sweeeeetttt!!!

 

got it !

 

cool, it is very small. i am buying one too - thanks for the heads up

 

I picked up this one when it was on sale for $25. It's so small, I can almost close the cover over top of it.

Lexar 32GB Echo ZX USB Flash Drive : 16 GB & Over - Best Buy Canada

 

I got this one a while back in 16GB, it's black so it matches the interior

 

I was just talking to the wife about buying a flash drive to play music from today! Bought one, thanks for the heads up!

 

I have 2 of the 16GB sandisks. At 320kbps MP3 format, each one holds roughly 340 hours of music. They work flawlessly and one of them is always in the car and never taken out of the slot unless I put the other one in.

My only gripe is that I can not set it to all random so that it always plays that way. Every time I start the car I have to change it back to all random. GM vehicles have a permanent setting for this.

 

i have noticed the random play issue, it's the same with my ipod (which i also leave sitting there, attached.)

luckily you just have to hold down the "2" button but it would be nice to leave it on. (first world problems)

 

Thanks for the information, I just ordered one for $8.95 with free shipping, such a deal!

 

thanks got two of them....

the hps 16gbs i bought a while ago are crap so i hope these will be much better

 

Just ordered, thanks!!

 

got mine!

have always used Sandisc..because I hear they are "high speed made especially for music file retrieval"......but at this price....it's worth the experiment.

 

Can you put in any size? For example a 32GB? But then again...you have to search one song at a time right? No folders or playlist per se?

 

Folders yes, Playlists no. As a matter of fact if you ask the steering wheel lady to 'Show Folders' you can scroll the folders, hit enter to scroll files within the folder.

You can play random songs either within the folder or within the entire flash drive.

I was disappointed to find that you couldn't set up a good hierarchy of folders. For example you CAN set up your disc so that you have two high level folders, lets say Rock and Classical. Under Rock you can have sub folders for U2, Greenday and Coldplay. Under classical you could create sub folders for Beethoven, Mozart and Chopin.

But you couldn't play random Rock or Classical selections. In other words it could randomize Beethoven but not Classical.

 

@SFGLS


Great info my man!! And you can in fact use a 32 GB in our car? Also...what is the sound quality equivilant to? In terms of bass etc...is it most like FM radio? XM radio? Blutooth? or CD quality??? In other words, how good is the sound quality?

 

i am no expert, but for sure the quality will largely depend on the bitrate, file size, etc of the mp3 you are playing

 

Mine arrived today, I just copied about 2,000 songs on to it, and I still have 10GB free, lol. Popped it into the Sonata's USB port, and voila, music. No more CD case!

 

Mine arrived today, I just copied about 2,000 songs on to it, and I still have 10GB free, lol. Popped it into the Sonata's USB port, and voila, music. No more CD case!

What's a CD

 

Ok, so this might be a silly question, but can you actually skip tracks via the wheel controls when utilizing a flash drive? I have tons of music, but I would like the ability to skip a particular song if it isn't quite what I want to here at that moment.

 

Yupper.

 

Awesome, I am all over this one. My mp3 player is only 8 gb, and I am hitting the back of it with a good portion of my music still not loaded. Btw the price seems to have risen to $10.74, still an excellent deal for the size.

 

Adorama.com has it for $8 & change.

 

this usb is great!... i put in 8gb of music already in it and there is no problems in my sonata se

 

Can you load the flash drive with a similar folder/file structure that is in the iTunes media folder? i.e. "Various artists"/"beatles"/"HeyJude"

 

Can you load the flash drive with a similar folder/file structure that is in the iTunes media folder? i.e. "Various artists"/"beatles"/"HeyJude"

My structure is folders of Artists Name\Album name\Songs. When scrolling through the music using te radio, it lists all the Albums in order of Artist name\Album. You select one, then see the songs. It's easy to navigate.

 

Thanks - I'll just copy the entire iTunes Music folder and see how it behaves.

 

New deal:

16GB Kingston USB 2.0 Flash Drive Sale: from $8 + Free shipping - Adorama Deals, Coupons and Promos

 

New deal:

16GB Kingston USB 2.0 Flash Drive Sale: from $8 + Free shipping - Adorama Deals, Coupons and Promos

Those aren't the little micro ones though.

Try this one:
Kingston Technology DTMC/16GB 16GB DataTraveler Micro USB 2.0 External Flash Drive

 

Do any of these fit with the port cover closed?

 

No. If you use a micro USB, the cover will slant down a bit, but there's no room to close it with something plugged in.

 

Is there a proper method for loading the music files to get them to read from the micro drive? I copied directly from my iTunes media folder and the media player only seems to be reading a handful of random artists/songs. I get everything when I connect the iPod.

 

Is there a proper method for loading the music files to get them to read from the micro drive? I copied directly from my iTunes media folder and the media player only seems to be reading a handful of random artists/songs. I get everything when I connect the iPod.

Are all your files the same compression type?

 

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I just bought a 64 GB for 29 shipped. Last week I picked up a 32 GB for 16 shipped.

 

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I just bought a 64 GB for 29 shipped. Last week I picked up a 32 GB for 16 shipped.

That's awesome. I have 2,000 songs on my 16GB and still have 9GB free. I can't imagine having 64GB of music, lol.

 

I prefer my stereo now over the one I traded in.........
Eclipse head unit, Xtant X1001 amp on a JL 10w7 tuned to 28hz, DLS comps on a xtant amp, 1/0 stinger HPM wiring and stinger dream RCA's and an Audiocontrol 30 band. This is not near as peaky even after spending a year tuning the last one.