BMW IPOD fitting

Silver Bullet · 02-04-2011, 08:49 PM

Hi

Just fitting the official BMW ipod thing to my CSL and all wires have been altered correctly

The stereo is showing "DISABLED" and wont work at all

Can anyone shed some light please?

TANKSLAPPER · 02-04-2011, 08:56 PM

Radio code!

You disconnect the battery !

T$

Silver Bullet · 02-04-2011, 09:00 PM

Well why did you drive off and not tell us then lol

chrisburns · 02-04-2011, 09:17 PM

Might be doing this myself soon, had one in an E46 I had years ago.
Has anyone tried the intravee system? it displays the title's etc on the screen of the bmw hu

Deezer-D · 03-04-2011, 12:20 AM

I have the Intravee in my M3 with Nav. Best solution for 16:9 screen by a mile but also works with the single line Business HU.

chrisburns · 03-04-2011, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Deezer-D

I have the Intravee in my M3 with Nav. Best solution for 16:9 screen by a mile but also works with the single line Business HU.

Yea I have been told bar a slight delay because of the alpine unit it is by far to best solution

Ian · 05-04-2011, 12:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by chrisburns

Might be doing this myself soon, had one in an E46 I had years ago.
Has anyone tried the intravee system? it displays the title's etc on the screen of the bmw hu

I have connected the intravee to my csl.

You will need to make up a cd changer lead as the standard csl wiring does not have this. I made up my own wiring loom as I already had the intravee from my old car so thought it was worth using.

It does display the details on the screen, but it is a bit more tricky to use than using it on te nav screen in the old car.

If you are going to keep the factory radio it is the best idea for ipod.

DuncanR · 05-04-2011, 01:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Silver Bullet

The stereo is showing "DISABLED" and wont work at all

You need to register and get the Blue Badge mate ... be ok then i reckon !!

**outnumbered** · 05-04-2011, 03:33 PM

I've got a DICE unit (Silverline), which I had professionally fitted. It's worked perfectly for me. It might not be technically as good as the Intravee unit, but avoids the need to fit the Alpine box as well.

I like the fact that you can choose to navigate either from the headunit with the buttons, or via the iPod directly, and also that the track/artist details are displayed on the headunit. The only downside I've found is that the navigation from the headunit is a bit slow.

chrisburns · 18-05-2011, 02:12 AM

Right chaps help required

A good friend has kindly offered to both sell and help to install the intravee to the mudflapped CSL at the weekend. He also has mudflaps on his M3

Its a cult thing.

Anyway Ian, you mentioned making a lead and I couldn't wire a plug so to simplify this what exactly do you mean? will a lead from an non e46 CSL do the trick or what do I need to acquire before saturday???

My friend currently has this fitted to an E46 M3 with the nav screen so Im sure fitting to the BMW Bus HU will be slightly different.

02-04-2011, 08:49 PM	#1
Silver Bullet S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 260 Casino cash: $5286	BMW IPOD fitting Hi Just fitting the official BMW ipod thing to my CSL and all wires have been altered correctly The stereo is showing "DISABLED" and wont work at all Can anyone shed some light please?

02-04-2011, 08:56 PM	#2
TANKSLAPPER S5, Sport Off, DSC M-track Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 801 Casino cash: $8979	Radio code! You disconnect the battery ! T$ __________________ Club Tankslapper: No doughnuts or wingnuts, if but’s, and monkey nuts. It's not a proper accident until you eat hospital food

05-04-2011, 03:33 PM	#9
outnumbered S5, Sport Off, DSC M-track Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Reading Posts: 731 Casino cash: $19587	I've got a DICE unit (Silverline), which I had professionally fitted. It's worked perfectly for me. It might not be technically as good as the Intravee unit, but avoids the need to fit the Alpine box as well. I like the fact that you can choose to navigate either from the headunit with the buttons, or via the iPod directly, and also that the track/artist details are displayed on the headunit. The only downside I've found is that the navigation from the headunit is a bit slow. __________________ Now with added SG CSL.

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02-04-2011, 09:00 PM	#3
Silver Bullet S5 - Full Throttle Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Kent Posts: 260 Casino cash: $5286	Well why did you drive off and not tell us then lol

02-04-2011, 09:17 PM	#4
chrisburns S5, Sport Off, DSC M-track Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: N.Ireland Posts: 653 Casino cash: $12778	Might be doing this myself soon, had one in an E46 I had years ago. Has anyone tried the intravee system? it displays the title's etc on the screen of the bmw hu

03-04-2011, 12:20 AM	#5
Deezer-D S2 - Picking it up Join Date: Nov 2010 Posts: 62 Casino cash: $2294	I have the Intravee in my M3 with Nav. Best solution for 16:9 screen by a mile but also works with the single line Business HU.

18-05-2011, 02:12 AM	#10
chrisburns S5, Sport Off, DSC M-track Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: N.Ireland Posts: 653 Casino cash: $12778	Right chaps help required A good friend has kindly offered to both sell and help to install the intravee to the mudflapped CSL at the weekend. He also has mudflaps on his M3 Its a cult thing. Anyway Ian, you mentioned making a lead and I couldn't wire a plug so to simplify this what exactly do you mean? will a lead from an non e46 CSL do the trick or what do I need to acquire before saturday??? My friend currently has this fitted to an E46 M3 with the nav screen so Im sure fitting to the BMW Bus HU will be slightly different.