Bluetooth in E90

[Austin3000]

Hi,

I have a 2005 E90 saloon that has the pro-nav but no bluetooth. I need to get this fitted now but I am unsure as to what to do.

According to the good people at the BMW parts dept, to have the proper BMW system retrofitted it is going to be £1000+ so I have looked at some 3rd party options.

The best seems to be the Parrot systems which look like they can play music from my iPhone and can be integrated with the BMW steering wheel controls.

Has anyone had this fitted to their BMW or any other options I should consider?

Cheers

[GBR1]

I have an E91 and having the same conundrum, having done a bit of research one of the best options may be a Dension Gateway, possibly a little more expensive than the Parrot but if you want the steering wheel controls to work you need an extra bit which is £130ish getting you very close to the Dension unit in price. I had a thread here asking about them, response seems fairly positive..

GBR1

[Fox-]

Look at a module from a company called Kauftec. It is about £400 and integrates into the car so well, you will simply not know you dont have the OEM Bluetooth system installed. You even get the phonebook on iDrive.

[gizlaroc]

Austin3000 said:

Hi,

I have a 2005 E90 saloon that has the pro-nav but no bluetooth. I need to get this fitted now but I am unsure as to what to do.

According to the good people at the BMW parts dept, to have the proper BMW system retrofitted it is going to be £1000+ so I have looked at some 3rd party options.

The best seems to be the Parrot systems which look like they can play music from my iPhone and can be integrated with the BMW steering wheel controls.

Has anyone had this fitted to their BMW or any other options I should consider?

Cheers

The Parrot is awful on the music side.

It uses its own internal amp and sounds just horrid.



As Fox said, look at the Kufatec.

Or buy a used MULF2 HI off ebay and the harness from your dealer and fit the oem.

Used unit on ebay around £150.

Harness £220.

Mic £15

Bluetooth antenna and cable is around £40.

£425ish and then around 30 mins to code it in, between £30-75 depending where you get it done.

[Austin3000]

Thanks for your help and suggestions.

I aren't bothered about the music side as I had my car retrofitted with the iPhone music adapter thing by BMW when I bought the car. So my phone connects up to that and all music is selectable via the nav display.

All I want is basic bluetooth that can be called/answered via the phone button on the steering wheel.

The BMW bluetooth retro fit using used parts is an interesting one but as my car is still under AUC warranty and I'm not very confident with taking my car apart I don't really fancy that.