Original BMW CD-player for E34 - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

E34 Mpower · 7th February 2009, 15:57

Hi
Many E34 come with an original BMW cassette player but does there exist an original BMW CD-player that I can put in my E34?

wtr · 7th February 2009, 16:33

yes, bmw business cd player, can be found rather easily on ebay

If i remember right, it should be a bolt-on-job, at least in the cars produced 09-90->, unless you have a bavaria c professional rds- player as a factory option. It has different kind of wiring.

E34 Mpower · 7th February 2009, 16:36

Thanks...
Do you think the local BMW dealers would have this or do i have to buy it from ebay?

wtr · 7th February 2009, 16:44

Radio bmw business cd rds at least according to this site it's still available on dealers. However the price is rather high..

E34 Mpower · 7th February 2009, 16:48

haha ok so maybe i should try ebay insted

HD91 · 7th February 2009, 17:52

Three CD-players were available. Bavaria Electronic CD (658), Bavaria Electronic CDII (659) and BMW Business CD RDS (replacing 658).
The first ones came with a CD cartridge where you put the disks in and then into the CD-player. At least the CDII also needs the HiFi-system to work properly. Business is more modern and does not have that cartridge and works without HiFi speakers (676).
Of course there are many newer versions that will work as well, but these were the factory ones from BMW.

If you do speak N/S/DK language most units are found on photos in this thread on the Swedish board (login needed first): http://www.e34m5.se/forum/topic.asp?...&TOPIC_ID=1804

E34 Mpower · 7th February 2009, 18:45

Thank you very much for the info...im also member on e34m5.se so i will check it out

GoneAgain · 8th February 2009, 07:42

I've got a Blaupunkt CD player, which I took out of a 525 at a breakers.

Has the orange credit card sized security card. it's in storage, but I can dig it out when I'm back in Prague.

Yours for what I paid for it if you want. 50euros plus shipping.

GoneAgain · 8th February 2009, 13:33

BMW Business CD RDS Autoradio Blaupunkt mit Code bei eBay.de: Radios, DVD-Player -Wechsler (endet 08.02.09 20:00:00 MEZ)

Elekta · 9th February 2009, 19:28

You want the CD43 like the one in the top pic. That with the DICE Ipod connector is the perfect upgrade. It allows for satellite radio and IPOD, and single CD in the headunit itself.

There was a group buy on the bimmerforums board