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04-15-2009, 09:02 PM
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When playing MP3 CD/DVDs in random mode is there a way to skip to next track? When I hit next on CD or steering wheel it disables the random function and will play from current song sequentially.
04-15-2009, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by jj911c2' post='848904' date='Apr 16 2009, 06:02 AM
When playing MP3 CD/DVDs in random mode is there a way to skip to next track? When I hit next on CD or steering wheel it disables the random function and will play from current song sequentially.
04-16-2009, 12:12 AM
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Originally Posted by jj911c2' post='848904' date='Apr 16 2009, 07:02 AM
When playing MP3 CD/DVDs in random mode is there a way to skip to next track?
04-16-2009, 12:48 AM
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Originally Posted by DD_545i' post='849036' date='Apr 16 2009, 09:12 AM
I'd be happy just to find out how to play them in random mode. </hint>
, goto a track and press controller, a small popup box will appear, scoll down unitll "random dir" or " random all" appears 
04-16-2009, 02:21 AM
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Originally Posted by BLooD' post='849051' date='Apr 16 2009, 10:48 AM
lol , goto a track and press controller, a small popup box will appear, scoll down unitll "random dir" or " random all" appears
, goto a track and press controller, a small popup box will appear, scoll down unitll "random dir" or " random all" appears Thanks
04-16-2009, 11:45 AM
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Originally Posted by BLooD' post='848999' date='Apr 16 2009, 02:03 AM
i was thinking about this too but dont think you can, i think when they decided to put mp3 functionality into the older cars they decided on a low feature set to make it eaiser to do
Here's how I think you can make it work. If you're already in "random all" mode and you don't particularly like the current song, press the the i-drive knob to bring up the little pop-up menu and hit "random all" again. In a couple seconds it will switch.
04-16-2009, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by BLooD' post='848465' date='Apr 15 2009, 05:05 PM
no it just seams to fail to play a song, some times plays for ages with out problems other times it fails, dont know why
The weird thing I noticed this morning was in "random all" it played the exact same songs as yesterday. It took 3 songs before I realized something was amiss. So I went to a completely different artist/song and it randomed in a different direction...
04-16-2009, 02:19 PM
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Originally Posted by tsampsel' post='849517' date='Apr 16 2009, 08:45 PM
Here's how I think you can make it work. If you're already in "random all" mode and you don't particularly like the current song, press the the i-drive knob to bring up the little pop-up menu and hit "random all" again. In a couple seconds it will switch.
04-17-2009, 05:41 AM
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Originally Posted by BLooD' post='849668' date='Apr 16 2009, 05:19 PM
i tried that, once random all is selected its grey`d out so it can`t be selected again
You are correct sir, yes! Tried it this morning. However I will say that when I went from reverse to drive, it was no longer grayed out. So you seem to only have one chance. What's the deal with these BMW guys anyway?
I guess you can manually switch to another artist/song but that takes the randomness out of it, doesn't it. So, here's what you do. Close your eyes...
04-17-2009, 09:38 AM
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You should be able to find some of my old post with more detail but....from memory:
1006 titles on one DL-DVD (7Gb+); 1100+ on another; 1000+ on another (DVDs are divided by genre)
nested folders: i.e Artist, album, songs
Top level (artist) varied from 20 to 50 artists
next level (albums) about 12 max on any one artist
song titles about 25 max on any one album
~80% recorded at 320Kbs
~15% recorded at 256Kbs
~5% recorded at 192Kbs
Thats about it. Recorded at various times using either NERO or iTunes (PC).
1006 titles on one DL-DVD (7Gb+); 1100+ on another; 1000+ on another (DVDs are divided by genre)
nested folders: i.e Artist, album, songs
Top level (artist) varied from 20 to 50 artists
next level (albums) about 12 max on any one artist
song titles about 25 max on any one album
~80% recorded at 320Kbs
~15% recorded at 256Kbs
~5% recorded at 192Kbs
Thats about it. Recorded at various times using either NERO or iTunes (PC).