It's my understanding that the following procedure allows us to upload C.D.'s ..

..Put C.D. in the slot, then go to the audio screen and hit 'my music' and then 'stored C.D.' and press 'upload'. It will ask if you want to upload the C.D. in the next available slot number and you answer yes and it begins to upload over 10-15 minutes..

Assuming this is correct (I have not uploaded any yet) does anyone know if we can select certain tracks rather than have the entire C.D. Upload ?

This is for a 2015 F type R and 770 W.

thks.
Lawrence.

 

I haven't even bothered with a CD. There are a few threads around here with people having various difficulties. I simply plug a 64 Gig USB stick in and listen to seemingly endless amounts of songs. I still need to figure out playlists though... They don't work directly from a USB stick.

 

Agreed, anything I want to listen to is on my iPhone, including the ancient CD collection I uploaded to iTunes. I've not loaded a CD in this, or any other, car for years.

 

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Hmm... I don't think I have have purchased a CD in the last 5 years. I also moved all my old CD's to my iTunes collection some time back. These days I just buy my music on the phone.

When I'm in the car I mainly listen to satellite radio, but I still play music from my iPhone when I'm interested in listening to something specific from my collection.

 

I don't recall if you could select tracks or not. There are only 10 slots for CDs, so I recorded a few just for music emergencies. And on one of my favorite (old) CDs, it refuses to record the final track. Dvorak's New World Symphony without the final movement just doesn't work.

 

Whats a CD?

 

A Certificate of Deposit... They pay very low interest rates...

 

I have just uploaded 4 CD's onto my 2015 car and your procedure is absolutely correct. I couldn't find any option to select individual tracks though.

 

It must be the low interest that led to the general demise of CD's.

To the original question, however, upload is all/none; you cannot select tracks. As an alternate approach, you can burn composite discs and upload the CD-Rs. You get a bit more loaded that way, since you can fill the disc to capacity. Note: It will not upload MP3's which would yield rather a lot of material - not sure why, since space is space. I have created some "best of" discs and went through the process of loading up the hardfile. It's rather a pain, mainly because the load process is slow and the car has to be on for the CD's to load. (Accessory mode won't stay on long enough to load an entire CD.) As I recall, it was about 15 minutes per disc. Times 10. If you're so inclined, the player will recognize DTS discs, but not DVD-A.

As others have mentioned, a USB stick has definite advantages. It's quick to create, plug, and go. The only way I've figured to create playlists is to put music in folders. So, there's a Pink Floyd directory, Hendrix, etc. I keep a master copy of all the tracks in the root directory, so there's obviously some wasted space. But, it works.

You also can use a Bluetooth phone as a music source.

 

Just for the heck of it, I loaded in a DVD and to my surprise it played the movie on the info screen. I was parked in the garage, does anyone know if it would play while the car is moving?

 

No. There is a "safety" feature to prevent the driver from being distracted while the vehicle is moving. (I think this is actually some law in the US)

I don't understand it, personally... the passenger could always want to watch a movie or video while travelling.

I have yet to try it, but I understand you can also play videos (not sure which file format) off a USB stick.

 

It would be nice if there was someone with the knowledge to crack these Jag systems. BMW has a whole community devoted to it. I can watch video in motion on my BMW plus enable a bunch of other options.

 

It can be done. One company that sells aftermarket front and rear cameras has disabled the safety feature.

 

Does anyone see the flaw with this concept?




Hmm....might work up there in Alberta with only 13 people per square mile.

 

LMAO . . . some car safety regulations are in fact incredibly sensible.

 

FWIW, I can confirm that videos can play from the USB input - depending on the file type and/or codec used to encode the file.

The AVI and DIVX videos I tried all played; however, one of the avi files had no audio in the car until I re-encoded it with DivX,Xvid and MP3 Audio.

The following file formats did NOT work: mpg, mp4, m4v, mov, mkv, flv, m4v, rm, swf, amv, 3gp, dpg, wmv

Also, as with playing a DVD, the video screen is blanked out when you reach 4-5 mph.

 

Thanks! I tried one video on a USB and it wouldn't work. Pretty sure it was either an mp4 or m4v format. I'll have to change it and try again. I was trying to find some sort of documentation on what was compatible but hadn't been able to.

 

I said I can watch it. I didn't say I do it. My mechanic went ahead and coded it for nothing even though I didn't ask for it.

 

I have a late 2015 (1/14/2015), no CD Upload capability. Even though it is still in the manual. No big deal.
First night I had the car I watched a DVD movie in the garage for awhile, wife said I was nuts. Video stops when car is moving but audio continues.