dan_189

Hey all,

Anyone with a Dension Gateway 500 use a bluetooth to ipod adapter to stream bluetooth music from you phone to the Dension?

Wonder if it would work if no one has tried?

I have the infamous 2004 MOST system. Was going to get an isimple wired FM unit but I remembered seeing a bluetooth adapter for an ipod Bose dock I had started wonder if it works...

Adapter example:



I have no affiliation with this brand/image below just wanted to use it as an example

Have a few bluetooth setups with my Bose and Yamaha gear and it sounds great.

The newer Dension BT unit has it built in but from my research it only works with the PCM2.

Don't get me wrong maybe ill just suck it up and drive with the window down to hear the engine but unlike over in the US its getting cold here

dan_189

Bump, i'm guessing no ones tried it

Would be willing to give it a go if the Dension unit wasn't over $500...

vandersmith

I use a Dension 500 and a bluetooth adapter.

The one I use is the routed to a Female Stereo to RCA which plugs into the Dension.

Hassle free for the past 10 months.

The one downside - I'm actually now thinking about ripping out the entire sound system for weight. Would've rather spent that $500 elsewhere.

dan_189

Thanks vandersmith was hoping someone had used an ipod connection to Bluetooth to keep the signal digital to the amp

Cheers

numbah9

Apologies for the truly terrible photos, but is anyone able to tell what type of fiber connector is being used here? This is for the CDC in an '03 996 with Bose audio and a CDR230.

I picked up a used Dension Gateway 500 Lite and it didn't come with any cables.

Ahsai

Looks like the MOST fiber optic cables. Have you checked with Dension for replacement cables?

numbah9

I'm trying to do that now. I don't know if it's a "Yazakai" type or the other (Tyco?)

318touring

http://shop.dension.com/en/gw500-optical-kit

numbah9

Thanks! I'll pick that up. If I had an iPhone, do I need the DIN-to-USB adapter, or can I simply plug the iPhone into the USB port on the Gateway?

dan_189

Fairly sure you'll need the cable, the usb port if for a usb containing music, it can't read the iphone/ipod directory

318touring

Yup this is correct. I use a bluetooth receiver (plugged into AUX) and stream music from my iPhone directly to it.

dan_189

No one ever answered if the ipod to Bluetooth connector worked ill have to try it when I get the dension unit

numbah9

Thanks guys! It is, uh, an expensive cable for what it is..

dan_189

To be honest the ipod functionality is dated, just use the AUX cable. The only advantage to it is I think you can change tracks with the head unit dial.

Even so its limited as there is no track data.

If you had a PCM2 then you could use the latest dension unit with Bluetooth streaming and track info im in the same boat with the CDR-23.

Dension with aux to Bluetooth is the best option IMO

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numbah9

I need the Dension AUX box, then, right? I have an iPhone 7 so I need to use Apple's stupid lightning-to-aux adapter in order to get a standard 3.5mm jack.. sigh.