iPhone connectivity

[Moocow]

Hi guys,

quick question, with the BMW iPhone y-cable, should you be able to control next/previous track from steering wheel?

Should the stereo be set to AUX or USB?

I purchased a y-cable from ebay (couldn't justify the $124 from BMW), and although music plays via (AUX) I cannot skip tracks.

cheers

[RadiuM]

When it works, it comes up as iPod in the stereo. You can then control it via the steering wheel next/prev and also go through artists, playlists and whatnot in stereo controls.

Sounds like the USB part isn't working/talking to the device properly and as a result your just getting the audio from the phone.

[Superdaws]

Originally Posted by Moocow

Hi guys,

quick question, with the BMW iPhone y-cable, should you be able to control next/previous track from steering wheel?

Should the stereo be set to AUX or USB?

I purchased a y-cable from ebay (couldn't justify the $124 from BMW), and although music plays via (AUX) I cannot skip tracks.

cheers

Should work as you state, perhaps the ebay one doesnt cut it...?

[Jude Starr]

Some of those cables on ebay are not genuine (shock horror!) and don't have the required chip in them to make all the functionality work properly, the way a genuine one does. I'm guessing your cable is one of those

I was warned about that before I bought mine - did end up getting one from ebay but a genuine one from a BMW dealer in UK...still paid a fair bit less than local price, but it wasn't nearly as cheap as all the China/Hong Kong/Taiwan etc etc ones on there. Mine just worked as soon as I plugged it all in - didn't have to change any settings or do anything.

[Nugget]

I got one off ebay for GBP10.99 so I'm guessing it's not genuine but it works fine. Luck of the draw I guess. Seller was igadgetsltd.

[Knightelf]

Just use a USB stick, sound quality is better too. Not that difficult to buy a 32GB stick and throw all your songs in there. BMW iPhone integration sucks... I wonder how it is on the new generation 1 & 3 series

[RaihaX]

Originally Posted by Knightelf

Just use a USB stick, sound quality is better too. Not that difficult to buy a 32GB stick and throw all your songs in there. BMW iPhone integration sucks... I wonder how it is on the new generation 1 & 3 series

+1 that is what I am using

[swallowtail]

We bought a cheapie Y cable, didn't work. Just audio through aux, not proper iPhone connection. My wife ended up just buying a snap-in adapter for the cradle in her 123d. That works fine, but like others here I just use a 64Gb USB most of the time (although you'll need to format it with fat32format, not with Windows tools).

[Moocow]

Cheers all,

Ended up ordering one from uk, that is supposed to work fine.

[Smiley1175]

Can you have playlists with a USB key?

[Taymaishu]

Originally Posted by Smiley1175

Can you have playlists with a USB key?

I know you can if you have iDrive.

I haven't tested this on my bare bones system.

[Moocow]

I got a iPhone 4 ClicOn cradle (http://www.holdmyphone.com.au), so will connect it with an extension cable and Y-Cable.

[Moocow]

ended up getting a y-cable from here;
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/BMW-iPod-...item2c6286220e

works a treat - same as BMW one, iphone is seen as iPod and music is displayed on stereo and can be controlled from steering wheel etc.

cheers