[bsjd00]

This post has me a little worried:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...&highlight=mp3

Can anyone confirm that you can actually get full track names to display off of the in-dash (not changer) CD player? It looks like you can from the last post, but the thread was abandoned.

Also, can anyone confirm that CD-RW's work as well as CD-R's?

[gazi8]

Looks like BMW06 tried it and it works perfectly for him.

[BMW06]

Originally Posted by bsjd00

This post has me a little worried:

http://www.e90post.com/forums/showth...&highlight=mp3

Can anyone confirm that you can actually get full track names to display off of the in-dash (not changer) CD player? It looks like you can from the last post, but the thread was abandoned.

Also, can anyone confirm that CD-RW's work as well as CD-R's?

I did confirm there too & I am confirming here...
In-dash CD player, does show full file names for mp3 files (artist/song name) in i-drive when burned with proper procedure (as described in that post).
I have tried this with CD-R's , dont have CD-RW to try but I am pretty sure, it should work if drive is able to read CD-RW.

[Nemis]

when you listen an mp3 click i-drive, rotate/go down , find "detail" and re-click

[bsjd00]

Thanks BMW06 and Nemis. I really appreciate your repsonses.

Nemis, do you have to click the "detail" choice everytime you start the car, or does it remember this setting?

[vivekk]

Originally Posted by BMW06

I did confirm there too & I am confirming here...
In-dash CD player, does show full file names for mp3 files (artist/song name) in i-drive when burned with proper procedure (as described in that post).
I have tried this with CD-R's , dont have CD-RW to try but I am pretty sure, it should work if drive is able to read CD-RW.

CD-RWs work fine.
As far as I can remember, the 'detail' setting remains after switching the car on again.
Just make sure you use a good quality disc.
As the other thread mentions, if you have problems with skipping or drop-outs, burn at a lower speed.
I'm currently using Datawrite CD-RWs at 10x to burn mp3 discs for the in-dash & CD-changer & they work fine.
May try experimenting with the Tuffdisc 32x CD-RWs next.

[cdxp]

Yep i tried this process and it works - display layout between front and rear drives is still different (track numbering) and front drive still wont play WMA files though which is strange if its only a software decoder.

Has anyone come up with a working technique for avoiding gaps in playback of tracks cds (where one track mixes into another) when using MP3's. This seems to blight most MP3 players out there and without converting the whole CD into a single MP3 i cant see a way round this. The problem with one MP3 is jumping halfway through easily

[vivekk]

Originally Posted by cdxp

Yep i tried this process and it works - display layout between front and rear drives is still different (track numbering) and front drive still wont play WMA files though which is strange if its only a software decoder.

Has anyone come up with a working technique for avoiding gaps in playback of tracks cds (where one track mixes into another) when using MP3's. This seems to blight most MP3 players out there and without converting the whole CD into a single MP3 i cant see a way round this. The problem with one MP3 is jumping halfway through easily

Unfortunately, there's no way of controlling the e90's playing gap between mp3s, so the only way would be to concatenate your mp3s into one single file.