Music Line-Out connections... do they exist

X5-D-Sport · Post by **X5-D-Sport** » Sun May 10, 2015 3:12 pm

Music Line-Out connections...

do they exist on the E53 Diesel to plug a Sub combined Amp into ?

X5Sport · Post by **X5Sport** » Sun May 10, 2015 4:29 pm

Not AFAIK. BMW offered a different system which had a sub added in. I think it used a different amp as it also had DSP included. No line outs to bolt your own on... >:(

X5-D-Sport · Post by **X5-D-Sport** » Sun May 10, 2015 4:31 pm

Bummer >:(

I will have to take feeds from the rear speakers then at the door pillars...

X5Sport · Post by **X5Sport** » Sun May 10, 2015 4:33 pm

The main amp is down by the battery I think and there is a large connector called a Quad-lock which you could tap into if that helps?

X5-D-Sport · Post by **X5-D-Sport** » Sun May 10, 2015 5:48 pm

Cool,
will pull the car apart next weekend and see what I can find.... will definitely be easier than pulling all the trim to bits.

Many thanks

cooa99 · Post by **cooa99** » Mon May 11, 2015 12:29 pm

you should also be able to get to the speaker wires around where the cd changer is located in the rear compartment.

I killed my previous BM54 (over a period of time) when I tapped into the speaker wires to run an amp & sub ... not fully sure what happened but it cost me £700 for a new one.

It may be a good idea to have a BM54 upgrade with upgraded amp & rca preouts ..... details somewhere on the forum

X5-D-Sport · Post by **X5-D-Sport** » Mon May 11, 2015 1:09 pm

Good information...

I will be running a Low Gain input feed to the Sub-Amp, so as not to draw tons of output power from the original speaker feeds & cook the on-board amp -

Wise words any way - thank you.

Greydog · Post by **Greydog** » Mon May 11, 2015 3:25 pm

Maybe this will help, Pinouts for the Quadlock on top of the BM54 under the spare wheel.

X5-D-Sport · Post by **X5-D-Sport** » Mon May 11, 2015 7:46 pm

Hey Greydog,

You're the MAN...
thank you for the pin-out....

I will dive into this at the weekend - much appreciated.

Regards
Grant B

ChrisLux · Post by **ChrisLux** » Tue May 12, 2015 12:21 pm

Upgraded BM54 done by Baris at Carphonics

http://www.carphonics.co.uk/bm54upgrades.htm

He is a contributer on M3Cutters forum with a lot of explanation/feedbacks to read through

X5-D-Sport · Post by **X5-D-Sport** » Tue May 12, 2015 2:22 pm

Interesting...
Thankyou.

But still going down the sub/amp route

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