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Old 09-24-2005, 12:26 PM
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2004 Aux Input Adapter?
For the aux input, is there an adapter you have to buy to use it? I have the aux input, but all there is there is a hole and a gold plug. It is not a useable (RCA, etc) input. I was just wondering for those that have it, did the stlr supply an adapter for it, or did you have to pourchase it...If so, shame on BMW..they shouldnt advertise it, if you cant use it...
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Old 09-24-2005, 12:42 PM
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You need to buy a cable with 3.5mm mini stereo jacks on both ends...similar to this => http://cgi.ebay.com/STEREO-AUDIO-CAB...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old 09-24-2005, 12:44 PM
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The Aux input connection should look like this



The interface is a mini-RCA stereo jack
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Old 09-24-2005, 02:36 PM
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Thanks for the quick reply guys...

AARRGHHH!!! ..Can I sue for false advertising?!

I have a small "slot" in the center console of my X, and the dealer rep told me it was an auxiliary input for an mp3 player, etc!!...I didnt have a reason to check it out when I bought the car (May 05) but now that I am in the market for a mp3 player, I thought I would check it out...But there is just the hole with a gold plug in it!.

Its probably for a phone or some crap, and the "woman" just didnt know...I CANT BELIEVE THEY LIED TO ME!!! Guess Im screwed, huh?!
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Old 09-24-2005, 02:37 PM
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The Aux input connection should look like this



The interface is a mini-RCA stereo jack

Is this in the trunk?
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Old 09-24-2005, 02:59 PM
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Is this in the trunk?
Looks like the glove to me. That's where i installed mine. Sound quality is excellent. What did they falsely advertise?
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Looks like the glove to me. That's where i installed mine. Sound quality is excellent. What did they falsely advertise?
They (she) told me that my X had an auxiliary input for an mp3 player or any other device I wanted to use to listen through the stereo...She pointed to the little slot in the center console..(?)There is no such connection (above pic) in my glovebox.. So I dont know if she was just confused, or if she intentionally told me that sh*t to get a rise....

Either way, Im really kind of pissed off becuase I am by no means a DIY person and that was a major issue for me...to be able to easily listen to my mp3 player through the stock stereo...But now I am going to have to find an installer, the equipment, etc. to get all this done...I would have waited for an '05 if I had known all of this...

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Post a picture of what you are referring to.....
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They (she) told me that my X had an auxiliary input for an mp3 player or any other device I wanted to use to listen through the stereo...She pointed to the little slot in the center console..(?)There is no such connection (above pic) in my glovebox.. So I dont know if she was just confused, or if she intentionally told me that sh*t to get a rise....

Either way, Im really kind of pissed off becuase I am by no means a DIY person and that was a major issue for me...to be able to easily listen to my mp3 player through the stock stereo...But now I am going to have to find an installer, the equipment, etc. to get all this done...I would have waited for an '05 if I had known all of this...
The aux input is gold like what is in the pic. You have a gold input as well, but not in the glove box. The aux input can be installed in another location as well as the glove. Yours is probably just installed in the center console. You need to show us what yours looks like.
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Old 09-24-2005, 07:10 PM
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Post a picture of what you are referring to.....
I have pics, but it keeps saying "file too large"...I shrunk it to the point where it didnt even make sense to post them..I could email it to you though...

However, its in in the "top part" of the center storage section, where you can separate the top from the bottom...at the "hinge" point -- there is a hole there with a plastic cover that can be taken out...That is where my stlr rep told me I could plug in another medium...I asked the service dept about it yeterday, and they have no clue what Im talking about...

The problem is, here, they have "salespeople" who NEVER interface with the other people in the operation..They are miles apart, literally, and now I realize they dont have a f*&@in clue about the cars their selling, because fortunately, for them, they sell themselves ....Man I wish I had found out about this site before I bought the thing...
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