BMW Z4 E89 iDrive MMI Installation, Part 1

EDIT** It's been brought to my attention that in some countries the passenger has a knee airbag. Having this will mean that you'll need to remove two 10mm nuts and a couple of extra screws to allow you to remove the glovebox. Be careful when removing the airbag, and I'd recommend removing the battery before unplugging the airbag and allow the system to discharge completley for 15 minutes. Do not have the car switched on while the airbag is disconnected.
Hello and welcome to my latest video.
Today I cover the installation of an MMI (Multi-Media Interface) box into my iDrive system on my E89. With this Plug-N-Play box you will have access to various apps from your phone. It’ll give you CarPlay for iPhones and Android Auto for Android phones. It will give you a wireless connection for your iPhone and wired for all Android phones and wireless for certain Android phones (I’m currently running a Samsung A70 and can use wireless, so not all of the lists of compatible phones are correct). It can also give you the ability to have a front and rear camera attached as well, but after running a rear camera on my E89 for over a year and half now a really don’t recommend them as they are too low down to be of use. If you do decide to fit a camera then I also have a video on that as well, here... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-I2KSQxYb8&t
In this Part 1 video I run through the components that come with the box kit and how to install them into your E89. In Part 2 I’ll run through the set-up process of connecting your phone wirelessly for both the iPhone and Android and then also show the various settings that are available in the box settings page along with the interaction with the iDrive controller and steering wheel controls.
Link to Part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KFjiNxZ3Q7o
Link to Part 3 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WDtEWtAgzY

Link for the suppliers are;
In Europe - https://www.ewaying.com/products/bmw-carplay-and-android-auto-interface-for-bmw-nbt-cic-system-connecte-iphone-ios?variant=31645983113281
From Aliexpress - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001063666209.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.7c364c4d6kMK8a
Please note there are other suppliers who sell these boxes, these are just the ones I've used (this video is not sponsored in any way)

Thank you for watching and I hope you like it.

On a personal note, thank you to everyone that has watched, liked and subscribed to my videos and channel, it is very much appreciated. I am not going to ask for likes and subscriptions like most do on YouTube, if you want to then that is great, if not then fair enough I hope you’ve got something out of it. I make these videos to help other owners out, I’m not an expert in any way at all I just do my research and give it a go.
I mention in the video that previously, as you’ll note from some of my other videos, I had the Android touchscreen fitted and now in this video I have the BMW iDrive system, well hopefully that is also going to be a future How-To video as this summer I did a full retrofit. Don’t get me wrong, there was nothing wrong with the Android screen, it was working perfectly and I really liked it, in fact I still recommend them for anyone without the iDrive system, it’s just that I always wanted iDrive and this year I’ve found all of the components and the time to fit it, along with this MMI box to give me everything I wanted. There is one niggle at the moment and that is that I’ve still not got the Bluetooth working from the OE components (although I do have it through the MMI box) and that is why these videos are delayed and not in order. I will produce the iDrive video just as soon as I can rectify the Bluetooth issue, then I can show every aspect of the retrofit together.

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