How to Transfer Music data from Flash Drive to your Cars Hard Drive

My instruction #2 clearly says usb in the Glove box.

Thanks again for this posting. I have transferred about 1,000 songs onto the car. The songs purchased on Itunes without DRM work just fine.

I've got the '09 535i with Nav and IPOD. Is there any advantage to having music on the hard drive versus the IPOD? Assuming I'm ok with my IPOD storage size, what is the advantage of the internal hard drive for the entertainment function? I do believe the nav system may have more data, is that correct?

Hi,
I have used the "export" feature to backup the music data to my USB flash drive. Does anyone know how to read the music data now on my USB flash drive on a PC? Is there some particular software that I need to read the exported music data file?

Thanks in advance.

This thread provides such terrific info from Kzang that I thought it could benefit others like me who just got our new 2010 cars!.........

Just a small bump, glad this thread was somewhat helpful!

Kzang:

Thanks a ton for the very helpful info. Just got my 2010 550i 2 weeks ago and still trying to figure out all this stuff. You probably saved me 6 hours with your posts.

What is the best way to add songs to the hard drive from the glove box USB slot ?

Kzang , I have read your post and you give some great information. My problem is I played around with the option of uploading music to my 2010 528i and now I have music on there I’m not pleased with add to that the fact that the car often defaults to the downloaded music and thereby playing music I’m not interested in at the time. I have 2 queries, first how do you get that music off the BMW and second how do you get the system to default to a source other than the downloaded music?

i know this thread is hella old but these instructions are gold and i had to say thanks!

Yep. Old thread, I know... But wanted to give kudos for valuable info this provided me... Maybe others now?

This post is super helpful but I did have a real dumb moment and for anyone else out there who is like me, this info may actually be helpful. There are 2 USB ports in my X3, one in what I call the "glovebox" which is located between the driver seat and the passenger seat and the other that I call the "dashboard" which is in front of the passenger seat. All this time I was trying to import music from the USB by plugging it into the glove box and I kept getting a message saying "Insert USB in glovebox interface." (or something like that). In conclusion, I believe if you want to import music on to the HDD of the car, you need to plug the USB into the dashboard USB port and not in the glovebox USB port. The glovebox USB port is good for listening to music on an iPod or USB but the dashboard port is where you want to plug your flash drive in to import music! *EMBARRASSED*

Glad I bumped into this thread. Dumb question for a non tech guy. Once the music is copied to the car's hard drive, are they orgainzed just as the iTune playlist or in some other order?

Thanks.

my music isn't in order...dont know if there's a way to do it though.

Great thread regardless how old it is. I wish I would have known this 2 weeks ago before I pulled the trigger on my 2010 528i X.

Thanks for making this post. I just bought my '10 535i and I can not get this to work, even following your directions. I keep getting the Note: Please connect a USB drive to the USB port. Any suggestions?

Does this work on a 08 535?

Originally Posted by TAmes

Thanks for the instructions and the photos. What's the capacity of the hard drive, and can you copy file folders as "albums"?

Based on hitting options button in "import" screen, shows hard drive to be 12.5GB

Originally Posted by kymedic25

Thanks for making this post. I just bought my '10 535i and I can not get this to work, even following your directions. I keep getting the Note: Please connect a USB drive to the USB port. Any suggestions?

I had to insert the flash drive with the car off and then insert the key to get it to work.

"Thanks for making this post. I just bought my '10 535i and I can not get this to work, even following your directions. I keep getting the Note: Please connect a USB drive to the USB port. Any suggestions?"

I have encountered the same issue. Do I need a special adapter to transfer from iphone? I do have a Y adapter to play music from my iphone but I am unable to transfer music from iphone 4s to BMW hard drive. Any help advice is greatly appreciated.


-RK