I know some people have added an AUX in to their non-B&M head units but has anyone done this with a B&M compatible cd player?

Having never thought I would ever need AUX in with having my music on USB stick I have now discovered the benefits of streaming radio stations!

It's not possible to use AUX in on old B&ME units.
I use an fm modulator to input sound from my phone. Not to mix with crappy FM transmiters.

just replace the usb socket with a one that has aux and usb it is possible

I'm sure the rear of the OEM unit can be easily 'hacked' like the mk3 Panda's, although can't remember if the software allows the 'aux' feature if you hit the CD button a few times or not. I'll check the wiring digram of mine thats sitting in the garage for you

david baxter said:

just replace the usb socket with a one that has aux and usb it is possible

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Is that something you're 100% sure about or just a guess?

How do you know that the socket's connection or even the B&ME box is the same in the new and old ones?

Most Easterly Pandas said:

I'm sure the rear of the OEM unit can be easily 'hacked' like the mk3 Panda's, although can't remember if the software allows the 'aux' feature if you hit the CD button a few times or not. I'll check the wiring digram of mine thats sitting in the garage for you

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Cheers!

tad bravo. i have seen this done on a few fiats but i dont work there now and i have seen it done on a new shape doblo!!!

https://www.fiatforum.com/ice-guides/310168-aux-blue-me.html

I did it this weekend, found it very simple It should work on all Fiats (hopefully).

willmott1992 said:

https://www.fiatforum.com/ice-guides/310168-aux-blue-me.html

I did it this weekend, found it very simple It should work on all Fiats (hopefully).

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Interesting but not a very smart thing to do.

You lose all control over what sound is coming out of your speakers, mixing music, phone and blue&me voice outputs together. not to mention it's very easy to fry the radio or blue&me by overloading the board.

Tad-bravo said:

You lose all control over what sound is coming out of your speakers, mixing music, phone and blue&me voice outputs together. not to mention it's very easy to fry the radio or blue&me by overloading the board.

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I don't understand how it would fry out the radio? It's exactly the same as installing a normal aux plug into the radio then using a 3.5mm splitter to input two phones into the head unit, the output from a phone jack is only about 60mW.

the problem is by sticking two input together like that, you're sending audio from one output to another.

if you plug you phone to one of the "inputs", and then someone calls you, the blue&me unit will send the very loud ringing tone through the same cable, and that signal will go straight into your phone's audio output board and possibly fry it.

two audio outputs are not supposed to be stuck together like that, it's not like power cords, that's why DJs use mixers and not electrical tape to mix their audio.

I'm trying to do the same thing.. I work with the guy that figured out how to get the CD input working as AUX on the Doblo with a resistor (cant use the same trick on the Bravo as B&M is in that slot), and he reckoned it was worth trying the telephone input pins on the stereo..

It looks like it would work on his radio (its got the pins labelled on a sticker on the radio) but I haven't managed to find an actual pinout of the Bravo stereo yet to 100% confirm it's the same pinout.

It's on my list of things to try as it seems likely it will work, B&M isn't using the phone signal pin for the BT phone system.. it sends a message down the bus to the radio to change the text (as it says media or phone depending on what mode its in)

Does anyone know if there was a possibility to order the bravo with phone system but NOT B&M? If so does anyone have a photo of the wiring on the radio on that option?

simplest way to input the sound and still use your blue&me: Amazon.com: Scosche Audio FM Modulator - Universal: MP3 Players & Accessories

Yeah that would be an easier way to do it, looks like a decent product.. but I only want it to get my kindle's audio in the car occasionally, so for me its not worth spending money on it..

If I can get it to work for free though im interested.

I heard that the new version of blue&me can receive audio input by bluetooth. Might be worth trying to upgrade the blue&me software and see if it works.

If bluetooth audio works that's the best solution, it's very convenient and audio quality is better than a shoddy wiring job.

Tad-bravo said:

I heard that the new version of blue&me can receive audio input by bluetooth. Might be worth trying to upgrade the blue&me software and see if it works.

If bluetooth audio works that's the best solution, it's very convenient and audio quality is better than a shoddy wiring job.

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most bravo's older than 2009(?) with the first generation blue&me wont be able to upgrade. Unfortunately it looks like theyve stopped allowing us to update we're stuck on 5.6 forever..

Freebo said:

most bravo's older than 2009(?) with the first generation blue&me wont be able to upgrade. Unfortunately it looks like theyve stopped allowing us to update we're stuck on 5.6 forever..

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and are you sure the bluetooth audio playback doesn't work with version 5.6?

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and are you sure the bluetooth audio playback doesn't work with version 5.6?

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It didn't on mine.

Ripped the bloody thing out now anyway, now have a nice compartment for my iPod to hide in

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and are you sure the bluetooth audio playback doesn't work with version 5.6?

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Doesn't work on mine either. Close to ripping mine out but can't afford it at the moment.

Most Easterly Pandas said:

It didn't on mine.

Ripped the bloody thing out now anyway, now have a nice compartment for my iPod to hide in

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What did you rip out?