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      10-07-2021, 02:40 PM   #1
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USB port to play music off of in '22 M850 Vert

Apologies if this has been answered before - I searched but did not find it.

I have a '22 M850 Convertible. I am lamenting the loss of the internal hard drive to store music (like I had in my '18 M550). Is there a USB or USB-C port that I can plug in a USB with music to play off of?

Thanks in advance
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I didn't know the HD was removed?? My X5MC had one... interesting. I only played music via bluetooth so cannot help there.
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Apologies if this has been answered before - I searched but did not find it.

I have a '22 M850 Convertible. I am lamenting the loss of the internal hard drive to store music (like I had in my '18 M550). Is there a USB or USB-C port that I can plug in a USB with music to play off of?

Thanks in advance
Yes, should be one around the cup holders and a USB-C in the center storage area.
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Yes, should be one around the cup holders and a USB-C in the center storage area.
Thanks a lot. I've seen those, just was wanting to confirm you can read & play music off of them. Will give it a try.
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Thanks a lot. I've seen those, just was wanting to confirm you can read & play music off of them. Will give it a try.
You can and I do.
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Apologies if this has been answered before - I searched but did not find it.

I have a '22 M850 Convertible. I am lamenting the loss of the internal hard drive to store music (like I had in my '18 M550). Is there a USB or USB-C port that I can plug in a USB with music to play off of?

Thanks in advance
Is that a MY22/component shortage thing? My MY19 has internal storage that can store music. I've always assumed it's the same HDD/SDD used by the navigation system, drive recorder etc etc that is used to store multimedia files as well, but maybe they are different.
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Apologies if this has been answered before - I searched but did not find it.

I have a '22 M850 Convertible. I am lamenting the loss of the internal hard drive to store music (like I had in my '18 M550). Is there a USB or USB-C port that I can plug in a USB with music to play off of?

Thanks in advance
Is that a MY22/component shortage thing? My MY19 has internal storage that can store music. I've always assumed it's the same HDD/SDD used by the navigation system, drive recorder etc etc that is used to store multimedia files as well, but maybe they are different.
I believe the HDD is still there but in the 2021s I saw several posts regarding the inability to import music into the Music Collection in essence making it inaccessible to the end user. My 2020 M850i still supports it and I was familiar with the import process via my wife's 2017 X5 on iDrive 6.
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Yes, should be one around the cup holders and a USB-C in the center storage area.
Thanks a lot. I've seen those, just was wanting to confirm you can read & play music off of them. Will give it a try.
I chose the USBC in the center console and a 2TB SSD as the 40GB available for the Music Collection on the internal HDD of my 2020 M850i is not big enough for my FLAC high resolution audio collection. As per Ozzie8, the SSD fully integrates into iDrive 7 just like the Music Collection so you can browse by artist, album, etc. In fact voice commands via the assistant will play albums via hands free requests and the gesture controls to skip tracks work as well.

There's an older thread on the forum recommending compatible SSD drives to point you in the right direction. I'm on mobile at the moment or I'd search it for you.
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Apologies if this has been answered before - I searched but did not find it.

I have a '22 M850 Convertible. I am lamenting the loss of the internal hard drive to store music (like I had in my '18 M550). Is there a USB or USB-C port that I can plug in a USB with music to play off of?

Thanks in advance
My wife had the same issue when we ordered her 2022 M850i back in late June. The USB in the cup holder area did the job and it works great.
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