BMW E53 X5 iPhone Snap In adapter installation
The BMW snap in adapter concept which allows you to swap it for different phones is excellent, however they never envisioned the iPhone's width when they designed the E53 X5 eject box (snap in adapter fits into the eject box). This means that the iPhone snap in adapter (part no 84 10 9 182 792) fits into the eject box, however the iPhone is to wide to fit into the combination snap in/eject box. The only option is to trim the eject box's side walls as reported in this X5 forum post. The problem is that trimming the walls can be a tricky process which I was not comfortable attempting, however Matt at 2point5 (the makers of the spec doc) has the required skills and equipment to do a great job.
The customized eject box with the snap in adapter installed. The red arrow points to the trimmed side walls.
The eject box, snap in adapter and my iPhone 3G installed in my X5 center console. The snap in adapter charges my iPhone 3G. It is too bad the iPhone does not have an external antenna to make use of the X5's cell antenna. The iPhone connects via BMW's 13th generation ULF Bluetooth unit (part no 84 10 9 154 358) which works perfectly.
Hi there,
Nice job, I am also doing the same thing right now but in my car the Iphone, both 1gen and 3G, does not want to charge. How did you work arround that ???
Bart
Posted by: Bart Kerssen | February 16, 2009 at 03:30 PM
Both my 2G and 3G iPhones charge in the BMW snap in adapter, so you may have a defective one if they do not charge.
With the Intravee II I installed I had to purchase a charge converter from Ridax, see my post @ http://www.mydigitallife.us/2008/12/bmw-e53-x5-iphone-3g-integration-part-1.html
Posted by: Stephen Skarlatos | February 16, 2009 at 03:35 PM
This fits perfectly into your car. I am also looking for such an eject box with adapter installed in it so that my work will be easier to handle this.
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