I just pulled this out of a 5 series. Blaupunkt, cassette, and that nice little "SRC" button and input jack makes it a 100% MP3 player for me!
All black flush face, normal buttons, removeable faceplate should make it blend into the dash much better than the Sony "Xplode!" the PO put in.
UHG!! One of those was in my car when I got it and could not not have hated it more! Sounded like crap, crappy iPod hookup, and utterly infuriating interface. The aux out just hooks to your headphone jack which is good b/c you can hook whatever you want up to it, but bad b/c it does not charge and in order to get ANY volume, you have turn your aux device almost all the way up which kills the batteries. However, it looks very good in the dash.
Anybody want the one I have? Throw me a few bucks and shipping and its yours.
I ended up getting a Kenwood Excelon KDC-993 for mine. The only other upgrade was to junkyard OEM premium speakers from a 325is. It sounds simply amazing for the around $250 total I have in the system. The head unit does BT phone support (auto pairing and the like), all the satellite stuff, HD radio, iPod control on the screen, and a bunch of color combo options to match OEM colors. I only wanted the iPod, phone, and OEM color.
It doesn't look near as stock as the above, but sounds night and day better and has more toys and options that I can comprehend. I'm now in much more of a hurry to put in some dynamat to make better use of the phone- it is so much safer than using even a headset, and 10 times more convenient. Also the iPod charges and runs from the screen and since it is just a simple USB hookup, I can put any USB device in there for the same. I'm not looking to win any sound shows or the like and recognize that a bunch of the stuff is gimmicky, but I think it's pretty impressive for $200.
As for wiring, the DSPO or whoever did at least run all the wires. The OEM plug was LONG gone so I just soldered in and shrink tubed the connections. Also, as an FYI, the wiring IS in the doors already for the tweeter pod speakers.
