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Rear-seat entertainment Professional Questions
We are looking at adding the Rear-seat entertainment Professional option to the X5 we are planning to order. Can anyone provide details of how this works, specifically:
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Yea, there are jacks to plugin headphones. You can use wireless headphones, but have to buy them separately. I'm sure it uses a idrive controller in the rear - but perhaps the x5 uses a remote instead. Since the rear has its own rear slot - then yes, you can use any other source in the front. The external input is just analog, not hdmi ... so regular analog video in. |
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Following up on this... Anyone know what type of wireless headphones will work? Must be BMW specific? If so, does anyone have the part number and a good place to buy online?
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Anyone have any updates on the rear entertainment? My wife really wants rear entertainment on whatever vehicle we get and right now it appears it will be a X5 35d. How have you liked it and would you recommend it? Also, are there any other aftermarket options for the X5? We will be getting it with the multi-contour seats if that makes a difference.
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What I think is good: Each screen can watch tv or dvd independently or together Full iDrive functionality - i.e. navigation, music, vehicle details etc Audio can be played via the cars speakers or headphones Play video from USB - I can only get home movies to play - I think commercial videos in my iTunes folder have DRM You can control content from the front iDrive or via the remote in the rear Not so good Can't play video from my iPod 4 (running iOS6) or iPhone 5S (iOS7) Sure it's an expensive option but it does work well and look good. If I were buying again I'd still choose it. Let me know if there's specific you'd like to know. |
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i also thought about it initially....after doing some investigation, I figured it brings more limitation than features given its relatively high price...I think you'd be right on the money if you purchase separate systems/products like tablets which can do more than just media/entertainment and spend the delta on something else...
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Yes, built in DVD in the rear console - this can be played on one screen while usb from rear or tv from the front is playing on the other.
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I'm dealing with this issue right now. I just picked up my new X5 last Friday and found out that the rear entertainment system doesn't come with IR headphones. I decided to buy some IR headphones on amazon over the weekend. I just received them today and still can't get them to pick up any audio even though i changed the channels on the headphones and so on. Does the new 2015 system allow IR headphones and why isn't it working? I purchased Power Acoustik HP12S IR headphones which seem to be pretty universal.
Any thoughts on this?? Pretty sad for over $2k they can't even include IR headphones like my old QX80.
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I don't think I would trust aftermarket headphones would work flawlessly with the OEM system. |
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To semi-hijack this thread, I have been a little surprised on the highly limited 2nd AV source options on the RSE...
(In the US at anyway where there is no TV option)... 1.) Cannot seem to plug in any kind of old iPad or iPhone and have it play audio and video through the composite video in (i.e., it will play the video if I use an old iPhone 4 or IPad two that had the analog output converted to composite + stereo inputs but the audio cuts out completely). 2.) Also definitely cannot plug any old or new iphone/ipad into the USB only - it gives you audio only, no video. 3.) Cannot redirect front DVD player to 2nd screen in back 4.) Cannot load a movie onto USB and play in back I guess due to DRM protection... just doesn't work So it seems like unless I want to build a whole little "system" back there with a bunch of various components I must buy separately, there is not really an easy way to get a second AV source using iPod/iPhone?? Anyone have this figured out? I feel like I'm just missing something silly. Last edited by KMA; 05-06-2015 at 03:59 PM.. |
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I think your right. I think they use bluetooth now since it requires a pairing process now. I wonder if any bluetooth headphones will work. I will give it a try.
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Update: I have finally figured this out...
Objective: Since we have 2 old iPad 2's and a couple old iPhone 4's and an old Apple 30-pin to composite AV adapter, wanted to use iTunes purchased movies and Netflix in rear seat entertainment (RSE) as 2nd source that could be either played on 1 screen while a DVD played on other screen or fed to both screens, as needed. Challenge/Problem: Video worked but no audio would play. This was very frustrating. Sometimes on the iPad 2, the audio would play through the iPad itself. iPhone 4, no audio on phone or through RSE. Figured out the problem: The apple composite AV adapter also has a USB plug for power. If you plug it into the USB plug next to the composite AV inputs, it automatically disables the audio. While I considered this and had then tested moving to a power-only USB plug, audio did not work when I made the switch. Turns out that plugging into the one next to the AV jacks disables audio for good even if you switch jacks after (i.e., The only way to get the audio back is to swap around the audio selections--e.g., re-selecting them in the BMW menus... sort of like a reboot/cycle). Anyway, so now this all seems a bit more logical and WORKS. 1 kid can watch a DVD 1 kid can watch an iTunes movie or Netflix show/movie or both kids can watch the same of either one. and there is some purpose for an old iPhone 4 other than sitting in a drawer! P.S. Yes, this could all be done cheaper/eaiser with 2 iPads and no RSE, but now I have the iPhone 4 sitting in the center console, and there are no visible goodies like iPad's sitting in the car for would-be opportunist thieves to want to steal (Kids are young enough they aren't good at putting iPad's away every time we go somewhere, nor even necessarily wanting to gather them up and remember to bring them in the car). P.P.S. Would I get the new RSE Professional again knowing how hard it is to use (i.e., can't really just hand the remote to the kids since they have to switch it from left to right control and navigate some german SAP-like menu hierarchies)? NO. But at least now it is usable having figured out the idiosyncrasies. |
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