Ipod works without the Ipod option!!??

1013mm · 05-17-2009, 04:25 PM

dam i wasted 400.....

ulrichd · 05-17-2009, 08:04 PM

Just checked my 09, no ipod option and no USB port in the glove box. Is this only on cars with iDrive?

hbdunn2003 · 05-17-2009, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by xXxMLEExXx

Here's a pic of the idrive reading my wife's iphone.
Again..I do not have the ipod option.

If you disconnect the Ipod/Iphone is the music still there and available to be played?

LemansE82 · 05-17-2009, 08:08 PM

ulrichd, look again, its in the glove caprtment, upper right hand corner. Its a usb port. Its really up there.

LemansE82 · 05-17-2009, 08:13 PM

hbdunn2003, if u import the music then it'll still be there. If u unplug it, u won't read the ipod anymore.

cereal · 05-17-2009, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by xXxMLEExXx

ulrichd, look again, its in the glove caprtment, upper right hand corner. Its a usb port. Its really up there.

It's only there for cars with iDrive.

I'll give it a go next time I take the car out (which is not very often in Tokyo) and make sure to leave it plugged in for longer this time.

LemansE82 · 05-17-2009, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by cereal

It's only there for cars with iDrive.

I'll give it a go next time I take the car out (which is not very often in Tokyo) and make sure to leave it plugged in for longer this time.

Oh...I didn't see the part without an Idrive...

FORCED AIR · 05-18-2009, 04:59 PM

So can anyone confirm this....

Cars with IDrive/Nav have a USB plug in the glove box?

LemansE82 · 05-18-2009, 06:47 PM

Well..here are a couple of pics of the usb port in the glove compartment.

hbdunn2003 · 05-18-2009, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by FORCED AIR

So can anyone confirm this....

Cars with IDrive/Nav have a USB plug in the glove box?

All 2009 have the usb port.

2008 was a dvd based nav.

The manual indicates that the usb port in the glovebox is for importing only.

The reports here seem to contradict that.

Pick up mine on Saturday and will be interested in trying this out.

BBK · 05-19-2009, 08:19 AM

I tried this last night and it didn't work. The iPod didn't show up. Are you going into the 'External devices' section to find it?

The only way I could get the ipod to play was by using the USB under the arm-rest. But then all the tracks came up with jumbled 4 letter text so you didn't know what was what untill you played it. Then the name of the track would come up above it.

FORCED AIR · 05-20-2009, 01:14 AM

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Originally Posted by hbdunn2003

2008 was a dvd based nav.

oh thats right....so no dvd playing on the stock nav for the 09s huh...? boo

theanhdy · 05-21-2009, 11:24 PM

damn it i should have waited for an 09

cpt97m3 · 05-22-2009, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by FORCED AIR

oh thats right....so no dvd playing on the stock nav for the 09s huh...? boo

'09's with Nav will play a DVD fine. The DVD is still there to upgrade the maps on the hard drive. The USB port in the glove box is used to load MP3's to the hard drive.

RMA · 05-23-2009, 09:51 AM

I wonder if mine will have it. It should be in next week (AW/CR) ZMP & ZZP.

gstopyra · 05-23-2009, 03:36 PM

Please keep posting your findings. I may be ordering soon and forgo the 400 bones if it means I can still access my Ipod through the glovebox

I will not have a nav system in my 135...getting lost IS half the fun!

arsenyc · 05-31-2009, 10:12 PM

awesome find, going to have to try it out

BaNaNaBoy69 · 06-03-2009, 12:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hbdunn2003

All 2009 have the usb port.

2008 was a dvd based nav.

The manual indicates that the usb port in the glovebox is for importing only.

The reports here seem to contradict that.

Pick up mine on Saturday and will be interested in trying this out.

hbdunn2003 is correct.

All 09 1ers are equipped with the new iDrive (CIC) with internal hard drive. The 08 1ers have the old iDrive (CCC) with DVD-based nav.

All 09 1ers with iDrive only have the USB port in the glovebox which is only used for music importation to the iDrive's internal hard drive.

If you have the USB Integration for iPod (with Y-Cable) which is located under the armrest and behind the parking brake, you can control your iPod from the iDrive but cannot import music from that port.

timeg · 06-17-2009, 02:44 AM

So just to clear this up, I'm waiting for my 09 135i which DOES NOT have NAV/iDRIVE or the $400 IPOD option, so there is no chance I will be able to hook up my Ipod. Will I have a USB port under my armrest at all? Will that USB port play my iPod, just without integrating the functions into the car's control panel? Sorry for all the questions, I'm just a bit confused about this. Thanks

Yablonski135 · 06-17-2009, 07:50 AM

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Originally Posted by BBK

I tried this last night and it didn't work. The iPod didn't show up. Are you going into the 'External devices' section to find it?

The only way I could get the ipod to play was by using the USB under the arm-rest. But then all the tracks came up with jumbled 4 letter text so you didn't know what was what untill you played it. Then the name of the track would come up above it.

The 4 letter jumble is the ipod's file system. It renames the songs when you import them.

quality_sound · 06-22-2009, 10:46 AM

Man, now I need to go find an 09 with iDrive and no iPod to try this out before i order mine and possibly waste $400.

wmo168 · 06-23-2009, 01:40 PM

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Originally Posted by gstopyra

Please keep posting your findings. I may be ordering soon and forgo the 400 bones if it means I can still access my Ipod through the glovebox

I will not have a nav system in my 135...getting lost IS half the fun!

You are incorrect, you will not have USB Port in the glove box if you didn't order the NAV\iDrive. You cannot forgo your $400 iPod USB Options if you didn't order Nav\iDrive since your car will have no USB Port. Not in Glove box and not under your armrest. You only will have a RCA Audio in under your Arm Rest.

got it?

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05-17-2009, 08:04 PM	#24
ulrichd Colonel 210 Rep 2,233 Posts Drives: 128i M-Sport Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Houston, TX iTrader: (6)	Just checked my 09, no ipod option and no USB port in the glove box. Is this only on cars with iDrive?
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LemansE82 Formally known as xXxMLEExXx. 38 Rep 653 Posts Drives: Lemans E82 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: N. New Jersey iTrader: (3)	ulrichd, look again, its in the glove caprtment, upper right hand corner. Its a usb port. Its really up there. __________________ My 1 borned on 03/26/09 On the ship...eta NJ 04/16. Picked up 04/24/09
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LemansE82 Formally known as xXxMLEExXx. 38 Rep 653 Posts Drives: Lemans E82 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: N. New Jersey iTrader: (3)	hbdunn2003, if u import the music then it'll still be there. If u unplug it, u won't read the ipod anymore. __________________ My 1 borned on 03/26/09 On the ship...eta NJ 04/16. Picked up 04/24/09
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05-18-2009, 04:59 PM	#30
FORCED AIR Got Boost? 7 Rep 234 Posts Drives: 2010 135i, Msport Join Date: May 2009 Location: The Desert iTrader: (1)	So can anyone confirm this.... Cars with IDrive/Nav have a USB plug in the glove box?
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05-18-2009, 06:47 PM	#31
LemansE82 Formally known as xXxMLEExXx. 38 Rep 653 Posts Drives: Lemans E82 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: N. New Jersey iTrader: (3)	Well..here are a couple of pics of the usb port in the glove compartment. __________________ My 1 borned on 03/26/09 On the ship...eta NJ 04/16. Picked up 04/24/09
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05-19-2009, 08:19 AM	#33
BBK Banned 88 Rep 3,070 Posts Drives: A boring one... Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Australia iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 BMW 135i [5.76]	I tried this last night and it didn't work. The iPod didn't show up. Are you going into the 'External devices' section to find it? The only way I could get the ipod to play was by using the USB under the arm-rest. But then all the tracks came up with jumbled 4 letter text so you didn't know what was what untill you played it. Then the name of the track would come up above it.
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05-21-2009, 11:24 PM	#35
theanhdy Major 94 Rep 1,083 Posts Drives: 135i Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: SOCAL SFV iTrader: (7)	damn it i should have waited for an 09
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05-23-2009, 09:51 AM	#37
RMA Major 38 Rep 1,015 Posts Drives: 2009 135i M sport coupe Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Tampa, Fl iTrader: (6) Garage List 2009 135i M sport c ... [0.00]	I wonder if mine will have it. It should be in next week (AW/CR) ZMP & ZZP. __________________
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05-23-2009, 03:36 PM	#38
gstopyra Private 9 Rep 92 Posts Drives: 135i coupe Join Date: May 2009 Location: Killeen, TX iTrader: (0)	hmmmm...interesting Please keep posting your findings. I may be ordering soon and forgo the 400 bones if it means I can still access my Ipod through the glovebox I will not have a nav system in my 135...getting lost IS half the fun!
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05-31-2009, 10:12 PM	#39
arsenyc www.BottleneckGallery.com 72 Rep 653 Posts Drives: F90 M5C / F87 M2C Join Date: May 2009 Location: Jersey City, NJ iTrader: (1)	awesome find, going to have to try it out __________________ www.BottleneckGallery.com
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06-17-2009, 02:44 AM	#41
timeg Private 1 Rep 51 Posts Drives: BSM 09 135i Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Heidelberg Germany iTrader: (0) Garage List 2009 135i [0.00]	So just to clear this up, I'm waiting for my 09 135i which DOES NOT have NAV/iDRIVE or the $400 IPOD option, so there is no chance I will be able to hook up my Ipod. Will I have a USB port under my armrest at all? Will that USB port play my iPod, just without integrating the functions into the car's control panel? Sorry for all the questions, I'm just a bit confused about this. Thanks
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06-22-2009, 10:46 AM	#43
quality_sound 8 tracks of madness 62 Rep 2,735 Posts Drives: Slowly Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: At home iTrader: (1)	Man, now I need to go find an 09 with iDrive and no iPod to try this out before i order mine and possibly waste $400.
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