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      07-12-2015, 07:43 PM   #1
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Upgraded my Combox... finally

Just a quick note here to let anyone who is on the fence about upgrading there combox, do it... I decided to pull the trigger for the Plug and play combox from BimmerTech for my 2011 535i. It was built in may 2010 so I had the old tulf/mulf system and all i could get was the bluetooth of my iphone for calls. The physical installation was pretty easy, I was able to email Patryk a couple of pics asking him if the cabling was correct... he point out a cable I had install incorrectly. Once I was ready I was given a link to contact BimmerTech technical support for the coding. An hour later I was was done and enjoying all my new options.
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Text messaging to my CIC with audio playback
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Ability to plug my apple iphone 5S cable in my armrest usb for playing movies, music, album art.

Bottom line is BimmerTech provides a great product and even better customer service, I am glad I finally upgraded my combox. Next is a Bavsound stage 1
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      08-03-2015, 10:27 AM   #2
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Just a quick note here to let anyone who is on the fence about upgrading there combox, do it... I decided to pull the trigger for the Plug and play combox from BimmerTech for my 2011 535i. It was built in may 2010 so I had the old tulf/mulf system and all i could get was the bluetooth of my iphone for calls. The physical installation was pretty easy, I was able to email Patryk a couple of pics asking him if the cabling was correct... he point out a cable I had install incorrectly. Once I was ready I was given a link to contact BimmerTech technical support for the coding. An hour later I was was done and enjoying all my new options.
Bluetooth iphone
BMW Office
BMW Live
Text messaging to my CIC with audio playback
Bluetooth music from my iphone
Ability to plug my apple iphone 5S cable in my armrest usb for playing movies, music, album art.

Bottom line is BimmerTech provides a great product and even better customer service, I am glad I finally upgraded my combox. Next is a Bavsound stage 1
I want one, it just sucks that BMW is always 2 years behind on phones. Im sure by the time they release one for the iPhone 6, I will have an iPhone 7.
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      08-06-2015, 07:25 AM   #3
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Just a quick note here to let anyone who is on the fence about upgrading there combox, do it... I Good stuffed to pull the trigger for the Plug and play combox from BimmerTech for my 2011 535i. It was built in may 2010 so I had the old tulf/mulf system and all i could get was the bluetooth of my iphone for calls. The physical installation was pretty easy, I was able to email Patryk a couple of pics asking him if the cabling was correct... he point out a cable I had install incorrectly. Once I was ready I was given a link to contact BimmerTech technical support for the coding. An hour later I was was done and enjoying all my new options.
Bluetooth iphone
BMW Office
BMW Live
Text messaging to my CIC with audio playback
Bluetooth music from my iphone
Ability to plug my apple iphone 5S cable in my armrest usb for playing movies, music, album art.

Bottom line is BimmerTech provides a great product and even better customer service, I am glad I finally upgraded my combox. Next is a Bavsound stage 1
good stuff! I'LL have to read more about this
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      08-06-2015, 10:42 PM   #4
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I want one, it just sucks that BMW is always 2 years behind on phones. Im sure by the time they release one for the iPhone 6, I will have an iPhone 7.
Part of that is Apple's reluctance to release their software. At least that's what BMW said.....
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      11-19-2015, 02:38 PM   #5
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I upgraded my iphone to the 6s... lost all office and text capability... contacted Patryk and we verified I have the latest software... damn apple. Now I have to wait for a software fix I guess.
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Sorry to bump this older thread, but I figured it's better than starting a new one with the same subject.

I'm looking to get a Combox installed as well (my car was also built 05/2010) I bought the car last week and it never even crossed my mind to check if a 2011 5 series would have bluetooth streaming available...

I am looking at used units on Ebay and was wondering if I needed to pay attention to anything specific aside from the fact that they are made for the F10? Most of them do not come with wires. Will I need additional wires, or will the existing wires from the car be used? Any other modules aside from the Combox needed?

From what I can tell, both of these part numbers are compatible with my car:

84109257150
84109257153

What makes things confusing is that vendors like ECS sell it for $279 brand new, while on ebay they go between $300-500 - making me think I'm looking for the wrong part. If I buy used on ebay, will I need any additional cables to connect to existing ones?

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      08-14-2016, 07:20 PM   #7
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Well, I'm slowly answering my own questions. Looks like this is what I need. Now the question is, how do I know if I need both? Can I look it up based on the options using the vin number?

http://www.bimmerretrofit.com/store/...&product_id=73
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      09-26-2016, 08:16 PM   #8
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Just saw this, sorry. I would contact Patryck on BimmerTech. He can answer all your questions and get you what you need the first time.
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      10-01-2016, 11:10 AM   #9
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Hey, thanks for the reply. I actually got it figured out and got it coded by Bimmertech. I am having issues with Album Art though. Is that supposed to work with the new Combox installed? I have a Note 7 (and it didn't work under S6 Edge+ either.) Tried bluetooth and USB connection to no avail. Is your Album Art working?
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Hey, thanks for the reply. I actually got it figured out and got it coded by Bimmertech. I am having issues with Album Art though. Is that supposed to work with the new Combox installed? I have a Note 7 (and it didn't work under S6 Edge+ either.) Tried bluetooth and USB connection to no avail. Is your Album Art working?
FWIW, I had a 2013 F30 with CIC and album art didn't work. I also had a 2014 F30 with NBT and album art worked.
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      10-01-2016, 07:45 PM   #11
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My album art will only worked when I have my iphone plugged in via the center console USB. If I'm bluetoothing my itunes... no art will show.
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