[Dickisafc]

Looking to get the y cable from BMW I read they are around £50 just wondered if people had bought them off eBay and amazon and are they just as good?

Also am I right in thinking it will enable me to use the iPod on my iphone and change songs via steering wheel and dash as oppose to having to put shuffle on when using the aux lead? My car just has Bluetooth not idrive?

[marknjayne]

i have one,you cant operate the iphone via any other means than the phone itself,its just like an aux lead to be honest

[BMWChap]

Originally Posted by Dickisafc

Looking to get the y cable from BMW I read they are around £50 just wondered if people had bought them off eBay and amazon and are they just as good?

Also am I right in thinking it will enable me to use the iPod on my iphone and change songs via steering wheel and dash as oppose to having to put shuffle on when using the aux lead? My car just has Bluetooth not idrive?

I think I have one in the loft from my previous car, if your still interested then PM me.

[Dickisafc]

Ok so what is the difference/point in this rather than a £3.50 aux lead

[rhysh1990]

I bought a y lead off ebay non genuine about £5 it was very intermittent and wouldnt connect all the time. Bought a 2nd hand genuine one off ebay for about £15 and it works perfect i would definitely get a genuine one if i was you

[rhysh1990]

Originally Posted by Dickisafc

Ok so what is the difference/point in this rather than a £3.50 aux lead

Its a usb and aux lead connects your ipod/iphone to the car and allows direct control

[Dickisafc]

I'm confused so can I plug in and switch tracks playlists Etx from head unit or steering wheel or does it literally just stream music through like the aux lead

[Dickisafc]

Yes I would be interested in the lead but do you need different leads depending on phone? I have iphone 5

[rhysh1990]

I have idrive but i can use the steering wheel controls to operate it, not sure without idrive. I just bought an iphone 4 lead and used a genuine apple lightning adapter.

[JP.Williams]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-BM...item27e3877bd2

Bargain!

few more

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/BMW-Genuin...item1c3ff54bcb
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Genuine-BM...item3f354458a9

and if you have an iphone 5 etc ...
http://store.apple.com/uk/product/MD...4e282d4097ec36

can be used via iDrive and using steering wheel controls to change song. you cant select playlist via steering wheels no, but the iDrive knob is far quicker depending on the amount of playlist you have.

[Dickisafc]

I don't have idrive or control I simply have professional stereo with Bluetooth mate

[russdx]

Y cable allows to you change track using steering wheel and shows up the playlists and albums etc...

The usb part is used for the control / playlist info and the aux is used for audio, But i also found out the other day just plugging in a normal apple usb cable works as well so it must be purely digital this way, but it crashes every so often when transferring album art so went back to the y cable as i was getting pissed off resetting ipod all the time lol

[Dickisafc]

Yer good advice tried with normal phone cable works perfect all albums artist etc available to scroll through. Think I will just use that and save £57 !