Problem with flash drive in car stereo !

richardvc

I have just bought a new Alpine car stereo with a usb 'in' - I bought a new flash drive, loaded it up with music but it simply won't work with 'Unit Error' coming up. Yet this drive works faultlessly with my pc !

I put in my old flash drive and it finds the music in seconds - any idea what I am doing wrong ? I have formatted the new drive but other than that I have no idea !

davb

A few things you could check:
- What capacity it the flash drive - doubtful, but there could be a limit on the Alpine.
- Is the flash drive a U3 drive, as the additional partitions may cause problems.
- Is there anything else on the drive, other than folders and music, that may upset the Alpine.
- Check the format of the flash drive, is it still FAT or FAT32. If it's NTFS, then that could cause problems.

richardvc

davb wrote: »

A few things you could check:
- What capacity it the flash drive - doubtful, but there could be a limit on the Alpine.
- Is the flash drive a U3 drive, as the additional partitions may cause problems.
- Is there anything else on the drive, other than folders and music, that may upset the Alpine.
- Check the format of the flash drive, is it still FAT or FAT32. If it's NTFS, then that could cause problems.

1. 4gb - looked in the manual but cannot see any limit
2. U3 drive ? Really don't know !
3. Nothing other than music
4. Format is FAT32

Currently the drive has 1 folder on it which is an album with 13 tracks !!

malamute

Check the old drive what format is it ? make sure the new one is the same.
After checking the format delete the folder you have put on and copy the entire contents of old drive to new and try it.

davb

A U3 flashdrive like this has two partitions visible to Windows. One is the data partition, and the other a virtual CD drive with software on it. U3 allows specific applications such as drive encryption to run

hubert_cumberdale

i have an sd car that is a bit fussy like this

works in my fuji camera and pc and laptop

but wont work in my other fuji camera or printer

liam8282

I would try the following:

Try reformatting the usb and starting again.

Try putting the music files back on, not in a folder.

Or they may even have to be in a certain folder in order to be accessible, such as MUSIC folder etc.

BargainGalore

My Sony car stereo plays a Play usb 4gb fine you could try one of them cheap its fat 32

I got 23 albums most at 256Kb/sec bitrate and still room left some of albums are 21 tracks (double cd)

richardvc

liam8282 wrote: »

I would try the following:

Try reformatting the usb and starting again - DONE

Try putting the music files back on, not in a folder - DONE

Or they may even have to be in a certain folder in order to be accessible, such as MUSIC folder etc. - DONE

It's Working !!!!

Thank you so much !!!