coolguy

Hi Guys,

I have searched, didn't find specfic answers I was looking for..

I have recently got BMW IPOD Adapter installed, but turns out there are many limitations and issues w/ IPOD Adapter even w/ latest PROGMAN?

- Limitation of 255 playlist only?
- How to play all playlists 1 by 1 ?
- Songs dont resume once engine is shutoff and turned on
- Song currently playing it not shown sometimes, I have to click NEXT track couple time to see the song playing
- When you select a playlist somewhere in 100/300 list, when I hit BACK, it goes to top of the list... its a pain to scroll down to 101 playlist

How do you guys get to play 80GB of music on IPOD?

Sucks, BMW would sell such a BETA-Product.

bigwill222

With all the issues you're having, do you think it's worth the investment? I was thinking about getting the adapter installed in a couple of weeks. I was wondering if it's worth spending the $550 the dealer's charging me.

Gene

Sorry to hear. I'm in an LCI e60 so none of the problems with my IPOD
-not limited to 255 songs (least haven't been told I've exceeded any limits with my 80gb IPOD)
-Songs do resume once engine is turned back on (or even when interupted by a phone call via bluetooth)
-Sometimes songs don't show when playing and I have to actually open the playlist for it to show. (like yours)

cccplus

the ipod adapter has a 500 songs limitation. if i go over that, idrive can't show the ipod. btw, i'm on the iphone. it works well but not great. anytime u disconnect, it does not save your previous song that was played

JSpira

No idea what you mean by "play all playlists 1 by 1." You have to select a playlist. Just like on the iPod.


No one has reported this problem nor did I see it.


Q - and some more annoying things
A - That's nice and specific.


Q - How do you guys get to play 80GB of music on IPOD?
A - I plugged it in. My 80 Gbyte iPod wasn't full but I was able to access what was on it.

coolguy

Definitely worth it!! Rather than carrying 50+ CD and changing them very often lol

Just buy adapater from Garry for $225 (i think) + get a local Independent BMW Tech to install it for $50 + Take car to dealer for some problem and just tell them IPOD is not working, they will just reprogram whole car , So Total = $225 + $50

coolguy

Hmm, that's weird, I cannot see more than 255 songs in MYIPOD (MP3-1) <<-- This is what you use to play RANDOM right?

The song plays from beginning I mean.

One more annoying problem forgot to list, When you select a playlist somewhere in 100/300 list, when I hit BACK, it goes to top of the list... its a pain to scroll down to 101 playlist

JSpira

The back functionality remains imperfect in several instances. In the factory option, this has been resolved (happily).

pharding

The most annoying thing about the iPod Option is scrolling through a long list of songs. Much like the Nav Address Book and Phone List, the iPod option needs to be able to select a letter to jump right to that part of the song list or artist list or album list.

JSpira

Ja, although newer Progman versions have speeded up the scrolling to make this much less of a problem