Navigation & Audio Tips for DICE XM Install
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Tips for DICE XM Install
Hey all, finally pulled the trigger and ordered the DICE kit and the XM sattellite kit from EAS. If anybody has any tips or tricks to make it easier or more slick install then I would greatly appreciate it. The only thing I'm really worried about is plugging the CD changer plug back in and taking out the dealer installed BMW iPod Interface.
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Hey all, finally pulled the trigger and ordered the DICE kit and the XM sattellite kit from EAS. If anybody has any tips or tricks to make it easier or more slick install then I would greatly appreciate it. The only thing I'm really worried about is plugging the CD changer plug back in and taking out the dealer installed BMW iPod Interface.
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I'd like to install the XM in my factory radio. I had an old Delphi unit in my last car but the cable connections are no longer available--or so my installer tells me. Does the kit from EAS contain everything? I'm not too good with the terminology here but what do you use for a power source? What goes into the radio itself? And does the antenna sit on the dash?
I'd appreciate any help and need plenty since I am electrically declined.
I'd appreciate any help and need plenty since I am electrically declined.
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Not having a CD Changer is good. You're hooking up to the same wires it is. All US Minis have the wiring (as far as I've been told) for the CD changer whether they had that option or not. So installing is just a matter of taking off the panel at the left side of the boot and hooking up to the Changer wires that aren't currently being used. Please not that is in not compatible with the OEM iPod interface (see my threads on what a headache that is).
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Thanks for that and I don't even have an IPOD. Lets see if I understand correctly. All XM wires hook up to the wires in the boot. Nothing has to be physically connected to the radio itself. And the antenna can be run, under the carpets I suppose to the dash where it plops down. Is that essentially it? If so, I can probably handle it. I cringed when you talked about needing and ordering a special tool.
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GR, the special tool had to do with the OEM iPod adapter that was installed that conflicted with this system. You don't have that so no worries. XM does infact just plug into the wires in the back (which are already hooked at the factory to the radio headunit. The antennae can be put anywhere, dash but doesn't have to be run all that far. I'm looing for a place behind the rear seats to place mine.
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Press and hold on the arrows will scan stations. Radio presets work as well.
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I have a question about which XM unit to buy. I bought and installed the DICE ipod kit and mounted it directly to the head unit. It wasn't easy for me and I would like to avoid having to take the dash apart again. That being said, if I buy the XM kit for the trunk interface will it connect to the unused CD changer wires in the boot and that's it? Or will I need to take apart the dash again?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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I have a question about which XM unit to buy. I bought and installed the DICE ipod kit and mounted it directly to the head unit. It wasn't easy for me and I would like to avoid having to take the dash apart again. That being said, if I buy the XM kit for the trunk interface will it connect to the unused CD changer wires in the boot and that's it? Or will I need to take apart the dash again?
Thanks in advance.
Thanks in advance.
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