E92 M3 Bluetooth integration

[mohitos]

Hi guys

Just saw an M3 which ticks all the boxes except ha no Bluetooth or iPod integration. Bluetooth is more important to me han iPod although both would be ideal.

Are there cost effective ways of integrating these with the iDrive and professional sat nav? I want to make use of the iDrive screen and avoid having aftermarket Parrot (or similar) displays on show.

Thanks for your help.

Stuart

[mohitos]

Hi guys

Just saw an M3 which ticks all the boxes except ha no Bluetooth or iPod integration. Bluetooth is more important to me han iPod although both would be ideal.

Are there cost effective ways of integrating these with the iDrive and professional sat nav? I want to make use of the iDrive screen and avoid having aftermarket Parrot (or similar) displays on show.

Thanks for your help.

Stuart

[E30M3SE]

Believe that the BMW equipment can be retro fitted for both bluetooth and ipod, I've no idea of costs involved.

[LukeSi]

I thought bluetooth was standard with them.

[dave87]

Denison Gateway 500 is the one to look for iirc

Rumour is they've got some new kit coming out shortly though - or look at retrofitting the original BMW kit?

[mohitos]

Retrofitting seems to be prohibitively expensive. I'll look into the Dension. I had it fitted to a Porsche 911 once and the interface was truly awful, so good news if it's been upgraded.

[gizlaroc]

You can buy the retrofit kit for USB for £220+vat.

The module for bluetooth is also the usb module, can be had on ebay for £100-150.


Once that is hooked up you simply add a mic and a bluetooth antenna which cost around £45.


You will need your dealer or a garage with Autologic to code it for you, or one of the guys on e90post can do it remotely for you.

Autologic dealer probably easiest and will cost between 30-60 mins normally, so no more than about £80.



This is the install instructions for the cable and usb retrofit, adding the mic and antenna is easy and a 10 minute job.

USB retrofit