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Posted by ellencol on 23-Dec-2011 10:43 Report
Playing music on car radio from USB stick
 Santa gave me a new car radio on which I have a USB port, I was told I could play MP3 files so downloaded a program and converted the files on cd to MP3 but when I tried the stick in my radio I get a read error.

Could someone please tell this old granny how to get music onto the USB stick which will play in my car?

Thanks everyone

Ellen
 
Replied by echo333 on 23-Dec-2011 11:18 (Ref 2325776) Report
Hi Ellen,
I don't know much about these things but have you tried the stick on your PC? Does it play the music on your PC?
Maybe the stick is corrupted?
Or maybe the music didn't load properly?

When you saved the music to the USB, did you use the correct drive? D or E or F whichever.
Replied by issabella10 on 23-Dec-2011 11:24 (Ref 2325777) Report
The only thing I can thing of right now is that the music may be protected ( if ownloaded from iTunes or Napster etc)

Try and save a normal music CD to the USB and see if that works , or try another stick

If that fails Google the Radio brand online and see if they have any help topics.
Replied by ellencol on 23-Dec-2011 11:31 (Ref 2325780) Report
 All the music came from my CD's, none was downloaded but I went through and renamed all the files and think that is part of the problem, it seems to look for the word Track, have got it playing in another car but mine tells me there are no files.

Will google as you suggested isabella and see what I can find.

Thanks
Ellen
Replied by issabella10 on 23-Dec-2011 11:38 (Ref 2325782) Report
yep that could have done it .

I would do a straight copy onto the USB and see what happens , it's quite possible the radio will just use whatever format it needs.
Replied by richbartim on 23-Dec-2011 12:06 (Ref 2325783) Report
check your user manual I think you will find this USB is not for a USB stick but for an iPod.
I was excited about 4 yrs ago when I bought our new car and it had a USB for my iPod but my iPod was too old and not compatible booo hooo. my iPod no longer works.
Replied by spade on 23-Dec-2011 13:37 (Ref 2325804) Report

Maybe your memory stick is NTFS format, perhaps your radio will only play FAT32 formatted USB sticks, if this is the case you can reformat the stick through windows and then rerecord the music to the stick and try again
Replied by ellencol on 23-Dec-2011 14:42 (Ref 2325811) Report
 Wow spade you may have hit the nail on the head because I formatted the stick an I clearly remember choosing the NTFS option, no idea why so will try your idea.

Ellen
Replied by ellencol on 23-Dec-2011 15:11 (Ref 2325813) Report
 Ahh spade, thank you, thank you, thank you, that was the problem, reformatted the stick and it works fine now.

Have a lovely Christmas

Ellen
Replied by richbartim on 23-Dec-2011 17:26 (Ref 2325825) Report
hmmm interesting I must try a USB stick in mine it would save putting music onto MP3 for cd player.
Replied by ellencol on 23-Dec-2011 18:27 (Ref 2325833) Report
 Hope it works for you rich.

Ellen
Replied by richbartim on 24-Dec-2011 10:44 (Ref 2325867) Report
just tried..grrr now my info has gone off the screen, the screen is now all blue. stick would not play.
now I have checked the manual it states do not insert USB before turning on car it can do damage to the electrics... also do not take out while it is playing, so just be careful if you are using a USB in your car.
Replied by ellencol on 24-Dec-2011 11:09 (Ref 2325868) Report
 Oh dear rich, hope you havent done anty permanent damage.

Ellen
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