AUX Input -can't find it on NAV Pro 2006 650

My AUX is in glovebox, seems to be a factory install. I have a NAV Prof, and do not see a selection for AUX in either Settings/AUDIO, or in Entertainment menu. How do I access my mp3 player when it is plugged into the AUX INPUT jack?

Try the CD option

Did that, but my car was delivered without a CD magazine for the CD changer and it either says no disks or it plays the disk in the CD drive in the dash

Hmmmm..are you sure it's the BMW kit? Because I believe if you are putting in an iPod kit with Aux the CD is usually removed then the iDrive software reprogrammed. If it's an aftermarket kit then they usually play through the CD selection. Could this be a frequency type system that plays though a specific radio channel?

Pablo, this looks factory installed in the glove box, next to the cd changer, and is just a nicely labeled miniplug which says AUX INPUT?

Originally Posted by bcorwin

Pablo, this looks factory installed in the glove box, next to the cd changer, and is just a nicely labeled miniplug which says AUX INPUT?

This question may have to be answered by one of the members here that did the CD replacement with the AUX and iPod setup. But to me it would seem you will need to have an option to select AUX in the iDrive for that option to work and for the simple fact that you cannot do that makes me wonder if something needs to be programmed. Do you know if it ever worked before? Since you did not do this install, the previous owner may have done it but may not have gotten the system programmed. This could be a possibility.

Sounds like it wasn't programmed.

My AUX port is also in the glovebox. I see AUX as an option where you select the audio source.

Here are a few pics of the port and the iDrive menu.

[EDIT]I still have my CD changer in the glovebox so I cannot control the iPod, it acts like any other non-Apple MP3 player.

The real question is whether this is an add-on or from the factory this way. My car is an '06 and does not have a factory AUX input. My understanding is that this was added to the car build in '07 as a standard.

If it is factory then perhaps late '06 models shipped with the input built in.

I am going to speak on the assumption it is a very nice install done by the previous owner. For those that added the Aux option on pre '07 models it was required to program the Idrive to activate this option on screen. Without this it would not work.

The Aux In aftermarket add-in did not delete the CD, it is installed by pulling out the radio and adding the wire/pins to the existing wire connector. It is the Ipod interface that required you to remove the CD Changer.

Regardless, perhaps the dealer did something to the Idrive that removed the Aux option and you need to go have the software updated again? They want to charge for that typically.

@tampamark: I got a question for you. I have a 2006 650i convertible as well and do not currently have an aux input in the car. I got the car from the dealership a few years back.

I see above that you talk about BMW putting in an auxiliary port into the car and reprogramming the system. 2 questions:

1) How much should I expect to pay the dealership to have this done?

2) Will they also reprogram the software system, so that it is the same as newer BMWs? Newer BMWs run on newer software, which is much more sleek and easier to use.

Thank you in advance!

My dealer quoted $500 to install the Aux In. The problem is dealers will quote all over the map so you may find more or less if you ask. Even if I bought and installed the hardware myself they wanted $350 to "turn it on" in the Idrive system.

They don't have to update the Idrive in order to turn on the Aux In. They simply have to modify the existing system. Regardless, even if you have an older revision of the Idrive software, an update to it is no different than what you use now. You would not tell a difference. Mine was updated while under warranty because it booted real slow, but all the screens, the functionality, it is all the same.

Did you end up doing it? And, if so, how much did you end up paying?

I did not, it was not worth it for me. Between MP3 CD's/Satellite/Radio my Wife has plenty to entertain her on the music side. Not to mention her main usage while driving is Audiobooks, it is not high-quality audio so I just use a RF Transmitter that is located in the trunk. I have a very long headphone cable that runs to the back of the car.