My ICE is linked up

[951kid]

Just got my ice link plus plugged in. It's pretty awesome. there is a new version out called the DICE, but i had a best buy gift card, so i decided to browse. these things used to go for $250.

I saw the kit for $99 [probably since they are discontinued] and jumped on it. I even had the dealership do the "install" [which = plug it in and make sure it's not my fault if anything gets ****ed up so they can't bend me over and claim warranty due to "faulty installation" - ok, paranoid rant over].

got my ipod plugged in, and i have the harness hidden and t***** behind the liner up until the ski pass-through. i have the i-pod chillin in the back seat right now, just looking at ways of hiding it. i'm too lazy to bring it all the way into the glove box. i think it would be stealth hidden in the rear ashtray, but again, i'm just searching for ideas.

if anybody is contemplating getting this kit, i strongly recommend it! it scrolls the song / album name on the stock head unit = way better than the bmw unit. you can also have more than 5 playlists. anybody do the rear ashtray install here before?

[christyles]

Read.
http://www.e46toronto.ca/forums/showthread.php?t=3875

[Qreus George]

Congrats, btw. It's pretty slick, when you can plug and pull your ipod with the car then take it back into the kitchen and plug it into a spkr'd base.

That's the one thing I wish I had, more than 5 playlists. My ice link was bought over a year ago as a b-day present. Plugged it in and it was ready to go...anyone know how to get it to play more than 5 playlists?

[951kid]

too lazy to read, good thing there's pictures.

did you end up getting one?

[951kid]

Congrats, btw. It's pretty slick, when you can plug and pull your ipod with the car then take it back into the kitchen and plug it into a spkr'd base.

That's the one thing I wish I had, more than 5 playlists. My ice link was bought over a year ago as a b-day present. Plugged it in and it was ready to go...anyone know how to get it to play more than 5 playlists?


to play more than 5 playlists, i think it has to be in "i-pod interface mode". according to the manual i have, you can then select your next playlists by using disc 3 + FF. i don't know if you have id3 text display in this mode though. do you use your i-pod to browse or do you go through the dension mode?

shoot my your email, i can send you the .pdf manual if you want. i'm new at this too so i'm just learning.

[christyles]

too lazy to read, good thing there's pictures.

did you end up getting one?
I don't like reading either. Dr. Seuss is my favourite author. no money for ipod or ice or dice thing right now... other priorities. Like new shocks and sht.

[Regin8r]

I installed in in the armrest compartment on the wife's 330i.

Her iPod video fits snugly inside it.

This is an example: http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=279509

Instead of having a drilled hole though, I peeled back the rubber liner after cutting a slit with a utility knife. I aligned that slit with the hole I drilled in the plastic underneath. After drilling the hole, pass the IceLink through the slit, and feed into the hole.

You have to glue the rubber liner back after. I just used some glue from a UHU stick.

This way there is no need for a grommet and you won't see an ugly hole. I would do it on mine, but I already have the CD changer installed.

The only thing is I wish there was a way to choose if you want the names to display or the clock. I prefer to have the clock display most of the time.

Reg

[Qreus George]

to play more than 5 playlists, i think it has to be in "i-pod interface mode". according to the manual i have, you can then select your next playlists by using disc 3 + FF. i don't know if you have id3 text display in this mode though. do you use your i-pod to browse or do you go through the dension mode?

shoot my your email, i can send you the .pdf manual if you want. i'm new at this too so i'm just learning.

hey - if you could send me the pdf manual, that'd be great...appreciate it. Pls send it to: qreus_george@hotmail.com

I'll try the disc3+FF. I think I'm going thru the denison mode, but not sure. I just plugged it in and have access to 5 playlists with song names scrolling on the head unit.

[my0gr81]

Future Shop and Best Buy no longer have the Dension kit for BMW on their web sites.

[951kid]

they only had Acura kits when i checked. these were on clearanceprices since they are not made anymore. When i went to 2 different best buys, i got one of the last 2 at the one near my work.

[RockerGuy]

Does any1 know if a Nano will fit on a 328i 2000 model? I really want to hook my ipod up too, but will have to wait til spring to do all that hookin up.

[951kid]

the side of the ice link box says your car is compatible.

The nano will work. any i-pod with a docking port on it works. the cradle that comes with it [if you get one with the cradle and not the cable] is made for a full size i-pod though. so you might need to figure out how to change that.

they are on clearance at best buy. the new version is out [DICE link].

i think Pej [STALKER] has one he might be getting rid of.

[RockerGuy]

I did not get a port w/ my Nano, only a cable that connects to the PC. Do I have to buy a port separately?

Thanks

[951kid]

no, the bottom of your nano has that crazy fat connecter, thats what is used for your icelink, you dont need any special port.

i think the shuffle is the only one that isnt compatible. ie - the shuffle doesn't have the port on the bottom of it like your nano does.