skeeter

I just got back from the dealer today, for a transmission leak...I asked Sa while I was there if he would do the mp3 upgrade...He told me it can't be done on my car because of the year...After reading all the post about this topic, I think its bs...He also told me that using burned cd's made from your computer will screw up control unit....Anyone ever here this? I'm in socal and was wondering if anyone local has gone to the dealer and had the mp3 software upgrade...If so, can you tell me what dealer did it...I'll just go to that one instead...

Thanks

Ryan

DD_545i

If he meant MP3 support can't be done without first upgrading the main software, he's right. That has to be done first. If he simply believes that mp3 can't be done AT ALL on a car as old as yours, then he's not lying, he's just suffering from the same delusion almost all SA's seem to be. Mine was too. He said he was 99% sure it wasn't possible. Thanks to this forum though, and the PDF that confirms it's possible, he was willing to give it a try. When I went back he said it was plain sailing the whole way. No problems. I've been using self-burned 650MB CDs without problems. I just burned a 700MB CD-RW to try, but I don't know if that works yet.

btw, my car is from April 2004 and it works fine. I don't know if in "american speak" that makes it a 2005 model. We don't go in much for this model-year stuff over in europe.

mrfva

What year is your car's build-date?
And do you have NAV?

mrfva

Do you have the NAV?

skeeter

Yes I have nav...

DD_545i

Yes, it's in the sig, full prof. dvd nav.

tbal

There is a sib for this mp3 retrofit... I think they will charge you the labour for it, 1.5hours if Im not wrong, unless you have a good relationship with your SA... I had my bluetooth, mp3 retrofits done for free.

skeeter

I dont mind having to pay...Its just that this dude told me it can't be done...He was kind of a d*ck...He wasn't my normal SA...I'm just tired of the 6 disc changer....Wish I had sat built in my car...Oh well there is always the ipod upgrade also...

txag_530i

You can definitely add MP3 capabilities to your car, and they will do it for free, provided your car includes the CCC and was built prior to Oct-05. Here's the SIB that everyone is referring to:

mp3_retrofit_bulletin.pdf

You can also add Sirius to your car, either via the SA693 package (if your car was ordered with it)-

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=53238&st=0

or install it yourself by following one of these guides-

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=48379

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=60013

Good luck.

skeeter

Thanks for the info!