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From The Infiniti G37 Information Resource
[edit] Abreviations
While reading about the Infiniti Music Box, you may come across some of these abbreviations:
CD : Compact Disc
CF : Compact Flash Card
G, gig : Gigabyte
HD : Hard Drive
MC : Memory Card
MB : Music box
Mb : Megabyte
MP : Media Player
MP3 : MP3 Music File
WMA : Windows Media Audio
[edit] General
[edit] What is the Music Box?
The music box is Infiniti's mobile music player. It plays both your regular audio CDs and MP3 CDs, has a compact flash card reader for MP3 playback, and has an internal hard drive that allows you to rip and store your audio CDs into MP3.
[edit] What size hard drive is in the Music Box?
The hard drive has a physical space of 30 gigabytes. However, much of this is used for voice recognition and navigation. Only 9.3gigs is set aside for the Music Box media player.
[edit] How much music can I store on the Music Box?
The Music Box currently has a 3000 song limit.
[edit] Media Transfer
[edit] How do I transfer music onto the hard drive?
Currently the only way to get music onto the hard drive is to rip audio CDs from the in-dash CD player. You cannot transfer MP3s directly.
[edit] Can I transer MP3s from a CD-R to the hard drive?
No. Unfortunately you cannot.
[edit] Can I transfer MP3s from a memory card onto the hard drive?
No. Unfortunately you cannot.
[edit] Can I transfer MP3s from the trunk CD changer onto the hard drive?
No. Unfortunately you cannot.
[edit] How is the music encoded?
Songs ripped from a CD to the HD are encoded as MP3s at either 105k or 132k, with 132k being default bit rate. Very odd since MP3 standards are 128/160/192/etc..
[edit] How can I update song information on the Music Box?
Infiniti has put out a nifty program to help you organize your Music Box. Check it out here:
http://www.infiniti.com/music-update/
[edit] Media Playback
[edit] What file types are supported by the Music Box?
The Infiniti Music Box supports: mp3,
[edit] What playback options are available?
You can play music by artist, date, music genre, etc.
[edit] What bitrates are supported?
Songs ripped from a CD to the HD are encoded as MP3s at either 105kbps or 132kbps, with 132kbps being default bit rate. Very odd since MP3 standards are 128/160/192/etc..
It will play MP3s encoded up to 320kbps, however it will only rip music to the HD up to 132kbps.
[edit] Can I play MP3s from a CD-R
Yes, you can play MP3s from a CD-R or CD-RW.
[edit] Compact Flash Cards
[edit] Can I play media from a compact flash card?
Yes, you can play mp3 and wma files directly from a memory card.
[edit] What size memory cards work with the Music Box?
Any size flash card will work, however the reader can only see up to 512 songs. Anything over this limit will not be readable.
[edit] How many files can fit on the memory cards?
There are two limitations with the compact flash cards. First you are limited by the size of card you purchase. Second, the MB only recognizes 2GBs. And finally, the MB will only read 512 files on the card. So if you have more than 512 MP3 files on your CF, then it will only read the first 512.
[edit] Can you display images through the CF card reader?
Yes.
[edit] Music Box Controls
[edit] Can I use voice commands to control the Music Box?
Yes you can.
[edit] List of Voice Commands
See the Voice Command List
[edit] Skip Album
During Album playback mode, if you hold up or down on the steering wheel audio controls, it will skip to the next album.
