<![CDATA[How can I use my steering wheel controls for music apps [E90]]]>Hi All,

So I am trying to think of a way to utilize the steering wheel controls on my 06 330xi for listening to music through my phone. I only have an auxiliary port to plug into the phone, so I guess the cars sound system acts like fancy a headset, but I feel like there should be a way to use the up and down buttons to skip songs on Pandora or other similar music apps.

Has anyone attempted to make this work, or should I just fork out more money and get Sirius XM installed?

I'm new here so let me know if there is any additional info needed that I forgot. The car is completely stock in the sound department as far as I know.

Thanks.

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Iceddragon said:

Ah, the birth of a fresh meme

That's what I was afraid of. I guess theoretically I could pick up a dedicated MP3 player and load that thing up with music to leave in the car, I feel like that would work at least.

Probably your best bet, iPod integration is built in. Older iPods are fetching good $$ these days though because of their storage capacities.

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/73524https://wibimmers.com/post/73524Sun, 30 Oct 2016 21:03:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I use my steering wheel controls for music apps [E90] on Sun, 30 Oct 2016 20:41:28 GMT]]>I have audio controls on my steering wheel... its called my fingers /e30dick

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straight6pwr said:

Do you have a CD changer?

Ah, the birth of a fresh meme

patsbimmer1 said:

You're fucked.  Unless you go fully custom theres no way to control apps via the cars controls.

That's what I was afraid of. I guess theoretically I could pick up a dedicated MP3 player and load that thing up with music to leave in the car, I feel like that would work at least.

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/73521https://wibimmers.com/post/73521Sun, 30 Oct 2016 19:07:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I use my steering wheel controls for music apps [E90] on Sun, 30 Oct 2016 05:53:33 GMT]]>Do you have a CD changer?

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/73516https://wibimmers.com/post/73516Sun, 30 Oct 2016 05:53:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I use my steering wheel controls for music apps [E90] on Sun, 30 Oct 2016 04:47:09 GMT]]>You're fucked.  Unless you go fully custom theres no way to control apps via the cars controls.

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/73515https://wibimmers.com/post/73515Sun, 30 Oct 2016 04:47:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I use my steering wheel controls for music apps [E90] on Sun, 30 Oct 2016 02:41:02 GMT]]>Phone is Nexus 6P.

No iDrive, just the normal sound system with bluetooth but I can't get it to play music through that. To be fair, I haven't messed with that part of it too much, I'll look into that.

Not sure if all of you meant to post that twice, but yes I have a CD changer lol

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/73504https://wibimmers.com/post/73504Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:41:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I use my steering wheel controls for music apps [E90] on Sat, 29 Oct 2016 19:41:29 GMT]]>Do you have a CD changer?

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/73502https://wibimmers.com/post/73502Sat, 29 Oct 2016 18:53:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I use my steering wheel controls for music apps [E90] on Sat, 29 Oct 2016 18:53:00 GMT]]>Do you have a CD changer?

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/73501https://wibimmers.com/post/73501Sat, 29 Oct 2016 18:53:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I use my steering wheel controls for music apps [E90] on Sat, 29 Oct 2016 18:43:17 GMT]]>Do you have a CD changer?

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/73499https://wibimmers.com/post/73499Sat, 29 Oct 2016 18:43:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I use my steering wheel controls for music apps [E90] on Sat, 29 Oct 2016 18:43:03 GMT]]>Do you have a CD changer?

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/73498https://wibimmers.com/post/73498Sat, 29 Oct 2016 18:43:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I use my steering wheel controls for music apps [E90] on Sat, 29 Oct 2016 16:10:10 GMT]]>Do you have a CD changer?

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/73489https://wibimmers.com/post/73489Sat, 29 Oct 2016 16:10:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I use my steering wheel controls for music apps [E90] on Sat, 29 Oct 2016 16:10:07 GMT]]>Do you have a CD changer?

]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/73488https://wibimmers.com/post/73488Sat, 29 Oct 2016 16:10:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I use my steering wheel controls for music apps [E90] on Sat, 29 Oct 2016 14:49:34 GMT]]>Do you have i drive?

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]]>https://wibimmers.com/post/73483https://wibimmers.com/post/73483Sat, 29 Oct 2016 14:49:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I use my steering wheel controls for music apps [E90] on Sat, 29 Oct 2016 04:28:05 GMT]]>What kind of phone do you have? Could do voice commands & completely eliminate the hands from the equation

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