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Ipod video by rkmcconn
Feb 20, 2007 (9:05 pm)
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I have seen some posts on this but am still having difficulty getting video to display from an IPod using the auxiliary inputs on my '07 sedan. I'm using a camcorder cable, hooking red plug to yellow jack, yellow plug to white jack, white plug to red jack (found this on a link listed in a post), leaving the car in park but get only sound, no video. Ipod is set to "TV On" and "NTSC" in video settings menu. It displays a message saying video will resume when car stops. This is a car w/o navigation system. Has anyone gotten this to work or have any hints? Thanks.
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issue resolution by kring5
Feb 21, 2007 (5:29 am)
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Replying to: rkmcconn (Feb 20, 2007 9:05 pm)

First, the parking brake has to be on.
 
second, just get the right cable.
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Re: issue resolution [kring5] by karman3
Feb 21, 2007 (4:08 pm)
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Replying to: kring5 (Feb 21, 2007 5:29 am)

I have new 07 and used the aux. inputs from laptop computer to view a DVD. It worked fine once I got all the correct settings in computer. Video is yellow connection, red/white are audio stereo connections. Not sure I will ever use it for video viewing. Is place to input audio though. I don't understand why they just didn't put an aux. mini jack plug-in in the dash somewhere to connect ipod or such. GM is doing that with their 07 models. I just burn my music to a CD as MP3's and use the CD in radio.
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Re: issue resolution [karman3] by rkmcconn
Feb 21, 2007 (6:25 pm)
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Replying to: karman3 (Feb 21, 2007 4:08 pm)

Putting on the parking break did the trick. Thanks for the help.
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Re: issue resolution [karman3] by smokey75
Feb 21, 2007 (8:15 pm)
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Replying to: karman3 (Feb 21, 2007 4:08 pm)

I thought it had a mini jack input on the dash. Doesn't huh?
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2007 G35x Hard Drive Music System by weinberk
Feb 21, 2007 (2:16 pm)
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Hi all-
 
I'm considering a 2007 G35x with Nav, Tech, and Premium. The hard drive music player is quite interesting to me.
 
Questions:
1) Does anyone have any details of the hard drive itself (size, interface)? The dealer told me that it's something like a 30gb drive that the car uses for navigation. The 9gb that remains can be used for mp3 storage. I'm wondering if it might be possible to replace the drive with a larger one (kinda like a TiVo upgrade) so that I would have more mp3 storage space.
 
2) I have a bunch of cd's already ripped on my computer. Can I transfer these mp3 files to the hard drive by using a compact flash card? (It's a shame that there's no way to network the car when in the garage).
 
3) How quickly does the car itself rip cd's? What bitrate is used?
 
Thanks
Ken
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Re: 2007 G35x Hard Drive Music System [weinberk] by kring5
Feb 21, 2007 (3:19 pm)
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Replying to: weinberk (Feb 21, 2007 2:16 pm)

1.) it's a Seagate drive, it is 30 GB's and it's an extreme condition drive to deal with cold weather and high vibration. I'm sure there's a way to sub it out, but haven't heard of anyone doing it and from what I understand it's not a dealer serviceable part, I think the whole unit just gets replaced so the dealer doesn't have drives or the software which will make it difficult. I don't think anyone knows the OS, which is critical in determining if the drive can be imaged and then free space expanded.
 
2.) nope, can't transfer them, burn only... it's for copy protection
 
3.) it's sort of slow, I end up listening to approx 3-4 songs before it finishes, which is about 15 minutes to rip a 60 minute CD. it uses 132 bit rate, and there's a lower one, like 112 or something, but I just leave at 132.
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Re: 2007 G35x Hard Drive Music System [kring5] by weinberk
Feb 21, 2007 (4:18 pm)
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Replying to: kring5 (Feb 21, 2007 3:19 pm)

Thanks for replying so quicly and thoroughly!
 
It's a shame that you can't transfer from cf to hard drive. Will the in dash unit play from mp3 cd's or dvd's? If so, will it transfer (not really rip, but simply copy the tracks) from these data discs? I'm most concerned with the time it'll take me to re-rip my music. I'd love to be able to avoid that.
 
Lastly, do you have a model number on the Seagate drive? I'm not finding anything online about extreme condition drives - I wonder if they're only available to OEM partners...
 
Thanks again
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Re: 2007 G35x Hard Drive Music System [weinberk] by kring5
Feb 21, 2007 (6:40 pm)
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Replying to: weinberk (Feb 21, 2007 4:18 pm)

it only reads CD's I believe it will play MP3 cd's... but I haven't tried it so not positive on that. it can't read a DVD and it can't copy data of CD's. there's only one way to populate the music box, which is ripping real cd's. you can burn a music CD and then have it rip that. which is the best way to get favorite songs. also you can rip just 1 song off an album, it's a select rip, or you can rip the whole CD.
 
Personally I have only loaded 2 albums on there and that was for playing around, I really don't use the CD player or the 6 disc changer either. I find the CF slot is the best way for music and occasionally I use the aux for my ipod.
 
The Drive is a Seagate EE25 (extreme environment) I have a link but it seems like the seagate website is down, I can't even get to their homepage right now... maybe it will work later.
 
http://www.seagate.com/ww/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=ef6cd9388cf1e010VgnVCM100000dd04- 090aRCRD&locale=en-US&reqPage=Model&modelReqTab=Reviews&vgnextrefresh=1
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Re: 2007 G35x Hard Drive Music System [kring5] by weinberk
Feb 21, 2007 (7:09 pm)
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Replying to: kring5 (Feb 21, 2007 6:40 pm)

Thanks again for the info. Not the answers I was hoping for, but what I expected...
 
And, I can confirm that the seagate website isn't working on this end either. Will take a look at that website when it returns.
 
Thanks

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