What's that?

[Pierre]

Hello,
I've taken a pic from media part to circle something. Do you know what is it?
I've bagger first edition with plenty of options, but I’ve not this ’stuff’.
Pierre.'

 

[Anibal]

It is only found on the US models and I believe it is to do with the radio, a sort of antenna or something I believe . May be wrong but not too far off.

 

[VARG]

I believe it's the satellite antenna on US models, I tried Sirius satellite music for a few months, got a free sample... it was nice, but i ended up preferring my own mixes so didn't sign up for the subscription.

 

[Scott Semone]

It's actually a piece of plastic; perhaps, it is RF transparent as not to attenuate the GPS signal to the GPS antenna that is mounted underneath the dash.

The GPS antenna probably supports the satellite radio and basic Lat./Lon. coordinates when not connected the the BMW Connect app.

I've posted a picture of this in a similar thread, if I can find it; I'll add for reference.

 

[Scott Semone]

Hello,
I've taken a pic from media part to circle something. Do you know what is it?
I've bagger first edition with plenty of options, but I’ve not this ’stuff’.
Pierre.'
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The YELLOW dot in the below image is a GPS antenna, and the green color dot is an AM/FM patch antenna.