I just got my ipod interface adapter coded to work today and I'm not all that excited with its sound quality. On my last car I had an alpine ipod adapter and it connected via a similar fashion as the BMW one and my songs that came from my cd's (cd quality...not downloaded low-quality garbage) sounded just as good as the cd itself. Conversely, when I place a CD into my e60 and compare it to the same exact song from the ipod through the ipod adapter function and its night and day. Volume is much lower for starters, more distortion, less full range of sound, missing the details...

I understand that when you load a CD into itunes and put it on your iPod it may compress it to some degree, however, I've got my settings to 'highest quality' as to limit this as much as possible. And like I said, on my last vehicle this discrepancy wasn't there...

Any ideas? Anyone else feel the same way? Perhaps I'm being too picky, but I thought the adapter was supposed to be much better than just an auxiliary output in terms of sound quality...?

 

have you tried another cd? the quality on mine is really good.

 

I agree 100%, IT SUCKS!

 

are you using aux?

 

Try these threads they will help you.

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=...mp;hl=AUX+Input

http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=23293

 

Yes using AUX, paid $300 to get that thing installed and it really SUCKS! plus its installed in the glove box, wire looks crappy hanging out when i used my ipod

 

No no, I apologize for not being clear. I have the iPod interface through idrive. The sound quality (and being able to control via idrive) was the reason that I went ahead and spent more money on the interface through the MOST bus device instead of just the aux cable, but unfortunately I didn't get what I was hoping for. Is there something similar that you can play around with on the interface as other have done with the aux cable?

 

Yea I tried several and I could actually tell right away when I first heard the ipod through the system, without having to compare to a cd, that it wasn't as clear nor loud.