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Tested MP3 Players and USB Devices.
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BMW Group, April 2012, 1/6
Overview
The ‘Bluetooth mobile phone kit
with USB audio interface’ (SA 6NE)
or ‘Bluetooth hands-free kit with
USB audio interface’ (SA 6ND) for
MINI enables you to connect a
compatible MP3 player, such as an
Apple iPod, to your car via a USB
interface and control it using the
vehicle’s input elements.
In addition to MP3 players, you can also
connect USB sticks to the USB audio
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on them.
When you connect your USB-equipped
mobile phone to the USB audio
interface, please note that some
mobile phone models will turn off the
Bluetooth function, i.e. it cannot be
guaranteed that you will be able to
receive or place calls.
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search by genre, artist, album
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and displayed properly in your car if
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player (e.g. ID3 tags) includes Latin
characters only.
You can only play back video and
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by using the designated adapter
cable:
not compatible with Radio MINI
Boost (SA 6FC).
Due to the high number of MP3
players and USB sticks available
on the market and their technical
differences, it cannot be guaranteed
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with the USB audio interface.
The BMW Group therefore
communicates the devices that it
has tested as being compatible on
a regular basis.
The compatibility statements in this
product information refer to new
vehicles (date of manufacture later
than August 2011).
General conditions
The USB audio interface supports
the following device classes.
Please refer to the following notes
and tables for details:
Apple iPod and Apple iPhone
MP3 players and USB sticks
(USB mass storage devices
conforming to the ‘USB Mass
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MP3 players with Media Transfer
Protocol (MTP)
Mobile phones with USB mass
storage memory (conforming
to the ‘USB Mass Storage Class’
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Protocol (MTP)
Only one Apple device may be
connected at any one time in
conjunction with Radio MINI Boost
‘Not supported’ appears on the car
display if the device class you are using
is not compatible.
BMW recommends using Windows
Media Player (version 11 or later)
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MTP-compatible MP3 players or
mobile phones.
Other MP3 players or USB sticks can
be connected to the car using a USB
cable; it is not possible to access copy-
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device is supplied with power via the
USB cable.
Do not connect it to the car’s 12-V
socket at the same time.
Note: Charging is not 100%
guaranteed via the cable due to
the different external general
conditions.
To optimise this function, the Apple
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(part number 2167663)
is available
for purchase.
The USB audio interface supports the
common compression formats of MP3
(.mp3), AAC (.aac, .m4a, .m4b), WAV/
PCM (.wav) and WMA (.wma), as well as
playlists in M3U and other formats.
To guarantee stable system
operation, the device memory should
be no more than 90% full.
Refer to the device operating
instructions if you wish to leave MP3
players or USB sticks in the vehicle.
We do not recommend that you leave
MP3 players or USB sticks in the vehicle
for prolonged periods as they may
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(temperature, humidity).
Always follow the instructions on the
following pages.
