Audio 20 and USB media

belongabob

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Been having a strange issue when trying to play songs from a USB stick in my C200 Sport.
All songs are MP3 encoded and will play, the issue is trying to sort through the lists either by Album, Folder or Artist, etc. The system just loops reading the track titles - continuously.
I’ve done a reboot of the Audio 20 and also checked the format of the USB stick, which is correct (FAT32).
Any ideas out there?
PS: It did work as intended when I purchased the car.
 

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don't actually understand the fault you have

there could be a multitude of things impacting its operation
many devices have strange habits and only work in a way that seemed sensible to the engineer that wrote the software
the layout of the songs as you put them on the USB stick will feature in how the two interact
are you now trying to access the data a different way and are getting unexpected results?

first port of call is to understand how merc thought you should put data on the stick
second would be to put the data on the stick in alignment with that
third ought to be to ensure the car has got the latest software (most stuff is full of bugs faults and confusion that to some extend get tweaked through various iterations until 10 seconds before the device reaches its end of life they almost got it working normally)
and fourthly would be to attempt the three steps above rather than just hoping a random mix of files on a stick somehow makes sense
 
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don't actually understand the fault you have

there could be a multitude of things impacting its operation
many devices have strange habits and only work in a way that seemed sensible to the engineer that wrote the software
the layout of the songs as you put them on the USB stick will feature in how the two interact
are you now trying to access the data a different way and are getting unexpected results?

first port of call is to understand how merc thought you should put data on the stick
second would be to put the data on the stick in alignment with that
third ought to be to ensure the car has got the latest software (most stuff is full of bugs faults and confusion that to some extend get tweaked through various iterations until 10 seconds before the device reaches its end of life they almost got it working normally)
and fourthly would be to attempt the three steps above rather than just hoping a random mix of files on a stick somehow makes sense
Thanks for that, but it’s only just started to do this after a year with the same USB stick and its content.
All the tracks were copied to the USB in Albums, with a few singles.
I’ll re-format the USB stick and copy over the music again. Just an annoyance! All working perfectly via Bluetooth from my iPhone XR so points to the stick maybe past it’s sell by date...
The whole problem is that it won’t play the tracks, just keeps re-reading the whole lot without stopping to play anything.
 

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On my 335d with USB option it would struggle with a stick, whereas an ipod connected instantly operated and navigated tracks easily

the book went on about indexing the content (making a ref table of stick content... but never said where it put it) this could take up to 90 minutes, sometimes it would not notice the device was fitted for 20 minutes (even if left in the car) and at others play stuff you didn't ask it too and fail to allow you to interact with the stereo for 20 seconds after start. And the layout of the data mattered...

with an ipod, it just worked instantly and did as it was told.... in the end in iTunes I found the setting allowing you to put music on in .wav so no MP3 compressed nasties. I edited all the tracks to a naming convention suitable for all and a file format suitable to proper devices.... took forever
 


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