Media Storage Devices As; Playback Devices; Ipod Playback - BMW MOTORRAD AUDIO SYSTEM Rider's Manual

Attempting to route the
connecting cable out
between the radio compartment
and the cover can damage the
seal.
Do not attempt to route the con-
necting cable out of the radio
compartment.
Close the lid of the compart-
ment, making sure that neither
the audio device nor the cable
is trapped.
Switching on audio system
( 18).
Select playback source (
Media storage devices
as playback devices
The audio system scans the me-
dia storage device for tracks en-
coded as MP3s. While the scan
LOADING
is taking place,
shown on the display. Subdir-
ectories are also scanned. The
tracks found are then numbered
in alphabetical order and played
in this order. The number as-
signed to a track determines the
track's place in the playback or-
der and does not correspond to
its location on the storage device.
The track titles in the MP3 data
(in the ID3-Tag) determine the
alphabetical order of the playback
list and the title displayed on the
system. This may not necessarily
be the same as the filename.
Only characters from the ASCII
character set can be displayed.
Other character sets are not dis-
19).
played or are displayed incor-
rectly.
To obtain greater control over
how tracks are sorted, you can
save the tracks in directories with
names beginning "BMW" and
then a number from 1 to 9 (e.g
"BMW1...").These directories are
is
only recognised if they are in the
root directory of the device and
will be displayed by the audio
system as playlists. Directories
cannot contain subdirectories.
Tracks in these directories are
played back in the sequence re-
quired by the mass data storage
device.
The USB stick must support the
Mass Storage Format, can have
only one partition and must be
either FAT 16 or FAT 32 format-
ted.
An MP3 player connected to the
audio system via the USB port
must also support the Mass Stor-
age Format.

iPod playback

The audio system will first try
and detect any tracks saved on
an iPod. While the scan is taking
LOADING
place, is shown on
the display. The tracks found are
then numbered in alphabetical
order and played in this order.
The number assigned to a track
determines the order in which
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