Customer Review on Pumpkin Wince 6.0 Car GPS Navigation DVD Player for BMW E46

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Today we’ll talk about the Pumpkin wince 6.0 Car Navigation GPS DVD Player for BMW E46.

My install was on a 2001 pre-facelift e46. I will compare this BMW car navigation to a similar unit I’ve had experience with. I have previously owned a WIN CE Dynavin E39 unit when I had an e39 5 series. This Pumpkin unit is significantly better than the Dynavin. The user interface software is much more polished and tidy, has more features and is just better overall. The Dynavin had full 4 channel RCA outputs for those wanting to use the unit via an amp, however the pumpkin only has 2 channel left and right (not front/rear) so that’s one thing it falls down on. I’m not using an amp so I don’t care.

You can disable the “mute when in reverse” feature which wasn’t possible on my old unit (I don’t like it) so that’s nice, however the pumpkin still switches to reverse cam AV IN even if you don’t have one fitted, so you get a black screen. At least the sound doesn’t cut out when reversing (unless you want it to).

Before buying I repeatedly asked what sat nav software it came with, and in particular if it was the IGO PRIMO software. For anyone else wondering, yes it is the IGO PRIMO sat nav software, and it is very good. I was relieved it wasn’t something else. If you are having problems entering a postcode, what you do is you enter it into the “city” field, and you MUST include the space if you want to put in the whole postcode, otherwise it won’t let you and/or it won’t work. Beyond that, this is the premium standard for aftermarket sat nav in my opinion, and it’s great. I had a browse through the supplied SD card, and it appears I have been supplied with maps for the entirety of Europe! So that’s pretty nice.

The Dynavin I’m comparing it to had to be cunningly installed in order to play dvd or video of any kind while driving ( I.e. with the handbrake off) . This one just just has an option in the settings, which again is great.

Finally, the screen is a good size and the interface is nice and fast not laggy like some units out there.

–by Bob

Car accessories that can work with this unit: headrest monitor dvd player, reversing camera, 3G dongle and other auto accessories.

Pumpkin official website:

US site: www.autopumkin.com
UK site: www.autopumkin.co.uk
German site :www.autopumkin.de

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