What is involved in installing a cd changer?

[dkl]

Originally Posted by UCrewX5

Very easy to install. Just plug in the existing connectors that are in the left rear electronics bay and then bolt the unit into the existing rack that is there to accommodate it. The existing CD player will continue to function, you will just have another "Mode" to cycle to.

If the car doesn't have NAV, then you'll also need to buy and install the rack to accommodate the CD changer.

[UCrewX5]

Originally Posted by dkl

If the car doesn't have NAV, then you'll also need to buy and install the rack to accommodate the CD changer.

Good point. Since I have nav in mine, I tend to forget that

[mrbmwx5]

You can always custom make that rack for the changer.

[EKS PYB]

hey rdeyoung,

If you want you can PM me and I noticed that you're in CA. If you're in So Cal then I can definitely show you how to do both the CD changer and the Auxilliary Cable if you want.

I have both the Auxilliary Cable for my iphone/ipod installed and also the CD Changer in the back.

Installing the CD changer in the back doesn't disable your single CD in the dash. That will still be working. And like the other member reply, the newer CD changer does play MP3s but I'm not sure what year. My CD changer doesn't play MP3s so that is why I opted to install the auxilliary cable as well in my ashtray compartment which you can see here.

On a side note, another member also mentions that you might need a bracket for your CD changer like the picture below. I also had to buy that bracket from BMW dealer and it was around $38.


http://realoem.com/bmw/showparts.do?...94&hg=65&fg=10

[romeokc10]

Originally Posted by Jordo

Just throwing this out there...... A iPod or any mp3 play can hold thousands of CD's. It is prolly cheaper and easier to get a iPod and get the cable and plug it in to your headunit.

What he said, why not go with an iPod connection, you can have your entire music collection on something that fits in the palm of your hand!

[Quicksilver]

Or he can do like some of us have done and have both a CD player and an iPod connection that play almost any outboard device.