USB Configuration
 

Hi

I have tried without success to connect my iPhone via USB to the SAT Nav unit, Bluetooth works fine but audio quality is not great for music.

I have tested a standard usb stick and am impressed with the quality of sound i can get from the usb. My music is already ripped into high quality flac files which I can easily convert to 320kbs mp3 files for the car (UK 2011 GX4).

Where i need help is with playlists which currently reside on iTunes. Anybody got an idea how to transfer iTunes playlists to a usb stick and any advice on opitmal file structure configuration for a 16GB usb stick would be welcome.

thanks


Paul

I don't think flac files work with most units.

can yo convevrt to mp4?

If you have iOS 4.x it won't work with the current generation of Mitsu radios.

As long as you maintain the same folder structure/file names on the flash drive as you have in iTunes, it's easy.

First, on the usb stick, put all your music folders into a folder called "music" (no quotes). Then create a folder called "playlists".

In iTunes, right-click on the playlist and export as an .m3u to the "playlist" folder on the usb stick.

Open the .m3u file on the usb stick with a text editor. Notepad is good enough. I created a sample to show you. The file is called beatles.m3u

You want to adjust the paths to the files so press ctrl-H (edit>replace)

Find: "C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My Music\iTunes\iTunes Music"

and replace with "..\music"

What you should end up with is a file that looks like this:

Save and you're done.

Is it normal that when I start my car it takes at least 5 minutes to my usb stick be available (usb loading), it is a 16gb with about 1,000 songs in it : ). Is there something that can be done to avoid too much loading/waiting?

It's certainly not instant. If it's 'picking up where it left off' it can take a couple of minutes, if you have swapped source it can take longer. You might also have a slower USB stick.

how exactly can you "teach" it to pick up where it left off? my '10 GT used to do it but as i add more mp3 to the 8gb flash drive, it no longer remembers where it left off. if i turn off then turn on my car, the playlist will start from the 1st song on the drive. :confused: