Hi, Im the proud owner of a new (to me &#128518 Mini R55 cooper S with OEM Sat Nav + steering controls and oem HiFi 10speaker system....

The car is great but has no bluetooth connectivity... Been searching around the forums/ online store for ages but cont seem to find a retrofitable system compatible eith mine for bluetooth unless I use something like parrots MKi or a Bury bluetooth adapter to aux input.

Ive found several aftermarket head units available to upgrade on the standard boost system but they all state they are not compatible with cars that already have the oem sat nav and hifi amp. Im guessing this is due to wiring being incompatible...

Did anyone in my situation find a workaround to get an aftermarket headunit installed instead of the oem setup? I know the centre console with sat nav is not compatible with these aftermarket units but i can easily swap out this. Will the wiring be such an issue to get it to work with these units? And would it be possible to still get the dash warnings etc... On the new head unit as I had in my oem setup?

Or maybe does someone know of a ready compatible unit with bluetooth? Im not worried about cutting into and modifying my wiring as long as someone can point me out where to start off from and whats the best setup available for me?

 

Slight update, seems like the oem hifi system can work with these chinese headunits with a slight modification to wiring.

Only issue still holding me back on ordering the new setup is the seemingly incompatibility due to factory nav installed? Anyone managed to get around this?

Btw this is what kind of head unit ive been looking into installing...

https://www.seicane.com/car-gps-navi...v-dvr-s127017g

 

Also possibly considering using something like this.

https://www.dension.com/automotive/p...ateway-lite-bt

Has anybody seen one of these installed? What are they like, and do they display any track info on the sat nav display?

 

David, do you have any updates you can provide?

i have a 2010 R55 S with the HK+Navi and have been wanting to install a new nav unit that is car play compatible, so I’m very much interested in hearing what you learn about the “incompatibility” issues the Chinese sellers list.

please advise!

thank you!

 

Hello David. ere you able to get this installed ?

 

David, pleassssse tell me that you have new information to share regarding this upgrade install!

 

Hi Guys,

so happy in found this thread learning about the solution for the missing microphone in my Mini. I have searched a long time for the cable since my seller for the carplay unit was not accepting a return of it.
But i have found a german seller for the cable, seems like he is building them himself, since they are no longer produced in china.

https://www.ebay.de/itm/336102163150

Cheers.