i have an iphone, is there anyway i can play this through the car? what do i need to get and how much is it , and how much to fit it ? and would it be classed as a modification? thanks

Cheapest and easiest option is just a plug-and-play AUX cable.

Costs less than a fiver, and no, it isn't classed as a modification. ;)

Ok where do i get that, sorry for sounding stupid so where do you plug that in? Whats it like

It'll plug in under the toggle switches - buy one from your local audio place, or eBay, or Amazon. MINI will also sell you one, but for about 5 times the price of anywhere else. This will allow you to listen to music from your iPhone (or iPod, whatever) through the cars speakers, while controlling playback via the device.

You can get more elegant solutions whereby you can control playback via the stereo or MFSW, but that will obviously set you back more. The neater options require USB, and from your other posts, it doesn't sound like your car has this... that said, AUX is a perfectly fine solution for the most part. :)

well iv got a 03 mini one, so will mine have the fitting for the aux? so i just plug that in and then play music

I've got a Parrot MKI9200.
I can play my iPhone through it with all of my playlists and album artwork displayed on the dash mounted screen. It's an excellent hands free with voice recognition.

I would highly recommend it.
Not the cheapest option but it is very good.

thanks, thats to complicated for me :p so will mine have the fitting for the aux? so i just plug that in and then play music

Oh, I was thinking you had a second gen model. On earlier cars, there's no AUX port by default - you'll have to root around in the back of the radio to add one. There's a nice DIY thread with pictures on here explaining how to do it.

You could get one of those FM transmitters (http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=ipod+fm+transmitter&tbm=shop), although it'll be obsolete when the switch over to DAB happens.

Ahh right , well the cd player is a sony one?