Hi,
Well i bought a 2008 BMW 1 Series M-Sport and it has a business stereo and no bluetooth!!! Really annoying not having bluetooth, especially having the buttons on the steering wheel! After doing some research on here and help from member barneyrubble, i worked out what was needed. Theres no complete guide on here, so hopefully this will save some members some time having to trawl through douzens of threads! This setup will give you Bluetooth functionality with the MFSW controls, and will leave nothing on show apart from the microphone.
1) Whats needed. A Parrot CK3000 evo, im not sure if other Parrots modules do work, but i knew this one would work. ALso required is a Connects2 CTPPAR009 parrot interface device. I ordered both of these on ebay, cost about £95 in total.
2) First thing to do is to remove the airconditioning controls, im doing this on my facelift model, i think the pre-facelift is pretty similar. I used my driving license to slowly pry the panel out (but any credit card etc would work). I started at the top right hand side, and kind of dragged the card along the top panel slowly releasing it. Ive then managed to wiggle the right hand side out then it kind of just popped out.
3) This will reveal two philips head screws, at the bottom of the corners of the headunit, which hold it in place. Simply unscrew these (take care that they dont drop down into the dash). Then you'll need to pull the stereo out. Some say you should remove the dash trim that goes along the centre console and passenger side, but i didnt bother. So pull the stereo out.
4) You now need to disconnect the main ISO (???) cable from the back of the stereo. There is a little locking clasp on this, you need to turn to release it.
***This in in the unlcoked possition.
5) Now youve done this you need to get your Connects2 cable out, there are two cables in the pack you need to get the bigger one out. The cable is in a kind of Y shape.
Plug the one end into the wiring loom from the car in:
then the other end into the back of the stereo:
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The final end of the cable goes into the silver Connects2 box :
6) Now if you get the Blue parrot box out, plug the cables into this. You can attach the parrot switch to end calls if you want (i didnt at first then somehow ended up changing the language on the parrot box to French which was a nightmare to change back, and i had to temporarily connect the parrot switch to change it back)
Then plug the other end of the cable to the silver connects2 box, completing the wiring.
7) I then put the microphone cable into the Parrot box and ran it through into the passenger footwell (there is a hole you can thread it through near to the hinges on the glove box).
Then comes the tricky bit fitting everything back in. Ive not taken any pictures of this, as they wouldnt really help. You just need to play around and be patient. There is space for the cables near the glove box and behind the panel for the aircin controls which will help!
9) Connect all the trim back and bobs your uncle! Complete!
10)
Some of my neighbours cars in car park of my block of flats:
New 1 Series, still not impressed by the looks
Dan
Well i bought a 2008 BMW 1 Series M-Sport and it has a business stereo and no bluetooth!!! Really annoying not having bluetooth, especially having the buttons on the steering wheel! After doing some research on here and help from member barneyrubble, i worked out what was needed. Theres no complete guide on here, so hopefully this will save some members some time having to trawl through douzens of threads! This setup will give you Bluetooth functionality with the MFSW controls, and will leave nothing on show apart from the microphone.
1) Whats needed. A Parrot CK3000 evo, im not sure if other Parrots modules do work, but i knew this one would work. ALso required is a Connects2 CTPPAR009 parrot interface device. I ordered both of these on ebay, cost about £95 in total.
2) First thing to do is to remove the airconditioning controls, im doing this on my facelift model, i think the pre-facelift is pretty similar. I used my driving license to slowly pry the panel out (but any credit card etc would work). I started at the top right hand side, and kind of dragged the card along the top panel slowly releasing it. Ive then managed to wiggle the right hand side out then it kind of just popped out.
3) This will reveal two philips head screws, at the bottom of the corners of the headunit, which hold it in place. Simply unscrew these (take care that they dont drop down into the dash). Then you'll need to pull the stereo out. Some say you should remove the dash trim that goes along the centre console and passenger side, but i didnt bother. So pull the stereo out.
4) You now need to disconnect the main ISO (???) cable from the back of the stereo. There is a little locking clasp on this, you need to turn to release it.
***This in in the unlcoked possition.
5) Now youve done this you need to get your Connects2 cable out, there are two cables in the pack you need to get the bigger one out. The cable is in a kind of Y shape.
Plug the one end into the wiring loom from the car in:
then the other end into the back of the stereo:
The final end of the cable goes into the silver Connects2 box :
6) Now if you get the Blue parrot box out, plug the cables into this. You can attach the parrot switch to end calls if you want (i didnt at first then somehow ended up changing the language on the parrot box to French which was a nightmare to change back, and i had to temporarily connect the parrot switch to change it back)
Then plug the other end of the cable to the silver connects2 box, completing the wiring.
7) I then put the microphone cable into the Parrot box and ran it through into the passenger footwell (there is a hole you can thread it through near to the hinges on the glove box).
Then comes the tricky bit fitting everything back in. Ive not taken any pictures of this, as they wouldnt really help. You just need to play around and be patient. There is space for the cables near the glove box and behind the panel for the aircin controls which will help!
9) Connect all the trim back and bobs your uncle! Complete!
10)
Some of my neighbours cars in car park of my block of flats:
New 1 Series, still not impressed by the looks
Dan