Bmw E46 Integrated Bluetooth And Voice Command For Less Than £65 Pictorial Diy

[delmarco]

This DIY is for adding Bluetooth with Voice Command features to your 1998 to 2006 BMW E46 Sedan, Coupes and Convertibles. This DIY focuses on integrating an aftermarket bluetooth and voice command into the BMW Business CD53 Radio (all year Blaupunkt or Alpine models) so that you control your mobile phone's incoming and outgoing calls only using the steering wheel buttons and your voice.

The DIY difficulty of this project is very easy and takes the average Joe about 30-40 minutes. The only tools required are clean fingers, a star point screw driver and flat clean dull butter knife for prying the dash trim off. There is no splicing wires, no removing seats or console armrest, no adding antennas on your roof or digging around your trunk for cables. This DIY ONLY requires removal of the Radio, Center Vent and Glove Box (total of 10 screws) and everything else is plug and play. Some DIYs state that removal of the A P!llar is necessary for running the mic to the headliner but I will show you that it is NOT necessary to remove the A P!llar.

The cost of this DIY can vary. You will need to purchase the Connects2 CTPPAR007 steering wheel integration kit from the UK vendor

( http://www.lowcostcaraudio.co.uk/lcca/mia/...ter/pid/7642231 ) and their price is set at £49.99. And next you will need to order the Parrot CK3000 Bluetooth kit (it is also called the Parrot ck3000 evolution) which can cost from £10.00 and up on eBay. You do not need to buy anything else nor can you substitute other Parrot Bluetooth kits or aftermarket Steering Wheel/Radio Adapter harnesses. It will not work here. Also do not get tempted to save money on the CTPPAR007 and buy another similar Steering Wheel Control Adapter harness-and they are lots out there that claim to work with various bluetooth kits. It will not work here. This DIY will ONLY WORK with the CTPPAR007 and the Parrot ck3000 together!

When said and done this DIY will upgrade your BMW with much of what the OEM Bluetooth does including instant and automatic pairing and unpairing when you enter or exit the car, one button touch voice command, one button touch redial and full radio and steering wheel integration. The only thing you will not get is full Caller ID read out on your radio display-instead it will display PHONE or WAIT. This is something I can do without as I may have people sitting in my car and I do not want them to see who is calling me (see under girlfriend).

PART ONE: Looking at what we got

Here I got everything I needed off eBay. You need the CTPPAR007 kit which you can also find on eBay or eBay.co.uk. The vendor states that the CTPPAR007 is for the 1998 to 2001 E46 and the CTPPAR008 is for the 2002 to 2005 E46. This is wrong the CTPPAR007 has the 17 pin style connecter that all year BMW E46 cars and all year BMW Business CD53 Radios come with.

The CTPPAR008 is the flat style 40 pin connector that is found on the 2006+ E90 BMWs. So that will not work on the E46.

When you open the Parrot ck3000 kit you will see the obvious main bits (the blue box, the mic and the controller) and you will also see a bag filled with a few wire harnesses and a black rectangular module for connecting to the radio and allowing for the mute function. You do not need this since the CTPPAR007 will replace this portion of the ck3000 kit. Also you MUST HAVE the ck3000 Controller connected to the main blue box in order for the CTPPAR007 to make the steering wheel buttons work with the kit. You do not need the controller on your dash when using the Bluetooth as it only needs to be connected so you can tuck it behind the glovebox with the other modules.

[delmarco]

PART TWO: Opening up the Dash

Here is a picture showing the location of the six screws. Unscrew these and the glove box will drop out easily.

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PART THREE: Installing the Guts

NOTE: For ease of understanding this DIY I've taken the liberty of labeling the Harness Head Connectors as A, B and C. This labeling is only specific to this DIY and not used by Parrot or Connects2.

The A Connector is what you have in your car right now. It is what connects the car to the BMW Business CD53 Radio. With the exception of the possible Data Link mini connectors that attach to the bottom section brackets(you may or may not have these Data Links in your car's A Connector depending on whether your car has prewiring for the CD Changer or AUX input/Sirius/Ipod Data Links) these are all the same on all BMW E46 vehicles from 1998 to 2006.

The B Connector. This is what will replace the function of your A Connector when you install the kit. Or a better way to say this is that it will take on the role of the A Connecter in connecting directly to the CD53 Radio and also carrying any Data Link connectors that you have going into the Radio.

The C Connector forms a connection with the original A Connector in your car thus connecting the entire Bluetooth system AND CD53 Radio to the rest of the car (IE. for power, ground, speakers, etc...). This C/A Connection is the only thing that adds difficulty to the DIY as it is hard to tuck away behind the Radio when replacing the Radio unit. So we must set the C/A Connection above the radio space and to the side of the upper Center Vent space.

[delmarco]

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PART FOUR: Setting up your MIC

[delmarco]

And that is it you are done!

IMPORTANT: Be sure that when you store away your ck3000 controller behind the glove box area that the buttons aren't being squished or pressed by the nearby wiring and objects. The buttons on the little bugger are very sensitive and are still active and light up back there when the Bluetooth in the car is on. Pressing of the buttons will result in poor sound quality-if the volume dial in being pushed in, loss of steering wheel-button control, and other general weirdness.

Here is a direct link to the picture album;

http://img196.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=60481887.jpg

and my eBay auction info showing where I got my stuff.

[Deezer-D]

Very comprehensive as always mate

Got the same setup myself, works a treat with my iPhone

[scrimja]

Definitely going to look into this one!

[duffman]

nice job

[mit]

Man, you are like the DIY King!!

[duffman]

big time

[cassa-d]

im looking to do this mod to my coupe but im guessing the coupes never came with a oem mic spot??

[the_italian]

iv got a nokia handsfree kit here that needs installed, however i don't fancy doing it myself tbh

anyone know anyone local that fancies some cash in hand to fit it?

central scotland region, south lanarkshire.....

[scrimja]

im looking to do this mod to my coupe but im guessing the coupes never came with a oem mic spot??

I don't have one either, any thoughts on where else to hide the mic away but for it still to be useable?

[318ci]

cassa u read my mind was wondering were the oem mic spot is on coupe if u find out let me know cheers

[318ci]

also i have the cassete buisness head unit would this still work excellent write up by the way

[///Marty]

My mic is in exactly the same position on my coupe.

My HD3BT had an external mic on the clubsport, I ran it up the side of the a pillar and just popped it in between the rubber and the trim with the mic bit facing out. Worked fine.

[cassa-d]

also i have the cassete buisness head unit would this still work excellent write up by the way

ive got the same cassette head unit and it should work on it

well im hoping so cos i just won a parrot ck3000 off of ebay brand new for £60

and im going to get the kit to plug it all up by the end of the week

they have the wiring kit on ebay and in the pic its a cassette player

i will let everyone know once ive got all the kit.

[cassa-d]

My mic is in exactly the same position on my coupe.

My HD3BT had an external mic on the clubsport, I ran it up the side of the a pillar and just popped it in between the rubber and the trim with the mic bit facing out. Worked fine.

marty are you saying you have an oem mic spot???

if so can you post up some pics

Thanks

[cassa-d]

heres a link to the wiring kit on ebay

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Connects2-CTPPAR007-...=item53dcbf509a

looks like it should work with the cassette

[Rob-]

Nice DIY. Did this myself with the same parrot kit but didnt take the heater vents off, looks like it would have been a bit easier to see what you're doing with them out. I ended up shredding my knuckles to bits putting the looms together.

[1fast6]

I would like to do this but would like to use an OEM mic grill.

Does anyone know the part number of the grill or complete roof console section that you need to buy that includes the grill?

[cassa-d]

i also need the part number for this as i have got my ck3000 today

and waiting for my connet2 to be delivered

then all will be fitted and i would like to have the mic hiddden so it all looks oem

[J Dub]

I am going to be doing this also, have the ck3000 evo all ready to install, just need the connects2.

What I want to know is I am using an aftermarket HU with a connects2 for steering controls, if i get the parrot connects2 aswell and plumb it it will it all still work!

[318ci]

i also had a look for oem mic grill and couldnt find it so if anyone got any pics would be appreciated