USB

[grant_w]

Does anyone know if there's a size limit on USB flash drives you can use in the car?

I have a new DS3 Nav, so have the touch-screen system (if that makes any difference)

[Bigfeet]

There isn't any upper limit to be honest, but I would always suggest not using a stick that is too big otherwise you spend ages hunting for music. Best bet is to use a couple of smaller like 8GB sticks and switch out when you need to.

[Dangerousfish]

There isn't any upper limit to be honest, but I would always suggest not using a stick that is too big otherwise you spend ages hunting for music. Best bet is to use a couple of smaller like 8GB sticks and switch out when you need to.

Biggys right about there being no max file size limit however there is a limit to files in a folder. I'm sure someone with a DS3 will confirm what this is for you shortly

[BeefMasta]

Biggys right about there being no max file size limit however there is a limit to files in a folder. I'm sure someone with a DS3 will confirm what this is for you shortly

It's 999 IIRC.

[WTF]

Yeah, 999.

I have one of these in my car - http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-SDCZ.../dp/B005FYNSUA

Perfect size to stay out of trouble

Then on the USB I have my own folders:
Metal
Mirror Shakers
New
Womp
Cheese
etc

So I either play a folder or random the whole thing.

[grant_w]

Brilliant, thanks
My current one is old and is playing up a lot, don't know whether it's the USB stick or the whole system needing bug fixes

[Bigfeet]

Also it's worth pointing out that on the DS3's with the touchscreen you can display album art on the screen. You either need to have a jpeg called "folder" or the artwork in the metadata (either iTunes or MP3Tage can do this for you).

[Toxic]

I managed to put a 64GB on my head unit tonight.

64GB flash drives are hard to format on Windows PCs now since new operating systems will format in either exFAT or NTFS, rather than giving the option for FAT32 which is what most head units want.

you can get around this issue using this utility.

http://www.ridgecrop.demon.co.uk/ind...?guiformat.htm

it allows you to format with FAT32.