iPod questions

Projectile · 02-17-2010, 01:17 PM

I have an 09 M3 coupe. My iPod nano is connected via the central armrest BMW cable that came with my car. Search did not yield answers to these questions:

1. How do you get it to shuffle all the songs on your iPod or on a particular playlist?

2. If I leave my iPod plugged in all the time, is it charging my iPod even when the car is parked and turned off, thus draining the car's battery?

saeedg48 · 02-17-2010, 01:27 PM

Depending on your iPod model it may or may not charge. It should charge though. For my 08 M3 w/t the older iDrive it works fine.. The car battery issue well the car is smart enough to know these things and it wont just kill the battery. & keep in mind it's a car battery and you're running an iPod not a small country. jk jk

quality_sound · 02-17-2010, 01:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Projectile

I have an 09 M3 coupe. My iPod nano is connected via the central armrest BMW cable that came with my car. Search did not yield answers to these questions:

1. How do you get it to shuffle all the songs on your iPod or on a particular playlist?

Click the options button and then turn on the random mode.

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2. If I leave my iPod plugged in all the time, is it charging my iPod even when the car is parked and turned off, thus draining the car's battery?

No. It turns off when the accessory power turns off.

Projectile · 02-17-2010, 09:43 PM

Thanks.

I'll look for the Options button.

JohnnyRoaster · 02-17-2010, 11:09 PM

You will have to click the random button every time you get in the car if you randomize through the idrive. The only way I have found that works is to set my ipod to shuffle and then plug the cable in. That way it is not reset every time I start the car.

quality_sound · 02-18-2010, 09:58 AM

Must have been a running change then. My 2010 will stay in random mode in the iDrive indefinitely. Also, if I turn on random mode on the iPod and turn random off on the Idrive it will play straight through, no random. In my car random only works when it's selected on the iDrive and stay on until I turn it off.

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saeedg48 Brigadier General 345 Rep 3,574 Posts Drives: Porsche 991.1 GT3 Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Newport Beach, CA iTrader: (1)	Depending on your iPod model it may or may not charge. It should charge though. For my 08 M3 w/t the older iDrive it works fine.. The car battery issue well the car is smart enough to know these things and it wont just kill the battery. & keep in mind it's a car battery and you're running an iPod not a small country. jk jk __________________ 2015 Porsche 991.1 GT3 2015 F80 M3 -- Individual; Space Grey
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Projectile Second Lieutenant 28 Rep 251 Posts Drives: 2017 M3 Join Date: May 2009 Location: Calgary iTrader: (0)	Thanks. I'll look for the Options button. __________________ Gone but not forgotten: 996Targa6MT, 997C2S6MT, e92DCT, e926MT, F826MT
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JohnnyRoaster Captain 42 Rep 959 Posts Drives: 09 Jerez Black M3 Sedan Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Outside Beantown iTrader: (0)	You will have to click the random button every time you get in the car if you randomize through the idrive. The only way I have found that works is to set my ipod to shuffle and then plug the cable in. That way it is not reset every time I start the car. __________________
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quality_sound 8 tracks of madness 62 Rep 2,735 Posts Drives: Slowly Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: At home iTrader: (1)	Must have been a running change then. My 2010 will stay in random mode in the iDrive indefinitely. Also, if I turn on random mode on the iPod and turn random off on the Idrive it will play straight through, no random. In my car random only works when it's selected on the iDrive and stay on until I turn it off.
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