Another mp3 topic
07-31-2007, 10:41 AM
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My Ride: BMW 525D 2005
From which month of which year model the mp3 will work? I have Proffesional Navigation (widescreen and DVD-rom) and my car is may 2005. So after 2 years I'm wondering will it work? 
P.S. I don't have an access to the car at the moment and i can't check it myself.
Thanks in advance
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P.S. I don't have an access to the car at the moment and i can't check it myself.
Thanks in advance
Cheers
07-31-2007, 03:12 PM
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Our first E60 was 2004, with the professional radio (NOT navigation). This one played MP3's after a software upgrade late 04/early 05 (can't remember exactly when). I know that without the professional radio (the one with dual tuners), it would not play MP3. This is on a UK model.
07-31-2007, 09:42 PM
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My Ride: 530d Sport Touring (E61). Silver Grey, Automatic, Professional SatNav, Black Leather, Heated Seats, Folding Mirrors, 6CD changer, Bi-Xenons, Bluetooth
My car is a late a 2004 model with the Professional satnav and originally couldn't play mp3 CD's. I had the car's software upgraded last weekend (which my dealer did for a bargain ?70 even though it took nearly 4 hours to upload) and now it is happy to play home burned mp3 CD's. I've also got the benefit of all the new iDrive menu's and colours!!
08-01-2007, 06:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike O' post='453861' date='Aug 1 2007, 06:42 AM
My car is a late a 2004 model with the Professional satnav and originally couldn't play mp3 CD's. I had the car's software upgraded last weekend (which my dealer did for a bargain ?70 even though it took nearly 4 hours to upload) and now it is happy to play home burned mp3 CD's. I've also got the benefit of all the new iDrive menu's and colours!!
08-01-2007, 06:17 AM
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My Ride: 530d Sport Touring (E61). Silver Grey, Automatic, Professional SatNav, Black Leather, Heated Seats, Folding Mirrors, 6CD changer, Bi-Xenons, Bluetooth
Originally Posted by MIINTY' post='453943' date='Aug 1 2007, 09:08 AM
Have you got the pics for what the iDrive looks like? I have MP3 capability on my 2004 530 (UK). ?70 is a bargain. Worcester quoted ?200. and thats at a discount!
As for the bargain price - I don't think my dealer realised that my mp3 retrofit actually involved a full software upgrade. When I booked my car in for the work to be done they told me it was only a 30-60 minute job although the reality was that it took 4 hours. I don't think anyone else would get away with only being charged ?70 plus I am a long standing customer of theirs.
08-02-2007, 10:21 PM
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My Ride: 530d Sport Touring (E61). Silver Grey, Automatic, Professional SatNav, Black Leather, Heated Seats, Folding Mirrors, 6CD changer, Bi-Xenons, Bluetooth
Originally Posted by Solarstone' post='454504' date='Aug 2 2007, 01:34 PM
Mike_O and Miity, and can you play mp3s with any bitrate or it's just 128 and 192?
