So do the 2008s

I've been running MP3 discs on my '08 Radio 9, since I got it.
I did hit a possible limitation yesterday tho - one disc with 3 folders, about 100 tracks total - got a "CD error" when it hit track 48. Don't have any way to know if it's a real CD error or just a track limit of some sort. . . the CD plays fine in my computer, tho.

 

I posted this due to the fact that some owners had tired mp3 cd's and didn't work.
Maybe it's user error?

I have 180 songs under one folder. There is a songs per folder limit, but it's more than 100.

*title edit*

 

It was a user error... I too used mp3's in my radio nine till I upgraded last week.

 

Quote the Radio 9 Handbook Page 17:

The CD drive can play audio CDs and CDs ith MP3 or WMA files.
blah blah blah...

*Only MP3/WMA files (titles) that were burned on a CD using ISO9660/Joliet file system can be played by the system.
*Recording media you have burned may cause read errors in rare cases, even where the medium is recognized correctly in the normal way.
*The maximum number of filders per CD is 256. The maximum total number of folders and titles is 512.

More technically stuff in the manual. Cant be bothered to type it. But that should cover any user error there is...

 

How about that...!

When I purchased the vehicle, I specifically asked if this radio could play mp3s... and they specifically told that only the upgraded radio system would be able to play mp3s. I have just two words for this discovery: "bonus!"

This smart simply gets better at every turn.

Dan

 

I've seen a few other posts but no conclusion: Is there a way to display MP3 track title? I'm looping through CD 1, Folder 2, Track 5... so I spend a good amount of time switching folders.

I've got a 2008 Radio 10, if that matters.

 

Mine displays the title of the MP3, but I can't rememeber the settings offhand. I have to be playing with it to rememeber...

 

Great to know. I should spend more time reading the owner's manual. Now to burn some MP3 discs from my iTunes. Thanks.

 

>Quote the Radio 9 Handbook ...

I am the grateful recipient of wdhitch's generously offered radio 9. Does anyone know of an online version of the manual for the radio9?

 

Did you have a specific question on the radio? Sorry I didn't have a seperate manual... maybe your dealer can get you one?

 

you can get the title/tag to display by:
Press the <MENU> button and use arrows Right & Left of volume control to scroll through the menu items. When you get to MP3TEXT, if it isn't set to ID3, use volume knob to select ID3 or FILENAME.

for ID3 tags: if you get only two characters preceeded by a blank space and may be TT, TB, TC, TP, TN, TH, TW, TA, TD, TM, T', TF, TJ, TV, TI, TS, TL, T1, TR, T8, TQ, TG, TE, or TK. that's because the mp3 files' tags saved can not be read by the player.

see Radio 10 & ID3 Tag display for further explanation.

 

wdhitch -

no specific questions, just thought I'd like to read it. long cold winter nights up here...
seriously though, nice to have just for reference. not even sure what the manual is, maybe just a few pages. online would be nice. I'll ask the dealer.

 

My manual says only radio 10.

Hi, I just read my 2008 owner's manual and it reads that only the radio 10 is mp3 compatible. My radio 9 has an mp3 disc in it right now. This is fantastic!

 

I had a question. Does anyone besides me not get the smart Logo but only the off center word "smart" on the display. I thought the logo comes up with the word "smart". Is there a way to program it or something?

 

I get the chicken head logo and smart when I turn on my radio. I took a lousy camera phone pic, but decided it wasn't worth the steps to upload.....

 

All I ever remember seeing on the screen is SMART at startup...

 

Same here, but when you look at, I think brochures and stuff, they have the C> smart logo on the display of the radio. Am I to suppose that was photoshopped?

 

Does anyone know who makes radios for smart? You probably could cross reference through radio manufacturerer. I was able to play MP3 disk with 200 tracks on it no problem (2009 smart cabrio).

 

451 radios are made by Visteon:

 

Single disc CD vs 6 disc CD

The single disc CD radio 9 will only show the word "smart" on start up.

The six disc CD radio 10 (standard on all cabrio's & BRABUS Coupes, optional on all others) will show the "chicken head" logo and the word "smart" on start up.