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Old Sep 13, 2003 | 06:59 PM
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Rdds

I just got my replacement E500 with Nav.

I find it bizarre that a radio manufactured in the 21st century would not have RDDS. I know it's a mostly useless (and often annoying) feature, but come on.
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Old Sep 13, 2003 | 07:04 PM
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congrats on your car man! even w/o rdds you'll love it
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Old Sep 13, 2003 | 08:13 PM
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03 E320, sport package, moon roof, sound upgrade, brilliant silver, charcoal leather, heated seats..
What is RDDS?

Moreover, if it is useless and annoying why would you want it?
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Old Sep 13, 2003 | 09:23 PM
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While the RDDS might be useless.. ENJOY the CDtext feature of the NAV car WITH CD changer.. I have created CD's for my changer with CD text too.. and the CD title and SONG show up on the command screen while it's playing.. replaces the CD# and the Track # on the screen.

VERY TRICK... I NEED to take some pictures.. OH and if you hit the MAGAZINE button.. all the CD's in the changer show up (CD1, CD2, Cd3, etc) AND the TITLE of the CD too (that's why the CD's are listed vertically while in the pre-NAV they were HORIZONTALLY oriented).

EnjoY!!
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Old Sep 14, 2003 | 12:57 AM
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NitroShredder:

CD text feature? My Command system does not have this feature. Just looked at the manual too. Is it something you do when you burn the CD and the Comand system automatically picks it up?
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Old Sep 14, 2003 | 01:07 AM
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Originally posted by 03BABY!
NitroShredder:

CD text feature? Is it something you do when you burn the CD and the Comand system automatically picks it up?
i believe so, or the CD that you buy from the store has to be encoded with CD text, i dont think there are a lot of them out there though
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Old Sep 14, 2003 | 08:03 AM
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If you have the NAV '03 E, YES it's in the manual.. but in the COMMAND supplement not the thicker E class manual. I'll try to get some pix today.

Yes, it's CD's I burned... I couldn't find any I bought with it.. and most at the stores do NOT have it.

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NitroShredder:

CD text feature? My Command system does not have this feature. Just looked at the manual too. Is it something you do when you burn the CD and the Comand system automatically picks it up?
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