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Originally Posted by tbailey1712
This is an aftermarket install that I performed with the kit from EAS about 4 years ago.
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Cool, this means you are familiar with the guts of it and are not afraid of digging in a bit. I assume that it is all BMW OE parts. If so, then I am very familiar with what you have.
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Originally Posted by tbailey1712
How would I find out if there's a better antenna available?
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I am not aware of a better BT antenna. If I remember correctly, BMW has never changed the BT antenna. It is a ridiculously simple piece of tin with a plastic shell. I think that it has remained the same since its inception.
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Originally Posted by tbailey1712
Also, I recall when installing the dock in the oddments tray that there was, what appeared to be, a BT antenna in there. Is the one in the trunk the only antenna in the X5?
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The trunk is the official Bluetooth antenna location. And, there can only be one BT antenna in the car. It might be worth opening things up to verify the connections. I assume that you have the ULF module from EAS, and it would have the 54-pin main plug on one end and a single FAKRA connection on the other end. You would have connected the BT antenna cable to that FAKRA plug and then connected the BT antenna to the other end. So, look there first. If you connected that FAKRA plug to any other cable, that would be your problem.