How To Install An Aux Input On BMW E46 

I dont have an BMW E46 but still watched ...

we have found him ladies and gentlemen. A youtuber that can edit. bravo sir bravo.

Best e46 diy youtuber!

5 yrs later and this is still helpful. Thank you

Just got a E46 M3 and this channel is pure gold. You’ve got all the good info and tips and tricks. You’ll be saving people lots of money. ❤️🤙🏽

Man you are a gift from GOD! Thanks for that tutorial, help me a lot!

Just did this last night, i ordered the same exact parts and it worked perfectly! If you're wondering what drill bit you could use for the metal piece next to the cigarette lighter. Use a 1/4 inch drill bit.

Hey Everybody at ShopLifeTV ! Love your videos ! Just wanted to tell you I did the auxillary input just like you showed, but when it came time to thread the female aux input into the ahstray, instead of drilling a hole into the bottom of the ashtray, my female was small enough to thread it through a space that opens up on the end where there's a cone shaped "butt" snuffer when you push out a little clear window that's there to allow a light to shine into the ashtray to light up the inside of the ashtray. Then I took a file and filed down the tip of the "butt" snuffer until the hole got big enough to accept the threaded end of the female aux and also letting the female in far enough that when you put the threaded end in you can attach the small threaded retaining ring that will secure the female aux. Saved me from having to drill any holes and since I don't smoke I could repurpose the "butt" snuffer cone. Hope this tip is helpful to others ! You all are great and I watch all your great videos and appreciate your dedication to helping your audience to have the courage to DIY and save thousands ! Thank You so much !

Yeour videos are great! Also very nice how you fastforward the "boring" sections no to make looong videos, but you still keep the whole assembly and disassembly process included so we (hobby mechanics) don´t get lost. Great. Thank you for your work and keep it up. Cheers from Europe! :)

I used your tutorial and it worked perfectly! I have a 2000 328ci and so I bought a 2004 e46 stereo on Craigslist and installed it and bought the cable, and I wired it through the sunglasses holder instead!

I just bought my first bmw & am scared to death to mess up this spaceship but desperately want a auxiliary cable, your video was excellent thank you so much! Aux cable here we come! Thank you for the great sound, camera angel & light

I did it the same way and everything, and I was so happy with the results! The parts on Amazon were cheap and the tools were too! All you need is a dill if you don’t have one.

I have just installed the Aux input. Pretty straight forward with this video. Thanks and thumbs up! I got worried though when the radio could not detect Aux input. I had the charger connected to my phone. So the piece I have is for one at a time, charger or Aux. But still wonderful. It's great to talk on phone while driving without being destructed.Thanks again.

These are some of the best e46 diy videos I've seen. As good or better than the big parts sellers like BavAuto, et. al. Nice work Jason

Absolutely flawless. I just finished the installation and it work perfectly .Thank you

Just bought my first E46 and been looking too install the usb but still keep the original cd player. Thanks mate. Appreciate the help. Best video I've found so far.

Just installed this Aux Mod (made the cables myself) and it works :) thank you for this video!

you literally without a doubt make the best DIY videos very detailed and graphic i use a lot of your videos to fix my 02 320i

Just finished installing the cable in my e46, wouldn't have been able to do it without your video, great job man thank you 👍🏻

This video is right on. I just did this same install for $7.50 and about 30 minutes. Thank you for the detailed instructions.

This is an awesome video showing the process! Great job

This video is really helpful and gives very detail how to do it..! Pretty Awesome! Will definitely try the AUX cable installation upcoming holiday as just exact what you said!!! Thank!!

Thank you! Awesome video. I just copied your method to a tee. Works perfectly! I added two 4 inch 90 degree cords to a TaoTronics Bluetooth receiver, and stuck it inside of the ashtray compartment. Now I have an excellent Bluetooth connection...and out of the way. 😉 👍

Thank you. I did this job an hour ago and it works great on my 2005 e46 325xi. Someone said that the sound isn't big enough. You can flush the 🎶button on left side,something show up like 'Aux Lv 0 '. You can choose 0 to 5. 5 is the highest volume up.

Great video, I liked very short Introduction and the fast pace. I am going to subscribe to this guy!!!

Installed my aux cable like in the video and everything works great, thanks. The aux though was pretty quiet. If you had the same issue the fix is very easy: press the music note symbol until you reach vol level and set it to 3,4 or 5 (5 is max)

Great vid, thanks. One update is to just release the window swithches from the center console around the shifter by the one long black tas on the side of the switch. Makes removal of the console piece really easy. I have using the radio transmitter plugged into the cigarette lighter and was so tired of the static. Installed this $15 piece and cranked it up! Thanks again for the info

THANK YOU for this video!!!!! You're a lifesaver! I was thinking I was going to have to change me whole head unit just to listen to music!!!

followed your video play by play.. still works great in 2022! thanks man

From one E46 lover to another, thank you brother 👍

Great video, I was going to pay to get someone to do this for me, but I can see I can do it myself without too much trouble. Love my e46 but it's been a pain not being able to play my ipod in it........all about to change, thanks for being so helpful.

So my GF asked me just this weekend if I could get her phone to play through her Z4 system. It's the high-zoot unit with surround, etc. This is exactly what I needed! I think I'll add a bluetooth adapter so she won't have to mess with the cords. I have a bunch of videos on my E46 M3, and am starting another set with the Z4. You're my inspiration, man! - jaysbigadventure

Absolutely loved it mate. respect from Sydney Australia.

geeze this is a great vid instead of the junk i watched before this one. job well done. i even posted a link to this video on another site. very clean and neat.

This is a really clean and cool video, mine is a manual car but I get the basics of it. Cheers dude great tutorial.

Getting an e46 soon...I love their endless body modification possibilities....🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭🇬🇭

you are amasing person thank you for all the inputs saving me a lot of money. thank you for sharing.

Great vid, works like charm! Thank you for your work and keep it up. Cheers from Budapest, Hungary! :)

Great video, followed this and did my 2003 e46 325xi piece of cake 💯👍🏾

Excellent tutorial. I’m trying this on my z 4 next week. Thanks

Great video!! Thanks!!! I just did this install. It's as easy as you make it look.

You tube just asked me to rate your video.. Excellent! Keep up the good work! 10:39pm. 6-11-2021

YOU SAVED MY LIFE!!! GOD BLESS UR SOUL THANK YOU!

Awesome info and wonderful editing. Super.

Awesome tutorial can't wait to add an aux to my e46

Thanks so much perfectly explained I did by myself and it was so easy 👩🏻‍🔧

excelente, y explica bien rapido y sencillo, felicitaciones flako, por tus videos me ahorraste la ida al dealer o a un car audio un buen dinero y el cable lo compre en wallmart por 8 pesos! Gracias!

I have the 2002 330ci convertible. Good videos. Definitely subscribing to the channel.

This kids awesome. ...E46 All day.

Jason, you just saved me some money. Thanks!

Excellent, I used the sunglass case for the jack, enclosed and hid the Ipod.

Really good DIY video, very well made thx

So weird, I was looking at some videos on your channel and I check the description and see that you're actually in my area. Small world lol

Great video.. You are the BEST! Thanks for sharing it...

Good job on explaining how it’s done without any unnecessary comments keep it up. One question what type of cable did you use from auxiliary to iPhone ?

bad ass brother very good vid just got a 2003 and wanted to keep it all like new the car flawless but I wanted a aux cord and you helped me out thanks

i own a touring e46, im amazed even if the car was made since 1998 to 2005 or so... it has some pretty advanced tech in it... it is weird on the dongles, has some old coupling weird pins... but other than that thing has features that most cars in 2020-2021 don't have.

Thank you man!It works!You saved me some money)

Thank you so much. I thought I had to replace my whole radio but now I know I can just do this. Thanks

This was really helpful thanks!

Super helpful. Thanks so much brother !!

Awesome work man!

Top guy. Knows his stuff.

Thanks man I’m going to try this!

You, my friend are my hero!

duuuude, niiiice! :D Gonna be installing AUX into mine for sure now

I've got an 02' facelift, not too sure if this'll work for me but still insightful!

best video i seen for e46 dash

good job!! now it's time for my E46 :D

Thanks for your videos friend, if you can, make a video about how install a radio with double din please. cheers from Guatemala

The best mechanic very good job

Great video, you're a lifesaver 👍

Great tutorial! Thank you.

Wow. Great video. Very helpful.

Dam bro thank you for this video i was able to install my cable

Excellent vid, thanks 👍

Man this was awesome!!!!

thanks so much for sharing , great video

Good job. In my case, the aux cable wired successfully, but hardly used it. Instead, I use blue tooth which is linked to cassette tape. It offers cd quality. Thks

Thanks! Did my car watching your video. The console and bracket are so brittle. Good idea to consider replacing those parts since you have to remove as is.

Same applies to a 2003 330XI manual + navigation? What drill bit size did you use in the front? Does the drill bit hole size in the back of the plastic matter? I want to do this for my car. Looking forward to your reply, thanks.

Nice video.. just waiting now for your tutorial on a 2001 model :)

Same process for 06' M3?... nice video'

Great tutorial, thanks

can you do power steering pump replacement diy? it's the most common problem in e46s'

Sweet! Thanks bro!

Great video, So you dont need to enter security code to stereo after removing power supply etc?

Just did mine :) thanks!

Was really good video thanks

The best tutorial, thank you so much man, I managed to do it on a manual as well, good job and thank you very much! A much easier way could be to take out the cable from hand brake, that's how I done it, and it took me about 10 mins, so happy now😁

Great video. Thanks

if you have a sunglasses holder youre better off mounting it inside of that, that way you can leave the aux cable inside of it, or if you use a small mp3 player you can put it inside of there and keep it closed

Great inputs , thank you ! So I recently bought a 2001 330i manual . There's no way I can get an aux into that because of the year ?

killed it bro!

Hey bro, nice video as always... I did everything on my bmw business tape player but can't get to auxiliary from phone when played it only swaps between radio, tape and cd as usual. Any idea why? Thanks

..Great helpfull guy! Pity i cant mod my 328ci?? !! Respect bro

Have you done a video on how to use/connect the factory hands free cell phone controls on the steering wheel plus the factory mic?

great videos man ! Question I have a 99 E46 and I just got it like 2 days ago how can I install a AUX cord?? thank you !

Dope ! that's my new project

Dope bro nice job