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Originally Posted by pvandam
It depends on how the MP3 player "reports" itself to the USB interface. If that connection is pretty standard and straightforward, it will work.
If your MP3 player requires a special driver to work on Windows for example, chances are 100% that it also does not work on the BMW USB interface. As far as I understood it, this is why some USB harddisks work and some don't. All USB memory keys work and indeed some MP3 players.
(My guess is the ones that work plug & play on Windows), and of course the IPOD, as BMW made sure this one worked as it's so popular.
I guess when this USB thing becomes more popular in all BMW's and people start to get rid of the CD-Changers and loaders, we will hopefully see BMW start supporting more types of connections and publish a list of supported players.
(would love to see them support the Zune..)
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This is why we have such a paradox. Consumers want choice, but we also like standards. Vendors that wish to integrate with technologies that don't have standards have to choose what they will support. That's why many of us (me included) caved in to the pressure and just went the iPod route. For whatever your thoughts are on Apple and monopolies, the iPod simply works and I never wasted a minute fooling with mine to get it to work with the X5. Our time is worth something and at this point, I am comfortable with my decision to cave and not waste any more time on this!