a Better place for Aux!

Last time I was at the dealer and looked at the 2005 3 series I noticed that thats where the Aux input is located. Try it you will like it. If you don't have and iPod cet anybody's portable CD player and plug it in to try it out. Of course you will need the cord to plug it in. I believe 1/8 stereo on both ends. It's not false advertising. Use to be you had to have it installed now I believe it comes standard. Here the statement from BMWusa regarding this equiptment. http://tinyurl.com/avjvr

Logic7 Audio System
Exceptional audio potential is fully reached with the available Logic7 audio system, which creates a new standard for acoustic realism in mobile sound. Unlike traditional stereo systems, Logic7 routes two-channel (stereo) sound through a seven-channel playback matrix to create 360-degree Surround Sound. The result is a thrilling recreation of the original music recording. Digital Sound Processing (DSP) and 13 upgraded speakers combine to deliver remarkable clarity and sound separation to all seating positions. And with the standard auxiliary audio input or optional 6-disc changer, the concert in the car can last for hours on end.

Notice it says Standard auxiliary audio input? There you go.

So the cord goes from the back of the stereo to the "hole" in the center console? Seems like it would be SUCH a waste of time to create just a hole in the plastic with no interface connection just to be routed through the vehicle later... :dunno:

But in any case, I will take it tomorrow to be installed..Hopefully it wont cost me an arm and a leg... :(

I guess my biggest question is, for those of you with MY04 X's, did your car COME with this installed, or did you have to do it yourself? It wouldnt bother me too much if other MY04's came with this same configuration...

Mine MY04 X did NOT come with this installed and I'm planning on adding it. The kit itself is only like $30 something dollars and it plugs into the head unit behind the dash...not from somewhere behind the vehicle. The AUX input jack itself, as everyone has indicated, may be located anywhere your imagination takes you...your installer would just have to run the wire from the head unit. I'm not sure what the fuss is about? An AUX input of any type would be either of RCAs or a stereo mini (like the solution BMW use). In either case, it's just an interface connector that you'll need to get a cable and hook it up to your source (portable player).

Ok, so what would be the deal in installing aux input in a 2001 with nav and dsp? I know I'd have to get a 2003+ radio module, but other than that would it be the same? Would it still plug into the HU?

I'm confused. At the start of this thread you said "I have the aux input, but all there is there is a hole and a gold plug". What is there to install? That gold plug you describe is where you plug in the iPod, portable CD player ect. Am i missing something????

Sorry, I should clarify...When I first went to go see the vehicle at the stlrship, I was told by the sales rep that it was an aux input...At the time, I just glanced at the gold "plug" there, and never really paid it much attention because I never thought I'd use it...But now that I am comtemplating getting me a snazzy mp3 player, and subsequently observing the connection, I realized there is no actual "connector" there, i.e., RCA, 3mm, etc..Just a hole with a little gold "protector" plug if you will :dunno: ..Nothing that you could plug an mp3 player into, or anything else for that matter....

However, after talking to a few people, its becoming quite clear that it is a jack for some kind of BMW phone option...So I will have to get the aux input installed anyway..Luckily, as Ive heard so far, its not that big of an issue..Im just a little ticked off that the person "representing" BMW had no idea what it was and told me otherwise...Life goes on I guess.... :tsk:

What you have DOES sound like Aux input. It is a gold hole like yours. You just need to get a little cable to attach one end to your mp3 player, one to the plug. It'd be like the plug on headphones, but it'd be on both sides of the wire. One into player, one into gold hole.

Wow...I will give it a shot..I tried to plug my portable DVD player cord into it,(like a headphone jack) but it wouldnt fit..I will try to plug a headphone jack in there just to see if it fits...Also, I thought I should mention that the gold plug looks "threaded" as well...An insight as to what it might be?.. :dunno:

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