MP3 on October builds
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Greetings from Germany.
I have picked up my week 40 build 530i.
MP3 works great with the single CD slot with NAV.
I even tried a MP3 disc in the 6 slot CD changer with no luck of course(CD1 icon stays greyed out)
The MP3 CD I'm using has over 100 tracks and i've been able to play all of them.
The track names have a "~1", i'll figure that out later when I get back to the states.
Looking for some sight seeing areas to punch into the NAV to visit.
Later
I have picked up my week 40 build 530i.
MP3 works great with the single CD slot with NAV.
I even tried a MP3 disc in the 6 slot CD changer with no luck of course(CD1 icon stays greyed out)
The MP3 CD I'm using has over 100 tracks and i've been able to play all of them.
The track names have a "~1", i'll figure that out later when I get back to the states.
Looking for some sight seeing areas to punch into the NAV to visit.
Later
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I can confirm this also works on my Week 40 vehicle with Pro Nav. My dealer will be informing me what software version is installed on the vehicle on Monday when I pick it up.
The display listing does not support Joliet filenames (that is, long filenames). It handles filenames in 8.3 format (8 characters plus 3 character file extension) only. Thus, the truncation of long filenames to XXXXXX~1.
I have not yet tried an MP3 DVD in the DVD slot, but will do so on Monday. It is my understanding that the unit, via either CD or DVD (if DVD also indeed works), will handle the first 239 files on the disc, in alphabetical order. The directory structure, if any, is ignored.
The display listing does not support Joliet filenames (that is, long filenames). It handles filenames in 8.3 format (8 characters plus 3 character file extension) only. Thus, the truncation of long filenames to XXXXXX~1.
I have not yet tried an MP3 DVD in the DVD slot, but will do so on Monday. It is my understanding that the unit, via either CD or DVD (if DVD also indeed works), will handle the first 239 files on the disc, in alphabetical order. The directory structure, if any, is ignored.
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Just got 19.2, I'll ck if MP3 works in mine. By the Way, what is the pyramid symbol next to the cell phone beacon?
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Originally Posted by 545i now' post='193701' date='Nov 4 2005, 09:56 PM
Just got 19.2, I'll ck if MP3 works in mine. By the Way, what is the pyramid symbol next to the cell phone beacon?
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I wish I have mp3 so don't need to convert it to regular CDs :'(
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So let me get this straight the MP3s will only play in the CD slot, not the cd chnager?
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Originally Posted by das' post='193692' date='Nov 5 2005, 04:15 AM
I can confirm this also works on my Week 40 vehicle with Pro Nav. My dealer will be informing me what software version is installed on the vehicle on Monday when I pick it up.
The display listing does not support Joliet filenames (that is, long filenames). It handles filenames in 8.3 format (8 characters plus 3 character file extension) only. Thus, the truncation of long filenames to XXXXXX~1.
I have not yet tried an MP3 DVD in the DVD slot, but will do so on Monday. It is my understanding that the unit, via either CD or DVD (if DVD also indeed works), will handle the first 239 files on the disc, in alphabetical order. The directory structure, if any, is ignored.
The display listing does not support Joliet filenames (that is, long filenames). It handles filenames in 8.3 format (8 characters plus 3 character file extension) only. Thus, the truncation of long filenames to XXXXXX~1.
I have not yet tried an MP3 DVD in the DVD slot, but will do so on Monday. It is my understanding that the unit, via either CD or DVD (if DVD also indeed works), will handle the first 239 files on the disc, in alphabetical order. The directory structure, if any, is ignored.
Also for the long file names, on mine, I count 19 letters appearing on the I-drive Mp3 list, plus next line down with id3 tags of the playing track (if any).
Just for info.
Regards.