[krhodes1]

Getting back to my half-finished BT retrofit (on my 128i, but that forum gets very little traffic comparatively). The issue I have run into is that Bluetooth is disabled on my MULF2. I can see that, but I can't change it with just a regular cable. Research is telling me that I need to use an ICOM and change that via the MOST bus. Can anyone confirm this is correct? Then the issue is getting that done. I found a shop 2hrs from me that will attempt it for $200. But at that price and killing most of a day, I figure I might as well just buy one from eBay for $279 and have it going forward. Or I could sell it on.

Thoughts? Anyone in the Sarasota/Ft Myers FL area with one who would help a brother out?

-Kevin

[F31B48]

Originally Posted by krhodes1

Getting back to my half-finished BT retrofit (on my 128i, but that forum gets very little traffic comparatively). The issue I have run into is that Bluetooth is disabled on my MULF2. I can see that, but I can't change it with just a regular cable. Research is telling me that I need to use an ICOM and change that via the MOST bus. Can anyone confirm this is correct? Then the issue is getting that done. I found a shop 2hrs from me that will attempt it for $200. But at that price and killing most of a day, I figure I might as well just buy one from eBay for $279 and have it going forward. Or I could sell it on.

Thoughts? Anyone in the Sarasota/Ft Myers FL area with one who would help a brother out?

-Kevin

How do you know it's disabled? Are you using NCS expert? I have done a mulf2 retrofit on my e90 and can confirm you do not need an icom if you are simply coding it.

[krhodes1]

Originally Posted by EvaBmw

How do you know it's disabled? Are you using NCS expert? I have done a mulf2 retrofit on my e90 and can confirm you do not need an icom if you are simply coding it.

I can read the settings from it with ProTools (but I can't change it - just errors out). It shows as Bluetooth being disabled. This is something that is noted in the various threads as a possibility. Some are enabled by default, some are not. If you are unlucky and it isn't enabled, you need an ICOM to change the setting as the MULF2 module needs to be coded through the MOST bus.

[Aus335iguy]

Obd2 cable and ncsexpert should do the trick
You should change VO first and then default code the mulf
It should be much the same as many other features

I assume you already know Mulf 2 only does Bluetooth phone calls and not music streaming ?

What year is your car ? Your sig says 11 which would be a combox not mulf I'd have thought ?

[ctuna]

The somewhat common knowledge is you need ICOM to change Most Bus
module setting on cars made after 3/07 as that is when they changed
from K can Bus to D Can Bus. Though I see a lot of threads floating around
that say this is not the case .

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...-P-actually-do

they talk about the cables in the above link

http://blog.obdii365.com/2017/08/01/...-a2-icom-next/

[Aus335iguy]

Originally Posted by ctuna

The somewhat common knowledge is you need ICOM to change Most Bus
module setting on cars made after 3/07 as that is when they changed
from K can Bus to D Can Bus. Though I see a lot of threads floating around
that say this is not the case .

https://www.bimmerforums.com/forum/s...-P-actually-do

they talk about the cables in the above link

http://blog.obdii365.com/2017/08/01/...-a2-icom-next/

I did a combox retrofit which is on MOST bus and coded with OBD :

I think the confusion here is from flashing vs coding. Flashing most bus modules should not be attempted without ICOM yes but this is a simple coding job. I re read the op and it seems he's using protool. Generally that's not an issue but maybe try a known good instance of ncs with a known good cable ?

[F31B48]

Originally Posted by Aus335iguy

I did a combox retrofit which is on MOST bus and coded with OBD :

I think the confusion here is from flashing vs coding. Flashing most bus modules should not be attempted without ICOM yes but this is a simple coding job. I re read the op and it seems he's using protool. Generally that's not an issue but maybe try a known good instance of ncs with a known good cable ?

Yep, never heard of not being able to code a MOST control unit with k+dcan cable. Flashing/software update, yes you can't do MOST units with a k+dcan cable. I have coded loads of MULF2, CCC and CIC with my k+dcan cable using NCS with no issues at all.

[ctuna]

Year the car was made seems to be the gating factor according to past
posters. I don't see any distinction between flashing and coding as both are
changing bits. Programming the car changes more bits and has to handoff
control between modules.

This came up a lot with attempts to code Hi Fi option 676

[dj_aivan]

It's so easy, you need a D-Kan cable and NCS. If you have put corecly the installation well you need to add $6FL to your VO and code it.
Important! If you have a little navigation I don't think there's a chance you can drive this Mulf 2 High

[Aus335iguy]

Originally Posted by dj_aivan

It's so easy, you need a D-Kan cable and NCS. If you have put corecly the installation well you need to add $6FL to your VO and code it.
Important! If you have a little navigation I don't think there's a chance you can drive this Mulf 2 High

Originally Posted by dj_aivan

It's so easy, you need a D-Kan cable and NCS. If you have put corecly the installation well you need to add $6FL to your VO and code it.
Important! If you have a little navigation I don't think there's a chance you can drive this Mulf 2 High

Yep and Don't forget to default code(send a blank .man file in nCSExpert ) to the CIC and the MULF unit

[Bmrbrds]

HI there. I recently bought a 2007 335i. Did not come with Bluetooth so i retrofit it. Got all the parts from a wrecked e90. I installed everything but i still don't see the Bluetooth logo in the radio menu so I'm assuming I need to code it in. I have never coding anything before. I got ncs expert and a cable. I have confirmed that I can connect to the car. I was just hoping someone can help me out since I don't even know where to go to find the correct module or ecu.

Any help would be very apricated.

Thanks

[krhodes1]

Originally Posted by Bmrbrds

HI there. I recently bought a 2007 335i. Did not come with Bluetooth so i retrofit it. Got all the parts from a wrecked e90. I installed everything but i still don't see the Bluetooth logo in the radio menu so I'm assuming I need to code it in. I have never coding anything before. I got ncs expert and a cable. I have confirmed that I can connect to the car. I was just hoping someone can help me out since I don't even know where to go to find the correct module or ecu.

Any help would be very apricated.

Thanks

Yes, it needs to be coded. What needs to be coded very much depends on what you had in the car (Nav or not, USB or not) and what parts you pulled and put in. There are a number of threads that here that go into some detail on it. You also may need to re-pin the microphone connections behind/beside the glovebox depending on exactly what you have already.

I can also confirm, that at least for my 128i it was NOT possible to code it with just a cable and NCS or ProTools. I was enabling BT via the MULF2 box that was already in my car, but BT was turned off in it. Once I was able to enable BT in the MULF 2, which HAD to be done via the MOST bus, it all worked just fine.

My research tells me most of the time that is not necessary. Lucky me... ProTools support confirmed it was not possible to change that setting via the regular cable with their software, and I got the same errors trying to do it with NCS. With an ICOM via the MOST bus, no problem at all.

[Bmrbrds]

Originally Posted by krhodes1

Yes, it needs to be coded. What needs to be coded very much depends on what you had in the car (Nav or not, USB or not) and what parts you pulled and put in. There are a number of threads that here that go into some detail on it. You also may need to re-pin the microphone connections behind/beside the glovebox depending on exactly what you have already.

I can also confirm, that at least for my 128i it was NOT possible to code it with just a cable and NCS or ProTools. I was enabling BT via the MULF2 box that was already in my car, but BT was turned off in it. Once I was able to enable BT in the MULF 2, which HAD to be done via the MOST bus, it all worked just fine.

My research tells me most of the time that is not necessary. Lucky me... ProTools support confirmed it was not possible to change that setting via the regular cable with their software, and I got the same errors trying to do it with NCS. With an ICOM via the MOST bus, no problem at all.

Thank you. I ended up finding a great video that showed me exactly what to do and got it done. Just had to activate 2 things. Did not need to re wire anything. Only thing that isn't working are the steering wheel buttons but not a big deal.

Thanks for any help