iPod Adapter (6FL) Problems?

[Bigtop]

Thank you.

[marwan]

i had the BMW iPod adapter kit installed in my E60 M5 and it was a horrible, total disaster. I had it removed and kept my 6 CD changer.

is the iPod kit on the new X5 the same or a revised version? also what is this USB thing everyone is talking about? is it a part of the iPod kit on the X5?

thanks!

[Bigtop]

I receive my car on Friday, so have not seen the Ipod/USB adapter yet. But it is supposed to let other types of MP3/music players plug-in. If these other types of music players playlists, albums etc. show up correctly in the IDrive, nobody knows. All new stuff just come out. I wish BMW would give a list of compatible music players that will work correctly with the IDrive display, similar to what they do with bluetooth phones. Then we would know what we can go out and buy. Maybe some of us do not want to buy an Ipod!!

[Jareddad]

I just received my car last Friday. The iPod adapter works fine. I can access all my iPod playlists, albums, artists, songs, etc. through the iDrive controller. It plugs into both the aux. and USB plug. Comes with a cable from BMW to plug into your iPod. BTW bluetooth with my iPhone works great as well.

[marwan]

is the X5 iPod kit the same as the crappy 5 series/M5 version of the iPod kit?

[jamesboags]

Originally Posted by Bigtop

I receive my car on Friday, so have not seen the Ipod/USB adapter yet. But it is supposed to let other types of MP3/music players plug-in. If these other types of music players playlists, albums etc. show up correctly in the IDrive, nobody knows. All new stuff just come out. I wish BMW would give a list of compatible music players that will work correctly with the IDrive display, similar to what they do with bluetooth phones. Then we would know what we can go out and buy. Maybe some of us do not want to buy an Ipod!!

See the attached for non ipod support.. it is a little old (March 2007)

[Bigtop]

Hey James,

that's cool. Not that I am super knowledgeable on alternative MP3 players. That list looks like a bunch that I am not familiar with. Are they Ozzy models. I think in the USA some of the big MP3 players are Zune (yuk), Creative Zen, IRiver Clix, SanDisk Sansa, Archos 604, Toshiba Gigabeat. At least I think these are all the current major players.

[jamesboags]

That list was from BMW North America...seems very old school !!!

[marwan]

anyone has a picture f this kit so i could compare it to my E60 M5 (useless)iPod kit?

[James Douglas 2007]

Originally Posted by marwan

anyone has a picture f this kit so i could compare it to my E60 M5 (useless)iPod kit?

There's a picture of the iDrive interface in this thread; did your M5's iPod kit connect to your iPod via USB?