B&O / Blackberry / USB and playlists

[JohnG1]

I've got a V12V with the B&O stereo. I've hooked up my blackberry to the USB connection and I can play mp3s which works fine. But I really like to create playlists rather than just play an album. Does anyone know how to do this??

At the moment I'm mainly listening to the V12 but I'm due for a long road trip and some music would be good :-)

[Knights of Aston]

I think you have to create playlists on the phone first, probably using the PC software, unless it's an option on the phones player of course(you could do it with Sony's that way). Is there a Blackberry online guide on one of the forums?
USB stick is always an option too. You can make drag and drop playlists using them. Saying that it may work that way with the blackberry too?? Make new file in music folder, give folder a name, drag and drop individual tracks into new folder (MP3 or WAV). Should work. I think...

[JohnG1]

Not really what I meant. I can copy files but I'd rather be able to create or use a normal playlist like on a normal mp3 player (the point is that copying files duplicates data and wastes space, I've got a lot of music and it's inefficient to create playlists that way).

Any other takers?

[Stickshifter]

I just keep an old ipod/itouch in the car permanently and update it every so ofter when at home....the older ones hold a lot of music too...not a great answer but it works for me....

[Adam2S]

The blackberry will just act like a USB stick once connected - and therefore doesnt have the funcationality to create playlists like an ipod does.

Just put the files in directories on the phone that you want to play in lists. So instead of the default "artist / album / track" structure, put them in a new "playlist / track" structure.

[Jockman]

Adam2S said:

The blackberry will just act like a USB stick once connected - and therefore doesnt have the funcationality to create playlists like an ipod does.

Just put the files in directories on the phone that you want to play in lists. So instead of the default "artist / album / track" structure, put them in a new "playlist / track" structure.

Or dump the Blackberry crap and get a proper phone - perhaps an iphone4

[JohnG1]

Jockman said:

Or dump the Blackberry crap and get a proper phone - perhaps an iphone4

That Sir is fighting talk...

Iphone 4 - you're having a laugh. Great for everything apart from voice calls and the email sucks....

[JohnG1]

Adam2S said:

The blackberry will just act like a USB stick once connected - and therefore doesnt have the funcationality to create playlists like an ipod does.

Just put the files in directories on the phone that you want to play in lists. So instead of the default "artist / album / track" structure, put them in a new "playlist / track" structure.

The blackberry can create playlists - same as an ipod.

The issue here is that the B&O stereo does not see the playlist files on the blackberry.
I wondered if the B&O requires a specific format/naming convention for playlist files?

I can dream up hacks and workarounds but I wonder if anyone knows how to do this properly?

[Adam2S]

I was trying to say that because the car will only see the bb as a USB data disk that you will loose the functionality of the bb playlists. A raw USB disk (as the bb will effectively become) cant really do playlists unless you organise them on the disk as Ive suggested.

[Jockman]

JohnG1 said:

That Sir is fighting talk...

That's the spirit John, stand up for the one you love

The rest of your answer was just noise.

Have you had any joy with the techies at your dealership? For that kind of car, you would expect them to give you some assistance.