Try again - USB input on NAV-less F10 (USA)

Bandman · 08-12-2010, 02:09 PM

I read a recent thread about this, but it got off-topic a bit and never directly answered this question: If you don't get NAV on a F10 (I'm eyeing a 528i), do you still get the USB plug-in option whereby you can simply use a USB flashdrive to play audio?

I've seen three different F10s now (528i, and two 535i), but they all had NAV and had a USB port inside the center armrest and another in the glovebox.

I want those USB ports, but I'm concerned if I don't order NAV I wont' get the USB ports in the car! Not sure all my CAs are up-to-date regarding this detail. Help!

Feco · 08-12-2010, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Bandman

I read a recent thread about this, but it got off-topic a bit and never directly answered this question: If you don't get NAV on a F10 (I'm eyeing a 528i), do you still get the USB plug-in option whereby you can simply use a USB flashdrive to play audio?

I've seen three different F10s now (528i, and two 535i), but they all had NAV and had a USB port inside the center armrest and another in the glovebox.

I want those USB ports, but I'm concerned if I don't order NAV I wont' get the USB ports in the car! Not sure all my CAs are up-to-date regarding this detail. Help!

The catalog says that the iPod and USB adapter ( option 6FL ) doesn´t require any other option. So i presume that you don´t need nav to have USB at center armrest.

Bandman · 08-12-2010, 02:28 PM

Thanks. But I left out a detail - No $400 iPod/USB cable purchased with car. Does it still have the USB ports? ( I was told by one CA that the USB ports came on all model/standard. But I'm afraid to order and find he was wrong)

tk005x · 08-12-2010, 02:31 PM

Yeah you don't need navigation. You still get idrive and the smaller screen on the car so you can still interact with flash + ipod with the 6FL option.

Not sure if you get the usb port without that option in the center armrest. You do get one in the glovebox but I think you can only use that to upload/export car settings.

Feco · 08-12-2010, 03:26 PM

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Originally Posted by tk005x

Yeah you don't need navigation. You still get idrive and the smaller screen on the car so you can still interact with flash + ipod with the 6FL option.

Not sure if you get the usb port without that option in the center armrest. You do get one in the glovebox but I think you can only use that to upload/export car settings.

You are right. The globebox usb port is only to import/export car settings and songs to the hdd.

kscarrol · 08-12-2010, 05:59 PM

To get the USB in the center console, you have to order the iPod option. Don't order it and no USB port. Navigation has nothing to do with it. For a 528 or a 535, you either order the Premium Package 2 which has Navigation and the iPod option (among others) for $4,900 or you order the stand alone iPod option for $400. The navigation is standard on the 550 and you get the iPod with the Premium Package 2 for $2,800 or as a stand alone option.

akhter · 08-12-2010, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Bandman

Thanks. But I left out a detail - No $400 iPod/USB cable purchased with car. Does it still have the USB ports? ( I was told by one CA that the USB ports came on all model/standard. But I'm afraid to order and find he was wrong)

There are 2 usb options.

1) in the dash. this is will not work with ipod. this is for loading maps and other system maintenence.

2) in the center console armrest. In canada/asia this is also standard. in NA this is a $400 option. you need this for ipod options to work.

nav is not required for any of the above.

08-12-2010, 02:09 PM	#1
Bandman eyeing July 2011 for European Delivery! Drives: 2000 Z3 Impala Braun 2.8 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 21 iTrader: (0)	Try again - USB input on NAV-less F10 (USA) I read a recent thread about this, but it got off-topic a bit and never directly answered this question: If you don't get NAV on a F10 (I'm eyeing a 528i), do you still get the USB plug-in option whereby you can simply use a USB flashdrive to play audio? I've seen three different F10s now (528i, and two 535i), but they all had NAV and had a USB port inside the center armrest and another in the glovebox. I want those USB ports, but I'm concerned if I don't order NAV I wont' get the USB ports in the car! Not sure all my CAs are up-to-date regarding this detail. Help!
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tk005x Private Drives: F10 535i Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: NJ Posts: 86 iTrader: (0)	Yeah you don't need navigation. You still get idrive and the smaller screen on the car so you can still interact with flash + ipod with the 6FL option. Not sure if you get the usb port without that option in the center armrest. You do get one in the glovebox but I think you can only use that to upload/export car settings. Last edited by tk005x; 08-12-2010 at 02:38 PM.

08-12-2010, 05:59 PM	#6
kscarrol Major Drives: 2011 E90 M3 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: New Orleans, LA Posts: 1,476 iTrader: (0)	To get the USB in the center console, you have to order the iPod option. Don't order it and no USB port. Navigation has nothing to do with it. For a 528 or a 535, you either order the Premium Package 2 which has Navigation and the iPod option (among others) for $4,900 or you order the stand alone iPod option for $400. The navigation is standard on the 550 and you get the iPod with the Premium Package 2 for $2,800 or as a stand alone option. __________________ Current: 2011 Space Grey E90 M3, DCT, Comp. Pkg., Conv. Pkg., everything but Cold Weather Pkg! Gone: 2008 550, Space Grey, Sports Package, Sport Auto Transmission. Sold: 2004 545i (U.S.), Steptronic, Silver Gray.

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08-12-2010, 02:28 PM	#3
Bandman eyeing July 2011 for European Delivery! Drives: 2000 Z3 Impala Braun 2.8 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Texas Posts: 21 iTrader: (0)	Thanks. But I left out a detail - No $400 iPod/USB cable purchased with car. Does it still have the USB ports? ( I was told by one CA that the USB ports came on all model/standard. But I'm afraid to order and find he was wrong)