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Member ID: diver90

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

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2000 BMW 7-Series

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Last updated: Feb 29, 2004

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Steve’s BMW 7-Series:
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My car was built before September of 2000 so it did not come pre-wired for the Voice Recognition System. Fortunately, BMW did make an adapter harness so the install can be done. This model year (as well as 99 and half of 98 I believe) does not require any replacement of steering wheel buttons as long as the car is wired for a phone.

Here's the required parts:

84-11-0-027-947 -- E38 SES Kit
84-11-0-029-707 -- SES Jumper Kit
Double Sided Tape

diver90's 2000 BMW 7-Series

Step 1 - Remove the two screws to the right of the CD player and the Nav CD Drive. They are a bit of a challenge to get out. As I unscrewed them I slipped a piece of cardboard behind the screwhead to keep tension on the nut.

diver90's 2000 BMW 7-Series

Step 2 - Remove the Nav CD. The "tool" is made from a coat hanger

diver90's 2000 BMW 7-Series

diver90's 2000 BMW 7-Series

After you get the Nav CD drive out and disconnect the wire, you can carefully remove the grey shroud that covers all of the electronics.

Step 3 - There is a 12 pin connector by the left tailight assembly. Unplug the two pieces and connect the corresponding connectors from the harness (Sorry about the blurry image).

diver90's 2000 BMW 7-Series

Step 4 - Fish the connector for the telephone mic out from behind the bracket shown in the photo, disconnect the two pieces and connect the corresponding connectors from the harness.

diver90's 2000 BMW 7-Series

diver90's 2000 BMW 7-Series

Step 5 - Connect the blue connector on the harness to the SES unit and apply some double sided tape. (There is a bracket you can buy, but I elected to just use the tape.)

diver90's 2000 BMW 7-Series

Step 6 - Mount the SES Unit on the bracket that holds the CD Player.

diver90's 2000 BMW 7-Series

You're done! Reinstall grey shroud and Nav CD. To activate/test, turn the ignition to position 2 and press the phone switch. You will get a new tone and "Voice Activation" will show on the LCD in front of the steering whell.

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Vehicle Owner

Member ID: diver90

Location: Atlanta, Georgia