MB CD Changer question?
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MB CD Changer question?
My Brother just bought a 2006 ML350 and his stock CD Changer can play MP3 files. I have a 2005 C230ss which was bought few months ago but my CDC doesn't play MP3 files.
Anybodys' C-Class CDC plays MP3s? Did MB just decided to change their stock CDC?
Anybodys' C-Class CDC plays MP3s? Did MB just decided to change their stock CDC?
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Mine doesn't..does play RWs thought...but damn I want a ML now, lol. Wonder if the '06 C changers will be able to?...and if so, any backward capability to '05 head units?
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Unlikely. Unless they offer a software upgrade to the head unit, there's no way you can add MP3-CD functionality to a current head unit that doesn't have it already. It's not really the changer per se that's playing the MP3; it's the head unit.
I could be wrong, of course. It is possible that MB decided to put audio decoders in their CD changers, but that's a practice I haven't heard of. Though it would be nice for backwards compatability, as the head unit would just get audio data, not having to do the decoding itself, it'd be a little odd, as you wouldn't really be able to control folder access and stuff like that (regular CDs don't have folders, so the head unit wouldn't be able to do that).
I could be wrong, of course. It is possible that MB decided to put audio decoders in their CD changers, but that's a practice I haven't heard of. Though it would be nice for backwards compatability, as the head unit would just get audio data, not having to do the decoding itself, it'd be a little odd, as you wouldn't really be able to control folder access and stuff like that (regular CDs don't have folders, so the head unit wouldn't be able to do that).
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Originally Posted by jedcred
Unlikely. Unless they offer a software upgrade to the head unit, there's no way you can add MP3-CD functionality to a current head unit that doesn't have it already. It's not really the changer per se that's playing the MP3; it's the head unit.
I could be wrong, of course. It is possible that MB decided to put audio decoders in their CD changers, but that's a practice I haven't heard of. Though it would be nice for backwards compatability, as the head unit would just get audio data, not having to do the decoding itself, it'd be a little odd, as you wouldn't really be able to control folder access and stuff like that (regular CDs don't have folders, so the head unit wouldn't be able to do that).
I could be wrong, of course. It is possible that MB decided to put audio decoders in their CD changers, but that's a practice I haven't heard of. Though it would be nice for backwards compatability, as the head unit would just get audio data, not having to do the decoding itself, it'd be a little odd, as you wouldn't really be able to control folder access and stuff like that (regular CDs don't have folders, so the head unit wouldn't be able to do that).
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Originally Posted by scorchie
You are in fact incorrect. The MP3 decoder is in the actual CD changer. It converts into a normal digital audio stream on the fibre optic bus. The MP3 changers are backwards compatible to all MOST-based head units.
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Originally Posted by jedcred
Mucho interesting. However, I'd like to know how the MB head unit deals with folders and files. Does it just display them as CD tracks, or in some other way? Does it have any support for ID3 tags? How many files does it support? I'm just curious, really, as I have an MP3 head unit, and I'd like to know what the MB mp3 support is like.
It's very similar to if you have an Alpine MP3 CD changer and hook it up through M-Bus to a head unit which has no MP3 support. So if you have, say, a 1995 C-class, you can hook up that CD changer and play MP3 discs which appear to the head unit as just a very large audio CD.
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Originally Posted by jan ken po
Mine doesn't..does play RWs thought...but damn I want a ML now, lol. Wonder if the '06 C changers will be able to?...and if so, any backward capability to '05 head units?
...with an mp3 headunit and 6-disc changer, one could hold 4.9 GB of music (or 5.6 with 800 MB/90 MIN CDs), enough to last for weeks/months, seriously undermining the demand for a $300+ MB iPod upgrade.
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I revise my previous statement on new info....damn, that rocks!!!
@ Sunman: long in which direction?? I assume you mean in depth from front to back. Do you have the dimensions on it...is it available for MB parts dept. or elsewhere, anyone?
@ Sunman: long in which direction?? I assume you mean in depth from front to back. Do you have the dimensions on it...is it available for MB parts dept. or elsewhere, anyone?
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some slow@$$diesels
long as in froint to back - yes.
We already sold/installed/send out a few MP3 compatible MOST CD changers to people with 203s...BUT we haven't got a proper braket for it yet...(due to a lack of time).
greetingz,
We already sold/installed/send out a few MP3 compatible MOST CD changers to people with 203s...BUT we haven't got a proper braket for it yet...(due to a lack of time).
greetingz,
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Originally Posted by MBenzNL
long as in froint to back - yes.
We already sold/installed/send out a few MP3 compatible MOST CD changers to people with 203s...BUT we haven't got a proper braket for it yet...(due to a lack of time).
greetingz,
We already sold/installed/send out a few MP3 compatible MOST CD changers to people with 203s...BUT we haven't got a proper braket for it yet...(due to a lack of time).
greetingz,
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Originally Posted by delbomber
...with an mp3 headunit and 6-disc changer, one could hold 4.9 GB of music (or 5.6 with 800 MB/90 MIN CDs), enough to last for weeks/months, seriously undermining the demand for a $300+ MB iPod upgrade.
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Well I don't have an Ipod and I truly only listen to my music in the car....still waiting on price for these things. Maybe call the stealership see what they say about them.
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some slow@$$diesels
Originally Posted by Jim Banville
Steve, how much are these MP3 compatible changers? Do they work w/ the standard '05 radio?
and yes - they work with all 2005 headunits
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