Bluetooth for 2005 BMW 1 Series (E87)

Creamy Goodness

Hey there,

I'm looking to get bluetooth for audio and the rare call in my car.

What's the best bluetooth audio solution and someone who can fit it? I care a good deal about the sound so don't want it to sound terrible. I've used all types of solutions in the past, those terrible FM transmitters, aux cables etc and they're all terrible or have bad negatives. (FM transmitters sound like you're passing audio through a tin can, AUX sounds good but the audio levels need to be put up sky high to hear anything and then I flip back to a CD/Radio and blow the ears off myself.

Also in the car under the armrest there's an aux in and a cigarette lighter port (I'm sure there's a technical term for this as who smokes in their cars these days :eek:) but I'd like to have something like this fitted so that I can charge without the need for a cigarette lighter to usb dingus.

I'm also not against the idea of getting an after-market Apple CarPlay head unit either as long as the fitting is done by a good pro and isn't too insanely priced.

Creamy Goodness

Gentle bump, pay day is just around the corner :pac:

Spipov

parrot mk

pablo128

Google Germaniks. He is based in Dublin I believe, and I'm sure he is on Boards.ie too. He puts up detailed threads on his installs from time to time.

Creamy Goodness

OSI wrote: »

Bluetooth probably not the best option then, although I don't remember the audio setup being fantastic in the 1 series anyway.

True. I'm not willing to spend thousands. But I was mostly comparing quality to those fm transmitters which were terrible. I've used the Bluetooth audio in a 2013 Golf and it was perfectly fine for my ears 🙂.


I'll get in touch with germaniks, looks great.

James Bond Junior

https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0177T3OEU/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1469631510&sr=8-1&pi=SY200_QL40&keywords=anker+bluetooth+car&dpPl=1&dpID=41A6-RM%2BT8L&ref=plSrch

I bought this and use it my car. Works pretty well.