Starting with the 09/01 Production date, BMW switched vendors on their Navigation Radios. BMW changed from Alpine to Becker. These Becker radios have been through 11 generations starting with the first gen BM53 radio which did not have Aux, Sirius, or MP3 ID# tag support. Each of these generations of BM53 radios have been upgraded with new features and functionality. The Latest US Radio (BM53) now supports, Aux input, Sirius Satellite Radio and Now MP3 Audiotext. BMW Navigation Radio details
The following photos are using the BMW Radio part number 65 12 6 988 276 installed in a 07/00 manufacture date 7 series.
MP3 ID3 Audiotext
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ID3 Audiotext shows Artist, Song Title and Album if MP3 is formatted with ID3 info
Search options
Enable/disable Audiotext
MP3 Folder 1 / Track 1 / CD 1
CD Text is not on the Cluster but only on the nav display
Auxiliary Input support for any standard audio input
BMW Sirius Satellite Radio using BMW Sirius receiver and new BM53 radio
Audio Configuration while listening to Sirius
BMW Sirius while in full screen mode
