10-23-2012, 11:57 PM | #1 |
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Confused - CD versus DVD
I fear this is a somewhat stupid question, so I apologise in advance.
I recently picked up my new 328i. I wanted one from dealer stock as I am not very patient, and settled on a SportLine that had most of the options I would have ordered anyway. During my reading before purchasing, I seem to recall that I would get a DVD player and an onboard hard drive for music etc. (12GB I think) - but it seems I have only got a CD player. I have the business Nav option if that makes a difference. I looked up my car using bmwvin.com and it said S700A, AREA-CODE 4, Area-Code 4 for DVD - does this mean anything? I think my question is - what particular option or upgrade would I have had to order to get a DVD player. |
10-24-2012, 12:26 AM | #2 |
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This stuff varies country by country.
If you got the NAV, then you should have a HD. Why do you think you don't have one? Have you tried importing music only the HD from the USB port in the glove box or ripping a CD to the HD? There is also a iDrive display that will show you how much free HD space you have. Did you try putting a DVD in the slot and playing it? What happens? |
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10-24-2012, 12:33 AM | #3 |
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Good point about the HDD - I havent tried uploading anything - The intent of my question was actually about the DVD player (my reference to the HDD just confused things)
I tried playing 2 different DVD's and it said unrecognised - when I look at the iDrive buttons it says "CD" - Would it actually say DVD if I had one? |
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10-24-2012, 01:13 AM | #4 |
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My iDrive button (upper left) says MEDIA, not CD. What does yours say?
Also, try this: Press Settings, then select and press CD/Multimedia. The top item on the left side of the screen says CD/DVD on my car. What does yours show? The other reason I can think that the car is rejecting you DVD because of a region code mismatch. Try playing a region free disk. Second, do you have the CD/DVD changer in the trunk? That's an option in some markets. |
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10-24-2012, 01:48 AM | #5 |
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Sorry (again) you are right. The button says media and when I go into the cd/multimedia setting screen the top item says CD not CD/DVD - so I guess I am definitely CD only
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10-24-2012, 08:38 AM | #7 |
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The US Spec has no option for a CD/DVD Changer.
And you can put DVD's directly into the drive, including DVD's that are loaded with MP3's. I took my music collection from my old car (all on MP3 DVD's) and began copying them all to the hard drive.
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Yes. You certainly do have a DVD player based on your VIN report. Area Code 4 is Australia, Central and South America, and New Zealand. What region code is the DVDs you are trying to play? Code 1 is USA and Canada. Code 1 DVDs will not play in a Code 4 drive.
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10-24-2012, 10:11 AM | #9 |
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OP has Business Navigation (not available in USA?). In Europe at least that means no DVD player - and I suspect it will be the same down under.
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