Hey all,
Glad I found this old thread. My 10 y.o. 30gb iPod is dying a slow death. It has been relegated to my center console under armrest for a couple years since it doesn't have enough battery to go mobile, so I leave it in the X5 plugged in and it powers it and plays music fine via iDrive. On VERY cold mornings it takes a while for it to power up enough to show in the iDrive menu...

My plan is to replace it with a USB flash drive. However I am seeing conflicting info on here as to drive size limit. Someone posted that nothing over 32gb worked, but someone else has a 1tb HDD hooked up... Would the limits be different based on the storage being HDD vs USB flash drive?
The guy how saw a 32gb limit seemed to have an older X5 but not sure what model year the other guy with the HDD has...

I just ordered a 128gb USB stick. If no answer is posted I will try it when it arrives and post back here.

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