mp3 compatibility

[X5audi]

Originally Posted by swesson

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!

Completely.

[vecchioalle]

thanks to pvandam for his fine answer. in reading it i saw the light!
swesson is right, but I really can't bear monopolies like ipod and itunes. so i went another way: a good cheap 2 Gb mp3 reader: 2000 songs are enough...for now

[Mi5]

I have an IPOD and simply cannot find enough songs that I like to listen too that would fill it up. I struggle to even use up 500MB and thats without going overboard on the file size per song.

Given that the IPOD connection was going to cost me AUD$800+ to have it installed I tried copying my MP3s to a CDR/W and played that in the X5 - even then I couldn't fill up the full capacity of the CD.

I am very happy with this solution. The song names still come up on the screen, the sound quality is identical and I didnt have to sacrafice the CD changer for the IPOD connection.

My advice is that unless you need to use an IPOD or need to connect other storage device which contain your compressed audio files, I would recommend burning CDR/Ws with your songs and throwing them into the CD changer.