Importing Music Question

scottjays · 02-26-2010, 10:59 AM

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where did you buy the nano at?

did u know the itunes can upgrade your library to unresticted files. itunes plus i thinkg it's called . that might help playing your library

Batke · 02-26-2010, 11:01 AM

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where did you buy the nano at?

www.apple.ca

I ordered it yesterday morning, like I said with engraving, and they shipped it yesterday. Pretty damn fast. It cost $199.99 Canadian. Now the hard part...which 16GB of my 22GB music collection will make the cut.

PS - I bought the Silver Nano to go with my Grey car.

scottjays · 02-26-2010, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by Batke

www.apple.ca

I ordered it yesterday morning, like I said with engraving, and they shipped it yesterday. Pretty damn fast. It cost $199.99 Canadian. Now the hard part...which 16GB of my 22GB music collection will make the cut.

PS - I bought the Silver Nano to go with my Grey car.

how does the engraving look? bmw logo? what does it look like

Batke · 02-26-2010, 11:18 AM

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how does the engraving look? bmw logo? what does it look like

I wish it had BMW logo!!!! The engraving looks pretty cool though. Here is a rough copy:

tjl18 · 03-11-2010, 03:27 PM

I gave in and got so frustrated with trying convert aac to mp3s. I broken down and purchased an ipod interface connector from a BMW dealership. The total cost was $667.68, ipod interface part was $370.00, labor (2 hours) was $254.00 and tax was $43.68. It was worth the cost compared to the aggravation.

scottjays · 03-11-2010, 03:45 PM

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Originally Posted by tjl18

I gave in and got so frustrated with trying convert aac to mp3s. I broken down and purchased an ipod interface connector from a BMW dealership. The total cost was $667.68, ipod interface part was $370.00, labor (2 hours) was $254.00 and tax was $43.68. It was worth the cost compared to the aggravation.

so now you can play all you itunes playlists? and all AAC files from itunes?

tjl18 · 03-11-2010, 03:54 PM

Yes, that is correct you can play all of you itunes songs and playlist. I am trying find out if you can play your videos. The only thing I don't care for is it takes a while to go through all of the artist if you have a lot. You use the dial to scroll through the artist. There may be a quicker way, but I have not found it yet. I just got the vehicle today.

Batke · 03-11-2010, 06:57 PM

Thanks for the info. It's awesome that I can play protected files through the iPod. Another question for you: How long does it take from when you plug in iPod/start car with iPod plugged in to show all song/album info? The reason I ask is my cousin has a Ford with Microsoft Sync and when she plugs her iPod in it takes about 3-5 minutes to build the library. BMW iDrive the same?

tjl18 · 03-12-2010, 09:57 AM

I timed it and it takes 57 seconds to build the library for 923 songs. There is a very slight lag when you are searching artist or songs if you turn the dial very quickly. The idrive will show numbers instead of artist or song names until the system catches back up, which is a matter of seconds. Also, there is a slight increase in volume when you change songs for a split second and then the system will go back to the orginal volume level. Other than the issues mentioned everything is fine. I thought that they would have used the usb in the glove box for the ipod. No, they made a separate connection for the ipod. I guess the usb is for charging cell phones. I need to read the owners manual this weekend to see if there is anything I need to do to fine tune the system.

Batke · 03-12-2010, 04:13 PM

Thanks very much for the info!

Rayvkt · 03-16-2010, 12:08 AM

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Originally Posted by tjl18

Yes, that is correct you can play all of you itunes songs and playlist. I am trying find out if you can play your videos. The only thing I don't care for is it takes a while to go through all of the artist if you have a lot. You use the dial to scroll through the artist. There may be a quicker way, but I have not found it yet. I just got the vehicle today.

1. Did you manage to play videos from your ipod?

2. I wonder if it allow iphone playing music through bluetooth instead of connecting USB cable.

Elsie Holtzhausen · 12-31-2011, 01:31 AM

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I'm sorry it took an extra day to get back to you. It is not easy. I tried converting AAC iTunes files to MP3 that was a challenge. When I was able to get the files converted I transferred them to the xdrive via the USB port (thumb drive). I did not hear anything, but the system recognized the songs. I then tried a different route. I then tried to copy all of my iTunes songs unconverted to two DVD's and then upload them to the xdrive. It could not be easier, until I notice that I only had about 286 out of 954 songs that actually uploaded. The system would not recognize the songs with the copy protection feature. Somehow you have to get around the copy protection feature. I'm working on that. Copying them to the DVD as a data file is the best way because you also get everything that is associated with the song, e.g. genre. You might want to view this link: http://www.bmwblog.com/2008/07/04/up...d-information/. I think that once you get the bulk of your songs to your xdrive all you will need to do is update the new songs on your iTunes to a cd or dvd every so often. I'll keep you posted. Another note, I notice that when I created playlist on a CD the system had no problems saving to the xdrive and I am sure that some of those songs had the copy protection feature on them.

Hi

Thank you for the usefull information. Is it possible to use an external hard drive to load music to the 2012 X6??

somonster · 01-02-2012, 04:58 PM

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Hi

Thank you for the usefull information. Is it possible to use an external hard drive to load music to the 2012 X6??

some of the info in this thread might apply to older models with different systems. I have an early 2012 model x6.

i don't know about an external USB hard drive, but hopefully the USB port will be able to provide adequate power to run the motors.

one thing you might have trouble with is organizing your music into playlists.
I'm not sure how to transfer multiple playlists from a single source (your external HD) to your car's hard drive. when i burn an MP3 DVD, the ENTIRE dvd ends up being one HUGE playlist which can be really difficult to navigate. once the music is in the car's HD, you can't really make new playlists (and you probably wouldn't WANT to given the iDrive controller...).
what i did was burn one DVD for each playlist. perhaps you could separate the music on your hard drive into unique folders (one folder per playlist you want to appear in your car).

try plugging in the HD into the various USB ports (glove box, then the center arm rest) and let us know how it goes!

welcome to xbimmers!

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tjl18 Enlisted Member 0 Rep 37 Posts Drives: 2010 BMW X6 35i Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New Jersey iTrader: (0)	I gave in and got so frustrated with trying convert aac to mp3s. I broken down and purchased an ipod interface connector from a BMW dealership. The total cost was $667.68, ipod interface part was $370.00, labor (2 hours) was $254.00 and tax was $43.68. It was worth the cost compared to the aggravation.
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tjl18 Enlisted Member 0 Rep 37 Posts Drives: 2010 BMW X6 35i Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New Jersey iTrader: (0)	Yes, that is correct you can play all of you itunes songs and playlist. I am trying find out if you can play your videos. The only thing I don't care for is it takes a while to go through all of the artist if you have a lot. You use the dial to scroll through the artist. There may be a quicker way, but I have not found it yet. I just got the vehicle today.
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Batke 36th Chamber 13 Rep 131 Posts Drives: 2011 BMW X6 xDrive50i Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada iTrader: (0)	Thanks for the info. It's awesome that I can play protected files through the iPod. Another question for you: How long does it take from when you plug in iPod/start car with iPod plugged in to show all song/album info? The reason I ask is my cousin has a Ford with Microsoft Sync and when she plugs her iPod in it takes about 3-5 minutes to build the library. BMW iDrive the same? __________________ '11 BMW X6 xDrive 50i (E71) - Space Grey '08 BMW X3 3.0si (E83) - Alpine White '04 BMW 745i (E65) - Black Sapphire Metallic '05 BMW 325i (E46) - Jet Black '99 Oldsmobile Alero - White
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tjl18 Enlisted Member 0 Rep 37 Posts Drives: 2010 BMW X6 35i Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: New Jersey iTrader: (0)	I timed it and it takes 57 seconds to build the library for 923 songs. There is a very slight lag when you are searching artist or songs if you turn the dial very quickly. The idrive will show numbers instead of artist or song names until the system catches back up, which is a matter of seconds. Also, there is a slight increase in volume when you change songs for a split second and then the system will go back to the orginal volume level. Other than the issues mentioned everything is fine. I thought that they would have used the usb in the glove box for the ipod. No, they made a separate connection for the ipod. I guess the usb is for charging cell phones. I need to read the owners manual this weekend to see if there is anything I need to do to fine tune the system.
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