Can't get MP3 CD to Work
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My Ride: 2004 545i Platinum Silver Metallic Gray Dakota Leather, Premium Pack, Premium Sound, Logic 7, Sport Pack, Navi, PDC, Sunshades, Cold Weather and HUD. 56k miles Feb. 2011
I guess I am out of luck even with the recent upgrade to progman version 27.02. 
SOP on mine is 10/04.
SOP on mine is 10/04.
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From: Slovenia
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Same me on my E60, profi nav, 2004/05 in monday im going for v28 and than i'll see.. but as i know i'ts not enought just to update car to latest software, they must enable mp3 to work..
in monday im going for v28 and than i'll see.. but as i know i'ts not enought just to update car to latest software, they must enable mp3 to work..
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Originally Posted by tas_t_budds' post='508716' date='Dec 20 2007, 02:26 AM
I've been trying to do this for the past 3 days now and after 4 burnt CD's a couple of changes, it finally works. Something to note is that it is not necessary to have navigation to play the mP3 cd, but the cd cannot be put into the cd changer casette in the glove box. It has to be played in the player below your AC/Heating controls, in dash, but not in your navigation dvd slot. So to summarize a long process short, put all your favorite songs into a folder on your desktop and then just drag and drop all of them at once (Ctrl+A+Drag & Drop) into your Windows Media Player Burn List and your ready to go. Just hit the start burn button and it should prepare your CD in the right format with the right settings and it plays perfectly through the idrive with folder names, artist names etc.
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Originally Posted by RobertB' post='509042' date='Dec 21 2007, 09:52 AM
I can play MP3 CD's and MP3 DVD's in my NAV slot (yes - that means 4.7GB of MP3 files playing off the DVD).
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Originally Posted by RobertB' post='509042' date='Dec 21 2007, 12:52 AM
I can play MP3 CD's and MP3 DVD's in my NAV slot (yes - that means 4.7GB of MP3 files playing off the DVD).
This may be a dumb question, but how do you control the disc when it is in the DVD drive (search, sort, scan, stop, pause, etc.)?
Thanks..
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Originally Posted by Solrider' post='509911' date='Dec 23 2007, 12:04 PM
This may be a dumb question, but how do you control the disc when it is in the DVD drive (search, sort, scan, stop, pause, etc.)?
Thanks..
Thanks..
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My Ride: 2004 545i, 1995 M3
Originally Posted by tas_t_budds' post='508716' date='Dec 20 2007, 03:26 AM
I've been trying to do this for the past 3 days now and after 4 burnt CD's a couple of changes, it finally works. Something to note is that it is not necessary to have navigation to play the mP3 cd, but the cd cannot be put into the cd changer casette in the glove box. It has to be played in the player below your AC/Heating controls, in dash, but not in your navigation dvd slot. So to summarize a long process short, put all your favorite songs into a folder on your desktop and then just drag and drop all of them at once (Ctrl+A+Drag & Drop) into your Windows Media Player Burn List and your ready to go. Just hit the start burn button and it should prepare your CD in the right format with the right settings and it plays perfectly through the idrive with folder names, artist names etc.
My 01/04 build date 545i will not play mp3's. I have asked the dealer on several occasions to enable mp3 playback and they said that this option is not available. They tried to do so on two occasions with NO luck.
BP
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My Ride: (US) 05' 545i Jet Black, Black Dakota Leather, Sport Package, Premium Sound/Logic 7, Navigation
Originally Posted by grover432' post='508400' date='Dec 19 2007, 04:55 AM
Interesting. On a related topic, how does one gain access to the rest of the BMW service bulletins?
""" PROCEDURE
1. On a customer complaint basis only, retrofit MP3 functionality using Progman V20.00 or higher....... """
Does it means, dealer will retrofit the MP3 function for us if we complaint? Anyone get it by doing this?
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Originally Posted by BIOIT' post='512480' date='Jan 1 2008, 11:55 AM
Does it means, dealer will retrofit the MP3 function for us if we complaint? Anyone get it by doing this?
i think mp3 was enabled starting with the my05 in march 2005