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Re: ipod integration [jimmyrice14]
by easttl
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Jan 08, 2006 (7:20 pm)
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Replying to: jimmyrice14 (Jan 08, 2006 5:56 pm)
I'll go in to more depth later but I agree the ipod adapter is a huge waste of money!!! I feel totally taken and let down by it's lack of performance. Don't buy the ipod integration kit you WILL be sorry!!!
Jim
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ipod integration
by jimmyrice14
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Jan 09, 2006 (5:38 am)
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Replying to: easttl (Jan 08, 2006 7:20 pm)
How could this happen? Does Acura think people are stupid? The very reason you buy an ipod over any other mp3 is the ease of use/user interface!! If you make it less usable by folks the value goes down the drain. They would have been much better off putting an aux jack in the armrest next to the AC outlet (like the new IS250/350) so that you could plug in ANY mp3 player and your is an ipod, you'd simply be playing it over the audio system. What a shame...as I stated above, I can't see myself getting a TL now...music is that important and to have no mp3 cd capability and no decent mp3 player options, they have completely shot themselves in the foot.
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- #359 of 474
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Re: ipod integration [jimmyrice14]
by cole
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Jan 09, 2006 (6:52 am)
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Replying to: jimmyrice14 (Jan 08, 2006 12:38 pm)
Your statement is misleading. As the owner of an '05TL, I assure you that the TL will play CDs that have been burned from a computer. While it may not recognize the mp3 format, the files have to be converted (via Adaptec EasyCD for example) back to music files. I listed to burned CDs all the time in my TL.
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ipod integration
by jimmyrice14
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Jan 09, 2006 (7:00 am)
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Replying to: cole (Jan 09, 2006 6:52 am)
Cole: you are correct, but that is not my point. You have six discs that can play 12-15 songs each, whether they were store bought or burned at home from mp3s. But a CD burned using EasyCD as a DATA cd with mp3s, can play 150 plus songs. Multiply that by 6 discs, and you have an ipod Nano+ amuont of tunes. I have a burned disk I have been using during test drives...the Infiniti M, IS250/350, and RL all play that disk...it allows you to browse through folders, and it displays the name of the song and artist. What the TL is limiting you to is a small library of regularly formated CDs and a very bad interface for one mp3 player, the iPod. That is a very bad decsion on their part.
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Re: ipod integration [jimmyrice14]
by macr2000
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Jan 09, 2006 (10:13 am)
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Replying to: jimmyrice14 (Jan 09, 2006 7:00 am)
You can burn DVD-A's which allows for muliple groups of up to 99 titles per group. Typically, I would burn one group per DVD with 99 songs at CD quality. This gives me 594 songs on 6 DVD's. DVD's are inexpensive.
If you want to burn at MP3 quality, you can probably burn 500 songs on one DVD. I haven't tried this as I am happy with 99 songs at CD quality.
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Re: ipod integration [macr2000]
by gibbyscott2
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Jan 09, 2006 (10:48 am)
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Replying to: macr2000 (Jan 09, 2006 10:13 am)
Hey macr2000, how do you burn dvd's for the tl to understand them? Before I bought the piece of garbage music link, I tried burning to dvd's. I tried dvd-r, dvd+r, dvd+rw. I also tried to create a dvd-audio disk with ulead's burn now software, and the tl would not recognize it. Could you please go into detail and explain exactly how you created these disks: what type of disc are you using, which program used to burn it, what kind of dvd - dvd-audio or a data dvd with .wav files on it. Thanks.
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Re: ipod integration [gibbyscott2]
by jimmyrice14
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Jan 09, 2006 (11:09 am)
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Replying to: gibbyscott2 (Jan 09, 2006 10:48 am)
I agree...I will be very surprised if you can "burn" a DVD-A that would be readable by the TL...but if you can that would make a huge difference.
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Re: ipod integration [gibbyscott2]
by macr2000
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Jan 09, 2006 (12:08 pm)
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Replying to: gibbyscott2 (Jan 09, 2006 10:48 am)
google: adobeman dvd-a
You will find a link with instructions on creating DVD-a's, including free downloadable software.
I followed the instructions; however, I use Nero to create the WAV files, usually about 4GB's for six albums at CD quality. Running the MakeDVDA batch file will create a DVDA iso image file. I then use Nero to copy the image file to a DVD disk.
I use regular DVD-r disk. In fact, the disks I'm using comes from a cheap batch of DVD's that didn't work well for other backup applications.
It would take me twenty minutes to create the WAV's from CD's, twenty minutes for MakeDVDA to create the iso image, and twenty minutes to copy the image to a DVD.
The DVD-A's works greate in the TL. Maybe jimmyrice14 can compare vehicles by playing DVD-A's.
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Re: ipod integration [macr2000]
by gibbyscott2
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Jan 09, 2006 (1:15 pm)
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Replying to: macr2000 (Jan 09, 2006 12:08 pm)
Where is this link? What version of nero are you using to create the dvd? Also, where is this batch file you talk of? Thanks a bunch.
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Re: ipod integration [macr2000]
by jimmyrice14
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Jan 09, 2006 (2:07 pm)
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Replying to: macr2000 (Jan 09, 2006 12:08 pm)
Excellent news, gibbyscott2! Unfortunately, the Lexus that plays DVD's, the Mark Levinson system, is not available in the Northeast US, go figure, so I can't compare them or you can bet I would. But now that I can pack a bunch of songs on DVD as you say, that changes my tune a bit on the TL.
Must you convert them to WMA before going to DVD or can you use MP3's? I'd have to convert my MP3's to WMA if this is not the case. Thanks.
Jimmyrice14
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