Quick question; should the artist/song name show in idrive when playing a CD? In my '08 650i I am only getting the CD number and a track number... i.e. track 1-13. This is occuring with CD's I burned and store bought CD's. In my '06 530xi the track information was visible in idrive. Thanks for your input. :)

The artist name, track name will only show if you burn a cd with mp3s on it. (Even than, you must follow certain recording procedures else not all the info will show) (do a search, plenty of help on this topic)

A normal audio cd will show track 1, track 2 etc...

hope that helps.

The in-dash CD drive will also display artist and title on a NORMAL CD only if the CD Text information is available on the normal Audio CD. Not many have this information on there. If you have a CD that is displaying the text in one car but not on the other then show that to the dealer.

I used the feature when I made my audio system tuning CD. It was a really boon to see the actual freq being played rather than sitting with a list of track number and freq on a piece of paper.

That is correct, thanks for the correction...

Thanks for the help. I tried a search before I posted but I was not getting any helpful info back. Could you provide the keywords that will bring this up. I appreciate your assistance. :)

First decide if you want to make a normal Audio cd or a data cd with mp3 on it.

If you want text on a normal audio cd then most CD burning software will allow you to enter the information per track. If you're after the mp3 CD burning guide then see http://forums.e60.net/index.php?showtopic=24018

Thanks very much, I will check it out.

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