Mix setting on music getting reset every car start
12-13-2009, 01:46 PM
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Mix setting on music getting reset every car start
Personally I always listen to my music on Mix (from my iPod).
However, with the 3G MMI every time I start the car the Mix setting is reset.
Has anyone found a workaround for this?
However, with the 3G MMI every time I start the car the Mix setting is reset.
Has anyone found a workaround for this?
12-15-2009, 12:17 PM
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I've always hates how the shuffle feature shuffles all songs, not just selected playlists or artists. I, like the OP, enjoy listening to my iphone on mix, but I have a lot of crap on it that i don't exactly want to listen to on every drive, I wish i could just shuffle some of the playlists that I have (Some are in excess of 400 songs).
I really like the MMI, but the shuffle and the scrolling have both bugged me since i got the car 14 months ago. Whenever i want to get to an artist, and try to do so through the steering wheel, it takes absolutely forever. IMO it shouldn't be so frustrating, to the point where i find myself making cd's to pop in for a day or two, and then throw away.
Sorry for running my mouth...
I really like the MMI, but the shuffle and the scrolling have both bugged me since i got the car 14 months ago. Whenever i want to get to an artist, and try to do so through the steering wheel, it takes absolutely forever. IMO it shouldn't be so frustrating, to the point where i find myself making cd's to pop in for a day or two, and then throw away.
Sorry for running my mouth...
12-15-2009, 12:31 PM
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The initial version of the MMI on my nav enabled 06 had a problem with mix that it could NOT mix across all songs, they later fixed it. Funny that the opposite problem is around now.
12-15-2009, 01:44 PM
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I've always hates how the shuffle feature shuffles all songs, not just selected playlists or artists. I, like the OP, enjoy listening to my iphone on mix, but I have a lot of crap on it that i don't exactly want to listen to on every drive, I wish i could just shuffle some of the playlists that I have (Some are in excess of 400 songs).
It would be so much easier if a) the mix setting was sticky and b) you could choose what artists/albums/songs the mix would be over, but this was a quick and easy way for me to get the same result without having to curse at the MMI every time I got into the car.
BTW, I end up using the sd card more than my ipod as, for some reason, I find that the system causes my ipod to crash on a regular basis. So it was easier to buy a high capacity sd card and use the trick above than deal with a frozen ipod every few days.
12-15-2009, 03:14 PM
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This and the resetting of mix setting really bothered me as well with my 3G MMI. So, I quickly came up with an automatic playlist that refreshes every time I plug in my ipod or sd card to my computer that generates a new random playlist. Then all I do is tell the car to play that specific playlist when plugging in the ipod or sd card. On my ipod/sd card (16GB), I play hundreds of songs before reaching the end of the playlist and then needing to connect to the computer for a "new" random playlist.
It would be so much easier if a) the mix setting was sticky and b) you could choose what artists/albums/songs the mix would be over, but this was a quick and easy way for me to get the same result without having to curse at the MMI every time I got into the car.
BTW, I end up using the sd card more than my ipod as, for some reason, I find that the system causes my ipod to crash on a regular basis. So it was easier to buy a high capacity sd card and use the trick above than deal with a frozen ipod every few days.
It would be so much easier if a) the mix setting was sticky and b) you could choose what artists/albums/songs the mix would be over, but this was a quick and easy way for me to get the same result without having to curse at the MMI every time I got into the car.
BTW, I end up using the sd card more than my ipod as, for some reason, I find that the system causes my ipod to crash on a regular basis. So it was easier to buy a high capacity sd card and use the trick above than deal with a frozen ipod every few days.
Also what logic does the MMI use to pick a default playlist? just name of playlist?
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12-15-2009, 03:17 PM
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There is no default playlist. I meant, I pick the playlist using the MMI and then just let it sequentially move down my already randomized list of hundreds of songs
12-15-2009, 05:36 PM
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This and the resetting of mix setting really bothered me as well with my 3G MMI. So, I quickly came up with an automatic playlist that refreshes every time I plug in my ipod or sd card to my computer that generates a new random playlist. Then all I do is tell the car to play that specific playlist when plugging in the ipod or sd card. On my ipod/sd card (16GB), I play hundreds of songs before reaching the end of the playlist and then needing to connect to the computer for a "new" random playlist.
It would be so much easier if a) the mix setting was sticky and b) you could choose what artists/albums/songs the mix would be over, but this was a quick and easy way for me to get the same result without having to curse at the MMI every time I got into the car.
BTW, I end up using the sd card more than my ipod as, for some reason, I find that the system causes my ipod to crash on a regular basis. So it was easier to buy a high capacity sd card and use the trick above than deal with a frozen ipod every few days.
It would be so much easier if a) the mix setting was sticky and b) you could choose what artists/albums/songs the mix would be over, but this was a quick and easy way for me to get the same result without having to curse at the MMI every time I got into the car.
BTW, I end up using the sd card more than my ipod as, for some reason, I find that the system causes my ipod to crash on a regular basis. So it was easier to buy a high capacity sd card and use the trick above than deal with a frozen ipod every few days.
12-16-2009, 05:51 AM
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I've never changed any settings regarding shuffle and mine will correctly shuffle the current directory I am in (whether artist/album/playlist/all songs makes no difference) (MMI3G + 5th? gen iPod)
I am in the same boat as everyone else wishing for a shuffle that sticks, I'm in shuffle mode 95% of the time..
I am in the same boat as everyone else wishing for a shuffle that sticks, I'm in shuffle mode 95% of the time..