32Gb micro SD cards

75inAustralia · 6th November 2010, 22:04

Hi all,

For anyone that is interested i've tried a 32Gb micro sd card (Sandisk) in the Radioguy DVD/Satnav unit and it does work. with 11Gb of music it took a good minute for all the song names to finally come up. It does cut some of the song names half off but if you switch to other modes like radio and come back to SD card mode it will resume playing and same deal when you turn the car off and come back the next morning it will resume playing where you were unlike in iPod mode. I found it best to have everything arranged in directories by artist (forgetting another directory for album) so it shows on the left column and then song name will show on the right column.

Radioguy · 7th November 2010, 02:40

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Originally Posted by 75inAustralia

Hi all,

For anyone that is interested i've tried a 32Gb micro sd card (Sandisk) in the Radioguy DVD/Satnav unit and it does work. with 11Gb of music it took a good minute for all the song names to finally come up. It does cut some of the song names half off but if you switch to other modes like radio and come back to SD card mode it will resume playing and same deal when you turn the car off and come back the next morning it will resume playing where you were unlike in iPod mode. I found it best to have everything arranged in directories by artist (forgetting another directory for album) so it shows on the left column and then song name will show on the right column.

Thanks for the feedback ! First one that I Have heard of that tried it .

Mr Edd · 7th November 2010, 08:01

I'm new to this... I am in the process of of putting a lot of my CD's on an 8 gig card. So far a couple of dozen CD's and only used about 1 gig of space.

A word of warning though. I used Microsoft Media Player to rip the CD's and then found that the unit can't read MPF files. So I downloaded a free converter to MP3's and now the files work.

So what do people use to rip their CD's?

Edd

picky747 · 7th November 2010, 08:38

Mr Edd ,in microsoft media player in options you can set it to rip straight to mp3 format.Open the player and along the top click on Tools - Options in the box that opens click on the rip music tab and set the format to mp3.

Mr Edd · 7th November 2010, 09:10

Thanks Picky

WOW! yer learn something every day.

Edd

madone · 7th November 2010, 17:35

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Originally Posted by 75inAustralia

Hi all,

For anyone that is interested i've tried a 32Gb micro sd card (Sandisk) in the Radioguy DVD/Satnav unit and it does work. with 11Gb of music it took a good minute for all the song names to finally come up. It does cut some of the song names half off but if you switch to other modes like radio and come back to SD card mode it will resume playing and same deal when you turn the car off and come back the next morning it will resume playing where you were unlike in iPod mode. I found it best to have everything arranged in directories by artist (forgetting another directory for album) so it shows on the left column and then song name will show on the right column.

Thats how I have done mine, makes it nice and easy. Also great to watch a music video when stuck in traffic

RichB · 14th December 2010, 15:17

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Originally Posted by 75inAustralia

Hi all,

For anyone that is interested i've tried a 32Gb micro sd card (Sandisk) in the Radioguy DVD/Satnav unit and it does work. with 11Gb of music it took a good minute for all the song names to finally come up. It does cut some of the song names half off but if you switch to other modes like radio and come back to SD card mode it will resume playing and same deal when you turn the car off and come back the next morning it will resume playing where you were unlike in iPod mode. I found it best to have everything arranged in directories by artist (forgetting another directory for album) so it shows on the left column and then song name will show on the right column.

Hi,

Is there a file structure you need to use to get that much music ona card. I've been trying recently with a 16GB card and it says reading card for a few seconds, then the screen goes blank and it says STOP in the top left corner.

This was with only a few GB of music loaded. I'm guessing I've got a duff micro SD card if you have managed 11GB on yours.

Also, what speed class rating card is yours?

Cheers,
Rich

RichB · 14th December 2010, 16:18

Another question: How long does it take to load the 11GB of music before it started playing? I have about 5GB on a USB stick that I have been playing through the front port and it takes about 1 min to read that data. If I decide to use a lot bigger sd card, I'd be a bit anooyed if I had to wait 2-3 minutes every time I wanted to play mp3's.

It wouldn't be too bad if it was only when you first powered up the unit, but I have found that it has to read the data every time the USB function is selected. So switching from radio to USB would need to read the data all over again and you get another few minutes of silence. Is that the same on the sd card?

If it is, I'm thinking that it maybe better to buy a few smaller cards, say 4MB max and put a selection of music on each.

Thoughts?

Cheers,
Rich

6th November 2010, 22:04	#1
75inAustralia Newbie Rover 75 Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Brisbane Posts: 16 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	32Gb micro SD cards Hi all, For anyone that is interested i've tried a 32Gb micro sd card (Sandisk) in the Radioguy DVD/Satnav unit and it does work. with 11Gb of music it took a good minute for all the song names to finally come up. It does cut some of the song names half off but if you switch to other modes like radio and come back to SD card mode it will resume playing and same deal when you turn the car off and come back the next morning it will resume playing where you were unlike in iPod mode. I found it best to have everything arranged in directories by artist (forgetting another directory for album) so it shows on the left column and then song name will show on the right column.

7th November 2010, 08:01	#3
Mr Edd From the Horses Mouth 2012 Honda Oddessay and 1996 Ford Ranger Truck (Splash) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Fort Myers, Florida Posts: 1,045 Thanks: 0 Thanked 13 Times in 7 Posts	I'm new to this... I am in the process of of putting a lot of my CD's on an 8 gig card. So far a couple of dozen CD's and only used about 1 gig of space. A word of warning though. I used Microsoft Media Player to rip the CD's and then found that the unit can't read MPF files. So I downloaded a free converter to MP3's and now the files work. So what do people use to rip their CD's? Edd __________________ I'd be dyslexic if I could spell ti.

7th November 2010, 09:10	#5
Mr Edd From the Horses Mouth 2012 Honda Oddessay and 1996 Ford Ranger Truck (Splash) Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Fort Myers, Florida Posts: 1,045 Thanks: 0 Thanked 13 Times in 7 Posts	Thanks Picky WOW! yer learn something every day. Edd __________________ I'd be dyslexic if I could spell ti.

14th December 2010, 16:18	#8
RichB Gets stuck in ZT260 SE, ZT-T+ CDTi Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Staffs Posts: 583 Thanks: 13 Thanked 16 Times in 13 Posts	Another question: How long does it take to load the 11GB of music before it started playing? I have about 5GB on a USB stick that I have been playing through the front port and it takes about 1 min to read that data. If I decide to use a lot bigger sd card, I'd be a bit anooyed if I had to wait 2-3 minutes every time I wanted to play mp3's. It wouldn't be too bad if it was only when you first powered up the unit, but I have found that it has to read the data every time the USB function is selected. So switching from radio to USB would need to read the data all over again and you get another few minutes of silence. Is that the same on the sd card? If it is, I'm thinking that it maybe better to buy a few smaller cards, say 4MB max and put a selection of music on each. Thoughts? Cheers, Rich __________________ 53 MG ZT 260 SE Monogram Garnet Red #073 61 Seat Exeo ST TDI Daily Driver 99 Mazda MX-5 Turbo tracktoy

7th November 2010, 08:38	#4
picky747 Gets stuck in ROVER Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vera Posts: 746 Thanks: 56 Thanked 111 Times in 85 Posts	Mr Edd ,in microsoft media player in options you can set it to rip straight to mp3 format.Open the player and along the top click on Tools - Options in the box that opens click on the rip music tab and set the format to mp3.