Icelink install problem

[X5 Sport]

I tried to fit my ice link in the X5 today and having some problems

1 keeps cutting out and changing to the radio without me touching anything
2 I have lost my TV option on nav screen
3 screen keeps freezing and taking ages to change from radio to CD have to turn car on and off again to get it to work again.

On the plus side when it is working sounds great much better than the aux imput.

[UCrewX5]

Originally Posted by X5 Sport

I tried to fit my ice link in the X5 today and having some problems

1 keeps cutting out and changing to the radio without me touching anything
2 I have lost my TV option on nav screen
3 screen keeps freezing and taking ages to change from radio to CD have to turn car on and off again to get it to work again.

On the plus side when it is working sounds great much better than the aux imput.

Some of these symptoms sounds like what was occurring on older versions of the firmware. Check to see what firmware version are you currently on to see if this might be a contributor. v2-2B2 is the latest and greatest for nav.

[X5Sport]

Originally Posted by X5 Sport

I tried to fit my ice link in the X5 today and having some problems

1 keeps cutting out and changing to the radio without me touching anything
2 I have lost my TV option on nav screen
3 screen keeps freezing and taking ages to change from radio to CD have to turn car on and off again to get it to work again.

On the plus side when it is working sounds great much better than the aux imput.

This sounds awfully like the problems I'm having with mine (also on a 2005 X5). I've installed the V2 2B2 firmware which has improved things, but the iPod will suddenly stop responding to the head unit and steering wheel buttons, (and the ID3 tag stops updating with the song changes) even though it carries on playing quite happily. The dealer has changed the BMW adapter board too, but to no avail.

I can change modes on the head unit but cannot control the iPod. The only way I can regain control of the iPod is to use a reset (Ipod's own 'Menu' plus 'Select' buttons until the Apple logo reappears).

I wonder if there's a more subtle problem here?

[X5 Sport]

I got the TV back buy unpluging and replacing the cd changer re pluged the ice link in and all seem ok at the moment going to go for a drive and see how it goes fingers crossed.

[Tom G.]

Originally Posted by X5Sport

This sounds awfully like the problems I'm having with mine (also on a 2005 X5). I've installed the V2 2B2 firmware which has improved things, but the iPod will suddenly stop responding to the head unit and steering wheel buttons, (and the ID3 tag stops updating with the song changes) even though it carries on playing quite happily. The dealer has changed the BMW adapter board too, but to no avail.

I can change modes on the head unit but cannot control the iPod. The only way I can regain control of the iPod is to use a reset (Ipod's own 'Menu' plus 'Select' buttons until the Apple logo reappears).

I wonder if there's a more subtle problem here?

There could be a couple of reasons this is happening:

1) The battery cables or Radio fuses were not pulled during installation.
2) There is a communication error between the iPod and ice>Link. This happens sometimes from disconnecting the iPod from the computer without "ejecting" it beforehand. A simple reset of the iPod should fix things.

Hope this helps!

[X5 Sport]

That wil be it then I did not disconnect anything before I installed.Apears to be working fine now.

I have version ICEV22.B2 Which is I guess the same v2-2B2 which is in the post above.

I have noticed that the song titles change size all the time is this normal ?

Thank you Tom for the lead and the Source seletor was delivered this morning,I have not been brave enough to put the selector in yet thought I would make sure the ice link was running correctly first, I dont seem to have any surpression noise either which is one thing i was worried about.

[Tom G.]

Originally Posted by X5 Sport

That wil be it then I did not disconnect anything before I installed.Apears to be working fine now.

I have version ICEV22.B2 Which is I guess the same v2-2B2 which is in the post above.

I have noticed that the song titles change size all the time is this normal ?

Thank you Tom for the lead and the Source seletor was delivered this morning,I have not been brave enough to put the selector in yet thought I would make sure the ice link was running correctly first, I dont seem to have any surpression noise either which is one thing i was worried about.

The font size changing is a known bug, Dension is working on a solution at this time.

[X5 Sport]

Thanks Tom for the quick reply

[X5 Sport]

I am really getting into using the Ice link. I found out that you can scroll through the albums using the satnav much faster than using the steering wheel controls, any other useful tips that are not in the instructions?

I wish i had done the Ice link thing ages ago

Thanks

[UCrewX5]

Originally Posted by X5 Sport

I am really getting into using the Ice link. I found out that you can scroll through the albums using the satnav much faster than using the steering wheel controls, any other useful tips that are not in the instructions?

I wish i had done the Ice link thing ages ago

Thanks

What's the trick for doing the album scrolling via nav?