Best way to integrate iPhone into the Z4?
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Thanks 1000rr, Halfords don't seem to do one, would you mind letting me know where you got it from? Best Wishes, Elsa
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Thanks 1000rr
UPDATE! OK so after thinking long and hard about the many different ways to achieve Bluetooth music and calls in the car I took a bit of a different option (and a lot cheaper) and am very pleased with the result. The whole install cost me less than £20 and only took 30 mins.
I decided to just go for universal bluetooth receiver but there are a lot of rubbish ones out there. After spending a lot of time reading reviews I went for this for £11.99...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B078W1HQCK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
To power it (didn't want my ashtray permamently open) I also went for a hard wired 12V to 5V converter (£7.99)...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07169FM6H/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The converter seems to be unavailable now unfortunately but there are loads of similar ones on Ebay.
The install is very simple....
1. Drop the glove box down by pressing the two plastic tabs at the top to reveal the fusebox...
2. Any of the three 5A fuses on the bottom row on the right are switched ignition so are suitable. I already had a piggyback fuse connector in my garage so used this to take the feed from the rightmost 5A fuse...
3. There is a really nice covenient earth point in the form of the crosshead screw immediately below the 5A fuses, but as the original screw is treated you need to either remove the coating on the underside of the screw with a dremmel or use a different screw like a stainless one.
4. Next I dropped the lower kick panel in the passenger side by removing two screws..
5. The DC-DC converter has a USB socket so the Bluetooth adapter simply plugs in. The power wire needs to be fed from the drivers side through towards the fuse box. Luckily there is an easy access route but you need to tape the wire to something quite rigid to feed it through...
6. Once fed through, the wire appears under the fuse box (you can see the resonator tube from the engine compartment in the pic also)
7. Bring the wire up through the gap at the bottom of the fusebox. You then need to terminate the wires with a bullet crimp (+ve) and an M4 ring crimp (-ve)
I decided to just go for universal bluetooth receiver but there are a lot of rubbish ones out there. After spending a lot of time reading reviews I went for this for £11.99...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B078W1HQCK/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o01_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1
To power it (didn't want my ashtray permamently open) I also went for a hard wired 12V to 5V converter (£7.99)...
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07169FM6H/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
The converter seems to be unavailable now unfortunately but there are loads of similar ones on Ebay.
The install is very simple....
1. Drop the glove box down by pressing the two plastic tabs at the top to reveal the fusebox...
2. Any of the three 5A fuses on the bottom row on the right are switched ignition so are suitable. I already had a piggyback fuse connector in my garage so used this to take the feed from the rightmost 5A fuse...
3. There is a really nice covenient earth point in the form of the crosshead screw immediately below the 5A fuses, but as the original screw is treated you need to either remove the coating on the underside of the screw with a dremmel or use a different screw like a stainless one.
4. Next I dropped the lower kick panel in the passenger side by removing two screws..
5. The DC-DC converter has a USB socket so the Bluetooth adapter simply plugs in. The power wire needs to be fed from the drivers side through towards the fuse box. Luckily there is an easy access route but you need to tape the wire to something quite rigid to feed it through...
6. Once fed through, the wire appears under the fuse box (you can see the resonator tube from the engine compartment in the pic also)
7. Bring the wire up through the gap at the bottom of the fusebox. You then need to terminate the wires with a bullet crimp (+ve) and an M4 ring crimp (-ve)
8. The wires on the DC-DC are quite thin so I added some heatshrink for additional strain relief..
9. Connect the wires to the piggyback fuse and earth screw..
10. Secure the wiring with a couple of tyraps, screw the kick panel back and close the fusebox. All that remains is to go back to the drivers side to tidy up the wiring. There is plenty of room to hide all the bits and bats...
11. This is the end result. Really subtle, neat install. And it works brilliantly.
9. Connect the wires to the piggyback fuse and earth screw..
10. Secure the wiring with a couple of tyraps, screw the kick panel back and close the fusebox. All that remains is to go back to the drivers side to tidy up the wiring. There is plenty of room to hide all the bits and bats...
11. This is the end result. Really subtle, neat install. And it works brilliantly.
Once the iphone is paired it just connects to it automatically as soon as you turn the ignition. You can skip tracks backwards and forwards using the two buttons on top of the receiver. To take a call you just press the centre button (it has a built in mic) and it pauses your music.
I guess the only thing you don't get is the track info on the nav screen, and you do have to press play on your iphone music when you get in (I have my iphone on a mount to the right of the steering wheel and all the track info comes up on that). It's great for streaming Spotify in your car.
For £20 I don't think you can go wrong at all.
I guess the only thing you don't get is the track info on the nav screen, and you do have to press play on your iphone music when you get in (I have my iphone on a mount to the right of the steering wheel and all the track info comes up on that). It's great for streaming Spotify in your car.
For £20 I don't think you can go wrong at all.
Hi, great instructions and pictures. I was trying to hardwire my dash cam and followed all the steps. I used the same fuse as you used/showed but the cam doesnt come on?. Would this be the wrong fuse for the dash cam?. I want it to come on/off with the ignition. I have the Z E85. cheers.ph001 said:
It should be fine for a dash cam - it's just 12V at the end of the day which is switched on/off with the ignition. Do you have a voltmeter to confirm if power is getting to your dashcam or not?
I also have a dash cam installed and took the feed from the courtesy light... see here https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73905&hilit=dash
I also have a dash cam installed and took the feed from the courtesy light... see here https://z4-forum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=31&t=73905&hilit=dash
I fitted a pioneer 7" touch screen DVD unit after my Grom unit failed after 2 years of service. This also gives me the Bluetooth connection for hands free calls and music streaming. It works with my iPhone, USB memory card, DVDs full of MP3 files and Spotify. Also the iPhone can download a pioneer app called app radio that puts yor satnav and other info on the screen.
