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For 6fl - Save your $$$$ - don't buy Ipod there's a better way!!!
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10-19-2007, 09:21 AM | #243 | |
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10-19-2007, 09:24 AM | #244 |
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Do you have an artist or album in mind? I could test it out for you.
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10-19-2007, 09:49 AM | #249 |
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I'm currently testing the buffalo 300gb drive, I think its 4200rpm and comes with a perfectly short right angle usb2 cable. I think it works great, but I usually don't listen to albums that play out as one big long song.
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10-19-2007, 09:58 AM | #250 |
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My problem with USB solutions is that you can't set it to remember the position within a song/audio file. I listen to a lot of podcasts. With a one hour podcast, it is annoying to have to either listen to the whole thing at once or fast forward back to your old position.
BTW, I don't mean remembering position when you turn off the car. I mean remembering position when you take a break from your podcast to listen to a couple other songs on your usb drive. If anyone knows a solution to this, I will praise you. |
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10-19-2007, 10:05 AM | #251 |
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That Iomega is tough to beat for the price. I don't think there is anyway I could use the full 120 gb either. 300 gb is GIANT for someone like me.
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10-19-2007, 12:34 PM | #252 | |
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2008 335i sedan | 6MT | Dinan S2 flash | Titanium Silver/Black leather/Burl walnut | Sport | Premium | CW| CA | Nav | HD Radio | iPod/USB | Sirius | PDC | Style 162/230 (winter/summer) | M3 steering wheel | ZHP shift knob | Blacklines | Lux 4.0 | etc.
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10-19-2007, 01:05 PM | #253 | |
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Now if someone can come up with a "remember position" for a hard drive/thumb drive |
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10-19-2007, 05:35 PM | #254 | |
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I'm using a USB HD with the 6FL and when I hit prev/next or manually choose a song it takes 2 or 3 seconds to start playing the new song. This is very noticeable with dance albums where there is not normally silence between songs at all. But most MP3 players don't handle that correctly and introduce an unwanted gap. |
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10-19-2007, 11:35 PM | #255 | |
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10-20-2007, 02:41 PM | #256 |
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OK i took my friends collection of > 54,000 songs in over 3,400 albums (265GB of music) and loaded them into my little 300GB drive and it worked.
I did the alphabet sorting (A,B,C etc) which helps but I think I need to break it down to Artists within each folder so it doesn't take extended time to pull up each list. |
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10-21-2007, 05:38 PM | #257 |
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This is a great post, espectially for a newbie like me. I'm getting my 335xi with the Ipod/USB port in a couple of weeks and am planning to get a 4200 rpm hard drive for it (I have an Ipod Nano, but I use that on the train and when running, and it can be a pain to always remember to disconnect and take with me). Sorry If I'm asking questions that have already been answered. I understand that so far no one has had a problem with a 4200 rpm drive. Still true? I understand there might be some issues with connecting the USB cable without a cable that extends to the left or right, rather than coming straight out (perhaps depending on the size of the drive?). I've seen a lot about discussion about time of indexing (I believe a one time issue, until you add songs to the hard drive), time lag between songs (a few seconds) and time lag when starting the car (maybe 20 seconds?). I've also seen some posts about the song not starting up in the same place after the car has been off for a while, but that perhaps the latest software fixes that problem. Finally, scrolling through songs takes a long time, although depending on how your folders are set up (e.g., a folder for each letter or two of the alphabet) can help. Are their any other problems I may not have caught? Has anyone tried this with the latest software to see which, if any, of these problems have been fixed?
Not sure if it matters, but I'll have the Logic7 system with NO i-drive. Also, regarding song quality, if I get a large hard drive I might re-rip my CDs using WMA lossless, or at least an WMA or MP3 bit-rate that doesn't compress as much. Has anyone tried WMA lossless? I assume it will still add ID3 tags, unlike ripping WAV files? Thanks for your help. I've learned a ton from this forum! Last edited by cpippolo; 10-21-2007 at 07:04 PM.. |
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10-22-2007, 08:48 AM | #258 |
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The car does not support WMA files. Your choices are either MP3 or WAV. Personally I use MP3 with the highest possible bitrate (320kbps CBR) and to me it sounds great...indistinguishable from the source CD.
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10-22-2007, 09:16 AM | #259 |
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10-22-2007, 10:23 AM | #260 |
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Thanks. I'm sprprised that it wouldn't work with WMA files. The following is from BMW's website:
Notes:However, MP3 with high bitrate may be good enough. Want to get as close to CD quality as possible, and since the hard drive I ordered is 120gb, I have plenty of room. Is there an advantage of AAC or any of the other supported compression technologies over MP3? |
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10-22-2007, 01:04 PM | #261 |
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Hey Guys, another Newbie here, sorry
Questions: 1) Where can i buy the 6fl and how much is it? 2) Who does the installation? BMW? How much do they charge? 3) I have the I-drive with the AUX port no USB, would that be a problem? I Appreciate your answers, although i can see ppl replying as "" I am on the run and not much time to do so, thx in advance |
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10-22-2007, 01:48 PM | #262 | |
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10-22-2007, 05:53 PM | #263 | |
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10-30-2007, 04:09 PM | #264 |
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I received the Iomega 120gb 4200 rpm hard drive and have loaded up my music (used 256K bit rate to play it safe as I found A BMW document that suggests higher bitrates are not supported). However, I did not reformat the hard drive. I remember seeing some posts that said their hard drive "worked right out of the box" and other posts that have indicated they had to reformat. For those of you who bought an Iomega drive, did you have to reformat it to make it work with 6fl?
I haven't received my car yet (hopefully within a week or so) so can't try it myself yet. Last edited by cpippolo; 10-30-2007 at 04:10 PM.. Reason: expanded |
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