Aux problem

[Welshlad1]

Hi All

I've got a BMW Z4 2003. It's got the business CD unit fitted.

I heard you can buy an aux cable so you can plug a phone into it to play music. I purchased this one and installed but there is no AUX option when pressing mode. I have heard you can modify the cable with resistors.

Is there a ready made, plug and play cable I could buy or am I going to have to modify the one I've already bought?

Cheers
James

 

[oldgitdave]

I bought one from 'friuty car cables' on fleabay. Search "BMW-Z4-E84-E85-X5-E53-AUX-Mode-Cable-3-5mm-Female-Dash-Mount-Socket-OEM-Style". Works great

 

[MefiEcosse]

Also got mine from fruity cables a few weeks ago, works brilliant!

 

[MefiEcosse]

http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.view&alt=web&id=301066788151&globalID=EBAY-GB

Link for correct item!

 

[jamesditchy]

I bought one like the one you have and it would not recognise aux on display. Turned out the wires in the connector were in the wrong slot. I had an old aux cable, took the wires out and put them in the correct slots and all worked fine.

 

[Welshlad1]

Thanks guys. Just ordered one

 

[MT94]

Hi there just wanted to quickly ask does this cable sound good through the car as I have fitted a cable to mine from eBay and some of the songs I play through the car using aux sound terrible really tinny and no deep sound like you get from the radio is this a thing or do I just have a dodgy cable.
Cheers
Matt

 

[MefiEcosse]

The sound is ok but not same quality as CD, you need to turn volume on your device up full to get decent sound!

 

[oldgitdave]

I connect via a Bluetooth device & stream from my mobile. My system is only the 6 speaker basic one but seems just as good as using the radio imo.