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      09-13-2012, 01:31 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Z K View Post
Can you run the Y-cable but disconnect the headphone jack side and instead run a headphone jack cable from the headphone output to the headphone jack on the car? There will be 2 wires connected to the phone/ipod but at least you can play music and still use the idrive controls.
bingo
that's the only solution
i don't think there is a way around this
the new connector does not have any analogue signals in it
so there is no audio out
so no converter can fix this
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