Sat radio
04-29-2010 | 07:09 AM
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My Ride: 2004 530i Black with Brown Leather Seats. Sports Package, Premium, Active Steering, Nav. MB QUART 4" COMPONENT speakers. BMW ipod unit.12inch Eclipse sub and amp.
If i wanted to install sat radio in my car with professional nav and i already have ipod interface installed how would i run another optic wire as its not sat prepped. I of course would like to keep my ipod too.
04-29-2010 | 07:16 AM
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Location and model year of car would help us answer the question. At some point, something like 2006 MY, the cars camed pre-wired for Sat radio. The unit is installed in the trunk and will not affect your Ipod interface. I had both on my 2004 545...
04-29-2010 | 07:23 AM
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My Ride: 2004 530i Black with Brown Leather Seats. Sports Package, Premium, Active Steering, Nav. MB QUART 4" COMPONENT speakers. BMW ipod unit.12inch Eclipse sub and amp.
I have an 04 530i but it is not sat prep i looked in the trunk no fiber optic cable and the junction box only has 3 optics. L7 amp tcu and cd changer where of course the ipod is connected
04-29-2010 | 07:30 AM
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You probably need to get the retrofit Sat cable kit to add & extend the MOST fiber optic loop into the junction box then have the Dealer do coding to allow the iDrive to recognize the new additional source.
04-29-2010 | 08:00 AM
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My Ride: 2004 530i Black with Brown Leather Seats. Sports Package, Premium, Active Steering, Nav. MB QUART 4" COMPONENT speakers. BMW ipod unit.12inch Eclipse sub and amp.
This kit does it hook up behind the idrive or somewhere else? not to sound dumb but i have the other post that where they move the cables around in the box to allow it to work in the trunk. But since the the ipod adapter is in for the changer wouldnt another wire have to go to the idrive for an additional source?
05-01-2010 | 04:18 PM
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My Ride: 04 545i sport, stick, L7, sat, nav. Charcoal/ runflat/ cdv delete.
Suede headliner/ trunk, 3 way front speakers, four 8" subs in rear shelf, ACM, iPod dock in ash tray using gateway 500 with MP3 text and video on screen, MRTM aluminum pedals/ door pins, 10 farad cap, sound processor, line conditioner, 2 amps ( 4x100 and 2x200)
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