MP3 with iDrive/Nav

carl_d · 08-11-2005, 05:40 PM

Is this an E90 with MP3 working on iDrive?

Look at the date in the picture. Looks like MP3/iDrive has been working for someone, somewhere for a while. Not sure where I downloaded this from but it was late in May 05!

E90Fleet · 08-11-2005, 05:45 PM

That picutre was posted on a 5 Series board

The E60 with Business navigation ( USA has professional as standard) has had MP3 capability since the March software upgrade

carl_d · 08-11-2005, 05:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by E90Fleet

That picutre was posted on a 5 Series board

The E60 with Business navigation ( USA has professional as standard) has had MP3 capability since the March software upgrade

Solved - thank you.

darkie · 08-11-2005, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by E90Fleet

That picutre was posted on a 5 Series board

The E60 with Business navigation ( USA has professional as standard) has had MP3 capability since the March software upgrade

So will this feature be included in the september update?

E90Fleet · 08-12-2005, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by darkie

So will this feature be included in the september update?

It is hoped so
E60 with pro nav have been moved to October from September, but E90 still seems on track for September MP3

timzerofive · 08-12-2005, 08:14 PM

so we can go to our dealership and ask them to upgrade our nav software in september? So this will allow the cd slot up front play mp3's right, not having to buy the 6 disk cd changer?

bzzbenz · 08-12-2005, 09:37 PM

I got all excited when i saw that picture

.... but then I read the rest of the posts

! I can't wait until September!

itznin · 08-15-2005, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by bzzbenz

I got all excited when i saw that picture

.... but then I read the rest of the posts

! I can't wait until September!

Me too, this is the single thing I can't wait to get the software update for!

vivekk · 08-15-2005, 02:01 PM

Does this mean those with Sat Nav Pro & the multichanger will be able to have access to a total of 7 CDs of mp3s at once?

theSwede · 08-15-2005, 02:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vivekk

Does this mean those with Sat Nav Pro & the multichanger will be able to have access to a total of 7 CDs of mp3s at once?

Plus a DVD full of MP3 if you can find your way yourself and skip navigation for a while

vivekk · 08-15-2005, 03:32 PM

Hehehehe!

So let's do the maths:
6 CDs of data + 1 DVD of data = 6 x 700Mb + 4.7Gb (single layer)= 8.9Gb
With a dual layer DVD, that takes us to a total of 12.7Gb of mp3s!

If we think of 64Mb of music at 128Kbps giving us about 1hour of music, then 12.7Gb will give us er.... over 198 hours of music - over 8 days of continuous music!

Viv

Yobyot · 08-15-2005, 06:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by E90Fleet

That picutre was posted on a 5 Series board

The E60 with Business navigation ( USA has professional as standard) has had MP3 capability since the March software upgrade

This is really the kind of info I was looking for: that BMW had actually added MP3 capability to a car VIA A SOFTWARE UPGRADE.

This makes me feel so much better that all the discussion about this is based on some kind of precedent; that in the past major functionality had been added this way.

Thumpzilla · 08-17-2005, 09:51 PM

Posted this on another topic/post. Is the Navi system any good. Everyone is telling me to stay away from it. I'm about to order and really want to know what the deal is.

Thanks guys, yes BTW I am a newbie to the board.

mwie · 08-18-2005, 04:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thumpzilla

Posted this on another topic/post. Is the Navi system any good. Everyone is telling me to stay away from it. I'm about to order and really want to know what the deal is.

Hi Thumpzilla,

depends on what you expect from a navigation system...

I think it does a good job except the calculation fo arrival times needs some improvement. Regarding MP3 BMW surely is behind their competition but seems to get closer :-)

mwie

KillDork · 08-18-2005, 06:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thumpzilla

Posted this on another topic/post. Is the Navi system any good. Everyone is telling me to stay away from it. I'm about to order and really want to know what the deal is.

I loaned a E90 with iDrive to test it out on my own, without a useless salesman there. I found it very good, but it depends really how adept you are at using different GUIs. I decided to go ahead and include it in my order.

Thumpzilla · 08-18-2005, 06:27 PM

Thanks,

Funny I got lost today for about 1/2 hour by NYC and thought it would be nice to have

The salesman in the dealership I went to was useless, I still have some time before I order but am leading towards it. It's just 2 people with Idrive, 7series owners that is, can't stand it.

If it won't hurt the car's resale down the raod and it does a good job with Nav, I'm in.

Any other comments on the Nav system.

Thanks guys.

xcalibr · 08-18-2005, 06:47 PM

I like my nav... it's not as fancy as say the acura nav system, but it gets the job done. I'm also impressed by its ability to recalculate on the fly if you miss a turn. I haven't tried all the little extra features yet, but I haven't really needed to. Having nav is definitely more convenient... the idrive GUI is not half bad either --not completely intuitive, but once you get used to it, it's not too hard at all.

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timzerofive there is no spoon 243 Rep 867 Posts Drives: 330i manual Join Date: May 2005 Location: Irvine iTrader: (0) Garage List 2006 330i [0.00]	so we can go to our dealership and ask them to upgrade our nav software in september? So this will allow the cd slot up front play mp3's right, not having to buy the 6 disk cd changer?
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bzzbenz First Lieutenant 19 Rep 368 Posts Drives: 2011 E93 Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Orange County iTrader: (0)	I got all excited when i saw that picture .... but then I read the rest of the posts ! I can't wait until September! __________________ \| 2006 325i \| Jet Black \| Black ette \| 6spd manual\| Nav \| Xenon \| Burl \| Chrome Tips \| 545 sport wheels \| Blacklines\| \|DOB 6/2/05\|Delivered 7/14/05 \|
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vivekk THE Viv 184 Rep 4,743 Posts Drives: 330i SE Join Date: May 2005 Location: the North, UK iTrader: (0) Garage List 2005 BMW e90 330iSE [0.00]	Hehehehe! So let's do the maths: 6 CDs of data + 1 DVD of data = 6 x 700Mb + 4.7Gb (single layer)= 8.9Gb With a dual layer DVD, that takes us to a total of 12.7Gb of mp3s! If we think of 64Mb of music at 128Kbps giving us about 1hour of music, then 12.7Gb will give us er.... over 198 hours of music - over 8 days of continuous music! Viv __________________ [TiAg ▪ Dakota Black ▪ Active steering ▪ Sports suspension ▪ 162s ▪ Sports seats ▪ Al trim ▪ Bi-Xenons ▪ F&R PDC ▪ NavPro ▪ Voice control ▪ Bluetooth ▪ 6CD Logic7]
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Thumpzilla Private 2 Rep 66 Posts Drives: 330xi/06/Loaded!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NewJersey iTrader: (0)	Posted this on another topic/post. Is the Navi system any good. Everyone is telling me to stay away from it. I'm about to order and really want to know what the deal is. Thanks guys, yes BTW I am a newbie to the board.
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Thumpzilla Private 2 Rep 66 Posts Drives: 330xi/06/Loaded!! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NewJersey iTrader: (0)	Thanks, Funny I got lost today for about 1/2 hour by NYC and thought it would be nice to have The salesman in the dealership I went to was useless, I still have some time before I order but am leading towards it. It's just 2 people with Idrive, 7series owners that is, can't stand it. If it won't hurt the car's resale down the raod and it does a good job with Nav, I'm in. Any other comments on the Nav system. Thanks guys.
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xcalibr First Lieutenant 18 Rep 370 Posts Drives: E90 325xi Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Fremont, CA iTrader: (4) Garage List 2006 E90 325xi [0.00]	I like my nav... it's not as fancy as say the acura nav system, but it gets the job done. I'm also impressed by its ability to recalculate on the fly if you miss a turn. I haven't tried all the little extra features yet, but I haven't really needed to. Having nav is definitely more convenient... the idrive GUI is not half bad either --not completely intuitive, but once you get used to it, it's not too hard at all.
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