"E90M3" (e90m3)
08/12/2019 at 09:48 • Filed to: None
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"E90M3" (e90m3)
08/12/2019 at 09:48 • Filed to: None | 1
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It’s the USB and AUX input out of an E9X from the junkyard . It’s the one thing on my E92 that’s not functioning correctly, and I believe that this part might be the culprit. Now I just need to pull apart my center console to swap it out. Hopefully this will fix the issue and I can use my phone to play music in my car. Sadly, because it’s a 2009, I don’t have bluetooth audio, just bluetooth calling. I believe that bluetooth audio was added for the 2010 MY; the M3, being a 2011, has bluetooth audio.
Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
> E90M3
08/12/2019 at 10:09 |
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Because I wanted the manual transmission I didn’t get factory bluetooth in my Mazda. And because I couldn’t pass up 20% off of MSRP I bought the 2012 instead of buying the 2013 which had USB connectivity as standard on all models. I did add a Bluetooth kit, but I prefer not to talk on the phone whilst driving and want to use all of the speakers (this system only uses the fronts) I rarely use it.
I did make my own dash-mounted controller to control a phone or iPod through the aux jack, but since my commute has gone from 40 miles a day down to just 4, I really don’t need to control any music these days.
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> E90M3
08/12/2019 at 10:19 |
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Good luck... hope it works.
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E90M3
> Full of the sound of the Gran Fury, signifying nothing.
08/12/2019 at 10:30 |
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My commute went from 45 minutes to under 15 each way. I didn’t know about the lack of bluetooth audio and didn’t check the USB when I bought the car, I assumed it was like the M3. Bluetooth audio is on my list for my next car.
Chariotoflove
> E90M3
08/12/2019 at 10:32 |
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That is a cool coworker.
facw
> E90M3
08/12/2019 at 10:46 |
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Stunningly bad not to support Bluetooth audio in 2009. Hope the new Aux cable fixes the problem.
jminer
> E90M3
08/12/2019 at 10:56 |
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You have awesome coworkers!
Bluetooth was high on the list of wants on my most recent car purchase. I had a 2012 Focus for a 2 years that didn’t after upgrading my previous Explorer’s radio and found I missed it a lot and that damn Focus had a non-din radio in it.
The VW does handle it in an annoying fashion - the radio will either always autoplay bluetooth or never autoplay bluetooth on startup . It doesn’t remember what you were last playing and go back to that.
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E90M3
> facw
08/12/2019 at 10:56 |
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It’s when they went from the CCC idrive to the CIC idrive. I’m not sure what was common for cars back in 2009.
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facw
> E90M3
08/12/2019 at 10:59 |
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I couldn’t tell you about BMW’s but I know my friend’s 2006 Audi A3 had it (my 2006 Volvo S60 does not, I moved over the Grom adapter from my S40). Still I got my first Bluetooth phone in 2006, 2007 was the year of the iPhone, and by 2009 BT capable phones were everywhere.
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E90M3
> facw
08/12/2019 at 11:03 |
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I’ve got bluetooth calling, just not audio.
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facw
> E90M3
08/12/2019 at 11:05 |
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Which frankl y makes it worse. Why go through all the trouble of installing a BT radio but not enable the audio profile?
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E90M3
> facw
08/12/2019 at 11:23 |
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Not sure, but I think it’s because they changed the architecture of the idrive. Also wonder why they didn’t just also support BT audio, because they did in later cars.
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> E90M3
08/12/2019 at 11:40 |
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My Audi’s one a 2009 S8 and a 2012 S4 didn’t have Bluetooth audio. I believe the 2013 Audi A/S4s got it though. Not a very common thing back then.
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E90M3
> merged-5876237249235911857-hrw8uc
08/12/2019 at 11:48 |
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Ok, that’s what I kind of thought. Didn’t remember it being that prolific and seemed like 2009 was at the precept of it being common.
HoustonRunner
> facw
08/12/2019 at 12:53 |
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My wife’s 2015 Nissan Pathfinder Platinum has BT phone and media, but not from the same device. Seriously, you can connect your phone as a phone, or as a media device, but noth BOTH. Drives me insane. You have to choose phone or media during the new pairing process.
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facw
> HoustonRunner
08/12/2019 at 12:59 |
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Wow, that’s bad. I’d choose media I guess, I don’t get to many calls, and I prefer not to take them while driving anyway.
NojustNo
> E90M3
08/12/2019 at 19:26 |
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My 2011 328 doesn’t have blirtooth audio either...
It does have usb and aux and hd radio but only basic 4 speakers
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E90M3
> NojustNo
08/12/2019 at 20:53 |
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I thought all US-spec E90s had the system with at least seven speakers. Then again, I thought all of them also had at least bluetooth calling. A friend has a 2011 328i and it has the button for bluetooth calling, but it doesn’t actually have that fea ture.