Hi,


Not into hacking up a good sounding stereo. That being said I could not believe my stereo wont recognize mp3 files. Is there perhaps a later model xjr radio that I can swap mine out for? It has the alpine stereo non GPS/DVD


If not ill just have to rewrite my collection


Many thanks

 

Hi XxSlowpokexX,

I'll be curious to hear the responses to your question too. I can't speak for Jaguar, but I believe for BMWs 2005 was the first year their CD players would read mp3 files. Our '04 325i will not.

Cheers,

Don

 

As far as I know, none of the X350 models read MP3's. Pretty silly I know. I think your best bet would be finding a CD changer that will read them so you could just swap it from the trunk without messing with the headunit. Maybe alpine has something, as there are proprietary connectors so it's not just an easy plug and play solution unfortunately. You could also look into the ACM (audio connectivity module) which allows you to essentially hook up your ipod/iPhone and play it via RCA. Pretty clean setup from what I've seen.

 

eh ACM seemed to be alot of money and I just havent gotten a straight answer as to its functionality. Does it charge? Not charge? I know it retains steering wheel controls but no display on radio,,, Im happy with the stereo overall justnot this one particular aspect

 

Check this out. Very informative and with pictures Re ACM. Jaguar Audio Connectivity Module (ACM) Installation and Tips

 

The acm seems to charge the iphone 5 and 5s just fine. It didn't work as well prior to ios7.

 

Teek thanks Im going to look into it. Have a 5s. It be worth it

 

Actually, a compilation CDR made on Nero will allow you to play MP3s using the standard single CD slot in the head unit. I did a compilation CDR with a mix of wav files and MP3's a few years ago and it worked. I did another one last night just to confirm that it doesn't have any play problems and the new CDR that I did last night works fine too. So if you're like me, not bothered with an MP3 player, there is still an option for playing your MP3s if you burn them into a CDR.

There is one interesting point though, the Nero programme burnt the tracks based on time of the music and not based on the file size, so I could only get about 20 tracks onto a CDR instead of much more that you would have expected for MP3 file sizes. I'm not sure why this is the case but the MP3 music does play.

 

Windows media player does the same thing and it base on time instead of file size.