Okay, before someone post, TTIWWOP , I will upload pics later tonight.

I got on the beta tester list for the Intravee-II adaptor which allows BMW with I-BUS to communicate with Alpine Ai-Net products. I got the 410c Ai-Net interface with Alpine CD Changer which can play MP3 disk and disp

 

I got an email saying mine was shipped! I can't wait to get it. I may have to skip a weekend trip to NYC to install this thing once it gets here

just bought one, lets see how long it takes

Got it installed this weekend. It took about one hour total. I have Sirius so I had to remove the tire and all the fun involved with that. It sounds great and beats my DICE without any issues. I am still playing with it. I do think that I will miss the track display on the Instrument cluster but I get so much more information on my screen, that I think that with a few days, it will become second nature to look at the Navigation screen.

One problem is that I do have the engine whine and scratching that others have reported with the Sirius module. I will try the option offered by KrisL next week and see how that works out.

I did the "jumper link wire" mod as per KrisL and the I-BUS noise caused by OEM Sirius is gone! Now, before I did the jumper like mod, the only noise I got was I-BUS "tic-tic-tic" noise and no engine whine noise.

Just double check all your connection and grounds.

However, the I-BUS "scratching noise" will be eliminated with the jumper link wire mod as per KrisL. Apparently, Sirius is daisy-chained on the CD Changer I-BUS and the Intravee needs to be grounded a specific way when you have Sirius installed.

Anyhow, can you do me a favor? What firmware is installed in your Intravee-II? Just go to "Status" and it will display your Firmware and Build number.

Hey Kewl,
I have both the whine and the tic-tic-tic. It is not as loud as the noise from the Dice. With the Dice, I could not listen to my audio books! The noise from the Intravee only seems to be when it is changing songs, that short gap and then depending on the songs, I can hear it very slighty in the background.

I have Version 5.10 Build 192.

Anyhow, I recently upgraded the firmware on the IV-II to Firmware 5.31, Build 306. Since I have both the Alpine MP3/CD Changer and iPod attached, on the "Select Source" menu, I renamed "Net 1" to "MP3 changer" and "Net 2" to the name of my iPod.

I don't have any whine whatsoever.

Hey! Where are the pics of the install?

Hey, I saw your install pics on M3forum.net!!

Looks great!!

Can you reference this fix. I am curious on how to fix this as well

[quote=Kewl X5]I did the "jumper link wire" mod as per KrisL and the I-BUS noise caused by OEM Sirius is gone! Now, before I did the jumper like mod, the only noise I got was I-BUS "tic-tic-tic" noise and no engine whine noise.

Just double check all your connection and grounds.

However, the I-BUS "scratching noise" will be eliminated with the jumper link wire mod as per KrisL. Apparently, Sirius is daisy-chained on the CD Changer I-BUS and the Intravee needs to be grounded a specific way when you have Sirius installed.