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Originally Posted by benathon
So what are the advantages/disadvantages of the Ice Link compared to the one offered by BMW? price/warranty/installation?
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Lots of previous posts on this, search on IceLink.
The most significant feature of the Dension product is the ability to display artist/song info tags on either the OBC, Nav, or radio display.
A second feature is the ability to alternate between the IcLink user interface (with 5 playlists, and all steering wheel controls) or the original IPod interface (with all the original playlists, but then you are back to using the click wheel interface, and looking at the IPod display). I use the IceLink user interface, with song titles and artist displaying on the radio. I don't believe that it is safe to drive while searching for a song on an IPod, but that is just me.
A third feature is that the Dension product works with more combinations of DSP/Nav/etc than the BMW kit; that didn't matter in my installation, but it will be the most important point for many.
Can't comment on price, as I don't know what the BMW kit is going for.
As to warranty, I don't see how connecting a device to the changer plug on the back of the radio can harm the radio. Of course, you need to make sure that the quality of the install is good, as any problems would likely be install-related rather than product-related. I did it myself, if you can remove the radio to get to the wiring harness you can complete the install.
Jeff