Dension GW 500 ipods adaptor my experience
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so I went and bought the dension GW 500 Ipod adaptor and I instal it
but unforunatly it didnt work for my car I have E60 idrive M-ASK version and no MP3 player and I cant retrofit it !! its a business radio (there is prof. radio this will fit !!)
so after a huge research here is my conclusion to help any body b4 they ran and buy it
its Gr8 adaptor u can keep ur CDC and use ipod 2 it will fit any car 5series E60 2005-2010 and other 3 series or 6 series
but NOT cars made before 3/2005 ( mine was 12/2004 despite its a 2006 model Daah !! and dont ask me how ! i dont know ) it has what it called M-ASK idrive Business radio with No text despite i have 8.8 inch i drive and CDC doesnt make any different trust me what i ment by no text is u put the CD in the CDC no song name will appear only track number and if u have Mask business radio with no Mp3 at the dash board THIS type of cars it wont work !!!!! nor u cant retrofit it at the dealer I went to 2 dealer tried multiple times to retrofit or even programing the whole car it didnt work
so those car DENSION will not work with them and Oh has 2 be made B4 3/2005 !!!!!!
any way i will put mine i bought for sale its a brand new not even used was in and out in my car as above
will sell it for $370 with shipping and all wires and manual and I print even all forum descussion and how to install it to help any one I will include them about 5 pages with pics
text or call
562-310-8718
SERIOUS BUYER ONLY PLEASE
finally I hope i could be of any help to any one Good luck !!!!
but unforunatly it didnt work for my car I have E60 idrive M-ASK version and no MP3 player and I cant retrofit it !! its a business radio (there is prof. radio this will fit !!)
so after a huge research here is my conclusion to help any body b4 they ran and buy it
its Gr8 adaptor u can keep ur CDC and use ipod 2 it will fit any car 5series E60 2005-2010 and other 3 series or 6 series
but NOT cars made before 3/2005 ( mine was 12/2004 despite its a 2006 model Daah !! and dont ask me how ! i dont know ) it has what it called M-ASK idrive Business radio with No text despite i have 8.8 inch i drive and CDC doesnt make any different trust me what i ment by no text is u put the CD in the CDC no song name will appear only track number and if u have Mask business radio with no Mp3 at the dash board THIS type of cars it wont work !!!!! nor u cant retrofit it at the dealer I went to 2 dealer tried multiple times to retrofit or even programing the whole car it didnt work
so those car DENSION will not work with them and Oh has 2 be made B4 3/2005 !!!!!!
any way i will put mine i bought for sale its a brand new not even used was in and out in my car as above
will sell it for $370 with shipping and all wires and manual and I print even all forum descussion and how to install it to help any one I will include them about 5 pages with pics
text or call
562-310-8718
SERIOUS BUYER ONLY PLEASE
finally I hope i could be of any help to any one Good luck !!!!
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damn, that really sucks....i was just researching the same Denison set up but my car is a February 2004 build 545i w/ the dreaded/horrible/crappy/lackluster/ugly/icouldgoonforever MASK system. no cd text, no mp3 compatibility, etc.
but before you give up, perhaps you can have someone enable these options via NCS. i think CD text and mp3 capability are things that can be coded....at least i hope so, its the only way im ever going to get a Denison or any iPod adapter to work in my car. good luck, thanks for the post, i was not aware that the pre 05 e60s had this issue. u just saved me $500!
but before you give up, perhaps you can have someone enable these options via NCS. i think CD text and mp3 capability are things that can be coded....at least i hope so, its the only way im ever going to get a Denison or any iPod adapter to work in my car. good luck, thanks for the post, i was not aware that the pre 05 e60s had this issue. u just saved me $500!
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As I said in my other thread you are going to the wrong shop or wired it wrong! I HAVE A 2004, and it works just fine! I have the exact same setup, MASK with NO mp3. If I can get mine coded properly in San Antonio, I'm suuuuure in SoCal you can get it coded.
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it all depend on your car made date if before 3/2005 it wont work even if u go to the dealer to update the softwear I did the same the upadte computer will stop at CIC part and the car will fail !!!
if ur car made after 3/05 ( I am not talking about year model here !!! b carful ) it may work with the update it all depend on the type of the Idrive and radio type if M-ask business radio like the one I have it wont if idrive M-ask & prof. radio it work with the update
summery :
1- before 3/2005 made date not model idrive M-ask business radio no CdC text at I drive ______> wont work even if u update simply because update will fail
2- after 3/2005 with I drive M-ask & prof radio ______> needs dealer update to enable Mp3 player and update program to retrofit the ipod ( u can ask for retroft mp3 player only if u r lucky they will do it for u but they usually refuses unless u update the whole program $ 300
3- starting end of 2005 i drive CCC all came with Prof radio and text enable at CD player if MP3 working it will be perfect its plug in and play ipod
4- CCC idrive + prof radio CD text present with No MP3 at the dash cd ______> needs mp3 enable at the dealer and will work its free hahah
I became an expert its complicated hahahahah
bottom line its a G8 module But my damn bad luck !
if ur car made after 3/05 ( I am not talking about year model here !!! b carful ) it may work with the update it all depend on the type of the Idrive and radio type if M-ask business radio like the one I have it wont if idrive M-ask & prof. radio it work with the update
summery :
1- before 3/2005 made date not model idrive M-ask business radio no CdC text at I drive ______> wont work even if u update simply because update will fail
2- after 3/2005 with I drive M-ask & prof radio ______> needs dealer update to enable Mp3 player and update program to retrofit the ipod ( u can ask for retroft mp3 player only if u r lucky they will do it for u but they usually refuses unless u update the whole program $ 300
3- starting end of 2005 i drive CCC all came with Prof radio and text enable at CD player if MP3 working it will be perfect its plug in and play ipod
4- CCC idrive + prof radio CD text present with No MP3 at the dash cd ______> needs mp3 enable at the dealer and will work its free hahah
I became an expert its complicated hahahahah
bottom line its a G8 module But my damn bad luck !
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Interesting discussion. I have a 2004 525i built in 11/2003. I can play MP3 CDs but the idrive doesn't display any text. From what I've seen on the Dension site, they show my model compatible with a note stating "can't display text." I had hoped that meant that I could control one song to the next on the idrive but it wouldn't display the song name or cover art. Not a big deal to me.
I was planning on buying the Dension with the bluetooth adapter so I could you my iPhone music and use the bluetooth for the phone. Currently without bluetooth I run out of extremities when I need to use the phone and drive the manual transmission!!!
I curious to others experience, if I can be convinced this configuration works, I'll buy your unit.
I was planning on buying the Dension with the bluetooth adapter so I could you my iPhone music and use the bluetooth for the phone. Currently without bluetooth I run out of extremities when I need to use the phone and drive the manual transmission!!!
I curious to others experience, if I can be convinced this configuration works, I'll buy your unit.
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Like phil said its possible just with the right coding...by the way you have good taste in music phil
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it all depend on your car made date if before 3/2005 it wont work even if u go to the dealer to update the softwear I did the same the upadte computer will stop at CIC part and the car will fail !!!
if ur car made after 3/05 ( I am not talking about year model here !!! b carful ) it may work with the update it all depend on the type of the Idrive and radio type if M-ask business radio like the one I have it wont if idrive M-ask & prof. radio it work with the update
summery :
1- before 3/2005 made date not model idrive M-ask business radio no CdC text at I drive ______> wont work even if u update simply because update will fail
2- after 3/2005 with I drive M-ask & prof radio ______> needs dealer update to enable Mp3 player and update program to retrofit the ipod ( u can ask for retroft mp3 player only if u r lucky they will do it for u but they usually refuses unless u update the whole program $ 300
3- starting end of 2005 i drive CCC all came with Prof radio and text enable at CD player if MP3 working it will be perfect its plug in and play ipod
4- CCC idrive + prof radio CD text present with No MP3 at the dash cd ______> needs mp3 enable at the dealer and will work its free hahah
I became an expert its complicated hahahahah
bottom line its a G8 module But my damn bad luck !
if ur car made after 3/05 ( I am not talking about year model here !!! b carful ) it may work with the update it all depend on the type of the Idrive and radio type if M-ask business radio like the one I have it wont if idrive M-ask & prof. radio it work with the update
summery :
1- before 3/2005 made date not model idrive M-ask business radio no CdC text at I drive ______> wont work even if u update simply because update will fail
2- after 3/2005 with I drive M-ask & prof radio ______> needs dealer update to enable Mp3 player and update program to retrofit the ipod ( u can ask for retroft mp3 player only if u r lucky they will do it for u but they usually refuses unless u update the whole program $ 300
3- starting end of 2005 i drive CCC all came with Prof radio and text enable at CD player if MP3 working it will be perfect its plug in and play ipod
4- CCC idrive + prof radio CD text present with No MP3 at the dash cd ______> needs mp3 enable at the dealer and will work its free hahah
I became an expert its complicated hahahahah
bottom line its a G8 module But my damn bad luck !