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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 08:13 AM
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Hi ...I have a 2006 523i and I installed the iPod adapter at the dealer..I have a 160GB iPod classic and while everything is working fine, I can't see all my music on the display. It won't list all my artists (I think it stops at the "D" or something), and I can't see all my albums. Going through the forum, and similar ones, it seems like this has been a common problem. Does any solution exist at all for this terribly annoying problem?? I would really appreciate any help.
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 08:19 AM
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There's limits for this ipod adapter.

You are better off splitting them into multiple playlists.
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 09:22 AM
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Originally Posted by coolguy' post='1038902' date='Oct 23 2009, 12:19 PM
There's limits for this ipod adapter.

You are better off splitting them into multiple playlists.

Or sell the ipod adapter and buy the dension gateway 500 which has no limitations. =) splits all the songs into pages. heh.
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 09:35 AM
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Originally Posted by coolguy' post='1038902' date='Oct 23 2009, 06:19 PM
There's limits for this ipod adapter.

You are better off splitting them into multiple playlists.
Thanks!! any advise on the name, size and number of playlists? I remember reading the following somewhere:

name the lists "BMW1 xxxx", "BMW2 ..."..etc. is this correct? I have a playlist with a different name on my iPod that it won't show
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 09:37 AM
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Originally Posted by nigxdoof' post='1038948' date='Oct 23 2009, 07:22 PM
Or sell the ipod adapter and buy the dension gateway 500 which has no limitations. =) splits all the songs into pages. heh.
I'll look for one. The problem is we might not have it in Egypt
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by Tamer El-Meehy' post='1038963' date='Oct 23 2009, 01:37 PM
I'll look for one. The problem is we might not have it in Egypt
There are a few people that sell it here that might ship international. =) Try to PM Fantastic 5. He might be able to ship one to you. Its the best, so much better than the BMW Kit.
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 09:45 AM
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Originally Posted by nigxdoof' post='1038965' date='Oct 23 2009, 07:41 PM
There are a few people that sell it here that might ship international. =) Try to PM Fantastic 5. He might be able to ship one to you. Its the best, so much better than the BMW Kit.
Great! does it work with the 2006 iDrive? any specifications that I should be aware of?
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Old Oct 23, 2009 | 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by Tamer El-Meehy' post='1038967' date='Oct 23 2009, 01:45 PM
Great! does it work with the 2006 iDrive? any specifications that I should be aware of?
Since you got your Ipod program, its just plug and play now. all you have to do is unplug your Ipod, and plug in the dension unit and you are set.

there are no problems on my end. I've heard some people ran into some hardware problems but ever since i got it, has been flawless for me.
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