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      03-27-2010, 07:14 AM   #1
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"USB in glove box"

Can't find it. Have the 6-disc changer from the factory. Have been playing around with music sources and at certain steps get screen messages on iDrive telling me to use the USB in glove box even when I have thumbdrive plugged into iPod USB in center console.

What gives? Where is it in the glovebox?
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      03-27-2010, 07:45 AM   #2
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Should find it in upper front corner of side panel on left hand side of the glove box.
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      03-27-2010, 08:06 AM   #3
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Should find it in upper front corner of side panel on left hand side of the glove box.
Found it. Thanks. Damned CD changer sure does block access...
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Found it. Thanks. Damned CD changer sure does block access...
I don't see how?

Do you know that if you grab the tab on the left of the Changer it lifts and locks up into the dashboard.

That way you have a full glovebox.


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I don't see how?

Do you know that if you grab the tab on the left of the Changer it lifts and locks up into the dashboard.

That way you have a full glovebox.


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Up or down, changer really blocks access. Finally got thumbdrive seated - fiddly process.
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      03-27-2010, 08:57 AM   #6
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Up or down, changer really blocks access. Finally got thumbdrive seated - fiddly process.
I know, you have to be a contortionist to get it in there and seated.
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Get a short USB extension cable. On line they're only a couple of bucks and you can coil the extra length depending on which one you get. Plug the male end of the extension cable into the USB, then plug your flash drive into the other end of the cable. You can get them in black, too.

http://www.google.com/products/catal...d=0CDAQ8gIwAw#

I even thought of getting one several feet long to reach from the glove box, hidden behind the dash, under the console and come out in the console in that space under the arm rest. Then you wouldn't have to use it in the glove box at all. Take a little work, but it's an idea, and it's what BMW should have done in the first place. FWIW

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