 (so for me it was #0909, I changed it to #0910) this is because combox was not offered on cars with a chassis built before that date!.

Verify your vin is correct then press OK.

After the car data is read, click on the button F2 (Enter FA).

Choose your Chassis, for me (and most) it's E89 Chassis and hit 'OK'.

Select the button F1 (VIN/ZCS/FA) then F3 (ZCS/FA f.ECU).

Open NCS-Expert and select Expert Mode from File > Load profile.

Here are the steps I took to achieve my goal of a working Combox with my Factory CIC:

$6NR - BMW Apps (note: if your cic version is later than c16, you'll need an FSC to activate)Įdited the CIC via NCSExpert W/ NCSDummy:.

Build Date: #0910 (#0911 if you want apps).

What I ended up adding/editing to my car was this: So my car is a US born 135i so I have these options already installed from the factory: Now, just to verify, I DO NOT use a D+K CAN OBD to USB cable, I have the BMW ICOM A2 A2+B+C Diagnostic tool and honestly, I would not mess with programming the CIC without it considering that a lot of the CIC programming is done over MOST and thus makes life 1,000 times easier in this regard. Okay, so the hard part of the install is now done! Onto the coding. Again, it's tight, but totally doable without removing the truck liner that separates the trunk from the cabin. The wires and MOST connectors for the TCU are very short and required me to cut off the black plastic loop that held them in place so I could get the TCU out far enough to disconnect it. Thankfully, BMW had the TCU/MULF bracket installed in a way that after removing the two bolts I could see the other side was just held in place with metal tabs that it slides out of when you lift it and pull it to the left. The only hiccup I have at the moment is that I can't figure out where the CAN High and Low wires are that I should be tapping into, other than that, the install was a cake walk! I have an E88 and although I ended up disassembling the entire rear seat and ski-bag passthrough only to realize the passthrough was clipped into the trunk liner in such a way that I was afraid of breaking it since I couldn't find anything specific to the e88 in this regard. Using post here: I made the harness I needed. I swapped out my TCU/MULF setup for the Single Combox TCU unit (Not the media one but the one with telemetrics since I had the TCU/MULF combo).

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