E46 USB Audio

[TW]Fox · 30 Nov 2010 at 19:13

OMG

It works on my MID.

I can now tell what my coolant temp is, how much fuel I've used since my last service, when my next brake fluid change is due, acceleration and braking levels from the car, digital rpm, just... wow!

[TW]Fox · 30 Nov 2010 at 19:13

w1lliam said:
So Fox, what was your total cost?

£215.

Minus £120 I got for flogging my MP3 changer.

Oxide™ · 30 Nov 2010 at 20:20

[Corsa]Fox;17902834 said:
The niggle you are on about is an iPod problem - it puts itself into sleep if it isnt used for a certain period of time.

You don't need to unplug it, tho, simply press the centre button on the ipod.

I'm really decided on a 5th gen Ipod Video 60 or 80 gig (whichever is cheapest) but this hibernate malarkey sounds quite inconvenient going to the boot each time it's not registered on the HU

This site seems to give a good fix if anyone wants to test and report back? not sure if there has been a better solution since however

OllyM · 30 Nov 2010 at 20:21

Get a 4th generation like mine and disable deep sleep?

Oxide™ · 30 Nov 2010 at 20:27

OllyM said:
Get a 4th generation like mine and disable deep sleep?

yes yes *strokes chin whilst gazing knowingly at the sky*

Tetsujin · 30 Nov 2010 at 20:56

Oxide™ said:
yes yes *strokes chin whilst gazing knowingly at the sky*

Or wire it up to the front glovebox. Means removing the boot lining, the rear seats, the drivers side plastic cover over the door sill thing, and the little glovebox itself. It's not particularly difficult, though, as long as you can get a long thin metal thing to push the cable through from the rear of the seat bulkhead down the car side panel. Assuming you're a coupe. Similar process for a four door I'm sure.

[TW]Fox · 30 Nov 2010 at 20:58

But if you never want to use the ipod for anything but car audio why bother doing that? Leave it in the boot?

Tetsujin · 30 Nov 2010 at 21:11

[Corsa]Fox;17904175 said:
But if you never want to use the ipod for anything but car audio why bother doing that? Leave it in the boot?

Yeah, just to solve the "oh man I've just got in the car and the thing's turned itself off now I've got to get out and go into the boot to turn it back on again"... although just getting one that can disable the "sleep" thing is probably easier, admittedly...

beermonster · 14 Jan 2011 at 23:51

Are these intravee ii still being sold the site linked from the manufacturers site doesn't have stock?

[TW]Fox · 15 Jan 2011 at 10:12

It is still in production - they just run batches off every now and again.

It is now even more amazing that it ever was before - it now includes a vehicle information section which can tell you on the display your current coolant temp, current speed, current rpm, max coolant temp in journey, max speed in journey, max rpm in journey, how many litres of fuel used since last service, what the last service was and when the date of your next brake fluid service is due.

It's amazing.

GT3 · 15 Jan 2011 at 13:39

[TW]Fox;18233089 said:
how many litres of fuel used since last service

That genuinely impresses you? Honestly?

Wicksta · 15 Jan 2011 at 14:21

GT3 said:
That genuinely impresses you? Honestly?

It's interesting from a rough cost between point of view. But it was just one feature mentioned out of many, not sure why you singled it out?

beermonster · 15 Jan 2011 at 19:17

[TW]Fox;18233089 said:
It is still in production - they just run batches off every now and again.

It is now even more amazing that it ever was before - it now includes a vehicle information section which can tell you on the display your current coolant temp, current speed, current rpm, max coolant temp in journey, max speed in journey, max rpm in journey, how many litres of fuel used since last service, what the last service was and when the date of your next brake fluid service is due.

It's amazing.

Sounds pretty good, there's one on ebay at the moment with a KCA-420i for £250, seems steep for 2nd hand but guess they are sought after.

Those other features are a nice bonus too, to buy it now or wait and get a new one hmmm.

[TW]Fox · 15 Jan 2011 at 21:29

The problem is that the KCA-420i is out of production so you can only buy used ones. They are now rare and sought after and sadly the price goes up as a result. Mine is worth more second hand than I paid for it new :eek:

beermonster · 15 Jan 2011 at 22:13

So £250 isn't that bad then? Is there anything else in the pipeline for ipod integration or is intravee the best solution for the foreseeable future? I think I need a A/D converter also as I have the DSP option.

Django x2 · 15 Jan 2011 at 22:30

reevsy said:
^^ ^That's some impressive knowledge right there. ^^^^

Not really, Intravee has been around since 2003. It requires more knowledge to *not* know about it, it's limitations, etc

[TW]Fox · 15 Jan 2011 at 22:43

Lucero said:
Not really, Intravee has been around since 2003. It requires more knowledge to *not* know about it, it's limitations, etc

He's talking about all the CD changer stuff as well. Do try to hide your obvious attempts at sniping a bit better next time

Django x2 · 15 Jan 2011 at 23:00

Sniping! LOL. Don't flatter yourself. I was just commenting that the information is easy enough to obtain about the CD Changer even on Intravee's website.

Indeed, I was one of the first few people to use an intravee (in the early test stages, my goodness it was buggy back then, but a lot cheaper too!)

Wicksta · 15 Jan 2011 at 23:06

Lucero said:
Not really, Intravee has been around since 2003. It requires more knowledge to *not* know about it, it's limitations, etc

It's not been around anywhere near that long, more like 2006 in small numbers before it started getting popular. (I'm talking about the current Intravee II)

Wicksta · 15 Jan 2011 at 23:17

Lucero said:
Indeed, I was one of the first few people to use an intravee (in the early test stages, my goodness it was buggy back then, but a lot cheaper too!)

How much did you pay for your Intravee out of interest? In what ways was it buggy?