| 19 | = Plugins for XBMC = |
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| 21 | Since I do not like to remove any of the BMW equipment out of the car, I do need to write plugins to control those. This way everything stays mostly OEM. So following is a small overview incl. screenshots showing couple of those plugins. |
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| 23 | == Radio and CD-Changer control == |
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| 25 | Radio and CD-Changer control is done by emulating MID device. The thing is that I do not own any BM24 or BM54 radio, so just a simple professional rds. This radio has never been supplied with a OEM bordmonitor. That means that this radio might not work when emulating bordmonitor, hence MID emulation is in place. The plugin is almost done. I can switch stations, search them (tune), switch mode (RDS, Freq, ..) and change to CD-changer mode. In the cd changer mode I can anything as with OEM MID device. Here are some impressions: |
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| 27 | [[Image(http://www.tevs.eu/stuff/bmw/Screenshots/screenshot003.jpg, 400px)]] |
| 28 | [[Image(http://www.tevs.eu/stuff/bmw/Screenshots/screenshot005.jpg, 400px)]] |
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| 30 | [[Image(http://www.tevs.eu/stuff/bmw/Screenshots/screenshot008.jpg, 400px)]] |
| 31 | [[Image(http://www.tevs.eu/stuff/bmw/Screenshots/screenshot013.jpg, 400px)]] |
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| 33 | Last screenshot shows that since radio or cd-changer are on, video can still be played in the background. |
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| 35 | The radio plugin can either be enabled by press to the 'BMW Radio' button in the main menu or by pressing the 'MODE' button on the bordmonitor device. |
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