BLUETOOTH wanted on an E60 with a build date of 02/04
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Hi everyone, i'm new to the forum as i just picked up an E60 2004 with a build date of 02/04. Does anyone know if the oem bluetooth retrofit is possible on this car? everything that i have seen so far is for a build date of 03/04 +.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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Originally Posted by pickebicke' post='563947' date='Apr 18 2008, 11:55 PM
Hi, does anyone know if all e60 has a bluetooth antenna already in the car?
If you look back through this forum i think that in the USA dealers can retro fit all items (TUC etc) so if you have some spare time i think you will find your answer, but in summary i think its possible
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Possible but not cheap. You will need to replace your TCU (Telematics Control Unit) for the newer (03/04 onward) version. List price for the part is around $1,200 (maybe more) but you might be able to find a re-conditioned one at a lower price.
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Originally Posted by pickebicke' post='560600' date='Apr 13 2008, 02:48 AM
Hi everyone, i'm new to the forum as i just picked up an E60 2004 with a build date of 02/04. Does anyone know if the oem bluetooth retrofit is possible on this car? everything that i have seen so far is for a build date of 03/04 +.
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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There is a solution for bluetooth phone connectivity which will definately work for all model year cars if you go the dension GW500 + BTA1500 route...you'll also get iPod + USB + Aux+ Bluetooth A2DP together with this mod...Documents attached are for useful reference:
Overview of the product:BTA1500.doc
Phone compatibility:BTA1500_phone_compatibility.doc
Manual:BTA1500_user_manual.pdf
But your car needs to meet these requirements:
1)Has to have CCC Sat Nav Pro
2)CCC must be MP3 capable -for the GW500 to work on your car...properly!
2)CDC - you don't even have to sacrifice the CDC for iPod/USB/Aux to work
If you don't have mp3 + CDC enabled, then you'll still have to go to the dealer to make this work.
For the time being, from what i read, BTA1500 will function properly with progman ver.28.x and below...
The BTA1500 emulates as a TCU and will work exactly like the original functionality of an OEM TCU...the price of the GW500 is around US$500.00 and the BTA1500 is around US$100.00 - at least that was what i last checked. So, if your car can't enable bluetooth and you need to buy a new TCU for it to work, i'd recommend this...You'll get a package full of gadgets enabled with the more or less same amount of money spent...jm2c
Overview of the product:BTA1500.doc
Phone compatibility:BTA1500_phone_compatibility.doc
Manual:BTA1500_user_manual.pdf
But your car needs to meet these requirements:
1)Has to have CCC Sat Nav Pro
2)CCC must be MP3 capable -for the GW500 to work on your car...properly!
2)CDC - you don't even have to sacrifice the CDC for iPod/USB/Aux to work
If you don't have mp3 + CDC enabled, then you'll still have to go to the dealer to make this work.
For the time being, from what i read, BTA1500 will function properly with progman ver.28.x and below...
The BTA1500 emulates as a TCU and will work exactly like the original functionality of an OEM TCU...the price of the GW500 is around US$500.00 and the BTA1500 is around US$100.00 - at least that was what i last checked. So, if your car can't enable bluetooth and you need to buy a new TCU for it to work, i'd recommend this...You'll get a package full of gadgets enabled with the more or less same amount of money spent...jm2c
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Check out this thread too to make you understand better what Dension GW500 offers...
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=52253
http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=52253
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Originally Posted by bmw_wpq31' post='565711' date='Apr 22 2008, 08:46 AM
But your car needs to meet these requirements:
1)Has to have CCC Sat Nav Pro
2)CCC must be MP3 capable -for the GW500 to work on your car...properly!
2)CDC - you don't even have to sacrifice the CDC for iPod/USB/Aux to work
If you don't have mp3 + CDC enabled, then you'll still have to go to the dealer to make this work.
1)Has to have CCC Sat Nav Pro
2)CCC must be MP3 capable -for the GW500 to work on your car...properly!
2)CDC - you don't even have to sacrifice the CDC for iPod/USB/Aux to work
If you don't have mp3 + CDC enabled, then you'll still have to go to the dealer to make this work.
With CCC it is possible to display iPod text on i-Drive, the M-ASK is only capable to write Track1, Track2 ... etc.
Ps. I'm not 100% sure about that, but recently I heard of some cases where the Gateway 500 showed text on an M-ASK system!
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There is always the Parrot kit which also provides steering wheel button integration. But if you are after a hybrid product to do a lot more then Dension is the way to go.
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