aux input help grrrrrrrrrrrrr

[edogg]

Originally Posted by O3X5

I might take care of my own need for an aux cable but just buying an Eonon unit that has it all & call it a day.

Might want to hold out for a Dynavin. They have a bette reputation.

Here's a relevant thread: http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...o-dynavin.html


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[O3X5]

Originally Posted by edogg

Might want to hold out for a Dynavin. They have a bette reputation.

Here's a relevant thread: http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...o-dynavin.html


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Yea more than double the price. The Eonon will be more than sufficient I'm someone who's learned where to set standards with parts.

I'm actually going to feel spoiled by the Eonon lol

[59vampire]

We went with the cassette adaptor that I found in my old parts bin. It allows the phone to play music and calls come through speaker system. Best and least expensive option if you have no need for the radio and cd changer in ournopinion

[jdstrickland]

Originally Posted by Joshdub

There is an OE BMW aux retrofit kit. You'll have to pull out your head unit and see if there is an empty wiring connector in your radios harness (not on the back of the head unit). There is a kit for nav equipped vehicles and non nav vehicles, make sure you get the right one.

+1 on pulling the display and looking behind it for the empty connector. The caveat is, the empty connector is not simply hanging free, it is wrapped up in the gauze that the wires are wrapped with. You might see the lump, but there is a wire harness that you can unroll the black fabric tape to expose the connector. There is a pigtail on the part (female aux connector) that is about 24 inches long so that you can route the wire to a location that's inside of the glove box and mount the aux port.

When the aux port is installed, the MODE button on the radio will present AUX as one of the inputs. Successive presses of the MODE button will roll around the input choices of AM, FM, CD, and AUX. The port works good, just use any aux cable to plug into your headphone jack on your phone, and the other end into the aux port that you just installed into your car.

I have an '05, with the MK4 Nav System. There are two aux ports that can be plugged in, one has a micro-mini 2-pin connector, the other has a mini. Except for the connectors being different sizes, the ports are identical. The nav display will see the new aux port as soon as it is connected.The cable is on eBay, and comes from a dealership out of San Francisco. I recall the cost to be $40-ish.

[edogg]

Originally Posted by jdstrickland

+1 on pulling the display and looking behind it for the empty connector. The caveat is, the empty connector is not simply hanging free, it is wrapped up in the gauze that the wires are wrapped with. You might see the lump, but there is a wire harness that you can unroll the black fabric tape to expose the connector. There is a pigtail on the part (female aux connector) that is about 24 inches long so that you can route the wire to a location that's inside of the glove box and mount the aux port.



When the aux port is installed, the MODE button on the radio will present AUX as one of the inputs. Successive presses of the MODE button will roll around the input choices of AM, FM, CD, and AUX. The port works good, just use any aux cable to plug into your headphone jack on your phone, and the other end into the aux port that you just installed into your car.



I have an '05, with the MK4 Nav System. There are two aux ports that can be plugged in, one has a micro-mini 2-pin connector, the other has a mini. Except for the connectors being different sizes, the ports are identical. The nav display will see the new aux port as soon as it is connected.The cable is on eBay, and comes from a dealership out of San Francisco. I recall the cost to be $40-ish.

I believe that the earlier X5, like the OP's, doesn't have this input on the back of the head unit.

See this product link for figment: BMW Genuine Auxiliary Audio Input Cable for Model with Navigation, E39 5 Series (09/2002 and on), E46 3 Series (10/2002 to 2005), X5 (10/2002 and on), All X3 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000P9WCMK..._k9PdybC00R2ET


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[victell]

Can a navigation display unit with an aux port from a later (10/2002 and on) vehicle be swapped into an earlier vehicle? Does it need to be coded or anything?

[Joshdub]

The head unit doesn't have the aux port. The aux input is in the wiring loom that goes to the head unit.

[victell]

Thank you. Do you think an aux input wiring can be spliced into the loom? Would that allow an updated head unit to work with aux-in?

Originally Posted by Joshdub

The head unit doesn't have the aux port. The aux input is in the wiring loom that goes to the head unit.

[Bmwtvboy]

I have great success using the Mediabridge product. My MID is faulty. I set it to CD, wired it up and now everything works flawlessly through my iphone 5, steering wheel works and it has a mic for hands free calls. So much for replacing the MID. Oh, and I can use my data for news, etc with LTE signal..

[Quicksilver]

Try this. Forget the DVD part

http://www.xoutpost.com/articles/x5/...vd-stereo.html