We have 2 versions on the site:

Extension cable for DICE iPod Dock connector (6 feet)
http://www.europeanautosource.com/pr...roducts_id=878

Extension cable for DICE iPod Dock connector (10 feet)
http://www.europeanautosource.com/pr...oducts_id=1139

 

Not to take any business from Tom but I bought an extension cable here and it works perfectly. about 9 bucks shipped.

 

i have a dice ipod in my car but am having problems with it. it plays fine and works fine with the steering wheel, but i cant get into my different artist or albulms. it only plays folders i have made with songs in them and the first artist and albulm and just keep repeating. I wish i could tell you what kind i have but i dont know, came with the car.....

 

Will you be in the Santa Ana area anytime soon? We can give you a hands-on demo of the kit if you would like.

 

definetly would love that. what is your address and i will figure out a date i can get there.

 

Address is as follows:

european auto source
1305 E. St. Gertrude Place, Unit B
Santa Ana, CA 92705

Hope to see you soon!

 

Tom:

Any updates on the DICE unit with the HD Radio STEALTH antenna? I really want to get some tunes in my Mini.

Thanks,
Lee

 

bob, apparently, a lot of reasoning and actions are beyond me. if it's a stupid decision, then it's simply attributed to stupidity. if it's financial, that wld speak for itself. if there be some higher purpose, who's to question? i gave up questioning.

anyhoo, i'm 99% pleased with dice, cept for the non-usable click wheel, which is an APPLE issue. now that's very very irritating cuz i haven't yet been able to get my hands on an 80gb 5.5video.

on a side note, my encoding is at 320 cbr. does anyone have any idea if the head unit makes any difference to the sound quality? eg, using the boost as oppose to smtg that has a 2x 24bit dac? is there goin to be an audible difference?

 

In the finishing stages - we'll make the announcement when ready.

 

Hey Tom,

I apologize if this has been asked and answered... I have a Jan 05 build car and factory deck. I realize I wont have ID3 or HD support with my current radio, but if get the HD-Dice and have the plans of eventually upgrading my factory deck to an April 05 Stereo or later, can I still use the Ipod functions on my current deck until I upgrade to a newer factory deck? Or are the funtions tied together somehow and wont work on an older radio...

Thanks,
Brad

 

Brad,

Your radio may have text display, we'll need to perform a software check:

1. Turn Radio Off.
2. Turn Radio On.
3. Press and hold the "m" button for about 10 seconds.
4. Press < or > to navigate, you will need to go to the 2nd screen to look for the SW Verison which is in a SV xx-xx xx format.

Let me know what that number is and we'll see if you are compatible. If you are not found to be compatible, a newer radio would gain this feature back.

 

My software version is : SV 51-04 47

 

Sorry, you have the older HU - this is not text capable.

 

So I guess my question then is: will the HD-Dice work with the Ipod only functions (limited functionality) until I can upgrade the Head Unit to get full functionality, or will I have to buy a normal Dice for the HU I have now, and then an HD-Dice when I upgrade the unit?

 

It will work, however it will be impossible to use the HD radio portion of the kit. The iPod features (without text display) will still be compatible.

 

Tom,

Still waiting after 7 months:

05 Convertible with NAV and HK unit.

Compatible with the NAV unit yet, text and no interference with it cutting out guidance or maps?

Thanks.


My question above I have asked a few times before, now change the waiting time to 11 months... It does not seem like this is either a priority or something you will be able to get working, correct?

 

Sorry, nothing yet and we will report as soon as a solution is presented.

 

Tom or anyone else who has done the trunk kit install:

I received my DICE kit today (Finally! Thanks Tom!) and took account of its contents. Perhaps I'm jumping the gun, as I haven't even been out to the MINI yet, but is this the correct cable that goes b/w the DICE and the preinstalled CD Changer cable in the boot? If so, perhaps I'm not visualizing the installation properly yet.

Thanks.

 

That cable would most definitely attach to the back of your radio.

EDIT: Oh and BTW, it's called a "boot" when you're talking about a MINI. British cars don't have what we yanks call a "trunk".

 

That's what I thought.

 

That is the R40 Radio interface kit, this will connect directly to the radio. We can have that cable exchanged if you want the trunk version - email me with your full name and order number and I'll get you set up.

 

Tom,

I'll take it up in email with you. Thanks.

 

Hi Tom,
I have a 5th generation ipod with 1.2.3 Firmware. I haven't been back on this forum to respond because back in October I took your advice and disconnected my battery cables on my Mini and it worked again. Since then the unit has stopped working multiple times. It gives me three different messages on my headunit. It will say either "Pause" "Inif" or "Stop". All of these messages require me to disconnect my battery cables to get the DICE to reset and work again, but a few hours/days later it will again stop functioning. It continues to do some weird things with the playlists, it will start playing a playlist that includes every song on my ipod although there isn't one created. When this happens I can't navigate to another playlist unless I manually do it on the ipod. Also when listening to playlists my text display at times will get stuck on songs that have played minutes prior. Not sure if I have a defective kit any advice will help,
Thanks
Chris.
Below is my a copy of my original post from October:Tom I bought my kit through you guys in July. I went through 19 pages and couldn't find an answer. My Dice kit/wHD it stopped working a few weeks ago. The stereo (non/nav) just reads "Pause" when i try to have it connect to the ipod. The ipod will be playing and nothing can be heard. It seems like it lost connection with it. I have disconnected it and the stereo still will read "pause".

When the Dice kit was working it would get locked on a playlist and not let me forward or rewind to another playlist, not sure if both of these issues are connected.

 

Do you have another iPod to test with the DICE to see if this is an iPod or DICE related issue?

 

I will borrow one, test it out and let you know. Thanks