We'll have the harness completed over the weekend and news hopefully early next week on pricing and availability for NAV vehicles.

More coming soon!

 

Thanks

 

Any news for the price yet??
Cheers

 

Yes - pricing will be announced by the end of the week.

 

Tom,

PM Sent - Any plans to offer a mic that wll work in the convertables as I don't believe there is a factory location for the mic on them

Phil

 

Can you take some pictures of your MINIS dash and steering column for me? I can look into this.

 

For the MINI OEM bluetooth, the convertible mic location is at the dome light/rear view mirror (http://bridger.us/mini/howto/universal_handsfree.pdf). It doesn't seem like a great position for a mic in the convertible.

 

I'll take a look at this a little further - there is also another location on the 3-series convertibles that can be used (steering wheel column).

 

Tom,
Is testing complete? I'm ready for one. You asked in a related thread where I live in CA. The answer is Vacaville. That is north San Francisco Bay area midway between SF and Sacramento.

 

Perfect! Subscribed to thread. Let's hope its compatible with the iPhone. I've been looking for a product like this

 

I've been waiting for something like this for a long, long time.

 

Cool. I learned something new today. That location might work with the top up but I'm wonder if there is any mic that would work in the wind noise with the top down.

Thanks,

Phil

 

Well... ask yourself - how easy is it to have a conversation with a passenger sitting right next to you while the top is down?

If that involves lots of shouting over the wind and road noise... then it's quite a tall order to expect a microphone and speaker not attached to your head to make sense of a conversation in the same scenario!

 

That was kind of the point of my wondering. It is certainly possible to carry on a conversation with the top down without yelling. However, a microphone is obviously not as sophisticated as an ear. That said, there are certainly very good active microphones out there that compensate for high ambient noise levels. The question then is can a microphone be found that would fit in the stock location, have the appropriate characteristics to work with the top down and still be affordable.

Phil

 

We have completed both development of NAV and non-NAV applications, pricing for the NAV-eqiupped vehicles are on the site. We will be posting non-NAV details in about 1 week.

MINI Bluetooth Retrofit Kit for MINI Cooper w/ NAV
http://www.europeanautosource.com/pr...roducts_id=657

Kits will include the following items:

- Custom Plug and Play harness (no cutting or splicing)
- 11th Generation ULF module
- 2nd Generation Microphone
- ULF Mounting Bracket
- FAKRA Antenna and cable
- Bluetooth pairing button

Place your orders now, we are shipping orders out on 2/19 on a first come, first serve basis.

 

holy cow! almost 900 bucks! guess I'll be using a headset for a while.

 

It ain't cheap, but it's a lot cheaper than the "big" OEM Bluetooth kit that I have... and has the same functionality, by the looks of it.

 

Sounds like at least 2 weeks out due to scheduling the test car.

This is really great news (Bluetooth availability for non-Nav cars that works with the M/F steering wheel buttons)! I hope everything is successful.

One further question: How involved is it to route a microphone to the stock location above the rearview mirror? Would it be easier to mount the microphone closer to the steering wheel?

 

I can't speak to other locations, but yes I believe it's quite a bit of work to mount the microphone up there. One of the main issues is that the inside A-pillar covers are a "breakaway" design. Once you pull it off, the clip breaks, and you have to buy an entirely new pillar cover. At least, that's my understanding of it. If I'm correct, it's kinda stupid that they didn't design it to be removed and replaced.

 

Not necessarily, check the part number on your ULF to be sure. BMW still sells the 1st Generation ULFs over the counter due to a parts freeze.

 

It's not hard to route the Mic wiring, but the preferred location would be the headliner. You can experiment with other locations, but make some test calls before cutting the opening for the Mic.

 

I was thinking of locating the microphone between the speedometer and tachometer (I have the Chrono package option). Any thoughts whether this would work or not? Also, the wiring should be fairly straightforward and not run the risk of having to replace the A-pillar covers.

 

Any sense of what the pricing will be for the non-Nav Bluetooth system?

 

Couldn't say, the Mic is directional also - I would say test and see if you would like otherwise. The A-pillars are not hard to remove at all.

 

Not yet - we will have pricing announced for non-Nav in 1 week.