How to put more then 1 CD in the 6 Disc CD CHANGER??

O HELLA BMW · 12-25-2010, 11:45 PM

hello everyone im sorry for this stupid noob questions but YES i checked the car manual and i still cant figure this out. I dont know how to put another CD in slot 2. It seems like i can only put 1 CD in CD slot 1. I tried to press the CD button #2 and tried to put the disc in but it wont let me....

so im wondering whats the correct way in putting more then 1 cd in the 6 disc cd changer i have on my 08 335i convertible..

please any feedback is greatly appreciated.

N55 · 12-26-2010, 12:54 AM

LMAO I am pretttttty sure that the extra disc storage is in the trunk on the left side. There should be a CD changer back there. Usually I would say this:

but at least you tried.

O HELLA BMW · 12-26-2010, 01:05 AM

i checked the rear of the trunk and theres no cd changer lol. i just feel really stupid right now haha.

N55 · 12-26-2010, 01:13 AM

LOL, are you 100% sure you have that option? I know my 08 335xi e90 didn't have it, I thought it did until I looked.

O HELLA BMW · 12-26-2010, 01:14 AM

have what option? the 6 disc changer option?

username604 · 12-26-2010, 01:43 AM

i'm pretty sure that's a rare option. I think the cd changer is under the plastic panel on the left side.. you have to pop it off

Roowah · 12-26-2010, 01:45 AM

I'm sorry to tell you, but our cars do not come with an in dash 6 disc CD changer. The only place a factory changer would be would be in the trunk.

Interesting that this question doesn't come up often, although I suppose disc changers have been mostly replaced by the convenience and capacity of iPods.

N55 · 12-26-2010, 02:08 AM

My 2011 335 comes with a 2gb internal hard drive for music. Best thing IMO!!!!

WWONG · 12-26-2010, 03:36 AM

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Originally Posted by N55

My 2011 335 comes with a 2gb internal hard drive for music. Best thing IMO!!!!

2GB = lame. My library is already taking 12GB.... and that's on NTFS. The size will only increase on FAT or FAT32 file systems.

Wingman335 · 12-26-2010, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by N55

My 2011 335 comes with a 2gb internal hard drive for music. Best thing IMO!!!!

That's strange. My iDrive reports that I have 12GB of free space for music. I already have 7GB of music put in.

Pathy01 · 12-26-2010, 07:05 AM

Yeah, it's a single disc which BMW puts numbered buttons 1 through 6 right below (looks just like the 6 disc changer setup from many other brands) but those numbers are just for your presets. I thought the same thing when I first sat in the 335 and looked at the radio, but upon asking (since I didn't think they had an in-dash changer) I was quickly brought back to reality. Lucky for me I have Sirius and iPod connection for my iPhone so a CD changer isn't nearly as big of a deal as it used to be for me.

DJtoad · 12-26-2010, 08:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wingman335

That's strange. My iDrive reports that I have 12GB of free space for music. I already have 7GB of music put in.

You're correct. 12 GB of the 80 GB HD is available for music (was originally 8 GB but BMW made a last minute changed and increased the amount available). The remainder is for navigation, speech, contacts, etc.

O HELLA BMW · 12-26-2010, 09:11 AM

lol so all this time i thought i had a 6 disc in dash cd player but its only a single disc?!?!?!?!?!?! lol FAIL for me

i guess i have to buy an ipod and the ipod cable lol
thanks everyone

N55 · 12-26-2010, 09:32 AM

Fail for me too ha I thought
It was 2 gb but it is 12 gb lol I just looked.

Bimmerforlife · 12-26-2010, 10:00 AM

Here is a question no one seems to be able to answer.

When you load music into the hardrive (say for example from a studio CD) what bit rate is the music being burned at on the hardrive. Is it 128kbps, 192, 320, lossless quality??

I think anything less than 320 is just average quality. All my music in my iPod is apple lossless which burns it at a bit rate of anywhere from 500-900kbps at this rate it sounds pretty decent.

People fail to realize that an actual studio CD is uncompressed audio at a much much higher bit rate so when you take that and compress it down to say 128 you lose alot of quality.

Does anyone know what bit rate music is stored on the car's hardrive?

oca123 · 12-27-2010, 06:29 PM

I would suspect that it is stored at whatever bitrate you put it in at in the first place. It's a hard drive, so you just copy your files over, and the HU decodes them and reads them.
320 is usually pretty good for MP3s, 192 for VBR MP3s. But having said that, I still come across a lot of 320kbps MP3s that sound horrible, either because of the way the song was recorded, or the encoder the person who ripped the song used.

A recording in a studio is more than uncompressed audio. You have separate channels that are mixed in as the recording is played, and separate channels are routed towards different speakers, etc.
Mixing the tracks together and turning that into a 2 channel stereo file, even if it is uncompressed, will already yield an important loss in definition. It only goes downhill from there.

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O HELLA BMW I <3 My E93 180 Rep 3,259 Posts Drives: 12” 335is vert Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: PA iTrader: (21)	How to put more then 1 CD in the 6 Disc CD CHANGER?? hello everyone im sorry for this stupid noob questions but YES i checked the car manual and i still cant figure this out. I dont know how to put another CD in slot 2. It seems like i can only put 1 CD in CD slot 1. I tried to press the CD button #2 and tried to put the disc in but it wont let me.... so im wondering whats the correct way in putting more then 1 cd in the 6 disc cd changer i have on my 08 335i convertible.. please any feedback is greatly appreciated. __________________ Bagged and Wrapped E93 335i
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O HELLA BMW I <3 My E93 180 Rep 3,259 Posts Drives: 12” 335is vert Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: PA iTrader: (21)	i checked the rear of the trunk and theres no cd changer lol. i just feel really stupid right now haha. __________________ Bagged and Wrapped E93 335i
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N55 ⒸⒺⓇⓉⓘⒻⒾⒺⒹ✬ⓃⒾⓃⒿⒶ 137 Rep 1,475 Posts Drives: 🚀 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Pittsburgh iTrader: (3) Garage List 2015 BMW M4 [0.00] 2012 BMW 335IS (SOLD) [6.84] 2011 BMW 335XI (SOLD) [4.66] 2008 BMW 335xi (SOLD) [10.00]	LOL, are you 100% sure you have that option? I know my 08 335xi e90 didn't have it, I thought it did until I looked.
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O HELLA BMW I <3 My E93 180 Rep 3,259 Posts Drives: 12” 335is vert Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: PA iTrader: (21)	have what option? the 6 disc changer option? __________________ Bagged and Wrapped E93 335i
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username604 Colonel 124 Rep 2,554 Posts Drives: bmw Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: repair shop iTrader: (0) Garage List 2008 BMW 335i [10.00]	i'm pretty sure that's a rare option. I think the cd changer is under the plastic panel on the left side.. you have to pop it off
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N55 ⒸⒺⓇⓉⓘⒻⒾⒺⒹ✬ⓃⒾⓃⒿⒶ 137 Rep 1,475 Posts Drives: 🚀 Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: Pittsburgh iTrader: (3) Garage List 2015 BMW M4 [0.00] 2012 BMW 335IS (SOLD) [6.84] 2011 BMW 335XI (SOLD) [4.66] 2008 BMW 335xi (SOLD) [10.00]	LMAO I am pretttttty sure that the extra disc storage is in the trunk on the left side. There should be a CD changer back there. Usually I would say this: but at least you tried.
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Roowah Captain 28 Rep 811 Posts Drives: 2006 E90 330i 6MT Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cambridge, MA iTrader: (0)	I'm sorry to tell you, but our cars do not come with an in dash 6 disc CD changer. The only place a factory changer would be would be in the trunk. Interesting that this question doesn't come up often, although I suppose disc changers have been mostly replaced by the convenience and capacity of iPods. __________________ 2006 E90 330i 6MT: TiAg\|Black Leather\|Poplar Trim\|Premium Package\|Cold Weather Package 2003 E46 325i 5MT: Retired - The beginning of my BMW obsession!
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Pathy01 Private First Class 10 Rep 191 Posts Drives: F30 335i xDrive Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Long Island, NY iTrader: (4)	Yeah, it's a single disc which BMW puts numbered buttons 1 through 6 right below (looks just like the 6 disc changer setup from many other brands) but those numbers are just for your presets. I thought the same thing when I first sat in the 335 and looked at the radio, but upon asking (since I didn't think they had an in-dash changer) I was quickly brought back to reality. Lucky for me I have Sirius and iPod connection for my iPhone so a CD changer isn't nearly as big of a deal as it used to be for me.
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O HELLA BMW I <3 My E93 180 Rep 3,259 Posts Drives: 12” 335is vert Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: PA iTrader: (21)	lol so all this time i thought i had a 6 disc in dash cd player but its only a single disc?!?!?!?!?!?! lol FAIL for me i guess i have to buy an ipod and the ipod cable lol thanks everyone __________________ Bagged and Wrapped E93 335i
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Bimmerforlife Major 388 Rep 1,273 Posts Drives: E90 335i Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: FL iTrader: (0)	Here is a question no one seems to be able to answer. When you load music into the hardrive (say for example from a studio CD) what bit rate is the music being burned at on the hardrive. Is it 128kbps, 192, 320, lossless quality?? I think anything less than 320 is just average quality. All my music in my iPod is apple lossless which burns it at a bit rate of anywhere from 500-900kbps at this rate it sounds pretty decent. People fail to realize that an actual studio CD is uncompressed audio at a much much higher bit rate so when you take that and compress it down to say 128 you lose alot of quality. Does anyone know what bit rate music is stored on the car's hardrive?
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oca123 Private First Class 4 Rep 141 Posts Drives: db9, e92 Join Date: May 2010 Location: europe iTrader: (0)	I would suspect that it is stored at whatever bitrate you put it in at in the first place. It's a hard drive, so you just copy your files over, and the HU decodes them and reads them. 320 is usually pretty good for MP3s, 192 for VBR MP3s. But having said that, I still come across a lot of 320kbps MP3s that sound horrible, either because of the way the song was recorded, or the encoder the person who ripped the song used. A recording in a studio is more than uncompressed audio. You have separate channels that are mixed in as the recording is played, and separate channels are routed towards different speakers, etc. Mixing the tracks together and turning that into a 2 channel stereo file, even if it is uncompressed, will already yield an important loss in definition. It only goes downhill from there.
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