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Music Line-Out connections... do they exist
Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 3:12 pm
by X5-D-Sport
Music Line-Out connections...
do they exist on the E53 Diesel to plug a Sub combined Amp into ?
Re: Music Line-Out connections... do they exist
Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 4:29 pm
by X5Sport
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... >:(
Re: Music Line-Out connections... do they exist
Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 4:31 pm
by X5-D-Sport
Bummer >:(
I will have to take feeds from the rear speakers then at the door pillars...
Re: Music Line-Out connections... do they exist
Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 4:33 pm
by X5Sport
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?
Re: Music Line-Out connections... do they exist
Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 5:48 pm
by X5-D-Sport
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
Re: Music Line-Out connections... do they exist
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 12:29 pm
by cooa99
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
Re: Music Line-Out connections... do they exist
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 1:09 pm
by X5-D-Sport
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.
Re: Music Line-Out connections... do they exist
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 3:25 pm
by Greydog
Maybe this will help, Pinouts for the Quadlock on top of the BM54 under the spare wheel.
Re: Music Line-Out connections... do they exist
Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 7:46 pm
by X5-D-Sport
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
Re: Music Line-Out connections... do they exist
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 12:21 pm
by ChrisLux
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
Re: Music Line-Out connections... do they exist
Posted: Tue May 12, 2015 2:22 pm
by X5-D-Sport
Interesting...
Thankyou.
But still going down the sub/amp route