Center Channel (BMW Speakers) Installation Instructions for BMW 5 Series, E60/61 with Logic 7 Audio Systems
Tools Required: Metric Socket Set Plastic Panel Removal Tool Philips Head Screwdriver Brain

Before you Begin

Please review and familiarize yourself completely with these instructions before starting work on your vehicle!
Insure that your bass and treble settings are set to their default middle positions before installing your new speaker upgrade. Once youve installed your Stage 1, you can reset the bass and treble settings to your particular liking. Keep in mind that we generally recommend keeping them both very close to center as large adjustments introduce distortion into the audio signal and will decrease the performance of your system. With your new center channel speaker installed, you will notice a dramatic improvement in overall tonal quality, with much of the harshness that existed previously no longer artificially coloring the music.

The Process

Keep in mind that it is important to remember that panel re-installation is essentially the reverse of the removal process outlined below. Variations occasionally occur, so if anything seems out of line with what is contained in the pages that follow, please dont hesitate to contact us. If you experience any issues with your installation, please consult the troubleshooting guide located at the rear of this installation packet. For any needed clarification, we cannot stress enough how important it is to view our complete video installation guide located directly on our website. www.bavsound.com

Center Channel Speaker

This process is very straightforward. Were simply going to carefully pry the plastic panel surrounding the center channel speaker out using our BSW plastic panel removal tool, exposing the factory speaker. Again, the installation videos will highlight the exact removal process. Please see photos on the following page.
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The speaker is held in either by (3) 8mm bolts, or in some cases, Philips head screws. Remove these and place them aside, as we will be reusing them to attach the new speaker. Remove the factory speaker, and plug in the BSW center channel driver back into the factory connector. Center Channel Photos
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Stage 1 Speaker Upgrade Troubleshooting Guide:
If youre experiencing an issue with your new speakers, please carefully read through this guide, as it covers almost any issue that you are likely to encounter. If the issue cannot be resolved, please call us at (404) 963.8857 for further support. Here are the most common issues weve experienced: No sound from speaker (s) Distorted sound from speaker (s) Physically defective speaker (broken or damaged during shipping, no sound) Missing product Lets address each bullet point: No Sound from Speaker: One of three things is most likely happening, and they are listed in order of most common occurrence: 1. Wiring on plug-n-play connector is misaligned. Here we want to check for alignment of wires from their factory plug through the BSW connector. Do they line up? If so, was the factory speaker working prior to replacing the speaker? Go ahead and plug the factory speaker back in to confirm operation. If the factory speaker works, and the wires in the plug are aligned, the speaker is defective. We need to get you a new speaker! If not, let us guide you to the proper connections. Remember, on our wires, the Red Stripe is positive, while the solid black is negative, while on the BMW side of the plug that following holds true: Black Stripes, Red Stripes, White Stripes, Purple Stripes are Positive. Solid wires are negative, as are wires with Brown Stripes or Grey Stripes. 2. Check to make sure that no speaker terminal is touching metal. This can cause the speaker to not function, as it is effectively grounded (shorted) out. If you find that this was the case, place electrical tape over the terminals to prevent future mishaps. If the entire system has no sound after the installation of new speakers, we almost know for sure that there is a speaker whose terminals are grounded out. Lets check by disconnecting each speaker until the music comes back on and weve isolated the problem speaker. 3. The Factory Speaker did not work either. If this was the case, and you were trying to fix the problem by purchasing new speakers, we may need to look at the factory amplifier, as it is most likely the culprit. Is the entire side (left front, right rear, right front, left rear) not working, or is it a particular speaker that was not working. Most likely it was a single speaker. If an entire side is not working, make sure, especially on the tweeters that you just installed, that neither the positive or negative terminals are touching metal. This can contribute to an entire side (channel) not working properly. Distorted Sound coming from new Speaker Again, a few things come to mind: 1. Where are the bass/treble settings on the radio/EQ? Flatten out the settings to ensure no pre-amp distortion is the cause of the problem. If youre using the radio to test the speakers, go ahead and use a CD or directly connected iPod instead. 2. Speaker terminals may be touching ground (metal). Where is the distortion coming from? A single speaker, an entire side (channel), or the entire system? Its best at this

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point to go back and disconnect each speaker until the distortion goes away. The most likely culprits are the front tweeters. The factory speaker was distorted as well. If a single speaker was distorting, the most likely culprit is the amplifier. We may need to explore replacing/repairing your factory amplifier.
A speaker is physically defective, as in defective from shipping or directly from the manufacturer. There is only one solution here: 1. We will be happy to get a replacement speaker out to you. Well need to bill you for the replacement speaker, and once the defective speaker arrives back to us, we will gladly issue a refund. Once you get the new speaker, please keep us posted on the results, as want to make sure that everything is sounding as it should. Missing Product(s) If you feel that a product or accessory is missing, lets check a few things before we send out replacements. Itll save everyone a lot of time! 1. Please check to make sure that nothing has gone unnoticed in the packaging. If youre calling from your office and dont have access to the package, please bring the package to the office the next day so that we can go over with you exactly what was supposed to be in the packages that we shipped out to you. Sometimes our shipping department uses filler boxes in packages to ensure that your products arent damaged in shipping, and often times those boxes are mistaken for missing products. 2. If indeed a product is missing, firstly please accept our apologies. We try our best to ensure that all orders are filled as they should be, but were only human! Please notify us immediately of the missing product, and we will the appropriate pieces out to you that same business day, provided FedEx hasnt already come for the day. We want you to get your new equipment installed as quickly as possible, so well make sure you have it in an expedited fashion once weve been made aware of the problem.
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Stage 1 Audio Upgrade (BMW Speakers) Installation Instructions for 2008-2009 BMW 5 Series, E60 Sedan Standard Audio
Tools Required: Metric Socket Set Panel Removal Tool Torx T20 screwdriver Small, Straight Pick Tool
Before you begin the installation process, please confirm your package contains the exact speakers shown to the right and highlighted below: (4) 100mm midrange with female plug attached and external tweeter leads attached (2) 25mm tweeters with only lead wires attached (2) 25mm tweeters with lead wires and attached to steel mounting plate

Before you Begin

Please review and familiarize yourself completely with these instructions before starting work on your vehicle!
Insure that your bass and treble settings are set to their default middle positions before installing your new speaker upgrade. Once youve installed your Stage 1, you can reset the bass and treble settings to your particular liking. Keep in mind that we generally recommend keeping them both very close to center as large adjustments introduce distortion into the audio signal and will lower performance of your system. Perform the installation one door at a time. Since there are many small parts that youll remove when completing the project, limiting the work youre doing to one door will prevent you from confusing which parts go with what door. Take a quick listen to confirm that the speakers are functional, but wait until all of the speakers are installed for a complete audition. Installing the speakers into one door and comparing them to the rest of the factory speakers will not yield the desired results of the upgrade.

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The Process

Keep in mind that it is important to remember that panel re-installation is essentially the reverse of the removal process outlined below. Variations occasionally occur, so if anything seems out of line with what is contained in the pages that follow, please dont hesitate to contact us. If you experience any issues with your installation, please consult the troubleshooting guide located at the rear of this installation packet. Were going to proceed as follows: 1. 2. Front Door Speakers - Please Note: The driver front door is removed identically to the passenger panel. Rear Deck Speakers

Front Door Removal:

1. Start by rolling down the windows on all of the doors. This will decrease the chance of mistakenly scratching the glass or tint on the window. Orient yourself with the door. Read these instructions fully before beginning the installation process. This will again ensure proper planning and that the process goes as smoothly as possible. Starting with the driver door, identify the airbag plug on the upper rear portion of the panel. Using your plastic panel removal tool, remove this piece. There is a Torx T27 bolt behind it that needs t be removed.
Now, we need to locate the small screw cover on the front inside edge of the panel. Using your angled pick tool, carefully remove the cover as shown. You may pierce the plastic with your tool, but dont worry. There is a Philips head screw behind this cover. Remove it and place it aside.
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At this point the door panel is essentially free. We will use our plastic panel removal tool and insert it as shown above on left. Carefully pry outward, as were going to free the outer perimeter of the door panel first. The outer clips and upper clips along the window edge are to be removed by prying outward, or towards you. The door panel is secured by a large plastic clip located roughly in the middle of the door panel. With the outer perimeter fasteners loose, we need to firmly grasp the panel and rock it up and down, while pulling towards you.

With the panel free, we now need to begin disconnecting the various harnesses and plugs from the panel, as we need to gain workable access to the midrange speaker. Lets get the Midbass and tweeter freed up before we do anything else. These are the shortest wires on the panel, so once theyre disconnected we can have more room to work with. Its simple; just unplug the midrange and tweeter by pulling the connector straight out of the speaker!
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We need to unplug the door lock mechanism shown in the below right photo, and completely remove the wiring harness that runs along the upper section by using our panel removal tool and freeing the plastic fasteners that secure it to the door. However, DO NOT DISCONNECT THE AIRBAG CONNECTOR!
Well next disconnect the lock mechanism itself at the door handle on the panel. Simply lift the lock mechanism out of the handle by lifting outward.
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We can now disconnect the window switch and free the harness gong down to the light, thus allowing us to work on the panel. The rest of the installation must take place on our laps, as the panel cannot be completely removed due to the airbag. DO NOT UNPLUG THE AIRBAGS.
Front Tweeter Panel Removal
This is actually very easy. The factory tweeters are loosely pressure fitted into the plastic housing shown below:

All we need to do is carefully remove the tweeter sail and pop the factory tweeter out of its housing using our angle pick tool included with your BSW tool kit. Looking at the photo on the right above, use your plastic panel removal tool and carefully pry at the location of the arrow. Once the plastic housing is free, it will free itself and allow you to gain access to the tweeter.
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Remove the foam backing from the tweeter sail, and the tweeter itself will be revealed. It is very easily removed using your pick tool, or sometimes, weve seen the tweeters fall right out of their housings. With the factory tweeter removed, lets install the new tweeters.
Front Tweeter Installation
To install your new front tweeters, simply snap them into the housing, and reinstall the foam backing material. Our new tweeter is a very tight fit, so be thorough in pressing the tweeter into the factory hole. We promise its easy!
Reinstall the foam backing, snap the tweeter housings back into place on the doors, and lets move on to the Midbass installation.
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Front Midbass Installation
Again, it doesnt get much easier than upgrading these midbass drivers. The factory speaker is attached by (3) 7mm nuts as shown, and then further by a couple of 10mm nuts and a single Torx T20 bolt.
With the speaker removed, we can now apply the optional sound deadening material to the door panel itself. Please note that there is no right or wrong way to apply the material. Just make sure you heat the sound deadening up sufficiently enough to activate the glue on the sticky side of the material.
Sound Deadening/Midbass Installation Photos
The installation video on our website will better illustrate exactly how we recommend applying the sound deadening material as well as the reattachment process of the door panels.
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With the sound deadening installed, we can re-attach the upgraded BSW midbass driver to the door panel. Now, lets take the door panel back over to the car and reconnect everything back together. Plug the tweeter wires into the color matched wires coming from the midbass driver and reconnect the remaining plugs/door handle connections.

Rear Deck Speakers

Lift each rear headrest all the way up and identify the rear speakers. Using your BSW plastic panel removal tool, carefully pry upward on the front edge of the grille covering each speaker set. There are two hooks on the rear most edge, so dont pry on the rear edge.
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With the panel removed, the factory speakers are simply unbolted, and our new midrange and tweeter are bolted right back into the factory locations. Both the tweeter and midrange are attached using 8mm bolts. Install the new tweeter first, and then install the midrange driver. There is no reason for sound deadening in the rear deck, as BMW has put more than enough back there.
Stage 1 Speaker Upgrade Troubleshooting Guide:
If youre experiencing an issue with your new speakers, please carefully read through this guide, as it covers almost any issue that you are likely to encounter. If the issue cannot be resolved, please call us at (404) 963.8857 for further support. Here are the most common issues weve experienced: No sound from speaker (s) Distorted sound from speaker (s) Physically defective speaker (broken or damaged during shipping, no sound) Missing product
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Lets address each bullet point: No Sound from Speaker: One of three things is most likely happening, and they are listed in order of most common occurrence: 1. Wiring on plug-n-play connector is misaligned. Here we want to check for alignment of wires from their factory plug through the BSW connector. Do they line up? If so, was the factory speaker working prior to replacing the speaker? Go ahead and plug the factory speaker back in to confirm operation. If the factory speaker works, and the wires in the plug are aligned, the speaker is defective. We need to get you a new speaker! If not, let us guide you to the proper connections. Remember, on our wires, the Red Stripe is positive, while the solid black is negative, while on the BMW side of the plug that following holds true: Black Stripes, Red Stripes, White Stripes, Purple Stripes are Positive. Solid wires are negative, as are wires with Brown Stripes or Grey Stripes. 2. Check to make sure that no speaker terminal is touching metal. This can cause the speaker to not function, as it is effectively grounded (shorted) out. If you find that this was the case, place electrical tape over the terminals to prevent future mishaps. If the entire system has no sound after the installation of new speakers, we almost know for sure that there is a speaker whose terminals are grounded out. Lets check by disconnecting each speaker until the music comes back on and weve isolated the problem speaker. 3. The Factory Speaker did not work either. If this was the case, and you were trying to fix the problem by purchasing new speakers, we may need to look at the factory amplifier, as it is most likely the culprit. Is the entire side (left front, right rear, right front, left rear) not working, or is it a particular speaker that was not working. Most likely it was a single speaker. If an entire side is not working, make sure, especially on the tweeters that you just installed, that neither the positive or negative terminals are touching metal. This can contribute to an entire side (channel) not working properly. Distorted Sound coming from new Speaker Again, a few things come to mind: 1. Where are the bass/treble settings on the radio/EQ? Flatten out the settings to ensure no pre-amp distortion is the cause of the problem. If youre using the radio to test the speakers, go ahead and use a CD or directly connected iPod instead. 2. Speaker terminals may be touching ground (metal). Where is the distortion coming from? A single speaker, an entire side (channel), or the entire system? Its best at this point to go back and disconnect each speaker until the distortion goes away. The most likely culprits are the front tweeters. 3. The factory speaker was distorted as well. If a single speaker was distorting, the most likely culprit is the amplifier. We may need to explore replacing/repairing your factory amplifier. A speaker is physically defective, as in defective from shipping or directly from the manufacturer. There is only one solution here: 1. We will be happy to get a replacement speaker out to you. Well need to bill you for the replacement speaker, and once the defective speaker arrives back to us, we will gladly issue a refund. Once you get the new speaker, please keep us posted on the

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results, as want to make sure that everything is sounding as it should. Missing Product(s) If you feel that a product or accessory is missing, lets check a few things before we send out replacements. Itll save everyone a lot of time! 1. Please check to make sure that nothing has gone unnoticed in the packaging. If youre calling from your office and dont have access to the package, please bring the package to the office the next day so that we can go over with you exactly what was supposed to be in the packages that we shipped out to you. Sometimes our shipping department uses filler boxes in packages to ensure that your products arent damaged in shipping, and often times those boxes are mistaken for missing products. 2. If indeed a product is missing, firstly please accept our apologies. We try our best to ensure that all orders are filled as they should be, but were only human! Please notify us immediately of the missing product, and we will the appropriate pieces out to you that same business day, provided FedEx hasnt already come for the day. We want you to get your new equipment installed as quickly as possible, so well make sure you have it in an expedited fashion once weve been made aware of the problem.
11 of 11 Any reproduction, distribution, modification, or dissemination of these instructions without written permission from Bavarian Soundwerks is expressly forbidden and a violation of international copyright law. Any violation will result in prosecution to the full extent available under the law! 2006 Bavarian Soundwerks, LLC. 2195 Defoor Hills Rd., Suite D, Atlanta, GA 30318 P: 404.963.8857 | www.bavsound.com