Flash drive format for car radio - what to do when your radio does not read files from a flash drive?

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Perhaps, few of the car accessories are progressing as fast as the radio. Before motorists had time to get used to CDs (everyone had long forgotten about cassettes), digital media in the form of a flash drive for the radio came to replace them. As soon as we dealt with them, players with a DVD screen appeared - an image was added to the sound. True, progress is accompanied by many questions to electronic media. For example, why doesn't the system read what is written on the flash drive? And this happens quite often.

1 Audio formats: MP3 to MP5

MP3 remains the most common audio format, if only because it holds an order of magnitude more music than the "basic", CDA. Most music players are set to MP3, often a low end device simply won't read other formats. True, the sound quality of MP3 is somewhat reduced. But not so much that a person not with absolute pitch and not using the most advanced equipment notices distortions in the upper and lower registers.





2 And remember: only Latin, no Cyrillic

Secondly, car radios do not like too much information. The appropriate volume of the flash drive is specifically specified in the instructions for the radio. Usually it is 3-4, less often 8 GB. If more - the receiver can send you away. However, especially fancy radios read flash drives and 32 GB.

Another reason for the radio's failure to read what is happening on the media may be its file system. What it is, it makes no sense to explain. Take my word for it: for car radios, its format is FAT32. And nothing else! If you cannot connect the flash drive, it should be reformatted on the computer. This is done in 3-4 clicks using the right mouse button. At the same time, you need to check if the Cyrillic letters or, say, the Armenian alphabet are present inside the carrier (for example, in the names of soundtracks). Radios read only Latin script. Unfortunately, inappropriate song titles will have to be renamed.



Another possible ambush: yesterday everything played and showed, and today - by zero. Perhaps the flash drive picked up some kind of electronic infection. To cure it (the flash drive, not the infection) must be reformatted. The algorithm for setting the desired format is simple, any search engine will tell you in detail about it. But we must remember: everything that was on the carrier will be lost. Therefore, before formatting, it is better to reset the information to the computer.

Well, if the computer (for the purity of the experiment it is better to test not only your personal computer, but also the computer of a neighbor, relative, mistress) does not see and does not read a removable disk, this means one thing: the flash drive has died. Maybe as punishment for her rough treatment. To minimize the likelihood of damage to it, you should purchase an autoflash drive for the car radio. You can not carry this in your pocket, but store it in the car even in winter - it is not afraid of temperature changes, dust and high humidity. In addition, it is very compact.

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3 Encrypted

The flash drive is not always to blame for the violation of playback. It happens that the catch lies in the radio itself, which does not read the specified format, even if you connect the desired file system - as we remember, FAT32. Then a special codec is needed - a program that converts information into a format suitable for this device. How to find the right one if the devil himself breaks his leg among them?



But the world is not without good people. Through trial and error, the owners of radio tape recorders independently selected converter programs and shared information on the forums.

To convert video files to the desired format, for example, Ultra Mpeg-4 Converter is recommended, it is available to anyone interested.

Well, when all the methods of "treatment" have been tried, and nothing but the "Retro FM" hits pleases the ear, it remains to take the radio tape recorder to the workshop - for flashing, and unfortunately, the point here is no longer in the flash drive for the car radio.

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