[cerebralone]

Hey y'all,

I have been looking for the OEM ipod adapter for the usb and 3.5mm input in my car, and I ran across this product..

http://www.amazon.com/BMW-Ipod-Adapt.../dp/B003UB3U44

Have any of y'all tried it ? Because I sure as hell don't want to pay MSRP for the thing.

Lemme know if y'all have one for sale, otherwise I might try this out! Thanks

[Will335i]

The only way this will work for you instead of the $300whatever price from the dealer is if you already have that part in the car. If you have a USB port in your center console you're good to go. Otherwise you need the full kit. If you do not care about controlling it with the car just get a 3.5 to 3.5. I hope that helps

[osukf09]

Originally Posted by Will335i

The only way this will work for you instead of the $300whatever price from the dealer is if you already have that part in the car. If you have a USB port in your center console you're good to go. Otherwise you need the full kit. If you do not care about controlling it with the car just get a 3.5 to 3.5. I hope that helps

Exactly. If all you care about is getting music from your iPod to your car speakers, then just get an aux cable for like $10. Wont be able to switch through songs, etc. via your stereo but for $10 its not too bad

[2kaccordocoupe]

I have the same part, well visually it looks the same so I don't know if the model numbers have changed over the years. It works fine for ipods and iphones however it does not work with ipads.

Just throwing that out as an FYI.

[Hey Ant]

Can you control the ipod through the idrive? and will it be displayed on the screen?

[chixdiggit]

I have purchased this cable on Ebay from the same seller. Took a little longer to get here but it's probably because of customs and inspection.

I can confirm that it works on my 2008 335i and I am able to access all the available funcitonality via the oem head unit. I do not have iDrive so I can't answer that question.


Thanks,

Chix

[2kaccordocoupe]

Originally Posted by Hey Ant

Can you control the ipod through the idrive? and will it be displayed on the screen?

Yup, just plug it in and forget about it. All the controls are done via idrive and all the track, artist, playlist data etc... is all displayed on the screen.

[325high]

man, i was "this" close to getting that cable. then i ran across a thread on this forum that talked about the blackberry bluetooth gateway. it's so much better than dealing w/ cables. it just streams music from my iphone over bluetooth to a receiver that i keep in my armrest. check it out; it works and sounds great.

[2kaccordocoupe]

Originally Posted by auger330

man, i was "this" close to getting that cable. then i ran across a thread on this forum that talked about the blackberry bluetooth gateway. it's so much better than dealing w/ cables. it just streams music from my iphone over bluetooth to a receiver that i keep in my armrest. check it out; it works and sounds great.

But then you need to keep touching your bb to control the music.

[325high]

Originally Posted by 2kaccordocoupe

But then you need to keep touching your bb to control the music.

right but from the sound of the OP's post, he'd be doing that anyway. it sounded like he doesn't want to put $300 into the integrated option. maybe i misunderstood what he's looking for. either way, no ugly cables to plug in is great, even if it means controlling the music from the phone. hell, i keep my phone in my pocket while i drive and use the side buttons on it to play/pause and skip songs

[ninesixtwo]

Originally Posted by cerebralone

http://www.amazon.com/BMW-Ipod-Adapt.../dp/B003UB3U44

Have any of y'all tried it ? Because I sure as hell don't want to pay MSRP for the thing.

Sales advisor (or "client advisor" as I believe they are called!) told me to go buy one off eBay for $13. This is maybe even more upmarket than that! I assume it works just as well as either OEM or eBay.

[ninesixtwo]

BTW from reading the documentation the most annoying thing about this interface is that it doesn't seem to play DRM'ed music? Or is that only applicable to reading files directly via USB (like MP3s on a flash key)?

[cerebralone]

Thanks for the quick feedback y'all, I have the feature in my car with I-drive, I just bought my car used and it was missing the cable. (kinda pist)

Before I pull the trigger on this, have y'all had any issues with iPhones with these cables outside of charging issues?

I have a 3GS that I am trying to utilize the full functionality of it on my idrive.

Thanks in advance!

[dc5_champ88]

looks like little rock has a big grip you...dont "y'all" think?

[ninesixtwo]

Originally Posted by cerebralone

it was missing the cable.

doesn't come with the car or anything.

[GenePoole]

Originally Posted by cerebralone

Thanks for the quick feedback y'all, I have the feature in my car with I-drive, I just bought my car used and it was missing the cable. (kinda pist)

Before I pull the trigger on this, have y'all had any issues with iPhones with these cables outside of charging issues?

I have a 3GS that I am trying to utilize the full functionality of it on my idrive.

Thanks in advance!

Looks like you've got a 2007. Is it CCC or CIC? I don't know when they switched. I don't think you'll get full functionality with this cable and a CCC iDrive unit, but I could be wrong. You'll just get (rather crappy) audio over the AUX analog and not control of the IPAD except on the unit itself.

[apw2607]

Originally Posted by cerebralone

Thanks for the quick feedback y'all, I have the feature in my car with I-drive, I just bought my car used and it was missing the cable. (kinda pist)

Before I pull the trigger on this, have y'all had any issues with iPhones with these cables outside of charging issues?

I have a 3GS that I am trying to utilize the full functionality of it on my idrive.

Thanks in advance!

Why don't you just buy the bmw OEM y-cable rather than a 3rd party one ?

The CCC idrive with USB iPod interface works pretty much the same as the CIC version, minus string search. You can still search by artist, genre, song name, etc.

[apw2607]

Originally Posted by GenePoole

Looks like you've got a 2007. Is it CCC or CIC? I don't know when they switched. I don't think you'll get full functionality with this cable and a CCC iDrive unit, but I could be wrong. You'll just get (rather crappy) audio over the AUX analog and not control of the IPAD except on the unit itself.

All y-cables whether 3rd party or BMWs own use analog for audio on iPhone, iPod. Its done by design for two main reasons.

1. Allows the user to playback drm itunes content
2. Provides improved performance with large music libraries as the USB connection is only for data/control and not for audio.