anyone have experience with CD43/C43 and DICE iPod kit?

[Garageaholic]

I have a CD43 CD player in my E30 and have the DICE IPOD kit with text display.

It is very erratic. I have to perform actions in a certain order for it to work correctly the next time I turn the car on..

1. get into "radio" mode
2. unplug IPOD
3. turn radio off
4. turn car off

and opposite for re-plugging the IPOD back in. .You can't just plug and unplug it back in.

Sometimes the text display doesn't work; you can only control the music through the IPOD controls. Sometimes the IPOD controls are frozen and you can only control it through the HeadUnit.

Overall satisfaction is a 7 out of 10

[alexw]

I have a CD43 CD player in my E30 and have the DICE IPOD kit with text display.

It is very erratic. I have to perform actions in a certain order for it to work correctly the next time I turn the car on..

Do you think its your install, or is that just how it is? Can anyone else with this confirm?

[paddyhart]

Do you think its your install, or is that just how it is? Can anyone else with this confirm?

From looking at BFC posts about CD43 compatibility this seems to be the norm. Would have been nice to have stock look and great IPOD functionality. I think I am going to get an Alpine 9885 or Eclipse CD7000 for the ix

[Dave McLaren]

Frank, can you post a pic of the head unit in your car? At some point I'd like to get rid of the stock unit and hope this one will look original-ish in an E30.

Dave

I have a CD43 CD player in my E30 and have the DICE IPOD kit with text display.

It is very erratic. I have to perform actions in a certain order for it to work correctly the next time I turn the car on..

1. get into "radio" mode
2. unplug IPOD
3. turn radio off
4. turn car off

and opposite for re-plugging the IPOD back in. .You can't just plug and unplug it back in.

Sometimes the text display doesn't work; you can only control the music through the IPOD controls. Sometimes the IPOD controls are frozen and you can only control it through the HeadUnit.

Overall satisfaction is a 7 out of 10