Simpe USB Question

[Arsen]

Hey guys,

I recently bought a USB, the Kingston DTSE9 16G (http://www.amazon.com/Kingston-Digital-DataTraveler-DTSE9H-16GBZET/dp/B00DYQYITG), and I put like a little over 5G of music on it but when I stick it into the USB slot in my cars stereo it cant seem to play the music. Any ideas why that is?

 

[WinNut]

The USB spot is really for iPods and stuff like that, but is the music placed in the main directory of the flash drive and is the drive formatted as FAT?

[Arsen]

The USB spot is really for iPods and stuff like that, but is the music placed in the main directory of the flash drive and is the drive formatted as FAT?

Yes it is and its a USB stereo doesnt read iPods or iPhones. I tried putting it into a folder or splitting the music up into folders but still nothing. If I put less music on it it works for some reason but if I put a lot then it just doesnt play the music not only on my stereo but any stereo. I tried in my friends car on his stereo too.

[d3sl91]

Yes it is and its a USB stereo doesnt read iPods or iPhones. I tried putting it into a folder or splitting the music up into folders but still nothing. If I put less music on it it works for some reason but if I put a lot then it just doesnt play the music not only on my stereo but any stereo. I tried in my friends car on his stereo too.

See if you stereo has a format option to format your drive. Format it in there, and then add.

 

Also, does the manual say anything? Some items are very picky on the file type etc. 

[Arsen]

Ive converted all my music to type MP3 and I just realized its actually in type FAT32 and not just FAT. My 16G USB is the FAT32 one and my 1G USB is the FAT one. My 1G USB works fine. Im thinking that its something to do with capacity and just the volume of music on the USB might be too much for the stereo to recognize? And is there a difference between FAT32 and FAT?

[Arsen]

Anyone?