2012, pretty spartan on the inside. No nav or anything like that and a cursory look reveals no usb connector. Am i looking in the wrong place? If not, whats the best solution to wire it up to play music off an ipod?


Edit......it does have Bluetooth functionality
Thanks!

Edit 2: i found the aux cable input. No usb port. What cable do i need to get?

 

All MINIs have regular AV jack roughly under the passenger side window toggle switch. You have to dive underneath the center console to see it. Plug in the AV cable into your smartphone, and you can stream audio and nav directions through the AUX audio input.

If you buy a phone holder (attaches nicely to the center-dash speedo dish) and plug in power cable, you will have a far superior Navigation and Infotainment package than anything MINI/BMW have to offer!

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^This. I'm just using a 3.5mm phone output to car aux input hands-free cord from Verizon. Works fine for music (and probably Nav, but haven't tried yet) and in theory should also route voice from calls and the cord has a mic on it in case your phone doesn't pick it up too well. Think it ran me $20-30?

 

I got my cable for $0.99 from eBay, with free shipping ;-)
I may have over-paid:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_odkw...Text=&_sacat=0

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