Group Buy: CD43 In Dash BMW CD Player

[gale]

I know for fact (have one in mine) that the C43 and CD43 are plug-n-play in 92 or newer. Might work in a 91. 90 & older will require some diddling with the pin assignments on the back of the head unit (search archives for George Mann's conversion).

If the Dennison iPod adapter plugs into the CD changer cable in the trunk, then a newer e39 CD cable will have to be strung also, and I think there is one more caveat that requires another wire to either be powered in the trunk or run back to the head unit. Good news: there is another way around this. PAC/iPac makes the iPac-BMW adapter similar to the Dennison and it plugs directly into the back of the c43 or CD43 head unit without messing with a new CD cable to the trunk. I'm not sure if it displays the iPod artist/title in the RDS display. The PAC adapter sells for approx. $110 on ebay.

Either way, one must forfeit/abandon the existing CD changer in the trunk. That can also be made to work with an Alpine CDA-630 or CDA-634 changer with the new e39 cable and extra wire. For that setup, there are iPod adapters on Logjam Electronics that preserve the CD stacker function in the trunk and also allow an iPod.

[95///M3]

I should be able to offer the ICE link as well. I am still waiting on some prices. One really nice feature with the ice link is that it charges your ipod too. It also displays the track name and artist through the RDS system on the headunit.

Jimmy

[robinbrown]

I am also interested in the CD player and link.

[swenpro]

Looks like this is what you're talking about... I like the lower price, and less work is always better!

So Gale, since you have the CD43, do you think it's worth the investment?

[gale]

Looks like this is what you're talking about... I like the lower price, and less work is always better!

So Gale, since you have the CD43, do you think it's worth the investment?

The C43/CD43 has better sound quality, but being "hearing impaired" it's of little consequence for me. The RDS feature is cool. I've gotten so used to it that I miss it when driving my other cars without. I conceded there's no way to insert and iPod/Aux-in for the older version BMW head units (exception: there was a thread about 6 weeks ago on hacking into the CD cable to make it work). I like the factory look of the C43/CD43 and the fact that an iPod insertion is plug-n-play. If I had to do it over again, I would definitely get into the CD43 group buy and may still, since mine is the C43 cassette version.

[DanDombrowski]

Yes, I have the CD43 CD player in my E46, its a nice unit. Cant wait to get my Denison Icelink unit (or whatever theyre calling the newest one).

[Jehu]

Does this head unit offer Weather Band? Also, DEnnison seems to have stopped selling their Icelink though the Units are still around like on ebay. Which Ice Link will work with this CD player and which other IPod interfaces are there other than Icelink?

[95///M3]

Does this head unit offer Weather Band? Also, DEnnison seems to have stopped selling their Icelink though the Units are still around like on ebay. Which Ice Link will work with this CD player and which other IPod interfaces are there other than Icelink?

The link offered is the DICE Electronics unit.

[Steven G]

I am interested, please consider me in on this group buy.
Steven G

[Paul in NZ]

I am interested in the CD43 and any ipod interface if available.