Apple CarPlay F30

breathe3asy · 12-05-2022, 05:42 AM

Hey chaps thought I'd share my experience.

A friend of mine who recently sorted his 4 series with CarPlay kindly offered to sort me as well, all I had to do was order and plug an antenna into the back of the headunit - cost me £10 off Amazon and was actually really straight forward to get done.
Very happy chappy as CarPlay was something I wished the car had from day one but never really pursued it thinking would cost more than its worth. The cabin on the F30 is very quickly being left behind if not already by the G series but in my head this modernises it a smidgen

Mick.86uk · 12-05-2022, 06:00 AM

How was the CarPlay added?

breathe3asy · 12-05-2022, 06:30 AM

Via enet cable with a PC - I was given some software to run which I think was pre-programmed for my VIN, all I had to do was enter a unique code and the software ran a feature add however once finished, my iPhone wouldn't connect so we figured the antenna was missing...which it was and so brought about the above post

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breathe3asy Captain 112 Rep 609 Posts Drives: 340i F30 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: West Sussex, UK iTrader: (0) Garage List E92 325i [10.00]	Apple CarPlay F30 Hey chaps thought I'd share my experience. A friend of mine who recently sorted his 4 series with CarPlay kindly offered to sort me as well, all I had to do was order and plug an antenna into the back of the headunit - cost me £10 off Amazon and was actually really straight forward to get done. Very happy chappy as CarPlay was something I wished the car had from day one but never really pursued it thinking would cost more than its worth. The cabin on the F30 is very quickly being left behind if not already by the G series but in my head this modernises it a smidgen
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Mick.86uk Second Lieutenant 80 Rep 272 Posts Drives: 2017 F36 440i Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: Lancashire, UK iTrader: (0)	How was the CarPlay added? __________________ 2017 F36 440 LCI - Smoked Topaz \| Auto \| M Sport Plus \| HUD \| ICON Adaptive Headlights
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breathe3asy Captain 112 Rep 609 Posts Drives: 340i F30 Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: West Sussex, UK iTrader: (0) Garage List E92 325i [10.00]	Via enet cable with a PC - I was given some software to run which I think was pre-programmed for my VIN, all I had to do was enter a unique code and the software ran a feature add however once finished, my iPhone wouldn't connect so we figured the antenna was missing...which it was and so brought about the above post
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