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Uconnect 8.4 Question on Media (SD vs ipod vs usb)


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Greetings All!

Just joined the site and just got my 2015 Journey SXT last Wednesday. Got it all setup, but I have a question - I was having issues with ipod voice control last night and uconnect support recommended upgrading the radio software. I did for my RE2 radio software last night and since then, my ipod will only let me listen to playlists. I can no longer filter via artist, album, genre, etc via the screen. When I called uconnect, I got multiple stories about potential patches, then there is no patch pending, and ipod is not supported because it is a plug and play device. (I call BS on that one). They recommended using the ipod's voice control via pushing its button when i wanted it. Ummmmm, kind of defeats the purpose of radio integration, right?

So they then recommended putting music on an SD Card or USB Drive.

SD Card

I got a 32GB class 10 SD Card for 5 bucks and threw my music on there (~3500 songs). I had to put all songs into the root directory with no folders. After 15 minutes in the slot, everything was loaded and I can filter on metadata tags via button, but apparently, the SD Card use does not have voice control.

USB Stick

So I made a copy of the SD card on a blank 32GB USB stick and plugged it into the usb port, but after 15-20 minutes, there was still no ability to filter or search. Is the usb port that much slower than SD? Any suggestions on this? I like the car, but this is downright frustrating. How should I be structuring the folders/files to make the metadata work so I can voice search on songs and artists?

Thanks very much,

Joe

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Hi Lobitz,

Formatted Fat32. When in folders, it only pulls in ~1250 songs. When mp3's are put in the root folder, all are pulled, but are not organized.

No, I have way more than 1250 songs... I'll try and remember to take a look at mine and see how it is organized; you may be right and I may not have folders. It's been a while.

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Welcome to the forum. I answered your PM. I need to know if your iTunes Library is on a PC. Uconnect only recognizes up to iOS 7.1. I purchased my DJ a year ago last June and am still waiting for an update. Love the car; hate the radio. I finally got my SD card to work like an iPod should.

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