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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 08:40 AM
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Originally Posted by cleung
What year e60 do you have? any pics of how you mounted it? I'm quite interested in this because I've been wanting bluetooth and ipod in my car
It is a 2005 but works on the LCI too
Here is a photo (obviously the iPhone does not sit there while I drive! It is only for display purposes)

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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 09:04 AM
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Mine an 2004 but I have logic7, I wonder if that will cause any issues?
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 09:28 AM
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looks like this is the harness I need to make this work.
http://www.quickconnectproducts.com/...ind.php?id=176
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 09:44 AM
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Originally Posted by cleung
looks like this is the harness I need to make this work.
http://www.quickconnectproducts.com/...ind.php?id=176
How about this one?
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SOT-903-SO...-/250893753864
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 09:58 AM
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it looks like the one I saw connects on the digital side (pre amp) of the signal and the ebay one connects on the analog side (post amp). I guess as long as it works I would go with the cheaper one, but does anyone know for sure?
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 10:55 AM
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So, do you have to have aux hookup for this to work? What happens if you are listening to a CD from the car and a call comes in, does the parrot know to mute the CD?
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 11:00 AM
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Originally Posted by cleung
So, do you have to have aux hookup for this to work? What happens if you are listening to a CD from the car and a call comes in, does the parrot know to mute the CD?
To be honest I only listen to music through my iPhone since I installed Parrot and never CDs!
If a call comes in, the iPhone becomes muted (or the device using the line-in, or the device connected to the USB connection of Parrot).

I do not have a reason to listen to CDs anymore but I can test it and let you know.

EDIT: From reading other user's comments it looks like Parrot mutes the CD and the Radio as this is controlled by one of the connections of the Parrot harness that is connected to the car's audio system.
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 11:07 AM
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do you know which harness you used? Is your car logic 7?
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 11:12 AM
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Originally Posted by cleung
do you know which harness you used? Is your car logic 7?
Nope, it is the regular radio so the harness would be different
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 11:53 AM
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Originally Posted by BlaSTiWi
For a full seamless integration into iDrive AFAIK nothin' beats Dension GW500
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