What is BMW Enhanced Bluetooth?
Depending on the equipment configuration, BMWs come with either Basic Bluetooth (6NH) or Enhanced Bluetooth (6NS). The main difference is that, besides hands-free calling, the Enhanced Bluetooth option enables audio streaming from your phone.
When you enable the Enhanced Bluetooth option in your BMW you’ll get some advanced features like:
- Pairing two phones
- Connecting iPhone via USB cable
- Audio (music) streaming
- Audio streaming via BMW’s USB port
- Album art covers
- Office (SMS, calendar, tasks, notes)
Can this be installed on my car?
Enhanced Bluetooth is supported on F, G and I series BMW, MINI Cooper, Toyota Supra.
Check your version. On your idrive, go to:
Navigation > Settings > Positions and software (check picture on the left)
Based on your map version, you have the following headunit:
- Premium – HU_CIC (is supported)
- Next – HU_NBT (is supported)
- EVO – HU_NBTevo (is supported)
- Way – HU_EntryNAV2 (is supported)
- Live – HU_MGU (is supported)
- Move – HU_Champ2 (is NOT supported)
- Motion – HU_CICmid (is NOT supported)
- Route – HU_EntryNAV (is NOT supported)
What is needed for this retrofit?
Enhanced Bluetooth pack for NBT / NBTevo_*****”. If you have NBTevo headunit you can install Enhanced Bluetooth using USB stick (not all version support USB coding). USB coding is only supported on versions (NBT, NBTevo_A .. O). Installation is manual, you will get full instructions how to do it yourself. If you have any other supported headunit, you will need Enhanced Bluetooth installation via Remote session.
Enhanced Bluetooth installation via Remote session. We will code your car remotely. For the coding session, you need to have an ENET cable and a Windows laptop with an ethernet port and internet connection.
