- #SHAREPOD OFFICIAL NO CD#
- #SHAREPOD OFFICIAL INSTALL#
- #SHAREPOD OFFICIAL DRIVER#
- #SHAREPOD OFFICIAL MANUAL#
- #SHAREPOD OFFICIAL CODE#
#SHAREPOD OFFICIAL DRIVER#
* "Hide" the DICE unit with the DIP switches facing the driver so that it sits just below the M.I.D. * Connect the 8-pin DIN dock cable to the DICE and leave the iPod end unconnected * Connect the male 1/8-inch aux stereo cable to the AUX of the DICE unit leaving the female unconnected
* Connect the 12-pin molex connector to the DICE and to the radio * Set the DICE right hand switches both up. * Set the DICE left hand Dip switches one up and one down * Route the wires to the glovebox BEHIND the glovebox support arm (so the wires don't get pinched when the glovebox opens) * Locate the glovebox entry hole by the bright beam of light * Clean out the glove box & shine a flashlight toward the radio
#SHAREPOD OFFICIAL MANUAL#
* Connect the dice to the harness? How? This is a key step and there's NOTHING about this in the manual that came with it! * iPod Switch: Leave the two iPod Switch DIP tabs up (i.e., off, in the "locked" position, which is the default for when MID text display is supported) * Car Switch: Leave the two Car Switch DIP tabs up (i.e., off, the default for late model BMW Business CD radio systems) * Remove the two 2.5mm? allen-head? screws holding the radio in * Pull off the faceplate that has all the LEDs (they call it the M.I.D.). * Twist the #10 Torx stop bolt by 90 degrees counter clockwise (some writeups say it's a 2.5mm allen head hex bolt) ? * Touch battery cable terminals together (away from battery) for five seconds (a small spark is normal as this is stored power draining from the system) * Cover the gear-shift knob with a towel to protect it (optional)
#SHAREPOD OFFICIAL CODE#
* Obtain the radio code (if needed, but HOW?) BEFORE disconnecting the radio! * Record radio preset frequencies (otherwise they'll be lost) * Register your Dice at htp://& check your iPod firmware * Read the instructions & watch the videos listed in this posting earlier in this thread
#SHAREPOD OFFICIAL INSTALL#
* Optional: Install SharePod Windows freeware on your iPod to free yourself from the tyranny of iTunes (SharePod allows you to drag and drop songs to or from any pc to or from any iPod and then to edit the playlists and ID3 tags and add or delete songs without ever using iTunes) iPod with songs organized by playlists (very important to organize the songs by playlists) 10mm box wrench (for the battery cable nuts) 2.5mm allen head hex wrench (or is it a #10 Torx?) for the two screws mounting the Business CD Number 10 Torx wrench (for the one radio set screw under the volume control knob) It can be male-to-male, male-to-two-RCA-male, or male-to-female as desired but you want to get it now before you install the DICE 1/8" mini-stereo-jack AUX extension cable (does not come with the DICE but you can get it from Radio Shack according to this post). Here are the steps I THINK we need to perform to install on a non-dsp, non-nav, non cd changer, non-sirius, business CD, BMW 2002 E39. If nobody can point me to a decent DICE radio-mount installation manual for my vehicle, then I'll have to write one myself.
#SHAREPOD OFFICIAL NO CD#
WHERE IS THE DICE INSTALLATION MANUAL (radio mount, non DSP, non Nav, non Sirius, no CD changer, Business CD, 2002, 525i)? Luckily, there's this article on Bimmerfest (but it covers a different radio configuration than mine so I'm not quite sure what to do).Īs far as I can tell, shockingly (I absolutely must be wrong), there is no installation manual for my vehicle! Plus, I'm not sure if the latest Dice cables I have will charge the latest 6th-generation iPods ( see this post) the manual doesn't say, but, it doesn't say ANYTHING about the radio-mount installation either (shockingly), so, it obviously can't be trusted for anything useful. How can this be? Am I stuck in the twilight zone? I'm in shock and disbelief. When I go to the DICE support site, I can only find the same manual (which covers only the trunk mount). Shockingly, the manual that came with my Dice only covers the trunk-mount method not the radio-mount method! How can that be? The cables are only a foot and a half long, so, the cables are likely correct. I haven't yet installed my new Dice Silverline 1624, mainly because the Dice Silverline comes without any usable installation instructions!
Tentative instructions for installing Radio Dice Silverline (1624) on E39