MP3 Capable?

[fsalcedo76]

I am interested in adding an MP3 player to my car's radio but have a few questions to those with this option already. I am looking into purchasing the connector PAC AAI-NIS2 but noticed also connector PAC SWI-X. Have any of you ordered these two connectors? If I only ordered the MP3 connector (PAC AAI-NIS2) how do you control the MP3 player without the PAC SWI-X? I just want to know all I can about this before I do it. I currently own an MP3 player not an Ipod it should still work, right? Thank you to all who read this post. Just in case you are wondering, I am trying to add this to a 2004 G35 coupe.

[audtatious]

SWI-X is for steering wheel controls. If you are not replacing the headunit then I do not see why you will need it at all.

[fsalcedo76]

I feel that PA11-NIS may be a better choice as it charges the MP3 player. Are there any of you here who have used it? I do not own an Ipod but do not mind buying one if thats what it takes to get MP3s on my car. Once again thank you to all of you who read this post.

Fabian Brownsville TX.

[smockers83]

Not sure if you know this, seems to me a lot don't, but if you burn your MP3s as a data disk or an MP3 disk instead of the regular audio disk, you can fit hundreds of songs on a CD. I can listen to one CD and not here the same song twice on a 7 hour road trip and still have music left on the CD that I have yet to listen to. That's your cheapest route. The reason I do it that way and not put iPod capability in my car is because someday I'll get back with XM because I love the variety of any type of music that I want and its different than my library.

The PA11-NIS won't charge any MP3 player, just an iPod, at least to my knowledge. I think for the aux input its just a 3.5 mm to RCAs. You don't have to buy an iPod to use the PA11-NIS, however, with an iPod you'll be able to control some of the features with the radio unit and charge it. Now if that's worth buying an iPod to you, then by all means buy one.

[fsalcedo76]

If I already have MP3s these can actually work with the original head unit? Please explain a bit more as I am confused since I created a CDr after reading your post but did not work. Thank you for your help on this.

Fabian

[Beancooker]

If you are using Windows Media Player, click on the bar below the Burn tab.

Click Data "CD or DVD".

Drag and drop all of your MP3 files to the burn list, and when ready, click "Burn".

You should be able to fit a lot on there. I averaged 4-5 albums depending on length.

You have to burn them to a CD, and Not a DVD.

Also, all of your songs have to have been ripped into the library as an MP3, not a WMA or WAV.

You can change that setting by clicking the little bar under the "rip tab".

WMP rips everything to WMA format by default. You have to change it to get MP3 format.

If everything is ripped in as WMA format, you will have top re-rip all the albums as MP3.

[joe603]

Remember that you must have 8 folders or less on the MP3 disk. The 9th folder is not reconized and will not play!

[smockers83]

+1 for both joe and beancooker

Personally I use Sonic's Record Now since it came preloaded. Its very easy to use and I like it and is the easiest way for me to create my CDs. I use iTunes and I have my playlists by genre or mood, so Rock, Rap, Techno, Chill Music, etc. That's also how I organize it on my computer (by genre). It keeps my folders to a minimum, yet organized in a way that's easily findable. This also makes it easy to burn large amounts of music. Since most software will burn data disks and the files you want in alphabetical order within the folder, I have my music files named by Artist - Song Title (ex. Auidoslave - Cochise), and that's how its organized in my iTunes playlists as well, by artist. That way when I burn my CDs everything is essentially in the same order on my disks as it is in iTunes, and when you're familiar with your playlists by knowing what's coming up, same goes for the CDs so it makes finding music on CDs relatively easy as well.

If everything you did is relatively correct to what joe and beancooker said (no more than 8 folders and everything is MP3 format) and it didn't work, tell us what you did and the settings you have abled/disabled and we can figure it out. It will work. Its a great and easy way to get lots and lots of music in your car and not worry about an MP3 player being stolen or dying. I'm putting together a new CD myself, I currently have exactly 7 hours of music equal to 68 songs and 586 MB, so I have room for about 20 more songs, roughly another hour...all on one CD, and most of my music is 192 Kb/sec.

We'll help you out, no problem.

[northshore]

Not sure if you know this, seems to me a lot don't, but if you burn your MP3s as a data disk or an MP3 disk instead of the regular audio disk, you can fit hundreds of songs on a CD. I can listen to one CD and not here the same song twice on a 7 hour road trip and still have music left on the CD that I have yet to listen to. That's your cheapest route. The reason I do it that way and not put iPod capability in my car is because someday I'll get back with XM because I love the variety of any type of music that I want and its different than my library.

The PA11-NIS won't charge any MP3 player, just an iPod, at least to my knowledge. I think for the aux input its just a 3.5 mm to RCAs. You don't have to buy an iPod to use the PA11-NIS, however, with an iPod you'll be able to control some of the features with the radio unit and charge it. Now if that's worth buying an iPod to you, then by all means buy one.

This is very true but if I remember correctly since you are compressing the files you are not recording at such a high bit-rate. All that means is that the music quality is altered. While it won't be altered a lot it won't be as loud as a track with a higher bit-rate. Ya' win some & ya lose some though.

[smockers83]

When you record as a data disc, it burns the file as is...a 700MB playlist in iTunes will be 700MB on a disc. Or so I thought.

[heliochrome85]

i make mine in itunes. take 3 min to fill a 700mb cd. nothing is easier.