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Comment by karlshea

8 hours ago

Mine does. Its dashboard shows fuel level and a bunch of other things and I can bring up a speedometer/rpm app.

I believe the connection exists because the steering wheel buttons/iDrive talk to the original head unit over CAN.

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rootusrootus  6 hours ago

That’s wild, I’ve never run across a head unit that had me connect OBD2. I think I would just ignore that bit of the install instructions.

kanbankaren  5 hours ago

> speedometer/rpm

This is available on standard OBD-II. Maybe, it is accessible over CAN?

  • dx4100  5 hours ago

    My OBD-II connector has CAN-C (500kbit) and CAN-B (50kbit) - I use CAN-B primarily because I can control windows, doors, etc + get the speed & rpm.