2004 Aux Input Adapter?
 

For the aux input, is there an adapter you have to buy to use it? I have the aux input, but all there is there is a hole and a gold plug. It is not a useable (RCA, etc) input. I was just wondering for those that have it, did the stlr supply an adapter for it, or did you have to pourchase it...If so, shame on BMW..they shouldnt advertise it, if you cant use it... :mad:

You need to buy a cable with 3.5mm mini stereo jacks on both ends...similar to this => http://cgi.ebay.com/STEREO-AUDIO-CAB...QQcmdZViewItem

The Aux input connection should look like this

http://xoutpost.com/gallery/files/4/1/AUX10.jpg

The interface is a mini-RCA stereo jack

Thanks for the quick reply guys...

AARRGHHH!!! :mad: :rant: ..Can I sue for false advertising?!

I have a small "slot" in the center console of my X, and the dealer rep told me it was an auxiliary input for an mp3 player, etc!!...I didnt have a reason to check it out when I bought the car (May 05) but now that I am in the market for a mp3 player, I thought I would check it out...But there is just the hole with a gold plug in it!.

Its probably for a phone or some crap, and the "woman" just didnt know...I CANT BELIEVE THEY LIED TO ME!!! :mad: Guess Im screwed, huh?!

Is this in the trunk?

Looks like the glove to me. That's where i installed mine. Sound quality is excellent. What did they falsely advertise?

They (she) told me that my X had an auxiliary input for an mp3 player or any other device I wanted to use to listen through the stereo...She pointed to the little slot in the center console..(?)There is no such connection (above pic) in my glovebox.. So I dont know if she was just confused, or if she intentionally told me that sh*t to get a rise....

Either way, Im really kind of pissed off becuase I am by no means a DIY person and that was a major issue for me...to be able to easily listen to my mp3 player through the stock stereo...But now I am going to have to find an installer, the equipment, etc. to get all this done...I would have waited for an '05 if I had known all of this...

:rant:

Post a picture of what you are referring to..... :dunno:

The aux input is gold like what is in the pic. You have a gold input as well, but not in the glove box. The aux input can be installed in another location as well as the glove. Yours is probably just installed in the center console. You need to show us what yours looks like.

I have pics, but it keeps saying "file too large"...I shrunk it to the point where it didnt even make sense to post them..I could email it to you though...

However, its in in the "top part" of the center storage section, where you can separate the top from the bottom...at the "hinge" point -- there is a hole there with a plastic cover that can be taken out...That is where my stlr rep told me I could plug in another medium...I asked the service dept about it yeterday, and they have no clue what Im talking about...

The problem is, here, they have "salespeople" who NEVER interface with the other people in the operation..They are miles apart, literally, and now I realize they dont have a f*&@in clue about the cars their selling, because fortunately, for them, they sell themselves :tsk: ....Man I wish I had found out about this site before I bought the thing... :(

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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Well, its confirmed..that "slot" is an antenna for the BMW phone option..which is why it was threaded...

I went down to have the service folks check it out...I bought the aux input while I was there for 60 bucks, and I am having them install it on Wednesday...

Thanks for all your help guys! :thumbup: