Cassette player behind Nav Display - IDEA...

[X5-D-Sport]

I have been trying ways to easily pump music into my car system via my mobile fone...

The aux inputs are all for I-this or I-that..... which really pisses me off..

And as there is a cassette deck behind the Nav unit, I decided to build a Blue-Tooth receiver into a dummy cassette that has an audio input.

I saw one of these devices available on e-bay for about £55, but it only playes for a couple of hours before running out of power - so no good on a journey ... So I found some bits to build my own, & better, for under £15.

I managed to find a slim Blue-Tooth music receiver, with a 10 hour battery run time, 2hr charge via micro USB & 300 hrs standby...
And this evening will build it all into the dummy cassette unit.

Hopefully with this, I can then stream music into the car system when ever I want without wires all over the damned place.


I will take several pictures of the build & all the bits, if some one can show me what I need to do to load pictures to this site.

[Steamyrotter]

Try looking at this :-
http://xdrivers.co.uk/forum/https://xdr ... ic.php?t=8

Good luck

[X5-D-Sport]

Hi Steamy,

I have an AUX Input in the centre console, exactly as per the link you gave me, but it only wants to respond to i-fones... & I have a Galaxy Note fone..

SUCCESS re the cassette Blue-Tooth receiver adapter.
I spent 4 hours delicately squeezing the guts into a wired Cassette audio input unit.

The sound quality is excellent & very clear on all 4 channels & 10 hours use between recharges too, and as I have approx. 2,300 tracks on my fone, there is endless driving music now.

I can charge the cassette up via a USB to ciggy cable whenever I need, and the cassette itself has 300 hours standby backup in-case I cannot be arsed to remove it & switch it off.

I did take lots of piccys of the build modification in case any one is interested...? but need assistance to load them here...
Cost £2.99 for the Cassette & £10.50 for the Blue-Tooth receiver from e-bay.
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There was one minor miss-hap during the job... O:-) as my life is never easy..... :'(
I had a can of Pepsi & a bag of my favourite Sweet Chilli crisps to hand while I worked on the kitchen table..
After several big gob-fulls of spicy powerful crisps, I decided to visit the little boys room & forgot to wash the fiery spices off my fingers first ....... :blink:
Well, lets just say, that I will never do that again any time soon, as it seemed like the crotch of my jeans was on fire & the pain that followed was as if I'd bashed my privates with a steak mallet & soaked my wounded man-parts in Tabasco dipping sauce... >:D >:D >:D  :'(

Tears in my eyes .... :-[
I'm hopping around like a one legged gabadoo, to the total delight of my other half who is in fits of hysterical laughter at my man pain and embarrassment.
5kg of ice cubes, 3 pots of cold yogurt, & lots of swearing numbed my anguish & agony eventually....

There is a motto to this story, but I'm sure you lot are too busy laughing at my miss-fortune to care lol  )

[sleepyfolk]

Well that's one way to spice up your life

[X5-D-Sport]

Indeed... but i would not recommend it  )