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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 03:46 PM
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Adding music to hard drive...

Well, I just want to get as much info before I go in to my local dealer tomorrow to wheel-and-deal for a '10 xS.

Question is, how do you add music to the hard drive? Will it copy from a CD, or do you need a flash drive of some sorts?

I have a feeling I'm going to have to do some digging for a few of my old keychain flash drives. They are around here somewhere... lol
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 04:01 PM
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From a CD only. Just put the CD in and hit the record button and it rips it to the HD. No flash drive.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 04:12 PM
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There's a check box that asks if you want CD's to be recorded all the time upon insertion. I believe it takes about 10 minutes per CD. I'm recording at 132.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 04:41 PM
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Ah nice... even store bought CDs? It'll encode/rip them? if so, are there bitrate settings, etc?
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 05:30 PM
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No bitrate settings.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 07:37 PM
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Damn... Forget it then! lol jk

sounds like it's an easy process then. Thanks everyone!
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 07:40 PM
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Mine has Bitrate settings. 2010 G37 Sedan Journey w/premium no nav.
you have an option for 128, 192 and 320 i think.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by GShadowG37
Mine has Bitrate settings. 2010 G37 Sedan Journey w/premium no nav.
you have an option for 128, 192 and 320 i think.
WTF??? The '08 doesn't. That sucks.
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Old Mar 25, 2010 | 09:32 PM
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With the 2010 Nav, you only have 2. A maximum of 132
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Old Mar 26, 2010 | 01:39 AM
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Hmmm. Sweet. I'm picking up a '10 this weekend.

Can you save store bought CDs to the HD?
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Old Mar 27, 2010 | 03:14 PM
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Well, it's so easy. Please forget I ever started this thread! lol
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 11:17 PM
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Does the 09 have this feature? I dont have NAV if that matters.
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Old Mar 29, 2010 | 11:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Black Betty
WTF??? The '08 doesn't. That sucks.
Are you sure Jeremy? Even my 07 offers ripping at different bit rates.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Garnet Canuck
Are you sure Jeremy? Even my 07 offers ripping at different bit rates.
Maybe I'm just missing it somewhere? I'll check.
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Old Mar 30, 2010 | 05:13 PM
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'09 has 2 bitrate settings: 105 or 132 kbps (default). The setting is in the Musicbox menu just below the Automatic Recording setting.
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