How do you record music to the HD when
#16
Originally Posted by wavelengths
So far I'm pretty happy with the Music Box functionality. I picked up some Ultra-Speed CDRW media and have just been loading stuff on as I go driving!
The quality could use some work, and I'd really, really love to clone the drive over to a ~80 GB drive instead and that way I could eventually move my whole library over instead of just a third to a fourth of it.
The quality could use some work, and I'd really, really love to clone the drive over to a ~80 GB drive instead and that way I could eventually move my whole library over instead of just a third to a fourth of it.
the size is acutally perfect. I have 300GB of mp3s, should i complain they didn't use a 500GB?
Sooner or later I'll have 1TB...
#17
#18
Originally Posted by JWangSDC
the size is acutally perfect. I have 300GB of mp3s, should i complain they didn't use a 500GB?
Sooner or later I'll have 1TB...
Sooner or later I'll have 1TB...
Heck maybe we can take the old drive, dd the low level blocks over to a new drive "preserve" the nav system data and be going ....
its just that its not documented anywhere and it could've easily been done in a way that was user friendly ..... but hey its a sports car and I'd rather have that aspect of it done well
#19
well same thing w/ the nissan maxima 2005 we moved the info screen to the bottom of the center console and then installed a new monitor on top to replace that screen. here since it's all run off a HD we are trying to hack in to install programs and so forth like windows media player or a full set up.
#21
Originally Posted by wavelengths
So far I'm pretty happy with the Music Box functionality. I picked up some Ultra-Speed CDRW media and have just been loading stuff on as I go driving!
The quality could use some work, and I'd really, really love to clone the drive over to a ~80 GB drive instead and that way I could eventually move my whole library over instead of just a third to a fourth of it.
The quality could use some work, and I'd really, really love to clone the drive over to a ~80 GB drive instead and that way I could eventually move my whole library over instead of just a third to a fourth of it.
I don't have CD's for the majority of my collection, so the thought of burning everything to CD's first is not something I am looking forward to.
#22
Originally Posted by SammyWah
Wavelengths, what are you copying specifically? Are you burning CD's from your mp3 collection? If so, in what format are you creating them on the CD. Also, regarding song info - does the ID info get picked up in the Music Box / can Gracenote fill it in / can you get it via the missing file method using a CF card as posted on this site?
I don't have CD's for the majority of my collection, so the thought of burning everything to CD's first is not something I am looking forward to.
I don't have CD's for the majority of my collection, so the thought of burning everything to CD's first is not something I am looking forward to.
The quality is decent considering the double conversion, but I have a few problems with songs "skipping". Maybe I should lower my burn speed a bit.
#23
Originally Posted by DeadPixel
I've encoded a CD's worth of MP3s to load up my music box. Nero does the conversion automatically for you if you create an Audio CD and it only takes a few minutes.
The quality is decent considering the double conversion, but I have a few problems with songs "skipping". Maybe I should lower my burn speed a bit.
The quality is decent considering the double conversion, but I have a few problems with songs "skipping". Maybe I should lower my burn speed a bit.
#24
#25
Originally Posted by SammyWah
So these are in the normal CD format that only allow 16-18 songs per CD? Does it pick up any song info or do you have to manually enter it on the Music Box?
Gracenote DB information can be updated selectively through the Infiniti website (see the other thread) for new releases or odd stuff. And yes, there is a feature whereby you can input stuff manually (touch screen doesn't make this too bad at all, actually).
#27
What is the actual format in which the songs are encoded? If it is regular mp3 then shame on infiniti. 132kbps will sound like crap, even if ripped from a source CD. Granted with all the noise while driving the crap effect is diminished, but we are not always driving. All the mp3s from CDs in my collection are at least 225kbps at a variable bit rate(using LAME). For me dropping to 160 or lower is a noticeable difference.
What aftermarket stereo options do think there will be without spending a fortune. I don't want to sound like a snob, but it is hard to justify a really big stereo install/modification on a car like this. Plus. if I ever get rid of the vehicle I want it to look like stock.
What aftermarket stereo options do think there will be without spending a fortune. I don't want to sound like a snob, but it is hard to justify a really big stereo install/modification on a car like this. Plus. if I ever get rid of the vehicle I want it to look like stock.
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