[BobKingerman]

I've have had my 2007 e90 335i for about a month now and I have noticed that when I plug my Ipod in the auxiliary jack that sound quality is terrible. The speakers are completely fine if I play the radio or a cd. If I fool around with the aux cable at the input the front speakers will go in and out also. Is this a normal issue with the 335i and will the dealer acknowledge this? Tomorrow I will try another aux cable and ipod to see if that is the problem.

Thanks in advance,
Rob

[Barbera335]

Using your radio, press the soft button that say "aux vol" on the display. When in that menu turn it all the way down to either 0 or 1. That will correct your issue.

[BobKingerman]

Thanks for the quick response, I will have to try that out tomorrow morning.

EDIT: Just tried it now, aux-vol was turned all the way up to 6. Set it to 1 and it sounds perfect. Thanks Again.

-Rob

[Ron1n]

Also, try turning off the EQ on your iPod if you have it on, too (if yours has one).

[1bad335]

Originally Posted by Barbera335

Using your radio, press the soft button that say "aux vol" on the display. When in that menu turn it all the way down to either 0 or 1. That will correct your issue.

Good info.

[fdriller9]

I don't have this aux volume....wtf

[DANMACINSD]

I had this problem before too. It was a bad cable, because I was using like a cheapo $2 from Radio Shack. Bought a 2 foot Monster Cable and all was good. Now I just burn MP3 CDs with 150 songs. They last a while and sound better.

Where is the aux vol located? I have I-drive and I don't see it.

[ragingclue]

I don't see this aux volume either.

I've brought this issue up with the dealer before, and all they did was give me a new cable which still sucks balls.

[phistyle]

Originally Posted by ragingclue

I don't see this aux volume either.

I've brought this issue up with the dealer before, and all they did was give me a new cable which still sucks balls.

I thought the same too but when you see Aux display on your headunit, the aux. volume button is right under the word Aux.

[ragingclue]

Originally Posted by phistyle

I thought the same too but when you see Aux display on your headunit, the aux. volume button is right under the word Aux.

Do I technically not have a head unit? I've got IDrive. Is it in the display?

[phistyle]

Originally Posted by ragingclue

Do I technically not have a head unit? I've got IDrive. Is it in the display?

What year is your car? I think 2009+ models don't have the Aux volume setting..

[ragingclue]

Originally Posted by phistyle

What year is your car? I think 2009+ models don't have the Aux volume setting..

08

[phistyle]

Originally Posted by ragingclue

08

hmm, I don't have idrive but I'm pretty sure there should be an option somewhere in the idrive interface..

[fdriller9]

'06 here and no AUX volume...iDrive with L7.

[jsarai]

hey you dont need to have a aux volume..... i had the same problem... it isnt the cable either... just turn the volume down on the ipod to about 50% and try it again, if your ipod is cranked all the way up you will have terrible sound... worked for me... should work fine.. if it doesnt it is prolly the cable...

Cheers.

[kaigoss69]

Whenever possible, DO NOT use the headphone out of the iPod. It has to do with a mismatch in out- and input impedances and voltages. The headphone output is optimized for driving HEADPHONES only. The line output is optimized for aux inputs and it bypasses the iPod's volume and EQ settings to give a flat, strong signal.

[ragingclue]

Originally Posted by jsarai

hey you dont need to have a aux volume..... i had the same problem... it isnt the cable either... just turn the volume down on the ipod to about 50% and try it again, if your ipod is cranked all the way up you will have terrible sound... worked for me... should work fine.. if it doesnt it is prolly the cable...

Cheers.

I will try that once I get my car and ipod back from the dealer. I don't think my volume is up very far, probably about 70-80%, but maybe if I crank it down a bunch it'll go away.

[cruzer_88]

Originally Posted by BobKingerman

Thanks for the quick response, I will have to try that out tomorrow morning.

EDIT: Just tried it now, aux-vol was turned all the way up to 6. Set it to 1 and it sounds perfect. Thanks Again.

-Rob

Rob do your speakers still go in and out?

[M0.92]

You guys made my day! I have been so disappointed with the audio quality out of my iPad using the aux channel, almost to the point I considered selling the car and get one with an USB port. The aux volume took care of that!

[18000rpm]

Can someone do an A-B test: play a good quality MP3 via the CD player, and play the same MP3 file on your iPod/iPhone via the aux input. Then switch back and forth and compare the quality.

For me, the quality via the aux input is definitely much worse than the CD player. It sounds a little muffled and lacking in high frequencies.

I am using an iPod to 3.5mm adapter that provides a line-level out, and my aux vol is set to 1.

[alexwhittemore]

Eh, kaigoss, you're technically correct about the impedance matching, but headphone outputs are very explicitly designed to be happy with a very wide range of load impedances. The BIGGEST problem is that you NEVER crank any volume to 100%. You probably don't need to sit the iPod at 50%, but whenever an audio system is designed, it usually is designed with a 10% or so overdrive in mind. The idea is that some songs hit the player with poor normalization. The recording happens to be quiet. And in that case, you can amplify by a larger factor and still remain within the drive characteristics of your system. HOWEVER, for normal volume recordings, by using that extra buffer, you're actually clipping the peaks of the output signal off totally and introducing distortion. It's true of both the iPod and radio - crank either to max and drop the other so it's comfortable, and you'll still hear distortion for most songs.

[taibanl]

Originally Posted by kaigoss69

Whenever possible, DO NOT use the headphone out of the iPod. It has to do with a mismatch in out- and input impedances and voltages. The headphone output is optimized for driving HEADPHONES only. The line output is optimized for aux inputs and it bypasses the iPod's volume and EQ settings to give a flat, strong signal.

I don't believe it will bypass eq, based on experience. I do however recommend use of the dock connector.