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I purchased a 2014 Countryman Cooper S ALL4, manual, today with 22K miles. The drive home was awesome. A little bit of highway where I exceeded the speed limit somewhat, some two lane highway and backroads to my house. Love the handling and the tightness of the car. I just started reading the manual and there is so much to learn.
I was surprised to learn that the Bluetooth only connects to the phone and nothing else, so I have figure out a way to us the iPod connection.
I have a Bluetooth connector that I used in my old vehicle but it is pain in the 4th point of contact to use but it will get me by for now until I come up with a better solution.
Initially, I am going to try an extension off the Y cable to a lightning adapter/extension. If anyone one knows where I can find one, please let me know. Right now it appears I have to get 30 pin extension and put a lightning adapter on that. It would be cool if I could find one with the lightning adapter already attached.
Welcome, glad to hear you are loving the Countryman! I have a ‘12 R60 and the Bluetooth should work for your music as well. I do it all the time, the biggest difference is that when it’s plugged in, you get the album art on the display screen (if you have it) and a bit better sound quality.
I have never had the adapter. For my iPhone X I use a Belkin splitter from Best Buy, and an audio cable. Now I can’t tell you why, but the audio cable needs to be a 4-conductor cable, not the standard 3-conductor audio cable you usually see. (I got a 2 pack on Amazon for around $5)
This set-up works great for me, and is a lot cheaper than buying the official MINI connector. And it charges my phone battery too.
Here’s the adapter. It has one lightning jack and one audio jack.
