Mobile Phone connection to '03 3.0i
 

I am looking into the mobile phone connection for my '03 3.0i Sport Edition. There is a phone icon in the MID and I'm hoping that I can connect directly to the vehicle like a bluetooth headset. But my fingers are crossed because I expect that in the end I will need to buy some sort of bluetooth accessory.

Any details on the phone connection would be greatly appreciated (user manual is a little sparse on describing this area of the vehicle).

Crossing your fingers won't help, prayin won't do ya no good
 

After doing some excessive searching after picking up my '04 about 2 months ago, I discovered that Bluetooth wasn't available on the X5 before the late 2004 builds. I could be wrong about that though. Mine even has a Bluetooth pairing code in the manual, but no Bluetooth. Your best bet is a Dice mediabridge, or something like it. It is pretty much plug and play and you can still use your steering wheel controls. Plus, if you have BMW assist, you already have a microphone installed. Hopefully this helps.

03 4.4 here.

Its a little confusing to me, as BMW seems to have changed its bluetooth strategy several times over the e53 period.

Post 16 here might help, or not. http://www.xoutpost.com/bmw-sav-foru...uetooth-2.html

Personally, I'm thinking of getting the DICE mediabridge and solving the ipod/phone issues at once. As for DICE shipping reliable units lately, at least one poster here has questioned that.

The media bridge by dice is the way to go. Works awesome and if you have any media you listen to on your phone. Ie Sirius, i heart radio, or anything else. It'll play thru the radio!