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USB2 Mod
Well I'm halfway done the mod. I say halfway, because I'm having to order the converter in order to finish it up and hookup my WD hard drive. I went ahead an ran the wire though, so all I'm waiting on is that converter. I just ran it to the glove box. I didn't feel the need to go all the way to the center console, plus I use the center consoles on all my vehicles, so there really wouldn't have been much room despite how small they make those hard drives.
Install was really easy and it did just take about 15 min to do. Thanks shotgunz for making me aware of this mod. I wouldn't have known about it otherwise. The salesman that I bought the truck from sure didn't let me know about it. I guess I should also thank the bored stiff person that went around looking for that second USB plug. What made them go looking for that I don't know, but I'm thankful for that. Hopefully by the weekend I'll be using my hard drive instead of the little jump drive.
Install was really easy and it did just take about 15 min to do. Thanks shotgunz for making me aware of this mod. I wouldn't have known about it otherwise. The salesman that I bought the truck from sure didn't let me know about it. I guess I should also thank the bored stiff person that went around looking for that second USB plug. What made them go looking for that I don't know, but I'm thankful for that. Hopefully by the weekend I'll be using my hard drive instead of the little jump drive.
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Make sure your format the drive (HDD or flash) FAT32 before you load it up with MP3s, M4As, or other unprotected music files (it will NOT play M4Ps). Also make sure the ID tag data is complete and accurate. Sync uses this data for voice commands (not the filename).
Make sure your format the drive (HDD or flash) FAT32 before you load it up with MP3s, M4As, or other unprotected music files (it will NOT play M4Ps). Also make sure the ID tag data is complete and accurate. Sync uses this data for voice commands (not the filename).
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You're welcome!
Make sure your format the drive (HDD or flash) FAT32 before you load it up with MP3s, M4As, or other unprotected music files (it will NOT play M4Ps). Also make sure the ID tag data is complete and accurate. Sync uses this data for voice commands (not the filename).
Make sure your format the drive (HDD or flash) FAT32 before you load it up with MP3s, M4As, or other unprotected music files (it will NOT play M4Ps). Also make sure the ID tag data is complete and accurate. Sync uses this data for voice commands (not the filename).
I'm good to go on that. I always liked having the ID3 tags filled out anyway, most of the time the drives I've seemed to get are already formatted to FAT32, I think only 1 that I have bought wasn't formatted. That's easy enough to do.
Thanks again.
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If you wait long enough, it will probably support uncompressed formats.
128 with high quality headphones can be nasty, but I've never had any issues with 256VBR MP3s in a vehicle, even with a high end HU, amp, and speakers.
Of course, it also depends on the compression program. I've real good luck with LAME.
Then again, I'm not listening to extremely complex classical music either.
128 with high quality headphones can be nasty, but I've never had any issues with 256VBR MP3s in a vehicle, even with a high end HU, amp, and speakers.
Of course, it also depends on the compression program. I've real good luck with LAME.
Then again, I'm not listening to extremely complex classical music either.
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I can hear MP3 even @320kb/s. To me it is an instant recognition that it is compressed. And with that awesome 700w Sony sound system, I might as well have a good file. I use iTunes for ripping and converting. It seems to work well. AAC is less noticeable than MP3, but I did all my rips in AIF rather than WAV mainly because of the additional metadata. Eg, you can't attach artwork to WAV files. I can pull the files in to editing programs with ease, it just seemed to work the best for me.
Lossless is ok, but it seems to be compatible on specific software and hardware depending on whether you're using Apple Lossless, WMA Lossless, FLAC etc. So AIFF and WAV uncompressed (PCM 16 Bit stereo sampled at 44,100Hz) are my top two choices for quality and compatibility.
Lossless is ok, but it seems to be compatible on specific software and hardware depending on whether you're using Apple Lossless, WMA Lossless, FLAC etc. So AIFF and WAV uncompressed (PCM 16 Bit stereo sampled at 44,100Hz) are my top two choices for quality and compatibility.
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Well I finally got my USB converter, so I should be able to see if I'm good to go tomorrow. I'll just need to load up all the stuff that I can tonight and tomorrow and see what she'll do.
I actually don't like dealing with WAV files all that much. However, you also have to realize that I listen mainly to OTR and NTR(that isn't NPR, don't get the two confused), so MP3 will do just nicely for those. Only thing I don't like about MP3s is that they don't have the "bookmarking" feature like AAC files do. I actually convert some of my longer files(time wise) to AAC format for that purpose.
As far as music goes, I've blasted my eardrums out with Metallica, Billy Squires, Dio and similiar ones that I'm not going to notice the difference between MP3 compared to the uncompressed ones.
I actually don't like dealing with WAV files all that much. However, you also have to realize that I listen mainly to OTR and NTR(that isn't NPR, don't get the two confused), so MP3 will do just nicely for those. Only thing I don't like about MP3s is that they don't have the "bookmarking" feature like AAC files do. I actually convert some of my longer files(time wise) to AAC format for that purpose.
As far as music goes, I've blasted my eardrums out with Metallica, Billy Squires, Dio and similiar ones that I'm not going to notice the difference between MP3 compared to the uncompressed ones.
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