USB Media playback

wanderer231 · 02-24-2016, 10:01 AM

Hi All,

I'm new to this forum I have a 2012 520D.
I have a problem with playback on my USB drive. I have my music in folders by artist it will only recognise the first folder. So if for example I had ABBA then in this folder i had 2 ABBA albums it will recognise the first album and show the amount of songs in that folder and play them but I cannot move to next album.

I tried moving all the album up a directory and it will still just recognise the first folder and play what is in that folder.

Anybody got any ideas I dont want to just put all my songs into root directory as I would like to be able to scroll through to listen to differnet music depending on my mood.

Errowen · 02-25-2016, 01:34 PM

I think you need to change your play mode.

When you start CD/Multimedia and select USB as the source, the screen that pops up gives you a number of options on what to play. Selecting "All tracks" or "Start play" will play all the songs on the USB key in the order they appear on the key, regardless of directory -- at least, that is my experience.

Once the playlist has started, you can click "Current playback" on the left side of the split screen and then click the controller to the right to move to the right side: you'll find an option to randomize the play order.

I find that the multimedia menus are unintuitive and hence quite frustrating.

02-24-2016, 10:01 AM	#1
wanderer231 Registered 0 Rep 1 Posts Drives: bmw 520 Join Date: Feb 2016 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	USB Media playback Hi All, I'm new to this forum I have a 2012 520D. I have a problem with playback on my USB drive. I have my music in folders by artist it will only recognise the first folder. So if for example I had ABBA then in this folder i had 2 ABBA albums it will recognise the first album and show the amount of songs in that folder and play them but I cannot move to next album. I tried moving all the album up a directory and it will still just recognise the first folder and play what is in that folder. Anybody got any ideas I dont want to just put all my songs into root directory as I would like to be able to scroll through to listen to differnet music depending on my mood.
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Errowen Private 16 Rep 97 Posts Drives: 2016 640i xDr GC MSport Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Cobourg, Ontario Canada iTrader: (0) Garage List 2012 BMW 135i MSport [0.00] 2016 BMW 640i Gran ... [0.00] 2011 BMW 535i XDriv ... [0.00]	I think you need to change your play mode. When you start CD/Multimedia and select USB as the source, the screen that pops up gives you a number of options on what to play. Selecting "All tracks" or "Start play" will play all the songs on the USB key in the order they appear on the key, regardless of directory -- at least, that is my experience. Once the playlist has started, you can click "Current playback" on the left side of the split screen and then click the controller to the right to move to the right side: you'll find an option to randomize the play order. I find that the multimedia menus are unintuitive and hence quite frustrating.
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