So the last few times when I start my e60 and turn on the radio (already on the iPod option) I have noticed it automatically is on the random setting. I manually take it off the random setting and continue driving, park the car>start it up again (anything from 10 minutes to 10 hours parked), and again it's on "random". started happening about 3 weeks ago. doesn't happen all the time, but enough to notice. Yes my ipod itself is on shuffle songs, but this never used to happen before. I did upgrade my iPod firmware about the same time this started, perhaps it was that.

A separate event happened 2 days ago: leaving the gym, plug in my ipod...it doesn't connect...the screen on my ipod is shifting between the huge check mark/"connected" screen and the ipod menu screen. Did a hard reset to my ipod>reconnected, same thing. Powered down the car and waited 5 minutes>reconnected, same thing. Finally decided to unplug the 6fl/"y" cord...and voila...good to go...


so anyone else have something similar to any of these situations and/or suggestions? (rudy, jspira, kscarrol, etc....)


I know, take it to the dealer, I will be taking the e60 in late dec/early jan for my annual service...hoping to get a SW update anyway (which will hopefully include the turbo lag fix)

 

I dont know if this will help you or not. When i had my Platnium Gray - my ipod feature worked fine!! When i got the Titanium Silver, it NEVER worked. NEVER - not one time. I asked other employees and they said they had never heard of it. In this car now, if i leave it connected and cut the engine off- it keeps playing until i manually turn the ipod off. I questioned it, and was told it was a software update. ---> But curious to how it would work fine in a early model, then not at all in a model, then again in a new model.

Yes - dealership time.

 

get out, you had problems with your e60 ....

 

First, once it's connected, the iPod no longer controls itself so it isn't on shuffle unless something is very wrong.

I would ask the dealer to try the latest version of the Y cable. That seems to fix myriad ills.

 

Thanx Jon...I will try that next trip to the dealer