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Old 10-11-2009, 10:42 PM
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Sync USB Folder Question

I purchased an 8gb USB stick for my music. Now my 18 year old wants to add her music. Can I seperate my music from hers by adding two folders ie one called Dad and the other called, lets say Crap fro example? This way I can go into my file folder and play my music only. If not can I just keep the two folders so I can at least seperate the music. I know a memory stick is cheap, however she is in University and she is being money considerate. Why now, who knows....


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Old 10-11-2009, 11:31 PM
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It may treat them as playlists, though I am not 100% sure. Otherwise...

4GB...$11.49 at Newegg.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...rp.-_-20134484
 
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Old 10-13-2009, 11:05 AM
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All the songs will be together....I have tried to separate some of mine no avail so far..
 
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Old 10-13-2009, 12:24 PM
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The easiest thing to do is edit the song tags, load all of your music in iTunes or whatever, then select all, and change the Album Title to something like "My Album". then in Sync just say "play album "My album"".
 
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Old 10-13-2009, 01:54 PM
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Just get another thumb drive and let her put her "Crap" on it. That would be the easiest....to me, anyway.
 
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Old 10-13-2009, 04:27 PM
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Originally Posted by F150Aggie
The easiest thing to do is edit the song tags, load all of your music in iTunes or whatever, then select all, and change the Album Title to something like "My Album". then in Sync just say "play album "My album"".
All I'm saying is that folders don't work......doesn't matter what you call them all songs end up together for me that mean about 7K of them..

Being a MAC guy there is nothing but iTunes but they do have to be in MP3 format in order to work in sync, for me that mean I had to convert them...
 
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Old 10-13-2009, 08:08 PM
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ok, here's how to do it. get a pencil and paper. :-)

1. Make a folder on your USB drive with the artist's name, i.e. Santana.
2. Copy your Santana songs to the folder.
3. Go to vehicle and insert USB. turn on vehicle.

Option 1.
Press steering wheel button voice/media
Say "audio"
Say "sync"
Say "USB"
Sync automatically starts playing last song played. If this is the first time, Sync may need to index songs so you will need to wait a couple of minutes for this to complete.

Option 2.
After you have already done option 1 you can change which artist (folder) to play.
Press "voice/media" on steering wheel
Say "audio"
Say "sync"
Pick from options on screen. ie. "play Metallica", assuming you have a folder named "Metallica" on your USB.
Sync will pick your Metallica folder and start playing from 1st song.

Option 3.
Press media hard button
Select User Device
Select USB
Music starts from where you left off.
Press Music Library
Page down and select Explore USB
You will see all your folders on the USB
Press the one you want to play.

Also, from the audio commands you can "say play next folder" but i find this to be a pain. WIth a little practice, you can play any folder or song using just the audio commands. Using the folders will allow you to separate your music.
 

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Old 10-13-2009, 08:20 PM
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You don't requires folder to play different artist

All of what you listed works fine without any folders.......
 
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Old 10-13-2009, 08:34 PM
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really, i'll give it a try. Still learning..
 
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Old 10-13-2009, 09:52 PM
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OK I will create two folders and see how that works.

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