seefive Posted June 26, 2013 Posted June 26, 2013 Hi Just got a prereg 13 plate c5 exclusive techno pack and came across a couple of issues on the ICE font. My previous car (mk 2 C5) had an MP3 compatible disc player, as does the new one. When I played my old discs in the new car, some albums mysteriously disappeared. After much pulling out of hair, I eventually realised than anything with a dot in the title (album or artist) was being ignored. - so "Sergeant Pepper" was being ignored because it was tagged as "Sgt.Pepper's lonely hearts club band" - file format "Pepper's lonely hearts club band" not found! So I'm working through my collection of MP3 discs hunting the dots and renaming and burning - what a bore! On the positive side, I was pleased to discover you can random play a whole disc (typically 200 tracks) not just random within an album, as in the old car. The other problem is the dealer- fitted autodab radio conversion - it doesn't work! Connects2 can't link it into the canbus system of the new cars, so they give you a stupid little remote control to use in lieu of the steering wheel controls. Mine failed within 2 hours of collecting the car, and a replacement remote didn't work at all. The whole sytem has now frozen, with the voice in the dashboard chanting "autodab" over and over. I have tuned out the autodab ( it works on FM direct feed) and installed the Pure Highway I kept from the old car - reception is much better in tricky areas thanks to the external magnetic aerial, it works perfectly and has a pause/rewind facililty. Not as seamless as autodab, with a little visible wiring, but looks quite neat sitting behind the gearstick,attached firmly to the ashtray cover with the power supply behind. Trying to get a refund on the autodab now.. Quote
seefive Posted July 14, 2013 Author Posted July 14, 2013 Just a footnote to this. Autodab is now working. The replacement remote control needed to be "paired" wth the tuner. Connects2 tech support were very helpful and professional So all good, and enjoying the "aussie bashing" on Radio 5SX! Quote
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