Retrofit telephone docking cradle
 

You need the support frame, the eject box, and the snap in adapter for your model of phone. I am in the middle of doing to and just found out a third piece was needed. What a pain.

Can anyone take pictures of this mod? I saw it and I was wondering what it looked like and where it was installed?

In talking w/service the other day, I was told, that a phone connecting through Bluetooth uses the external antenna.

So adding an ejector box and snap-in adapter is really only a $400 convenience. And if you have 6FL instead of 6NF you loose the iPod functionality of an iPhone. Lastly, I would still probably keep forgetting the iPhone in the cradle like I do now when I plug it into the cable.

My solution was a new iPod Nano (5G). $150 done.

Hi

Thank you for the response,

Did you have to buy parts for wiring or when you removed the plastic cover inside the the console the coneectors were there?

1. You actually think that "service" at a BMW dealer and/or BMWNA knows WTF they are talking about??!?!

2. Take a moment to think about what you are saying: Somehow, when the phone connects to the BT (this is the same BT that connects to your earpiece, for example) it somehow "moves" the whole 'cellular radio system' from the phone to the car...so when it connects, the cell phone stops the call and a call is now being handled by the car's cellular connection? Oh, and it 'knows' if it is a GSM call or a CDMA call (ie att or verison) and uses the 'right' electronics....

or the antenna 'connection' (a .85 or 1.9GHz signal) is processed as now a BT signal (ruuning at 2.4Ghz)? ie not possible.

Just because a dealer employee says it, don't just take it as fact....

Your not making any sense.

So if I hardwire my phone to the car, which disables the phone's internal antenna and uses the car's network and antenna. It will work.

But if I connect to the same network through BT it would work differently.

OK?

All the BMW bluetooth stuff does is make your X5 into a very expensive hands free device AND pretty clunky computer connected to your phone via bluetooth :)

Funf

Thought I was...

The BMW snap in most likely provides a 'loop antenna pick up' to connect the phone antenna to the roof. The phones antenna isn't disabled, it is just 'linked' to the roof antenna.

Different "network"... a BT connection ONLY passes audio data (ie microphone and speaker info, "IN" and "OUT") between the phone and the car...this is 20kHz information, easily handled bt a BT link.

All BT does is act like a BT headset.

Yep.