POST 1Original post
My friend got a loaner 2009 BMW 3 series and it had a feature of storing music from cd/ipod onto the car's hard disk. Now, we know the PCM 3.0 has a 30 or 40gb HD inside, can it be utilized? Any idea?
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YOUR RESEARCHStoring music on PCM 3.0 hard disk?
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POST 2Original post
I've thought about this before. Its not allowed by default, but guess a similar and more convenient option would be to connect your iPod which will at least give you twice the storage!
POST 3Original post
This would be a nice feature, but I don't think it's possible. There's absolutely no mention of this in the PCM 3.0 manual. I'm not even sure where the hard drive is located in the car.
POST 4Original post
I'm going to go out on a limb and say "snowballs chance in hell". It's kind of cool on the BMW , but after a while, it's novel at best. I use the iphone 90% of the time when I drive either car.
POST 5Original post
Actually my wife uses this feature on her Jeep with the MyGig system and uses it to dump her CD's to the hard drive so she doesn't have to carry CD's with her anymore. Typically when she is in the Jeep she uses her phone as a phone not an ipod and if the Jeep's HD can do it seemlessly then heck why not. As for the original question I'm sure the software could be hacked in some way to allow such a thing to happen (There are many hacks for the MyGig system to add other features/function) but I don't know anyone who is hacking PCM 3.0 at the moment. You might check with Mods4Cars and ask them if they've considered doing it, they have some smart engineers on staff!
POST 6Original post
You mention the iPod, so if you have that connection then you also have the USB port. Pick up a cheap 16 or 32 gb USB flash drive and copy the music to that. I bought a very tiny one and leave it connected full-time (except when I bring it inside to load new music). PCM will let you navigate by folder (go to "track list"). Works great, acts the same as if you had the music on the hard drive.
POST 7Original post
I was wondering about this too. I dump a few songs on my loaner BMWs HD so i can listen to them while I have the car so I wont forget my USB or my CDs when I return it... I have a loaner Cayenne today and was wondering if I can do the same thing... I guess I cant. guess normal radio will have to do.
POST 8Original post
I would love to see Porsche come out with a Bluetooth A2DP interface for their PCM system. They already offer Bluetooth handsfree operation, it shouldn't be hard to upgrade that so you could also stream high-quality audio to the car wirelessly.
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