[tacaza]

Hi all,

My car is BMW 320i E90 2011. The CIC (Idrive) have some problems as below and need your help

1. Checking... No song is played
The fault happens with all the CD/DVD disks, but these disks are played well on my friend's E90 car.


2. USB port in the glove box doesn't work
- When I use import/export from USB function, it displays "please connect USB device to interface in glove box" although the usb in there.
- This usb is formatted with FAT 32, the file extension is mp3, max 320kbps, in the root directory and only 1 file.
- This usb is played well on my friend's E90 car.
- This usb port can charge the phone normally.


3. HDD no info
- When access to Music collection, everything is grayed out
- When access to Memory available, it displays "No info"
- When deleting Music collection, it displays "Function currently not available"
- I remove the Toshiba HDD and check it in the computer, everything is ok






Moreover, Bluetooth audio streaming and Aux in the Arm rest work well. There's no USB port in the Arm rest.

Here is my Sirius CIC and combox in the trunk. In the back of CIC, there's no wire connection to the blue port. I don't know what port is???

[ptpending]

blue port on CIC is for GPS antenna
blue and black ports on COMBOX is for USB in armrest and for smarphone in cradle

[tacaza]

Originally Posted by ptpending

blue port on CIC is for GPS antenna
blue and black ports on COMBOX is for USB in armrest and for smarphone in cradle

Since the USB in glove box doesn't work, I'm purchasing this one (USB/AUX) to replace the current one in armrest (only AUX), so it will connect to the black port on COMBOX?

And then, be able to play music directly from USB or need to copy to HDD?

[ctuna]

Try the idrive forum also

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1447740

http://www.e90post.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=368

Did this go bad or did you just install it?

If you have two usb ports you have to have a usb hub I believe and the on in the glove box is only for downloading to the hardrive.

[ptpending]

Originally Posted by tacaza

Since the USB in glove box doesn't work, I'm purchasing this one (USB/AUX) to replace the current one in armrest (only AUX), so it will connect to the black port on COMBOX?

And then, be able to play music directly from USB or need to copy to HDD?

you will need to code usb playback option

[tacaza]

Originally Posted by ptpending

you will need to code usb playback option

Tks ptpending. The wire length is 1.5m, is it long enough from the Combox to Armrest?

Anyone pls explain why my car has these faults?

[ptpending]

Originally Posted by tacaza

Tks ptpending. The wire length is 1.5m, is it long enough from the Combox to Armrest?

Anyone pls explain why my car has these faults?

the factory usb wire is 3 or 4 meters long

[tacaza]

Originally Posted by ptpending

the factory usb wire is 3 or 4 meters long

Is this cable?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/BMW-F01-F02...53.m2749.l2649

[ptpending]

yes

[tacaza]

I plan to replace the CIC due to these error but don't know whether it's the correct one

My original error CIC:



The one from Ebay:

[ptpending]

the last one if for US market
it will work, but may require non-us firmware download for some functions