USB Flash Mem with Car Radio

Gemo · 01-25-2008, 08:06 AM

My wife has a new Kia Sportage and the radio has a USB port which you can plug in a memory stick loaded with mp3s, which then can be played through the radio system - nice feature - works great.

When she uses a 2 GB stick, and each time the car/radio is turned off and then back on the system will remember where it was playing and continue playing at that point.

However - when she does the same thing with a (new) 4 GB stick, the music will always start playing from the 1st mp3 file each time the car/radio is switched on and off.

Anybody have any ideas why these 2 flash mems are working differently - and how to get the 4GM to 'remember' where the music last stopped...?

jaggerwild · 01-31-2008, 11:50 PM

Might be the software on the 2 GB stick is more compatible with your unit then the 4 GB stick this being said I would copy the software from the two GB and the 4 GB sticks then switch them to see if it works right if so then........
If not possibly take back the 4 GB stick for a swap out of the same make of the 2 GB stick.......
Good luck, let us know what happens too.

Gemo · 02-01-2008, 12:20 PM

Figured this one out - noticed that the one that worked was formated as FAT, whereas the new 4GB was FAT32.

So I reformated the 4GB to FAT and it now plays in the car like the original unit (ie. picks up playing where it left off when the car/radio is switched off/on).

Guess the car radio is more compatible with the FAT formating.

jaggerwild · 02-04-2008, 12:03 AM

Glade to hear you worked it out, now enjoy !

01-25-2008, 08:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
Gemo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 48 OS: Win98	USB Flash Mem with Car Radio My wife has a new Kia Sportage and the radio has a USB port which you can plug in a memory stick loaded with mp3s, which then can be played through the radio system - nice feature - works great. When she uses a 2 GB stick, and each time the car/radio is turned off and then back on the system will remember where it was playing and continue playing at that point. However - when she does the same thing with a (new) 4 GB stick, the music will always start playing from the 1st mp3 file each time the car/radio is switched on and off. Anybody have any ideas why these 2 flash mems are working differently - and how to get the 4GM to 'remember' where the music last stopped...?

01-31-2008, 11:50 PM	#2 (permalink)
jaggerwild Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: NY Posts: 480 OS: Windows XP My System	Re: USB Flash Mem with Car Radio Might be the software on the 2 GB stick is more compatible with your unit then the 4 GB stick this being said I would copy the software from the two GB and the 4 GB sticks then switch them to see if it works right if so then........ If not possibly take back the 4 GB stick for a swap out of the same make of the 2 GB stick....... Good luck, let us know what happens too. __________________ JAGGERWILD Last edited by jaggerwild : 01-31-2008 at 11:52 PM.

02-01-2008, 12:20 PM	#3 (permalink)
Gemo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 48 OS: Win98	Re: USB Flash Mem with Car Radio Figured this one out - noticed that the one that worked was formated as FAT, whereas the new 4GB was FAT32. So I reformated the 4GB to FAT and it now plays in the car like the original unit (ie. picks up playing where it left off when the car/radio is switched off/on). Guess the car radio is more compatible with the FAT formating.

02-04-2008, 12:03 AM	#4 (permalink)
jaggerwild Registered User Join Date: May 2007 Location: NY Posts: 480 OS: Windows XP My System	Re: USB Flash Mem with Car Radio Glade to hear you worked it out, now enjoy ! __________________ JAGGERWILD