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08-09-2009, 02:52 PM | #1 |
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iPod and uploading to nav hard drive
If you were not to buy the iPod USB adapter option would the car still have a USB port?
The reason I ask is because I am thinking of getting the Nav system which will allow you to store music into the cars hard drive. I would not use my iPod except for the first time I up load the music into the HD. So if the USB is present, would I need this adapter to upload the music? Also does anyone know if you can upload the music off the cars CD player into the HD? If you can, can you upload the songs in a mp3 format (that way you can place alot more songs as a data mp3 per CD) or does the CD need to be in audio format? |
08-09-2009, 03:13 PM | #2 |
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Per the manual, You can only use CD/DVD slot in the dash or the USB connector in the glovebox. I don't know if that's standard without the iPod/USB connection, but its included in the U.S. premium sound option.
Compatable devices include CDs, CD or DVD based MP3 collections, USB sticks, and MP3 players with USB interfaces. The iPod/iPhone and USB hard drives are listed as incompatible.
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If you get the nav system, you WILL have a USB slot. I have the Nav and the iPod/USB and premium audio, and I have 2 slots. One in the glove box which is used to load music and map routes onto the hard drive, and one in the arm rest which is the iPod interface, and can pull music from a USB drive.
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One thing that kind of makes me chuckle is the single CD player's ability to recognize what CD is in the player. I record all my music to CD-R whether it's full mixes or new tracks that I'm working on and it always ID's the CD wrong. Doesn't do this with any of the CD's in the glove compartment's changer, just the single slot. It does correctly identify burned CD-R's that were directly copied from regular CD's. I did find that surprising. |
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That would cover my collection, but with it all already in my 16GB iPod, why bother?
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It's kinda nice when you have multiple ipods & devices. Easy to combine what you want and keep it on the iDrive. Plus, it's easy then to remove podcasts, etc, that you don't want others thumbing through if you load it on the drive.
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