Tune2Air - BT music for non-Combo Box cars

[VCPV]

Yeah, the blue light is flashing when doors are locked and unlocked.

Only when you remove the USB plug will it be off.

I've left it plugged in since purchased but as Moocow has suggested, i'll be unplugging it if I'm away for long.

Thanks for responses.

[OzJustin]

Digging up an old thread guys.

I have the Tune2Air WMA1000 module and a china spec BMW Y-cable in my car and the iDrive doesn't want to recognise the device. The Tune2Air shows up as a bluetooth device on my iphone4 that I can connect to but the iDrive is just saying not supported and music from my phone won't stream through the car speakers.

I suspect a dodgy Y-cable. I'm looking at purchasing a new genuine one from BMW tomorrow (hopefully price isn't too bad -_-) but just thought I'd check where you're all purchasing your Y-cables from?

[martymil]

I got mine from here and they work perfectly.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/iPhone-iP...item233ef84b1c

[OzJustin]

Originally Posted by martymil

I got mine from here and they work perfectly.

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/iPhone-iP...item233ef84b1c

Thanks Marty. The listing says this cable won't charge iphone 3G and up. Does your cable charge your phone?
This isn't a big problem for me though as I have the cigarette lighter right next to the Y-cable input.

[martymil]

tell you the truth never used an iphone with this cable, but I did use an ipod classic 160 gb

I now use a tune2air dongle and it works fine.

I've upgraded from the iPhone to Samsung s5 and never looking back, its a much better phone.

I can connect to the cars phone Bluetooth and the tune2air at the same time, never could do that with iphone.

[OzJustin]

Just ordered the one off Ebay so will see how I go. Hopefully works fine with the tune2air. BMW wanted $130-164 for the cable -_-

[martymil]

Just tried the iPhone 5 with the lighting adapter connected to it charges one way but if you take it out and flip the connector 180 deg it doesn't.

Have you updated your firmware on the Tune2Air Dongle, its a bit of a process.

[thezone135i]

I dont know why you guys dont just buy a 64gb usb stick and stick all your music on that? It integrates with the steering controls etc and is a direct digital connection using the head units dac and not some cheap chinese dac that comes with the tune2 air. You can also use wav files for better sounding music! And no risk of being done by the cops for fiddling with your phone.

[martymil]

Tune2air is not just for mp3

I use pandora and iheartradio in the background while using the phones gps which is light years above what bmw has on offer on any of their cars

[OzJustin]

Originally Posted by thezone135i

I dont know why you guys dont just buy a 64gb usb stick and stick all your music on that? It integrates with the steering controls etc and is a direct digital connection using the head units dac and not some cheap chinese dac that comes with the tune2 air. You can also use wav files for better sounding music! And no risk of being done by the cops for fiddling with your phone.

I'm currently running a 8GB usb stick in the interim but the whole reason I'm trying to get the tune2air working is so I can stream Spotify (unlimited songs) and control through the idrive/steering wheel controls (so I don't have to touch my phone). It I can get it working with this new cable it will be excellent.

Marty - Thanks for checking. With any luck this cable may be able to charge my phone. Otherwise I have the cigarette port right there so will just get a charger from Dick Smith.

[martymil]

Make sure you have the latest firmware for your tune2air

[OzJustin]

Quick update to this thread.

Received the cable and the Tune2Air1000 now shows up as a bluetooth device on my phone that I can connect to. Spotify mustic plays fine through the car speakers now but it seems the iDrive is only picking it up as AUX as there is no track info and the steering wheel controls aren't controlling Spotify etc. Only the volume on the steering wheel works. The volume via bluetooth is also noticably quieter than when I plug my iphone into the y-cable directly. Dodgy y-cable? Will a genuine cable show everything up properly?

[Moocow]

mine works perfectly with a non-genuine y-cable.

[martymil]

Spotify wont show track info with tune2air try standard mp3's

I found the Bluetooth louder than the head phone jack.

Have you got the volume turned all the way up on the phone

On the Samsung s5 there are separate volume controls for different media.

[OzJustin]

Originally Posted by Moocow

mine works perfectly with a non-genuine y-cable.

When you say it works perfectly are you able to change tracks via the steering wheel using Spotify? That is the part I'm most frustrated by.

Originally Posted by martymil

Spotify wont show track info with tune2air try standard mp3's

I found the Bluetooth louder than the head phone jack.

Have you got the volume turned all the way up on the phone

On the Samsung s5 there are separate volume controls for different media.

Volume on the iphone is set at 50% whether I run via bluetooth or plug the iphone directly into the y-cable. With the y-cable it is noticeably louder at the same phone volume however,

It's a real shame the Spotify track names won't show up on the iDrive screen as that would be much easier to control. I don't store mp3's on my phone so whether that works or not is little use to me unfortunately.

[martymil]

if anyone is having issues and their tune2air do this

logout of icloud on your phone

go to general

go to reset

reset all network settings

reconnect to tune2air

log back into icloud