Hard Drive

martyp · 05-10-2013, 06:21 PM

I was copying music on my hard drive in my garage with the engine not running and I could hear the hard drive, just like in my computer. It's funny they didn't use a flash based drive instead of a traditional hard drive ...

claykin · 05-10-2013, 06:33 PM

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Originally Posted by martyp

I was copying music on my hard drive in my garage with the engine not running and I could hear the hard drive, just like in my computer. It's funny they didn't use a flash based drive instead of a traditional hard drive ...

Yup. Cost. I expected NBT to use Flash/SSD, but nope, another rotational disk. Maybe next gen...

DarkTrigger · 05-10-2013, 07:27 PM

The hard drive is useless. If you copy music to it, it sounds TERRIBLE. I just plug in one of those super short thumb drives with 64 Gb, which is plenty of storage space.

Frogman · 05-10-2013, 10:44 PM

I have not had any issues with sound quality.

I think it just copies the music as-is, it's not being transcoding or anything.

Are you importing fairly high bit-rate music?

BMWrules7 · 05-10-2013, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Frogman

I have not had any issues with sound quality.

I think it just copies the music as-is, it's not being transcoding or anything.

Are you importing fairly high bit-rate music?

I think it takes CDROM and converts to mp3. You don't need to have a golden ear to hear it.

DarkTrigger · 05-10-2013, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by BMWrules7

I think it takes CDROM and converts to mp3. You don't need to have a golden ear to hear it.

I think it's a really low bitrate mp3. Because the ones I purchase online sound better than the cd converted mp3 that the car does...

Dan_335i · 05-11-2013, 12:31 AM

lol if hdd breaks
inb4 they use seagate

Frogman · 05-11-2013, 01:52 AM

I think they are Toshiba automotive-grade HDD's. They are made especially for the rigors of being in a car.

http://storage.toshiba.com/techdocs/...iveRelease.pdf

ejholt · 05-18-2013, 01:09 PM

Anyway to find out what size drive is in your car?

ft1338 · 05-18-2013, 01:44 PM

Maybe you can replace it with an SSD but they may have software checks to stop that.

Frogman · 05-19-2013, 02:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ejholt

Anyway to find out what size drive is in your car?

CIC (old) based systems have an 80GB drive.

The NBT (newer) based systems have a 200GB drive.

KT_F31_EBII · 05-19-2013, 05:45 AM

in Australia only comes with 20GB! not many people will use them unless they can have revolutionary ideas for future iOS/Android OS? then i may get the Real Racing 3 and use my real steering wheel and pedal to control the game! That would be awesome.

jjrandorin · 05-19-2013, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by KT_F31_EBII

in Australia only comes with 20GB! not many people will use them unless they can have revolutionary ideas for future iOS/Android OS? then i may get the Real Racing 3 and use my real steering wheel and pedal to control the game! That would be awesome.

Pretty sure the 80gb drive only has roughly 20gb available, because of maps, idrive softwae etc...

Frogman · 05-19-2013, 11:29 AM

The CIC based nav system has an 80GB drive of which 12GB is available to you to load music on.

I think the new nav has a 200GB disk and 20GB free for music, but I'm not sure as I have the older CIC based system.

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DarkTrigger Professional 50 Rep 977 Posts Drives: 335i MPPK Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: LB, SoCal iTrader: (0)	The hard drive is useless. If you copy music to it, it sounds TERRIBLE. I just plug in one of those super short thumb drives with 64 Gb, which is plenty of storage space.
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Frogman Lieutenant Colonel 288 Rep 1,892 Posts Drives: 2012 F30 328i Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	I think they are Toshiba automotive-grade HDD's. They are made especially for the rigors of being in a car. http://storage.toshiba.com/techdocs/...iveRelease.pdf
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Frogman Lieutenant Colonel 288 Rep 1,892 Posts Drives: 2012 F30 328i Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: SoCal iTrader: (0)	The CIC based nav system has an 80GB drive of which 12GB is available to you to load music on. I think the new nav has a 200GB disk and 20GB free for music, but I'm not sure as I have the older CIC based system.
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