I have 2013 Connected with Nav, iphone5, newest ios and newest connected software. Connected via usb cable

Questions:

How to play video from iphone?
I have moved video to everywhere i can and no videos show up in the list.

How do I use Office?
It looks like i should be able to send emails from the car, but the email addresses are not able to be highlighted.

I have setup favorites in Sirius but when there is a fav alert, i can not select it. I have to use the menu to go to fav list.


thanks for any help

 

See if this will help, have not read it all so I am not sure.
https://www.northamericanmotoring.co...cted-faqs.html

 

Thanks! it only answers the video question. I never tried with the parking break on.

 

Well it did not work, engaged parking break and still can't even see videos to play them.

 

It won't work with iPhone 5 because of the lightning connector. It doesn't pass the video signal. I believe BMW is releasing a new adapter soon that may fix this. You can thank apple for being @@)(-!?!! And not sharing the tech sooner.

 

Thanks Frozen!!

any info on the office functions? they don't work at all.

 

I've gotten video and iPhone mirroring to work with Connected on a jailbroken iPhone 4 and haven't even bothered trying with the iPhone 5. I've heard that the Lightning connector doesn't have a pin out for video and as a result the Lightning to the various video adapters all have additional chips in them to provide Airplay support. I'd be stunned if BMW added that support to the upcoming cable.

As for Office - doesn't work for me. All I get is my phone contacts and nothing else...

 

I have 4s not jail broken the only functions office seems to have besides contacts is iCal

 

i've gotten the messages functions and calendar working on my phones.

on my galaxy note 2, i have that paired via BT and had to go back and enable the office functions in BT for it and once i did, my text messages are now viewable on the display and in the office app


iphone 4s was able to also do this along w/calendar items and emails, again had to pair via bt and go back and then enable office feature on the paired bt device. i'll get a more specific guide up later today

 

Update: no love on the text messages on iOS for me on my 2013 coupe. my android galaxy note 2 shows them just fine but iPhone 4S w/iOS 6.1.3 does not. wish BMW/Mini would get feature parity on both iOS and Android.

boo!! why does mini connected only work on iOS but you can't see text message on iOS but you can on BB or Android? i'm emailing mini connected support

 

You got email to work with iPhone 4S?

 

I am glad I am not alone, misery loves company.

 

If you go into the bluetooth screen and then to the screen where you pair a new phone you need to push the joy stick to the right once (this should bring up your options menu) then go to configure bluetooth. You will need to make sure that the "office" box is selecte and you will need to make sure it is configured correctly under configure phone as well.

Let me know if you need any additional help with this. Have you tried any of the videos on aboutyourmini.com not sure if they have one that explains this, but they might.

 

Office is checked and still only get the address book. What needs to be checked under "configure phone?"

 

i think there should be an office button. To be honest I am not too sure.

Did you try the videos on aboutyourmini.com

 

I'll try tomorrow and report back. Had to resetup my Gmail in the mail app after I got home.

 

same here bluetooth office checked but just address book

 

ok some clarifications on mini connected and iOS devices:

1. iPhones and iPads WILL NOT SHOW text messages or emails. It will show calendar and address book but that is all.

2. Android devices that support it can show text messagse but not emails. I am not able to access my calendar items though but i would have to verify i have my work calendar setup on my device

3. I will be testing my Blackberry Z10 tonight and i have a good feeling that it will basically do ALL of the supported office features like Calendar, Messages (email and text) since they have been aroudn for a while and also support such protocols in Bluetooth.

so more updates a coming!!

 

IPhone 4S and ipad 3 shows text message but its not under office tab it's under phone tab.

Enable it on phone itself make sure you have notifications on and for me banner style had to chosen.

 

ahh!! i did disable the Messages app in my Notifcation Center on the phone, good to know and will give another try later tonight! however, i have two phones paired to my mini and my iphone 4S connected via usb/y adapter (so i have 3 phones in actuality connected, android note 2 and blackberry z10 via BT and iPhone 4S wired but no bt pairing). hehe..

yes, i'm accessing my text messages that way and you can also do it via the Office > then hit left on nav **** and then choose Messages

however Blackberry 10 says it can do it but does not do it.

wish Mini had a feature parity chart that showed what features work on what devices, etc.

 

I open Office, hit the left nav **** and only see Contacts. Nothing else...

 

oh yea! someone in this thread mentioned it and i verified it enabled the messages on my iPhone 4S, be sure that both messages and mail are enabled in your iPhone's Notifcation Center. I believe it needs to be set to enabled, also enable the "view in lockscreen" and also banner alerts. once i did that on my iphone 4s, i saw the messages option on my mini. i do not have any messages in the app but have not tested sending a new txt/email with it working.

my galaxy note 2 easily connects to my mini and shows me my txt messages and prev messages; works pretty well. however emails never showed up and i had my corp email setup w/the native email app.

hope that helps! btw, i have a phone of nearly every OS and am working on creating a feature parity list of my own of what works w/iOS, Android, Blackberry OS10, Windows Phone 8.

 

I've had messages enabled but not mail. Just enabled mail and will try again this afternoon...

 

There is a thread I think called MIMI Connected text message iOS 6 where absolueczech gives step by step. As far as I know no updates have been given by MINI for email as of yet.

 

Ok - I think I've got it figured out... I now can view unread Messages and Mail on the Connected's Screen. Here's what I've done, although honestly I'm not sure exactly which of these steps resolved it... As a reminder I have an iPhone5 with IOS 6.1.3.

First I updated the MINI Connected Software in the car by downloading from www.mini.com/connectivity.

Un-Paired the phone (Select "Forget Device" on iPhone)

Under Notifications, ensured both Messages and Mail are set to View in Lock Screen.

Paired the phone to the car again. On the iPhone opened the options for the bluetooth connection to the MINI and ensured Show Notifications was set to On. Waited a few seconds and launched Office. Now additional Office functions appear when clicking the joystick to the left.