The IPOD. Worth it as an alternative?

[UCrewX5]

Originally Posted by PersonaNonGrata

I love the iPod. I resisted for quite a while and I'm glad I did. For less than the price of a 6 disc CD changer, you get an awesome portable music player. As far as how to get it in your BMW, I did the iPodYourBMW thing. The installation was not too difficult and is a DIY project. I'm happy with it and the smooth intergration with the factory controls. The sound quality is CD grade. I would say though that I wish there was more control over it in that having to create 5 playlists is a bit of a pain. If I want to listen to a particular album or artist, I can't do it directly. I wind up usually just leaving it on Playlist 6 (CD 6) which plays the entire iPod's library. I would also like ID3 tags. Oh well. It was the best solution at the time and it works well even given the limitations.

Great review, Kev. Unfortunately it's not compatible with his '01 at this time

My option 5 above looks to be basically a knock-off of the iPodYourBMW solution but looks to be compatible with earlier models (but not confirmed yet )