Have you read the Sync owner's manual?

Did you try the "Play album XXX" command?

 

If you have the songs listed under their own folders and they are named correctly then yes.

 

Actually, they do not have to be in the same folder as long as the ID3 tags (album, artist, track) are correct.

 

The real mystery is why provide a six-disk CD changer anymore? What's that? Maybe 70 songs and about four hours of music?

My old truck just had a cassette deck and before the turn of the century I used it (mostly to listen to Morse code tapes while I was learning that) but never did the last ten years I owned the truck.

The only time I've used the six-disk CD changer in the few weeks I've had the new truck was to see how it worked. Thinking it's going to be my new cassette deck.

The first thing I do when I buy a CD is rip it and load the music on my music player.

I only listen to my MP3 player or to the Satellite radio.

 

Hmmm, might hafta try that. I'm new at this talking to inanimate objects stuff

My next challenge is to figure a way to get all of my old cassette taped on my memory stick. Any tips on that? I have a lot more tapes than CDs.

 

The system is pretty intuitive, but I grabbed a couple of and sat in the truck with the manual till I had figured out 90% of it. Took me about 4 beers.

There are ways to convert tapes to digital, but to be honest the sound quality will be so bad it won't be worth the effort. Unless of course, you want to spend a lot of time with editing software.

I'd head over to Amazon and start downloading MP3s...

Just my $.02

 

Sorry Dano, I should have been more specific. I loose my satellite signal when I pull into my garage. So if I pull out the thumb drive to add more music, or to swap it out with another one, SYNC / USB has to reacquire though the satellite again. But if I leave it in, and don't remove it, it continues to work without a satellite signal. I wish I could say that about my phone.

I agree, I can live with my poor mans Ipod too. Other than in the truck, it's about the only time I would use it anyway. My wife has an Ipod and didn't know she could use it in her Accord until I hooked it up for her. Now she uses it all the time and really likes it. She has Sirius and love it too.

We are so bombarded with technology these days it's hard to keep up. Between FM, XM Sirius, CD's, Ipod's, Hard-drives, and Thumb-drives. It sure is nice to have a backup for satellite because of the signal issue. But all of these options can be a bit overwhelming at times

Bob

 

Mark, I'm getting to the point that the two medias I use most are the USB thumb-drive / MP3 and Satellite radio too. When you say rip a CD and add it to your music player, do you mean MP3 Player? Does a CD download (or Rip) in MP3 format? If so this would be awesome, I have lots of CD's I would love to "Rip" and add to my thumb-drives. It would save lots of time and money too. Plus you could only add just the songs you really wanted, for a better mix and variety.

Now the big question, if this is possible, how do you do it?

Bob

 

I use Exact Audio Copy to make WAV files (of the CD). Then I use LAME to create MP3s (256 variable bit rate is a good compromise of quality and size). If the MP3 ID tags need updating, I use MP3Tag. I also use MP3Tag to create playlists.

All of the software is free and has great help files.

One more tip - keep the original WAV and MP3 files either on your computer's HDD or an external HDD. If you loose your USB flash drive or it stops working (yes - they do wear out), you can easily copy them to a new flash drive.

 

Will WAV files play, or do they have to be converted to MP3?

 

OK Shotgunz, could you run that past me again in computer illiterate English ? Am I to assume that Exact Audio Copy, LAME, and MP3Tag are software programs that can be down loaded from sources such as File Hippo? If so that would be outstanding. So you say the programs are pretty user friendly? That would be a large help. I have adequate computer skills, but I'm by no means gifted.

Thanks again for your assistance in this matter. This is pure gold if I can get this to work!!

Bob

 

Exact Audio Copy: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/

LAME MP3 encoder: http://lame.sourceforge.net/

MP3Tag: http://www.mp3tag.de/en/

They are user friendly, but you will have to take the time to read the instructions. It might help if you learn a little about audio CDs, WAV files, and MP3s. There might be something on Wikipedia...

William - Per the Syncmyride.com website, WAV files are a supported format. http://www.syncmyride.com/Own/Module...aspx?faqId=267

The only problem is WAV files are HUGE (48-60 MB) compared to an MP3 (4-7 MB, depending on the bit rate). It won't take many songs to fill up even a large flash drive.

 

O.K., Good info there Shotgunz

 

Thanks Shotgunz, very helpful. This ought to keep me pretty busy tomorrow.

Bob

 

Bob sent me a very nice P.M. thanking me for the links and assistance.

He also said he is willing to teach anyone and everyone how to rip and compress audio CDs. He'll even explain the LAME compressor code, theory, and process.

Nah - just kidding about the last part!

Congrats guys!