Found DVD changer

lrc454 · 07-27-2010, 07:30 PM

Purchased my wife's 2009 30i February of this year. Used with only 600 miles on the odometer.

Tonight I was installing a portable Garmin GPS. I opened the glove box and was feeling around for wiring slot possiblities. Hit a switch and to my surprise down came a DVD changer. We didn't even know this existed.

So now my question. Why would there be a DVD changer with no screen? We don't have I drive. Is there an option for dealer installed screen or NAV without I drive?

Very puzzling to us.

Thanks for your help.

LRC

mikeinaustin · 07-27-2010, 07:39 PM

maybe its a dvd/cd combo unit. load some cd's into it and see if they play.

Memphis1 · 07-27-2010, 07:42 PM

i don't think there's a CD changer option.

anything that plays the latest and greatest usually plays everything below it, so a DVD player will play DVD's and CD's and MP3 CD's

msimon18 · 07-27-2010, 07:48 PM

Isn't the changer in the glove box part of the premiujm sopund option ?:? You do not need NAV for that...so it must play CD's...

lrc454 · 07-27-2010, 08:05 PM

We have the premium sound option, but there's already a CD player slot in the radio itself so why would there still be a DVD changer?

lrc454 · 07-27-2010, 08:11 PM

O.K. found this option for the 2011 Z4, description follows:

6-Disc DVD Changer - $600
Disc autochanger dashboard, 6 and DVD; Audio system with Disc Autochanger and six-disc remote changer CD player reads MP3

Now we use the IPOD so we haven't even used the cd player in the radio. I don't even know if more than one CD can be put in like my Ford Sport Trac has. So maybe it's single CD, then the changer is there for multiple CD's and who listens to DVD audio? Didn't that kind of die out?

The DVD changer doesn't appear to be part of the premium sound package.

Dr Stig 2 · 07-27-2010, 10:16 PM

Over here you can option in either a 6 disc CD or a 6 disc DVD changer...
should not need the iDrive with it as you can otion it on the 23i which doesn't get i/Drive here (unless you option it as well)

richard in NC · 07-28-2010, 01:03 AM

In 2009, the CD changer was part of Premium Sound. I assume it still is. I have never used mine, I just listen to the IPod any more.

Roadstergal · 07-28-2010, 06:25 AM

The 2009 and 2010 model years had the 6 disc changer in the glove box as part of the premium sound package. The 2011's have the 6 disc changer as a stand alone option and they added satelite radio as part of the premium sound package.

qsaeed · 02-01-2012, 09:05 PM

Do you still have it?

07-27-2010, 07:30 PM	#1
lrc454 Enlisted Member 5 Rep 47 Posts Drives: 2009 Z4 30i Steptronic Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	Found DVD changer Purchased my wife's 2009 30i February of this year. Used with only 600 miles on the odometer. Tonight I was installing a portable Garmin GPS. I opened the glove box and was feeling around for wiring slot possiblities. Hit a switch and to my surprise down came a DVD changer. We didn't even know this existed. So now my question. Why would there be a DVD changer with no screen? We don't have I drive. Is there an option for dealer installed screen or NAV without I drive? Very puzzling to us. Thanks for your help. LRC
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mikeinaustin First Lieutenant 42 Rep 362 Posts Drives: 2010 z4 3.0 crimson red Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: austin, tx iTrader: (0)	maybe its a dvd/cd combo unit. load some cd's into it and see if they play.
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Memphis1 Lieutenant Colonel 89 Rep 1,838 Posts Drives: Z4 SDrive 35i Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: CT iTrader: (0)	i don't think there's a CD changer option. anything that plays the latest and greatest usually plays everything below it, so a DVD player will play DVD's and CD's and MP3 CD's __________________
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lrc454 Enlisted Member 5 Rep 47 Posts Drives: 2009 Z4 30i Steptronic Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	We have the premium sound option, but there's already a CD player slot in the radio itself so why would there still be a DVD changer?
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07-27-2010, 08:11 PM	#6
lrc454 Enlisted Member 5 Rep 47 Posts Drives: 2009 Z4 30i Steptronic Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Virginia iTrader: (0)	O.K. found this option for the 2011 Z4, description follows: 6-Disc DVD Changer - $600 Disc autochanger dashboard, 6 and DVD; Audio system with Disc Autochanger and six-disc remote changer CD player reads MP3 Now we use the IPOD so we haven't even used the cd player in the radio. I don't even know if more than one CD can be put in like my Ford Sport Trac has. So maybe it's single CD, then the changer is there for multiple CD's and who listens to DVD audio? Didn't that kind of die out? The DVD changer doesn't appear to be part of the premium sound package.
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Dr Stig 2 Criminally Insane 53 Rep 1,464 Posts Drives: Like a Demon! Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Brisbane, Australia iTrader: (0) Garage List 2010 BMW Z4 35is [10.00] 2013 BMW X5 30d [0.00]	Over here you can option in either a 6 disc CD or a 6 disc DVD changer... should not need the iDrive with it as you can otion it on the 23i which doesn't get i/Drive here (unless you option it as well) __________________ Dr Stig 2010 Z4 35is 2011 X3 30d M Sport Australia
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07-28-2010, 01:03 AM	#8
richard in NC Colonel 1229 Rep 2,602 Posts Drives: 2009 Z4 35i Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Charlotte, NC iTrader: (0)	In 2009, the CD changer was part of Premium Sound. I assume it still is. I have never used mine, I just listen to the IPod any more. __________________ 2020 X3M non-comp, Alpine White over black : Exec Pkg, ventilated M Sport seats, 20"s 2020 M2 Comp, Sunset Orange/Blk: Orange stitching, DCT, exec pkg, bicolor rims Gone '18 M550i, '16 X4 M40i, '15 M5, '13 X3 35i, '12 335is, '11 X5 50i, '09 Z4 35i, '08 550i, 06 X3, 06 650i, '02 M5, '99 540i
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Roadstergal First Lieutenant 27 Rep 360 Posts Drives: 2010 Z4 35i Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: USA - East Coast iTrader: (0)	The 2009 and 2010 model years had the 6 disc changer in the glove box as part of the premium sound package. The 2011's have the 6 disc changer as a stand alone option and they added satelite radio as part of the premium sound package. __________________ E89 - 2010 Z4 35i (Orion Silver, Ivory White extended, anthracite trim) E85 - 2006 Z4 3.0i (Monaco Blue, beige leather, Dark Poplar wood trim) E85 - 2003 Z4 2.5 (Sterling Gray, black leather, Sycamore wood trim) E36 - 1998 Z3 2.8 (Red, black leather, wood trim)
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qsaeed Registered 0 Rep 3 Posts Drives: BMW 2008 535i Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Rockville MD iTrader: (0)	6-DISC DVD changer Do you still have it?
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