You can order ford cable 9C3Z-14D202-B, ($38.95). Trim off one corner and fits great. Also has the connector lock so it won't fall out.

 

SRKR:
What format is the 32gb stick? Far, Fat32, ntfs???
How did you organize the song list?
I have a 2011 F350 and cannot get the radio to recognize a 32gb stick.

Thanks in advance for some info.
pki

 

Glad someone bumped this post as I forgot about that hidden port. I use 32GB (Fat32) stick in the dash port. Select Music Library, then select Explore USB which will give you artists, albums, generes, playlists. You can also give voice commands to play whatever. You can also organize your music by creating folders on the flash.

 

This is exactly what I did. Works great.

I'm pretty sure it needs to be FAT32 and it will play the songs in alphabetical order although I think there is a way to make a playlist.

I've stopped using the flash drive and am now using my phone via bluetooth. I uploaded all my mp3's to Google Play Music and stream them through my Android phone's Play Music app. Makes it easy to create playlist and or shuffle the music. This method also doesn't require me to plug the flash drive into the computer every time I want to add music.

 

no, and in fact there is a disadvantage to using an ipod. They have a battery and their own operating system and sometimes lock up or cause other problems when the battery dies and have to be reset. A memory stick is 1000 times better and much cheaper. sync essentials turns your $300 ipod into a $6 memory stick anyway because it takes control and you cant even use the ipod to select music.

 

You must have a great data plan, or not drive very much, lol! Technology is pretty cool these days, I miss the unlimited data plans they used to have though, as time goes on the amount of data you need is only going up.

 

I'll have to work on this new use. The wife has unlimited on her IPhone, though AT&T has tried to talk her out of it several times. And her IPad is WiFi and 3G. I only have an antique cell phone, she's the IDevice nut.


Jim

 

oh yea, they will try hard, lol! I have unlimited through verizon but I live in a very rural area and it doesnt work here. I have att also which has a tower right by my house and works great here but their network sucks everywhere else. I travel a lot and am on my phone a lot and sometimes it works great and othertimes its so slow its unusable. they arent very reliable for me anywhere except where i live and i suspect thats only because there is only about 10 people using the tower, they drop off network speed hard and fast when u hit population. verizon works great everywhere except my house though, lol! gotta keep old phone or buy new phone full price to keep unlimited data.

 

I should have mentioned that you have the option to have the Play Music app download all the music (or certain playlist) to your phone so you don't have to stream it. Obviously you would do this while on wifi.