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Hard drive for music? Question.

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Hard drive for music? Question.

Post by djstan » Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:38 pm

Nictrix wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:35 pm If its the same as our X6 you can put a CD in and copy it to the drive
Yes, you can do this - I've done it on mine :) There's no way of getting it off again though..
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Hard drive for music? Question.

Post by Nictrix » Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:40 pm

djstan wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:38 pm
Nictrix wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:35 pm If its the same as our X6 you can put a CD in and copy it to the drive
Yes, you can do this - I've done it on mine :) There's no way of getting it off again though..
There is , you can delete the album. I have done this as you can run out of room.
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Post by RustyZ4 » Tue Jun 19, 2018 1:03 pm

djstan wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:38 pm
Nictrix wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:35 pm If its the same as our X6 you can put a CD in and copy it to the drive
Yes, you can do this - I've done it on mine :) There's no way of getting it off again though..
Yes you can definitely delete them, I have taken a few off my hard drive
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Post by djstan » Tue Jun 19, 2018 1:27 pm

RustyZ4 wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 1:03 pm
djstan wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:38 pm
Nictrix wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:35 pm If its the same as our X6 you can put a CD in and copy it to the drive
Yes, you can do this - I've done it on mine :) There's no way of getting it off again though..
Yes you can definitely delete them, I have taken a few off my hard drive
Sorry - different definition of 'off'. I was meaning use it to get a copy back onto a USB stick, but yes you can delete them :)
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Hard drive for music? Question.

Post by Nictrix » Tue Jun 19, 2018 1:43 pm

djstan wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 1:27 pm
RustyZ4 wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 1:03 pm
djstan wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:38 pm Yes, you can do this - I've done it on mine :) There's no way of getting it off again though..
Yes you can definitely delete them, I have taken a few off my hard drive
Sorry - different definition of 'off'. I was meaning use it to get a copy back onto a USB stick, but yes you can delete them :)
I havnt done this but I am sure there is an option to export everything onto a USB but not individual files.
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Post by GBZ4 » Tue Jun 19, 2018 2:09 pm

Gaffa22 wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:06 pm
GBZ4 wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:26 am
JimsZ wrote: Mon Jun 18, 2018 11:10 pm I just plug the iphone in and use spotify :thumbsup:

BTW... Who is Nora Jones :lol:
Great tip and for you! :P

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norah_Jones
I hadn't heard of her either, but now I know thanks
Glad to have enlightened you :thumbsup:
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Post by JimsZ » Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:07 pm

Gaffa22 wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 12:06 pm
GBZ4 wrote: Tue Jun 19, 2018 6:26 am
JimsZ wrote: Mon Jun 18, 2018 11:10 pm I just plug the iphone in and use spotify :thumbsup:

BTW... Who is Nora Jones :lol:
Great tip and for you! :P

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norah_Jones
I hadn't heard of her either, but now I know thanks
Me too, now following on Spotify :P
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Post by dr_john » Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:00 am

I never bothered with the hard drive in any of my BMW’s, a decent size USB stick with all my ITunes files on it plugged into the socket in the armrest is a lot easier.
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Post by ihadablackdog » Thu Jun 21, 2018 6:26 pm

dr_john wrote: Thu Jun 21, 2018 8:00 am I never bothered with the hard drive in any of my BMW’s, a decent size USB stick with all my ITunes files on it plugged into the socket in the armrest is a lot easier.
Thats what I do, but i’d be interested in how much an ssd speeds the nav up, but I guess its limited by the old tech.
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