Comand NTG 3 swap to new NTG 3,5 ??
08-10-2016, 06:00 PM
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These guys sell a custom made iPod adapter that plugs into the back of your radio and allows you to hook up an iPod or iPhone and control your music through the aux port. You can then hook a tune-to-air or another BT adapter to it to run BT music through your phone in CD quality. The only downfall is that no music lists come up on COMAND or your dash, and music is controlled through your device. They would have charged me $300, including installation.
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08-10-2016, 08:15 PM
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Or you can use an Ipod to RCA cable attached to your red and white inputs, then, as Dave said, hook up a BT adapter, (CoolStream if you want) and you can stream music from your IPhone....
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08-12-2016, 08:15 AM
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For a wired connection you just need a generic cable, 3.5mm stereo male to RCA stereo males (red and white). Couple of bucks at any electronics store.
The only BT streaming adapter I know of that would work would be something like the Miccus BluBridge, since it has a female 3.5mm output jack. You'd then pair the phone to the Miccus, and use the aforementioned cable to go from the Miccus to the red and white ports.
The Miccus needs to be occasionally recharged or connected to a permanent power source.
The only BT streaming adapter I know of that would work would be something like the Miccus BluBridge, since it has a female 3.5mm output jack. You'd then pair the phone to the Miccus, and use the aforementioned cable to go from the Miccus to the red and white ports.
The Miccus needs to be occasionally recharged or connected to a permanent power source.
02-09-2020, 08:21 PM
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Hoping to get this thread active again. Has anyone successfully performed this upgrade (NTG3 to NTG3.5)? If so, could you provide some information on this? From what I have read it sounds like it is possible, but you would potentially lose the ability to update the navigation map. Is it a plug-n-play upgrade? Is there programming involved? Did you lose any functionality from the old unit? What features did you gain with the new unit? Can you provide any part numbers?
02-10-2020, 12:32 PM
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Hoping to get this thread active again. Has anyone successfully performed this upgrade (NTG3 to NTG3.5)? If so, could you provide some information on this? From what I have read it sounds like it is possible, but you would potentially lose the ability to update the navigation map. Is it a plug-n-play upgrade? Is there programming involved? Did you lose any functionality from the old unit? What features did you gain with the new unit? Can you provide any part numbers?
you need the
NTG3.5 comand unit, the screen and the cable (a few thousand) and even silly money secondhand on ebay
Then no idea if an old phone system connects up.
If you want the media extras, that's another box and more wiring (and I think wired connections only)
then code it
then find the mapping was last updated in 2015 and will never have another update even though 2019 maps are out in Europe for the old one
An alternative - they now make a nasty super widescreen android bodge up that many like. Losing an inch of the height of a good screen for a tacky one isn't my idea of fun but the sheer fact one was ever made compatible with the 221 is amazing
