General Music from memory stick

[ubizzle]

I'm either going to go down the SD route or get a small portable harddrive with about 80-160-250 GBs space

Ooooh, me likey, but 30GB would be enough for me... Though using my Creative Zen would probably be the easiest thing to do *shrugs*

 

[Littala]

Does anyone know if there is an option to have the music playing in a random order from a stick via car menu?

Thanks

 

[Suasexed]

Does anyone know if there is an option to have the music playing in a random order from a stick via car menu?

There is indeed a random function

 

[Quenga]

The random function can be accessed by saying "F*ck off" as a voice command, which will be recognised by Blue and me as "Shuffle on"

 

[plant38]

http://www.mymemory.co.uk/USB-Flash-Drives

thought this link might help some ppl buy their memory sticks personally i use the kingston one 4gb works a treat and not badly priced or for a bit extra u can have an 8gb one

dont buy from pcworld or the high street very very over priced

 

[Hellcat]

The random function can be accessed by saying "F*ck off" as a voice command, which will be recognised by Blue and me as "Shuffle on"

https://www.fiatforum.com/bravo/125923-mp3-no-media-found.html?p=1320528

 

[Baerius]

Which card reader have you gone for - or would you recommend?

I'm either going to go down the SD route or get a small portable harddrive with about 80-160-250 GBs space

Sorry for the late reply!

Im using 4gb Sandisk SD with it's standard USB adaptor which it shipped with

 

[Suasexed]

I know the one... they come in either black or white don't they..? That's the one I've had my eye on

 

[Spank My Car]

I've got a iPod/CD unit. . . it only plays in shuffle mode though

 

[Baerius]

I know the one... they come in either black or white don't they..? That's the one I've had my eye on

Since you are so good with the pics Suasexed, I thought I'd upload these. BTW the Sandisk extreme SD is the one up from the one I have in the picture and is a little faster.

 

[gary_f]

How many people leave their USB stick in the socket when they park their car? This is the equivalent to leaving CDs on the passenger seat. Perhaps Fiat could have put the USB socket inside the glove compartment so it's out of sight to thieves. Yes, I know you can unplug it but it's easy to forget.

Regarding DRM tunes. Like someone else said, just burn them to CD and then rip them back to your hard drive. I use Windows Media Player and don't need to rename the tracks. I rip music to WMA files which can be either better quality than MP3 or creates smaller files at the same quality as MP3. The resulting WMA files are DRM-free.

There are some websites that sell DRM-free tracks:
Play.com signed a special deal with EMI - just 65p per track. Go here: http://www.play.com/Music/MP3-Download/6-/DigitalHome.html
Don't bother with itunes.

www.emusic.com costs 20p to 30p per track in MP3 format from 13,000 independant record labels. Also www.7digital.com offer DRM free tunes in MP3 format.

 

[Suasexed]

Gary - I may be completely ignorant to the fact but... would people really want to break into your car for a woeful memory stick??

Thanks for the link to the Play downloads site - I hadn't realised they'd started offering digital music. Will have to check them out

 

[Suasexed]

Just been browsing Play Digital and it's not that great. You're better off with www.7digital.com - they're often alot cheaper with alot of albums just £5 and offer MP3 or AAC downloads, and alot of Plays MP3s are at 192 whereas 7D are pretty much all 320. They've also been going for a few years now (since before iTunes in the UK anyway) so yeah, go with them

 

[gary_f]

Gary - I may be completely ignorant to the fact but... would people really want to break into your car for a woeful memory stick??

Opportunists *will* break into cars to steal a couple of CDs left on the front seat, so why not a memory stick with 1000+ tunes on it. If they pinch a 4gb one then it'll be worth at least a tenner down the pub or wherever they go to trade goods for cash or goods for drugs. And the dealer might give a small bonus for the 1000+ tunes, or beat them up if it's full of West Life type music!

If the glove compartment isn't locked (is it lockable on the new Bravo?) then they'll have a quick rummage around in there too and under the seats while they're at it. They know people often hide satnavs, sunglasses and other goodies there, so the USB on show is merely an invitation to them.

And best of all the new Bravo's don't come with an alarm as standard so any smash and grabs will be almost silent in comparason to an alarmed car. My humble advice to Bravo owners (or other models) that have an after market alarm fitted is to make sure a sticker on the windows shows that the car is alarmed so career criminals know your car isn't going to sit there quietly and take it on the chin.