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Originally Posted by sparkyblue
I want to be able to get into my car, and get Audio to AUX & Charge the iPhone with ONE cable attached to the phone.
I am able to do this right now with my iPhone 4S with a Y-Cable.
But I'm not using the regular Y-Cable supplied OEM by BMW. Instead an aftermarket cable that just takes analog-audio (line level) & charges the the phone via USB. It acts and looks the same way as the OEM BMW 6FL cable, with the exception that I am able to change songs via the phone itself, and I DONT have steering wheel / headunit iPod controls.
I like the current setup because I can control the music/playback coming from the phone via the iPhone itself. Also, YouTube & Pandora and other streaming apps dumps music through the Line-Level output from the Dock Connector. While with the OEM 6FL cable, I would be stuck with the headunit controls with songs on the iPod only.
Not to mention with the OEM 6FL cable, I am FORCED to control music playback via the Radio Headunit. On the iPhone it displays an "Accessory Connected" message. I don't have iDrive so the two-lines I have on my Radio isn't exactly the most user friendly way of selecting songs.
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I know I'm bumping an old thread but did you ever find a Y-cable for the iPhone 5???