What is largets CF card tried so far?
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So I transferred some Asian pop music onto one of my two Sandisk Ultra II 2GB CF cards from Frys.com, and it turns out, it doesn't read anything that contained Asian characters! I'm hoping that it won't skip them if they're burned on an MP3 CD. In my Mazda6, it plays all Asian files, but the text will just show up as "????????".
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Originally Posted by mathur999
Well I just went out today to TigerDirect and purchased a whopping 8 gig CF card for $177 US or $203 CDN here at their retail store in Toronto. I am going to find out what is the capacity of files, folders etc of this slot in the car....
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Originally Posted by mathur999
Well I just went out today to TigerDirect and purchased a whopping 8 gig CF card for $177 US or $203 CDN here at their retail store in Toronto. I am going to find out what is the capacity of files, folders etc of this slot in the car....
Yes, definately report back with you results. I have a 2 GB Ultra II unopened that I might take back if a larger card works. I bought 2 Ultra's from staples for $39 US each. Using one, waiting on the other.
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Well guys, I loaded up over 500 songs in one folder this morning on the eight gig CompactFlash card. This represented the top 500 rock songs of all time and was just over 3 gigs. It worked well and all songs were recognized. The only issue was that it now takes almost 25 seconds for the car to "reading CF card" everytime I start the ignition before it will start to play the music were it left off. I suspect it will take 1-2 minutes to read a full 8 gig card. several two gig cards may be the sweet spot as far as a reasonable scan time when you start the car. I will fill the card with a full 8 gigs of music this morning and see what happens...
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Originally Posted by mathur999
Well guys, I loaded up over 500 songs in one folder this morning on the eight gig CompactFlash card. This represented the top 500 rock songs of all time and was just over 3 gigs. It worked well and all songs were recognized. The only issue was that it now takes almost 25 seconds for the car to "reading CF card" everytime I start the ignition before it will start to play the music were it left off. I suspect it will take 1-2 minutes to read a full 8 gig card. several two gig cards may be the sweet spot as far as a reasonable scan time when you start the car. I will fill the card with a full 8 gigs of music this morning and see what happens...
two more questions:
1.) If I stick in a CF card while the car is running does it automatically switch to the new CF card input? or do I need to select that?
2.) is there a light on the CF card slot that shows accessing? like my CF reader does at home?
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Originally Posted by mathur999
The only issue was that it now takes almost 25 seconds for the car to "reading CF card" everytime I start the ignition before it will start to play the music were it left off.
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Well, My card is a 150X speed card so fairly fast...
No there is no light in the slot to show CF card activity...
The Car only indexes the file structure when you insert a fresh card or when you initially turn on the ignition...
While the car is running it appears to cache the file structure on the internal HD because then song selection, moving through folders and switching to Sat or CD etc is almost instantaneous.
No there is no light in the slot to show CF card activity...
The Car only indexes the file structure when you insert a fresh card or when you initially turn on the ignition...
While the car is running it appears to cache the file structure on the internal HD because then song selection, moving through folders and switching to Sat or CD etc is almost instantaneous.
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Originally Posted by GoofyG28
So I transferred some Asian pop music onto one of my two Sandisk Ultra II 2GB CF cards from Frys.com, and it turns out, it doesn't read anything that contained Asian characters! I'm hoping that it won't skip them if they're burned on an MP3 CD. In my Mazda6, it plays all Asian files, but the text will just show up as "????????".
I tried using that program on the CF card to rename my Asian filenames, but it crashes when trying to access the drive. I don't care if I can't read the filenames (I can hardly read Chinese anymore anyway, I just like listening to the music). For all I care, I can have 000001.mp3, 000002.mp3, 000003.mp3, etc.
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I found a solution to my problem! It's called Quick File Rename Personal Edition (http://www.filedudes.com/Quick_File_...oad-37821.html.
1) Click on the folder icon and select the folder where your files are.
2) Open the Advanced menu.
3) Check the "Starting with" box, leave the field next to it empty, and set the initial value to 1.
4) Hit OK.
5) Click on the Rename button.
Now, my files are named as so: 001.mp3, 002.mp3, 003.mp3, .... , etc.
1) Click on the folder icon and select the folder where your files are.
2) Open the Advanced menu.
3) Check the "Starting with" box, leave the field next to it empty, and set the initial value to 1.
4) Hit OK.
5) Click on the Rename button.
Now, my files are named as so: 001.mp3, 002.mp3, 003.mp3, .... , etc.
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