[dejav0o]

Hey all... I just got my car on Sat and I have a quick question regarding the track information displaying on the iDrive.

When I originally inserted a CD to test it out, it was able to display the song title instead of "track-1" on the screen... but I noticed after stopping the car and turning it back on later, it stopped displaying the title... and replaced it with the track number. Is there a place where this is set? I actually tried to do a search on the forums, and there's supposed to be some place where I have to check a "show details" box but I can't find it. But what was also weird, was that when I went to test it just now, it started displaying the song name again, and I don't recall touching anything....

Also is there any way to change the way the radio station text scrolls? Could this be controlled anywhere? I don't like how it only shows one word... I'd rather have it try to show the whole name instead of word by word.

Any help would be great!

[Oz]

I do have that problem with the AUDIO CD's that I burn occasionally. I have looked into the settings on iDrive and the forum and there isn't a way to set anything. The only thing you can do is turn on song information when you are playing an MP3 CD. The only problem I seem to be having with the MP3 CD's is that the songs sometimes stop randomly and skip to the next track.

I don't think there is any way to change the way the radio station scrolls... It would have been nice to have these options but I think we are asking for too much!


Good luck

[alpinewhite3]

Originally Posted by dejav0o

Hey all... I just got my car on Sat and I have a quick question regarding the track information displaying on the iDrive.

When I originally inserted a CD to test it out, it was able to display the song title instead of "track-1" on the screen... but I noticed after stopping the car and turning it back on later, it stopped displaying the title... and replaced it with the track number. Is there a place where this is set? I actually tried to do a search on the forums, and there's supposed to be some place where I have to check a "show details" box but I can't find it. But what was also weird, was that when I went to test it just now, it started displaying the song name again, and I don't recall touching anything....

Also is there any way to change the way the radio station text scrolls? Could this be controlled anywhere? I don't like how it only shows one word... I'd rather have it try to show the whole name instead of word by word.

Any help would be great!

Try burning your CD using I-tunes. It displays artist+track name in the i-drive screen. Any other way i do it, i only see track 1, track 2. etc.
Also the show details box is the last box when you click the i-drive knob down when you're sorting through the different tracks. Go all the way down the menu.

[shanmand]

I think he's talking about cd-text. It is a known software bug in that sometimes it ignores to read the cd-text portion of the disc. Try ejecting the cd and insert it again while you're on the entertainment screen, that should fix the problem.

[Kimo]

Originally Posted by agent0986

Try burning your CD using I-tunes. It displays artist+track name in the i-drive screen. Any other way i do it, i only see track 1, track 2. etc.
Also the show details box is the last box when you click the i-drive knob down when you're sorting through the different tracks. Go all the way down the menu.

Are you sure about this?
One of the knocks on iTunes (new version after new version) has always been that there is no CD-Text capability. I always use either Nero or Roxio to burn CDs, even though it would be easier to just use iTunes. Burning with one of these programs does allow CD-Text so that the name of the song (but not artist) shows in the screen.
If there is some sort of compatability feature between the e90 and iTunes, I don't think it has anything to do with CD text, but I'd sure like to know about it.
You are talking about normal CD burning, right, and not mp3 discs?
Please let us know more about your experience. You are seeing both the artist+track name in the i-drive screen?
Thanks
Mike

[dejav0o]

Originally Posted by agent0986

Also the show details box is the last box when you click the i-drive knob down when you're sorting through the different tracks. Go all the way down the menu.

Is this for audio cds? or mp3 cds? Because I'm trying to do this with an audio cd, and I can't find this last option in the menu.

Originally Posted by shanmand

I think he's talking about cd-text. It is a known software bug in that sometimes it ignores to read the cd-text portion of the disc. Try ejecting the cd and insert it again while you're on the entertainment screen, that should fix the problem.

I think this sounds more like what happened, since it randomly shows up and goes away again.... is there a fix for this? or not yet?

[alpinewhite3]

Originally Posted by Kimo

Are you sure about this?
One of the knocks on iTunes (new version after new version) has always been that there is no CD-Text capability. I always use either Nero or Roxio to burn CDs, even though it would be easier to just use iTunes. Burning with one of these programs does allow CD-Text so that the name of the song (but not artist) shows in the screen.
If there is some sort of compatability feature between the e90 and iTunes, I don't think it has anything to do with CD text, but I'd sure like to know about it.
You are talking about normal CD burning, right, and not mp3 discs?
Please let us know more about your experience. You are seeing both the artist+track name in the i-drive screen?
Thanks
Mike

Oh i'm sorry I was referring to Mp3 cd's. Since I havent used regular cd's for a while now, I automatically assumed he meant mp3 cd. My mistake.

[Palazzom]

Hey everyone.

Using Itunes .......... right click on your music files ready to burn - or select them all - change ID3 Tag to v .1.1. Then burn your cd. You will see all the text info (artist and song) on your display.

[Kimo]

Originally Posted by Palazzom

Hey everyone.

Using Itunes .......... right click on your music files ready to burn - or select them all - change ID3 Tag to v .1.1. Then burn your cd. You will see all the text info (artist and song) on your display.

Again, you're talking about burning MP3 discs, right?

[rlc]

Originally Posted by Palazzom

Hey everyone.

Using Itunes .......... right click on your music files ready to burn - or select them all - change ID3 Tag to v .1.1. Then burn your cd. You will see all the text info (artist and song) on your display.

I believe you are talking about burning MP3 CDs.

I have the non-IDrive Logic 7. Since my car was upgraded to CIP 20.1 it reads MP3 Cd file info burned with v2.3 ID3 Tags with no problem. The conversion to v 1.1 is no longer necessary.

I still have not been able to get CD Text Info on standard CDs to display.

[Palazzom]

Yes - I was talking about burning Mp3 cd's .... but thanks for the info on the CIP upgrade. I will have to do that! I am also having skipping problems on my player in tracks 120-150 on my mp3 cd.... not sure if a CIP upgrade may help that. Oh well....

[London320d]

Originally Posted by Palazzom

.... I am also having skipping problems on my player in tracks 120-150 on my mp3 cd.... not sure if a CIP upgrade may help that. Oh well....

No, the skipping is almost certainly a hardware thing. Not a fault, just a fact of life. Try burning your CD again. Try different brands of media and/or better quality media, also burn at a much lower speed than your CD writer and media say they will do. Also make sure that you are using silver media. It may even be worth going to "Audio grade" media.

It's amazing that CDs work at all, given what the player has to do in order to keep the head over the track which it wants to play!.