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The iPod USB is under the center arm rest near the holder for the iPod.
The USB for loading onto the HDD is in the upper right corner of the glove box. You have to almost stand on your head to see it.
If you take the USB route to load your MP3's, make sure and have a flash drive with 8GB of music so that you can do the transfer exactly once. Each transfer creates a new directory called USBx, and multiple transfers will organize your music into USB1, USB2, etc., very annoying. The manual warns you that you should plan to drive awhile during an 8GB transfer since it may take some time!
The iPod option is nice in that you can access by Genre, etc.
As mentioned, BMW Assist enables bluetooth and you can program the radio buttons to call home, etc. Programming is pretty easy, just set up the iDrive to do the function you want and press and hold the button in.
I think the iPod is worth it, but I'm also glad I got BMW Assist along with the convenience package (concierge services, annual updates, etc).
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