CIP 20 & MP3
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From: S W France
My Ride: On order 530D Platinum Bronze/Natural Brown Comfort seats,sunroof,PDC, Nav pro,Aux In,Xenons, Alarm, tinted glass.
ETD 27.06.07
What is displayed initially on the idrive screen is the file name (something.mp3) then if you play the file you will get the song name and artist name
The file hane you see when burning - in wmp can not change (at least I do no know how)
The song and artist name you can change in wmp, but not in nero
I found that I had to use sony dc-r
had a bunch of memorex cd-rw and never got a consistant burn
wmp does burn more consistently that Nero
I did slow the nero burn speed down to 4X and checked for errors
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Sorry for butting in here, but I think the problem may be that after ripping the CDs to the hard disk, you need to use a plug - in with Nero to convert the music to MP3 before burning. The only problem I found with Nero was that although I burned the albums in sequence, when they appeared on iDrive they all were in alphabetical order regardless of which album came first. Hope this helps.
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I wish i had gone for the Pro Nav - the screen is much nicer to look at from the pics (icons are shaded etc... more colours). It seems as if the bus. nav is a bit of a cost cutting excercise for the euro market. Same goes for the idrive with feedback - if you follow their guidelines and dont play with the Nav while driving, it makes the feedback a bit pointless, except for radio use etc. Does the E90 have the feedback assisted controller and a better screen?
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Now that I can play MP3 CD?s on my bimmer, now that I know it can also read MP3 DVD?s on the DVD drive, but I have to take the NAV DVD out, I?m thinking how suite it will be if both drives were able lo read DVD?s!!!
I?m just dreaming?
I?m just dreaming?
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My Ride: 2008 Sapphire Black on Black M5 - loaded sans soft close doors
Originally Posted by Fenix1' post='223822' date='Jan 13 2006, 12:50 PM
I have MP3 on my Oct 05 Week 39 production E60, However the pictures posted seem to show an improvement in the file name handling. On my E60 only the current track displays the full filename and tag info, all others are limited to 8 characters
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In my case it displays the full name but with underscores linking the words instead of spaces. However, when a song is playing it is displayed differently and then it displays correctly, with spaces, in two lines. Any way, it looks rather nice.
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From: Copenhagen, Denmark
Originally Posted by moballa' post='226096' date='Jan 18 2006, 10:27 PM
I can confirm that CIP 20 will enable MP3 on early production e60s with Pro Nav. I just picked up my February 2004 production e60 from geting updated and MP3 works like a charm.
Marco
Marco
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From: Portugal
Originally Posted by fpinto' post='224087' date='Jan 14 2006, 03:34 PM
Now that I can play MP3 CD?s on my bimmer, now that I know it can also read MP3 DVD?s on the DVD drive, but I have to take the NAV DVD out, I?m thinking how suite it will be if both drives were able lo read DVD?s!!!
I?m just dreaming?
I?m just dreaming?
Yes, that would be great.
My car is going in for mp3 activation and fitting of a front camera next monday.
Best regards
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Yes, that would be great.
My car is going in for mp3 activation and fitting of a front camera next monday.
Best regards
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How much does it cost for front camera installation? How about rear?
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My Ride: 2005 BMW 545i, Silver Grey, Sport Package, R. Shades, Cold Pkg, Sat. Rad., Prem. Sound.
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Just talked to the SA. If there are not problem related, the CIP upgrade cost about $200 (2 hours labor). As for MP3, the technician said NO. My car 3/05, no NAV will NOT play mp3. Sucks . . . .
