[DerAlte]

Originally Posted by RiGOD

... 3. Delete album arts, thumbs etc from all the files (I used Mp3tag) ...

Too small to worry about. HU reads what it wants, and disregards the rest. Most touchscreen HUs need the album art files, though if it doesn't find any it will show blank album art.

Originally Posted by RiGOD

... 4. Avoid multilevel folders i.e if you have a folder with music files, do not add another folder inside it. ...

Huh? Only primitive HUs can't manage multi-level folders. Modern HUs can handle multi-level directory systems quite easily. Please check with your HU manual if it can or not.

Originally Posted by RiGOD

... I followed these steps and tested my 8 GB drive with the Classic's HU and it played almost 20-25 songs without any breaks. ...

Let it play for some time. The errors usually turn up deeper in the directory. Reformatting usually takes care of temporary bad 'sectors' on pendrives and SD cards.

[nfsfreak]

Originally Posted by RiGOD

Thanks to all those who responded. If the error pops up again, I'll be back with updates

If the error pops-up again, try running chkdsk command on your drive which tells you if there is any bad sector in your pen drive and tries to fix it as well.
As DerAlte suggested, formatting your pen drive would take care of the bad sectors only temporarily and you may face it later, if the actual issue is that.

[joybhowmik]

Have you tried with :
a) a different (new) pen-drive
b) songs ripped from CD in MP3 (LAME 320 kbps) using something like Window Media Player or even VLC
c) attaching the pen-drive before the car starts up. And then accessing the pen-drive after 5 mins. Thus giving enough time for the HU to actually read all the files on it.

[RiGOD]

Originally Posted by DerAlte

Modern HUs can handle multi-level directory systems quite easily

Maybe, maybe not. But after following the above mentioned rules religiously, my HU has played songs from the PD flawlessly

Originally Posted by DerAlte

Let it play for some time. The errors usually turn up deeper in the directory. Reformatting usually takes care of temporary bad 'sectors' on pendrives and SD cards.

Yeah, as mentioned in the previous post, I already did run a full format on the PD.

Originally Posted by nfsfreak

If the error pops-up again, try running chkdsk command on your drive which tells you if there is any bad sector in your pen drive and tries to fix it as well.

Sure thing buddy.

Originally Posted by joybhowmik

Have you tried with :
a) a different (new) pen-drive
b) songs ripped from CD in MP3 (LAME 320 kbps) using something like Window Media Player or even VLC
c) attaching the pen-drive before the car starts up. And then accessing the pen-drive after 5 mins. Thus giving enough time for the HU to actually read all the files on it.

Well, the PD is running fine ATM mate, thanks for the suggestions. Will surely look into it if the error recurs.

[rohan_iitr]

Reducing the bit-rate from 320kbps to 128kbps might help.

Rohan

[vishnu-man]

RiGOD,
You also might wanna get rid of those 'incomplete' downloaded mp3s (if any).
Say, if the actual file size was supposed to be 4Mb, and for some reason, the mp3 file didn't download fully and did stopped at 800Kb only, and if your HU is trying to read this file, it would end up erroring out.
This happened to me once and I scavenged out all those culprits and now I'm running good.

Might help!

[DerAlte]

Originally Posted by RiGOD

Maybe, maybe not. ...

JVC manual says:


Kenwood manual mentions:


Pioneer manual says:


Ditto for Blaupunkt, Alpine, Sony and Clarion. Which ones fall under "maybe not"???

There is always a limit on the number of directory entries (folders and files) that the HU supports on USB / SD (FAT 16/32 format) and CD - anything between 10000 and 131000. Additionally, the subdirectory hierarchy depth is usually 8 max.

It would be misleading and incorrect to advise others without actually verifying facts by reading the user manual, FAQs and other sites / forms that give such technical information. If a certain method apparently works for you for whatever assumption you have made (usually not at all associated with the problem), it is still incorrect to project that as the right method. In your case the simple solution was reformatting the pen-drive, and all other steps have nothing to do with the problem.

[RiGOD]

Originally Posted by DerAlte

JVC manual says:
Attachment 1264835

Kenwood manual mentions:
Attachment 1264836

Pioneer manual says:
Attachment 1264837

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Originally Posted by DerAlte

Ditto for Blaupunkt, Alpine, Sony and Clarion. Which ones fall under "maybe not"???

Apologies for the same. I was just trying to convey that I'm satisfied with the current setup and in no way interested in multilevel folder arrangement.

Originally Posted by DerAlte

Additionally, the subdirectory hierarchy depth is usually 8 max.

You're right, for the Ford HU maximum quantity of directory levels is 8.

Originally Posted by DerAlte

It would be misleading and incorrect to advice others without actually verifying facts by reading the user manual, FAQs and other sites / forms that give such technical information.

You got me all wrong there. I found some information that actually worked for me and thought of sharing the same here.

Originally Posted by DerAlte

If a certain method apparently works for you for whatever assumption you have made (usually not at all associated with the problem), it is still incorrect to project that as the right method. In your case the simple solution was reformatting the pen-drive, and all other steps have nothing to do with the problem.

Well I'm afraid that you're wrong there mate. I actually did run a complete format on the very same PD before trying all the steps mentioned in my earlier post, and still then it showed USB ERROR at some point. So it was something else that actually fixed it.

To all fellow BHPians - My sincere apologies if I mislead anyone by mentioning that I avoided using the multilevel folder setup. And yeah, removing the tags also might've sounded absurd, so I humbly request everyone to refrain yourselves from trying these steps

[DerAlte]

Originally Posted by RiGOD

Getting an error ...

Fixed.

Originally Posted by RiGOD

... no way interested in multilevel folder arrangement. ...

That's OK.

Originally Posted by RiGOD

You got me all wrong there. I found some information that actually worked for me and thought of sharing the same here. ...

Did I? Though your heart is in the right place, your observations and inferences were wrong / incomplete. That resulted in the confusion.

Originally Posted by RiGOD

... Well I'm afraid that you're wrong there mate. ... So it was something else that actually fixed it. ...

See, that "something else" is the problem, right? Unless one knows the right cause, effect and solution, the chain of taking potshots in the dark continues by word of mouth. Before saying the other person is wrong, did you complete your first round of formatting and check if the formatting was done correctly? You didn't, right? You only *later* conjectured from the USB ERROR that the formatting method alone doesn't work.

Last month, I was having the same problem as you did, and the proper formatting sorted out the bad sectors (I do remember having checked the format results). After that, I didn't do anything else but copy the albums I wanted to hear (about 15GB worth on a 16GB pen-drive). I don't even remember how many songs are there, and I think I have folders nested 4 or 5 deep in many places. It is working perfectly.

[RiGOD]

Originally Posted by DerAlte

Though your heart is in the right place, your observations and inferences were wrong / incomplete. That resulted in the confusion.

You're right, sure that I did not convey the idea properly in that post

Originally Posted by DerAlte

Before saying the other person is wrong, did you complete your first round of formatting and check if the formatting was done correctly? You didn't, right? You only *later* conjectured from the USB ERROR that the formatting method alone doesn't work.

Oh dear, now where did that come from? Before googling for a solution, I tried every possible measure like formatting (quick) using NTFS (showed USB ERROR when I inserted the PD itself, didn't even play a single song), FAT 32, avoiding the use of folders and dumping all the files directly and the last one being running a full format on the PD. I'm sure buddy, that too didn't work. And as a matter of fact, the PD was brand new as it was bought exclusively for this purpose (the older one was showing the same error and I though it was the 'snug fit' issue that caused the same). And the possibility of a brand new PD having bad sectors? Is it so likely?

[DerAlte]

Originally Posted by RiGOD

... Before googling for a solution, I tried every possible measure like formatting (quick) using NTFS (showed USB ERROR when I inserted the PD itself, didn't even play a single song), ...

You had done exactly what I was alluding to: taking potshots in the dark. You took "every possible measure" without knowing what you were doing?

Did it not occur to you to read the HU manual as to what is the format that the HU will accept? No HU works with NTFS - only computers do. The manual of *every* HU has a section devoted to USB:

Originally Posted by RiGOD

... (the older one was showing the same error and I though it was the 'snug fit' issue that caused the same). And the possibility of a brand new PD having bad sectors? Is it so likely?

If you had searched on the forum you would have come across this thread:
http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/ask-gu...ead-units.html. Would have given you clues to what all can go wrong with pen-drives vis-a-vis HUs.

I will be moving posts from the current thread to that one so that the pen-drive knowledge base is in one place. Thanks for adding to the issues one can face.

[vishnu-man]

Originally Posted by DerAlte

JVC manual says:
Attachment 1264927

Connecting a USB-Hub to the rear port on my JVC KD-R736BT has worked fine.
Link on forum: http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/diy-do...head-unit.html

[DerAlte]

Originally Posted by vishnu-man

Connecting a USB-Hub to the rear port on my JVC KD-R736BT has worked fine. ...

Saw that.

Different HU, right? That is why one has to read the manual to know what is there and what is not. If the HU whose manual specs I quoted doesn't support hubs, it doesn't mean others won't. There are some functionality implementations which have become a standard in all makes, and some which are need based (technically; everything has a cost, no?). One can't assume *every* functionality is either there, or not there. Read the manual, please, before buying or using.

The issue highlighted in this thread was that of nested sub-folders, which all HUs support today. Hub functionality is supported only in HUs that have more than 1 USB port.

[meetbadri]

I have a strange issue on one of my 16 GB San Disk pendrive. It does get recognized on the HU but not any of the computers. I have tried it on 3 different computers but it did not get recognized.

[BakyaBHP]

Hello all,

I want to report that HP V-220 W 16 GB Pen Drive works perfectly with Pioneer MVH-355BT Head unit.


Cheers!