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      03-30-2007, 04:02 PM   #286
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Originally Posted by DUH CAR View Post
Yes, I understand that the cable has something that speeds up the indexing(?). Without it and with a large amount of Gb, it takes awhile.
What the cable actually does is to convert the USB to operate the iPod via its' serial control interface (which is totally different from its' USB interface). Thus all the internal logic that you use via the iPod click wheel, etc. and more is available to the BMW Radio/iDrive.

The cable doesn't speed up the indexing per se. The iPod already has an index of all songs. The 6FL can access this index via the cable and thus doesn't have to do the indexing itself.

The device mentioned by mrbelk does NOT access the serial interface so when used with 6FL it isn't any different than a straight USB cable.
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