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reads all subfolders. I dont do Playlists. But I can play songs *on a side note for all veterans: CAN I LEAVE THE CORSAIR (FLASHDRIVE) PLUGGED INTO THE USB CONNECTOR IN THE BMW, WITHOUTH DRAINING THE BATTERY/BMW ? Once the power is off, the power is OFF right? If I leave the flash drive plugged in, will it turn on/suck power from the CORSAIR? |
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I found a 60GB LeCie on Amazon with a rotational speed of 3600 rpm? Is that the one you have? I also found a 160GB with a 5400 rotational speed for less money if 5400 rpm works. Little help from Mr. Guinea Pig if he'll be so kind? |
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It is still possible that a 1.8" hard drive running at 5400rpm may not excede the power/voltage available from the USB port in the car. From most peoples experience though, the 2.5" drives that run at 5400rpm don't work. The BMW USB port lives in a strange backward world where slower is actually better Yep, jm1234, that Amazon link is to the same disk that I have. |
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The larger drives spin at 5400. The only reason I would get them is because they are cheaper. It will be a few decades before I need more than 60GB so I'll get the 60GB drive and stop trying to be so cheap. Do you ever have skipping issues with the drive? How about if you open and close the center console. That is the only concern I would have going this route rather than the flash drive route. The bigger drive means I don't have to down sample the music to make it fit and that's a huge plus to me but I would like to know if you've ever had skipping with the hard drive! And thanks so much for helping. |
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You're not losing your mind b/c I went on their website a few weeks ago & it did say 3600rpm back then.
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Which drive?...The Lacie 60gb HDD? If yes then I've seen it as low as $110 shipped.
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Yes, just seems the flash drive has plenty of capacity and not rpm issues or moving parts to break.
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05-06-2008, 12:42 AM | #98 |
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It would make sense but I'm more concerned w/whichever can withstand Texas summer heat & humidity the best since I sometimes park outside just depending on where I am that day.
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In newegg.com they are selling a 16GB model for 59.99 (after rebate), but says with 256 AES encryption.
Will this work? Thanks for the help (my car is already at the dealer and I'm getting prepared!) |
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06-24-2008, 04:25 PM | #103 | |
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Do I put my CDs on my computer so I can sync with my USB drive? Do I have a home file of all my songs on my computer (download my CDs) and then put what I want on the portable? - I figured out how to select the bit rate to code my songs, I went with highest variable rate (not loss-less recording) but just below that. I have a few CDs on my stick and I plugged it into my USB and my car 'sees' the songs but doesn't play. I wonder what I'm doing wrong. Last edited by rai; 06-25-2008 at 12:38 PM.. |
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07-07-2008, 08:43 PM | #105 |
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Finally decided to go w/the Corsair Voyager 16gb. I figured it's going to take me awhile to fill it up since I currently have only 8 gb of music. Bought it at Fry's for same price after rebate ($45) as Newegg. I loaded 1.5 gb & no issues whatsoever. Keep in mind this is summertime...IN TEXAS HEAT & HUMIDITY!
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I was using my wife's old 30gb iPod but got tired of the HD noise thanks to the D->A->D->A conversion as noted previously. I bought a 16 gb Corsair Survivor flash drive (same price after rebate as Voyager, cool metal case!) from Newegg. I still use iTunes to organize everything as I have a ton of music rated, etc. I found a little program called iTunesExport that will export playlists and copy the associated songs to a directory (or flash drive!) of choice. Since I have 30gb of music but only really listen to about 6gb or so of it (4 and 5 star rated) I have it copy only the My Top Rated playlist plus a few custom playlists. I had to go to Amazon and re-purchase some songs given the flash drive won't play protected AAC. It might be placebo effect but I feel the treble sounds are a bit less artificial now with only one conversion instead of 3. No HD noise either. The unexpected bonus was that the flash drive fits much easier into the armrest underside pocket, making that storage space a bit more useful. The car likes to report "Album Artist" rather than Artist in details so had to go edit that in iTunes; now I am trying to clear the car's cache as it still reports several songs that I fixed as "Various Artists" instead of the actual track name.
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I have a 2008 535xi on order, to delivered before the end of this month. I've been reading this and other forums to get an idea of the different flash drives & how they work, organize tunes, etc.
I've found a handy (free) app for Macs that lets's you see the itunes libraries and copy them just as you were browsing through the hard drive. This makes it easy to keep a playlist going/building in itunes and then just copying over that playlist of tracks very easily to the flash drive. If you're on a Mac, the program is called iTunesFS and very slick & straight forward. I'm sure there are others for the PC users. Also, my main concern about using a flash drive or memory stick is the size of the stick. On the 5 series, the USB port is on the side (vertical) wall of the interior console. It's the front wall, towards the gear shifter. So plugging a stick into that port basically means the stick will protrude and block access to the rest of the storage box. Fine if you're using a USB cable or the ipod adapter to the ipod, but not so good for some of the sticks that are 2.5-3.5 inches long. So I found the following and will be ordering it today, just in time for my new car to arrive. They're a little more expensive (not terrible), but appear to be MUCH smaller, solid metal, etc. I'm getting the silver Pico C, which is the smallest. And 8GB is enough for me. If I really need more than that, I can get a second one. Or, by that time, they may have a 16GB version. Has anybody else seen/used one of these? Or has anybody found a smaller physical device with at least 8gb of storage? http://www.supertalent.com/products/...php?type=Pico# (click on the data sheet link on that page to see a picture of the device side by side with a quarter - amazingly small!) Newegg has it for $29.99, free shipping. |
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Thanks for all the info guys. Just ordered the 16GB Corsair Flash Voyager from Newegg. For $35 after rebate/promo code, figured it was a no brainer.
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What file systems are you guys using? NTFS or FAT32?
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