Job done. Fuse 212 works. It's a 15A fuse for some of the media equipment that powers down as soon as the car is locked.

You need:
A Fire stick or whatever other streaming device you want to use With a HDMI connector.
A Labgear EM1001 encoder.
Fakra to F-Connector adapters. I ended up using Fakra to SMA then SMA to F-Connector.
A 12v DC-DC power supply for the EM1001. I bet the car's power is pretty 'clean' anyway but something for ripple suppression can't be a bad idea.
A 12v to 5v power supply for the Fire Stick.
Piggy back fuse to take power from the Fuse 212 circuit.
Ring crimp connector to earth everything to any of the fasteners holding the TV module bracket in place.


Should probably have used something other than Top Gear that's on Dave all the time for my 'success ' photo. Mrs now happy her and the out-laws can all watch Muppet Christmas Carol.

 

If you don’t mind me asking where do you connect the HDMI to?

I have a 2020 745Le which has DVD but no TV Tuner.

I have a USB C under the armrest, I had been wondering if that is just for charging things or if it can supply a signal for the DVD screen

 

The Labgear EM1001 is fitted inbetween the TV aerial and TV receiver in my car. It adds the HDMI port as another TV channel to all the ones the car's aerials are receiving so if you don't have a TV tuner this won't work for you. Sounds like you also don't have rear entertainment? My car has 2x USB sockets in the front, one in the ashtray and the other in the storage under the armrest. Either of those will play movies from a memory stick on the front screen so I'd expect if you use a USB-C adapter to plug a memory stick in it'll work in your car. I think, but am not sure, that the LCI cars can copy videos on to the internal hard drive too.

 

Thanks for the info.

You are spot on, mine doesn’t have rear TVs.

I was a bit stuck on the car choice, had to get a 745Le due to using it for work in London and future proofing it because of the Mayor of London and the cycling agenda pushing forZero Emission capable vehicles!

The spec apart from that is decent, leather dash, comfort seats front and rear, adaptive cruise and massage seats.

Looking at the paperwork it was a BMW UK car when new.
It would be handy to get something like a Firestick.

I was looking at one of those Apple CarPlay adapters to get Netflix in the car but turns out they don’t work with wireless AppleCarPlay, only wired.