My car displays and plays music just fine through my wife's older iphone or an ipod with the larger male connector and "y" cable, but using the white apple cable that just has the USB/Lightning connector for my brand new 5c just shows "not supported" on the CD/Multimedia screen when I hook it up to my USB port in the center console. The BMW website also tells me when I enter my last 7 VIN #s that, "You are running the latest software.
#Bmw idrive iphone 5 cable update
My menu ends with "profiles," and has no software update option. I have an early F10 w/a build date of 7/10. I've spent an entire day doing internet searches, and can't find anything that seems to answer this question. If you (or anyone else here) find out, please tell me. Is it a build date, or an equipment issue? I do not know I'm not sure of the cut off date, but I did recently try to help a guy whose car did not have the software update option in iDrive. On your car’s label, click on the little blue circle with the white arrow on the right side
#Bmw idrive iphone 5 cable Bluetooth
Settings => Notifications => Messages or Mail (The same parameters apply to both)Ĭonfigure your Phone’s Bluetooth notification settings (I have a snap-in adapter, so Audio doesn’t come through Bluetooth)Ĭonfigure your Phone’s SMS and email notification settings Select all of the features that apply to your situation.įor example, my features are Bluetooth Audio, Office, Show images, and Additional telephoneĭuring the configuration, select all of the features that apply to your situation.įor example, my only configuration option selected is Telephone (You can always revert to an older version using the same menu) Settings => Software Update => Update Softwareįollow the prompts and allow the car to update the software Press the iDrive MENU button, navigate to: Insert the USB data stick in the USB socket in the center console armrest storage area Go to your car with your phone and the USB data stick (You will need the last seven characters of your VIN and a small capacity (10MB) USB data stick):Įnter your VIN in the data field and press Enter to make the web site read your VINĭownload the latest version of software and copy it to a USB data stick Get your car’s latest Bluetooth and Media software Also, in order for this to work, your phone has to be locked so let it lock before testing the setup. Whenever I help someone with iDrive and iPhone integration, I ask them to complete the following steps before trying any other troubleshooting:ĭisclaimer: This works with IOS 7 and Bluetooth and Media software carried in update UPD01006 as installed in my 3/11 build 535i. This does not require a PhD in Electrical Engineering or Computer science, but it sure comes close!
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