07 S550 aux-in solutions

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kevm14
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07 S550 aux-in solutions

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I think I got lucky. It appears the car actually has the iPod plug in the glove compartment.
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If I understand things correctly I just need to buy this and plug it in! Damn that would be easy.
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Re: 07 S550 aux-in solutions

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Did my 10 minutes of Amazon research and came up with this unit that seemed to meet my requirements: https://redirect.viglink.com/?format=go ... txt=Amazon

Biggest selling point was that aside from iPod interface compatibility it claimed to support Apt-X and HD audio codec stuff. So I took a chance even though the reviews are sort of all over the place.

Well, it works! And not only does it work, it does seem to support the HD codecs according to my phone, and BONUS, it displays artist and track info on the speedo cluster. This was a feature that I did not expect to work with Android but it does! Only catch is car has to be running for this unit to work but I'll take that.

I tried Pandora and Prime music and both displayed track info. This is awesome.
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kevm14
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Re: 07 S550 aux-in solutions

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This is working great and it does not seem to automatically play after pairing which is good. Not sure why it seemed to do that one time. I can advance a track by pressing down on the left steering wheel button (no pause though).

I will say Pandora/Prime music quality, whether it's those services, the BT connection, or some combo, is NOT as good as CD quality. But it still sounds good and I am very happy with this audio system.
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