USB format

[sqa4life]

I've been searching the owner manual to figure out what type of USB format is supported by the stereo, but no luck. I tried NTFS but it didn't work. Maybe fat32?

[draken187]

Hmmm I just picked up a 16 gig sandisk thumbdrive dumped 14gigs of music in it and I'm good to go...

[dtg1015]

I formatted my 16GB FAT32 and it works perfect.

[Lance]

Originally Posted by draken187

Hmmm I just picked up a 16 gig sandisk thumbdrive dumped 14gigs of music in it and I'm good to go...

Me too. I got a micro http://www.ebay.com/itm/250912172611...84.m1497.l2649 and it is barely visible.

Lance

[sqa4life]

Thanks everyone.
FAT32 did the trick.

Honda needs to improve their documentation. They can reference any none critical statements to a url if they want to keep the manual thin. We're living in the world of technology, but lack of info is sometime unacceptable.

[sqa4life]

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[Route 66]

Are you able to bring up the song titles and artists names on the screen using one of these?

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Route 66

Are you able to bring up the song titles and artists names on the screen using one of these?

Yes. However, it does not bring up the album art. After some fruitless reading of the manual it appears that album art works only with iPod and Internet Radio. Page 271 says something about Gracenote Album Information for songs stored on the Hard Disk; however, that is as far as I got.

One funny thing is that the album art shows up for me when playing Hotel California from the USB disk. For the life of me, I can't figure out why that album is the only one that works. I copied from iTunes (where each song has album information, including art) to the USB disk; however, that was the only album art that shows up. Go figure.

Lance

[WSport13]

If your song does not contain the album art, then there is nothing to display !!!

album arts, song titles, artists, album name... etc. ... there are tons of MP3 related info that you can modify/edit during or after encoding your MP3. !!! I'm able to display every song's album art, even change the album art to some pictures that I like. I'm using TagScanner (free version), or you can just google "MP3 tag edit scan" and pick your own.

While we are on this MP3 subject: some of my MP3 play louder than others, (and this is quite annoying sometimes). It is quite possible that your MP3 has different level of loudness if you encode them using different encoder (Itunes, Microsoft, copy from friends ...). I use the (free) application Mp3Gain to normalize the audio level so that every MP3 files in my collection will start with the same loudness. This app basically modifies some MP3 info bit in the file (not re-encode them).

These two apps works very well for me, but use them at your own risk.

[glen e]

After all the stuff written here and me playing with EVERY source possible I am sold on one source that is the best fidelity, easiest to access and works the best. And that is the hardwired hookup to USB of a dedicated iPod. Get a 6 inch apple black connector cable and seat the pod with velcro and be done with it. All the songs are the same volume , you get the best fidelity if you burned at a decent rate and access thru the I-mid is perfect.

Ebay has prev gen nanos for 30 -60 bucks...

[paticumbia]

I notice that I get the best sound quality from my stereo thru music on my Usb than either fm to r cd.

[Route 66]

Originally Posted by Lance

Yes. However, it does not bring up the album art. After some fruitless reading of the manual it appears that album art works only with iPod and Internet Radio. Page 271 says something about Gracenote Album Information for songs stored on the Hard Disk; however, that is as far as I got.

One funny thing is that the album art shows up for me when playing Hotel California from the USB disk. For the life of me, I can't figure out why that album is the only one that works. I copied from iTunes (where each song has album information, including art) to the USB disk; however, that was the only album art that shows up. Go figure.

Lance

That's fantastic news Lance!! I can live without the album art.

All of my music in in iTunes on my Mac, is there anything I need to know about transferring it to the USB drive?

[Lance]

Originally Posted by Route 66

That's fantastic news Lance!! I can live without the album art.

All of my music in in iTunes on my Mac, is there anything I need to know about transferring it to the USB drive?

Create a folder on the USB drive (e.g., Hotel California). Select one or more songs in iTunes (e.g., all songs from Hotel California). Drag [from iTunes] and drop [USB drive] worked for me.

I'll bet that some smart audiophile (probably under 21 years old) can figure out how to fool iTunes to think that your library is on the USB drive. Then you can create play lists without duplicating files. Right now I have bunches of full albums in separate folders on my USB drive along with Top10, Top50, and Top100 lists with duplicate songs in each. Now that I'm thinking about it, this might be trying to turn a USB drive into an iPod. Maybe you should stick with the folders.

I then set up the Audit function to select random within a folder or across folders.

Lance

[Route 66]

Originally Posted by Lance

Create a folder on the USB drive (e.g., Hotel California). Select one or more songs in iTunes (e.g., all songs from Hotel California). Drag [from iTunes] and drop [USB drive] worked for me.

I'll bet that some smart audiophile (probably under 21 years old) can figure out how to fool iTunes to think that your library is on the USB drive. Then you can create play lists without duplicating files. Right now I have bunches of full albums in separate folders on my USB drive along with Top10, Top50, and Top100 lists with duplicate songs in each. Now that I'm thinking about it, this might be trying to turn a USB drive into an iPod. Maybe you should stick with the folders.

I then set up the Audit function to select random within a folder or across folders.

Lance

Wow, I'm not too computer savvy but I might be able to manage to do what you described. If not, I can always get one of my kids to help me.

[vkk]

Originally Posted by draken187

Hmmm I just picked up a 16 gig sandisk thumbdrive dumped 14gigs of music in it and I'm good to go...

It contains a security software right ?? So did you have to do anything to pass through it, as the manual says it doesn't support the ones with security softwares. ??