I have a 2011 Nissan Juke with the upgraded audio system w/ a USB port. I figure if the iPhone 5 won't work I will just use my 30GB classic iPod instead.
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iPhone 5 and your car.. Uh oh?
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In my Nissan Juke, there is a very cool non-skid mat right below my head unit. It's specifically made to set your iPhone or iPod there while driving. Quite handy, I must say.
Havent read the whole thread, anybody here have an Appradio? I have the Appradio 2, and I am worried it is now a $500 unit I can no longer use.
It doesn't make sense to me why apple would make all these devices obsolete, but they have done it before.
It doesn't make sense to me why apple would make all these devices obsolete, but they have done it before.
Tracks don't need to be in ALAC to tell the difference. Songs purchased from iTunes is enough to tell a difference in my car's sound system, Burmester.
Just the new pack-in Apple cable.
This whole thing is nonsense. The only people who will need this $30 adapter are clock radio dock owners who have no USB port as an option or people with the Y cable who can't use just the USB port.
BJ
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You didn't have iPod Out on that Y cord so you aren't losing anything.
"iPod Out" is a terrible name for a sexy LCD display protocol that you do not have.
With the $30 connector you will have all the functionality you have now on your BMW.
Y-Cord BMW People = Get the $30 adapter, everything is the same as it was.
USB BMW People = Plug in the new pack-in cable, everything is the same as it was.
Snap-In Cradle BMW People = Wait 6 months for the new snap-in and pay $250 and get your iPod Out display back.
BJ
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I think it depends on the option that you have, but do you have navigation on your bmw? If so, most likely it is, but I know different years have different options and the different options that come as standard changes year to year. But most likely if you have navi, you should be able to connect your iphone as a music device.
The above photos are from what is called "iPod Out" which is a display protocol from Apple. iPod Out does NOT mean "it plays music from your iPhone". iPod Out means "I spent extra money to get this extra-sexy looking UI".
If you don't have this Apple-designed display you do NOT have iPod Out, therefore you have nothing to worry about.
Again, "iPod Out" is a bad name for an upgraded, Apple TV looking display. It is NOT related to whether or not your iPhone will play music or be controlled by your steering wheel. So when Apple refers to the $30 converter as "not supporting iPod Out" that only means that people with the sexy UI lose out. You don't lose out. You are fine as you never had iPod Out to begin with. So stop writing letters to BMW.
BJ
Oh I'm not paying a lot of money. It's only $120 for the deck I'm getting. I don't really care.
i have this in my A4.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKuH7UGrQpE
works effing awesome. The sound quality over BT is great for 99% of the people out there. You can't make everyone happy, though. You can go direct wired too. Steering controls and head unit controls direct, USB, and bluetooth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKuH7UGrQpE
works effing awesome. The sound quality over BT is great for 99% of the people out there. You can't make everyone happy, though. You can go direct wired too. Steering controls and head unit controls direct, USB, and bluetooth.
I wonder if you own a BMW, an adapter you have to pay for would bother you at all.
idk, it seems like some people own more expensive cars than BMWs and still complain about buying a $30 adapter.
Yeah.
Like some people i know who complain about "premium gas" and high insurance but always end their rants with "it is worth it".
It is like one part of them is fighting the other over their financial follies. If you cannot afford something, don't buy? Why whine after intentionally jumping into a pit?
Wow that went OT fast. My apologies lol.
i dont think u guys are smart at all. isnt one side of the wire still a usb and the other side is the lighting? isnt the usb still going to be plugged into the USB port of whatever u may plug into? the lighting is only on ONE side which goes into ur iphone. please correct me if im wrong.
Ah, it's you again! I'm surprised that you're still using an iPhone 4. You do have a 5-64GB on order, yes?
I suggest a few more Rolexes as well, you don't seem to have expanded your collection at all over the past few years. Tsk tsk.I can use the iPod out feature (the iPod menu emulation) via the Y cable, no cradle/snap-in adapter required. Some coding was done specifically to enable this though.
Re: models that use the Y cable (such as my M5): audio goes out through the analogue jack while controls/videos/artwork go out through the USB jack so the adapter will not work. Lightning is all digital, and the adapter cannot convert the signal to analogue for the car.
Based on what I'm reading, that is. I guess I'll find out soon.
You say "Lightning is all digital, and the adapter cannot convert the signal to analogue for the car."
Huh?
That's exactly the reason the adapter exists. Converts a digital iPhone 5 output to an analog signal so it can talk to a 30 pin input.
The iPod Out protocol is the only thing Apple decided not to support. Everything else will work for you with the $30 adapter. The amount of misinformation here is staggering.
Yes, I have a 64GB iPhone 5 on order. It will plug straight in to my 2013 328i and work as expected.
BJ
More reading if you are still not clear....
http://money.cnn.com/2012/09/13/technology/apple-lightning-adapter/index.html
"It's an absurdly high price to charge, but making matters even worse, those expensive adapters don't support video or a feature called "iPod Out." That means if you buy a $29 adapter so you can plug your iPhone 5 into your speaker dock, you won't be able to control your iPod through the dock.
Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) said nothing about that lack of functionality in its presentation on Wednesday. But in its description of both the $29 and $39 adapters on its online store, Apple clearly says "Video and iPod Out not supported."
So - If your car, car adapter, stereo, dock, etc - require this, then for now you are S.O.L.
Clear? Clear as mud?
http://money.cnn.com/2012/09/13/technology/apple-lightning-adapter/index.html
"It's an absurdly high price to charge, but making matters even worse, those expensive adapters don't support video or a feature called "iPod Out." That means if you buy a $29 adapter so you can plug your iPhone 5 into your speaker dock, you won't be able to control your iPod through the dock.
Apple (AAPL, Fortune 500) said nothing about that lack of functionality in its presentation on Wednesday. But in its description of both the $29 and $39 adapters on its online store, Apple clearly says "Video and iPod Out not supported."
So - If your car, car adapter, stereo, dock, etc - require this, then for now you are S.O.L.
Clear? Clear as mud?
You guys are correct re: iPod interface. Checked it out yesterday on my '11, and it the "iPod" menu interface isn't available using the standard Apple dock connector cable. The iDrive's CD UI is the only way to navigate the iPod/iPhone when connected this way.
I never bought the iPhone snap-in adapter -- glad I didn't now that it would be obsolete for me. Knowing BMW, by the time they come out with an iPhone 5 adapter, the iPhone 6 will be out (and I'm not forgetting the likelihood of an iPhone 5s either).
They don't know what they're talking about because they don't know the meaning of the term "iPod Out".
If they did their research they'd understand that iPod Out is used on less than 1% of all docking systems, almost exclusively confined to a handful of BMW owners with an expensive and uneccessary docking cradle with snap-in adapter.
BJ
I think you've completely missed the point of what people are saying in this thread!