Gizmodo Exclusive: iPod Your BMW Secrets Revealed

Gizmodo has been give the details of Apple and BMW ’s unexampled ‘ iPod Your BMW ’ campaign by one of our favorite kind of tipster , the kind that like to stay anonymous . Here are the detail .

First of all , most BMWs on the route wo n’t be capable to expend the BMW iPod connection kit . Not only does the kit only make for with 2002 or later 3 Series , X3 SAVs , or Z4 Roadsters , any gondola with optional built - in Navigation system , cassette deck of cards , planet radio set , or compact disk modification wo n’t be able to habituate it , presumably because of the deficiency of dash space for the digital readout and because the auxiliary audio wiring is already taken up . So unless you ’ve father the stock Standard or Premium sound ( and the good auto ) , you ’re somewhat much out of luck — unless you ’re purchase new , then knock yourself out .

Get the rest of the details after the jump .

Our source has a lack of information on exact price , although dealership installation charges are being quoted at around $ 235 . Hopefully that includes the hardware , as well , but then again , we are talking BMW , the company that require you to habituate their own charming crude oil ( no hate mail unless it ’s delivered in the new BMW you ’re give me , thanks ) .

The iPod slips inside a sour grass in the glove box and controls are on the steering wheel , and they look to be somewhat basic , with only an runway up / give chase down selection and what looks to be a wordless button . BMW inquire that you make five selectable BMW - specific playlists ( probably something like the ones I made in my iTunes pic to the right ) on your iPod which are assure by the 1 through 5 clit on the dash , while selecting 6 will act through your entire iPod library . This implies you wo n’t have as much command over your iPod as you would with its native port . If that ’s the case , that will be a serious ding against the usefulness of the outfit .

So there you have it , an expensive kit that lets you link up your iPod forthwith into your BMW ’s existing hardware , while seriously limiting the usefulness of it at the same time . If you ’re going to shroud away your iPod in the glove compartment , it would be prissy to not hide away the interface that makes it unique , as well .

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