If you have a 1996-up BMW/2002-up Mini Cooper that is either set up
for a CD Changer or has a CD Changer, you can go from 6 music CDs to 5,000 songs in about three minutes with the USA SPEC iPod® Interface.
Just start your car, turn on the radio, pop the trunk, open the left side compartment in the trunk. If you have a CD changer, unplug it (and sell it on eBay).
Take the USA SPEC iPod® Interface components, the box, the iPod connector, and the CD changer connector and piece them all together.
Plug the radio connector to the CD connector and then plug the iPod interface into your iPod.
The iPod will think for a second and then you are good to go.
I even bought a used 20G 3rd gen iPod to leave in the trunk because my Video iPod is too valuable to leave in the trunk.
When you are done, close the panel and the trunk and when you push the mode button on the radio, the radio will recognize the iPod as though it were the CD changer.
The USA SPEC iPod® Interface for the BMW (and the Mini) is rockstar!
“CDs” 1-5 are your first 5 playlists. “CD” 6 accesses all the songs. If you choose random, you have an iPod Shuffle.
But all the buttons in the car work. You can control the volume, jump forward and back, and all the rest.
And, if you have an XM Radio that can work with RCA jacks, you can take your XM Commander and plug directly in there. Pop a dip switch and you can have your XM as “CD” 6, the iPod as “CD” 5 and your playlists as “CD” 1-4.
The USA SPEC iPod® Interface works like a charm.
So easy and I didn’t even need any tools.
Also, the USA SPEC iPod® Interface charges the iPod and then puts it to sleep after its
