R56 Does anyone have an '09 w/Smartphone integration
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Have fun I hope to have mine by the end of the month. Are you able to listen to the iphone via the normal y cable under the dash while you wait for the snap in?
#28
iPhone 3G - Y Cable (splitter)
When I use the splitter to listen to music, the screen on the iPhone asks me if I want to put the phone in "airplane mode", I always click "no". In addition, ever since I started plugging the iPhone into the inputs using the splitter, the headphone option does not work properly; the phone rings though the external iPhone speaker while the headphones are plugged-in to the iPhone. I believe the user should only hear the ring through the headphones. I noticed this issue when I was cycling yesterday.
#29
Yes, with the convenience package I am able to talk via the Bluetooth integration and listen to music with the splitter that came with the MCS.
When I use the splitter to listen to music, the screen on the iPhone asks me if I want to put the phone in "airplane mode", I always click "no". In addition, ever since I started plugging the iPhone into the inputs using the splitter, the headphone option does not work properly; the phone rings though the external iPhone speaker while the headphones are plugged-in to the iPhone. I believe the user should only hear the ring through the headphones. I noticed this issue when I was cycling yesterday.
When I use the splitter to listen to music, the screen on the iPhone asks me if I want to put the phone in "airplane mode", I always click "no". In addition, ever since I started plugging the iPhone into the inputs using the splitter, the headphone option does not work properly; the phone rings though the external iPhone speaker while the headphones are plugged-in to the iPhone. I believe the user should only hear the ring through the headphones. I noticed this issue when I was cycling yesterday.
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Yes, with the convenience package I am able to talk via the Bluetooth integration and listen to music with the splitter that came with the MCS.
I'm trying to figure out if I will lose functionality going with a proclip mount and external wires over the expensive armrest insert from MINI.
#35
What does this 'splitter' split between? And does it let you control your music from the steering wheel (if you have the steering wheel controls)?
I'm trying to figure out if I will lose functionality going with a proclip mount and external wires over the expensive armrest insert from MINI.
I'm trying to figure out if I will lose functionality going with a proclip mount and external wires over the expensive armrest insert from MINI.
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Last edited by fishbert; 11-16-2008 at 06:29 PM.
#37
Loss of functionality
This is the proclip mount. And actually I do want to mess with the little screen of the iPhone because the car probably not support all the ins-and-outs of the ipod functionality -- genius playlists, as one example (but there are others).
#38
This is the proclip mount. And actually I do want to mess with the little screen of the iPhone because the car probably not support all the ins-and-outs of the ipod functionality -- genius playlists, as one example (but there are others).
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From what I have found, the MAs and BMW sales associates do not know much about the option. For $100 it was worth taking the gamble for me because it would be hard to retrofit the integration package once the MINI had been built. If the MAs you are referring to can explain everything this option can do, then please explain it to me.
#42
That's the whole point of the "smartphone integration." It's supposed to let you connect the Iphone in the armrest and have it tied into the car's stereo system for music. Prior to this integration, if you put an Iphone in the armrest, it only connected it to a charger and the roof antenna. Without a way to use the USB connection for music.
This package is supposed to combine both the USB audio and the power/antenna connection into one cradle.
This package is supposed to combine both the USB audio and the power/antenna connection into one cradle.
#43
If you are using a phone such as the iPhone for your music you have to get the intergration other wise you waste the comfort blue tooth in the arm rest since with out intergration no music from the phone pluged into the arm rest snap in.
#44
You don't have to get the integration because you don't have to plug your iphone into the armrest. Some people may prefer this method, but it is not a requirement.
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we just picked one up for my wifes car and she said every thing works but she had to unplug the under dash cable for the music to play. Her phone was not below half full so no word from her as to if the charging works.