BMW Professional Radio/CD

TimsterC · 02-06-2008, 08:48 AM

Hi Folks,

Can this play MP3 CDs?

TimsterC

matlough · 02-06-2008, 09:33 AM

YEP!

If you have idrive then only mp3's, but if you have non idrive it will play mp3's and wma's (windows media files)!

creepy coupe · 02-06-2008, 09:42 AM

Yes it's great I have over 6 albums and 100 tracks on one disc, even comes up with album name and track listing, mind you I nearly have accidents trying to scroll through them while driving though.

Black Sapphire · 02-06-2008, 10:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by creepy coupe

Yes it's great I have over 6 albums and 100 tracks on one disc, even comes up with album name and track listing, mind you I nearly have accidents trying to scroll through them while driving though.

Creepy - Take it you have idrive?

ShereKhan · 02-06-2008, 10:06 AM

AFAIK mine doesn't do WMA's

hmi1750 · 02-06-2008, 10:11 AM

even on non-idrive you can scroll.. and i think that is when Creepy almost crashes! I just don't bother trying now, its too dangerous as the display is too far down, small and too many controls to push and use.

The 3 series audio is best used with the steering controls (though limited) and i-drive (which i don't have). Sadly there is no display on the instrument/speedo display as with audi's and VWs...

creepy coupe · 02-06-2008, 10:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Sapphire

Creepy - Take it you have idrive?

No the standard head unit show about 3 track listings, one on top of the other.

TimsterC · 02-06-2008, 11:32 AM

Thanks guys, getting my E91 tomorrow. Can't wait.

mjh93sa · 02-06-2008, 12:57 PM

don't forget the pics

AlanQS · 02-06-2008, 01:08 PM

Stupidly, it lists the file name for the song, not the title, so you get a .mp3 at the end of every song. Press the LIST button when you are playing mp3 tracks because it shows two lines then and uses most of the width of screen so you don't get truncated titles.

GhostsForge · 02-06-2008, 02:08 PM

Apologies for a bit of hijacking and showing my stupidity

What is the best way of creating a cd with my favorite tracks (mp3s) to use in my 330d

Thanks

THR Doc · 02-06-2008, 02:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GhostsForge

Apologies for a bit of hijacking and showing my stupidity

What is the best way of creating a cd with my favorite tracks (mp3s) to use in my 330d

Thanks

Use your CD burning software, whether that Roxio or Nero or whatever else yo umay have.

Set it to create a data disc.

Drag and drop your favorite mp3 tracks on it till you reach the capacity of the disc.

Ask it to burn the disc.

Thats it, job done.

Of course, ensure that you are not violating copyright by doing the above procedure.

THR Doc

vivekk · 02-06-2008, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GhostsForge

Apologies for a bit of hijacking and showing my stupidity

What is the best way of creating a cd with my favorite tracks (mp3s) to use in my 330d

Thanks

NERO settings that are known to work are available here.

There is a TSB (technical service bulletin) showing the requirements for mp3 playback here.

To sum it up, the mp3 sampling rate must be 44.1KHz and any files must not be MP3Pro or VBR (variable bit rate) files.

All the best.

Viv

hmi1750 · 02-06-2008, 03:05 PM

cool.. i shall try that too in nero as some of my CDs won't play, though the details show up.

creepy coupe · 02-07-2008, 02:09 AM

I drop the whole album or songs from any given album it is own folder, otherwise you just get a long list of tracks.

Budgie · 02-07-2008, 02:50 AM

Yeah i do the same as creepy but then i have the same motor lol....stalker alert lol....

Black Sapphire · 02-07-2008, 12:46 PM

Thanks for the earlier info hmi/creppy but do you or any others know if while playing mp3 discs can you get the random play to work on all the songs or just one folder (album) at a time?

GhostsForge · 02-07-2008, 01:26 PM

Thanks for the info

creepy coupe · 02-08-2008, 02:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Black Sapphire

Thanks for the earlier info hmi/creppy but do you or any others know if while playing mp3 discs can you get the random play to work on all the songs or just one folder (album) at a time?

The random function works on ALL tracks, irrespective of which folder your in at the time, not ideal but Ho Hum.

creepy coupe · 02-08-2008, 02:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Budgie

Yeah i do the same as creepy but then i have the same motor lol....stalker alert lol....

SoYank · 02-08-2008, 11:51 AM

My .mp3 files are organized by album. The tracks don't have a number at the beginning of the file name. When I burn a disc I drop the whole (or part of ) album on the disc in its own folder. The tracks end up in alphabetical order instead of track order as on the album. How do I get them ordered the way I want? I've used Nero and I've use Windows Media Player. Both put the tracks alphabetically.

AlanQS · 02-08-2008, 01:53 PM

SoYank, you have to give the track a number at the start of the file name:-
"01 Highway Star"
"02 The Boys are back in Town" - and so on. If you don't use the leading zero, 10 will come after 1.
If you have 100 tracks on your CD (unlikely?) you would have to number them 001, 002, 021, 022 and so on.

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hmi1750 Major 25 Rep 1,130 Posts Drives: M135i Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London, UK iTrader: (0)	even on non-idrive you can scroll.. and i think that is when Creepy almost crashes! I just don't bother trying now, its too dangerous as the display is too far down, small and too many controls to push and use. The 3 series audio is best used with the steering controls (though limited) and i-drive (which i don't have). Sadly there is no display on the instrument/speedo display as with audi's and VWs...
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hmi1750 Major 25 Rep 1,130 Posts Drives: M135i Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: London, UK iTrader: (0)	cool.. i shall try that too in nero as some of my CDs won't play, though the details show up.
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Black Sapphire Second Lieutenant 7 Rep 227 Posts Drives: Impreza WRX STI Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London, England iTrader: (0)	Thread Hi-jack No.2! Thanks for the earlier info hmi/creppy but do you or any others know if while playing mp3 discs can you get the random play to work on all the songs or just one folder (album) at a time?
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AlanQS Colonel 240 Rep 2,810 Posts Drives: Jaguar XE P250 HSE Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Glasgow iTrader: (0) Garage List 2016 430i m-sport G ... [0.00]	SoYank, you have to give the track a number at the start of the file name:- "01 Highway Star" "02 The Boys are back in Town" - and so on. If you don't use the leading zero, 10 will come after 1. If you have 100 tracks on your CD (unlikely?) you would have to number them 001, 002, 021, 022 and so on.
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