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I removed my cradle and installed the mat in 428 armrest today; ordering the USB connector and doing that portion of the mod next. Thanks guys! I will admit that the wide connector wasn't cooperating on being fed up through the armrest, so I simply cut it off...made removal much faster
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03-15-2018, 07:02 AM | #90 |
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Help with making the connection work
Looking for some help as here as I haven't been able to have the car recognise the USB connection after making the same connection that Dylan did (the green USB female joint to the blue plug) - the offending ridge was removed and the green plug was pushed in all the way. But the connection doesn't seem to recognise any device. I've tried multiple cables to no avail. Any ideas would be useful. Perhaps I'd pulled on some other wire when removing the cradle/ dock earlier... Would love to have your ideas!
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03-24-2018, 01:25 PM | #91 |
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Hi guys i've been attempting this mod today but came across a problem, when i removed my snap in adapter there was only two cables on it. One has the black multiplug and the other has the purple plug, i don't have a cable with the blue plug needed for the USB socket. I thought my car had EBT from factory but if there was no usb connection to the snap in adapter i must be wrong. looks like i will have to run a cable and code EBT. Has anyone else had the same problem?
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05-05-2018, 12:25 PM | #92 |
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Hi guys, I have just done this mod and if i plug any USB key into the green USB connector that i plugged into the blue Fakra one in the car it recognises it but if i add a USB extender cable (which works on my PC ) nothing gets recognised, any ideas ? Would this cable https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/FAKRA-HSD...-/301894803080 be what i am after if all else fails ?
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Thank you for such a detailed how-to. I’m sorry to be posting on an old thread but I’ve just removed the phone cradle from my car and I’m wondering if this will void the warranty if I take it to the dealer. Thanks! |
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I brought the car to the dealer many time since then for included services, camera and directional beam light problems and they haven't say a thing about it. Not sure if you bring the car for a connectivity or phone connection problem that they won't find it and use it not take care of the issue under warranty. Other than that, this is pretty invisible if you buy the official mat to replace the cradle. They won't say "hey what did you do here? We won't fix your rear camera issue because of that replacement of this useless part of the car" |
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I just posted this in the main coding thread And am copying here in hopes of finding a solution. http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...2#post23290462 Hello Code Warriors! A while back I lurked through the first 200 pages of this thread, and would like to thank all who have contributed to this wealth of information. I have since coded several features using the Bimmercode app, on my 2013 (manufacture date Dec. 10th, 2012) F30 with CIC HU, Combox in the trunk, and the following order options: No. Description 1CA SELECTION COP RELEVANT VEHICLES 2DW 17"ALLOY WHEELS STARSPOKE 393 2VB TYRE PRESSURE INDICATOR 205 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 319 INTEGRATED UNIVERSAL REMOTE CONTROL 4AB FINE-WOOD TRIM BURR WALNUT 4DM HIGH.TRIM FIN. PEARL GLOSS CHROME 403 GLAS ROOF, ELECTRIC 423 FLOOR MATS, VELOUR 430 INT/EXT RR VW MIRROR W AUT ANTI-DAZZLE 431 INTERIOR RR VW MIRROR W AUT ANTI-D 459 SEAT ADJUSTM., ELECTR. W. MEMORY 465 THROUGH-LOAD SYSTEM 493 STORAGE COMPARTMENT PACKAGE 494 SEAT HEATING F DRIVER/FRONT PASSENGER 521 RAIN SENSOR 534 AUTOMATIC AIR CONDITIONING 563 LIGHTS PACKAGE 575 ADDITIONAL 12V POWER SOCKET 6AA BMW TELESERVICES 6AB CONTROL TELESERVICES 6NF EXT.CON.OF THE MUSIC PLAY.I.MOBILPH 6NL CONNECT. BLUETOOTH A.USB DEVICES IN 6NR APPS 6UH TRAFFIC INFORMATION 6VA CIC CONTROL 6WA INSTRUMENT CLUSTER W. EXTENDED CONT 609 NAVIGATION SYSTEM PROFESSIONAL 610 HEAD UP DISPLAY 615 EXTENDED BMW ONLINE INFORMATION 676 HIFI LOUDSPEAKER SYSTEM 693 SATELLITE TUNER PREPARATION 697 AREA-CODE 1 8KC OELSERVICEINT. 24.000KM/24MONTHS 8SC COUNTRY SPEC. RELEASE OF TELESERVICE 8TN DAYTIME DRIVING LIGHTS SELECTABLE B 9AA EXTERNAL SKIN PROTECTION 925 SHIPPING PROTECTION PACKAGE No. Description 216 SERVOTRONIC 240 LEATHER STEERING WHEEL 249 MULTI-FUNCTION FOR STEERING WHEEL 258 RUNFLAT TYRES 4NE BLOW-BY-HEATER 5DS LUGGAGE-COMPARTMENT EMERG. RELEASE 520 FOGLIGHTS 544 CRUISE CONTROL WITH BRAKING FUNCTION 645 RADIO CONTROL US 823 HOT CLIMATE VERSION 845 ACOUSTIC BELT WARNING 853 LANGUAGE VERSION ENGLISH 876 RADIO FREQUENCY 315 MHZ 992 NUMBER PLATE ATTACHEMENT MANAGEMENT 993 MODEL YEAR CODE I've installed the most recent software upgrade that will install on my car. Unfortunately my car will not accept the more recent updates as BMW stopped supporting my car's configuration quite a while back. Software support for external devices: Multimedia: MX–003.005.004 Telephone: TX–003.005.008 Bluetooth SW Version: TX–003.005.008-003.004 Navigation version: NA BMW Group 112121.2.17 Road map North America Premium 2013–1A I use my phone running Waze for navigation, so never use BMW Nav. Because I have Premium Nav., enabling Apple Car Play is not an option. I recently replaced the phone cradle in the center armrest with the factory rubber mat, and bought the proper HSD cable and USB port from which I intend to route a cable through the consoles and out the vent that my phone mount sits in front of, eliminating the exposed cable running from the armrest port. Here is the problem I'm seeking help with.... I have the HSD cable and USB port connected, with my iPhone 6s plugged in, and the car recognizes it. My phone's name is displayed on the iDrive screen next to the appropriate external device symbol. iTunes album info and cover art are properly displayed, and I can control iTunes using the iDrive control knob. At first it recognized Spotify, and the BMW APP launched, displaying the Spotify APP in the iDrive menu, which when selected, displayed all the Spotify info and art, and allowed me to control with the knob. But, with my second attempt Spotify no longer works. The biggest problem is that music will only play from my phone's speakers, not the car's speakers, and there is no device corresponding to the car listed in the phone's connect device menus. Everything works as it should when the phone is connected through the USB port located in the armrest compartment. http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho...t=phone+cradle http://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sho....php?t=1108386 I found the above threads, one of which instructs to "Replace 6NH with 6NS in your VO and VO code NBT Nav.", which of course does not apply to my car given it is CIC. I'm considering the possibility that the HSD cable may be faulty, and am looking for a FARKA to USB adapter to plug into the existing cable from the Combox to test, but haven't had any luck finding one yet. It seems likely to me that if the problem is a coding issue, the solution would be most easily found here, so I posted here first. I have my fingers crossed! Thank you in advance for any time and consideration you might afford towards helping to solve this problem. Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated. If it all gets sorted, I will post a proper tutorial for the benefit of others who may have the same or similar issues. Best regards, 4x |
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Is there a way to install a faster USB charging port in the armrest by tapping into the cigarette lighter power source? It would be nice to swap the existing USB port with a faster charging USB 3.0 port. Not sure if that would present a problem with the iDrive recognizing it though.
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Or at least to replace the cradle cable with a regular USB cable? |
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I’m glad this thread popped up, I have one of these for an iPhone 5 in my car which I’ve never used and does just get in the way, I’m also getting miffed with the inflexibility when using the onboard hard drive to store songs so this thread has given me the idea to replace the lot with an iPod classic to store my songs.
Trying to find the plastic tray on eBay, once that’s ordered I’ll need to find an iPod classic, surprising how much these old things go for! |
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I’ll rip it all out and install a usb socket that way I have a choice? |
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I don't bother with the music collection and just take out the USB stick to make any changes. If you were to install a secondary USB socket. Where would you you access it? |
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I actually used to run the iPod classic setup but as those things have aged the mechanical spool up time would cause a huge delay between when I started my car and the device kicked in. Later upgraded to an iPod touch, but that would overheat pretty frequently in SoCal. Subsequently found this forum and got turned on the to USB solution (very detailed post by mynamesnotbob https://f30.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...ight=usb+music). More reliability and less cost. |
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01-26-2019, 10:36 PM | #106 |
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Thanks for this write-up. I have just removed my snap-in adapter to free up some storage space.
Does anyone know what I'd need to code to remove the cradle from the 'media' options in iDrive? |
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No coding required, just remove.
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I removed the cradle too. But there isn't the blue USB connector in it. Why?
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I finally got around to this. The removal was not as graceful for me but end result is that the cradle is removed while I am waiting for the tray to arrive.
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