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07-21-2014, 08:33 AM | #1 |
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iPods the best option? for idrive
Question on music via i-drive, are iPods the best option? From easy use like play lists and search ….
My experience so far is only with the Ipod Classic, with a good amount of space, but one down side to it is the resolution low compare to iphone or ipod touch, the album covers on display is not the best, hence can you get better result with memory stick? |
07-21-2014, 01:47 PM | #2 |
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Yes, in my opinion memory sticks are the way to go. The artwork resolution is quite good (provided the artwork in your music files is of sufficient resolution), plus you can play high resolution flac audio files without having to convert them to another format, and also dts 5.1 audio works well from the memory stick.
Additionally, you can copy from the stick to the iDrive hard drive without any loss in quality. |
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It's a little cumbersome but it works well. Although if you have a large library it will take some time for iDrive to index it. As another option, I just started using the Amazon Prime music service which integrates nicely with the iDrive. You can either download the music via wifi or stream it live. |
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07-22-2014, 10:25 AM | #5 |
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I use a 160gb Ipod Classic. Before on memory sticks but prefer the Ipod. About 120GB now is taken
For me Ipod works great; much better than memory stick or bluetooth Ipone. I only have MP3; not FLAC eg. What I do as well is play music DVD's. Suits the B&O quite nicely
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It depends on how the artwork was obtained. If you let iTunes find the artwork, then the artwork is not embedded in the file. If the music was downloaded from other sources and already has the artwork embedded or the user adds the artwork manually in iTunes, then it's already embedded and will work fine.
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Purchased from the iTunes store is different. That artwork is embedded in the file. I'm talking about music imported from other sources like CD's where the iTunes software on the computer finds the artwork and adds it. iTunes adds the artwork to a folder on the PC instead of embedding it, so if you copy the files to a flash drive, there's no artwork.
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I have a question for the iPod owners.. Are you using a regular iPod USB cable or the special cable from BMW? My 2012 5 series experience multiple iPod restarts and shows fault codes and the technician stated I needed to use the BMW iPod cable to eliminate this issue!??!
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My phone (HTC One M8) works fine with ConnectedDrive and a 32GB thumb drive works too. The phone would normally show an error charging if the voltage is low, so I'm not sure what's going on . . .
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Yes, it is a voltage issue that the technician is reporting. I may purchase a BMW cable from Amazon this week to see of the random restarts still occurs.
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Here's a how-to: www.bimmerfest.com/forums/showthread.php?t=417311 It's also explained in the entertainment/ navigation manual. Last edited by SonicEndeavor; 07-24-2014 at 03:37 PM.. |
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I've got most of my music on the HDD too.
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