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QUOTE (jdehls @ May 16 2010, 09:29 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=323541

Get the Hyundai iPod cable. Not only will you be able to play all the songs, you will have full navigation from the stereo console plus steering wheel. Playlists, browse by artist, album etc. With the cable you are using now, the stereo just recognizes the iPod as a mass storage device. You can also just plug in a standard USB memory stick in the port with mp3 files on it. That works ok as well, but it can only see one level of folders, no nested subfolders. This may be why half your songs are missing.

I had folders arranged in a "tree" structure three levels deep. ALL the music was accessible by folder and playable from an 8GB flash-drive. This was on a 2011 Sonata GLS so they probably improved the capabilities of the radio over time.

I learned that using the flash-drive was too limiting and found an 8GB Gen2 iPod Nano in decent shape on CraigsList at a fair price ($40). That turned out to be only a slightly higher price than an equivalent flash-drive. However, it offers several significant benefits, including:

• There's no delay waiting for the music to load when switching to AUX. With a flash-drive there's a delay of about 15 sec.
• Music can be selected on the radio and played by Playlist, Artist, Album, Genre, and the other categories created in iTunes.
• The music can be readily selected and synced using iTunes. Separate folders, as on a flash-drive, don't have to be organized and maintained.
• Music can be searched in iTunes for inclusion in playlists, or for editing the tags.
• Shuffle can be selected on the iPod so the RDM function on the radio doesn't have to be turned back on every time that AUX is reselected.
• Since it's used with an iPod cable it fully integrates with the radio and display.

The bottom line is that using an iPod is the only way I want to go. Experience has taught that flash-drive's are too much trouble, and they're too limiting in what they offer - unless one is satisfied with essentially a "bit-bucket" for music.

An iPod, especially one that's used or refurbished, is a small cost for big returns in music organization and selection.

Note that I also have an iPod Touch, and another Nano. However, I wanted a Nano dedicated to music for the road, and one that could just be left connected in the car. This one is small and black so it blends in perfectly.

Tim

 

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QUOTE (jdehls @ May 16 2010, 09:29 PM) index.php?act=findpost&pid=323541

Get the Hyundai iPod cable. Not only will you be able to play all the songs, you will have full navigation from the stereo console plus steering wheel. Playlists, browse by artist, album etc. With the cable you are using now, the stereo just recognizes the iPod as a mass storage device. You can also just plug in a standard USB memory stick in the port with mp3 files on it. That works ok as well, but it can only see one level of folders, no nested subfolders. This may be why half your songs are missing.

I had folders arranged in a "tree" structure three levels deep. ALL the music was accessible by folder and playable from an 8GB flash-drive. This was on a 2011 Sonata GLS so they probably improved the capabilities of the radio over time.

I learned that using the flash-drive was too limiting and found an 8GB Gen2 iPod Nano in decent shape on CraigsList at a fair price ($40). That turned out to be only a slightly higher price than an equivalent flash-drive. However, it offers several significant benefits, including:

• There's no delay waiting for the music to load when switching to AUX. With a flash-drive there's a delay of about 15 sec.
• Music can be selected on the radio and played by Playlist, Artist, Album, Genre, and the other categories created in iTunes.
• The music can be readily selected and synced using iTunes. Separate folders, as on a flash-drive, don't have to be organized and maintained.
• Music can be searched in iTunes for inclusion in playlists, or for editing the tags.
• Shuffle can be selected on the iPod so the RDM function on the radio doesn't have to be turned back on every time that AUX is reselected.
• Since it's used with an iPod cable it fully integrates with the radio and display.

The bottom line is that using an iPod is the only way I want to go. Experience has taught that flash-drive's are too much trouble, and they're too limiting in what they offer - unless one is satisfied with essentially a "bit-bucket" for music.

An iPod, especially one that's used or refurbished, is a small cost for big returns in music organization and selection.

Note that I also have an iPod Touch, and another Nano. However, I wanted a Nano dedicated to music for the road, and one that could just be left connected in the car. This one is small and black so it blends in perfectly.

Tim