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Originally Posted by chuck92103
The car should come with the cable. the 6FL adapter includes the cable.
I will attempt to answer your other question.
A typical iPOD has a wide connector in which the cable provided by Apple will connect to a computer's USB connection. The cable provides power, audio, a music selection data.
However, when BMW designed the 6FL interface, they wanted to accomodate three technologies.
1. An iPOD
2. USB stick
3. Generic MP3 player
To avoid having to design multiple interfaces they came up with a clever design.
The separated the data signals on a typical iPOD interface jack, with USB, and the DIN8 audio connector. Essentially splitting the iPOD output into two paths although one cable.
Now if you use another music player that supports USB or just the audi jack, or both, you can still connect it and get some or full integration with the head unit.
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Thanks for shedding some light. Where in the car would I be able to find the "dual" cable? What would be the difference between using the "dual" special cable and just connecting an iPod with standard Apple USB cable?