Z4-forum.com

srhutch wrote:excellent writeup, wouldnt it be worth buying some flying leads with the proper connectors on from BMW and the plug just to make it a bit more rugged and ensure he leads dont fall out. From memory the leads are £0.80 each and the plug also pennies.

That would mean talking to the eejit's at BMW Chandlers!!!

LazioMaster wrote:

srhutch wrote:excellent writeup, wouldnt it be worth buying some flying leads with the proper connectors on from BMW and the plug just to make it a bit more rugged and ensure he leads dont fall out. From memory the leads are £0.80 each and the plug also pennies.

That would mean talking to the eejit's at BMW Chandlers!!!

But your right its probably a good idea, but mines in now alas.
Even better idea if someone was considering going into mass production to sell them on here (sk93)!!!

somebody else just posted about this.

http://www.incartunes.co.uk/pc7-bmw-01- ... -580-p.asp

For £12 delivered, it's not even worth trying to make your own.

I'll admit £12 is pretty competative to making it yourself.
However, if you do make it yourself, you can make the cable whatever length you like, meaning you can install it anywhere, and it's still going to be easier if you have bluetooth etc
Plus, there's the fun of doing it yourself


(but at £12, I'd have bought it myself )

srhutch wrote:somebody else just posted about this.

http://www.incartunes.co.uk/pc7-bmw-01- ... -580-p.asp

For £12 delivered, it's not even worth trying to make your own.

Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! you are joking me.

I have now re-routed the cable, I have added 3.5mm to 3.5mm extension to the original cable(£5.99 @ Maplins). and routed it down the gearbox/handbrake tunnel.
This now means there are no wires showing anywhere except a few inches behind my drivers seat, This is a massive improvement on the original because I cant stand trailing wires. Then any ipod/phone can just be plugged straight in, and it sits nicely in the little cubby hole between the seats.

Total cost ; £16. Im happy again.

Ooh, good link! Just purchased one of the £12 leads because TBH at that price I can't be bothered heading to Maplin for the bits

a11y wrote:Ooh, good link! Just purchased one of the £12 leads because TBH at that price I can't be bothered heading to Maplin for the bits

did you get that lead in the end? did it work??

LazioMaster wrote:

a11y wrote:Ooh, good link! Just purchased one of the £12 leads because TBH at that price I can't be bothered heading to Maplin for the bits

did you get that lead in the end? did it work??

Yep, purchased and works absolutely fine with my Creative Zen (none of this iPod crap ) - sound quality as good as CD as far as I can tell. I did need to purchase a 3.5mm to 3.5mm lead to link the MP3 player with the 3.5mm jack socket on the end of this lead, but this was only a couple of £££ from Tesco.

Does anyone know if these cables (the DIY one or the other one from internet) work with the BASIC RADIO-CD of our Z4's or is it mandatory to be plugged-in in a Business Radio-CD one???
Thanks for your help people!!

Great post sk93 Even I might manage this one..... yeah I mean I might manage to convince my father in-law to do it for me

a11y wrote:

LazioMaster wrote:

a11y wrote:Ooh, good link! Just purchased one of the £12 leads because TBH at that price I can't be bothered heading to Maplin for the bits

did you get that lead in the end? did it work??

Yep, purchased and works absolutely fine with my Creative Zen (none of this iPod crap ) - sound quality as good as CD as far as I can tell. I did need to purchase a 3.5mm to 3.5mm lead to link the MP3 player with the 3.5mm jack socket on the end of this lead, but this was only a couple of £££ from Tesco.

Glad it worked well, but your wrong about the ipods!!!

a11y wrote:

LazioMaster wrote:

a11y wrote:Ooh, good link! Just purchased one of the £12 leads because TBH at that price I can't be bothered heading to Maplin for the bits

did you get that lead in the end? did it work??

Yep, purchased and works absolutely fine with my Creative Zen (none of this iPod crap ) - sound quality as good as CD as far as I can tell. I did need to purchase a 3.5mm to 3.5mm lead to link the MP3 player with the 3.5mm jack socket on the end of this lead, but this was only a couple of £££ from Tesco.

I have the same cable as a11y and have fitted it to the rear of the head unit but have no AUX option

I have checked the wiring layout against the diagrams and it matches. I have also unplugged the main cable for 5 mins to try and reset it.... still nothing. The cable fits very well and is definitely secure... any ideas???????

srhutch wrote:somebody else just posted about this.

http://www.incartunes.co.uk/pc7-bmw-01- ... -580-p.asp

For £12 delivered, it's not even worth trying to make your own.

Apologies if this is on the other Aux lead thread, but (i) I can't see what the other end of this lead is - is it a 3.5mm jack? And (ii) I bought the wrong lead in a rush on fleabay the other day but Sytner, who sold it, are happy to swap for the right thing. My question is - the lead I bought was not 3.5mm but iPod (which fecked me for a start) but was actually the fly lead for the MP3 player and was made to go into a Mini connector (in the dash not on the head unit itself) that had both 3.5mm female and a USB connection which would suit me.....anyone know if theres a head unit lead like this that fits the Zed?

After reading all the various post I decided to give the install a go and so purchased PC7-BMW-01 AUX in adaptor on fleabay. Managed to remove the vent without any difficulty, connected the lead to the rear of head unit and attached my ipod pressed mode function but aux does not appear. not sure if the lead is faulty or i have done something wrong any advice would be welcomed. Ta