Need A Little Help with USB Audio - Page 2

OuttaSight · 05-29-2009, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by jonniedee

No - I own a 6th gen iPod and it does many more functions than when i just plug in a folder'ed Flash drive. Just look in the owners manual...

I don't have my Insight or iPod yet (trying to decide between a 16GB Nano and a 120GB Classic).

Is there any functional difference between using either in the car with the non-Nav radio? I mean things like do you have to get the iPod out to turn it on/off when using it with the car or does it do all that through the radio controls?

What functions can the radio control (other than the basics like choosing an artist / album and track)?

Thanks!

CobaltDragon · 06-01-2009, 07:54 AM

Ugh, how stupid can Honda be to not sort the Folders and Songs alphabetically? I mean that is just one of the dumbest oversights I've ever seen. And why on earth does it not use ID3 tags for song title - very stupid, too. It's not like MP3/WMA is new technology or something - these are super-basic functionality that should be in there and could easily be implemented in their software.

I really don't want to have to get an iPod - not only do I not like them, but then you have to charge it - with a usb drive there is not charging - just leave it plugged in 24/7 and it works!

dmanthree · 06-23-2009, 04:58 PM

Interesting thread; I'll be taking delivery of an I2 on Friday and was wondering how to set up my USB drive. I don't want to get an iPod either. Correct me if I'm wrong, it's a simple as copying my folders full of MP3 files to the USB stick and then plugging it in? The radio reads the folder names and when you select the folder it plays the contents? Man, this will beat the hell out of CDs...

Brian1 · 06-24-2009, 09:11 AM

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Originally Posted by OuttaSight

I don't have my Insight or iPod yet (trying to decide between a 16GB Nano and a 120GB Classic).

Is there any functional difference between using either in the car with the non-Nav radio? I mean things like do you have to get the iPod out to turn it on/off when using it with the car or does it do all that through the radio controls?

What functions can the radio control (other than the basics like choosing an artist / album and track)?

Thanks!

Just be aware that the new 16gb Nanos are not supported through the USB interface.

khollister · 06-24-2009, 06:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Brian1

Just be aware that the new 16gb Nanos are not supported through the USB interface.

Wrong! - I am using one just fine.

Brian1 · 06-25-2009, 10:43 AM

Really? That is interesting to know as they don't show that as one of the supported Ipods in the manual. Sorry to have given wrong info.

AlbertW · 07-05-2009, 10:08 AM

Hi all,

This may fix the problem: FATsort

There is a version available for Linux (in Ubuntu just sudo apt-get install fatsort)

For Windows: FATSort

These programs are not the same. But they should work the same. These programs take the disk and resort so that everything is in placed in alphabetical order.

Both programs directly address the FAT tables. So use with caution! (make sure you have a backup of what's on the disk)

Instructions for Linux:
open a terminal
sudo umount /path/to_disk (i.e. /media/disk)
sudo fatsort -c /dev/disk (replace disk with the device i.e. /dev/sdb1)

The -c is to ignore the case of the files. To me that seems the preferred method.

Instructions for Windows, just see the website.

I just tried this under Linux and tested in our brand new Insight: it worked perfectly. I have the tracks numbered in the file name to make sure they end up in the right order.

CobaltDragon · 07-10-2009, 01:13 PM

Here's another sort utility that works on WinVista/7
FolderSort

Always back up your music before using a utility like this! Having said that, it worked fine on my 16 GB usb key.

wstander · 07-10-2009, 01:17 PM

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Originally Posted by CobaltDragon

Here's another sort utility that works on WinVista/7
FolderSort

Always back up your music before using a utility like this! Having said that, it worked fine on my 16 GB usb key.

Just to clarify: Use this on the harddrive to sort the music first, then make the transfer to the USB? (After saving the backup, of course )

CobaltDragon · 07-10-2009, 01:20 PM

I actually just sorted the usb drive directly - I don't have any hard drives using FAT/FAT32 anymore - they are all NTFS.