Music Box

MrFancyPants · 03-17-2009, 03:40 PM

Hey guys, mighty close to picking up a black/grey Fairlady in the next few weeks.

Is the music box removable so that one can load music on it inside of their home??

Thanks,
Chuck

LenZToy · 03-17-2009, 07:49 PM

Yeah, I don't believe you can take the music box out. If you find otherwise, let me know. The music box is a great idea, but I wish it was easier to copy songs...like some sort of copy feature using the flash card.

Crash · 03-17-2009, 07:52 PM

I'm pretty sure it's a ripping the songs from CDs.

MrFancyPants · 03-17-2009, 08:23 PM

About six years ago, Kenwood used to make something called "The Music Keg" which allowed you to transfer it from car to home with very little difficulty.

Anatoray · 03-17-2009, 08:39 PM

The music box is not removable, and it only rips entire CDs... You can delete individual tracks later, but seriously... WTF?

bullitt5897 · 03-18-2009, 09:31 AM

cant you upload them via CF card!?!? I will try that this afternoon after work.

shumby · 03-18-2009, 09:43 AM

no you cannot

Anatoray · 03-19-2009, 08:49 PM

No, you can't, which is why I think the device is borderline worthless. I GUESS I'll put CDs on it at some point... but considering that they're actually making it an involved process like setting up a new music library, rather than porting one over, I find myself not all that interested.

bullitt5897 · 03-20-2009, 02:28 PM

yea I tried and failed :/

LenZToy · 03-21-2009, 07:24 PM

yeah, I have a 20 minute commute and don't always want to listen to CDs. I guess I need to go on a long trip or something to use this thing.

jayhawk · 03-21-2009, 08:56 PM

The Music Box does rip CDs at 4 or 5 times playing speed, so by the time your CD is on the 3rd or 4th song, it has completed the ripping. Actually, I'm loving the Music Box - works great.

It would be nice to just copy MP3s from either the CF card or from data CDs, but no joy. (Likely Nissan did not want to run afoul of the RIAA attorneys...)

The guys at myg37.com have done some interesting work on the system (same Music Box system is in the G37, Murano, GTR, Armada, Maxima, F35, etc....) They've posted pictures after taking it apart looking for ways to use a bigger hard drive, hacking the nav software, and copying MP3s directly. They discovered some interesting things about the system, but the thread died a couple of months ago with no solutions for copying MP3s or upgrading drives.

Navigation/Musicbox Investigation Part 1 - MyG37

--jayhawk

LenZToy · 03-22-2009, 07:34 PM

Thanks! I hadn't tried yet...sounds a lot like the way iTunes works. I'll give it a try.

DJcuetip · 03-23-2009, 05:44 AM

wait we have music box in our oem unit? (i have the one with the 6cd changer)... i had no idea.. if so how do you rip cds into it? and is that the main function for it?

Anatoray · 03-23-2009, 11:32 AM

You have the music box if you got the nav package.

03-17-2009, 03:40 PM	#1 (permalink)
MrFancyPants Base Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Horsham, PA Posts: 21 Drives: 88 Alfa Milano Verde Rep Power: 16	Music Box Hey guys, mighty close to picking up a black/grey Fairlady in the next few weeks. Is the music box removable so that one can load music on it inside of their home?? Thanks, Chuck __________________ "At birth man is offered only one choice --the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by distaste for his own existence, his life will never have been more than meaningless." --Jean-Pierre Melville

03-17-2009, 07:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
Crash A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 1,853 Drives: 02 Corvette Z06 Rep Power: 589	I'm pretty sure it's a ripping the songs from CDs. __________________ 2002 Corvette Z06 - Totaled 2003 Corvette Z06 50th Anniversary

03-17-2009, 08:23 PM	#4 (permalink)
MrFancyPants Base Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Horsham, PA Posts: 21 Drives: 88 Alfa Milano Verde Rep Power: 16	About six years ago, Kenwood used to make something called "The Music Keg" which allowed you to transfer it from car to home with very little difficulty. __________________ "At birth man is offered only one choice --the choice of his death. But if this choice is governed by distaste for his own existence, his life will never have been more than meaningless." --Jean-Pierre Melville

03-18-2009, 09:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
shumby Captin Canuck Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: with your mom Age: 44 Posts: 6,288 Drives: your sister Rep Power: 236	no you cannot __________________ Originally Posted by SAM@GTM Engine detonation is not normal and it should never never happen, and whoever told that need to do something else for living . Sam

03-21-2009, 08:56 PM	#11 (permalink)
jayhawk Base Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: San Francisco Bay area Posts: 12 Drives: 1973 Datsun 240Z Rep Power: 16	Music Box The Music Box does rip CDs at 4 or 5 times playing speed, so by the time your CD is on the 3rd or 4th song, it has completed the ripping. Actually, I'm loving the Music Box - works great. It would be nice to just copy MP3s from either the CF card or from data CDs, but no joy. (Likely Nissan did not want to run afoul of the RIAA attorneys...) The guys at myg37.com have done some interesting work on the system (same Music Box system is in the G37, Murano, GTR, Armada, Maxima, F35, etc....) They've posted pictures after taking it apart looking for ways to use a bigger hard drive, hacking the nav software, and copying MP3s directly. They discovered some interesting things about the system, but the thread died a couple of months ago with no solutions for copying MP3s or upgrading drives. Navigation/Musicbox Investigation Part 1 - MyG37 --jayhawk

03-17-2009, 07:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
LenZToy Base Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Mechanicsville, Va. Posts: 143 Drives: 2013 370Z Black 6SP Rep Power: 268	Yeah, I don't believe you can take the music box out. If you find otherwise, let me know. The music box is a great idea, but I wish it was easier to copy songs...like some sort of copy feature using the flash card.

03-17-2009, 08:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
Anatoray Track Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 794 Drives: 09 BLK 370Z Rep Power: 17	The music box is not removable, and it only rips entire CDs... You can delete individual tracks later, but seriously... WTF?

03-18-2009, 09:31 AM	#6 (permalink)
bullitt5897 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North GA Posts: 6,831 Drives: Twin Turbo Z34 Rep Power: 3682	cant you upload them via CF card!?!? I will try that this afternoon after work.

03-19-2009, 08:49 PM	#8 (permalink)
Anatoray Track Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 794 Drives: 09 BLK 370Z Rep Power: 17	No, you can't, which is why I think the device is borderline worthless. I GUESS I'll put CDs on it at some point... but considering that they're actually making it an involved process like setting up a new music library, rather than porting one over, I find myself not all that interested.

03-20-2009, 02:28 PM	#9 (permalink)
bullitt5897 Premium Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North GA Posts: 6,831 Drives: Twin Turbo Z34 Rep Power: 3682	yea I tried and failed :/

03-21-2009, 07:24 PM	#10 (permalink)
LenZToy Base Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Mechanicsville, Va. Posts: 143 Drives: 2013 370Z Black 6SP Rep Power: 268	yeah, I have a 20 minute commute and don't always want to listen to CDs. I guess I need to go on a long trip or something to use this thing.

03-22-2009, 07:34 PM	#12 (permalink)
LenZToy Base Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Mechanicsville, Va. Posts: 143 Drives: 2013 370Z Black 6SP Rep Power: 268	Thanks! I hadn't tried yet...sounds a lot like the way iTunes works. I'll give it a try.

03-23-2009, 05:44 AM	#13 (permalink)
DJcuetip Track Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: CA Posts: 704 Drives: 370 Rep Power: 259	wait we have music box in our oem unit? (i have the one with the 6cd changer)... i had no idea.. if so how do you rip cds into it? and is that the main function for it?

03-23-2009, 11:32 AM	#14 (permalink)
Anatoray Track Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Kentucky Posts: 794 Drives: 09 BLK 370Z Rep Power: 17	You have the music box if you got the nav package.

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