Unicode support in stock iPod interface?

[evolver]

Hi!

I'm wondering if stock iPod integration into Tech Pkg on E70 supports full range of Unicode characters. For example, about a half of tracks on my iPod is labelled using Cyrillic alphabet. It is perfectly readable on iPod screen. Not only it is readable, iPod also provides proper sorting of track names. I tried several modern iPod integration systems from a variety of car makers -- Infiniti, Mercedes, Porsche -- but none of them was able to handle non-English track/album/artist names correctly. Most of them just replace non-English charaters with blanks or spaces. I can still scroll through the list but it is a useless list of blank entries.

Does iPod integration of US market X5 support non-English characters? Or does it choke as the other systems I mentioned above?

On a similar note, what should I expect from a BlueTooth integration in an X5 if I have phone book entries in a language other than English?


Thanks!

[evolver]

Not sure if anybody interested but here is what I learned by practice. Both CD player and iPod interface seem to handle Russian alphabet flawlessly. It displays artist and track names and sorts them correctly in alphabetic order. Good job BMW!